Stat break: 1924 Philadelphia Athletics

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Bishop              28    5     5     4       1     1    1     5      0    .179
Bruggy               5    1     1     0       0     0    0     0      0    .200
Chapman            1    0     0     0       0     0    0     0      0     .000
Dykes               38    6   11     1       2     0    0     4      0    .289
Galloway          37    4     8     4       0     0    3     0      0    .216
Hale                  25    2     7     2      0     0     1     2      0    .280
Hauser              39    4   10     8      1     0     3     1      0    .256
Lamar               23    5     9     1      2     0     0     2      0    .391
Miller               36    3   10     6       1     0    1     3     0      .278
Perkins             32    3     9     2       0     1    0     2      0     .281
Riconda              1    0     1     0       0     0    0     0      0   1.000
Simmons          41    4   13     3       3     0    0     1      0     .317
Strand                 3    0     0     0       0     0    0     0      0     .000
Strunk                 5    1     1     1       0     0    0     0      0     .200
Welch               11    1     2     0       0     0    0      2      0     .182

Pitchers

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

Baumgartner   3      2      13.6     13   11      6     5      10       1      1     1     3.95
Burns              3      0        7          2      0      0     5       5        0      0     0    0.00
Gray                3      1      12          9     3      3     7      10       0      2     1     2.25
Harriss            3      0        4          3     0      0     2        3        2      0     0     0.00
Hasty               3      0        4.3      3      3      3     3       3        0      0     0     6.24
Heimach          2      2      14       18    13   10   10      11        0      1     1     6.43
Meeker            2      1        6.6      6      3      3     1       5        0      0     1      4.05

Rommell         4      4     26.3     26    13    13   14     16        0      1     1      4.44

Paul bracket: 2017 Dodgers defeat 1924 Athletics in five games

Game 1: Dodgers 3, Athletics 2 (10 innings)
WP: Watson (1-0)
LP: Gray (1-1)

Game 2: Dodgers 8, Athletics 0
WP: Hill (1-0)
LP Heimach (1-1)
HR: Bellinger (1)

Game 3: Dodgers 7, Athletics 4
WP: Maeda (2-0)
LP: Baumgartner (1-1)
HR: Hauser (2), Turner (1)

Game 4: Athletics 5, Dodgers 4
WP: Gray (2-1)
LP: Darvish (0-1)
Save: Harriss (2)
HR: Hauser (3), Galloway (3) 

Game 5: Dodgers 5, Athletics 0
WP: Kershaw (2-0)
LP: Meeker (0-1)
HR: Turner (2), Puig (1)

The Los Angeles pitchers muted the Philadelphia bats, casting a pair of shutouts.

Game One, in Dodger Stadium, was a duel between aces Eddie Rommel and Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw went seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits; the Athletics first run scored on a balk, and the the other on a ground out. Rommel went nine innings, scattering nine hits and surrendering two runs. Dodger relievers Pedro Baez, Kenley Jansen and Tony Watson each threw a hitless inning, and in the bottom of the 10th A's reliever Sam Grey allowed two walks and two hits to plate the decisive run..

The second game was all Dodgers. Rich Hill, Brandon Morrow, Tony Cigrani and Ross Stripling combined for a seven-hit shutout, with Hill going five innings.

The series shifted to 1924 and Philadelphia, and the Dodgers rode a five-run fifth to the win in Game Three. Justin Turner drove in three runs; he went 2-for-2 with a homer, two walks and a sac fly. Kneta Maeda threw seven innings for the win, allowing three runs on six hits.

The Athletics staved off elimination in Game Four, overcoming a 3-0 deficit after the first inning. Joe Hauser and Chick Galloway each homered in the A's three-run sixth to take the lead. Dennis Burns threw three scoreless innings of relief to keep the game close, and Sam Gray allowed one run in three-plus innings for the win, with Slim Harris getting the final three outs after Gray allowed the first two men to reach in the ninth.

Kershaw threw a three-hit shutout in Game Five to wrap up the series for the Dodgers. The lefty drove in the first two runs for L.A. with a second-inning double, and Turner and Yasiel Puig added homers.

Player of the series: Justin Turner.

Projected rotation: More roster changes. Kershaw-Wood-Ryu-?McCarthy?-(Kershaw)-(Wood)-(Ryu).

Stat break: 1924 Philadelphia Athletics

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Bishop              18    5     2     3       1     0    1     2      0    .111
Bruggy               4    1     1     0       0     0    0     0      0    .250
Dykes               18    4     7     1       2     0    0     2      0    .389
Galloway          19    2     3     3       0     0    2     0      0    .158
Hale                  15    2     5     2      0     0     1     2      0    .333
Hauser              21    2     6     6      1     0     1     1      0    .286
Lamar               16    3     7     1      1     0     0     2      0    .438
Miller                21    2     7     6       1     0    1     0     0     .333
Perkins             15    3     6     0       0     1    0     1      0    .400
Simmons          22    3   10     3       3     0    0     0      0     .455
Strunk                 2    1     0     0       0     0    0     0      0     .000
Welch                 3    0     0     0       0     0    0     0      0     .000

Pitchers

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

Baumgartner   2      1        9          8     4      4     2        6       1      1     0     4.00
Gray                1      1        9          6     1      1     2       7        0      1     0     1.00
Harriss              1      0        1          2     0      0     1       1        1      0     0     0.00
Hasty               1      0        1         2      1      1     1       1        0      0     0     9.00
Heimach          1      1        8         9      5      4     5       6        0      1     0     4.50
Meeker            1      0        0.6      0      0      0     0       0        0      0     0      0.00

Rommell         2      2     15.3     14      8      8     9     10        0      1     1      4.70

Paul bracket: 1924 Athletics beat 2017 Rays in five games

Game 1: Rays 8, Athletics 5
WP: Cishek (1-0)
LP: Rommell (0-1)
Save: Colome (1)
HR: Hale (1), Hauser (1), Galloway (1)

Game 2: Athletics 7, Rays 5
WP: Heimach (1-0)
LP: Cobb (0-1)
Save: Baumgartner (1)
HR: Bishop (1)

Game 3: Athletics 5, Rays 4
WP: Baumgartner (1-0)
LP: Odorizzi (0-1)
Save: Harris (1)
HR: Galloway (2), Longoria (1), Ramos (1)

Game 4: Athletics 5, Rays 1
WP: Rommell (1-1)
LP: Snell (0-1)

Game 5: Athletics 6, Rays 1
WP: Gray (1-0)
LP: Archer (0-1)
HR: Miller (1)

Philadelphia battered the Tampa Bay starters throughout the series; the only Rays starter to go at least five innings, Alex Cobb, surrendered six runs.

The series opened in Tropicana Field, and the A's racked up a pair of runs in each of the first two innings off Chris Archer, with Joe Hauser driving in three of those runs. Eddie Rommell took a 5-0 lead into the fifth, but the Rays tied it with two in the fifth and three in the sixth. The 5-5 tie held until the eighth, when Adeiny Hechavarria and Kevin Kiermeier powered a three-run inning with back-to-back doubles.

Philadelphia evened the series despite Steven Souza Jr.'s three-run triple in the first. Max Bishop hit a leadoff homer for the A's and drove in two more in the fourth with a double as the Rays scored four runs to take the lead. Fred Heimach, who allowed five runs in the first four innings, allowed just two singles and a walk in his next four innings, and Stan Baumgartner finished it with an easy three-batter ninth.

The series shifted to 1924 and Shibe Park for Game Three, and the Athletics called on Baumgatner to start on one day's rest. The lefty shut out the Rays for five innings before allowing three runs in the sixth, By then the A's had scored five runs off Jake Odorizzi, with Al Simmons collecting two RBIs and a run scored with three hits, one a double. Wilson Ramo's homer in the eighth pulled Tampa Bay within a run, but the Rays left the bases loaded in the ninth.

Philadelphia started Rommell on three days rest in Game Four, and the knuckleballer came through with eight shutout innings and even drove in the A's second run with a fourth-inning double off loser Blake Snell. Simmons hit two more doubles and a single, scoring once and driving in another.

Bing Miller hit a grand slam in the first inning of Game Five for the Athletics off Archer, and Sam Gray went the distance to wrap up the series, scattering six hits. He walked two and fanned seven.

Player of the Series: Al Simmons.

Projected rotation: Rommell-Heimach-?? (Baumgartner, Gray or Meeker)-Rommell (with penalty)-(??)-(Heimach)-(Rommell with double penalty)