Here’s
your morning baseball briefing:
News &
Notes: Washington third baseman Ryan Zimmerman has homered in seven
of his last 9 games.
Thursday Scores:
Walk-Off
Win Streak:
1 The Los Angeles Dodgers
walked-off winners on Thursday when Adrian Gonzalez singled home the winning
run in the tenth inning to beat San Francisco.
Longest
Winning Streak - 6
Washington Nationals
Longest
Losing Streak -
4 Seattle Mariners
League
Leaders
American
League
Batting
Average- .349 Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
Home Runs
- 49
Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles
RBI - 133 Miguel Cabrera,
Detroit Tigers
Pitching
Wins – 19 Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
Strikeouts
- 246
Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers
E.R.A.
- 2.50
Anibal Sanchez, Detroit Tigers
National
League
Batting
Average- .334 Michael Cuddyer, 1B, Colorado Rockies
Home Runs
- 32
Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh Pirates
RBI - 109
Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks
Pitching
Wins – 17 Jordan Zimmerman, Washington
Nationals
Strikeouts
– 208 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles
Dodgers
E.R.A. - 1.92 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
History
1987 World
Series – Minnesota Twins vs. St. Louis Cardinals
The 1987 World Series was the first to be played indoors (in
the Minnesota Metrodome), and just the second played in Minnesota as they were
beaten by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965.
The Twins were the only World Series team ever to be outscored in the
regular season, and were out-everythinged in almost every offensive category,
while St. Louis was played without their slugger Jack Clark who was had an
ankle injury. Based on these facts,
nobody could’ve predicted that this series would be as exciting as any before
it.
Minnesota had home field advantage, and their fans greeted the
Cardinals with often deafening noise as the Metrodome echoed their cheers under
the shiny white roof. The Twins won Game
1 easily 10-1 behind the pitching of Frank Viola and the hitting of Dan
Gladden, whose seventh inning grand slam broke the game wide open. Minnesota busted open Game 2 with a six-run
fourth inning, winning 8-4, and suddenly the Cardinals were down 2-0 as they
headed south to St. Louis for Games 3, 4 & 5 if necessary.
St. Louis won all three of their home games (3-1, 7-2, and
4-2) to take a 3-2 series lead before heading back up the Mississippi River for
Game 6, the last World Series day game ever played. Facing elimination, Minnesota was down 5-2 in
the fifth when they exploded for four runs, and continued their hot hitting in
the sixth, scoring four more on
first baseman Kent Hrbek’s grand slam home run, and the rout
was on as the Twins won 11-5, forcing a Game 7.
In the last
game of the season no matter the outcome, St. Louis jumped out to an early 2-0
second inning lead, but Minnesota starter Frank Violas settled down and didn’t
allow another run in eight solid innings.
The Twins tied the game at two in the fifth, and took the lead for good
in the sixth on Greg Gagne’s two-out RBI single. They added another run in the eighth on Dan
Gladden’s RBI double, and closer Jeff Reardon saved the game with 1-2-3 ninth,
and the Twins won their first World Series, and second in franchise history
(they won in 1924 when they were the Washington Senators). Manager Tom Kelly became the youngest
non-playing manager to win the World Series since John McGraw in 1905.
Minnesota Wins
4-3
For the series, Minnesota outscored St. Louis 38-26 and outhit
them 64-60. Hall of Famers included for
the Twins: outfielder Kirby Puckett and
pitcher Bert Blyleven: and for the Cardinals: manager Whitey Herzog and
shortstop Ozzie Smith.
Monday:
1988 World Series – Oakland Athletics vs. Los Angeles
Dodgers
Trivia
Today’s
Question: The record for consecutive games hitting a home run is 8,
held by two players. Name them.
Yesterday’s
Question: Bill Buckner won the N.L.
Batting Title with a .324 average for the Chicago Cubs in what year?
Answer: 1980.
House
Bet
Today: Over/Under
10 runs scored in the Yankee-Red Sox
game Sunday night.
Yesterday: Over/Under 4 runs
allowed by Roy Halladay vs. San Diego.
Result: Push. Halladay
allowed exactly 4 runs.
Standings
| American League | National League | |||||||||
| EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Boston | 89 | 59 | - | Lost 1 | Atlanta | 88 | 58 | - | Won 1 | |
| Tampa Bay | 79 | 66 | 8.5 | Won 1 | Washington | 77 | 69 | 11 | Won 6 | |
| NY Yankees | 79 | 68 | 9.5 | Won 3 | Philadelphia | 68 | 78 | 20 | Won 2 | |
| Baltimore | 77 | 69 | 11 | Lost 3 | NY Mets | 64 | 81 | 24 | Lost 4 | |
| Toronto | 67 | 79 | 21 | Lost 3 | Miami | 54 | 91 | 34 | Lost 1 | |
| CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Detroit | 84 | 62 | - | Won 2 | Pittsburgh | 85 | 61 | - | Won 4 | |
| Cleveland | 78 | 68 | 6 | Won 1 | St. Louis | 85 | 61 | - | Lost 1 | |
| Kansas City | 77 | 69 | 7 | Won 2 | Cincinnati | 83 | 64 | 2.5 | Won 1 | |
| Minnesota | 63 | 82 | 20.5 | Lost 2 | Milwaukee | 63 | 82 | 22 | Won 1 | |
| Chicago Sox | 58 | 88 | 26 | Lost 3 | Chicago Cubs | 62 | 84 | 23 | Lost 2 | |
| WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Oakland | 85 | 61 | - | Won 2 | LA Dodgers | 86 | 60 | - | Won 1 | |
| Texas | 81 | 64 | 3.5 | Lost 3 | Arizona | 73 | 72 | 13 | Won 1 | |
| LA Angels | 70 | 76 | 15 | Won 3 | Colorado | 67 | 80 | 20 | Lost 1 | |
| Seattle | 65 | 81 | 20 | Lost 4 | San Diego | 66 | 79 | 20 | Lost 2 | |
| Houston | 50 | 96 | 35 | Won 3 | San Francisco | 66 | 81 | 21 | Lost 1 | |
Schedule –
Friday September
12th – Sunday Sept 15th
Probable pitchers in parentheses, with my picks to win
highlighted.
Yesterday’s Picks: 9-2
Overall: 888-683
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