Stat break: 1924 Cincinnati Reds

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Bohne                7     0    3    1        1    0    0       0      0    .429
Bressler           35     3     8    6       2    0     1      2      0    .229
Burns               29     3    6     1       2    0     0      1      0    .207
Caveney          28     3     5    2        0    0    1       0      0    .179
Critz                47     8   14    3       2    1     0      2      2     .298
Daubert           36     1     6    3        0    0    0       1      0    .167
Duncan           20     3     4    1        2    0    0       1      0     .200
Fonseca             3     0     0    0        0    0    0      0     0      .000
Fowler               9     0     4    0        0    0    0      0     0      .444
B Hargrave      19     2    6    2        4    0    0       1     0     .316
C Lee                 5     1    2    2        1    1    0       0     0     .400
Pinelli              40     6     7    0       0    1    0        1      0   .175
Roush               43    5   19    6       4    0     1       5      0    .442
C Walker          22    3     2    1       1     0    0      5     0      .091
I Wingo            20    0     5    3       0    0     0       2      0     .250

Pitchers

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

Benton              2     0         4.6       4     2      2       2     4      0      0     0        3.85
Dibot                1     0         1.6       2     1      1       1     0       0      0     0       5.39

Donohue           3      2      11        19   15    14       2     5       0     0     2      11.45
Harris                2     0         2.6       1     0      0       0     0       0      0     0      0.00

Luque               2      2      16        15     5      4       5   11       0      1     1       2.25
J May               3     0         4.3     10   10      9       2     8       0      0     1     18.71
C Mays             3    3       27         18     4      2       2   21       0      3     0      0.67

Rixey                4      4     30.3      33   21    15       8   17       0      1     2      4.45

Sheehan            2     0        2         10     9      9       3     1       0      0     0    40.50

George backet: 2017 Nationals defeat 1924 Reds in five games

Game 1: Nationals 17, Reds 1
WP: Scherzer (1-0)
LP: Rixey (1-2)
HR: Murphy (1), MA Taylor (2), Rendon (1), Harper (1), Scherzer (2)

Game 2: Nationals 4, Reds 1
WP: Gonzalez (2-0)
LP: Luque (1-1)
Save: Kelley (1)

Game 3: Reds 3, Nationals 2
WP: Mays (3-0)
LP: Strasburg (1-1)
HR: Zimmerman (3)

Game 4: Nationals 11, Reds 2
WP: Roark (2-0)
LP: Donohue (0-2)
HR: Murphy (2), Turner (2), Rendon (2), Wieters (1), Zimmerman (4)

Game 5: Nationals 9, Reds 5 (12 innings)
WP: Albers (2-0)
LP: May (0-1)
HR: Zimmerman (5), Roush (1)

The Nationals overpowered the Reds, making even spacious Redlands Field play small while outhomering Cincinnati 12 to 1 and outscoring the Reds 43-12. A third of the Reds runs came in their final at-bats of the series.


The Nats opened with a bang, scoring two runs in the second inning of the opener and adding three more in each of  the third and fifth innings. Winning pitcher Max Scherzer hit a grand slam in a nine-run sixth inning. He pitched eight innings, allowing one unearned run on two hits.

Matt Wieters tripled and doubled, scoring twice and driving in another, as the Nats took Game Two. Jayson Werth went 3-for-3. Gio Gonzalez allowed one run on two hits in six innings.

The series shifted to 1924 and Cincinnati's Redlands Field, where Carl Mays threw a complete game, scattering eight hits, in Game Three. Ivy Wingo singled in the go-ahead run in the fourth inning after Ryan Zimmerman hit a two-run homer for the Nats.

The Nats put Game Four away early, with Trea Turner and Daniel Murphy opening the contest with back-to-back homers off Pete Donohue. The Nats also got two doubles and a triple in the opening frame. Anthony Rendon homered in the second, and Tanner Roark and three relievers cruised from there.

Scherzer and Eppa Rixey dueled in Game Five. Zimmerman homered in the second, and Wingo singled home Curt Walker in the sixth to tie it. Rixey went 10 innings before giving way to a pinch-hitter. Scherzer left after seven innings, with Oliver Perez, Brandon Kintzler and Matt Albers combining for four scoreless innings. The Nats erupted for eight runs in the top of the 12th, aided by a pair of Hughie Critz errors and a passed ball. The Reds scored four runs in the bottom of the inning, with Edd Roush hitting a two-run homer, but Shawn Kelly got the last out to end the game and series.

Player of the Series: Max Scherzer

Projected rotation: Scherzer-Gonzalez-Strasburg-Roark-(Scherzer)-(Gonzalez)-(Strasburg)

Stat break: 1924 Cincinnati Reds

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Bohne                4     0    3    1        1    0    0       0      0    .750
Bressler           22     2     7    6       2    0     1      0      0    .318
Burns               16     2    4     1       1    0     0      1      0    .250
Caveney          20     2     3    2        0    0    1       0      0    .150
Critz                26     7   10    3       2    1     0      1      2     .385
Daubert           20     1     3    2        0    0    0       0      0    .150
Duncan           12     3     3    0        2    0    0       1      0     .250
Fonseca             1     0     0    0        0    0    0      0     0      .000
Fowler               1     0     0    0        0    0    0      0     0      .000
B Hargrave      13     1    4    2        2    0    0       0     0     .308
C Lee                 4     0    1    0        1    0    0       0     0     .250
Pinelli              21     4    4    0       0    0    0        1      0     .190
Roush               25    2   12   4       4    0     0      1      0      .480
C Walker          10    2     1    0       0     0    1      2     0      .100
I Wingo              8    0     2    1       0    0     0       2      0     .250

Pitchers

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

Benton              1     0         0.6       1     0      0       0     1      0      0     0        0.00

Donohue           2      1        9.6     13     9      8       2     3       0     0     1        7.45

Luque               1      1        9           4     1      1       4     6       0     1     0       1.00
C Mays             2     2      18         10     2      0       2   14       0      2     0      0.00

Rixey                2      2     15.3      17   12    10       6     9       0      1     1      5.87

Sheehan             1     0       1           2     0      0       1     1       0      0     0      0.00

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)