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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Stat break: 1969 Oakland Athletics

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Bando 21 3 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 .238
Campaneris 22 4 9 2 3 0 0 0 2 .409
Cater 17 1 7 4 1 0 1 0 0 .412
D Duncan 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167
Francona 7 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 .714
D Green 14 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .214
Haney 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Jackson 20 5 6 4 0 1 2 2 0 .300
Johnson 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Monday 20 3 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 .300
T Reynolds 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Roof 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rudi 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125
J Tartabull 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

C Dobson 1 1 5 6 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 1.80
Fingers 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
Lindblad 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

C Hunter 2 2 14.6 8 2 0 3 14 0 2 0 0.00
Krausse 1 1 4 6 5 3 1 3 0 0 1 6.75

Nash 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0.00

Odom 1 1 8 6 4 4 5 4 0 1 0 4.50

Pizarro 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4.50
Roland 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Talbot 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.00

Stat break: 1973 San Francisco Giants

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,

Arnold 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Bonds 21 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 .286

Fuentes 17 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 .235

Goodson 11 1 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 .455

Kingman 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

Maddox 19 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .158

Matthews 19 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .105

McCovey 15 2 3 3 0 0 1 5 0 .200
Ontiveros 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Phillips 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Da Rader 18 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .222

Speier 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .264

Thomasson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Barr 1 1 6.3 7 5 5 0 4 0 0 1 7.11

Bradley 1 1 6 7 3 3 1 5 0 0 1 4.50

Bryant 2 2 13.6 10 7 5 1 7 0 0 2 3.29

D'Acquisto 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.00

Marichal 1 1 7 7 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1.29

McDowell 3 0 2.3 2 3 2 3 4 0 0 0 7.73

McMahon 3 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Moffitt 2 0 1 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 27.00

Sosa 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 inf

Willoughby 1 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 27.00

Ringo bracket: 1969 Oakland Athletics defeat the 1973 San Francisco Giants in five games

Call it a reversal of form. The '69 A's were swept in Tournment One; the '73 Giants were the champions of Tournament Three. But in this one, Tournament Four, the A's dismissed the Giants rather swiftly.

Game One: A's 3, Giants 2: Reggie Jackson and Sal Bando hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, and Tommie Reynolds scored in the second after a lead-off triple. After that Ron Byrant and two relievers shut down the A's, but that was enough for Catfish Hunter, who allowed two unearned runs in 6.2 innings, with Jim Roland getting the final out of the seventh and Rollie Fingers threw two innings for the save.

Game Two: A's 8, Giants 4: The A's got homers from Jackson and Danny Cater and Blue Moon Odom alled six hits and four runs in eight innings for the win. The Giants led 4-3 after six, but Oakland scored two in the seventh, one in the eighth and two more in the ninth to pull away.

Game Three: A's 9, Giants 2: Oakland didn't score until the fifth, but then started roughing up four San Francisco hurlers, scoring in each of their final four hitting innings. Chuck Dobson gave way to a pinch hitter in the fifth (Bob Johnson tripled in two runs) but got credit for the win.

Game Four: Giants 5, A's 1: Juan Marichal scattered eight hits in seven innings but held the A's to a single run. Lew Krausse, hurt to a degree by the fielding. allowed all five runs, three earned in 4-plus innings.

Game Five: A's 5, Giants 0: Hunter gave up just three hits in eight innings as the Athletics wrapped up the series. Oakland got two unearned runs in the first off Bryant, then were shut down until the ninth when they turned four walks, a double and a single into three runs. Cater drove in two with the double. The other scored on a wild pitch by Elias Sosa, who didn't retire any of the three men he faced.

Projected rotation: Hunter-Odom-C Dobson-Nash(?)-(Hunter)-(Odom)-(Dobson). Krausse, Pizzaro and Talbot are also options for the fourth game. The bullpen will be fully available for the start of the second round.

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Stat break: 1973 Chicago White Sox

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,

D Allen 23 6 5 5 0 1 2 4 0 .217

Alvarado 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Bradford 15 4 2 5 1 0 3 2 0 .333

C Brinkman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

Dent 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200

Hairston Sr 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250

K Henderson 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273

E Herrmann 21 2 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 .238

J Jeter 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

P Kelly 20 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 .200

Leon 12 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 .333

C May 21 4 8 5 1 0 1 2 0 .381

Melton 24 6 5 7 2 0 2 2 0 .208

Muser 14 3 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 .429
Orta 22 4 8 7 0 1 2 1 0 .364

Sharp 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Acosta 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00

Bahnsen 2 2 13.6 14 3 2 4 11 0 1 0 1,32

Fisher 2 0 5.6 5 4 4 5 4 0 0 0 6.35

Forster 2 0 2.3 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 3.86

Gossage 1 0 1 5 5 5 2 2 0 0 0 45.00

Kaat 1 1 0.3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 136.36

Johnson 1 0 4.6 5 4 4 3 4 0 0 0 7.71

Stone 1 0 4 4 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 2.25

Wood 3 3 18.3 21 11 11 3 12 0 2 1 5,40

Stat break: 2009 Detroit Tigers

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Mi Cabrera 27 5 12 5 1 0 1 2 0 .444
Everett 11 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273
Granderson 28 7 12 5 5 0 1 0 0 .429
C Guillen 13 1 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 .231
Huff 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Inge 23 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 .087
Laird 22 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 .182
Ordonez 23 5 9 4 1 0 2 4 0 .391
Polanco 28 2 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 .214
Raburn 16 4 6 8 2 1 1 3 0 .375
Santiago 11 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .273
Thames 11 2 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 .182
C Thomas 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Galarragga 2 0 2.6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
E Jackson 2 2 12 12 6 6 1 10 0 0 1 4.50
Lyon 3 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Miner 3 0 2.3 7 8 8 4 0 0 0 1 30.90

R Perry 2 0 2 10 7 7 2 0 0 0 1 31.50

Porcello 1 1 7 5 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 2.57

Rodney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Seay 2 0 2.6 4 4 4 2 3 0 0 0 13.48

Verlander 2 2 13 13 9 9 4 16 0 1 0 6.23

Washburn 1 1 7 6 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 3,86

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Paul bracket: 1973 White Sox defeat 2009 Detroit Tigers in six games

Wilbur Wood and Stan Bahnsen combined to start five of the six games and went 4-1 in the White Sox's mild upset of the Tigers. Buddy Bradford homered three times as the Sox outhomered Detroit 11-7 for the series and tormented the Tigers' middle relief corps.

Game One: Tigers 11, White Sox 9: The Tigers plated eight runs in the third to take control of the game and knock Wood out early. Chicago put up two crooked numbers against Justin Verlander, but the Tigers were able to turn a two-run lead over to closer Fernando Rodney.

Game Two: White Sox 13, Tigers 6: It was a pitchers' duel for six innings -- 2-1 White Sox at that point -- and a sluggers' delight in the final three frames. Bradford homered twice for Chicago, and Jorge Orta and Bill Melton each blasted three-run shots. Magglio Ordonez capped a five-run rally in the ninth against Goose Gossage with a three-run homer.

Game Three: Tigers 10, White Sox 4: Chicago starter Jim Kaat got only one out, and Eddie Fisher couldn't put up zeros in a lenghty relief outing. Marcus Thames hit a pair of homers for Detroit, and Ordonez also homered. Rick Porcello allowed three earned runs in seven innings for the win.

Game Four: White Sox 3, Tigers 0: Wood bounced back from his first-game disaster for a six-hit shutout, retiring the final 11 hitters. Chicago scored three runs in the first inning, with Bradford bringing in two runs with a double.

Game Five: White Sox 7, Tigers 3: Verlander carried a 2-0 lead into the seventh but was pulled after allowing a leadoff double to Eddie Leon in the eighth. Zach Miner allowed that inherited runner to score to even the score and then saw the roof cave in in the ninth. Carlos May capped a five-run outburst with a double off lefty specialist Bobby Seay.

Game Six: White Sox 6, Tigers 3: Wood started on two days rest and gave up three runs in the first, all scoring on a homer by Ryan Raburn. The lefty knuckleballer then threw seven scoreless innings and his teammates chipped away at Edwin Jackson. Orta evened the score in the seventh with a leadoff homer and Bradford put the Sox ahead for good with a leadoff homer in the eighth. Melton hit a two run tater later in the inning. Cy Acosta relieved for a three up-three down ninth to end the series.

Projected rotation: Bahnsen-Wood-Kaat-Bahnsen-(Wood)-(Kaat with penalty?)-(Bahnsen). The White Sox bullpen will be fully rested for the start of the second round.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Stat break: American Giants

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Baro 12 0    3 0   0 0 0    0    0 .250
W Brown 18 1 8 3 0    0 1   2    2 .444
Cannady 20 2 3 0   0    1 0    1    0 .150
Carr 19 3 4 2 1    1 1 1 0 .211
Joseph 16 1 4 2   2    0 0    1    0 .250
Perkins 11 0 1    0 0 0 0    0 0 .091
Poles 15 2    4 1    1 1 0    1    3 .267
Seay 8 1    1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .125
Serrell 12 0 3 1    0 0    0 0    1 .250
Trouppe 10 1 1 1 0    0    1 1 0 .100
Wright 20 2    4 2 0    1 1 0 1 .200

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Cooper 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
Day 1 1 2 3 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 4.50
Drake 1 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

R Foster 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.00

Jones 1 1 8.6 7 5 4 3 6 0 0 1 4.15

Manning 1 1 8 9 6 6 1 2 0 0 1 6.75
Trent 1 1 8.6 6 1 0 3 4 0 1 0 0.00

T Williams 2 1 10.3 9 3 3 4 5 0 0 2 2.61