Stat break: 09 Indians

Hitters

Name                AB     R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Brantley              21      4     8     3       0    0      0      1      3      .381
A Cabrera          44      1   16     3       6    0      0      3      0      .364
Carroll                27      1     7     3       2    0      0      1      0      .259
Choo                  36      7     9     3       2    0      2      7      0      .250
Crowe                  5      0     0     0       0    0      0      0      0      .000
DeRosa             31      2     6     2       1     0      1      0      0      .195
Francisco           13      0     2     0       1    0      0      0       0     .154
Garko                 42     4   12     3       1    0      1      3       0      .286
Haefner                7      1     2     0      1    0       0      0       0     .286
LaPorta                8      0     0     0       0    0     0       0      0      .000
Marson              14      0      3    0       2    0      0      1       0      .214
Marte                   4      1     3     2       2    0      0      0       0      .750
Peralta               39      1     7     3       1     0     0      7       0      .179
Sizemore           41      6   12     6       2     0     2      6       3      .293
Stoppach           22      3     4     1       1     0     0      3       0      .182
Valbuena           14      1     1     2       1    0      0      2       0      .071

Pitchers

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

Carmona          2      2     12       13     5      5      5       6        0      1     0      3.75
Laffey               2      2     11.6    14     4      4      3       8        0      1     1      3.08
C Lee               3      3     20.6    22     9      8      4     12        0      0     3      3.48
Lewis               2      0       3.        2     0      0      2       2        0      1     0      0.00
Masterson       3      3     20.3    21      9      8      8     17        0      0     2      3.54

Ohka               3      0       4         3      1      1      0       1        0     0     0       0.00
C Perez          2      0        1.6      1     0      0      0       2        0      0     0       0.00
Sipp                5       0       5.6      2     1      1      3       6        0      1     0       1.59

J Smith            4      0       4.6      6     3      1      0       4        0      0     0       1.93
Sowers            1      1       6.6     9      3      3      2       1        0      0     1       4.05
K  Wood          4      0       4         1     1      1      5       6        2      0     0       2.25

Paul bracket: Yankees (09) defeat Indians (09) in four games

Game One: 09 Yankees 3, 09 Indians 1
WP: Sabathia (3-0)
LP: C Lee (0-3)
Save: Rivera (3)
HR: DeRosa (1)

Game Two: 09 Yankees 2, 09 Indians 1
WP: Burnett (2-0)
LP: Laffey (1-1)
Save: Rivera (4)

Game Three: 09 Yankees 8, 09 Indians 2
WP: Pettitte (2-0)
LP: Masterson (0-2)
HR: Posada (2)

Game Four: 09 Yankees 3, 09 Indians 0
WP: Chamberlain (1-1)
LP: Sowers (0-1)

New York pitchers dominated the Cleveland lineup throughout the series, allowing just four runs in all.

CC Sabathia set the tone in the first game in Yankee Stadium. He allowed one run in 7.1 innings, that on a homer by Mark DeRosa, while striking out 11. The Yankees took a 2-0 lead in the sixth when Derek Jeter reached on an error and Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez followed with doubles off Cliff Lee. Cano added another RBI in the eighth with a sac fly. The Indians turned a triple play in the seventh off the bat of Melky Cabrera.

A.J. Burnett followed suit in Game Two, allowing one run in six innings while fanning seven. The Yankees got their two runs in the sixth with a double by Mark Teixeira, a single by Hideki Matsui, a groundout by Jorge Posada, and a single by Nick Swisher. Phil Coke, Phil Robertson and Marino Rivera combined for three hitless innings of relief.

The series moved to Cleveland for Game Three, and the Yankees enjoyed the one offensive outburst of the series. Jeter had three RBIs and Posada hit a two-run homer off Justin Masterson. Andy Pettitte was in and out of jams for six innings; Jhonny Peralta came up twice with the bases loaded in the first three innings and made three outs to end both frames.

Joba Chamberlain capped the series with a four-hit shutout in Game Four. He struck out nine and walked four. The Yankees picked up single runs in the third, fourth and seventh innings. Jeter was 3-for-4 with a walk, a run, a RBI and a steal.

Player of the series: Could go to Jeter, who was 7-for-17 with four runs and four RBIs, but we'll go with Chamberlain for his complete-game shutout.

Player availability: All will be fully available for Round Three.

Projected rotation: Sabathia-Burnett-Pettitte-Chamberlain-(Sabathia)-(Burnett)-(Pettitte)

Round 2 recap: George bracket

Teams advancing: 69 Cubs, 69 Dodgers, 69 Orioles, 09 Red Sox.

Teams eliminated: 09 Athletics, 09 Padres, 09 Phillies, 09 Royals.

Two of the four series went the full seven games, two went six. Of the 28 possible games, 26 were played.

The 1969 teams left in the bracket won all three of their series. Three 1969 teams advance, one 2009 team advances. There are two American League teams left, two National League team. There will be one partial DH series in the third round, 09 Red Sox vs. 69 Orioles.

There were no real upsets in the second round, although the A's came mighty close to pulling one off against the Orioles.

Stat break: 09 Padres

Hitters

Name                AB     R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Blanco                12      2     2     0       2    0      0      2      0      .167
Blanks                19      3     5     9       1    0      2      1      0      .264
E Cabrera          52      2   13     6       5    1      0      6      1      .250
Eckstein             54    11   15     4       2    0      1       3      1     .278
Giles                  16       2     1    1       0    0      0      2       0      .063
A Gonzalez        47    10   12     7      1    0      3     10       0     .255
T Gwynn Jr        37      2     9     4       1    0      0      2       1     .243
S Hairston         15      1     3     0       1    0      0      0       0      .200
Headley             39      5     9     4       1    0      1      6       1      .231
T Hundley          36      3    11    4       1    2      2      3       0      .306
Kouzmanoff       41      1   11     1       1     0     0       2       0     .268
L Rodriguez       11     0      0     0       0     0     0      2       0      .000
O Salazar            1     0      0     0       0     0     0      0       0      .000
Venable             37     3      9     5       1     0     0      5       1       .243

Pitchers

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

H Bell               2      0       2         0      0      0      0      3        2      0     0      0.00
Correia             4      4     26       26   16    15      8     24        0      1     2     5.19
Gaudin             3      3     20        16     5      5      7     21        0      2    1      2.25
Geer                2      0       6          5     1      1      1       3        0      1     0     1.50
Gregorson       3      0      4          2      0      0      1       3        0      0     0     0.00

Latos               1      1       9         2     0      0      4       6         0     1     0       0.00

Mujica              4      0       8.6      7     2      2      1       8        0      1     0       2.08
Peavy              1      1       8         7     2      1      3       9        0       0     1      1.13

Perdomo         3      0       6         5     4      4       0      2         0      0     0      6.00
Richards         1      1       5         6     4      4       5       3        0      0     0      7.20

Stauffer           2      2       9.6    16     9      4       4       6        0      0     2      3.72
Thatcher         2      0       2.6       1    0       0      2       3        0      0     0      0.00
C Young          1      1        5        5      3      3      1       3        0      0     1       5.40

Stat break: 09 Red Sox

Hitters

Name                AB   R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
B Anderson           8    2     4     2       1    1      0      0      0     .500
Baldelli                  3    2     2     3       0    0     2       0      0     .667
Bay                      43  12     7   10       3    0     4       9      0     .163
Drew                   41     9  16    17      3    1     5       8      0     .390
Ellsbury              45     2  10      1      2    0     0       5      1      .222
A Gonzalez           4     1    2     0       1    0     0       0      0     .500
N Green              37     3  12     2       3    0      0      2      0     .324
Kottaras                5     0    1     0       0    0      0      2      0      .200
Lowell                34     3  12     5       5    0     0      2      1       .353
Lowrie                  3     0    1     0       0    0     0       1     0       .000
V Martinez         33     5    4    4        0    0      1      3      0      .121
Ortiz                   25     1    5     6       1    0     1       4      0      .200
Pedroia               54     8  17    3        2    0     1       3      0      .315
Varitek               24     5     3    5        0    0     2      6      0      .125
Youkilis             42   10   13    3       4    0     2       3      0      .310

Pitchers

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

Beckett               4      4    26.3     31    19   19      7      25       0      2    1       6.50
Byrd                   1      0      2           4     4     4      3         1      0      0    0     18.00
Delcarmen         4      0       7          8     4      4      3        6       0      0    0      5.14
Lester                 3      3    22.6     14      3     3       5     25       0      2    0       1.19
Matuzaka           1      1       3         6      5     5      3        3       0      0     1     15.00

Okajima             4       0     3          3     1     1       1        0       0      0     1      3.00

Paplebon            7       0     6.6       3     2     2       2        7       5      0     1      2.70

Penny                 1      1      5.3       4     4      4       3       2        0      1     0     6.75

R Ramirez          4      0      5          3     2       2     1       0       0        1     0    3.60
Saito                   6      0      7.3       5     3      3       4       6       0      1     0      3.68

Smoltz                1      0      1.6       3     1      1      0       3        0     0     0      5.39
Wakefield           3     3    18.6      21     8     8      6     10        0      1     0      3.86

George bracket: Red Sox (09) defeat Padres (09) in six games

Game One: 09 Red Sox 10, 09 Padres 3
WP: Beckett (2-1)
LP: Correia (1-2)
HR: A Gonzalez (2), Ortiz (1), Drew (2)

Game Two: 09 Red Sox 2, 09 Padres 1
WP: Saito (1-0)
LP: Peavy (0-1)
Save: Papelbon (4)
HR: Youkilis (2)

Game Three: 09 Red Sox 3, 09 Padres 1
WP: Lester (2-0)
LP: Gaudin (2-1)
Save: Papelbon (5)
HR: Bay (3)

Game Four: 09 Padres 10, 09 Red Sox 4
WP: Geer (1-0)
LP: Matusazka (0-1)
HR: Bay (4), Baldelli (2), A Gonzalez (3)

Game Five: 09 Padres 8, 09 Red Sox 7
WP: Mujica (1-0)
LP: Papelbon (0-1)
HR: Drew 2 (4), Blanks 2 (2)

Game Six: 09 Red Sox 5, 09 Padres 1
WP: Wakefield (1-0)
LP: Stauffer (0-2)
HR: Drew (5)

The Red Sox overpowered the Padres in a 2009 matchup heavy on bullpens and multi-run homers.

The Sox opened with an easy win in Fenway. Josh Beckett allowed a second-inning run on three singles, but his teammates scored two in the bottom of the inning, then added two in the third and two more in the fourth, getting six doubles and a homer in those three innings against Kevin Correia. Boston really opened it up with four runs in the seventh off Luis Perdomo, with two more doubles, a triple and a homer.

Game Two was much more sedate. Tim Wakefield and Jake Peavy each allowed a run in the second inning, and the next run game in the bottom of the eighth, when Kevin Youkilis led off with a homer off Peavy. Wakefield allowed eight hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 6.2 innings. Takashi Saito got the last out of the seventh after Wakefield had loaded the bases and then pitched around a two-out triple in the eighth to get the win. Peavy went the distance in his loss, allowing just one earned run in eight innings on seven hits.

The series shifted to San Diego and Petco Park, where Jon Lester and Chad Gaudin provided another pitchers duel in Game Three. The Padres scored in the first but left the bases loaded, an opportunity they would regret. Jacoby Ellsbury doubled home Lester in the third to tie the score, and Jason Bay homered in the sixth for the lead. The Sox added a third run in the eighth off Edward Mujica. Lester allowed just two hits after the first inning.

With the Sox up 3-0, the Padres pounded Daisuke Matsuzaka for five runs in the third inning of Game Four and and Paul Byrd for four more in the fifth. Clayton Richards gave up four runs in five innings, and Josh Geer threw four innings off shutout relief to get credit for the win in a scorer's decision. Evereth Cabrera went 4-for-4 with a walk, two doubles and two RBIs but didn't score a run for the Padres, who lost their number four and five hitters, Kevin Kouzmanoff and Chase Headley, to injury.

Those injuries forced Kyle Blanks into the lineup and the cleanup slot, and he came up big in a dramatic Game Five slugfest. Blanks clubbed a three-run homer off Beckett in the first inning to give the Padres a 3-0 lead. The Sox responded with six runs in the third off Correia, with J.D. Drew bopping a grand slam. Drew added a solo shot in the fifth off Mujica to make it 7-3. But Blanks hit another three-run homer in the bottom of the inning to pull the Padres within a run. The bullpens trades scoreless innings (Mujica going four innings in total for San Diego) until the bottom of the ninth. Jonathan Papelbon got the first two hitters, but then Cabrera walked and stole second, David Eckstein singled him home to tie the game. Gonzalez walked, and Blanks ripped what would have been an extra-base hit had it not brought home the winning run from second base.

The Padres' big-inning magic ran out there. Back in Boston for Game Six, Wakefield had his second quality start, allowing one run in six-plus innings on four hits and three walks. By the time he departed, his teammates had put up five runs against Tim Stauffer, highlighted by Drew's three-run homer. Four of the five runs the Sox scored were unearned.

Player of the series: J.D. Drew hit four home runs and had 11 RBIs. He gets the honor in a narrow decision over Wakefield.

Player availability: Lester and Beckett are available for the first two games of Round Three. The bullpen will be fully available.

Projected rotation: Lester-Beckett-Brad Penny-Clay Buchholz-(Lester)-(Beckett)-(Penny)

Stat break: 69 Pilots

Hitters

Name                AB   R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Comer                37     8   13     9       2    0      3       4      2     .351
T Davis               17     2     5     1       2    0      0       1      1     .294
Donaldson          32     4     8     1       1    1      0       5      0     .250
Gil                       21     1     2     0       0    0      0       2      0     .095
Goossen             11     1     2     0       0    0      0       2      0     .182
Harper                58   11     8     5       1    0      0     11      6     .138
Hegan                45      6  10    13       0    1      3     12      1     .222
Hovley                37     6   14      5      3     0      0       3      1     .378
Kennedy            47     3      9     2       4     0     1       2      0      .191
McNertney         33      3   11     5       4     0      0      2      0      .333
Mincher              46      5   10     7       1     1     2       4      1      .217
Oyler                  42      5     8     3        0    0     1       5      0      .190
Pagliaroni           23     3     4     4        3    1      0      1      0      .174
Whitaker             32     3     5     6        0    0      3      4      0      .156 

Pitchers

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

Barber               4      0        7         7     3      3      3      6        0      0     0      3.86
Bouton              7      1      16.3    14     8      8      9     6         0      2     0       4.41
Brabender         4      4      19       19   10   10      8     11       0      2     1       4.74
Brunet               3      2      11       14     7      7     3      7        0      0     1       5.73
Gelnar               4      2      18.3    13     3      2      0   12        0      2     0       0.94

Locker               6      0       7         3     1      1       1      5        3      0     1      1.29
Marshall            5      0     21       18     7      4       4      8        1      0     0       1.71

O'Donoghue     3      0       3         1     0      0       1      3        0      2     0       0.00

Pattin                3      2       5.3    11     8      8       2      3        0       0    1     13.58

Segui                3      3     19       13   11      9       8    13        0      0     2       3.79