Here’s your morning
baseball briefing for Wednesday, October 16, 2013.
Tuesday
Results
Game 3 A.L.C.S. (best of seven)
| RESULT | WIN | LOSS | SAVE |
| Boston 1, at Detroit 0 | Lackey (1-0) | Verlander (0-1) | Uehara (1) |
Red Sox catcher Mike Napoli hit a solo home run off Tigers
starter Justin Verlander in the seventh inning, and Boston squeaked out a win
behind John Lackey and the bullpen who struck out 12. It was the second 1-0 final of the series
with Game 4 played tonight at 8:00pm.
Boston leads
2-1.
Game 4 N.L.C.S. (best of seven)
| RESULT | WIN | LOSS | SAVE |
| St. Louis 4, at LA Dodgers 2 | Lynn (2-0) | Nolasco (0-1) | Rosenthal (2) |
Outfielder Matt Holliday hit a two-run home run in a
three-run Cardinals third inning, and they added another on pinch hitter Shane
Robinson’s blast that bounced off the top of the right field wall and into the
stands in the seventh, as St. Louis won in Los Angeles.
St. Louis leads
3-1.
Today’s
Schedule (Times EST)
4:00 pm – Game 4
National League Championship Series
St. Louis Cardinals (Kelly)
at Los Angeles Dodgers (Greinke)
St. Louis leads
series 3-1.
Prediction: Los
Angeles
8:00 pm – Game 4 American League Champion Series
Boston Red Sox (Peavy) at Detroit Tigers (Fister)
Boston leads series
tied 2-1.
Prediction: Detroit
Playoff Predictions
Overall: 14-14
History
2009 World
Series – New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia
Phillies
The
2009 World Series marked the fifth time a New York team met a Philadelphia team
in the Series, with New York last winning in 1950 The Phillies were looking to
repeat as champions, and the Yankees returned after losing their last two
Series appearances in 2003 and 2001. The
Series was nicknamed the “Turnpike Series” for the New Jersey Turnpike which
connects the two cities, and MLB dubbed it the “Liberty Series,” based on the
Liberty Bell in Philadelphia and the Statue of Liberty in New York.
New York had
home field advantage, and the Series opened in brand new Yankee Stadium, but Philadelphia
starter Cliff Lee silenced the Bronx crowd with a complete game six-hitter
while second baseman Chase Utley belted two home runs as the Phillies won
easily 6-1.
In Game 2,
old Yankee nemesis from his Boston days Pedro Martinez took the mound for
Philadelphia to chorus of boos, and he surrendered solo home runs to Mark
Teixeira and Hideki Matsui before leaving to a 2-1 deficit. The Yankees added another run in the seventh
and won 4-2 behind seven strong innings from starter A.J. Burnett.
The Series
moved to Philadelphia for Game 3 and it was a slugfest from the beginning. Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth hit his
first of two home runs in the first inning, but New York stormed back with
homers from Alex Rodriguez, Nick Swisher, and Hideki Matsui to hold on for an
8-5 win.
In Game 4,
the Yankees held a 4-3 lead in the eighth when Joba Chamberlain gave up a
game-tying solo home run to pinch hitter Pedro Feliz, but in the top of the
ninth New York scored three runs with two outs on Alex Rodriguez’s double and
Jorge Posada’s single to take a 7-4 lead.
Closer Mariano Rivera nailed down his second save and New York held a
3-1 Series lead.
In Game 5,
Cliff Lee once again held the Yankees in check throughout the game until he ran
out of gas in the eighth, but the Phillies scored early and often as Chase
Utley smacked two more home runs to tie Reggie Jackson for most Series home
runs with five, and Philadelphia won 8-6 and trailed the Series 3-2 with it
heading north to New York.
Game 6 in New
York was a wild scene as the Phillies once again started Pedro Martinez, and he
was heckled all night as New York took advantage of his declining skills. Hideki Matsui tagged him for a two-run home
run in the second and a two-run single in the fourth, and Martinez was done
after four innings. New York added three
more runs in the fifth including two on a double from Matsui who pushed his RBI
total for the night to six that tied a World Series record held by Yankee
second baseman Bobby Richardson back in 1960.
New York won the game 7-3 and Andy Pettitte added to his MLB record with
his 18th win as the Yankees celebrated for their 27th World Series title in
their brand new stadium.
New York Wins
4-2.
For
the series, New York outscored Philadelphia 32-27 and outhit them 49-44.
Tomorrow: 2010
World Series – Texas Rangers vs. San Francisco Giants
Trivia
Today’s
Question: Who is second on baseball’s all-time postseason win list
behind Yankee starter Andy Pettitte?
Keep in mind that prior to 1969 the postseason was just the World Series.
Yesterday’s
Question: Prior to the 2008 Phillies
winning the 2008 World Series, when was the last time the city of Philadelphia
won a major sports title?
Answer: 1983 when the Philadelphia 76’ers won the
NBA title.
House
Bet
Today: Over/Under
a combined 15 runs scored in both
games today.
Yesterday: Over/Under
6 strikeouts by Detroit pitcher
Justin Verlander vs. Boston.
Result: Over. Verlander struck out 10.
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