Here’s your
morning baseball briefing:
Game of the Day for Thursday August
8:
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Miami Marlins 4
Prized
rookies Gerrit Cole for Pittsburgh and Jose Fernandez for Miami weren’t around
long as both lasted just five innings, and it Russell Martin’s two-out,
pinch-hit RBI single in the tenth won the game for Pittsburgh, completing the
sweep of Miami. The Pirates have won
five in a row and hold a four-game division lead over the St. Louis Cardinals. It was Pittsburgh’s 28th comeback win this
season, and they lead the majors with 41 home wins while Miami has the least
road wins with 17.
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
Pittsburg Pirates walked-off winners on Russell Martin’s pinch-hit RBI single.
Longest
Winning Streak: 13 by the Atlanta Braves. Next is the Detroit Tigers with 12 in a row.
Longest
Losing Streak: 5. Tied by the Miami Marlins and
Colorado Rockies.
A.L. MVP
Watch: Miguel Cabrera, 3B, Detroit Tigers
Yesterday: 1-3 with 3 RBI, 2 walks and a run scored
Season: .359, 33 HRs, 105
RBI and 81 runs scored
On pace
for: .360, 47 HRs, 150 RBI and 116 runs
scored
N.L. MVP
Watch: Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Pittsburgh Pirates
Yesterday: 1-4 with an RBI and a walk
Season: .239, 27 HRs, 74 RBI
On pace
for: .238, 38 HRs, 106 RBI
A.L. Cy
Young Watch: Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
Yesterday: 7 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs and 5 K’s in a win vs. Cleveland
Season: 17-1, 175 K’s and a
2.84 ERA
On pace
for: 24-1, 250 K’s and a 2.82 ERA
N.L. Cy
Young Watch: Tim Lincecum
Yesterday: 8 IP, 1 hit, 1 walk and 8 K’s in a win vs. Milwaukee
Season: 6-11, 150 K’s and a
4.18 ERA
On pace
for: 8-15, 216 K’s and a 4.16 ERA
History –
1962 World Series
Winner: The New York Yankees beat the
San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3.
The Yankees and Giants met for the seventh
time in the World Series, and for the first time since the Giants moved to San
Francisco in 1958. The Giants beat them
in ’21 & ’22 and the Yankees won in ’23, ’36, ’37 and ’51.
The Giants
had home field advantage and the teams split the first two games in San
Francisco, as Whitey Ford dominated Game 1 in a 6-2 victory while the Giants
won Game 2 by a 2-0 score as outfielder as Willie McCovey homered in the
seventh to pad the slim lead that would hold up.
The series
shifted to New York for Games 3, 4 & 5 where the teams split the first two
games, and in pivotal Game 5 Yankee utility player Tom Tresh smacked a
three-run homer in the 8th inning that gave New York a 5-2 lead. They held on for a 5-3 win and a 3-2 series
lead as the teams flew back to San Francisco to finish the series.
Four days of
rain followed, and Giants’ pitcher Billy Pearce outdueled Whitey Ford as he
threw a complete-game three hitter in a 5-2 win that tied the series at 3-3,
setting up a Game 7 that would live up to its’ billing.
Only one run
was scored in Game 7 as Moose Skowron of New York scored on a double play hit
by Tony Kubek in the fifth. The Giants
had two on and two out in the ninth, trailing 1-0, with arguably their best
hitter at the plate in Willie McCovey, and first base open, and rather than
walk him, Yankee starter Ralph Terry was set to finish what he started. McCovey lined his second pitch towards second
base that was stabbed in the air by Bobby Richardson. The ball was hit so hard and the play happened
so quickly that it took a few seconds for all the players and fans to realize the
series just ended, and Richardson threw his glove up in the air as the Yankees
celebrated their
20th championship in team history. Of
the 40 World Series played between 1923 and 1962, the Yankees won half. The Giants had a higher cumulative batting
average and lower earned-run average, hit more home runs, triples, and doubles,
yet still lost. Hall of Famers in the series included for New York: catcher Yogi
Berra, outfielder Mickey Mantle and pitcher Whitey Ford; and for the Giants:
first baseman Orlando Cepeda, pitcher Juan Marichal, and outfielders Willie
Mays and Willie McCovey.
Monday: 1963 – New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Trivia -
Today’s Question: What is the longest losing streak held by one team in a
season?
Yesterday’s
Question: Last year Miguel Cabrera of
the Detroit Tigers won the A.L. Triple Crown award (leading the league in
batting average, home runs and RBI). Who
are the only two players to win the award twice?
Answer: Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals in
1922 & 1925, and Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox in 1942 & 1947.
Vegas Bet: Lastly, here’s an
actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book: Over/Under 2 runs allowed by Dodger starter
Clayton Kershaw on Sunday night vs. Tampa Bay.
Yesterday’s
Bet: Over/Under
combined 4 hits/runs/stolen bases by
Andrew McCutchen today vs. Miami.
Result: Under. McCutchen
had 1 hit/run/stolen base in one
pinch-hit at-bat.
Standings
| American League | National League | |||||||||
| EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Boston | 70 | 47 | - | Lost 1 | Atlanta | 70 | 45 | - | Won 13 | |
| Tampa Bay | 66 | 47 | 2 | Lost 2 | Washington | 54 | 60 | 16 | Lost 4 | |
| Baltimore | 63 | 51 | 5.5 | Won 2 | NY Mets | 52 | 60 | 17 | Won 3 | |
| NY Yankees | 57 | 56 | 11 | Lost 4 | Philadelphia | 52 | 62 | 18 | Won 1 | |
| Toronto | 53 | 61 | 16 | Lost 1 | Miami | 43 | 70 | 26 | Lost 5 | |
| CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Detroit | 68 | 45 | - | Won 12 | Pittsburgh | 70 | 44 | - | Won 5 | |
| Cleveland | 62 | 53 | 7 | Lost 4 | St. Louis | 66 | 48 | 4 | Lost 2 | |
| Kansas City | 59 | 53 | 8.5 | Won 2 | Cincinnati | 63 | 51 | 7 | Won 2 | |
| Minnesota | 49 | 62 | 18 | Lost 1 | Chicago Cubs | 50 | 64 | 20 | Lost 1 | |
| Chicago Sox | 43 | 69 | 25 | Won 3 | Milwaukee | 49 | 66 | 22 | Lost 1 | |
| WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Oakland | 64 | 49 | - | Lost 3 | LA Dodgers | 64 | 50 | - | Won 2 | |
| Texas | 65 | 50 | - | Won 4 | Arizona | 58 | 55 | 5.5 | Won 2 | |
| Seattle | 53 | 61 | 12 | Won 1 | San Diego | 52 | 62 | 12 | Lost 2 | |
| LA Angels | 51 | 62 | 13 | Lost 4 | Colorado | 52 | 64 | 13 | Lost 5 | |
| Houston | 37 | 76 | 27 | Lost 2 | San Francisco | 51 | 63 | 13 | Won 1 | |
Schedule for Friday August 9 - Sunday August 11 with probable pitchers in parentheses. My picks to win
are highlighted. Yesterday’s picks: 4-3 Overall: 640-484
Times EST
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