Monday, November 30, 2015

Stat break: 69 Pilots

Hitters


Name                AB   R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Comer                85   14   30   19       5    0      3     11      3     .352
T Davis               39     4   12     8       4    0      1       2      1     .307
Donaldson          67   11   19     7       2    1      0     11      0     .284
Gil                       29     2     3     1       0    0      0       3      0     .103
Goossen            21     4     5     1       2    0      0        2      0     .238
Harper              116   28   34   14       5    0      3     18    14      .293
Hegan                84    14  22   22       3    1      6      25      2     .262
Hovley                63     7   24     8       5     0      0       6     5      .381
Kennedy            61     5    11     3       4     0     1       6      2      .180
McNertney         56      6   16     7      4     0      0      2      0       .286
Mincher              92   14   22    16      3     1     4       8      3      .239
Oyler                  88   11   14      9         0     4     13      0      .159
Pagliaroni          52     7     9    11       4    1      2       5     0       .173
Whitaker           60     7    12      6       0    0      3      5      0      .200


Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA
Barber               7      1     16.3    21   14    10      6    13        0      0     0      5.51
Bouton            12      2     27.6    22   14    11     13    18        1      2     1      3.58
Brabender         8      7     34       33   27   26     17    24        0      2     4      6.88
Brunet               6      5     28.6    31   15   12       9     17        0     2     1       3.77
Gelnar               7      4     29.3    25   11     6       3     16        0      3     0      1.84
Locker               9      0     11         8     5      5      3      7        3      0     2       4.09
Marshall            8      1     36       36   15    12    10    13        1      0     1       3.00
O'Donoghue     8      0       9.3      6     6      6       4     8        1      4     1       5.79
Pattin                8       2    12.6    21   14    11       9      8        0      0    1       7.81
Segui                7      5     36       38   26    21     12    27       1      1     2       5.25

Paul bracket: Reds (09) defeat Pilots (69) in six games

Game One: 69 Pilots 11, 09 Reds 8
WP: Segui (1-2)
LP: K Wells (2-2)
Save: Locker (4)
HR: Mincher (4), Oyler (4)

Game Two: 09 Reds 8, 69 Pilots 5
WP: Harang (2-1)
LP: Brabender (2-3)
Save: Cordero (9)
HR: Hegan (6), L Nix (4), Bruce (4)

Game Three: 09 Reds 8, 69 Pilots 4
WP: Rhodes (1-0)
LP: O'Donoghue (3-1)
HR: Harper (1)

Game Four: 09 Reds 5, 69 Pilots 1
WP: M Maloney (1-0)
LP: Marshall (0-1)
HR: Bruce (5)

Game Five: 69 Pilots 15, 09 Reds 11
WP: O'Donoghue (4-1)
LP: Rhodes (1-1)
Save: Bouton (1)
HR: T Davis (1), Al Gonzalez (3), Bruce (6), Votto (6), Pagliaroni (2), Harper (2)

Game Six: 09 Reds 7, 69 Pilots 3
WP: Harang (3-1)
LP: Brabender (2-4)
Save: Cordero (10)
HR: Bruce (7), Votto (7), Harper (3)

The 2009 Cincinnati Reds had a grand time of it, hitting three grand slams and taking advantage of 13 Pilots errors to win this unlikely matchup for the Paul bracket title.

Game One, played in Cincinnati's Great American Park, was a slugfest that went to the Pilots. The Pilots scored three runs on four hits in the first inning; the Reds retaliated with two in their half of the inning and tied it in the second, The Pilots retook the lead with a five-run top of the third, Ray Oyler clubbing a three-run homer. That inning chased Bronson Arroyo, but he was taken off the hook by his teammates as they scored twice in their half of the inning, two more in the fourth and one more in the sixth, all off Diego Segui. With the score tied at 8 entering the seventh, Kip Wells relieved for the Reds. He retired the leadoff hitter, but then Tommy Harper walked and stole second. Mike Hegan doubled him home, and out out later Don Mincher homered for a three-run lead. John Gelnar and Bob Locker combined for three innings of scoreless relief. Mincher was 5-for-5 with three runs, three RBIs and a steal.

Hegan's two-run homer put the Pilots ahead in Game Two before Aaron Harang retired a batter, but the Reds took the lead off Gene Brabender in the bottom of the inning on Laynce Nix's grand slam. The two teams traded runs in the fourth, and Jay Bruce homered in the fifth for a 6-3 lead. The Pilots scored twice in the sixth, but the Reds added single runs in the sixth and seventh. Nix had five RBIs, while Brandon Phillips, Bruce and Ramon Hernandez each scored twice.

The tied series moved to Seattle and Sick's Stadium for Game Three. Cincy starter Johnny Cueto walked five men in the Pilots' three-run third and nine (plus a hit batter) in his five innings of work. George Brunet carried a 4-2 lead into the seventh, when his own error put two one with two outs for reliever John O'Donoughue. It didn't work. Joey Votto singled home one run, and the tying run scored on a passed ball by Jim Pagliaroni. Phillips and Johnny Gomes walked to load the bases, Jerry Hariston Jr. singled for two runs and Bruce doubled in two more. Jared Burton and Wells combined for three innings of one-hit ball to wrap up the comeback win.

Matt Maloney, activated for the first time, had the best start of the series in Game Four, allowing four hits in the complete game win. The Pilots reached him for a first inning run (John Kennedy walked, stole second and scored on Wayne Comer's single) but got only two other men in scoring position. Bruce hit a three-run homer in the fifth off Mike Marshall, who was the eighth starter deployed by the Pilots in the series.

The Reds looked for much of Game Five as if they were about to wrap up the series. The Pilots started Gelnar, who entered the game with a 1.32 ERA for the tournament, but the Reds tattooed him for six runs in the first inning, climaxed by a grand slam by Alex Gonzalez. (Two Pilots errors meant four of the runs were unearned). The Pilots scored one in the bottom of the first and two in the second on Tommy Harper's homer. The Reds bombed Steve Barber for four more runs in the fourth to make it 10-3, with Phillips plating two runs with a single and Bruce following with a homer. But Harper and Comer drove in three runs in the home half of the inning to make it 10-6. Votto's solo shot in the sixth gave the Reds an 11-6 lead, but John Donaldson singled in two runs in the bottom the seventh to make it 11-8. Arthur Rhodes entered for the eighth inning. Steve Whitaker led off with a single, Harper reached on an error by center fielder Chris Dickerson. Mike Hegan singled home Whitaker, and Comer plated Harper with a sac fly.  Tommy Davis homered to put Seattle ahead, Steve Hovley walked and Pagliaroni homered for a cushion.

The Reds had to go back home to clinch, and that they did. For only the second time in the series, neither team scored in the first inning. Indeed, Brabender and Harang matched scoreless frames for five innings, with Brabender hold the Reds hitless for 17 outs. Alex Taveras walked with one out in the bottom of the sixth, stole second and went to third on Votto's ground ball. Phillips tripled for the Reds first hit and the go-head run, and Bruce homered for the fourth time in the series and for the third straight game. Barber relieved for the seventh inning, but a pair of errors helped load the bases with two outs for Votto, and he hit a grand slam for a 7-0 lead. The Pilots scored three in eighth to chase Harang, but Rhodes and Cordero got the final four outs without further damage.

Player of the Series: Jay Bruce was 11-for-22 with seven runs and 13 RBIs, including four homers.

Player availability: Harang cannot start until Game Three. Maloney will not be active.

Projected rotation: Arroyo-Cueto-Harang-Owing or Bailey-(Arroyo)-(Cueto)-(Harang).


Friday, November 27, 2015

Stat break: 87 Twins

Hitters


Name                AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Baylor                30     7    9    8        1    0     3     3      0     .300
Brunansky         77     8  16    8        4    1     2     3      0     .208
Bush                  28     5    7    4        1    0     0     7      0     .250
Butera                 9     1     2    3       0     0    1      0      0    .222
Davidson             1     0    0     0       0    0     0     0      0     .000
Gaetti                 86  14   20  18       3    1     5     9      0     .238
Gagne                68    8   20    5       6    2     1     3      1     .294
Gladden             86  12   19    4       4    0     1     7      2     .221
Hrbek                 85  17   25  19       2   0      8      9      0    .294
Larkin                  3     0   0     0        0    0     0      1      0    .000
Laudner             49    3    7     5       2    0     1      4      0    .143
Lombardozzi     59  11  18     6       4    0     3      3     0     .305
Newman            23    3    6     2       2    1     0      4      0    .261
Nieto                  20    0    2     1        0    0     0     0     0     .100
Puckett              88  19  34   16       5    2     8     2      0     .386
Smalley             20    1    3     4       1    0     1     1      0     .150



Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L   ERA
Atherton             7      0      9         5      3      3      1      6        0     0     0    3.00
Berenguer          4      0      8       10      5      5      4    11        0     0     1    5.63
Blyleven             7      7    51.3     46   25    22    17     55        0    4     3    3.86
Carlton               3      1      6.3     11   10    10      9       3        0     0    3  14.20
Frazier               5      0      8          3      1      1      5      6        0     1     0    1.13
J Niekro             3      3    19        19    10    10      5    13        0     1     1    4.74
Reardon             8       0    7.6        5     1       1     2     12       8     0     0    1.17
Schatezder        2       0    1           2     0       0     0       1       0      0     0    0.00
Smithson           1       1      9         5     2       2     1       7        0     1     0     2.00
Straker              3       3    17        15     7       7     7       8        0     0     1     3.71
Viola                  8       8    63.6     48   16     15     7     44        0     6     1     2.12

Stat break: 87 Giants

Hitters


Name                AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Aldrete              34     7  12     1        2    1    1      6      0    .353
Brenly               65   11  20   15        9    0    1      5      0    .308
W. Clark            92     9  25   11        3    0    6      4      0    .271
C. Davis            82   17  22   13       4    0    7     10      4    .268
Leonard            67      9  16     8       5    1    4       4      1    .239
Maldonado       52      7  17     8       8    0    0      2      0     .327
Melvin                 9     3     4    4        1    1    1      1      0    .444
E. Milner          28     6   12     7        4    0   3      6      1     .429
Mitchell            84   13   23     6        3    0   2      6      0    .274
Speier               13     1     3     1        0    0   1      2      0    .231
Spilman              3     0     0     0        0    0    0      0      0    .000
Thompson        89   12   21   13        4    1    2      3      4    .236
Uribe                58     3   13     7       3     1    1       1     1    .224
Ma Williams    17     3     4     4        0    0    2      1      0    .235
Youngblood       3     0     0     0        0    0    0      0      0    .000

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L   ERA
Downs              4      4     25         21    5      4        6    18       0       1     0    1.44
Dravecky          5      5     35.3      31  11    11      11    26       0       3     1    2.80
Garrelts             7      0    11.6        4     1      1       5    13       2      2     0     0.77
Hammaker        5      2    16         22   12      9       1   10        0      0    1      5.06
Krukow             2      0      2          0      0      0       0     2        0      0     0     0.00
LaCoss              4      3    22.3     26      5      5      7      9        0      2     0     2.02
Lefferts             5      0       4.6      1     0      0       0       1        2      0      0    0.00
Price                 4      0       3          2     2      2        0      2        0      1     0    6.00
Reuschel           8     8     62.6     44   10       7      11    33       0      7     1    1.01
D. Robinson     8    0      12.6      16     6      6        4    10       3     0      3    4.26

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Ringo bracket: Giants (87) defeat Twins (87) in five games

Game One: 87 Twins 5, 87 Giants 2
WP: Viola (6-0)
LP: Reuschel (6-1)
Save: Reardon (8)
HR: Speier (1), Mitchell (2), Gaetti (5)

Game Two: 87 Giants 5, 87 Twins 4
WP: Garrelts (2-0)
LP: Blyleven (4-3)
HR: E, Milner 2 (3), Puckett (8), Lombardozzi (3)

Game Three: 87 Giants 3, 87 Twins 1
WP: Dravecky (3-1)
LP: Straker (0-1)
Save: D Robinson (2)
HR: C Davis (7), Aldrete (1)

Game Four: 87 Giants 6, 87 Twins 2
WP: LaCoss (2-0)
LP: J. Niekro (1-1)
HR: W, Clark (7), Hrbek (8)

Game Five: 87 Giants 1, 87 Twins 0
WP: Reuschel (7-1)
LP: Viola (6-1)
Save: D Robinson (3)

The 1987 San Francisco Giants held the real-life World Series champs to 12 runs in the five games and just three in the final three games to take the Ringo bracket title.

The opener in the Metrodome pitted two undefeated aces, Rick Reuschel for the visitors and Frank Viola for the Twins. Chris Speier's third-inning homer stacked Reuschel to a 1-0 lead, but a Jose Uribe error gave the Twins an opening in the fourth, and they took a 2-1 lead. That score held into the eighth, when Dan Gladden singled to lead off the inning, Reuschel struck out Kirby Puckett, then left for Joe Price, who gave up a single to Kent Hrbek and a homer to Gary Gaetti. Kevin Mitchell homered to lead off the ninth and chase Viola, but Jeff Reardon ended the game with a pair of strikeouts.

Bert Blyleven struggled early in Game Two, walking three, hitting another and committing a throwing error in the first inning as the Giants took a quick 2-0 lead. Puckett homered in the bottoms of the inning, The Giants made it 3-1 in the fourth on Eddie Milner's homer, but Puckett doubled home Steve Lombardozzi in the fifth, and Greg Gagne tied it with a homer in the sixth. In the top of the eighth, Jeffery Leonard singled and stole second; then, with two out, Milner homered again. Scott Garrelts threw three innings of one-hit ball (a Lombardozzi homer in the ninth) for the win.

The series moved to Candlestick, and Dave Dravecky allowed just four hits in seven innings for the home team. Chili Davis and Mike Aldrete each hit solo homers off Les Straker.

The Giants jumped on Joe Niekro early in Game Four, scoring one in the first and three more in the second, with Will Clark hitting a three run homer. The Giants also stole three bases in the two innings. But the Twins scored single runs in the first and third innings to stay close, and Niekro worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the third as he threw four scoreless frames. But the Twins failed to cash in a leadoff double in the fourth and never again got a man in scoring position against Mike LaCoss, and Uribe broke the game open with a two-run triple off Juan Berenguer in the eighth.

Reuschel got the better of Viola in Game Five. He twice worked out of two-on james in the first three innings and wound up allowing just five singles in eight innings. Viola allowed just two baserunners in the first six innings, but in the seventh Mitchell and Candy Maldonado each doubled. That one run was enough for Big Danny and reliever Don Robinson, and enough to clinch the series for the Giants.

Player of the series: Reuschel allowed one earned run over 15.3 innings, and that scored with a reliever on the hill.

Player availability: The Giants have no injuries, and are free to set up their rotation without restriction.

Projected rotation: Reuschel-Dravecky-Downs-LaCoss-(Reuschel)-(Dravecky)-(Downs)

Friday, November 20, 2015

Stat break: 69 Orioles

Hitters


Name                AB     R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Belanger             86      9   20     6       2    1      0      8      0      .233
Blair                    73      9   21   11       4    0      2      5      1      .288
Buford                96    18   32     6       6    1      1    10      1      .333
Dalyrmple             3     1     1     0       1    0      0       0      0      .333
Etchebarren       31      2     6     3       0    0      1       2      0     .194
Hendricks           53      6   16     7       1    0      0      3       0     .302
D Johnson         93    16   37     7      11    0      1    10       0     .398
D May                25       4    7           2    0      0      0       0     .280
Motton                26      2     4     1       3    1      0      0       0      .154
Powell                98    11   28   31       8     0     7      6       0      .286
Rettemund         18      4     5     3       2     0     0      5      0       .277
B Robinson        93      8   22     9       6     0     3      5      0       .237
F Robinson        81    19   26  18        6     0     6      7       0      .321
Salmon                9       0     0    0       0     0     0      0       0       .000


Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA
Cuellar              6      6    43.6    28    12    11   10     19        0      2     1      2.27
D Hall               9      0     11.6    10     5      4      4       6       2      0     1       3.08
Hardin              5      0       8.3      9     2      2      2       3        0     1     0       2.16
Leonhard          4      0    12         1     0      0      0       7        0      1      0      0.00
Lopez               5      0    15       15      5      5      5     13        0      0     0      3.00
McNally            6      6     36       38   16    16    13     15        0      4     0      4.00
Palmer             6      6     45       45   17    16    16     32         0     4     1      3.20
Phoebus          5      4     19       27   23    20     11     17        0      1     3      9.47
Richert             7      0       9.6      6     1      1       1     11       2       0     0     0.93
Watt                 9      0     13.6      7    1       1       5       8       3      3     0       0.66

Stat break: 69 Dodgers

Hitters


Name                AB     R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
K Boyer                2      0     1     0      0     0      0      0      0      .500
W Crawford       65      9   20   13       2    0      3      4      0      .307
W Davis           103    11   32   13       5    0      2      7      3      .311
Gabrielson         27      1     6     3       2    0      0      3      0      .222
Grabarkewitz       4      0     1     0       0    0      0      0      0      .250
Haller                 68      6   22     6       3    1      0      8      0      .324
Hutton                31      3     6     0       0    0      0      4      0      .194
Kosco                71    10   16     8       1    0      6      7      0      .225
Lefebvre            37      3     8     3       2    0      0      4       0      .216
M Mota              43      5   19     4       3     0      0      3      0      .442
Parker               77    10   26   11       4    0      2      5       0      .338
Russell             35      2     8     1       1    0      1      4       0      .229
Sizemore        107    14   27     8       2    1      1      3       0      .252
Sudakis            84     10   21     9       1    1      2      4       0      .250
Torborg             31      1      8     5       3    0      0      1      0      .258
Wills               110      9    20     4       2    2      1     10     8       .182



Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA
J Brewer          10      0     14.6   14     4      4      5       9       5      2     2       2.45
Drysdale            8      0     11      11     4      4      4       2       0      0     0       3.27
A Foster             4      0       8      11     3      3      3       3       0      1     1       3.38
McBean             6     0      10       17     8      8     3       2        0      0    0       7.20
Mikkelsen          8      0     13         7     3      3     9       8        2      0     0       2.08
Moeller              2      0       3         3     1       1     0       0        0      0     0      3.00
Osteen              9      9    71.3    63    23    22   14     29        0      5     2      2.78
Singer               9      9    63       43    20    19   10     35        0      4     3       2.71
Sutton               9      9    54       47    28    25   18     41        0      3     4      4.17