Here’s
what’s happening in baseball:
Game of the Day for June 17, 2013:
Atlanta
Braves 2, New York Mets 1
After a near three-hour rain delay, a reversal of fortune
took place for the Mets on Monday as they were on the wrong end of a dramatic walk-off
home run just one day after they walked off winners with a home run in New York. Now in Atlanta, Dillon Gee pitched a gem for
eight and a third innings, allowing just five hits and even singling in the
lone run, but leading 1-0 going to the bottom of the ninth manager Terry
Collins left him to finish the job as he was just a few pitches shy of 100 for
the night. Gee retired the first batter
before Justin Upton singled and then on pitch 101, and at 1:22 am, Freddie
Freeman launched a shot down the left field line that stayed fair and cleared
the wall as his Braves teammates mobbed him at home plate to complete a shocking come
from behind win, and stun the Mets and their fans who were still on a high from yesterday's heroics in Queens.
Rest of
the Weekend Scores:
Consecutive
days with a walk-off win (where the home team scores the winning run in the
ninth inning or later that immediately ends the game): 6 The
Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies walked-off winners Monday
night. Domonic Brown’s ninth inning RBI
single won it for the Phillies.
A.L. MVP
Watch: Miguel Cabrera, 3B, Detroit Tigers. Cabrera went 3-4 on Monday with two RBI , including
his 19th home run, and is on pace to hit .358 with 45 HRs and 169 RBI.
N.L. MVP
Watch: Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, Arizona Diamondbacks. Goldschmidt went 2-3 on Monday night with two
RBI, including his 16th home run, and is on pace to hit .304 with 37 HRs and
143 RBI.
A.L. Cy
Young Watch: Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers. Scherzer improved to a perfect 10-0 on Monday
by pitching six strong innings while striking out 10 Baltimore batters,
lowering his ERA to 3.08. He’s on pace
to go 23-0 with 276 strikeouts.
N.L. Cy
Young Watch: Shelby Miller, St. Louis Cardinals. Miller allowed just two hits in five innings
on Monday against the Cubs, improving to 8-4 and lowering his ERA to a
miniscule 2.08, but had to leave the game early with a right calf issue. He’s currently on pace to go 18-9 with 225
strikeouts and a 2.04 ERA.
News &
Notes: Giancarlo Stanton, outfielder for
the Miami Marlins, connected for career home runs 99 & 100 on Monday, the
last one a game winner in the top of the ninth in Arizona. It was just his 400th career game, making him
just the ninth player in MLB history to hit as many as 100 home runs in his
first 400 games.
Mike Trout scored
his 200th career run on Monday, in this his 249th game. Trout is the fastest to
200 runs by any player in MLB since 1940. That season Ted Williams did so in
225 games and Barney McCoskey in 236 games.
History –
1929 World Series
Winner: Philadelphia Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 1.
The Athletics were led by legendary manager Connie Mack who
insisted on only using his right-handed pitchers against the Cubs who started
seven righty batters, opting to leave his two lefties, future hall of famer and
300 winner Lefty Grove, and Rube Walberg in the bullpen. The Athletics won Games 1 & 2 at Chicago’s
Wrigley Field, and in Game 1 Howard Emhke made a surprise start and struck out
a then World Series record 13 batters in a 3-1 complete game. The A’s returned home to Shibe Park in
Philadelphia, only to lose Game 3, but Game 4 proved the turning point of the
series. Trailing 8-0 in the seventh, the
A’s erupted for ten runs, including a three-run inside-the-park home run on a
ball lost in the sun by Hack Wilson to win 10-8 and take a 3-1 series lead. Overcoming
the eight run deficit is still the largest to this day in World Series
history. They A’s finished off the Cubs
in Game 5 in spectacular fashion, scoring three runs in the bottom of the ninth
to win 3-2, that included a dramatic two-run home run by Mule Haas and a
walk-off RBI double by Bing Miller that scored hall-of-famer Al Simmons with
the series-ending run. For the series, the
A’s outscored the Cubs 27-16 and outhit them 48-43, while winning their fourth World
Series title (’10, ’11 & ’13).
Hall-of-Famers in this series included for the A’s manager Connie Mack,
catcher Mickey Cochrane, first baseman Jimmie Foxx, outfielder Al Simmons, and
pitcher Lefty Grove; and for the Cubs manager Joe McCarthy, outfielder Kiki
Cuyler, catcher Gabby Harnett, second baseman Rogers Hornsby, and outfielder Hack
Wilson.
Trivia -
Today’s Question: Of the 108 World Series played, which league has won the
most times?
Yesterday’s
Question: Babe Ruth hit three home runs in a
single World Series game twice (once in 1926 and again in 1928). Name the three other players who have each
homered three times in a World Series game just once?
Answer: Reggie
Jackson (Yankees) in 1977, Albert Pujols (Cardinals) in 2011, and Pablo
Sandoval (Giants) in 2013.
Vegas
Bet: Lastly,
here’s an actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book:Over/Under 16 strikeouts combined for New York Mets starters Matt Harvey and Zach Wheeler in today's doubleheader with Atlanta.
Yesterday’s
Bet: Over/Under
2 runs allowed by St. Louis starting
pitcher Shelby Miller against the Cubs.
Miller has a 2.21 ERA for the season.
Result: Under.
Miller allowed 0 earned runs in five innings.
Standings
| American League East | American League Central | American League West | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Strk | Team | W | L | Strk | Team | W | L | Strk | ||
| Boston | 42 | 29 | L 1 | Detroit | 39 | 29 | W 2 | Oakland | 42 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| Baltimore | 40 | 31 | L 1 | Kansas City | 34 | 34 | W 2 | Texas | 39 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| N.Y. Yankees | 38 | 31 | W 1 | Cleveland | 34 | 35 | L 1 | L.A. Angels | 31 | 39 | W 1 | ||
| Tampa Bay | 36 | 33 | L 1 | Minnesota | 30 | 36 | L 1 | Seattle | 31 | 40 | L 2 | ||
| Toronto | 33 | 36 | W 6 | Chi. White Sox | 29 | 38 | W 1 | Houston | 26 | 45 | L 1 | ||
| National League East | National League Central | National League West | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Strk | Team | W | L | Strk | Team | W | L | Strk | ||
| Atlanta | 42 | 28 | W 3 | St. Louis | 45 | 25 | W 1 | Arizona | 37 | 33 | L 4 | ||
| Washington | 34 | 35 | L 2 | Cincinnati | 43 | 28 | W 2 | Colorado | 37 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| Philadelphia | 34 | 37 | W 1 | Pittsburgh | 41 | 29 | L 1 | San Diego | 36 | 34 | W 7 | ||
| N.Y. Mets | 25 | 40 | L 1 | Chi. Cubs | 28 | 40 | L 2 | San Francisco | 35 | 34 | L 3 | ||
| Miami | 22 | 47 | W 2 | Milwaukee | 28 | 40 | L 1 | L.A. Dodgers | 29 | 39 | L 1 | ||
Tuesday 6/18 Schedule with
probable pitchers in parentheses. My picks to win are highlighted. Weekend
Picks: 8-4 Overall:
411-298
Times EST
| 1:05 PM | Tampa Bay | Archer (1-2) | @ | Boston | Aceves (3-1) |
| 1:10 PM | N.Y. Mets | Harvey (5-1) | @ | Atlanta | Maholm (7-5) |
| 7:05 PM | Washington | Detwiler (2-4) | @ | Philadelphia | Lee (8-2) |
| 7:05 PM | Kansas City | Santana (5-5) | @ | Cleveland | Jimenez (5-4) |
| 7:05 PM | L.A. Dodgers | Ryu (6-2) | @ | N.Y. Yankees | Hughes (3-5) |
| 7:07 PM | Colorado | Francis (2-4) | @ | Toronto | Rogers (2-2) |
| 7:08 PM | Baltimore | Britton (0-1) | @ | Detroit | Verlander (8-4) |
| 7:10 PM | N.Y. Mets | Wheeler (0-0) | @ | Atlanta | Wood (0-0) |
| 7:10 PM | Tampa Bay | Hellickson (4-3) | @ | Boston | Doubront (4-3) |
| 7:10 PM | Pittsburgh | Morton (0-1) | @ | Cincinnati | Latos (6-0) |
| 8:05 PM | Oakland | Parker (5-6) | @ | Texas | Darvish (7-2) |
| 8:10 PM | Chi. White Sox | Axelrod (3-4) | @ | Minnesota | Pelfrey (3-6) |
| 8:10 PM | Milwaukee | Figaro (1-0) | @ | Houston | Lyles (3-1) |
| 8:15 PM | Chi. Cubs | Samardzija (3-7) | @ | St. Louis | Wainwright (10-3) |
| 9:40 PM | Miami | Eovaldi (0-0) | @ | Arizona | Delgado (0-0) |
| 10:05 PM | Seattle | Bonderman (1-1) | @ | L.A. Angels | Blanton (1-10) |
| 10:15 PM | San Diego | Volquez (5-5) | @ | San Francisco | Cain (5-3) |
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