Here’s your
morning baseball briefing:
Game
of the Day for Tuesday July 9, 2013:
New
York Mets 10, San Francisco Giants 6
The
game was tied 5-5 in the top of the eighth when the Mets scored five times,
highlighted by Marlon Byrd’s seventh career grand slam off reliever Jeremy
Affeldt. Starters Dillon Gee (6-7) and
Barry Zito (4-6) each allowed five runs, and Scott Rice (4-5) picked up the win
after pitching to one batter in the eighth.
Byrd had two hits on the night and leads the team in RBI (47), is tied
in home runs (14), and is third in runs scored (68). The Mets have won three games in a row and
throw Zach Wheeler tonight before traveling to Pittsburgh for the weekend;
while the Giants have lost three in a row will travel to San Diego for four
games with the Padres beginning tomorrow.
Other 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): 0. For
the second consecutive day, no team walked-off winners.
Record
Watch: Manny Machado has 39 doubles this season and is on pace for
70, which would break the all-time record of 67 set by Earl Webb in 1930.
A.L. MVP
Watch: Adrian Beltre, 3B, Texas Rangers. Beltre went 4-4 on Tuesday against Baltimore
with two homers (19 & 20) and five RBI (52), and is on pace to hit .318 with
36 HRs and 98 RBI.
N.L. MVP
Watch: Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Pittsburgh Pirates. Alvarez went 1-3 on Tuesday and hit his 23rd
home run, second in the National League, and is on pace to hit .250 with 41 HRs
and 105 RBI.
A.L. Cy
Young Watch: C.C. Sabathia, New York Yankees. Sabathia (9-7) pitched a complete game loss
on Tuesday against the Royals, allowing three runs on seven hits and six
strikeouts. He’s on pace to go 16-12
with 206 strikeouts.
N.L. Cy
Young Watch: Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals. Wainwright (12-5) beat the Astros last night
with seven solid innings of one-run ball as he struck out nine and walked just
one. He’s on pace to go 23-9 with 234
strikeouts and a 2.30 ERA.
News &
Notes: Chicago White Sox outfielder Alex Rios tied an American
League record with six hits in a nine inning game yesterday. Rios tripled twice and singled four times.
History –
1945 World Series
Winner: The Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 3.
In a rematch of the 1935 World Series in which the Tigers
won in six games, still many of the game’s best players were finishing up
service in World War II and this series was dubbed “World’s Worst Series” by
Cubs historian and author Warren Brown. The
Cubs raced out two a 2-1 series lead by winning their games at Briggs Stadium
in Detroit, but during Game 4 in Chicago, the famous Curse of the Billy Goat
was placed on the Cubs team when a fan was asked to remove his goat from the
stadium and he responded with insults and even a letter to Phillip Wrigley
stating the Cubs wouldn’t win this World Series or another ever again because
he insulted his goat. Sadly, both have
come true, so far. The Cubs lost Games 4
& 5, rallied to win Game 6 with a walk-off win in the 12th inning, but lost
Game 7 at home 9-3 as the Tigers scored five runs in the first inning to run
away with the game. It was the Chicago
Cubs last World Series appearance, and they haven’t won a title since 1908, the
longest drought for any professional sports team. For Detroit it was their second World Series
title and first since 1935. The Tigers outscored
the Cubs 32-29, but were outhit 65-54.
Hall of famers playing in the series included first baseman Hank
Greenberg (who hit two HR’s) and pitcher Hal Newhouser, and for the Cubs, none.
Tomorrow: 1946 World Series – Boston Red Sox vs. the St. Louis Cardinals.
Trivia -
Today’s Question: In what year were the Cubs six outs away from playing in
their first World Series since 1945?
Monday’s Question: What player has hit the most World Series home runs?
Answer: Mickey
Mantle with 18.
Vegas Bet: Lastly, here’s an
actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book: Over/Under 4 walks given up by Mets pitcher Zach Wheeler tonight in San
Francisco.
Yesterday’s
Bet: Over/Under
4 combined runs in the
Yankees-Royals game featuring starting aces James Shields and C.C. Sabathia.
Result: Push. They combined to give up exactly 4 runs.
Standings
| American League East | National League East | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk | Team | W | L | GB | Strk | |
| Boston | 55 | 37 | - | W 1 | Washington | 46 | 44 | 6 | L 2 | |
| Tampa Bay | 51 | 40 | 3½ | W 6 | Philadelphia | 45 | 46 | 7½ | W 3 | |
| Baltimore | 49 | 42 | 5½ | L 2 | N.Y. Mets | 39 | 48 | 11½ | W 3 | |
| N.Y. Yankees | 48 | 42 | 6 | L 3 | Miami | 32 | 57 | 19½ | L 5 | |
| Toronto | 43 | 46 | 10½ | L 1 | ||||||
| American League Central | National League Central | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk | Team | W | L | GB | Strk | |
| Detroit | 49 | 40 | - | L 1 | St. Louis | 54 | 34 | - | W 4 | |
| Cleveland | 47 | 43 | 2½ | W 1 | Pittsburgh | 53 | 36 | 1½ | L 4 | |
| Kansas City | 43 | 44 | 5 | W 2 | Cincinnati | 50 | 40 | 5 | L 3 | |
| Minnesota | 37 | 50 | 11 | L 3 | Chi. Cubs | 40 | 48 | 14 | W 4 | |
| Chi. White Sox | 35 | 52 | 13 | W 1 | Milwaukee | 37 | 52 | 17½ | W 2 | |
| American League West | National League West | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk | Team | W | L | GB | Strk | |
| Oakland | 54 | 37 | - | W 3 | Arizona | 47 | 43 | - | L 2 | |
| Texas | 53 | 37 | ½ | W 3 | L.A. Dodgers | 44 | 45 | 2½ | W 3 | |
| L.A. Angels | 43 | 46 | 10 | L 1 | Colorado | 43 | 48 | 4½ | L 1 | |
| Seattle | 40 | 50 | 13½ | L 1 | San Diego | 41 | 50 | 6½ | W 1 | |
| Houston | 32 | 58 | 21½ | L 2 | San Francisco | 40 | 49 | 6½ | L 3 | |
Wednesday 7/10 Schedule with probable pitchers in parentheses. My picks to win
are highlighted. Tuesday’s Picks: 11-4 Overall:
478-354
Times EST
| 12:40 PM | Atlanta | Maholm (9-7) | @ | Miami | Turner (2-1) |
| 2:10 PM | Cincinnati | Leake (7-4) | @ | Milwaukee | Hellweg (0-2) |
| 3:45 PM | N.Y. Mets | Wheeler (2-1) | @ | San Francisco | Cain (5-5) |
| 7:05 PM | Texas | Lindblom (1-2) | @ | Baltimore | Chen (3-3) |
| 7:05 PM | Washington | Gonzalez (6-3) | @ | Philadelphia | Lee (10-2) |
| 7:05 PM | Kansas City | Davis (4-7) | @ | N.Y. Yankees | Nova (3-2) |
| 7:05 PM | Toronto | Rogers (3-4) | @ | Cleveland | Masterson (10-7) |
| 7:05 PM | Oakland | Milone (8-7) | @ | Pittsburgh | Liriano (8-3) |
| 7:08 PM | Chi. White Sox | Axelrod (3-5) | @ | Detroit | Porcello (5-6) |
| 7:10 PM | Minnesota | Correia (6-6) | @ | Tampa Bay | Hellickson (8-3) |
| 8:05 PM | L.A. Angels | Wilson (8-6) | @ | Chi. Cubs | Samardzija (5-8) |
| 8:15 PM | Houston | Lyles (4-3) | @ | St. Louis | Miller (9-6) |
| 9:40 PM | L.A. Dodgers | Ryu (7-3) | @ | Arizona | Skaggs (2-1) |
| 10:10 PM | Boston | Doubront (5-3) | @ | Seattle | Harang (4-7) |
| 10:10 PM | Colorado | De La Rosa (8-5) | @ | San Diego | Cashner (5-4) |
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