Here’s your
morning baseball briefing:
Game of the Day for Tuesday August 13:
Arizona Diamondbacks 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 (11
innings)
Arizona
first baseman Paul Goldschmidt is having an MVP-type year, but on Tuesday he
outdid himself as he hit a game-tying solo home run in the ninth off Baltimore
closer (and major league save leader) Jim Johnson, and two inning s later
blasted the game-winning homer as Arizona walked-off winners via the home run
for the second consecutive day. It was
Arizona’s ninth walk-off win this year, 34th comeback, and 25th win in their
last at-bat.
Rest
of the day’s 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): 3. The Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona
Diamondbacks all walked-off winners on Tuesday.
Longest
Winning Streak: 7, by the Los Angeles Dodgers
Longest
Losing Streak: 6, by the Tampa Bay Rays
A.L. MVP
Watch: Chris Davis, OF, Baltimore Orioles
Yesterday:
1-4 with a homer and 1 RBI
Season: .299, 44 HRs, 112
RBI and 85 runs scored
On pace
for: .300, 60 HRs, 153 RBI and 116 runs
scored
N.L. MVP
Watch: Paul Goldscmidt, 1B, Arizona Diamondbacks
Yesterday: 2-5 with 2 HRs, 2
RBI and 2 runs scored
Season: .298, 29 HRs, 93 RBI
and 77 runs scored
On pace
for: .298, 40 HRs, 128 RBI and 106 runs
scored
A.L. Cy
Young Watch: Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
Yesterday: 6 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs
and 6 K’s in a no-decision vs. Chicago White Sox
Season: 17-1, 181 K’s and a
2.85 ERA
On pace
for: 23-1, 248 K’s and a 2.84 ERA
N.L. Cy
Young Watch: Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals
Yesterday: 7 IP, 5 hits, 3 runs
and 6 K’s in a no-decision vs. Pittsburgh
Season: 13-7, 162 K’s and
2.71 ERA
On pace
for: 18-9, 226 K’s and a 2.69 ERA
News &
Notes: A fan died at the Turner Field in Atlanta on Monday when he
accidentally fell over 85 feet from upper deck railing.
The Texas Rangers released former MLB player Manny Ramirez
from his Triple A contract.
The Seattle Mariners – Tampa Bay Rays game marked just the
third time in MLB history that both leadoff hitters hit two home runs as Brad
Miller and Ben Zobrist accomplished the feat.
The others were Chuck Knoblauch and Tony Phillips of the Twins and
Tigers in 1994, and Joe Morgan and Felipe Alou of the Reds and Braves in 1965.
History –
1965 World Series
Winner: The Los Angeles Dodgers beat
the Minnesota Twins 4 games to 3.
The 1965 World Series marked just the second time
the Fall Classic was played entirely west of the Mississippi River, the other occurring
in 1944 when the St. Louis Cardinals faced their Sportsman’s Park rivals the
St. Louis Browns. The Dodgers were
looking for their second World Series title in three years, while the Twins
captured their first pennant in Minnesota, and first since 1933 when they were
known as the Washington Senators.
The Twins had
home field advantage for this series, and they won the first two games by
beating the Dodgers top two pitchers Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax 8-2 and 5-1
respectively. Koufax was scheduled to
start Game 1, but it fell on the Jewish holiday Yon Kippur and he refused to
play, sparking a controversy but ultimately making a very big statement.
Games 3, 4 & 5 in Los Angeles were must win for the
Dodgers as they couldn’t afford to fall behind any more in the series, and
pitcher Claude Osteen saw to it that they wouldn’t . He pitched a complete game five-hitter to
stifle Minnesota in a 4-0 Los Angeles win.
Don Drysdale started Game 4 and he prevailed by 7-2 as he limited the
Twins to just five hits. Koufax was back
on his A-game for Game 5 as he hurled a complete game five-hitter, striking out
10 in a 7-0 shutout. The Dodgers pounded
out 14 hits in the contest and stole four bases to take a 3-2 series lead as it
shifted back to Minnesota for the final two games.
In a rematch of the Game 3 starters, Claude Osteen and
Mudcat Grant took the hill for Game 6, and this time Osteen wasn’t as fortunate
while Grant had a career game, allowing one run on six hits, but his towering
three-run homer run in the sixth broke the game open and Minnesota hung on to
win 5-1, forcing a Game 7.
Game 7 was a classic pitching duel as the Dodgers went with
Koufax on two days rest rather than Drysdale on normal rest, while the Twins
sent Jim Kaat to the hill on two days rest as well with the World Series on the
line. Scoreless in the fourth, Dodger
outfielder Lou Johnson hit a home run off the left field foul pole and first
baseman Rob Fairly doubled in another to give Los Angeles a 2-0 lead. That was all Koufax needed as he completed
the game by allowing just three hits while striking out ten in what was arguably
the greatest Game 7 pitching performance in baseball history.
For the series the Dodgers outscored the Twins
24-22 and outhit them 64-42. Hall of
Famers in the series included for Los Angeles manager Walter Alston, and pitchers
Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale; and for Minnesota first baseman Harmon Kilebrew.
Tomorrow: 1966 World Series – Baltimore Orioles vs. Los Angeles
Dodgers
Trivia - Today’s
Question: What was the last team to win back-to-back World Series
titles?
Yesterday’s
Question: In the 1964 World Series,
brothers Ken and Clete Boyer started at third base for the Cardinals and
Yankees respectively, marking just the third time in baseball history this
occurred. Name the other sets of
brothers to compete against each other in the World Series.
Answer: Brothers Bob Meusel (New York Yankees) and
Irish Meusel (New York Giants) faced each other in the 1921, 1922, & 1923
World Series; and brothers Jimmy Johnson (Brooklyn Robbins) and Doc Johnson (Cleveland
Indians) faced each other in the 1920 World Series.
Vegas Bet: Lastly, here’s an
actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book: Over/Under 3 runs allowed by Tampa Bay pitcher
Davis Price vs. Seattle.
Yesterday’s
Bet: Over/Under
.5 home runs today by Miguel
Cabrera.
Result: Under. Cabrera went homerless in an 0-5 effort
against the White Sox.
Standings
| American League | National League | |||||||||
| EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Boston | 72 | 49 | - | Won 1 | Atlanta | 73 | 47 | - | Won 1 | |
| Tampa Bay | 66 | 51 | 4 | Lost 6 | Washington | 58 | 60 | 14 | Won 4 | |
| Baltimore | 65 | 54 | 6 | Lost 2 | NY Mets | 54 | 63 | 17.5 | Lost 2 | |
| NY Yankees | 61 | 57 | 9.5 | Won 3 | Philadelphia | 53 | 66 | 19.5 | Lost 1 | |
| Toronto | 54 | 65 | 17 | Lost 3 | Miami | 45 | 73 | 27 | Won 1 | |
| CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Detroit | 69 | 49 | - | Lost 3 | Pittsburgh | 70 | 48 | - | Lost 4 | |
| Cleveland | 64 | 56 | 6 | Won 1 | St. Louis | 68 | 50 | 2 | Won 2 | |
| Kansas City | 62 | 55 | 6.5 | Lost 1 | Cincinnati | 67 | 52 | 3.5 | Won 3 | |
| Minnesota | 53 | 64 | 16 | Lost 1 | Milwaukee | 52 | 67 | 18.5 | Won 1 | |
| Chicago Sox | 46 | 72 | 23 | Won 2 | Chicago Cubs | 52 | 67 | 18.5 | Lost 3 | |
| WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Texas | 69 | 51 | - | Lost 1 | LA Dodgers | 69 | 50 | - | Won 7 | |
| Oakland | 67 | 51 | 1 | Lost 1 | Arizona | 61 | 57 | 7.5 | Won 2 | |
| Seattle | 55 | 63 | 13 | Won 2 | Colorado | 56 | 65 | 14 | Lost 1 | |
| LA Angels | 53 | 65 | 15 | Lost 3 | San Diego | 54 | 65 | 15 | Won 1 | |
| Houston | 38 | 80 | 30 | Won 1 | San Francisco | 52 | 66 | 16.5 | Lost 2 | |
Schedule for Wednesday August 14 with probable pitchers in parentheses. My picks to win
are highlighted. Yesterday’s Picks: 7-8
Overall: 680-515
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