George bracket: 2017 Yankees defeat 1924 Cardinals in six games

Game One: Yankees 10, Cardinals 1
WP: Severino (1-0)
LP: Haines (0-1)
HR: Gregorious (1), Ellsbury 2 (2)

Game Two: Yankees 13, Cardinals 6
WP: Warren (1-0)
LP: Fowler (0-1)
HR: Judge (1), Headley (1), Flack (1), Gonzalez (1)

Game Three: Yankees 9, Cardinals 1
WP: Sabathia (1-0)
LP: Sherdel (0-1)
HR: Judge (2), Hornsby (1)

Game Four: Cardinals 6, Yankees 3
WP: Haines (1-1)
LP: Gray (0-1)
HR: Gregorious (2), Judge (3)

Game Five: Cardinals 6, Yankees 5
WP: Stuart (1-0)
LP: Chapman (0-1)
HR: Ellsbury (3)

Game Six: Yankees 6, Cardinals 3
WP: Tanaka (1-0)
LP: Sotheron (0-1)
Save: Chapman (1)
HR: Judge (4), Castro (1), Topercer (1)

The Yankees scored 46 runs in the series and, with one inning as an exception, smothered the Cardinals with their superb bullpen. Rogers Hornsby did go 10-for-22 in the series for St. Louis.

Jacoby Ellsbury homered twice in the opener. The first, a three-run shot in the second, put the Yankees up 3-0; the second, in the fourth, plated two runs. He also singled, walked and scored a third run in the rout.

St. Louis scored four runs in the first inning of Game Two and led 6-0 after the top of the fourth. But Aaron Judge and Chase Headley each homered in the fourth for the Yankees to knock Allen Sotheron out of the game, and New York pounded relievers Jesse Fowler, Leo Dickerman and Eddie Dyer for eight runs in the next four innings. Yankee bullpenners Adam Warren, Dellin Betances, David Robertson and Arodis Chapman threw five scoreless frames.

The series shifted to St. Louis and Sportsman's Park for Game Three, and it was more of the same. The Yankees scored nine runs on 18 hits, including a ninth-inning grand slam from Judge. Hornsby homered for the only Cardinal tally. Tommy Kahnle, Robertson, Betances and Warren each threw scoreless innings, with only one hit allowed.

Jesse Haines started Game Four on short rest and got the job done for St. Louis, going the distance despite homers by Judge and Didi Gergorious. Hornsby and Sunny Jim Bottomley each had RBI triples for the Cardinals off loser Sonny Gray, and the Cards even scored a run off the Yankee bullpen.

Ellsbury's two-run homer in Game Five's sixth inning gave New York a 5-3 lead, which the Yankees held into the ninth. Chapman struck out the first two Cardinal batters before Chick Hafey tripled. An error by second baseman Starlin Castro scored Hafey and put the tying run on. St. Louis then got consecutive singles from Hornsby, Bottomley and Ray Blades to pull out the stunning win and send the series back to the Bronx.

In the sixth game, Ellsbury doubled home the go-ahed run in a three-run eighth to set up Chapman. This time the flamethrowing lefty didn't let them down, although he did allow a pair of singles.

Player of the Series: Jacoby Ellsbury.

Player availability: Tanaka cannot pitch until Game Three. The bullpen will be fully rested for Game One. Gray and Greg Bird will be swapped out of the active roster.

Projected rotation: Severino-Sabathia-Tanaka-Garcia-(Severino)-(Sabathia)-(Tanaka)

Stat break: 1924 Detroit Tigers

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Bassler            17     2    7    0        0    0    0      3      0      .412
Blue                25     5    5    2        1    0     0     4      0      .200
Burke              15     2    4    3        1    0     0     2      0      .267
Cobb               25     4    6    7        1    0     2      1      0     .240
Fothergill          2     0    0     0        0    0    0      0      0     .000
Haney               2     0    0     0        0    0    0      0      0     .000
Heilmann       27     4    8     6         1    1    1      1      0     .296
Jones              21     3    7    0         1    0    0       1      0     .333
Manush          25     1    5     4        1    0    1       0      1    .200
O'Rourke           2     0    0     0        0    0    0      0      0    .000
Pratt                  5     0    2     1        0    0    0       0      0    .400
Rigney            21     6    7     3        3    0    1       7      0    .333
A Wingo           2     0    2     0         0    0    0      0      0  1.000
Woodall            3     0    0     0        0    0     0      1      0    .000

Pitchers

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

Collins               2      2    13        10     5      5        1     2       0       0     0     3.46

Dauss                2      0       1          4     2      2        0     0       0      0     2    18.00

Holloway           1      1      7          7     3      3       4      3       0      0     0     3.86

Syl Johnson      3      0      6           9     5      5       3      7        0      0     0     7.50

Leonard            1      0      0           0     1       1       1      0        0      0     0    inf.

Pillette               1     0      1           0     0      0        0     0        0      0     0     0.00

Stoner               1      1      9        12      3       3      0      4        0      1    0      3.00

Wells                 1      0     1.3        0     1       1      1      0        0      0      0    6.76
Whitehill           2     2    15        15      5      5       9      6        0      1      1    3.00

Stat break: 2017 Pittsburgh Pirates

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
J Bell               22    2     6    2        1    1    1     0      0    .273
Cervelli           22     2    4    0        1    0     0     2      0    .182
Diaz                  3     0     0    0        0    0     0     0      0    .000
A Frazier          2     1     1     0       0    0    0      0      0    .500
Freese             20     2     6    2        2    0    0      5      0    .300
Harrison          22     4     7    0        2    0    0      2      0    .318
Jaso                   5     2     2    2         1    0   1      1      0    .400
Marte              29     2     5    5         1    1    0      0      0    .172
McCutchen     25     3     8    6        1    0    1      1       0    .320
Mercer            24     2     4    3        3    0    1       2      0    .167
Moroff              2     0     0    0        0    0    0       1      0    .000
Polanco           23     2   10    5        0    0    1       1      1    .435
S Rodriguez      2     0     0    0        0    0    0       0      0    .000

Pitchers

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

Benoit               4      0       4.6       0     0       0      2      4       0      0    0        0.00

Brandt               3      0       3          1     1      1       1      0       0      1     0       3.00

Cole                  2      2    10.3      12     5      4       7     7       0       1     1        3.48

Hudson             4      0      4.3        5     2      2       1     2       0        0    0       4.17

Kontos              3      0      1.3       2     1       1       1      2        0      0     0      6.77
Kuhl                 1       1     4.3        5     3      3       1      5        0      0     0       6.24

LeBlanc            4      0      3.6       3     1       1       0      0       0      1     0       2.45

Mairnez            2      0      3.6       6     2       2       1      2        0     0     0       4.90
Nova                 2     2     12.3     13     4       3      2       5        0     1     0       2.19

Rivero               2      0       1.6      2     1       1      0      2       0      0      0       5.39

Taillon               1     1       0.3      6     8       8      2      0        0      0     1   218.00

Williams            1     0       4         2     0       0      1      5       0      0      0       0.00

Paul bracket: 2017 Pirates defeat 1924 Tigers in six games

Game 1: Pirates 7, Tigers 1
WP: Cole (1-0)
LP: Whitehill (0-1)
HR: McCutchen (1), Cobb (1), Bell (1), Jaso (1)

Game 2: Pirates 3, Tigers 2
WP: LeBlanc (1-0)
LP: Dauss (0-1)
Save: Rivero (1)
HR: Rigney (1)

Game 3: Tigers 11, Pirates 3
WP: Stoner (1-0)
LP: Taillon (0-1)
HR: Polanco (1), Manush (1)

Game 4: Pirates 5, Tigers 4
WP: Brault (1-0)
LP: Dauss (0-2)
HR: Heilmann (1)

Game 5: Tigers 4, Pirates 1
WP: Whitehill (1-1)
LP: Cole (1-1)
HR: Cobb (2)

Game 6: Pirates 6, Tigers 5
WP: Nova (1-0)
LP: Collins (01)
Save: Rivero (2)
HR: Mercer (1)


The 11-seeded Pirates won three one-run games, two of them with ninth-inning rallies, to defeat the sixth-seeded Tigers.

The opener was Pittsburgh's "easy" win. Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer in the sixth to put the Pirates in the lead, and four Pittsburgh relievers held the Tigers scoreless in the final four innings. Josh Harrison scored three runs for the Pirates.

Jody Mercer doubled in two unearned runs with two out in the ninth inning of the second game to put the Pirates in the lead. One of the two runs the Tigers scored was also unearned as starters Ivan Nova and Rip Collins dueled to no-decisions.

The series shifted to PNC Park for Game Three, and the Tigers feasted on Jameson Taillon. He faced nine men and retired only one of them. Harry Heilmann cleared the bases with a double, and Les Burke doubled home a pair in the inning as well. The Tigers scored nine runs in the inning. Lil Stoner went the distance for Detroit.

Heilmann's sixth-inning homer in Game Four put the Tigers up 5-4, and it appeared Detroit was about to even the series. But the Pirates opened the bottom of the ninth with a pinch-hit walk off Dutch Leonard. Hooks Dauss entered and got a flyout, but then Harrison doubled and McCutchen singled, with Harrison easily beating Heine Manush's throw to the plate wth the winning run.

Ty Cobb's three-run homer in the fifth inning of Game 5 gave Earl Whitehill the runs he needed. The lefty scatted seven hits in the complete game victory to stave off elimination.

The series returned to Detroit's Navin field for Game 6. Sterling Marte tripled home two runs in the third to put the Pirates ahead, and the Tigers never caught up despite scoring three runs in the top of the ninth against three Pittsburgh relievers. Felipe Rivero retired Manush and Frank O'Rourke with the tying run on base to end the game and the series.

Player of the Series: Andrew McCutchen

Player availability: Ivan Nova can't pitch until Game 3.

Projected rotation: Cole-Taillon-Nova-Kuhl-(Cole)-(Taillon)-(Nova)

Stat break: 2017 Colorado Rockies

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Amarista           2     0    0    0        0    0    0      0      0    .000
Arenado          26     8  12    8        3    0     3     1      0    .461
Blackmon       26     3   12    6        3    1     0     2      0    .461
Desmond        12     4     4     0       1    0    0      2      0    .333
Gonzalez        25     4     8     7        1    0    1      0      0    .320
LeMahieu       25     3    5     2        1    0    1      3      0    .200
Lucroy           15     3    3    0         1    0    0      3      0    .200
Parra              12     0     1    0         0    0    0      1      0    .083
Reynolds        13     4    2     0        1    0    0      5      0    .153
Story              24     3    3     5        1    1    0       1      0    .125
Tapia                5     0    1     2        0    0    0       0      0    .200
Valiaka             5     3    1     2        0    0    1       1      0    .200
Wolters             7     2    3     0        0    0     0      1      0    .429

Pitchers

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

Anderson          2      0       3          2      0      0       0     2       0       2     0     0.00

Chatwood         1      1      3           8     5       5       4      1       0      0     1   15.00

Dunn                1      0       1          2      1      1       2     1       0      0     0      9.00

Freeland           2      2      9         14     7      6       2      3        0      0     0     6.00

Gray                  1      1      7          6     0       0       2      5        0      1     0    0.00

Holland             3     0       3          3     0       0       1      1        3      0     0    0.00

Marquez            1      1      7          7      1      1      0      3        0      1     0    1.28
McGee              4      0      4.3       9      3       3      4      0        0      0     0    6.24

Neshek             3      0       3.3       0      0       0      0      3       0      0      0   0.00

Oberg                1      0      1          3      1       1      1      2        0      0     0    9.00

Rustin                1     0       3         4      3       3      0      1       0      0      0    9.00
Senzatela           2      1      7.3      8      4       4       1      3        0     0     1    4.91

Stat break: 1924 Cleveland Indians

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Brower              2     0    0    0        0    0    0      0      0    .000
Burns              25     3    8    6        1    1     1     1      1    .320
Clarke               4     0    1    1        0    0     0     2      0    .250
Ellerbe            12     0    2     3        0    0    0      1      0    .167
Fewster             2     0    0     0        0    0    0      0      0    .000
Jamieson         27     6  12     5        1    0    1      2      0    .444
Lutzke               9     1    1    0         0    0    0      1      0    .111
McNulty           5     0     1    0         0    0    0      0      0    .200
Myatt              15     0    3     0         2    0    0      1      0    .200
J Sewell          23     0    7     3        0    0    0       1      0    .304
L Sewell           8     3    4     0        0    0    0       1      0    .500
Speaker          21     7    9     1        1    0    2       6      0    .429
Stephenson     23     1    9     5        2    0     0      1      0    .391
Summa           15     1    5     1        1    0    0       1      1    .333
Walters             1     0    0     0         0    0    0      0      0    .000

Pitchers

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

Clark                1      0       3          7      5      5        2     3       0       0     0   15.00

Covaleski          2      2    15        15     8      6        4      8       0       1     1     3.60

Edwards            1      0      2          3      0      0       0      0       0      0     0     0.00

Messenger        1      0      1           2     0      0       0      0        0      0     0     0.00

Roy                   1      0      1          2     1       1       1      0        0      0     0    9.00

Shaute               3      2    13.6     15   13      8      10      9        1      0     2    5.27

Smith                1      1      7          7      4       4      5      3        0      0     1    5.14

Uhle                 1      1       7          8      5       2      0      2       0      1      0    2.57

John bracket: 2017 Rockies defeat 1924 Indians in six

Game One: Rockies 13, Indians 1
WP: Gray (1-1)
LP: Shaute (0-1)
HR: Jamieson (1), Arenado (1)

Game 2: Rockies 6, Indians 5
WP: Anderson (1-0)
LP: Covaleski (0-1)
Save: Holland (1)
HR: Speaker (1), Jamieson (2), Gonzalez (1)

Game 3: Rockies 4, Indians 2
WP: Marquez (1-0)
LP: Smith (0-1)
Save: Holland (2)
HR: Arenado (2)

Game 4: Indians 8, Rockies 5
WP: Uhle (1-0)
LP: Chatwood (0-1)
Save: Shaute (1)
HR: Burns (1)

Game 5: Indians 4, Rockies 2
WP: Covaleski (1-1)
LP: Senzatela (0-1)
HR: Speaker (2)

Game 6: Rockies 7, Indians 6
WP: Anderson (2-0)
LP: Shaute (0-2)
Save: Holland (3)
HR: Arenado (3), Valaika (1)

Colorado won all three games in Coors Field to power past the 1924 Cleveland Indians.

Game One was a rout. Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and the Rox batted around in the fourth and seventh innings. Trevor Story had a bases loaded triple and drove in four in total. Arenado went 4-for-5, drove in three and scored three. Jon Gray threw seven scoreless innings.

The Rockies had another bat-around inning in Game Two. The Indians took an early 3-0 lead, but the Rox plated four in the fourth off Stan Covaleski, highlighted by a two-run pinch single by Raimel Tapia, and got two more in the fifth when Carlos Gonzalez hit a two-run homer. Tyler Anderson threw two scoreless innings to get credit for the win.

The series shifted to Cleveland's more pitching-friendly Dunn Field  for Game Three. The Rockies broke a 1-1 game open in the sixth with four straight hits, including two doubles, off loser Sherry Smith. The inning might have been bigger, but Cleveland right fielder Homer Summa gunned down Gonzalez at the plate to end the inning.

The Tribe staved off elimination in Game Four behind George Uhle and Shaute, who provided two scoreless innings of relief on three days rest. George Burns hit a three-run homer and drove in four, while Riggs Stephenson had three RBIs. Tris Speaker (3-for-4) scored three runs. Three of the five runs allowd by Uhle were unearned.

Covaleski had the series best start in Game Five; the spitballer went the distance, allowing six hits. Both runs he allowed reached base by error. Speaker homered in the third and Charlie Jamieson hit a two-run single in the seventh to break the tie.

The series returned to Coors Field, and the Tribe booted their chances away in the eighth. Leading 6-4 behind Shaute, Cleveland committed three errors with two outs and allowed three runs in the process. Anderson, the fifth Colorado pitcher, picked up the win with a scoreless top of the eighth. All told, five of the Rockies runs were unearned.

Projected rotation for Round Two: Gray-Marquez-Freeland-Chatwood-(Gary or Senzatela)-(Marquez-Gray)-(Freeland-Marquez-Gray). Gray gets a second start only in an elimination game.