Here’s your morning baseball
briefing:
Game of the Day for Thursday Sept. 5
Boston 9, New York Yankees 8
In a
wild game in the Bronx Thursday night, both teams combined to use 13 pitchers
in ten innings, as Boston prevailed 9-8 after blowing a five-run sixth inning
lead. New York trailed 7-2 entering the
sixth and scored six times to take an 8-7 lead.
In the ninth, closer Mariano Rivera was one strike away from ending the
game when Red Sox shortstop Stephen Drew singled home the tying run. They scored once more in the tenth on Shane
Victorino’s RBI single to seal the game.
Scores:
Walk-Off
Win Streak:
2 The Kansas City Royals walked-off
winners on a 13th inning home run by third baseman Mike Moustakas.
Longest
Winning Streak - 3 Boston Red Sox
Longest
Losing Streak - 7 Chicago White Sox
League
Leaders
American
League
Batting
Average- .355 Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
Home Runs
- 47
Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles
RBI - 130 Miguel Cabrera,
Detroit Tigers
Pitching
Wins – 19 Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
Strikeouts
- 240
Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers
E.R.A. - 2.68
Anibal Sanchez, Detroit Tigers
National
League
Batting
Average- .331 Michael Cuddyer, Colorado
Rockies
Home Runs
- 32
Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh Pirates
RBI - 106
Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks
Pitching
Wins – 16 Ryan Zimmerman (WAS), and Jorge De
La Rosa (COL)
Strikeouts
– 201 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles
Dodgers
E.R.A. - 1.89 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
MVP
Watch
American
League: Adam Jones, OF, Baltimore Orioles
Yesterday:
2-4,
1 HR, 1 RBI and 1 walk
Season: .295, 30 HRs, 100 RBI
On pace
for: .295,
35 HRs, 117 RBI
National
League: Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks
Yesterday: 2-5,
2 RBI and 2 runs scored
Season: .292, 31 HRs, 106 RBI
On pace
for: .292,
36 HRs, 124 RBI
Cy
Young Watch – None from yesterday
History
1982 World
Series – Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals
Haled the “Sud Series” citing both cities’ history of beer production,
the 1982 World Series featured the power hitting Milwaukee Brewers against the
pitching strong St. Louis Cardinals.
The series started on a Tuesday night in St. Louis, and
Brewers pitched Mike Caldwell pitched a complete game 4-0 silenced the home
crowd. The Cardinals rebounded in Game 2
with a 5-4 win to tie the series, and Games 3, 4 and 5 moved to Milwaukee for
the weekend.
On Friday night, Cardinal outfielder Willie McGhee broke
open Game 3 with a three-run home run in the fifth, and St. Louis stole home
field advantage back with a 6-2 win in Game 3.
The Brewers responded in Game 4 on Saturday with a six-run seventh
inning to bust open Game 4, and tied the series at two. Crucial Game 5 was played Sunday afternoon,
and Brewers shortstop Robin Yount tied a World Series record with his second
four-hit game, and Mike Caldwell pitched another complete game as Milwaukee won
6-4 and took a 3-2 series lead.
The series shifted back to St. Louis with the Milwaukee up
3-2, and amidst two rain delays in Game 6, the Cardinals romped 13-1 as catcher
Darrell Porter and first baseman Keith Hernandez each hit two-run home runs.
Game 7 began as a pitcher’s duel, but St. Louis took the
lead for good with three runs in the sixth, and the Cardinals won 6-3 to claim
their 9th World Series title, first since 1967.
St. Louis Wins 4-3
For the series, St. Louis outscored Milwaukee and outhit
them 67-64. Hall of Famers included for
the Cardinals: manager Whitey Herzog, shortstop Ozzie Smith, and pitcher Bruce
Sutter; and for the Brewers: infielder
Paul Molitor, shortstop Robin Yount, and pitcher Don Sutton.
Monday:
1983 World Series – Baltimore Orioles vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Trivia
Today’s
Question: Detroit Tiger Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg won the A.L. MVP
as a first baseman in 1935 and as an outfielder in 1940. Who is the only other played in MLB history
to win the MVP award twice while playing two different primary positions?
Yesterday’s
Question: Boston designated hitter
David Ortiz reached 25 home runs for the ninth time with the Red Sox second to
only one man. Who, and how many seasons?
Answer: Ted Williams, 14 seasons
House
Bet
Today: Over/Under
25 runs scored in the three Red-Sox
Yankee games this weekend.
Yesterday: Over/Under combined 8
runs scored by St. Louis and Cincinnati in their game today. Result: Push. Final score was 6-2.
Standings
| American League | National League | |||||||||
| EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Boston | 85 | 57 | - | Won 3 | Atlanta | 85 | 54 | - | Lost 1 | |
| Tampa Bay | 77 | 62 | 6.5 | Lost 1 | Washington | 71 | 68 | 14 | Won 2 | |
| NY Yankees | 75 | 65 | 9 | Lost 1 | NY Mets | 63 | 75 | 21.5 | Won 1 | |
| Baltimore | 74 | 65 | 9.5 | Won 1 | Philadelphia | 63 | 77 | 22.5 | Lost 2 | |
| Toronto | 64 | 76 | 20 | Lost 1 | Miami | 52 | 86 | 32.5 | Lost 1 | |
| CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Detroit | 81 | 59 | - | Lost 2 | Pittsburgh | 81 | 58 | - | Lost 1 | |
| Cleveland | 74 | 65 | 6.5 | Won 2 | St. Louis | 80 | 60 | 1.5 | Lost 1 | |
| Kansas City | 73 | 67 | 8 | Won 1 | Cincinnati | 79 | 62 | 3 | Won 1 | |
| Minnesota | 61 | 77 | 19 | Lost 1 | Milwaukee | 60 | 79 | 21 | Won 1 | |
| Chicago Sox | 56 | 83 | 25 | Lost 7 | Chicago Cubs | 59 | 80 | 22 | Won 1 | |
| WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Texas | 80 | 59 | - | Lost 1 | LA Dodgers | 83 | 56 | - | Lost 1 | |
| Oakland | 80 | 60 | 0.5 | Lost 1 | Arizona | 71 | 68 | 12 | Won 2 | |
| LA Angels | 65 | 74 | 15 | Won 1 | Colorado | 66 | 75 | 18 | Won 1 | |
| Seattle | 63 | 77 | 18 | Lost 1 | San Diego | 62 | 77 | 21 | Lost 1 | |
| Houston | 47 | 93 | 34 | Won 2 | San Francisco | 62 | 78 | 21.5 | Lost 1 | |
Schedule –
Friday September
6th – Sunday September 8th
Probable pitchers in parentheses, with my picks to win highlighted.
Yesterday’s Picks: 3-4 Overall: 846-638
Times EST
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