Here’s
your morning baseball briefing:
News &
Notes: Washington outfielder Denard Span had a hit in each game of
the doubleheader with Atlanta yesterday, extending his major-league high
hitting streak to 28 games.
Baltimore outfielder Chris Davis hit his 51st home run in
Boston last night, breaking the franchise single-season home run record held by
Brady Anderson.
The Houston Astros lost their major-league worst 100th game
yesterday.
Toronto first baseman Edwin Encarnacion will undergo left
wrist surgery and is out for the rest of the season.
Tuesday Scores:
Walk-Off
Win Streak:
1 The Washington Nationals, Milwaukee
Brewers, and Los Angeles Dodgers all walked-off winners yesterday.
Longest
Winning Streak - 4 San Francisco Giants
Longest
Losing Streak -
4 N.Y. Yankees, Houston, Chicago Cubs, Miami
League
Leaders
American
League
Batting
Average- .350 Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
Home Runs
- 51
Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles
RBI - 134 Miguel Cabrera,
Detroit Tigers
Pitching
Wins – 19 Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
Strikeouts
- 256
Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers
E.R.A.
- 2.51
Anibal Sanchez, Detroit Tigers
National
League
Batting
Average- .331 Michael Cuddyer, 1B, Colorado Rockies
Home Runs
- 33
Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh Pirates
RBI - 116
Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks
Pitching
Wins – 18 Jordan Zimmerman, Washington
Nationals
Strikeouts
– 214 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles
Dodgers
E.R.A. - 1.94 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
MVP
Watch
American
League: Miguel
Cabrera, 3B, Detroit Tigers
Yesterday:
1-2
with a home run, 2 RBI and 2 walks
Season: .350, 44 HR’s, 134 RBI and 100 runs scored
On pace
for: .349, 47 HRs, 144 RBI and 107 runs scored
National
League: Jay Bruce, OF, Cincinnati Reds
Yesterday:
2-4
with a grand slam home run and 4 RBI
Season: .268,
30 HRs, 100 RBI
On pace
for:
.267, 32 HRs, 107 RBI
Cy
Young Watch
American
League: Anibal Sanchez, Detroit Tigers
Yesterday:
6.2 IP, 6 hits, 2 runs and 10 K’s in a
no-decision vs. Seattle
Season: 14-7, 188 K’s and 2.51 ERA
On pace
for:
15-7, 203 K’s and a 2.47 ERA
National
League: Zach Greinke, Los Angeles Dodgers
Yesterday:
6 IP, 6 hits, 2 runs and 5 K’s in a win vs. Arizona
Season: 15-3, 138’s and a 2.75 ERA
On pace
for:
16-3, 150 K’s and a 2.74 ERA
History
1990 World
Series – Oakland Athletics vs. Cincinnati Reds
The 1990 World Series was a rematch of the 1972 Fall Classic
won by the A’s in six games. Cincinnati
absolutely dominated the National League West division, becoming just the
second team is baseball history (1984 Detroit Tigers) to lead their division
from the start of the season to the end, a.k.a. “wire-to-wire.” Oakland was the defending champion and were
playing in their third consecutive World Series. Good friends Tony LaRussa and Lou Piniella
managed the A’s and Reds respectively, and this series would be over real
quick.
Cincinnati had home field advantage, and they immediately
jumped out to a 2-0 first inning lead behind Eric Davis’s two-run home run, and
Reds’ pitcher Jose Rijo settled down to shutout the A’s 7-0 for the Game 1 win.
Game 2 was the last World Series game played at Cincinnati’s
Riverfront Stadium, and the Reds didn’t disappoint their home fans, winning 5-4
in ten innings on Joe Oliver’s RBI single.
With a 2-0 series lead, the Reds flew west to Oakland to finish their
business.
Game 3 was the Chris Sabo show. The Cincinnati third baseman homered in the
second inning and again in the Reds seven-run third inning, and suddenly
Oakland was down 8-3 after just three innings.
That score would hold up and Cincinnati was now just one win away from
sweeping the A’s.
Game 4 was a pitchers duel between A’s starter Dave Stewart
and Reds’ starter Jose Rijo, and Oakland held a 1-0 lead in the top of the eighth
when Cincinnati pushed two runs across for a 2-1 lead. Rijo retired 20 straight batters before he
left after eight innings, and Randy Myers pitched a perfect ninth inning as the
Reds won 2-1, completing the series sweep and capturing their fifth World
Series title in franchise history.
Outfielder Billy Hatcher set a World Series record with 7 consecutive
hits, and helped extend the Reds World Series winning streak to 9 games.
Cincinnati
Wins 4-0
For the series, the Reds outscored the Athletics 22-8 and
outhit them 45-28. Hall of Famers
included for Cincinnati: shortstop Barry Larkin; and for Oakland: pitcher
Dennis Eckersley and outfielder Rickey Henderson.
Tomorrow:
1990 World Series – Minnesota Twins vs. Atlanta Braves
Trivia
Today’s
Question: What was the nickname given to the three relief pitchers Norm Charlton, Randy Myers, and Rob Dibble on
the 1990 World Series winning Cincinnati Reds?
Yesterday’s
Question: Who managed the 1989
Oakland Athletics in their World Series win?
Answer: Tony LaRussa
House
Bet
Today: Over/Under
1 hit by Washington outfielder
Denard Span today vs. Atlanta as he attempts to extend his hitting streak to 29
games.
Yesterday: Over/Under 16 combined
strikeouts by Zack Greinke and Patrick Corbin in the Dodgers-Diamondbacks game
today.
Result: Way
under. They combined to strike out just 6 batters (Greinke 5, Corbin 1).
Standings
| American League | National League | |||||||||
| EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Boston | 92 | 60 | - | Lost 1 | Atlanta | 89 | 62 | - | Lost 3 | |
| Tampa Bay | 82 | 68 | 9 | Lost 1 | Washington | 81 | 70 | 8 | Won 3 | |
| Baltimore | 80 | 70 | 11 | Won 2 | Philadelphia | 71 | 80 | 18 | Won 2 | |
| NY Yankees | 79 | 72 | 12.5 | Lost 4 | NY Mets | 67 | 83 | 21.5 | Lost 1 | |
| Toronto | 69 | 81 | 22 | Won 1 | Miami | 55 | 96 | 34 | Lost 4 | |
| CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Detroit | 88 | 63 | - | Won 3 | St. Louis | 88 | 63 | - | Won 1 | |
| Cleveland | 82 | 69 | 6 | Won 1 | Pittsburgh | 87 | 64 | 1 | Lost 2 | |
| Kansas City | 79 | 72 | 9 | Lost 1 | Cincinnati | 86 | 66 | 2.5 | Won 2 | |
| Minnesota | 64 | 86 | 23.5 | Lost 2 | Milwaukee | 67 | 83 | 20.5 | Won 3 | |
| Chicago Sox | 60 | 91 | 28 | Won 2 | Chicago Cubs | 63 | 88 | 25 | Lost 4 | |
| WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Oakland | 89 | 62 | - | Won 1 | LA Dodgers | 87 | 64 | - | Won 1 | |
| Texas | 82 | 68 | 6.5 | Won 1 | Arizona | 76 | 74 | 10.5 | Lost 1 | |
| LA Angels | 73 | 78 | 16 | Lost 1 | San Diego | 70 | 80 | 16.5 | Won 3 | |
| Seattle | 66 | 85 | 23 | Lost 3 | San Francisco | 70 | 81 | 17 | Won 4 | |
| Houston | 51 | 100 | 38 | Lost 4 | Colorado | 69 | 83 | 18.5 | Lost 1 | |
Schedule –
Wednesday
September 18
Probable pitchers in parentheses, with my picks to win
highlighted.
Yesterday’s Picks: 12-4
Overall: 922-710
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