Here’s your baseball
briefing for Monday, October 21, 2013.
Friday
Results
Game 6 N.L.C.S. (best of seven)
| RESULT | WIN | LOSS |
| at St. Louis 9, LA Dodgers 0 | Wacha (2-0) | Kershaw (0-2) |
Rookie Michael Wacha pitched another brilliant game when St.
Louis needed it most, allowing just two hits in seven innings, and Cardinals
hitters scored seven runs off Cy Young contender Clayton Kershaw to win easily
9-0 to eliminate the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games and advance to their second
World Series in three years, having won in 2011.
St. Louis Wins
Series 4-2
Game 6 A.L.C.S.
| RESULT | WIN | LOSS | SAVE |
| at Boston 5, Detroit 2 | Tazawa (1-0) | Scherzer (0-1) | Uehara (3) |
Shane Victorino’s seventh inning grand slam gave Boston the
lead for good as they won beat Max Scherzer and Detroit in Game 6 to win the
series and advance to their first World Series since 2007 when they swept
Colorado.
Boston Wins
Series 4-2
Boston and St. Louis have met in the World Series three
times in baseball history, with the Cardinals winning in 1946, 1967 and Red Sox
winning in 2004.
World
Series Schedule (Times EST) (Best of 7)
Wednesday October 23 at 8:07 pm
St. Louis Cardinals (Wainwright) at Boston Red Sox (Lester)
Game 1
Prediction: St. Louis
Thursday October 24
at 8:07 pm
St. Louis Cardinals at Boston Red Sox
Game 2
Saturday October 26
at 8:07 pm
Boston Red Sox at St.
Louis Cardinals
Game 3
Sunday October 27 at
8:15 pm
Boston Red Sox at St.
Louis Cardinals
Game 4
Monday October 28 at
8:07 pm
Boston Red Sox at St.
Louis Cardinals
Game 5 (if necessary)
Wednesday October 30
at 8:07 pm
St. Louis Cardinals
at Boston Red Sox
Game 6 (if necessary)
Thursday October 31
at 8:07 pm
St. Louis Cardinals
at Boston Red Sox
Game 7 (if necessary)
Playoff Predictions
Overall: 16-17
News
& Notes – Detroit Tigers manager Jim
Leyland announced his retirement after eight seasons and two World Series
appearances.
History
2012 World
Series – Detroit Tigers vs. San Francisco
Giants
The
2012 World Series featured the Detroit Tigers, led by Triple Crown winner
Miguel Cabrera (the first in 45 years to lead the league in batting average,
home runs, and RBI) and the pitching of former Cy Young winner Justin Verlander
who led the American League in strikeouts.
They would face the San Francisco Giants, winners of the 2010 World
Series, and led by N.L. batting champion Buster Posey and a formidable pitching
staff.
San Francisco
had home field advantage and third baseman Pablo Sandoval started the series
with three bangs, three home runs in his first three at-bats as the Giants won
8-3 to take a 1-0 series lead. Two of
the home runs came off Justin Verlander, and Sandoval tied Babe Ruth, Reggie
Jackson, and Albert Pujols as the only players to hit three home runs in a
World Series game.
In Game 2,
Giants starter Madison Bumgarner pitched seven shutout innings and struck out
eight as San Francisco won 2-0 to take a 2-0 series lead with the teams headed
to Detroit for Games 3, 4 & 5 if necessary.
In Game 3,
San Francisco became the first team since the 1966 Baltimore Orioles to win
games on back-to-back shutouts as they once again won 2-0 behind the pitching
of Ryan Vogelsong. The Giants scored
both of their runs in the third inning and took a 3-0 series lead.
Game 4 in
Detroit went extra innings as the score was tied 3-3 after nine, and Giants’
shortstop Marco Scutaro, traded to San Francisco in mid season, delivered an RBI
single to center field in the top of the tenth that proved to be the winning
run. Closer Sergio Romo struck out the
Tigers in order in the bottom of the tenth, and the Giants celebrated their
seventh World Series title in franchise history, and second since moving to San
Francisco in 1958. The five prior championships
were won in New York.
San Francisco
Wins 4-0
For
the series, San Francisco outscored Detroit 16-6 and outhit them 32-20.
Trivia
Today’s
Question: Prior to 2012, when was the last time two batting champions
faced off in the World Series?
Friday’s
Question: The 2011 World Series was
just one of two in baseball history in which a team, one strike away from
elimination, came back to win the game and the Series. When was the other?
Answer: 1986, when the Boston Red Sox were one
strike away from winning the World Series, only to lose Game 6 and then Game 7
to the New York Mets.
House
Bet
Over/Under combined 16 strikeouts between John Lester and Adam Wainwright in Game 1.
Over/Under combined 16 strikeouts between John Lester and Adam Wainwright in Game 1.
Friday: Over/Under
8 strikeout by Clayton Kershaw
Friday against St. Louis.
Result: Under. Kershaw struck out 5.
Blog Returns Thursday after Game 1
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