Thursday, December 10, 2009
Burnett, Peavy Duo Lead Fish to 1st Series Appearance
The Florida Marlins advanced to their first World Series with a 4 games to 2 series victory over the Minnesota Twins. Click here for all the box scores.
Peavy (17 IP, 15 strikeouts, 3 runs allowed) won games 1 and 5 which included a brilliant 3-hit shutout in game #5 as the Marlins won 4-0. Burnett (17 IP, 11 strikeouts, 2 runs allowed) was equally impressive as he beat the Twins twice by scores of 8-1 and 2-1. AJ is now 4-0 with a sparkling 1.32 ERA. Peavy is 2-0 with a 1.07 ERA in the post season.
Florida now meets Kansas City in the World Series. It is remarkable that both teams have never been in the post season before this year. Should be an exciting series!
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Royals To Make First World Series Appearance
Game 1 - Indians 9-5 - Jason Bay goes 4 for 4, Manny Ramirez hits 3-run homer
Game 2 - Indians 3-1 - Bartolo Colon pitches seven sparkling innings
Game 3 - Royals 6-5 - Series moves to Kaufmann Stadium and the Royals hang on for the win; Huston Street pitches 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for his 4th post season save
Game 4 - Royals 4-2 - The combo of Danny Haren, BJ Ryan and Huston Street shut down the Tribe attack
Game 5 - Royals 3-2 - Brady Clark hit a bases loaded game winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth for the game winner
Game 6 - Royals 9-4 - Paul Byrd closes out the series with 6 shutout innings as Kansas City rolls
Giants Hold On to 2nd Pick
Monday, December 07, 2009
Nats Secure First Pick
Monday, November 30, 2009
2006 Draft Lottery Info
The “Pennsylvania Daily Number Evening” lottery (http://www.palottery.state.pa.us/) on subsequent nights (7PM EST) will be used to decide who gets the #1 and #2 picks in the first round only. If the second pick yields the same result as the first night, then a third night’s lottery drawing will be used. The remaining 10 teams will draft in reverse order of record. So, the team with the poorest record can do no worst than pick third in the first round.
2006 Lottery Drawing Chances:
000 to 249 – San Francisco (61-101)
250 to 449 – Los Angeles (68-94)
450 to 604 – New York (69-93)
605 to 724 – Washington (70-92)
725 to 814 – Anaheim (75-87)
815 to 879 – Pittsburgh (76-86, 14-10 vs. Oakland & Chicago in tie breaker)
880 to 924 – Oakland (76-86, 13-11 vs. Pittsburgh & Chicago in tie breaker)
925 to 954 – Chicago (76-86)
955 to 974 – Seattle (77-85)
975 to 986 – Atlanta (78-84)
987 to 994 – Hpuston (82-80)
995 to 999 – Arizona (84-78)
(Click here for a history of previous lottery numbers selected.)
Royals Knock Out Redbirds in 6 Games
Game 1: STL 5, KC 4 – Westbrook pitched strong 7+ innings, Burnitz drives in a pair
Game 2: STL 4, KC 0 – Dontrelle Willis and Chad Cordero combine on six hit shutout, Konerko gets three hits including a homer
Game 3: KC 7, STL 2 – Capuano gets win; top of the order Mauer, Young and Shelton go 8 for 17
Game 4: KC 4, STL 3 – Royals score deciding run in 9th via a Carlos Beltran single, a Joe Mauer walk and a RBI-single by John Rodriguez.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Indians Roll, Omar Vizquel Shines
Game 1 - Toronto (Carpenter) at Cleveland (Patterson) Toronto enters the bottom of the 9th with a 1 run margin. After pinch hitter Ryan Sheely reaches base on a single followed by a single from Lofton, Chris Carpenter gives it up to Derrick Turnbow. He gets a key strikeout of Mark Ellis but is unable to pick up the save. Jason Bay doubles to bring home the tying and game-winning run. Final 5-4 Cleveland.
Game 2 - Toronto (Sabathia) at Cleveland (Colon) A crazy game. Teams combine for 30 hits, 25 runs and 9 home runs. Cleveland had a comfortable 11-0 lead after 3 thanks to 2 home runs from Manny Ramirez including a grand slam. But Toronto doesn't give up and chips away at the lead. A grand slam in the 9th from Milton Bradley ties it up at 12 a piece. In the bottom of the 9th, Brian McCann singles and Kenny Lofton comes in to pinch run. A double from Omar Vizquel brings home the game winner in another walk-off moment. Final 13-12 Cleveland.
Game 3 - Cleveland (Rogers) at Toronto (Arroyo) Arroyo dominates and shuts down the Cleveland offense. He goes 6 innings of 2 hit ball, allowing only a single run on a Jason Bay solo shot. Papelbon and Turnbow come out of the pen to hold onto the 3-1 win for Toronto.
Game 4 - Cleveland (Prior) at Toronto (Maroth) Cleveland's bats come alive again, belting 5 home runs including 2 from Tony Clark. Mark Prior pitches well, going 7 innings allowing 5 hits and 3 runs while striking out 11. Final 9-3 Cleveland.
Game 5 - Cleveland (Patterson) at Toronto (Lilly) A pitching duel until the 6th. Cleveland has a big inning, scoring 10 runs which would end up being all the scoring for both teams. Cleveland closes out the series with the 10-0 victory. Geoff Jenkins slugged a grand slam in the 6th to lead the offense.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Marlins Advance as Burnett Sizzles
Marlins AJ Burnett won two playoff games as #7 seed Florida upset #2 seed Boston in their playoff series in 5 games. This was the second straight year that the #2 seed knocked off the #7 seed. Burnett finished with a 1.59 ERA in 17 innings while striking out 15. A recap of the series:
It was really an amazingly close series, despite it ending in only 5 games. Game 1 was the only game that wasn't decided in the last at-bat, with Florida winning it 3-1. Florida won game 2, 4-2 in 15 innings. In game 3 Boston won 6-3 in 11 innings. In Game 4, Florida won 8-7 with Victor Martinez getting a game winning hit in the bottom of the 9th off Mike MacDougal with the bases loaded and no outs. Then in the deciding game 5, Luis Castilla drove home Jeremy Reed with the winning run off Pedro Martinez in the bottom of the 9th as Florida won 3-2.
Twins and Santana Knock Off Phils in 6 Games
Johan Santana pitched brilliantly to help the Minnesota Twins defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 2 in their quarter-final playoff series. Santana finished with 2 wins and a 1.13 ERA in the series. A recap of the series:
The Twins opened up with a 13-2 win in Game 1 as Graffanino drove in 5 runs and Carlos Lee drove in 4 more. Santana got the win.
- The Phils rebounded in Game 2 as Freddy Garcia and three relievers shut out the Twins 7-0.
Hideki Matsui drove in a pair of runs as Minnesota won the third game 3-1.
In Game 5, Santana(2-0) was indeed brilliant as he hand-cuffed the Philadelphia offense. He gave up just 6 hits and 1 walk in a complete game performance.
50,547 fans watched an exciting Game 6 at Yankee Stadium. The Twins knocked out the Phillies as Carlos Lee blasted a solo shot in the top of the 11th inning.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Coming Down to the Wire
Strat-O-Matic Report
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2005 Millennium League
Brock WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Cleveland CLA 99 63 .611 ---- *WON*
2005 Florida FLN 87 75 .537 12.0
2005 Seattle SEA 77 85 .475 22.0
2005 Anaheim ANA 73 86 .459 24.5
2005 San Francisco SFN 61 101 .377 38.0
Killebrew WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Kansas City KCA 89 70 .560 ---- 6
2005 Toronto TOA 82 68 .547 2.5
2005 Houston HON 82 80 .506 8.5
2005 Atlanta ATN 73 83 .468 14.5
2005 Los Angeles LAN 68 94 .420 22.5
Koufax WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Boston BOA 97 65 .599 ---- *WON*
2005 Arizona ARN 84 75 .528 11.5
2005 Oakland OAA 73 80 .477 19.5
2005 Pittsburgh PIN 76 86 .469 21.0
2005 Washington WAN 66 90 .423 28.0
Aaron WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Philadelphia PHN 92 70 .568 ---- *WON*
2005 St. Louis SLN 89 73 .549 3.0
2005 Minnesota MNA 83 73 .532 6.0
2005 Chicago CHA 76 86 .469 16.0
2005 New York NYA 69 93 .426 23.0
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Fish' Castillo Heading Toward 1st Batting Crown
Red Sox Clinch Division
Marlins' Lowry Fires Perfect Game
Florida (AP) - History was made in San Francisco as Noah Lowry thrilled the crowd by tossing a perfect game as the Florida Marlins defeated the San Francisco Giants by the score of 3 to 0.
In his second season with Florida, Lowry has posted a 14-7 record with a 3.27 ERA. Lowry was the 35th player selected in the 2004 Draft.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Current Stats for 2005 Rookie Class
CLASS OF 2005:
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NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
1-P.Fielder,SEA .350 12 40 4 14 1 0 2 8 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
2-B.McCann,CLA .261 37 115 15 30 7 0 5 15 8 34 0 1 3 0 1 0
4-C.Granderson,KCA .250 2 8 2 2 0 0 2 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-R.Cano,NYA .244 64 250 20 61 13 3 1 26 5 35 3 2 5 0 4 9
6-R.Zimmerman,SEA ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8-W.Taveras,OAA .258 87 356 39 92 5 1 4 21 14 60 4 9 3 21 12 0
10-J.Hardy,ANA .308 9 26 5 8 4 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11-N.McLouth,LAN ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13-A.Hill,MNA .196 36 112 12 22 7 0 0 4 10 14 2 1 2 0 0 1
15-C.Jackson,FLN ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16-C.Hart,ARN ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17-L.Scott,PIN ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18-J.Hermida,HON ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20-J.Francoeur,SLN .269 38 119 20 32 9 2 9 27 2 41 3 0 1 2 0 1
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NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
3-F.Hernandez,CHA 2.92 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 24.2 24 8 8 4 10 21
7-J.Papelbon,TOA ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9-M.Cain,BOA ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12-C.Wang,SFN 1.75 3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 36.0 24 8 7 2 11 17
14-E.Santana,CLA 4.76 2 2 .500 9 9 1 1 0 51.0 58 30 27 5 22 33
19-J.Blanton,ATN 3.46 6 4 .600 15 15 1 0 0 96.1 85 45 37 14 26 60
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Jays' Turnbow Turning Up the Heat
Toronto (AP) - Derrick Turnbow might have been the best steal in the 2005 draft. Selected in the third round, Turnbow leads the league saves (27) and sports a miniscule 1.45 ERA for the Toronto Blue Jays. He has given up just 18 hits and 1 homer in 31 innings pitched and has helped keep Toronto in first place in the very competitive Killebrew Division.
Tribe's Kenny Rogers Having Stellar Season
Cleveland (AP) - A year ago, the Cleveland Indians finished with a dismal 61-101 record - 36 games behind division winner Florida. A year ago, Tribe hurler Kenny Rogers was 7-20 with a 7+ ERA. He gave up a whopping 255 hits in 189 innings pitched.
The 2005 season is a complete turnaround for the Indians and Rogers. Cleveland, leading the league in team batting (.292) and runs scored (542), has posted a 66-33 record. Rogers leads the league in wins with a 15-3 mark. He has a 3.55 ERA with 2 shutouts.
What a difference a year makes. . . .
Playoff Seedings Taking Shape
Friday, July 24, 2009
Current Standings Midway Through Block 4
Strat-O-Matic Report
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2005 Millennium League
Brock WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Cleveland CLA 41 22 .651 ---- 92
2005 Florida FLN 39 30 .565 5.0
2005 Anaheim ANA 31 38 .449 13.0
2005 Seattle SEA 25 35 .417 14.5
2005 San Francisco SFN 26 46 .361 19.5
Killebrew WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Kansas City KCA 41 31 .569 ---- 97
2005 Toronto TOA 32 25 .561 1.5
2005 Houston HON 33 27 .550 2.0
2005 Atlanta ATN 27 39 .409 11.0
2005 Los Angeles LAN 28 41 .406 11.5
Koufax WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Boston BOA 35 19 .648 ---- 105
2005 Oakland OAA 37 23 .617 1.0
2005 Arizona ARN 28 29 .491 8.5
2005 Pittsburgh PIN 29 31 .483 9.0
2005 Washington WAN 19 41 .317 19.0
Aaron WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Philadelphia PHN 42 27 .609 ---- 97
2005 Minnesota MNA 33 24 .579 3.0
2005 New York NYA 29 34 .460 10.0
2005 Chicago CHA 30 36 .455 10.5
2005 St. Louis SLN 31 38 .449 11.0
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Current Standings Midway Through Block 3
Strat-O-Matic Report
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2005 Millennium League
Brock WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Cleveland CLA 28 17 .622 ---- 114
2005 Florida FLN 27 21 .563 2.5
2005 Anaheim ANA 24 30 .444 8.5
2005 San Francisco SFN 20 34 .370 12.5
2005 Seattle SEA 12 24 .333 11.5
Killebrew WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Toronto TOA 27 18 .600 ---- 119
2005 Houston HON 22 17 .564 2.0
2005 Kansas City KCA 22 17 .564 2.0
2005 Atlanta ATN 19 32 .373 11.0
2005 Los Angeles LAN 17 31 .354 11.5
Koufax WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Boston BOA 32 19 .627 ---- 111
2005 Oakland OAA 28 20 .583 2.5
2005 Arizona ARN 27 24 .529 5.0
2005 Pittsburgh PIN 20 25 .444 9.0
2005 Washington WAN 15 27 .357 12.5
Aaron WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Minnesota MNA 28 17 .622 .5 114
2005 Philadelphia PHN 33 21 .611 ----
2005 Chicago CHA 24 24 .500 6.0
2005 St. Louis SLN 18 21 .462 7.5
2005 New York NYA 22 26 .458 8.0
Friday, June 26, 2009
Phils Chavez Homers in 10th For Win Over Buccos
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2005 Philadelphia Phillies At 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates 5/29/2005
Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
M.Tejada SS 4 0 3 1 .317 B.Giles RF 3 1 0 0 .318
C.Duffy LF 4 0 1 0 .261 C-R.Freel RF 1 0 0 0 .343
A.Pujols 1B 5 0 0 0 .332 C.Sullivan CF 5 0 2 2 .302
A.Jones CF 3 1 0 0 .193 R.Winn LF 5 1 3 0 .325
N.Perez 2B 5 0 1 0 .244 S.Hillenbrand 1B 5 0 1 0 .228
D.Miller C 3 0 0 0 .253 C.Guillen SS 5 0 1 0 .256
D-T.Hunter PH 0 0 0 0 .221 B.Inge 3B 3 0 1 1 .253
E-G.Zaun C 1 0 1 0 .226 E.Guardado P 0 0 0 0 ----
E.Chavez 3B 5 1 1 2 .237 F-B.Crosby PH 1 0 0 0 .179
A.Rowand RF 5 3 3 2 .285 B.Lidge P 0 0 0 0 ----
G.Maddux P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Castillo 2B 4 0 0 0 .213
B-M.Loretta PH 1 0 0 0 .277 J.Kendall C 3 0 1 0 .248
B.Donnelly P 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Benson P 2 0 0 0 .222
J.Frasor P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-M.Derosa 3B 1 1 0 0 .125
G-R.Palmeiro PH 1 0 0 0 .241
B.Thompson P 0 0 0 0 ----
A.Reyes P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 5 10 5 Totals 38 3 9 3
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Benson In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Maddux In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Giles In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Miller In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Hunter In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Guardado In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Frasor In 9th Inning
Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 - 5 10 0
Pirates......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 1
Phillies (31-20) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Maddux 6 5 1 1 1 1 0 3.86
B.Donnelly BS(1st) 0 2/3 1 2 2 2 0 0 4.26
J.Frasor 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
B.Thompson WIN(4-0) 1 1/3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1.06
A.Reyes SAVE(8th) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86
Totals 10 9 3 3 3 4 0
Pirates (17-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
K.Benson 6 1/3 6 2 2 2 2 2 3.56
E.Guardado 1 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 2.70
B.Lidge LOSS(0-2) BS(2nd) 2 4 3 3 1 4 1 3.21
Totals 10 10 5 5 5 7 3
ATTENDANCE- 14,127 DATE- Wednesday, May 29th 2005 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Brian O'Nora, Dan Iassogna, Mark Hirschbeck, Wally Bell
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 9 Pirates: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 0 Pirates: 1
ERRORS- M.Derosa
DOUBLES- B.Inge(13th)
TRIPLES- C.Sullivan(2nd)
HOME RUNS- E.Chavez(10th), A.Rowand-2(9th)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Zaun
WALKS- M.Tejada, C.Duffy, A.Jones, T.Hunter, G.Maddux, B.Giles, J.Kendall,
M.Derosa
HIT BY PITCH- A.Jones
STRIKE OUTS- C.Duffy, A.Pujols, A.Jones, N.Perez, E.Chavez, A.Rowand, G.Maddux,
R.Winn, C.Guillen, B.Inge, M.Derosa
GIDP- N.Perez
WILD PITCHES- B.Donnelly, B.Lidge
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Jason Kendall blocked the plate, saving a run!
Top 9th: Ryan Freel robbed Rafael Palmeiro of an extra base hit.
Aaron Rowand rocketed 2 homeruns and scored 3 times at Miller Park where the
Philadelphia Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in 10 innings 5 to 3.
Both teams were tied at 3 runs apiece after nine innings. Philadelphia came
out the victor in the 10th inning. Andruw Jones got things going when he
drew a walk. Neifi Perez followed, but he was set down on strikes. Gregg
Zaun then banged out a single. One out later, Eric Chavez stepped up to the
plate and he blasted a two-run home run (his 10th of the season). Rowand got
his turn next, but he was a strikeout victim. Philadelphia rapped out 10
hits for the afternoon.
The winning pitcher was Brad Thompson(4-0) who allowed no runs in 1 and 1/3
innings. Al Reyes recorded the save, his 8th. Brad Lidge(0-2) was given the
loss in relief. He gave up 3 runs in 2 innings of work.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Randy Johnson's 100th Millennium League Win
Tony Clark Leading League in Homers
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sox' Smoltz Off to Fast Start
Around the League - Walk Off Homers
Monday, June 22, 2009
Indians Acquire John Patterson
Gregg, a 7th round pick by Cleveland in the 2004 Draft, was 4-3 with a 5.88 ERA in 90 innings last season.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Current Standings Midway Thru Block 2
Strat-O-Matic Report
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2005 Millennium League
Brock WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Cleveland CLA 14 10 .583 ---- 134
2005 Florida FLN 18 15 .545 .5
2005 Anaheim ANA 20 19 .513 1.5
2005 Seattle SEA 10 20 .333 7.0
2005 San Francisco SFN 10 23 .303 8.5
Killebrew WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Kansas City KCA 15 9 .625 ---- 137
2005 Toronto TOA 16 11 .593 .5
2005 Houston HON 14 13 .519 2.5
2005 Atlanta ATN 16 20 .444 5.0
2005 Los Angeles LAN 11 22 .333 8.5
Koufax WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Oakland OAA 13 8 .619 ---- 139
2005 Boston BOA 16 11 .593 ----
2005 Arizona ARN 13 11 .542 1.5
2005 Pittsburgh PIN 10 11 .476 3.0
2005 Washington WAN 7 14 .333 6.0
Aaron WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Minnesota MNA 22 14 .611 ---- 125
2005 Philadelphia PHN 19 17 .528 3.0
2005 New York NYA 19 17 .528 3.0
2005 St. Louis SLN 17 16 .515 3.5
2005 Chicago CHA 20 19 .513 3.5
Phillies Acquire Andruw Jones
The Phillies have a history of trading their future season #1 round draft picks away to acquire players. Last season, the Fightin' Phils acquired Jim Thome from the Indians for their top pick. And, two seasons ago, Greg Maddux from the Braves was acquired for the Phils' #1 rounder.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Current Standings Midway Thru Block 1
Strat-O-Matic Report
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2005 Millennium League
Brock WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Cleveland CLA 6 3 .667 ---- 152
2005 Anaheim ANA 7 5 .583 .5
2005 Florida FLN 9 9 .500 1.5
2005 Seattle SEA 6 9 .400 3.0
2005 San Francisco SFN 5 10 .333 4.0
Killebrew WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Kansas City KCA 12 3 .800 ---- 149
2005 Toronto TOA 3 3 .500 4.5
2005 Atlanta ATN 5 7 .417 5.5
2005 Houston HON 1 2 .333 5.0
2005 Los Angeles LAN 0 3 .000 6.0
Koufax WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Boston BOA 2 1 .667 ---- 159
2005 Oakland OAA 6 6 .500 .5
2005 Pittsburgh PIN 4 5 .444 1.0
2005 Arizona ARN 4 5 .444 1.0
2005 Washington WAN 1 2 .333 1.0
Aaron WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2005 Chicago CHA 9 6 .600 ---- 148
2005 Philadelphia PHN 8 7 .533 1.0
2005 Minnesota MNA 6 6 .500 1.5
2005 New York NYA 10 11 .476 2.0
2005 St. Louis SLN 7 8 .467 2.0
Saturday, May 23, 2009
White Sox Young Guns
2005
1 Hernandez,F 2 Jacobs,M 2 Maholm,P
2004
1 Wright,D 1 Rios,A 2 Gonzalez,M 3 Qualls,C 3
2003
1 Reyes,J 1 Bonderman,J 2 Phillips,B 2 Betancourt,R 2 Heilman,A
The White Sox are 5-1 in the early going.......
Monroe Hits Walk-Off Homer for Yankees
Craig Monroe hit a 2-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th to give New York an exciting 2-1 win over St. Louis. Roger Clemens was brilliant for New York - he pitched 10 innings and gave up only one unearned run. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2005 St. Louis Cardinals At 2005 New York Yankees 4/7/2005
Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
E.Renteria SS 4 0 2 1 .348 D.Dejesus CF 4 1 1 0 .217
P.Polanco 2B 5 0 0 0 .435 M.Teahen 3B 4 0 1 0 .091
J.Drew RF 3 0 0 0 .000 C.Monroe LF 5 1 2 2 .500
P.Konerko 1B 4 0 0 0 .316 J.Uribe SS 2 0 0 0 .170
J.Edmonds CF 4 0 0 0 .111 W.Pena RF 4 0 1 0 .209
J.Lane LF 4 1 2 0 .227 E.Alfonzo 2B 4 0 1 0 .227
M.Mora 3B 4 0 0 0 .158 D.Mientkiewicz 1B 4 0 1 0 .083
J.Estrada C 4 0 0 0 .091 C.Snyder C 4 0 0 0 .125
B.Chen P 3 0 1 0 .333 R.Clemens P 4 0 0 0 .000
A-R.Branyan PH 1 0 0 0 .143
C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 1 5 1 Totals 35 2 7 2
A-Pinch Hit For Chen In 10th Inning
Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 0
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 7 1
Cardinals (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Chen 9 6 0 0 3 7 0 0.00
C.Cordero L(0-1) BS(1st) 0 1/3 1 2 2 1 1 1 10.80
Totals 9 1/3 7 2 2 4 8 1
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Clemens WIN(2-1) 10 5 1 0 2 8 0 2.18
Totals 10 5 1 0 2 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 56,532 DATE- Sunday, April 7th 2005 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Doug Eddings, Charlie Reliford, Mark Carlson, Dana Demuth
T- 2:49
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 7 Yankees: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0 Yankees: 0
ERRORS- E.Alfonzo
DOUBLES- J.Lane(2nd), M.Teahen(2nd)
HOME RUNS- C.Monroe(4th)
WALKS- E.Renteria, J.Drew, D.Dejesus, M.Teahen, J.Uribe-2
STRIKE OUTS- P.Polanco-2, J.Drew, P.Konerko, M.Mora-3, B.Chen, M.Teahen-2,
C.Monroe-2, J.Uribe, W.Pena, D.Mientkiewicz, R.Clemens
Roger Clemens went 10 strong innings at Petco Park where the New York Yankees
beat the St. Louis Cardinals in 10 innings by the score of 2 to 1.
The score was a scoreless tie after nine. New York ended up winning it in the
10th inning. David Dejesus started the inning off right when he drew a walk.
Mark Teahen got his chance to keep things going, but he went down on
strikes. Craig Monroe then cleared the fences for a two-run home run (his
4th of the season) giving New York the victory and sending the 56,532
home-town fans home happy. New York managed 7 hits in their victory.
Clemens(2-1) was the winner allowing 1 run for the game. Chad Cordero(0-1) was
the losing pitcher in relief. When questioned, Ron Tidrow remarked, 'It's
been a while since a win felt this good - heck, it's been a while since we
had a win period!'
Royals Expecting Big Crowds at Kaufmann Stadium
2004: 65 - 97 (5th Place)
2003: 57 - 105 (5th Place)
2002: 75 - 87 (2nd Place)
2001: 82 - 80 (3rd Place)
2000: 71 - 91 (5th Place)
Time will tell to see if the Royals are for real this season, but expect some big crowds at Kaufmann Stadium in the early going.....
Twins & Tribe Deal
Adam LaRoche, drafted by Minnesota in the second round of the 2004 draft, hit .237 with 4 homers in limited playing time last season.
Opening Day Around the League
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Papelbon Ready To Energize Blue Jays
Sunday, May 10, 2009
John Smoltz is ready to join Red Sox Rotation
This offseason Red Sox pitcher John Smoltz has been getting ready to go from closer to starting pitcher for the 2nd time in his Hall of Fame career. Since being selected 7th overall in the 2001 draft, all Smoltz has done is save 107 games and help anchor the bullpen as Boston went to it's only World Series in 2002. The most memorable game that postseason was when he and Pedro Martinez combined for a no-hitter in Game 7 of the Semi Final round against Pittsburgh.
This season Smoltz will join Pedro, Derek Lowe, Tim Wakefield and Jose Contreras in the rotation for the 2005 season. Unfortunately the move will leave a huge void in the bullpen but the Red Sox front office believes it will be more valuable to have Smoltz pitch 7 innings in a game rather then 1 or 2. Only time will tell but the Red Sox are looking forward to a good season in 2005.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Woody Williams Back With Cards
Seattle Acquires Closer Rodriguez
Seattle also had four draft picks in the top thirty this season and selected Prince Fielder (#1), Ryan Zimmerman (#6), Kelly Johnson (#21) and Kelvim Escobar (#26). With all this new talent, the Mariners are definitely on the upswing.
Robinson Cano Selected #5 by Yankees
Mariners Pick First - Select Prince Fielder
Prior first round draft picks for the Mariners: 2004- Scott Kazmir, 2003-Scott Posednik, 2002-Dave Roberts, 2001-Shea Hillenbrand, 2000-Corey Lidle.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Cardinals Win World Series
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Cardinals Defeat Astros in 5 Games
Game #1 STL 10, HOU 3 - Cards jumped on Jeff Weaver for 10 runs which included a 7-run 4th inning…..Todd Hollandsworth hit a two-run homer in the 1st to give the Redbirds the early lead
Game #2 STL 4, HOU 2 (10) - Jim Edmonds doubled in the go-ahead run in the 10th and scored an insurance run on the errant throw to the plate on the same play…..Astros’ Jaret Wright and Cards’ Dontrelle Willis pitched strong into the 7th inning
Game #3 HOU 8, STL 2 - Rodrigo Lopez scattered 11 hits in pitching a complete game…..Jerry Hairston drove in 3 runs and David Eckstein had 3 hits
Game #4 STL 11, HOU 6 - Cards again rough up Jeff Weaver early….JD Drew went 5-for-5 and Johnny Estrada had 4 hits….
Game #5 STL 2, HOU 1 - All runs scored on solo homers – Kotsay, Edmonds and pitcher Dontrelle Willis….Armando Benitez escaped a 2-out bases loaded jam in the 8th before pitching a scoreless ninth
The Cardinals will meet the Atlanta Braves in the World Series……
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Cards Win Game 1 vs. Astros
NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 2004 Millennium Playoffs Date: 10/9/2004
GAME 1
ST. LOUIS AT HOUSTON
Cardinals....... 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 10 12 0
Astros.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 3 8 0
Win:Westbrook(1-1) Loss:Weaver(0-1)
Homeruns- T.Hollandsworth(1st)
Todd Hollandsworth hit a homerun and had 2 RBI as the St. Louis Cardinals
defeated the Houston Astros by the score of 10 to 3 at The Skydome.
St. Louis jumped out to the early lead in the first inning as they scored 3
runs on 3 base hits. The critical plate appearance was by Hollandsworth who
quieted the home crowd when he lifted one out of the park for a two run home
run (his 1st of the season). Overall St. Louis out-hit Houston 12 to 8.
The win was credited to Jake Westbrook(1-1) who went 7 innings allowing 3
runs. Jeff Weaver(0-1) ended up with the loss. He was hit hard and gave up 6
hits and 5 walks in 3 and 2/3 innings.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Final Stats - 2004 First Round Draft Picks
CLASS OF 2004:
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NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
1-M.Holliday,MON .279 104 384 50 107 26 1 12 42 36 78 3 0 11 2 4 2
2-D.Wright,CHA .256 69 238 39 61 13 0 12 44 20 43 2 0 9 2 0 13
3-J.Mauer,KCA .265 45 113 17 30 10 1 8 18 7 14 0 0 1 0 0 2
5-G.Sizemore,ATN ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6-R.Howard,TOA ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8-B.Hawpe,HON ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9-A.Rios,CHA .243 107 342 35 83 13 4 1 25 34 75 4 0 13 7 4 3
10-A.Gonzalez,KCA .125 17 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11-C.Tracy,NYA .295 142 498 69 147 29 3 12 65 45 64 0 1 17 1 1 26
12-B.Upton,PIN .250 9 32 3 8 0 0 0 1 2 11 2 0 1 0 0 0
16-K.Youkilis,ATN .246 33 118 15 29 6 0 3 14 21 19 5 0 1 0 0 5
17-D.Dejesus,NYA .288 114 382 67 110 11 3 10 37 39 48 12 3 12 9 6 2
18-D.Dellucci,CLA .337 31 98 21 33 3 0 9 21 17 23 3 0 2 2 0 0
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NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
4-S.Kazmir,SEA 12.38 1 4 .200 12 4 0 0 0 32.0 54 46 44 9 21 39
7-C.Young,OAA 5.33 1 2 .333 6 6 0 0 0 27.0 33 16 16 1 13 15
13-J.Duchscherer,HON 5.52 6 4 .600 45 0 0 0 3 89.2 104 64 55 18 32 46
14-Z.Greinke,SFN 3.13 9 2 .818 19 19 1 0 0 138.0 127 51 48 26 15 87
15-E.Bedard,FLN 4.14 6 9 .400 25 25 1 0 0 147.2 150 78 68 13 86 128
19-C.Cordero,SLN 4.73 10 2 .833 69 0 0 0 1 80.0 81 46 42 12 45 82
20-D.Bush,ARN 4.82 5 2 .714 10 10 1 1 0 65.1 70 36 35 5 22 31
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Posada Leads Braves into World Series
Game 3 Zito v Harden..... Pirates get 2 in top of 1st but Atl answers with 3. Atlanta batters Zito and everyone else throwing a pitch. Atl gets 4 HR's in a 15-5 win. Durham has 4 rbi. Series is 2-1 ATL.
Game 4- Benson v Millwood.... a close game but Pitt gets the 3-2 lead going into the 7th and adds another run. The Pitt bullpen takes over for the last 2 1/3 and Lidge will close out a 4-2 win for Pitt. Series tied 2-2
Game 5- Oswalt v Lackey.... Pitt has the better SP going but they can't field a groundball. Errors by Guillen, Vidro and 2 by Oswalt stake the ATL to a 5-3 lead after 3. Lackey gives it back and its 5-5 after 6. Atl will get 2 in the 7th on a Posada 2-out, 2 rbi 2b for a 7-5 lead. Atlanta adds another in the 8th. Rusch is flawless through 2 and Gordon shuts them down in the 8th. Gordon starts the 9th with a 8-5 lead but Pitt will load the bases chasing Gordon and Takatsu can't hold the lead. Pitt scores 3 in the 9th to tie it at 8. Atlanta gets their opportunity in the 9th and Posada and then Mirabelli get on base. DaVanon pinchruns for Posada and they are bunted over to 2b and 3b. Reed Johnson then hits a walkoff single to end the game 9-8 and give Atlanta a 3-2 series lead going back to Pittsburgh.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Braves-Buccos Series Tied at 1-1
John Thomson improved to 2-0 in the post season as Atlanta beat Pittsburgh 6-3 in Game 2. The Series is now tied at 1-1 and will head to Atlanta for Game 3....... |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2004 Atlanta Braves At 2004 Pittsburgh Pirates 10/2/2004
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
J.Davanon RF 5 0 1 3 .286 J.Kendall C 4 0 1 0 .282
D.Jeter SS 3 0 1 0 .316 R.Winn CF 4 0 0 0 .237
C.Jones 3B 4 1 0 0 .143 C.Guillen SS 3 2 2 0 .353
A.Jones CF 4 0 1 0 .257 B.Giles RF 3 1 2 3 .375
J.Posada C 5 1 2 1 .462 B.Broussard 1B 3 0 0 0 .345
R.Palmeiro 1B 3 1 1 0 .308 E.Alfonzo 3B 4 0 3 0 .281
M.Tucker LF 5 1 1 0 .265 R.Freel LF 4 0 1 0 .400
S.Takatsu P 0 0 0 0 ---- L.Rivas 2B 3 0 0 0 .200
R.Durham 2B 2 2 1 1 .375 D-J.Vidro PH 1 0 0 0 .200
J.Thomson P 1 0 0 1 .000 M.Clement P 2 0 0 0 .000
T.Tucker P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Choate P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-F.Thomas PH 1 0 0 0 .200 A-P.Nevin PH 1 0 0 0 .222
M.Stanton P 0 0 0 0 ---- K.Wood P 0 0 0 0 ----
T.Gordon P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-C.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .000
C-R.Johnson LF 0 0 0 0 .250
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Totals 33 6 8 6 Totals 33 3 9 3
A-Pinch Hit For Choate In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Tucker In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gordon In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rivas In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Wood In 9th Inning
Braves.......... 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 - 6 8 1
Pirates......... 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 1
Braves (5-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Thomson WIN(2-0) 5 1/3 8 3 3 0 2 1 3.14
T.Tucker HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.24
M.Stanton 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 27.00
T.Gordon HOLD(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
S.Takatsu SAVE(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 9 3 3 2 4 1
Pirates (5-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Clement LOSS(1-1) 6 1/3 6 5 5 7 6 0 6.05
R.Choate 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
K.Wood 2 2 1 1 1 4 0 5.40
Totals 9 8 6 6 8 10 0
ATTENDANCE- 43,263 DATE- Saturday, October 2nd 2004 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Chuck Meriwether, Tim Timmons, Tim Tschida, Greg Gibson
T- 3:12
LEFT ON BASE- Braves:10 Pirates: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 3 Pirates: 0
ERRORS- J.Posada, C.Guillen
DOUBLES- J.Davanon(2nd), C.Guillen(2nd), E.Alfonzo(2nd)
TRIPLES- R.Durham(2nd), B.Giles(1st)
HOME RUNS- B.Giles(4th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Jeter(2nd), R.Durham(1st), C.Guillen(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Davanon
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Thomson
WALKS- D.Jeter-2, A.Jones, R.Palmeiro-2, R.Durham-2, J.Thomson, B.Giles,
B.Broussard
HIT BY PITCH- C.Jones, J.Kendall, C.Guillen
STRIKE OUTS- J.Davanon, C.Jones, A.Jones, J.Posada, R.Palmeiro, M.Tucker-2,
R.Durham, J.Thomson, F.Thomas, R.Winn, B.Broussard-2, P.Nevin
GIDP- R.Winn, R.Freel, L.Rivas
WILD PITCHES- K.Wood
Catcher Jorge Posada had 2 base hits as the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh
Pirates by a score of 6 to 3.
Atlanta had 3 runs cross the plate in the 4th inning when they had 3 base
hits. The crucial at-bat was provided by Jeff Davanon who disappointed the
partisan crowd when he doubled scoring two baserunners. Shingo Takatsu
relieved and was untouched by Pittsburgh as he recorded the save, his 3rd.
The win was credited to John Thomson(2-0) who went 5 and 1/3 innings allowing
3 runs. Matt Clement(1-1) took the loss. He pitched 6 and 1/3 innings giving
up 6 hits and 7 walks.