Here’s your morning baseball
briefing:
News
& Notes: Yankee
shortstop Derek Jeter is out indefinitely after re-injuring his surgically
repaired left ankle.
Boston outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury has a fracture in
his right foot and will likely return before the end of the season.
Boston pitcher Clay Buchholz will rejoin the
starting rotation on Tuesday after missing the last 13 weeks with shoulder
stiffness.
Weekend
Scores:
Walk-Off
Win Streak:
5 – On Friday San Diego walked-off winners, Saturday it was Cincinnati,
and on Sunday the New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants
all walked-off winners.
Longest
Winning Streak - 4
Cincinnati Reds
Longest
Losing Streak - 4 Minnesota, Atlanta, Pittsburgh and L.A.
Dodgers
League
Leaders
American
League
Batting
Average- .353 Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
Home Runs
- 48
Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles
RBI - 133 Miguel Cabrera,
Detroit Tigers
Pitching
Wins – 19 Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
Strikeouts
- 240
Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers
E.R.A. - 2.61
Anibal Sanchez, Detroit Tigers
National
League
Batting
Average- .330 Chris Johnson, Atlanta Braves
Home Runs
- 32
Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh Pirates
RBI - 107
Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks
Pitching
Wins – 16 Zimmerman (WAS), De La Rosa (COL),
& Wainwright (STL)
Strikeouts
– 208 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles
Dodgers
E.R.A. - 1.92 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
MVP
Watch
American
League: David
Ortiz, Boston Red Sox
Last Week:
Hit
.276 with 2 HRS, 5 RBI, and 8 runs scored
Season: .312, 26 HRS and 90
RBI
On pace
for: .312,
29 HRs and 102
National
League: Matt Carpenter, 2B, 3B,OF, St. Louis Cardinals
Last Week: Hit
.379 with 4 doubles, 2 triples and 10 runs scored
Season: .316
with 174 hits and 112 runs scored
On pace
for: .315
with 199 hits and 128 runs scored
Cy
Young Watch
American
League: John Lester, Boston Red Sox
Last Week: 2
starts, 15 IP, 4 runs and 15 K’s with 1 win
Season: 13-8,
160 K’s and a 3.87 ERA
On pace
for:
14-9, 182 K’s and a 3.84 ERA
National
League: Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals
Last Week: 2
starts, 13 IP, 6 runs and 11 K’s with 1 win
Season: 16-9, 195 K’s and a 3.03 ERA
On pace
for: 18-10, 224 K’s and a 3.01 ERA
History
1983 World
Series – Baltimore Orioles vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Dubbed the I-95 series for the interstate connecting the two
cities, the Orioles and Phillies met for the 1983 World Series in what was
commissioner Bowie Kuhn’s last year.
Baltimore, led by first year manager Joe Altobelli who replaced the legendary
Earl Weaver after 16 seasons, inherited a powerful offense that led the A.L. in
home runs and fielded a Hall of Famers Eddie Murray at first base and second
year shortstop Cal Ripken. Philadelphia
was managed by Paul Owens and had several of the Cincinnati Reds stars from
their 1970’s championship runs, including Pete Rose, Tony Perez, and Joe
Morgan, in addition to Cy Young winner John Denny.
Baltimore had home field advantage in the series and started
lost the first game 2-1 when Phillies’ outfielder Gary Maddox homered off
Oriole starter Scott MacGregor in the seventh inning to break the tie. Mike Boddicker shut down the Phillies in Game
2 with a complete game 4-1 win, striking out six, and the series traveled up
the interstate to Philadelphia for the middle games.
Game 3 featured the first time where three Cy Young winners
pitched in a World Series – Steve Carlton, Jim Palmer, and Mike Flanagan. Carlton started the game and cruised through
the first five innings before Baltimore broke through with one run in the sixth
and two in the seventh to take a 2-1 lead.
Palmer pitched in relief of Flanagan and the Orioles won by that score
and took a 2-1 series lead.
Baltimore won Game 4 by a 5-4 score behind the pitching of
Storm Davis, and the Orioles had a 3-1 series lead with Game 5 in Philadelphia
the next night.
First baseman Eddie Murray was the hero of Game 5 for the
Orioles, hitting two monstrous home runs in support of Scott McGregor, who pitched
a complete game shutout in the 5-0 clinching win, and Baltimore won their third
World Series title in franchise history.
Baltimore
Wins 4-1
For
the series, Baltimore outscored Philadelphia 18-9 and outhit them 35-31. Hall of Famers included for the Orioles:
first baseman Eddie Murray, shortstop Cal Ripken, and pitcher Jim Palmer; and
for the Phillies: first baseman Tony Perez, second baseman Joe Morgan, third
baseman Mike Schmidt, and pitcher Steve Carlton.
Tuesday:
1984 World Series – Detroit Tigers vs. San Diego Padres
Trivia
Today’s
Question: In Game 3 of the 1983 World Series, three Cy Young winners
pitched in game for the first time in a World Series. It has happened just once since. When and who were the pitchers?
Friday’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?
Answer: Robin Yount, Milwaukee Brewers. He won in 1982 as a shortstop and again in
1989 as an outfielder.
House
Bet
Today: Over/Under
4 runs allowed by Yankees pitcher
C.C. Sabathia in his start at Baltimore.
Friday: Over/Under 25 runs
scored in the three Red-Sox Yankee games this weekend. Result:
Way Over. They combined for 49 runs
in the three games (12-8, 12-9, 4-3).
Standings
| American League | National League | |||||||||
| EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Boston | 87 | 58 | - | Lost 1 | Atlanta | 85 | 57 | - | Lost 4 | |
| Tampa Bay | 78 | 64 | 7.5 | Won 1 | Washington | 73 | 69 | 12 | Won 2 | |
| Baltimore | 76 | 66 | 9.5 | Lost 1 | Philadelphia | 66 | 77 | 19.5 | Won 3 | |
| NY Yankees | 76 | 67 | 10 | Won 1 | NY Mets | 64 | 77 | 20.5 | Won 1 | |
| Toronto | 67 | 76 | 19 | Won 3 | Miami | 53 | 88 | 31.5 | Lost 2 | |
| CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Detroit | 82 | 61 | - | Lost 2 | St. Louis | 83 | 60 | - | Won 3 | |
| Cleveland | 76 | 66 | 5.5 | Lost 1 | Pittsburgh | 81 | 61 | 1.5 | Lost 4 | |
| Kansas City | 75 | 68 | 7 | Won 2 | Cincinnati | 82 | 62 | 1.5 | Won 4 | |
| Minnesota | 61 | 80 | 20 | Lost 4 | Milwaukee | 62 | 80 | 20.5 | Won 2 | |
| Chicago Sox | 57 | 85 | 25 | Won 1 | Chicago Cubs | 60 | 82 | 22.5 | Lost 2 | |
| WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Oakland | 83 | 60 | - | Won 3 | LA Dodgers | 83 | 59 | - | Lost 4 | |
| Texas | 81 | 61 | 1.5 | Won 1 | Arizona | 72 | 70 | 11 | Lost 1 | |
| LA Angels | 67 | 75 | 16 | Lost 1 | Colorado | 66 | 78 | 18 | Lost 3 | |
| Seattle | 65 | 78 | 18 | Lost 1 | San Diego | 65 | 77 | 18 | Won 3 | |
| Houston | 47 | 96 | 36 | Lost 3 | San Francisco | 64 | 79 | 19.5 | Won 1 | |
Schedule –
Monday September
9th
Probable pitchers in parentheses, with my picks to win highlighted.
Weekend Picks: 22-23 Overall: 858-661
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