Thursday, May 24, 2012
Mariners Top Redbirds in Seven Games
The Seattle Mariners advanced to the second round of the Millennium Playoffs via an exciting 7-game series win over the St. Louis Cardinals. A recap of the games:Game #1 - SEA 1, STL 0 (11)
Seattle's workhorse starter Roy Oswalt (17-10) squared off against the Cards' Cliff Lee (19-8) in the opener. Oswalt pitched 10 scoreless innings while Lee tossed 9 of his own. The game went to the 11th inning still scoreless. Three singles off Cardinals reliever Broxton gave the Mariners the lead. Then, Francisco Rodriguez pitched a scoreless bottom of the 11th to preserve the victory.
Game #2 - STL 11, SEA 7
The second game matchup consisted of Seattle's Jon Lester (20-4) vs. St. Louis righty starter Ubaldo Jimenez (12-10). Seattle jumped out to an early 6-0 lead as Pujols, Braun and Molina all hit roundtrippers. But, the Cards hung a 6-spot on Lester in the 5th to take a 7-6 lead. Big hit was a three-run blast by Melvin Mora. From then on, the Redbirds' bullpen held the potent Seattle offense at bay enroute to the win.
Game #3 STL 4, SEA 3
Series switches to Seattle for the next three games. It's Cards' Gil Meche (14-12) going up against Seattle's Felix Hernandez (14-7) in this one. Jason Kubel hit a 2-run homer off King Felix to help give St. Louis the lead. Gil Meche pitched 6+ gritty innings and the often beleaguered St. Louis bullpen (Broxton, Tallet, BJ Ryan) pitched 2 2/3 of scoreless relief to make the lead stand up. Several Mariner runners were thrown out at the plate in this game. Cards grab a 2-1 series lead.
Game #4 STL 2, SEA 1 (13)
It's back to our Oswalt vs. Lee matchup in this one. And these two pitchers pitched heroically again - Oswalt 10 innings, 1 run and 10 strikeouts; Lee 10 innings, 1 run and 8 K's. Both runs were off solo homers - Adam LaRoche for the Cards and Elijah Dukes for Seattle. Then, in the top of the 13th, Adam LaRoche hit his second homer of the game to give the Cards the lead. BJ Ryan followed up with a scoreless inning of relief to get the save. Cards lead 3 games to 1.
Game #5 SEA 6, STL 5
Lester against Jimenez again for Game 5. The Mariners, on the brink of elimination, stayed alive as Carlos Quentin hit a grand slam home run off Marte (who had just been brought in) to grab a 6-3 lead. Cards scored two in the 7th to knock out Lester to make it a one-run game again. But, veteran Mike Mussina in a relief role, pitched 1 1/3 innings of clutch relief and then Francisco Rodriguez (who had 47 saves in the regular season for Seattle) pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to give Seattle the hard fought win.
Game #6 SEA 5, STL 3 (12)
Back to St. Louis for Game 6. Kazmir (9-11) gets the start for Seattle against Meche. With the Cards leading 2-1 in the 8th, the Mariners finally got to Meche and scored two runs to grab a 3-2 lead. Pujols had four hits in this game. Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth as Seattle was nursing a one-run lead. But, the Cards scratched out a run to tie the game and even had another runner on third base with two out, but K-Rod hung in there and got Guzman for the final out. On to extra innings for the third time in the series! Then, Dukes, Pujols and Molina got key hits in the 12th off loser BJ Ryan to send the series to a seventh game.
Game #7 SEA 15, STL 1
In what looked like another epic battle between two aces (Oswalt 0.45 ERA in the first two starts, Lee 0.47 ERA) turned into a laugher very quickly. The Cardinal defense committed three costly errors behind Lee that led to 5 unearned runs and just like that - Seattle had a commanding 8-1 lead after four innings. Meanwhile, series MVP Roy Oswalt pitched another gem by only allowing 1 run over 6 innings. The powerful Seattle offense, largely held in check throughout the series, woke up this game by hitting 9 doubles, 1 triple and two homers.
Congrats to the Seattle Mariners who now face Kansas City in the Semi-Finals......
#1 Seed Royals Knock Out D-Backs in Seven Games
KC 7, AZ 4 - Danny Haren fanned 10 and Hanley Ramirez hit a homer and drove in 3 runs. Loser James Shields gave up 7 runs in just innings.
KC 6, AZ 5 - Grady Sizemore and Chipper Jones both hit homers as the Royals rallied from a 5-3 deficit off the Snakes' bullpen
AZ 6, KC 2 - Series moved to Phoenix for game 3 and veteran Randy Johnson did not disappoint the hometown fans as he tossed 7 innings of 1-run ball. Carlos Pena hit a homer and drove in 4 runs.
KC 7, AZ 4 - The Royals take a commanding 3-1 series lead as Danny Haren wins his second of the series. Joe Mauer, batting .400 in the series so far, had 4 hits.
AZ 11, KC 3 - James Shields made up for his poor outing in game #1 with a win in game #5. He tossed a complete game while striking out 10; losing pitcher Chad Billinglsey was roughed up early to take the loss.
AZ 7, KC 6 (10) - Arizona shocked the Royals fans by winning in 10 innings as Yunel Escobar drove in the winning run.
KC 8, AZ 3 - Danny Haren, the series MVP, won his third game of the series as the Royals advanced to the second round of the playoffs. Hanley Ramirez hit his third homer of the series and drove in 3 more runs,
Halos All Over Buccos
The Anaheim Angels advanced to the second round with a convincing 4-1 series win over the Pirates. Nick Markakis batted .389 with a pair of homers for the Angels.
PITT 9, ANA 3 - Johan Santana tossed a complete game and Fred Lewis had 3 base hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Anaheim 9-3. Buccos scored 8 runs in the 2nd inning - all off losing pitcher Armando Galarraga.
Anaheim will now face their cross-town rival Los Angeles Dodgers in a semi-final playoff series.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Dodgers Eliminate A's in Six Games
The Dodgers win a close series in 6 games over Oakland. Harden gets two wins including the game winner.
9/20 LAN 3 9 0 OAA 1
5 0 B.Sheets (1-0) J.Duchschere
(0-1)
9/21 LAN 2 9 0 OAA 1 7 1 R.Harden (1-0) B.Webb (0-1)
9/23 OAA 11 16 0 LAN 0 2 3 T.Hudson (1-0) M.Garza (0-1)
9/24 OAA 12 20 1 LAN 8 14 2 12 J.Colome (1-0) D.Waechter (0-1)
9/25 OAA 2 12 1 LAN 3 5 0 J.Moyer (1-0) B.Webb (0-2)
9/27 LAN 2 8 0 OAA 1 4 0 R.Harden (2-0) J.Duchschere (0-2)
9/21 LAN 2 9 0 OAA 1 7 1 R.Harden (1-0) B.Webb (0-1)
9/23 OAA 11 16 0 LAN 0 2 3 T.Hudson (1-0) M.Garza (0-1)
9/24 OAA 12 20 1 LAN 8 14 2 12 J.Colome (1-0) D.Waechter (0-1)
9/25 OAA 2 12 1 LAN 3 5 0 J.Moyer (1-0) B.Webb (0-2)
9/27 LAN 2 8 0 OAA 1 4 0 R.Harden (2-0) J.Duchschere (0-2)
Game 1: Sheets, Romo, and Street hold the A's in check. Utley and Ibanez
homered.
Game 2: Rich Harden pitched 7 shutout innings. The A's almost tied it in
the 9th but Huston Street managed to close it out.
Game 3: A's offense wakes up and scores 11 in a laugher. Aramis Ramirez
had a HR and 4 RBI's.
Game 4: Oakland wins a classic 12 inning game. Dodgers scored 5 in the
8th to come back from a 7-2 deficit, another run in the 10th to to tie it again,
but then the A's scored 4 in the 12th to put it away. Ramirez had the big hit
again. 14 pitchers were used.
Game 5: Jamie Moyer puts the A's offense back to sleep with 97 mph fastba-
I mean change-ups. Huston Street almost blew the save but got Orlando Hudson
for the last out.
Game 6: LA closes it out in another low scoring game. Rich Harden again
shuts down the A's and Street earns his 4th save.
Heroes
Ludwick .364 1.122 OPS
Harden 2-0 0.64 ERA
Street 4 Saves
Goats
Matt Kemp .200 .459 OPS Kemp overachieved all year, bad time to
regress!
Jimmy Rollins .136 .406 OPS
Friday, March 30, 2012
Current Standings Midway Thru Block 7
Strat-O-Matic Report
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2008 Millennium League
Brock WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 Anaheim ANA 83 49 .629 ---- 29
2008 Seattle SEA 78 51 .605 3.5
2008 Cleveland CLA 66 51 .564 9.5
2008 San Francisco SFN 53 70 .431 25.5
2008 Florida FLN 53 74 .417 27.5
Killebrew WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 Kansas City KCA 80 40 .667 ---- 33
2008 Los Angeles LAN 76 53 .589 8.5
2008 Toronto TOA 70 50 .583 10.0
2008 Atlanta ATN 45 81 .357 38.0
2008 Houston HON 39 81 .325 41.0
Koufax WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 Oakland OAA 78 48 .619 ---- 36
2008 Arizona ARN 71 49 .592 4.0
2008 Pittsburgh PIN 74 55 .574 5.5
2008 Boston BOA 48 69 .410 25.5
2008 Washington WAN 37 87 .298 40.0
Aaron WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 St. Louis SLN 71 58 .550 ---- 24
2008 Chicago CHA 61 68 .473 10.0
2008 Minnesota MNA 56 70 .444 13.5
2008 Philadelphia PHN 52 68 .433 14.5
2008 New York NYA 55 74 .426 16.0
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Team Bullpen Stats
Strat-O-Matic Report
ZTeam Bullpen
Team ReERA ReW ReL Sv
--------------------------- ----- --- --- --
Arizona Diamondbacks (ARN) 2.62 17 12 38
Pittsburgh Pirates (PIN) 2.67 19 15 38
Kansas City Royals (KCA) 3.14 21 12 37
Anaheim Angels (ANA) 3.31 34 10 32
New York Yankees (NYA) 3.37 15 9 18
Toronto Blue-Jays (TOA) 3.58 26 11 42
Cleveland Indians (CLA) 3.70 16 17 20
Oakland A's (OAA) 3.71 14 14 27
Philadelphia Phillies (PHN) 3.87 11 17 22
Los Angeles Dodgers (LAN) 3.99 17 13 37
Seattle Mariners (SEA) 4.22 24 12 35
San Francisco Giants (SFN) 4.45 9 18 19
Boston Red Sox (BOA) 4.51 12 16 25
Chicago White Sox (CHA) 4.58 18 16 27
St. Louis Cardinals (SLN) 4.61 10 12 27
Florida Marlins (FLN) 5.02 11 16 19
Houston Astros (HON) 5.18 12 19 23
Atlanta Braves (ATN) 5.31 15 27 22
Washington Nationals (WAN) 5.37 5 14 17
Minnesota Twins (MNA) 5.38 11 19 24
Red Sox 1-Hit Dodgers at Fenway
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers At 2008 Boston Red Sox 7/11/2008
Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
O.Cabrera SS 4 0 0 0 .275 J.Damon LF 4 0 2 0 .299
C.Crawford LF 3 0 0 0 .321 J.Loney 1B 4 0 0 0 .301
M.Cabrera 1B 4 0 1 0 .282 D.Uggla 2B 4 0 0 0 .213
C.Utley 2B 4 0 0 0 .269 J.Upton RF 3 0 0 0 .215
R.Ludwick RF 3 0 0 0 .305 K.Griffey Jr CF 3 0 1 0 .267
N.McLouth CF 3 0 0 0 .254 J.Uribe 3B 4 0 2 0 .248
J.Crede 3B 2 0 0 0 .264 K.Suzuki C 4 1 1 1 .254
A-C.Blake PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .260 Y.Betancourt SS 3 0 0 0 .248
J.Valentin C 3 0 0 0 .259 J.Contreras P 2 0 0 0 .154
R.Harden P 3 0 0 0 .182 J.Affeldt P 1 0 0 0 .167
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 0 1 0 Totals 32 1 6 1
A-Pinch Hit For Crede In 8th Inning
Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 0
Dodgers (56-38) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Harden LOSS(6-4) 9 6 1 1 2 10 1 2.30
Totals 9 6 1 1 2 10 1
Red Sox (40-57) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Contreras 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 3.95
J.Affeldt WIN(1-3) 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 5.01
Totals 10 1 0 0 1 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 32,457 DATE- Thursday, July 11th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Randy Marsh, Marty Foster, Ron Kulpa, Mike Van Vleet
T- 2:56
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 1 Red Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 1 Red Sox: 0
DOUBLES- J.Uribe-2(20th)
HOME RUNS- K.Suzuki(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Crawford
WALKS- C.Crawford, J.Upton, K.Griffey Jr
STRIKE OUTS- M.Cabrera-2, C.Utley, R.Ludwick-2, R.Harden-2, J.Loney-2, D.Uggla,
J.Upton-2, K.Griffey Jr, J.Uribe, K.Suzuki-2, J.Contreras
GIDP- D.Uggla
WILD PITCHES- R.Harden
Jose Contreras went 6 solid innings as the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles
Dodgers in 10 innings by a score of 1 to 0.
Neither team scored in the first nine innings. Boston ended up winning it in
the 10th inning. Kurt Suzuki smashed a solo-shot out of the park giving
Boston the victory as 32,457 happy fans celebrated wildly. Boston had only 6
hits for the game.
Jeremy Affeldt(1-3) went 4 innings allowing no runs for the victory. Rich
Harden(6-4) took the loss. He pitched 9 innings and surrendered 6 hits and 2
walks.
Howard Current Homerun Leader
Strat-O-Matic Report
LEAGUE LEADERS FOR 2008 Millennium League PAGE 1
--------HOMERUNS-------
R.Howard TOA 40
G.Sizemore KCA 37
A.Rodriguez SEA 37
R.Braun SEA 35
A.Pujols SEA 34
M.Ramirez CLA 33
M.Teixeira ANA 32
J.Bay CLA 28
H.Ramirez KCA 28
R.Ludwick LAN 28
A.Dunn FLN 26
OTHERS TIED WITH 25
Cliff Lee Leading Redbirds Resurgence
St. Louis (AP) - The 2008 season was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Redbirds. But, it has not worked out that way as the Cardinals have a 10 1/2 game lead over second place Chicago in the Aaron Division. A major reason for this surprise is the pitching dominance by lefty starter Cliff Lee.Lee has done it all for St. Louis as he has posted a 14-6 mark with a 2.26 ERA. He is also leading the league in complete games with 12 which helps give the Cardinals' weak bullpen extra rest throughout the season.
The Cardinals drafted Lee in the seventh round of the 2003 draft. Remember Dontrelle Willis? He was the Redbirds #1 pick that season and is long gone from the team.
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Team Bullpen Stats
Strat-O-Matic Report
ZTeam Bullpen
Team ReERA ReW ReL Sv
--------------------------- ----- --- --- --
Arizona Diamondbacks (ARN) 2.38 13 7 34
Pittsburgh Pirates (PIN) 2.51 15 12 31
Kansas City Royals (KCA) 2.69 13 6 25
Anaheim Angels (ANA) 3.01 26 5 23
New York Yankees (NYA) 3.37 12 6 15
Cleveland Indians (CLA) 3.50 11 8 15
San Francisco Giants (SFN) 3.93 7 13 14
Oakland A's (OAA) 4.03 8 12 21
Philadelphia Phillies (PHN) 4.08 8 15 17
Toronto Blue-Jays (TOA) 4.10 18 10 31
Los Angeles Dodgers (LAN) 4.14 10 10 22
Seattle Mariners (SEA) 4.19 19 9 32
Boston Red Sox (BOA) 4.28 8 9 20
Chicago White Sox (CHA) 4.59 14 13 21
Houston Astros (HON) 4.90 10 13 14
Minnesota Twins (MNA) 4.93 8 12 18
St. Louis Cardinals (SLN) 5.07 9 10 23
Florida Marlins (FLN) 5.13 7 11 14
Washington Nationals (WAN) 5.76 3 9 12
Atlanta Braves (ATN) 5.88 11 25 16
Team Clutch Hitting
Strat-O-Matic Report
Team Clutch Hitting
Team ClAB ClH ClHR ClRBI ClAvg
--------------------------- ---- --- ---- ----- -----
Anaheim Angels (ANA) 346 102 13 132 .295
Oakland A's (OAA) 356 103 16 142 .289
Los Angeles Dodgers (LAN) 310 87 16 123 .281
Minnesota Twins (MNA) 336 91 17 134 .271
Seattle Mariners (SEA) 366 98 27 150 .268
Toronto Blue-Jays (TOA) 358 94 14 122 .263
Arizona Diamondbacks (ARN) 362 95 8 125 .262
Kansas City Royals (KCA) 330 85 15 128 .258
Philadelphia Phillies (PHN) 376 93 10 121 .247
Houston Astros (HON) 308 76 16 100 .247
Cleveland Indians (CLA) 316 77 6 101 .244
Florida Marlins (FLN) 367 89 7 114 .243
Pittsburgh Pirates (PIN) 376 90 6 128 .239
New York Yankees (NYA) 335 80 7 91 .239
Atlanta Braves (ATN) 429 99 14 128 .231
St. Louis Cardinals (SLN) 381 86 5 110 .226
Washington Nationals (WAN) 346 78 7 95 .225
San Francisco Giants (SFN) 378 85 9 103 .225
Boston Red Sox (BOA) 317 71 11 85 .224
Chicago White Sox (CHA) 370 82 9 107 .222
Current Standings - Midway Thru Block 5
Strat-O-Matic Report
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2008 Millennium League
Brock WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 Anaheim ANA 54 30 .643 ---- 77
2008 Seattle SEA 56 37 .602 2.5
2008 Cleveland CLA 43 32 .573 6.5
2008 San Francisco SFN 42 45 .483 13.5
2008 Florida FLN 38 56 .404 21.0
Killebrew WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 Kansas City KCA 53 25 .679 ---- 78
2008 Toronto TOA 48 33 .593 6.5
2008 Los Angeles LAN 43 32 .573 8.5
2008 Houston HON 27 51 .346 26.0
2008 Atlanta ATN 30 63 .323 30.5
Koufax WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 Arizona ARN 57 30 .655 ---- 73
2008 Oakland OAA 51 33 .607 4.5
2008 Pittsburgh PIN 54 39 .581 6.0
2008 Boston BOA 37 56 .398 23.0
2008 Washington WAN 24 67 .264 35.0
Aaron WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 St. Louis SLN 52 41 .559 ---- 68
2008 Minnesota MNA 38 43 .469 8.0
2008 New York NYA 39 48 .448 10.0
2008 Chicago CHA 42 54 .438 11.5
2008 Philadelphia PHN 40 53 .430 12.0
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
ANA 54 30 .643 26-22 28- 8 16- 9 38-21 7- 3 14- 5 6-4 Won 2
ARN 57 30 .655 30-18 27-12 20- 9 37-21 4- 4 16- 8 4-6 Lost 1
ATN 30 63 .323 16-29 14-34 6-20 24-43 3- 7 6-16 2-8 Lost 1
BOA 37 56 .398 17-28 20-28 12-15 25-41 1- 3 9-13 3-7 Lost 6
CHA 42 54 .438 17-25 25-29 13-13 29-41 6- 5 16-12 4-6 Lost 4
CLA 43 32 .573 24-15 19-17 10-11 33-21 2- 4 13-10 6-4 Won 1
FLN 38 56 .404 16-23 22-33 13-15 25-41 2- 4 14-15 3-7 Lost 1
HON 27 51 .346 18-33 9-18 7-13 20-38 2- 4 11- 8 5-5 Won 1
KCA 53 25 .679 20-13 33-12 19- 4 34-21 5- 1 13-11 8-2 Won 2
LAN 43 32 .573 19-23 24- 9 12- 7 31-25 3- 4 9- 9 4-6 Lost 3
MNA 38 43 .469 18-24 20-19 14-13 24-30 0- 6 13- 9 5-5 Lost 1
NYA 39 48 .448 20-31 19-17 11-14 28-34 9- 6 16-15 8-2 Won 3
OAA 51 33 .607 25-20 26-13 15-10 36-23 4- 4 11-12 6-4 Lost 3
PHN 40 53 .430 20-16 20-37 17-14 23-39 4- 3 10-20 5-5 Won 1
PIN 54 39 .581 25-14 29-25 20- 9 34-30 7- 6 15-18 7-3 Won 1
SEA 56 37 .602 28-20 28-17 12-10 44-27 6- 3 17-12 6-4 Lost 2
SFN 42 45 .483 21-18 21-27 13-15 29-30 6- 6 8-16 5-5 Won 1
SLN 52 41 .559 25-23 27-18 20-13 32-28 2- 7 13-19 5-5 Won 1
TOA 48 33 .593 22-20 26-13 11-11 37-22 10- 3 15- 8 8-2 Lost 1
WAN 24 67 .264 9-37 15-30 7-23 17-44 1- 1 8-11 3-7 Lost 1
TOTAL 868 868 .500
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv InterLg
ANA 19- 9 24- 7 8-11 3- 3 0- 0 0- 0 25-11 15- 6 14-13
ARN 20- 8 21-10 16-11 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 26-13 16- 5 15-12
ATN 13-15 5-26 10-15 2- 7 0- 0 0- 0 15-24 6-18 9-21
BOA 7-21 17-14 10-17 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 19-26 7- 8 11-22
CHA 13-15 12-19 12-15 5- 5 0- 0 0- 0 17-25 13- 8 12-21
CLA 14-11 18-10 9-10 2- 1 0- 0 0- 0 19-14 9- 6 15-12
FLN 12-16 11-21 11-17 4- 2 0- 0 0- 0 15-33 10-11 13-12
HON 7-21 9-19 11-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 11-31 4- 8 12-12
KCA 15-10 20-11 17- 4 1- 0 0- 0 0- 0 20- 7 9- 3 24-15
LAN 16-12 18-10 9-10 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 22-14 4- 8 17-10
MNA 10-15 14-17 13- 9 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 19-14 8- 4 11-25
NYA 13-12 11-20 12-13 3- 3 0- 0 0- 0 19-23 6- 9 14-16
OAA 18-10 17-11 10-11 6- 1 0- 0 0- 0 28-17 8- 4 15-12
PHN 11-17 14-17 12-15 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 21-27 8-10 11-16
PIN 17-11 15-13 16-14 6- 1 0- 0 0- 0 24-21 7- 2 23-16
SEA 15-13 16-12 21- 9 4- 3 0- 0 0- 0 26-22 7- 5 23-10
SFN 14-14 14-17 10-11 4- 3 0- 0 0- 0 17-22 3- 6 22-17
SLN 15-13 20- 8 12-15 5- 5 0- 0 0- 0 32-19 4-11 16-11
TOA 16-12 17-14 15- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 19-11 11- 7 18-15
WAN 9-19 6-23 8-17 1- 8 0- 0 0- 0 11-31 4-20 9-16
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
TEAM ANA ARN ATN BOA CHA CLA FLN HON KCA LAN MNA NYA OAA PHN PIN SEA SFN SLN
ANA - 4 5 2 0 1 6 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 12 6 2
ARN 2 - 5 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 4 2 8 2 1 5
ATN 1 1 - 2 2 1 1 6 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
BOA 1 3 1 - 3 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 3 2 6 0 1 0
CHA 0 2 1 3 - 1 1 3 1 1 1 6 2 1 0 0 2 9
CLA 2 1 5 0 2 - 7 3 0 0 3 1 1 2 4 3 7 1
FLN 3 0 5 0 2 2 - 0 1 2 2 5 0 1 1 4 6 0
HON 3 0 6 3 0 0 0 - 1 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0
KCA 0 1 6 4 2 3 5 5 - 6 2 5 3 2 0 1 0 3
LAN 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 11 3 - 5 0 0 2 1 3 0 0
MNA 2 0 0 4 5 0 1 2 1 1 - 4 0 6 1 0 1 4
NYA 0 1 3 0 6 2 1 2 1 0 2 - 0 8 0 1 2 3
OAA 2 2 2 12 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 - 2 5 0 3 5
PHN 1 1 0 1 8 1 2 1 1 1 3 7 1 - 1 3 1 3
PIN 2 4 3 6 0 2 2 0 3 2 2 3 7 2 - 4 4 0
SEA 6 1 2 3 3 6 11 0 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 - 3 0
SFN 0 2 1 5 4 5 9 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 3 - 2
SLN 1 1 6 0 6 2 0 0 3 0 8 6 1 12 0 0 1 -
TOA 2 2 7 3 1 2 4 9 0 3 0 1 1 0 5 0 3 3
WAN 2 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1
TEAM TOA WAN
ANA 4 1
ARN 1 8
ATN 2 0
BOA 0 7
CHA 2 6
CLA 1 0
FLN 2 2
HON 3 0
KCA 3 2
LAN 3 4
MNA 3 3
NYA 2 5
OAA 2 9
PHN 0 4
PIN 1 7
SEA 0 3
SFN 0 2
SLN 3 2
TOA - 2
WAN 1 -
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
TEAM ANA ARN ATN BOA CHA CLA FLN HON KCA LAN MNA NYA OAA PHN PIN SEA SFN SLN
ANA - 30 53 16 0 15 36 41 0 12 8 0 12 13 6 120 39 24
ARN 29 - 40 45 40 12 0 0 11 0 0 32 22 8 49 15 5 25
ATN 34 26 - 11 14 24 31 75 39 42 15 12 8 0 10 22 19 19
BOA 13 37 12 - 26 0 14 49 20 0 28 0 44 11 45 9 16 0
CHA 0 30 11 24 - 17 14 16 16 25 23 64 13 37 0 10 30 77
CLA 15 17 45 0 19 - 64 28 10 0 15 13 8 17 24 37 61 12
FLN 39 0 44 6 21 36 - 0 18 11 14 30 0 10 11 52 65 0
HON 36 0 77 37 9 6 0 - 22 47 39 21 17 13 0 0 7 0
KCA 0 7 53 42 13 21 42 54 - 46 13 33 25 19 11 8 0 21
LAN 6 0 48 0 43 0 5 85 31 - 42 0 15 6 12 39 0 0
MNA 8 0 9 37 36 8 6 44 10 23 - 16 0 64 15 5 5 43
NYA 0 17 18 0 58 14 23 35 21 0 13 - 0 47 8 14 11 23
OAA 16 17 11 85 12 9 0 17 9 19 0 0 - 20 53 12 27 45
PHN 9 4 0 12 74 14 9 14 13 10 48 53 16 - 6 20 5 51
PIN 15 38 16 61 0 17 17 0 24 14 14 16 58 7 - 30 28 0
SEA 80 9 22 29 28 47 91 0 10 40 18 16 23 32 26 - 29 0
SFN 20 8 19 34 34 65 75 18 0 0 13 11 9 8 25 30 - 15
SLN 26 16 32 0 71 17 0 0 21 0 68 40 19 74 0 0 8 -
TOA 25 13 64 15 10 17 31 86 9 27 16 19 11 0 38 0 23 32
WAN 13 36 0 32 15 0 3 0 14 29 13 8 42 18 34 6 17 13
TEAM TOA WAN
ANA 33 16
ARN 10 45
ATN 37 0
BOA 8 52
CHA 9 42
CLA 13 0
FLN 27 7
HON 58 0
KCA 25 21
LAN 37 34
MNA 25 25
NYA 19 34
OAA 18 78
PHN 0 35
PIN 33 43
SEA 0 46
SFN 16 18
SLN 35 26
TOA - 18
WAN 18 -
Monday, January 09, 2012
Webb, Duchscherer, and Lowe are 25-0 for the A's. Is 60-0 possible?
ERA W L PCT G GS CG IP H R ER HR BB SO
J.Duchscherer 2.09 9 0 1.000 10 10 2 77.1 47 18 18 10 17 46
B.Webb 2.56 10 0 1.000 14 14 4 105.1 79 32 30 7 20 88
D.Lowe 3.49 6 0 1.000 7 7 1 49.0 50 23 19 6 7 27
Oakland manager Jack Mudd said he was considering using a three man rotation. "Billy Martin did it in the early '80's and those guys all stayed perfectly healthy. The only one I would really be worried about getting injured is Derek Lowe, since he looks more like a pro bowler than a pitcher."
J.Duchscherer 2.09 9 0 1.000 10 10 2 77.1 47 18 18 10 17 46
B.Webb 2.56 10 0 1.000 14 14 4 105.1 79 32 30 7 20 88
D.Lowe 3.49 6 0 1.000 7 7 1 49.0 50 23 19 6 7 27
Oakland manager Jack Mudd said he was considering using a three man rotation. "Billy Martin did it in the early '80's and those guys all stayed perfectly healthy. The only one I would really be worried about getting injured is Derek Lowe, since he looks more like a pro bowler than a pitcher."
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Current Standings Midway Thru Block 2
Strat-O-Matic Report
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2008 Millennium League
Brock WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 Anaheim ANA 28 11 .718 ---- 126
2008 Cleveland CLA 15 9 .625 5.5
2008 Seattle SEA 21 15 .583 5.5
2008 San Francisco SFN 13 14 .481 9.0
2008 Florida FLN 16 23 .410 12.0
Killebrew WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 Los Angeles LAN 25 14 .641 ---- 126
2008 Kansas City KCA 15 12 .556 4.0
2008 Toronto TOA 21 18 .538 4.0
2008 Atlanta ATN 14 25 .359 11.0
2008 Houston HON 10 29 .256 15.0
Koufax WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 Arizona ARN 23 10 .697 ---- 126
2008 Pittsburgh PIN 24 15 .615 2.0
2008 Oakland OAA 22 14 .611 2.5
2008 Boston BOA 10 23 .303 13.0
2008 Washington WAN 8 22 .267 13.5
Aaron WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2008 St. Louis SLN 20 13 .606 ---- 128
2008 New York NYA 17 16 .515 3.0
2008 Chicago CHA 16 20 .444 5.5
2008 Philadelphia PHN 9 15 .375 6.5
2008 Minnesota MNA 12 21 .364 8.0
Team Bullpen
Strat-O-Matic Report
ZTeam Bullpen
Team ReERA ReW ReL Sv
--------------------------- ----- --- --- --
Arizona Diamondbacks (ARN) 1.34 3 2 11
Anaheim Angels (ANA) 2.58 13 2 14
Pittsburgh Pirates (PIN) 2.58 7 4 12
Cleveland Indians (CLA) 3.18 4 3 6
Kansas City Royals (KCA) 3.21 7 4 7
Chicago White Sox (CHA) 3.26 6 4 9
Philadelphia Phillies (PHN) 3.60 2 3 3
Los Angeles Dodgers (LAN) 3.61 7 5 14
St. Louis Cardinals (SLN) 3.63 4 4 8
Oakland A's (OAA) 3.86 4 8 9
New York Yankees (NYA) 3.88 3 0 9
San Francisco Giants (SFN) 3.97 2 4 3
Florida Marlins (FLN) 4.05 5 2 5
Boston Red Sox (BOA) 4.16 2 4 6
Houston Astros (HON) 4.38 5 11 6
Seattle Mariners (SEA) 4.93 6 4 11
Toronto Blue-Jays (TOA) 5.23 8 6 14
Minnesota Twins (MNA) 5.44 2 6 6
Washington Nationals (WAN) 5.55 0 5 3
Atlanta Braves (ATN) 6.02 5 10 7
Team Clutch Hitting
Strat-O-Matic Report
Team Clutch Hitting
Team ClAB ClH ClHR ClRBI ClAvg
--------------------------- ---- --- ---- ----- -----
Los Angeles Dodgers (LAN) 181 59 10 78 .326
Anaheim Angels (ANA) 160 50 5 66 .313
Toronto Blue-Jays (TOA) 169 49 7 68 .290
Arizona Diamondbacks (ARN) 132 38 2 49 .288
San Francisco Giants (SFN) 108 31 5 39 .287
Seattle Mariners (SEA) 131 36 10 56 .275
Minnesota Twins (MNA) 128 34 7 47 .266
Washington Nationals (WAN) 113 29 2 39 .257
Oakland A's (OAA) 155 39 5 52 .252
Kansas City Royals (KCA) 110 27 4 34 .245
Pittsburgh Pirates (PIN) 151 37 4 56 .245
Houston Astros (HON) 150 36 5 42 .240
Chicago White Sox (CHA) 152 36 2 48 .237
Boston Red Sox (BOA) 112 26 5 32 .232
Philadelphia Phillies (PHN) 87 20 4 25 .230
St. Louis Cardinals (SLN) 131 30 4 39 .229
Florida Marlins (FLN) 148 33 2 39 .223
Atlanta Braves (ATN) 168 37 5 47 .220
Cleveland Indians (CLA) 104 22 2 30 .212
New York Yankees (NYA) 121 23 3 27 .190
Halos Humble Defending Champs
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Atlanta Braves At 2008 Anaheim Angels 4/20/2008
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Angels AB R H RBI AVG
G.Sizemore CF 5 0 1 0 .262 S.Schumaker LF 5 1 2 0 .455
D.Jeter SS 5 0 1 0 .235 N.Markakis CF 4 2 1 0 .500
C.Jones 3B 4 1 2 1 .308 T.Glaus 3B 5 4 4 4 .556
M.Holliday LF 4 0 1 0 .189 M.Teixeira 1B 4 3 2 4 .250
N.Swisher 1B 3 0 0 0 .278 C.Delgado DH 5 1 3 1 .444
R.Durham DH 3 0 1 0 .368 B.Molina C 5 2 3 1 .583
R.Church RF 3 0 0 0 .222 J.Hardy SS 5 1 2 2 .214
J.Posada C 3 0 0 0 .375 B.Abreu RF 5 1 2 2 .333
I.Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 0 .259 M.Izturis 2B 5 1 1 0 .375
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 1 6 1 Totals 43 16 20 14
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 1
Angels.......... 3 0 3 2 0 0 8 0 - 16 20 2
Braves (3-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Jackson LOSS(0-2) 5 2/3 10 8 7 4 5 2 13.50
J.Bennett 1 8 8 8 1 0 0 16.20
A.Lopez 1 1/3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.25
Totals 8 20 16 15 6 5 2
Angels (3-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.McClung WIN(1-0) 7 4 0 0 3 9 0 0.00
J.Romero 0 2/3 1 1 1 2 2 1 5.40
T.Saito 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 6 1 1 5 11 1
ATTENDANCE- 42,828 DATE- Saturday, April 20th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Brian Gorman, Mike Dimuro, Jerry Crawford, Mike Everett
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- Braves:11 Angels: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1 Angels: 1
ERRORS- M.Holliday, J.Hardy, M.Izturis
DOUBLES- G.Sizemore(3rd), R.Durham(3rd), S.Schumaker(2nd), T.Glaus(1st),
B.Molina-2(2nd), J.Hardy(1st), B.Abreu(1st)
HOME RUNS- C.Jones(1st), T.Glaus(2nd), M.Teixeira(1st)
WALKS- C.Jones, N.Swisher, R.Durham, R.Church, J.Posada, S.Schumaker,
N.Markakis-2, T.Glaus, M.Teixeira-2
STRIKE OUTS- G.Sizemore-2, D.Jeter, M.Holliday-2, N.Swisher-2, R.Durham,
R.Church, I.Kinsler-2, N.Markakis, C.Delgado, J.Hardy, B.Abreu,
M.Izturis
GIDP- C.Jones, N.Markakis
WILD PITCHES- E.Jackson, J.Romero
2-out RBI- C.Delgado, T.Glaus-2, M.Teixeira-2, J.Hardy-2, B.Abreu
Troy Glaus had 4 hits and 4 RBI as the Anaheim Angels smashed the overmatched
Atlanta Braves, 16 to 1.
Glaus enjoyed a fine evening at the plate. He blasted a two-run home run in
the 1st inning, stroked a base-hit in the 3rd inning, laced a base-knock in
the 4th inning and doubled which was good for two runs in the 7th inning.
Anaheim provided plenty of action in the 7th inning when they had 8 runs on 9
hits. Atlanta was out-hit by Anaheim, 20 hits to 6.
Seth McClung(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 7 innings. Edwin
Jackson(0-2) was given the loss. He allowed 10 hits and 4 walks in 5 and 2/3
innings.
'Some days it just all comes together, and this was one of them' Glaus said.
'I've been seeing the ball pretty well lately.'
Block 1 Walk Off Homers
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Houston Astros At 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers 4/16/2008
Astros AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Cust LF 4 0 0 0 .150 O.Cabrera SS 5 0 1 0 .300
M.Ellis 2B 5 1 3 0 .158 M.Joyce LF 4 1 2 0 .250
J.Hamilton RF 6 0 1 0 .238 B-C.Crawford LF 1 0 0 0 .000
L.Berkman 1B 6 1 1 0 .368 M.Cabrera 1B 5 0 1 1 .222
M.Napoli C 4 2 1 3 .267 C.Utley 2B 5 0 1 1 .429
J.Inglett 3B 4 0 1 0 .267 R.Ludwick RF 5 1 2 1 .250
D.Eckstein SS 5 1 2 0 .214 N.McLouth CF 4 1 1 0 .286
N.Masset P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Blake 3B 4 1 1 2 .375
J.Ellsbury CF 5 0 0 0 .200 G.Soto C 5 1 1 1 .125
B.Penny P 2 0 1 2 .500 B.Sheets P 3 1 1 0 .333
A-C.Ransom PH 1 0 0 0 .250 M.Delcarmen P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Durbin P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Villone P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-M.Reynolds PH 1 0 0 0 .000 H.Street P 1 0 0 0 .000
M.Thornton P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Waechter P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-O.Infante SS 1 0 0 0 .400 B.Shouse P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Wilson P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 44 5 10 5 Totals 42 6 11 6
A-Pinch Hit For Penny In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Joyce In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Durbin In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Thornton In 10th Inning
Astros.......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 5 10 1
Dodgers......... 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 11 1
Astros (0-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Penny 6 7 5 5 1 4 2 7.50
C.Durbin 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
M.Thornton 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
N.Masset LOSS(0-1) 1 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 4.15
Totals 10 2/3 11 6 6 2 8 3
Dodgers (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Sheets 7 1/3 8 5 5 2 12 1 6.14
M.Delcarmen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ----
R.Villone 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
H.Street 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 0.00
D.Waechter 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ----
B.Shouse 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Wilson WIN(1-0) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 11 10 5 5 5 16 1
ATTENDANCE- 32,667 DATE- Tuesday, April 16th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Mike Winters, Bill Welke, Fieldin Culbreth, Andrew Fletcher
T- 3:06
LEFT ON BASE- Astros:11 Dodgers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 1 Dodgers: 0
ERRORS- B.Penny, R.Villone
DOUBLES- L.Berkman(2nd), B.Penny, R.Ludwick(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Napoli(2nd), R.Ludwick(1st), C.Blake(1st), G.Soto(1st)
WALKS- J.Cust-2, M.Ellis, M.Napoli, J.Inglett, N.McLouth, C.Blake
STRIKE OUTS- J.Cust-2, J.Hamilton-3, L.Berkman-3, M.Napoli, J.Inglett,
D.Eckstein, J.Ellsbury-2, B.Penny, C.Ransom, M.Reynolds, O.Cabrera,
M.Joyce, C.Utley, R.Ludwick-2, G.Soto-2, B.Sheets
GIDP- C.Utley
WILD PITCHES- B.Sheets-2
2-out RBI- C.Utley, B.Penny-2, R.Ludwick, C.Blake-2, G.Soto
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Lance Berkman robbed Geovany Soto of a base hit.
Ben Sheets whiffed 12 batters as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Houston
Astros in 11 innings by a score of 6 to 5 at AT&T Park.
The score was knotted at 5 after nine innings. Finally, Los Angeles pulled
the game out in the 11th inning. After two outs Geovany Soto lofted a
solo-blast 'downtown' giving Los Angeles the win and sending the home town
fans into a frenzy. Los Angeles rapped out 11 hits for the night.
C.J. Wilson(1-0) was the winner allowing no runs in 1/3 of an inning. Nick
Masset(0-1) was the loser in relief. He allowed 1 run and 1 hit in 1 and 2/3
innings.
Block 1 Walk Off Homers
Kansas City Royals broke the deadlock in their last at bats, pulling out a 8to 7 win over the Atlanta Braves and sending their hometown fans home smiling. The game was won by Kansas City with a run in the 9th inning. After an out was recorded, Adrian Gonzalez blasted a solo shot making Kansas City the winners and sending the 26,958 fans home happy. A wild and woolly affair, this game saw the lead change 5 times. The victory went to Grant Balfour(1-0) who went 1 inning, allowing 1 run. The loss was charged to Jeff Bennett(0-1) in relief. He pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up 1 hit and 1 walk.
Lincecum Out Duels Cliff Lee in 1-0 Thriller
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 St. Louis Cardinals At 2008 New York Yankees 4/13/2008
Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
C.Guzman SS 3 0 0 0 .286 L.Milledge RF 4 0 1 0 .125
P.Polanco 2B 4 0 1 0 .227 R.Cano 2B 4 0 1 0 .250
M.Mora 3B 4 0 0 0 .222 C.Beltran CF 3 1 2 0 .286
A.Laroche 1B 4 0 1 0 .353 E.Encarnacion 3B 4 0 1 0 .250
K.Shoppach C 3 0 0 0 .067 C.Snyder C 3 0 1 0 .250
A-A.Kennedy PR 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Dejesus LF 3 0 1 0 .167
D.Young LF 3 0 2 0 .267 T.Tulowitzki SS 3 0 1 1 .333
B-G.Dobbs PH 1 0 0 0 .200 L.Rodriguez 1B 3 0 0 0 .143
J.Francoeur RF 3 0 2 0 .462 T.Lincecum P 3 0 0 0 .000
C-J.Kubel PH 1 0 0 0 .556
G.Blanco CF 2 0 0 0 .063
C.Lee P 3 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31 0 6 0 Totals 30 1 8 1
A-Pinch Ran For Shoppach In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Young In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Francoeur In 9th Inning
Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
Yankees......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0
Cardinals (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Lee LOSS(0-1) 8 8 1 1 2 6 0 1.13
Totals 8 8 1 1 2 6 0
Yankees (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
T.Lincecum WIN(1-0) 9 6 0 0 2 13 0 0.00
Totals 9 6 0 0 2 13 0
ATTENDANCE- 56,265 DATE- Saturday, April 13th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Brian Runge, Ed Rapuano, John Shulock, Rocky Roe
T- 2:45
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 7 Yankees: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1 Yankees: 1
DOUBLES- J.Francoeur(1st)
WALKS- C.Guzman, K.Shoppach, C.Beltran, C.Snyder
HIT BY PITCH- G.Blanco
STRIKE OUTS- C.Guzman-2, M.Mora-3, A.Laroche-2, K.Shoppach, G.Dobbs, G.Blanco-2,
C.Lee-2, L.Milledge-2, C.Beltran, E.Encarnacion, T.Lincecum-2
GIDP- K.Shoppach, D.Dejesus
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Kelly Shoppach blocked the plate, saving a run!
Tim Lincecum retired 13 batters on strikeouts as the New York Yankees topped
the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 1 to 0 at Petco Park.
Lincecum(1-0) dominated St. Louis hitters. He surrendered only 6 hits and 2
walks in 9 innings. New York had a total of 8 hits for the game.
The losing pitcher was Cliff Lee(0-1). He gave up 1 run and 8 hits in 8
innings. Chris Curtis was asked about the performance of Lincecum, 'He had
his good stuff out there tonight. The fans really get into it when the
strikeouts start mounting up - and that seems to give him even more
adrenalin.'
Braves Squeeze Home Winning Run in Bottom of 9th
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Kansas City Royals At 2008 Atlanta Braves 4/10/2008
Royals AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
J.Mauer C 4 1 1 0 .406 G.Sizemore CF 3 0 1 0 .211
R.Spilborghs LF 4 0 1 2 .227 D.Jeter SS 2 2 0 0 .150
M.Ordonez RF 4 0 0 0 .265 C.Jones 3B 3 1 1 0 .526
H.Ramirez SS 4 1 2 0 .270 M.Holliday LF 3 1 1 4 .111
A.Gonzalez 1B 3 1 1 0 .346 K.Youkilis 1B 4 0 0 0 .200
J.Thome DH 3 0 0 1 .167 R.Durham DH 3 1 1 0 .211
A-W.Harris PR,DH 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Church RF 4 0 2 0 .263
R.Zimmerman 3B 2 0 0 1 .194 J.Varitek C 3 0 0 0 .125
A.Iwamura 2B 3 1 0 0 .323 I.Kinsler 2B 3 0 0 1 .278
C.Granderson CF 4 0 1 0 .259
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31 4 6 4 Totals 28 5 6 5
A-Pinch Ran For Thome In 8th Inning
Royals.......... 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 - 4 6 1
Braves.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 6 0
Royals (5-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Volquez 6 1/3 4 4 3 5 8 1 3.75
D.Oliver 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10
R.Corcoran 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
B.Jenks LOSS(1-1) 0 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.38
Totals 8 2/3 6 5 4 5 9 1
Braves (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Jackson 6 5 4 4 3 3 0 9.64
A.Lopez 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.50
J.Bennett WIN(1-1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.59
Totals 9 6 4 4 4 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 16,895 DATE- Wednesday, April 10th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Jerry Meals, Larry Young, Rob Drake
T- 3:03
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 6 Braves: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 1 Braves: 1
ERRORS- M.Ordonez
DOUBLES- H.Ramirez(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Holliday(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Sizemore, R.Church
SACRIFICE HITS- I.Kinsler
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Zimmerman, M.Holliday
WALKS- J.Mauer, A.Gonzalez, J.Thome, A.Iwamura, G.Sizemore, D.Jeter-2, C.Jones,
R.Durham
HIT BY PITCH- R.Zimmerman, J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- R.Spilborghs, M.Ordonez, J.Thome, C.Granderson, G.Sizemore,
C.Jones, M.Holliday, K.Youkilis, R.Durham, J.Varitek-3, I.Kinsler
GIDP- J.Thome, R.Church
2-out RBI- R.Spilborghs-2
Atlanta Braves won a dramatic crowd-pleaser over Kansas City Royals at Jacobs
Field pulling it out in their last at bats, 5 to 4.
Atlanta scored the deciding run in the 9th inning. After an out was recorded,
Ray Durham delivered a single. Ryan Church stepped into the batter's box and
he lined a base-hit. Church took second on the throw. Jason Varitek then
was hit by a pitch. Ian Kinsler followed next and he worked the squeeze play
to perfection making Atlanta the winners and sending the 16,895 fans home
happy. Both teams totaled 6 hits on the afternoon.
The win went to Jeff Bennett(1-1) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. Bobby
Jenks(1-1) ended up with the loss in relief. He allowed 1 run and 2 hits in
1/3 of an inning.
Block 1 Walk Off Homers
April 10:
One run was the difference at Edison Int'l Field as the Anaheim Angels defeated the Boston Red Sox in 10 innings 5 to 4.
The game was deadlocked at 4 after nine full innings. Anaheim was victorious in the 10th inning. After two outs Bengie Molina delivered a solo blast resulting in a mighty exciting win for Anaheim and the 34,619 home town fans in attendance.
Anaheim had 9 hits for the night. Takashi Saito(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 2 innings. Salomon Torres(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief. He allowed 1 hit and no walks in 1/3 of an inning.
Ichiro No Longer a Twin
Twins trade Johan Santana,Aubry Huff,Ichiro Suzuki for Alex Gordon,B.J. Upton,Francisco Carmona and Pitt 2009 1st round pick. Ichiro was the 2001 #1 Draft Pick.
Chipper, Sizemore Sent Packing to KC
A deal was finalized this morning sending Chipper Jones, Grady Sizemore, John Lackey and Brian Fuentes to Kansas City. Atlanta acquired Kansas City's 2009 #1 draft pick, SP former #1 pick Jair Jurrjens Willis Harris, Ryan Hanigan and Matt Harrison. The Royals were happy to get the bat of both Jones and Sizemore along with the addition of Fuentes to help the backend of the bullpen. Lackey will provide quality innings in return for the departed Jurrjens.
