Here’s your morning
baseball briefing:
News &
Notes: The Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds clinched playoff
spots for the first time since 1992.
Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado suffered an ugly knee
injury knee touching first base while running out an infield single. He was carted off the field on a stretcher.
Texas Rangers outfielder Alex Rios hit for the cycle on
Monday, smashing a single, double, triple and home run in the 12-0 win vs.
Houston.
Monday Scores:
Walk-Off Win
Streak:
3 The Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota
Twins, and Cincinnati Reds each walked-off winners on Monday. With the walk-off win, Cincinnati clinched a
playoff berth.
Longest Winning
Streak - 5 Oakland Athletics
Longest Losing
Streak -
10 Houston Astros
League
Leaders
American League
Batting
Average- .350 Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
Home Runs
- 52
Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles
RBI - 137 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: Chris Davis, 1B/OF, Baltimore Orioles
Yesterday: 1-3 with a home run, 2 RBI, 2 runs scored, and 2 walks
Season: .287, 52 HRs, 136 RBI
On pace for: .286, 54 HRs, 142
RBI
National League: Joey
Votto, 1B, Cincinnati Reds
Yesterday: 0-0
with 5 walks
Season: .308, 24 HRs, 73 RBI
On pace for: .307, 24 HRs, 75 RBI
Cy
Young Watch
American
League: Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers
Yesterday: 6 IP,
6 hits, 0 runs and 12 K’s in a no-decision vs. Minnesota
Season: 13-12, 207 K’s and a 3.56 ERA
On pace for: 13-12, 214 K’s and a 3.55 ERA
National
League: Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals
Yesterday: 7 IP, 7 hits, 3 runs and 5 K’s in a win
vs.Washington
Season: 18-9, 214 K’s and a 3.01 ERA
On pace for: 18-9, 223 K’s and a 2.99 ERA
History
1994 World
Series – Cancelled
The 1994 World Series was cancelled on September 14th due to
an ongoing labor strike by the Major League Baseball Player’s Union. It marked just the second time since 1904
that the World Series was cancelled. The
first World Series was played in 1903, but in 1904 baseball was run by a
governing body and the National League did not recognize the upstart American
League as viable competition. The two
pennant winners could agree to play a World Series, but the National League
champion New York Giants and their owner John T. Brush stated in early July
that if his Giants won the pennant they, in defiance, would not play the
American League champion. In January
1905, stung by criticism, Brush adopted rules that both leagues agreed to, thus
creating what we know today as the World Series
Tomorrow: 1995
World Series – Cleveland Indians vs. Atlanta Braves
Trivia
Today’s
Question: What year did a player’s strike threaten to cancel the World
Series before the season was salvaged and the two leagues agreed to a playoff
between the first half of the season leader would play the second half leader,
with the winner advancing to the World Series?
Yesterday’s
Question: Whose all-time career
record did Alex Rodriguez beat when he hit his 24th grand slam home run Friday?
Answer: Lou Gehrig
House
Bet
Today: Over/Under
combined 15 strikeouts/walks given
up by Texas pitcher Yu Darvish vs. Houston.
Yesterday: Over/Under 2 walks
by St. Louis pitcher Adam Wainwright vs. Washington.
Result: Under. Wainwright walked just 2 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 | 64 | - | Lost 1 | |
| Tampa Bay | 87 | 69 | 7.5 | Won 4 | Washington | 84 | 73 | 8.5 | Lost 1 | |
| NY Yankees | 82 | 74 | 12.5 | Lost 1 | NY Mets | 71 | 85 | 21 | Lost 1 | |
| Baltimore | 81 | 75 | 13.5 | Lost 5 | Philadelphia | 71 | 85 | 21 | Lost 5 | |
| Toronto | 71 | 85 | 23.5 | Lost 2 | Miami | 58 | 99 | 34.5 | Won 1 | |
| CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Detroit | 91 | 66 | - | Lost 2 | z-St. Louis | 92 | 65 | - | Won 1 | |
| Cleveland | 86 | 70 | 4.5 | Won 4 | z-Cincinnati | 90 | 67 | 2 | Won 2 | |
| Kansas City | 83 | 73 | 7.5 | Won 2 | z-Pittsburgh | 90 | 67 | 2 | Won 1 | |
| Minnesota | 66 | 90 | 24.5 | Won 1 | Milwaukee | 70 | 86 | 21.5 | Won 2 | |
| Chicago Sox | 62 | 94 | 28.5 | Won 2 | Chicago Cubs | 65 | 92 | 27 | Lost 2 | |
| WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| x-Oakland | 94 | 63 | - | Won 5 | x-LA Dodgers | 90 | 66 | - | Won 2 | |
| Texas | 85 | 71 | 8.5 | Won 1 | Arizona | 79 | 77 | 11 | Lost 1 | |
| LA Angels | 76 | 80 | 17.5 | Lost 2 | San Diego | 73 | 83 | 17 | Won 1 | |
| Seattle | 68 | 89 | 26 | Lost 1 | San Francisco | 72 | 84 | 18 | Won 1 | |
| Houston | 51 | 106 | 43 | Lost 10 | Colorado | 71 | 86 | 19.5 | Lost 2 | |
| x - clinched division title | ||||||||||
| z - clinched playoff spot | ||||||||||
Schedule – Tuesday September 24
Probable pitchers in parentheses, with my picks to win
highlighted.
Monday Picks: 8-4 Overall: 971-745
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