Sunday, July 1, 2018

George bracket: 1924 Reds beat 2017 Athletics in six games

Game 1: Athletics 10, Reds 6
WP: Dull (1-0)
LP: Rixey (0-1)

Game 2: Reds 4, Atheltics 2
WP: Mays (1-0)
LP: Cotton (0-1)

Game 3: Reds 4, Athletics 1
WP: Luque (1-0)
LP:Graveman (0-1)
HR: Joyce (1), Caveney (1)

Game 4: Atheltics 7, Reds 5
WP: Smith (1-0)
LP: Donohue (0-1)
Save: Treinen (1)
HR: Olson (1), Bressler (1)

Game 5: Reds 6, Atheltics 4
WP: Rixey (1-1)
LP: Hendriks (0-1)

Game 6: Reds 1, Athletics 0
WP: Mays (2-0)
LP: Cotton (0-2)

The Reds went to their bullpen just three times in the six games, and Carl Mays didn't allow an earned run in his two complete-game wins.

The series opened in Cincinnati's Redland Field, and the Reds got going with a three-run first. They held a 6-3 lead going into the seventh, but at that point the A's erupted for seven runs off Eppa Rixey and Paul Donohue, starting with a leadoff triple by Mark Canha and including RBI doubles from Jed Lowrie and Ryon Healy. Five Oakland reliever each threw a scoreless inning, with just one hit allowed in those frames.

The Reds evened the series behind Mays in Game Two. He allowed just six hits through the first eight innings. Oakland got two unearned runs in the ninth. Hughie Critz scored twice for the Reds.

The series moved to Oakland, and the Reds never trailed in Game Three. Ike Caveney got the first homer of the series in the fifth inning off  Kendall Gravemanm and Matt Joyce responded with a solo shot off Dolph Luque. Luque allowed just four hits in his complete game.

The A's evened the series again in Game 4 despite allowing five runs in the first inning. A string of Oakland relievers held the Reds scoreless the rest of the way, and Matt Chapman's two-run double in the eighth put the A's ahead and drove Donohue out of the game.

Rixey went the distance in Game Five for the Reds, allowing two earned runs (and two unearned) on nine hits. Critz scored three runs for Cincinnati, and Edd Roush hit a pair of doubles and drove in two runs.

The series returned to Redland Field for Game Six, and Mays was brilliant, allowing just one baserunner (on a walk) in the first five innings. He finished with a two-hit shutout, and needed to be that good, as the Reds didn't break through against Jharel Cotton until the eighth inning. With two outs, Jake Daubert singled and Roush brought him home with a double.

Player of the Series: Carl Mays

Projected rotation: Rixey-Luque-Mays-Donohue-(Rixey)-(Luque)-(Mays)


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