Here’s your
morning baseball briefing:
Baseball is back after a quick break for the
All-Star game, and here’s what’s happening across the game:
Pre-All
Star Game of the Weekend for July 12-14:
San Francisco Giants 9, San Diego Padres 0
Two-time Cy Young
winner Tim Lincecum (5-9) pitched the game of his career Saturday night in San
Diego as he needed 148 pitches to make history, just one shy of the all-time
record for most pitches thrown in a no-hitter, held by Edwin Jackson of Arizona
in 2010. Lincecum walked four batters and
hit another, struck out 13, and was aided by several defensive plays by his
teammates, including right fielder Hunter Pence’s diving catch to end the
eighth, preserving the no-hitter and making this night even more special. As Lincecum headed to the mound in the ninth,
on the road mind you, something you’ll only see on the west coast
happened; Padres fans gave him a standing
ovation, excited to see him no-hit their team.
Imagine if Yankee fans cheered a Red Sox pitcher as he was about to
no-hit them in New York. Would never
happen. And that in a nutshell is the
difference between east coast and west coast baseball.
Other Scores from July 12-14:
Post
–All Star Game of the Weekend for July 19-21:
Napoli’s second home run gives Red Sox walk-off win
against Yankees.
Boston Red Sox 8, New York Yankees 7
First baseman Mike Napoli hit a
three-run homer in the third inning to get the Red Sox back in the game after
falling behind early, and his solo shot in the 11th inning gave Boston a
dramatic walk-off win against division rival New York. Napoli has homered four times in his last 12
games, and has 13 on season, none bigger than last night’s walk-off in front of
Boston’s biggest crowd of the season.
Yankee starter C.C. Sabathia was in trouble all night as he allowed
seven earned runs on nine hits, but left with the game tied to settle for the
no-decision. The Red Sox won two of
three from New York and host Tampa Bay for three games beginning today while
the Yankees travel to Texas to take on the Rangers in a four-game series
beginning tonight.
Other
scores from July 19-21:
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): 1. The
Red Sox and Brewers each walked-off winners on Sunday
A.L. MVP
Watch: Jason Kipnis, 2B, Cleveland Indians.
This past
weekend: hit .367 with two home runs, four
RBI, and five runs scored.
Season: hitting .303 with 15
HRs, 62 RBI, 21 stolen bases and 56 runs scored.
On pace
for: .303 batting average, 25 HRs, 105
RBI, 35 stolen bases and 95 runs scored.
N.L. MVP
Watch: Andrew McCutchen, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates.
This past
weekend: hit .416 including two solo HRs.
Season: hitting
.306 with 12 HRs, 51 RBI, 21 stolen bases and 58 runs scored.
On pace
for: .306 batting average, 20 HRs, 86
RBI, 35 stolen bases and 97 runs scored.
A.L. Cy
Young Watch: Bartolo Colon, Oakland Athletics.
This past
weekend: pitched his third complete game shutout of the
season against the Angels, allowing four hits and striking out five.
Season: 13-3 record with 75 strikeouts and a 2.52 ERA.
On pace
for: 21-4 record with 123 strikeouts and
a 2.49 ERA.
N.L. Cy
Young Watch: Matt Harvey, New York Mets.
This past
weekend: Pitched seven shutout innings against
Philadelphia, allowing just three hits while striking out 10.
Season: 8-2 record with 157 strikeouts and a 2.23 ERA.
On pace
for: 14-3 record with 276 strikeouts and
a 2.20 ERA.
News &
Notes: New York Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez was scheduled
to join the Yankees for the first time this season on Monday after undergoing
offseason hip surgery, but has a strained right quadriceps muscle, further
putting his season on hold for now.
History –
1948 World Series
Winner: The Cleveland Indians beat the
Boston Braves 4 games to 2.
The Indians
captured their second American League pennant by beating the Boston Red Sox in
a one-game playoff as they finished tied for the best regular season
record. Had the Red Sox won it would’ve
given baseball an all-Boston World Series. The Braves also won their second pennant, with
their last coming in 1914 as the “Miracle” Braves of 1914 beat the Philadelphia
A’s for their only World Series win. The
1948 World Series was the first one to be nationally televised on a nationwide
network, and would be the only one between 1948-1957 not to feature a New York
team. It was a very low scoring series,
with the Indians and Braves splitting the first two games in Boston before
traveling to Cleveland for games 3, 4, & 5.
Cleveland won game three 2-0 as each team had just five hits, and in
game four they set a new major league attendance record with 81,897 fans, and won
2-1. The Braves pounded Cleveland 11-5
in Game 5 behind the pitching of Hall of Famer Warren Spahn, but it was Cleveland
pitcher Satchel Paige who made history by becoming the first black pitcher to
take the mound in a World Series game. Teammate
and outfielder Larry Doby became the first black position player to play in a
World Series, and they became the first black players to win a World Series. The
attendance record was set again, this time at 86,288. Back to Boston for Game 6, Bob Lemon won his
second game of the series as Cleveland hung on to win 4-3, clinching the second
and last World Series title for the Indians.
For the series, the teams each scored 17 runs, but the Indians were
outhit by the Braves 43-38. Hall of Famers appearing in the series included for Cleveland: manager Bill McKechnie, shortstop
and 1948 A.L. MVP Lou Boudreau, outfielder Larry Doby, second baseman Joe
Gordon, and pitchers Bob Feller and Bob Lemon; and for the Braves: manager
Billy Southworth and pitcher Warren Spahn.
Tomorrow: 1949 World Series – New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
Trivia -
Today’s Question: What year were the most no-hitters thrown?
Yesterday’s
Question What year did the Seattle Mariners
last make the playoffs?
Answer: 2001. They beat the Chicago White Sox in the
Division Series but lost the A.L.C.S. to the New York Yankees 4 games to 1.
Vegas Bet: Lastly, here’s an
actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book: Over/Under 14 combined strikeouts by Max Scherzer and Chris Sale in their head-to-head
matchup tonight.
All-Star Bet:
Over/Under
6 runs scored today in the All-Star game
on Tuesday July 16.
Result: Under. The two All-Star teams combined for three
runs, with the American League winning 3-0.
Standings
Monday July 22 Schedule with probable pitchers in parentheses. My picks to win are highlighted. Last, last weekend’s picks - July 12-14: 23-21 Overall: 516-387
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