Here’s your morning baseball
briefing:
Game of the Day for Tuesday Sept. 3
New York Yankees 6, Chicago White Sox 4
Chicago ace
Chris Sale tossed seven solid innings at the Yankees Tuesday night, and took
the mound in the eighth with a 4-1 lead before it all came crashing down. Derek Jeter led off with a single, followed
by a double by Robinson Cano, and just like that Sale was taken out of the
game. The next batter Alfonso Soriano
singled home Jeter and Cano, and Sale watched his lead dwindle to one. Curtis Granderson then lined a single up the
middle that scored Soriano and the game was tied, but not over. Eduardo Nunez then belted a two out double to
deep left and New York had come all the way back with five runs in the eighth to
take a 6-4 lead. Yankee closer Mariano
Rivera struck out two in the ninth for his 40th save. In the game, Derek Jeter had two hits to
reach 3,315, moving him past third baseman Eddie Collins and into 9th place on
the MLB career hit list.
Scores from Tues. 9/3
Walk-Off
Win Streak - 0
Longest
Winning Streak - 6 Los Angeles Dodgers
Longest
Losing Streak - 5 Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee
Brewers
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
- 215
Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers
E.R.A. - 2.68
Anibal Sanchez, Detroit Tigers
National
League
Batting
Average- .331 Chris Johnson, Atlanta Braves
Home Runs
- 32
Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh Pirates
RBI - 104
Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks
Pitching
Wins – 15 (4 tied - Wainwright, Liriano,
Zimmerman and De La Rosa
Strikeouts
– 201 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles
Dodgers
E.R.A. - 1.89 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
MVP Watch
American
League: Edwin Encarnacion, 1B, Toronto Blue Jays
Yesterday:
3-3,
1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 runs and 2 walks
Season: .279,
36 HRs, 102 RBI
On pace
for: .278,
42 HRs, 119 RBI
National
League: Andrew McCutchen, OF, Pittsburg Pirates
Yesterday: 2-4
with a HR and 3 RBI
Season: .320, 18 HRs, 75 RBI, 85 runs scored, and 27 stolen bases
On pace
for: .320, 21 HRs, 88 RBI, 100 runs scored, and 31
stolen bases
Cy Young
Watch
American
League: Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
Yesterday: 7 IP, 5 hits, 2 runs and 8 K’s in a loss at Boston
Season: 19-2, 209 K’s and a 2.88 ERA
On pace
for: 22-2, 245 K’s and a 2.86 ERA
National
League:
Gio Gonzalez, Washington Nationals
Yesterday:
5.2 IP, 5 hits, 1 run and 6 K’s in a win at
Philadelphia
Season: 9-6,
170 K’s and a 3.49 ERA
On pace
for: 10-7,
202 K’s and a 3.47 ERA
News & Notes
With a win in
Milwaukee yesterday, the Pittsburgh Pirates are assured of a winning season for
the first time in 21 years.
Cleveland
Indians closer Chris Perez was found guilty of misdemeanor drug abuse and fined
$250 for marijuana shipped to his home in the family dog's name. He also was
placed on probation for one year and was ordered to speak to youngsters about
drugs.
History
1980 World
Series – Kansas City Royals vs. Philadelphia Phillies
The 1980
World Series featured the original National League charter member Philadelphia
Phillies (0-2 in the World Series since 1903, losing to the Boston Red Sox in
1915 and the New York Yankees in 1950) against the 1969 expansion team Kansas
City Royals, who became the first expansion team to reach the World Series. It was the first World Series played entirely
on artificial turf at Veteran Stadium in Philadelphia and Kaufman Stadium in
Kansas City, and featured two first year managers with Dallas Green of the
Phillies and Jim Frey of the Royals.
Philadelphia
had home field advantage, and showcased an all-star roster that included MVP
Mike Schmidt at third base, Pete Rose at first base, and CY Young winner Steve
Carlton on the mound. Kansas City had
their own league MVP in third baseman George Brett who flirted with a .400
batting average all season and finished at .390, but the Phillies were tough at
home, and they won the first two games 7-6 and 6-4 respectively.
In Game 3,
Schmidt tied the score at three with a home run in the eighth, but two innings
later Royals first baseman Willie Aikens doubled home Willie Wilson with the
winning run. Royals win 4-3.
Game 4 Kansas
City came out swinging early, scoring four runs in the first inning, including
three from Aikens on a home run. He
would smash his third home run of the series an inning later, and the Royals
won 5-3, tying the series 2-2.
Pivotal Game
5 remained scoreless until Schmidt hit a two-run homer to right center for a
2-0 Phillies lead, but the Royals answered with one run in the fifth and two
more in the sixth on centerfielder Amos Otis’s third series home run to take a
3-2 lead. Philadelphia proved too tough,
as they scored two runs in the top of the ninth on hits from Schmidt, Del Unser
and Manny Trillo, and hung on to win 4-2 for a 3-2 series as it headed back
east.
The stage was
set in Philadelphia for the Phillies first ever World Series, as they were the
last member of the original 16 franchises never to have won it all. Schmidt started the scoring early in Game 7,
singling home two runs in the third, and it was all Steve Carlton needed as the
Phillies cruised to a 4-1 victory.
Kansas City loaded the bases in the eighth and ninth, but reliever Tug
McGraw pitched out of the jams and finished by striking out Willie Wilson to
end the game and begin a wild celebration.
Wilson set a new World Series record by striking out 12 times, none more
heartbreaking than the last. Schmidt was
named series MVP, and for the second straight year, the state of Pennsylvania held
baseball’s championship.
Philadelphia Wins 4-2
For the series, Philadelphia
outscored Kansas City 27-23, but were outhit 60-59. Hall of
Famers in the series include for the winning Phillies; third baseman
Mike Schmidt, and pitcher Steve Carlton; and for the Royals: third baseman
George Brett.
Tomorrow: 1981 World Series – New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Trivia
Today’s
Question: What expansion team won the World Series in the fewest years
of existence?
Yesterday’s
Question: 1979 was the last year the
Pittsburgh Pirates played in a World Series, and the franchise has struggled to
win since. With them likely to make the
playoffs this year, what was the last year they were in the playoffs?
Answer: 1992
House Bet
Over/Under 2 runs
allowed by Pirates pitcher Francisco Liriano tonight in Milwaukee.
Yesterday’s
Bet
Over/Under 14 combined
innings & strikeouts tonight by Detroit starter Max Scherzer vs. Boston.
Result: Over - 15 Scherzer struck out 8 in 7 innings.
Standings
| American League | National League | |||||||||
| EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | EAST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Boston | 83 | 57 | - | Won 1 | Atlanta | 85 | 53 | - | Won 2 | |
| Tampa Bay | 76 | 61 | 5.5 | Won 1 | Washington | 70 | 68 | 15 | Won 1 | |
| NY Yankees | 74 | 64 | 8 | Won 2 | Philadelphia | 63 | 76 | 22.5 | Lost 1 | |
| Baltimore | 73 | 64 | 8.5 | Lost 1 | NY Mets | 62 | 75 | 22.5 | Lost 3 | |
| Toronto | 64 | 75 | 19 | Won 2 | Miami | 52 | 85 | 32.5 | Won 3 | |
| CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | CENTRAL | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Detroit | 81 | 58 | - | Lost 1 | Pittsburgh | 81 | 57 | - | Won 2 | |
| Cleveland | 73 | 65 | 7.5 | Won 1 | St. Louis | 79 | 59 | 2 | Lost 2 | |
| Kansas City | 72 | 66 | 8.5 | Won 3 | Cincinnati | 78 | 61 | 3.5 | Won 2 | |
| Minnesota | 61 | 76 | 19 | Won 3 | Milwaukee | 59 | 79 | 22 | Lost 5 | |
| Chicago Sox | 56 | 81 | 24 | Lost 5 | Chicago Cubs | 58 | 80 | 23 | Lost 2 | |
| WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | WEST | W | L | GB | STRK | |
| Texas | 80 | 58 | - | Won 1 | LA Dodgers | 83 | 55 | - | Won 6 | |
| Oakland | 79 | 59 | 1 | Lost 1 | Arizona | 69 | 68 | 13.5 | Lost 3 | |
| LA Angels | 64 | 73 | 16 | Lost 1 | Colorado | 65 | 75 | 19 | Lost 2 | |
| Seattle | 62 | 76 | 18 | Lost 3 | San Diego | 62 | 76 | 21 | Won 2 | |
| Houston | 45 | 93 | 35 | Lost 2 | San Francisco | 61 | 77 | 22 | Lost 2 | |
Schedule - Wednesday September 4
Probable pitchers in parentheses, with my picks to win highlighted.
Yesterday’s Picks: 6-9 Overall:
837-632
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