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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Stat break: 1961 Minnesota Twins

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Allison 21 6 9 5    3    0 4    1 0 .429
Altobelli 2 1 1 0    0    0    0    1 0 .500
Battey 21 2    8    3    1 0 1    0     0    .381
Becquer 2    0    0 0 0 0 0    0 0 .000
Dobbek 1 1 0    0 0    0 0 0 0 .000
Green 23 2 6 2 0    0 1    2 0 .261
Killebrew 22 1 6 4    0 0    0 3 0 .273
Lemon 17    3    6 3    2    0 0 1 0 .353
Martin 15 2    7 3    0 2 0 2     0    .467
Mincher 2 1    1 1    0    0    0 1     0    .500
Tuttle 19    5    8 2    0    1 0 3 0 .421
Valdivielso 3 2    0 0    0    0    0 0     0    .000
Versalles 24 4     6 5 1 0 1 2    1    .250

Pitchers

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

Kaat 1 1   6 9 7    3     1 5 0    0 0 4.50
Kralick 1 1    8.3    5    2    2 1 7    0    1    0 2.16
D Lee 2    0 1.6 2 2 2 0    0 0    0     0 10.78

McDevitt 4 0 3.6 4 3 3 5 1 1 1 0 7.36

Moore 2 0 1.3 3 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0.00

Pascual 2 2 14.3 17 11 10 4 12 0 1 0 6.28
Pleis 3 0 2.3 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.86

Ramos 2 1 1.3 9 6 6 1 1 1 0 1 40.60
Schroll 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50

Stobbs 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.25

Ringo bracket: 1961 Twins defeat 1924 Yankees in five games

Game 1: Twins 10, Yankees 9
WP: McDevitt (1-0)
LP: Maumax (0-1)
Save: Moore (1)
HR: Pipp 2 (2), Green (1), Versalles (1), Meusel (1), Schang (1), Allison (1)

Game 2: Twins 3, Yankees 2
WP: Kralick (1-0)
LP: Hoyt (0-1)
Save: Moore (2)
HR: Allison (2)

Game 3: Yankees 12, Twins 2
WP: Bush (1-0)
LP: Ramos (0-1)
HR: Ruth 2 (2), Meusel (2)

Game 4: Twins 10, Yankees 7
WP: Pleis (1-0)
LP: Maumax (0-2)
Save: McDevitt (1)
HR: Battey (1), Ruth (3)

Game 5: Twins 7, Yankees 4
WP: Pascual (1-0)
LP: Pennock (0-1)
Save: Ramos (1)
HR: Allison 2 (4)

The Twins got just one quality start in five games and were outscored in the series but still prevailed.

Game One, in old Yankee Stadium, set the template for the series. The Yankees held a 7-4 lead after six innings, but the Twins scored three in the seventh and three more in the eighth and hung on in the ninth. The Yankees left the bases loaded in the final frame. Five of the Twins runs were unearned.

Jack Kralick held the Yankees scoreless through eight innings in Game Two. Ray Moore staggered through the middle of the Yankee order after relieving with one out and two on; for the second straight game the Yankees left the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth of a one-run loss.

The series move to Metropolitian Stadium for Game Three, and Babe Ruth made himself right at home. Held without an RBI in the first two games, the Bambino drove in seven in this one, with two homers and a single. Pedro Ramos got just three outs for the Twins, while native Minnesotan Bullet Joe Bush went the distance for New York.

The Yankees appeared destined to even the series early in Game Four, racking Jim Kaat for six runs (four unearned) in the first two innings and holding a 7-0 lead after five. But the Twins got five in the bottom of the sixth off Bob Shawkey, three more in the seventh to take the lead and a pair of insurance runs in the eighth. Relievers Bob Pleis, Don Lee and Danny McDevitt combined for three hitless innings.

The Yankees batted around in the first inning again in Game Five, with Wally Pipp doubling home two runs, but Camilo Pascual left the bases loaded in that inning and steadied after that. The Twins chipped away at Herb Pennock, tying the game in the fourth and taking the lead in the fifth. Bob Allison homered twice, both solo shots. The Yankees rallied in the ninth, but with a run in and a man on, McDevitt got Ruth to fly to center and Ramos got Meusel on a fly to right to wrap up the upset.

Player of the Series: Bob Allison

Projected rotation: Pascual-Kralick-Ramos-Kaat-(Pascual)-(Kralick)-(Ramos)

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Stat break: 2017 Kansas City Royals

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Bonifacio 4    0    2 0    0    0 0    1 0 .500
Butera 1    0     0 0    0    0    0    0 0 .000
Me Cabrera 13    3    5    6    1 0 2    1     0    .385
Cain    20    5    6 3    1    0    1    2 0    .300
A Escobar 17    0    4    1    1    0 0     1 0 .235
Gordon        18 2     4 2    1    0 0    0 0 .222
Hosmer    20 3    4 2    1 0    0 3 0 .200
Merrifield    23    3    8 2    2    1 0 0 0 .348
Moss       6 1    2 0 1    0    0 0     0    .333
Moustakis 22    8   13 3    1    0    2 0     0    .591
Orlando    5 1    0 1    0    0    0 0     0    .000
S Perez 17 3     6 6    2 0     1 0    0    .353

Pitchers

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

S Alexander    1 0   0.3 0    0    0     0 0 0    0 0 0.00
Cahill    2 0    4    1    0    0 0 2    0    0    0     0.00
Duffy       1    1 6 5     0     0    4    1 0    1     0     0.00

Hammel 1 1 5.6 7 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 4.76

Herrera 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00

Kennedy 1 1 8 8 3 1 3 5 0 1 0 0.89
Maurer 3 0 3 6 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 9.00

Minor    1    0    0.3    0    0 0    0    1 0    0 0       0.00
Moylan     1    0    0.3    0    0 0    0     0 0    0 0       0.00
Soria    2 0 1.3    2    0    0    1    1    0    0 0    0.00

J Vargas 2 2 14 9 2 2 2 7 0 2 0 1.29

Stat break: 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Burgess    8    1    3 2    1    0 1    2 0 .375
Christopher    5    0     2 0    0    0    0    0 0 .400
Clemente 20    2    8    3    0 0 1    1     0    .400
Groat    19    1    4 0 0 0 0    0 0 .211
Hoak         17    3    8    1 2    0 0    2 0 .471
Leppert        1 0     0 0    0    0 0    0 0 .000
Logan     7 1 2 0    1 0    0 0 0 .286
Mazeroski    18    0    1 0    0    0 0 0 0 .056
Moryn       2 0    0 0    0    0    0 0     0    .000
Nelson       4 0    0 0    0    0    0 0     0    .000
Schofield    1 0    0 0    0    0    0 0     0    .000
Skinner 12 1     1 1 0 0    0 1    0    .083
H W Smith 7    0    0 0       0 0 0     2      0    .000
Stuart         16 1     5    2       2 0 1    2     0 .313
Virdon       22 1    4    0       2 0 0    0     0 .182

Pitchers

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

Face       1 0   2 2    1    1     0 0 1    0 0 4.50
Francis    1 0    1.6    6    4    3 0 0    0    0    0 16.17
Friend       2    2 14 18   10   10    1    9 0    0     2     6.43

Gibbon 1 1 6 7 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 4.50

Haddix 1 1 7 6 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 1.29

Labine 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00
McBean 2 0 4 6 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 9.00

Mizell 1 1 0.3 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 136.36
Shantz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Sturdivant 2 0 5 2 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.80

Ringo bracket: 2017 Royals defeat 1961 Pirates in five games

Game 1: Royals 5, Pirates 0
WP: Vargas (1-0)
LP: Friend (0-1)

Game 2: Royals 3, Pirates 0
WP: Duffy (1-0)
LP: Gibbon (0-1)
Save: Herrera (1)
HR: Moustakis (1)

Game 3: Pirates 3, Royals 2
WP: Haddix (1-0)
LP: Hammel (0-1)
Save: Face (1)
HR: Burgess (1), Moustakis (2), Me Cabrera (1)

Game 4: Royals 12, Pirates 5
WP: Kennedy (1-0)
LP: Mizell (0-1)
HR: Me Cabrera (2), Cain (1), Clemente (1)

Game 5: Royals 7, Pirates 3
WP: Vargas (2-0)
LP: Friend (0-2)
HR: Perez (1), Stuart (1)

The Royals overpowered the Pirates in pretty much every phase.

Jason Vargas allowed just five hits in eight innings in the Kauffman Stadium opener, eradicating two of the baserunners with double plays. The Royals scored a pair of runs in the first inning, with a Mike Moustakis RBI double being the key blow, and added single runs in the second and third innings.

Game Two was another combined shutout for the Royals. Danny Duffy worked the first six innings, and five KC relievers split up the final three. Moustakis homered and scored two runs.

The series moved to Forbes Field for Game Three, and Harvey Haddix got the Buccos their first (and only) win of the series. The Kitten allowed just one run in seven innings, a homer by Melky Cabrera, while Smokey Burgess's two-run homer in the second inning provided Pittsburgh with its first runs of the series. Roy Face allowed a solo homer to Moustakis in his two-inning save.

The Royals scored six times in the first inning of Game Four, getting a three-run homer from Lorenzo Cain and a solo shot from Cabrera to drive Vinegar Bend Mizell from the game with just one out recorded. K.C. peppered Earl Francis for four more runs in his 1.2 innings. to make it a rout. Ian Kennedy allowed three runs, one earned, in eight innings for the win. Moustakis went 5-for-5 with three runs scored.

Kansas City wrapped up the series with another first-inning crooked number in Game Five, as Salvador Perez capped a four-run outburst against Bob Friend with a three-run homer. Whit Merrifield tripled, doubled, singled and scored twice with an RBI. Vargas allowed two runs on four hits in six innings.

Player of the Series: Mike Moustakis

Projected rotation: Vargas-Hammel-Kennedy-Duffy-(Vargas)-(Hammel)-(Kennedy)

Monday, July 2, 2018

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

Stat break: 2017 Oakland Athletics

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Brugman    15    0    3 0 1 0 0    1 0 .200
Canha       9    2     3 2    1    1    0    1 0 .333
M Chapman 22    5    6 2    2 0 0 2     0    .273
K Davis    22    3    4 0 0 0 0    3 1 .182
Healy        24    4    6    2 2    0 0    0 0 .250
Joyce         21    2    4    1    1    0   1    0 0 .190
Lowrie     26 1    5 3    1 0    0 2 0 .192
Maxwell     13 0    4 2    1    0 0 2 0 .308
M Olson       7 2    2 2 1    0 1 2     0    .286
Phegley    7 1     1 0 0 0    0 2    0    .143
Pinder 9 1    4 2       2 0 0    0      0    .444
Rosales          5 1    2    1       0 0 0    1     0 .400
Semien    18 2    2    3       0 0 0    1     0 .111

Pitchers

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

Casilla    4 0   4    3    1 1     0 1 0    0 0 2.25
Coulombe 2 0    3    2    0    0 0 0    0    0    0     0.00
Cotton       2    2 12.6 13    4    4    4    2 0    0     2     2.84

Doolittle 2 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Dull 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0.00

Gossett 1 1 0.3 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 109.09
Graveman 1 1 5 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1.80

Hendriks 4 0 4 7 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 6.75
Madson 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00

Manaea 2 2 9.6 19 10 8 2 5 0 0 0 7.45

C Smith 2 0 4.6 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Treinen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.00