Here’s
your morning baseball briefing:
Baseball enters the final week of the regular season with
several playoff spots up for grabs. Here’s
what teams have clinched so far:
A.L. East: Boston
A.L. Central: None A.L. West:
Oakland
A.L. Wildcard #1:
None A.L. Wildcard #2:
None
N.L. East: Atlanta N.L. Central: St. Louis
N.L. West: Los Angeles
N.L. Wildcard #1:
None N.L. Wildcard #2: None
News &
Notes: New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez hit his 24th
career grand slam home run on Friday night, breaking major league baseball’s
all-time career record. See trivia
question below and answer tomorrow for who he passed. Hint:
It was a Yankee player.
Detroit Tigers starter Max Scherzer (20-3) became the first
pitcher this year to win 20 games when he beat the Chicago White Sox on
Friday. It was his fifth attempt at 20
wins.
Weekend Scores:
Walk-Off
Win Streak:
2 The Kansas City Royals and
Washington Nationals each walked-off winners on Sunday.
Longest
Winning Streak - 4 Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics
Longest
Losing Streak -
9
Houston Astros
League
Leaders
American
League
Batting
Average- .349 Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
Home Runs
- 51
Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles
RBI - 136 Miguel Cabrera,
Detroit Tigers
Pitching
Wins – 20 Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
Strikeouts
- 260
Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers
E.R.A.
- 2.64
Anibal Sanchez, Detroit, Bartolo Colon, Oakland
National
League
Batting
Average- .334 Michael Cuddyer, 1B, Colorado Rockies
Home Runs
- 35
Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks
RBI - 123
Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks
Pitching
Wins – 19 Jordan Zimmerman, Washington
Nationals
Strikeouts
– 224 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles
Dodgers
E.R.A. - 1.88 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
MVP
Watch
American
League: Mike Trout, OF, Los Angeles Angels
Last Week:
Hit
.217 with 3 HRs and 6 RBI
Season: .326, 26 HRs, 92 RBI and 33 stolen bases
On pace
for: .325, 27 HRs, 96 RBI and 34 stolen bases
National
League: Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, Arizona Diamondbacks
Last Week:
Hit
.370 with 3 HRs and 9 RBI
Season: .304, 35 HRs, 123 RBI
On pace
for:
.305, 36 HRs, 129 RBI
Cy
Young Watch
American
League: C.J. Wilson, Los Angeles Angels
Last Week:
1-1,
15.1 IP, 12 hits, 4 runs and 15 K’s
Season: 17-7,
182 K’s and a 3.36 ERA
On pace
for:
17-7, 191 K’s and a 3.36 ERA
National
League: Jordan Zimmerman, Washington
Nationals
Last Week:
1-0, 9
IP, 2 hits, 0 runs and 9 K’s in w a win vs. Miami
Season: 19-8, 159 K’s and a 3.18 ERA
On pace
for:
20-8, 169K’s and a 3.16 ERA
History
1993 World
Series – Toronto Blue Jays vs. Philadelphia Phillies
The 1993 World Series featured the defending champion
Toronto Blue Jays against the National League champion Philadelphia
Phillies. Toronto had home field
advantage, and in Game 1 both teams scored early and often, with the Blue Jays
winning 8-5 to take a 1-0 series lead. The
Phillies bounced back in Game 2 with a 6-4 win behind Jim Eisenrich’s three-run
home run, and the series shifted south to Philadelphia for the middle games of
the series, now tied 1-1.
Toronto jumped out to an early 3-0 first inning lead in Game
3 and never looked back, holding on for a 10-4 win, and a 2-1 series lead.
Game 4 rewrote the record books, as Toronto won 15-14 by
scoring six runs in the top of the ninth.
The teams broke the World Series record for longest game (4 hrs, 14
mins), most combined runs scored (29), and most runs scored by a losing team
(14). The Blue Jays held a 3-1 series
lead with one more game in Philadelphia.
In Game 5, the Blue Jays were shutout for just the second
time all season as Phillies ace Curt Shilling won 2-0, setting the stage for
the World Series to finish north of the border in Canada for the first time ever.
Toronto once again jumped out to an early 3-0 first inning
lead just as they’d started Game 3, and Game 6 would provide a historical
finish a few hours later. Philadelphia
scored five runs in the top of the seventh to take 6-5 lead, and they brought
closer Mitch Williams in to finish the game.
He walked the leadoff hitter Rickey Henderson, then jammed Devon White
into an infield popup for the first out, and surrendered a single to Paul
Molitor that brought outfielder Joe Carter to the plate with two on and one
out. Carter hit a 2-2 slider just over
the left field wall for three-run walk-off, World Series ending home run,
giving Toronto their second consecutive World Series title. It was just the second World Series ending
home run in 88 Fall Classics (the first by Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski
that beat the Yankees in 1960), and first where the home team was behind when the
home run was hit.
Toronto
Wins 4-2
For the series, the Blue Jays outscored the Phillies 45-36
and outhit them 64-58. Hall of Famers
included for Toronto: outfielder Rickey
Henderson, and infielders Roberto Alomar and Paul Molitor; and for Philadelphia:
none.
Tomorrow:
1994 World Series – Cancelled
Trivia
Today’s
Question: Whose all-time career record did Alex Rodriguez beat when he
hit his 24th grand slam home run Friday?
Friday’s
Question: Who managed the Toronto
Blue Jays to the 1992 World Series title?
Answer: Cito Gaston
House
Bet
Today: Over/Under
2 walks by St. Louis pitcher Adam
Wainwright vs. Washington.
Yesterday: Over/Under 7
strikeouts by Yankee starter Andy Pettitte on Sunday, which could be his last
regular season start of his career.
Result: Under. Pettitte struck out 6 batters.
Standings
| American League | National League | |||||||||
| EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| x-Boston | 95 | 62 | - | Won 1 | x-Atlanta | 92 | 63 | - | Won 1 | |
| Tampa Bay | 86 | 69 | 8 | Won 3 | Washington | 84 | 72 | 8.5 | Won 1 | |
| NY Yankees | 82 | 74 | 12.5 | Lost 1 | NY Mets | 71 | 84 | 21 | Won 3 | |
| Baltimore | 81 | 74 | 13 | Lost 4 | Philadelphia | 71 | 84 | 21 | Lost 4 | |
| Toronto | 71 | 84 | 23 | Lost 1 | Miami | 57 | 99 | 35.5 | Lost 1 | |
| CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Detroit | 91 | 65 | - | Lost 1 | z-St. Louis | 91 | 65 | - | Lost 1 | |
| Cleveland | 86 | 70 | 5 | Won 4 | Cincinnati | 89 | 67 | 2 | Won 1 | |
| Kansas City | 82 | 73 | 8.5 | Won 1 | Pittsburgh | 89 | 67 | 2 | Lost 1 | |
| Minnesota | 65 | 90 | 25.5 | Lost 4 | Milwaukee | 69 | 86 | 21.5 | Won 1 | |
| Chicago Sox | 61 | 94 | 29.5 | Won 1 | Chicago Cubs | 65 | 91 | 26 | Lost 1 | |
| WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| x-Oakland | 93 | 63 | - | Won 4 | x-LA Dodgers | 90 | 66 | - | Won 2 | |
| Texas | 84 | 71 | 8.5 | Lost 1 | Arizona | 79 | 76 | 10.5 | Won 2 | |
| LA Angels | 76 | 79 | 16.5 | Lost 1 | San Diego | 72 | 83 | 17.5 | Lost 2 | |
| Seattle | 68 | 88 | 25 | Won 1 | San Francisco | 72 | 84 | 18 | Won 1 | |
| Houston | 51 | 105 | 42 | Lost 9 | Colorado | 71 | 86 | 19.5 | Lost 2 | |
| x - clinched division title | ||||||||||
| z - clinched playoff berth | ||||||||||
Schedule –
Monday September
23
Probable pitchers in parentheses, with my picks to win
highlighted.
Weekend Picks:
25-20 Overall: 963-741
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