Game 1: Indians 4, Royals 0
WP: Kluber (2-0)
LP: Vargas (2-1)
HR: Kipnis (1), Ramirez (1)
Game 2: Royals 2, Indians 1
WP: Soria (1-0)
LP: Allen (0-1)
Save: Herrera (2)
HR: Merrifield (1), Chisenhall (1)
Game 3: Indians 7, Royals 1
WP: Bauer (2-0)
LP: Kennedy (1-1)
Save: Otero (1)
Game 4: Royals 5, Indians 2
WP: Soria (2-0)
LP: Miller (1-1)
Save: Herrera (3)
HR: Perez (2)
Game 5: Indians 6, Royals 4 (11 innings)
WP: Allen (1-1)
LP: Moylan (0-1)
Save: Goody (1)
HR: Cain (2), Encarncion (3), Hosmer (1)
Game 6: Indians 6, Royals 5 (12 innings)
WP: Allen (2-1)
LP: Cahill (0-1)
HR: Hosmer (2), Me. Cabrera (3)
The Tribe survived some wobbly work by its late-inning bullpen.
Game One, in Cleveland's Progressive Field, went according to form: Corey Kluber threw seven innings of two-hit ball, walking none and fanning seven, with Bryan Shaw and Andrew Miller contributiing one inning apiece to the shutout. Jason Kipnis hit a two-run homer in the first off Jason Vargas, and Jose Ramirez hit a solo homer in the third.
The Royals evened the series as five pitchers held Cleveland to one run on eight hits. Kansas City broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the ninth when Salvadore Perez doubled off Cody Allen with two outs and Melky Cabrera followed with an RBI single.
The series moved to Kansas City and Kaufmann Stadium, where Trevor Bauer allowed one run in six innings and Dan Otero worked the final three innings for a long save. Cleveland blew the game open with a five-run seventh off four Kansas City pitchers, with consecutive RBI doubles by bottom-of-the-order bats Yan Gomes and Bradley Zimmer. Otero allowed two singles but induced a pair of double plays.
Kansas City evened the series again, with Perez shattering a 2-2 deadlock with a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth off Miller. Whit Merrifield singled in the other two Kansas City runs.
Lonnie Chisenhall and Edwin Encarncion each had three RBIs in Game Five as the Tribe won in 11 innings. Chisenhall doubled in the go-head runs in the top off the 11th off Scott Alexander and had a sac fly in the fourth; Encarncion hit a three-run homer off Vargas in the first. The game went into extra innings because Miller allowed an inherited runner and one of his own to score in the eighth and Allen surrendered a leadoff homer to Lorenzo Cain in the ninth. Kluber was charged with two runs in seven innings on three hits.
The series moved back to Cleveland, and the Indians prevailed in 12 innings to wrap up the series, After Carlos Carrasco allowed four runs in six innings, Mike Clevinger relieved with five innings in which he allowed one run on three hits. Ramirez tied the game with a two-out homer in the ninth off Kelvin Herrera, and Gomes singled home Encarncion in the 12th with the walk-off winner.
Player of the Series: Corey Kluber
Pitcher availability: Clevinger cannot pitch until Game Three.
Projected rotation: Kluber-Bauer-Carrasco-Clevinger or Salazar-(Kluber)-(Bauer)-(Carrasco)
In which I chronicle my adventures in solitaire Strat-O-Matic Baseball. Current project: A 64- team tournament with four teams selected from the NeL set and 60 teams picked (mostly) at random from the 1924, 1961, 1969, 1973, 2009, 2017 and 2019 sets.
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Stat break: 2017 Washington Nationals
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Difo 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Goodwin 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167
Harper 43 10 16 5 2 1 1 3 0 .372
Kendrick 11 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 .363
Lind 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .167
Lobaton 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Murphy 43 4 17 10 8 0 2 0 0 .395
Rendon 39 7 12 8 3 0 2 1 0 .308
MA Taylor 40 6 10 12 3 1 2 1 2 .250
T Turner 40 11 10 5 1 0 2 4 0 .250
Werth 21 1 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 .286
Wieters 37 7 13 5 2 1 0 3 1 .351
Zimmerman 40 11 15 12 3 0 4 3 1 .375
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Albers 3 0 4.6 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1.93
Blanton 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3.00
Cole 2 0 1.6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Grace 2 0 4 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.00
Kelley 6 0 3.6 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
Kintzler 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
Kintzler 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
O Perez 4 0 3.3 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.00
Roark 2 2 14 13 3 3 1 8 0 2 0 1.93
E Romero 5 0 2.6 8 6 6 1 4 1 0 0 20.22
Scherzer 3 3 21 18 8 7 8 20 0 1 0 3.00E Romero 5 0 2.6 8 6 6 1 4 1 0 0 20.22
Solis 2 0 0.6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.43
Strasburg 2 2 12.3 11 4 4 2 8 0 1 1 2.92
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
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 2.25Harris 2 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
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
Sheehan 2 0 2 10 9 9 3 1 0 0 0 40.50
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
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)
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)
Labels:
1924 Reds,
2017 Nationals,
George bracket,
Tournament Two
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Stat break: 1961 Balfimore Orioles
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Adair 33 2 13 2 2 0 0 2 0 .394
Brandt 40 7 11 5 2 0 1 1 0 .275
Breeding 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Busby 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .600
Courtney 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Foiles 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Gentile 36 7 11 10 1 0 4 6 0 .306
Hansen 38 2 9 4 3 0 0 1 0 .236
Herzog 31 3 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 .226
Philley 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .400
B Robinson 40 4 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 .225
E Robinson 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .111
Snyder 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .043
Throneberry 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Triandos 32 0 5 3 2 0 0 3 0 .156
Williams 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Barber 3 3 16.3 16 12 10 9 7 0 2 1 5.51
Brown 2 2 15.6 13 3 3 0 7 0 2 0 1.72
Estrada 3 3 16 14 9 5 16 16 0 1 2 2.81
Fisher 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3.00
Fisher 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3.00
Hall 5 0 4.6 4 2 2 2 5 2 0 0 3.85
Hoeft 2 0 5 7 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.80
Hoeft 2 0 5 7 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.80
Pappas 2 2 16 9 2 2 7 7 0 1 1 1.13
Stock 2 0 4.6 6 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.93
Wilhelm 6 0 6.6 4 5 4 4 3 3 0 0 5.40
Friday, November 2, 2018
Stat break: 1924 Chicago White Sox
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Archdeacon 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .083
Barrett 36 3 10 3 0 0 0 5 1 .278
Collins 50 9 18 4 1 0 0 8 4 .360
Crouse 28 1 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 .214
Elsh 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Falk 52 3 17 8 2 0 0 1 0 .327
French 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Grabowski 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hooper 56 13 18 6 1 1 2 4 1 .321
Kaam 45 3 12 11 4 0 2 6 0 .267
McClellan 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Morehart 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200
Mostil 54 8 19 5 3 0 1 7 0 .352
Schalk 12 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .417
Sheely 49 8 21 9 5 1 0 8 0 .429
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Blankenship 2 0 4 4 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 4.50
Connally 4 0 4.6 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 1.93
Cvengros 3 0 5.3 5 3 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.70
Faber 3 3 27 17 0 0 4 17 0 3 0 0.00
Leverett 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.00
Lyons 4 3 23 26 12 11 11 13 0 2 1 4.30
McWeeny 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
McWeeny 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Robertson 2 2 14.3 11 4 4 9 9 0 1 1 2.51
Thurston 5 5 29.3 39 22 20 8 13 0 2 3 6.14
Paul bracket: 1924 White Sox defeat 1961 Orioles in six games
Game 1: Orioles 6, White Sox 5
WP: Barber (2-0)
LP: Lyons (1-1)
Save: Wilhelm (3)
Game 2: White Sox 4, Orioles 0
WP: Thurston (1-3)
LP: Estrada (1-1)
Game 3: White Sox 1, Orioles 0
WP: Faber (3-0)
LP: Pappas (0-1)
Game 4: Orioles 5, White Sox 4
WP: Brown (2-0)
LP: Robertson (1-1)
Save: Hall (2)
Game 5: White Sox 7, Orioles 6
WP: Thurston (2-3)
LP: Barber (2-1)
Save: Connally (2)
HR: Brandt (1), Gentile (4)
Game 6: White Sox 10, Orioles 1
WP: Lyons (2-1)
LP: Estrada (1-2)
The White Sox didn't hit a homer in the six game series, but they allowed just one (unearned) run in three complete game wins en route to their second straight series upset.
The first game, in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, went to the favored O's. Baltimore scored five runs in the third innings, topped by a three-run double by Ron Hansen on which Hansen scored on Bibb Falk's error. The White Sox never caught up.
Sloppy Thurston threw a seven-hit shutout in the second game to even the series. He walked one and struck out three. Falk went 4-for-4 for the Sox, while Earl Sheely scored twice and Willie Kamm drove in a pair.
The series moved to 1924 and Comiskey Park for Game 3, and Red Faber threw his third straight complete game shutout. The spitballer allowed four hits, waking none and striking our five. Falk drew a bases-loaded walk in the third inning to bring home Harry Hooper with the game's only tally.
Baltimore evened the series behind Hal Brown, who allowed one run in seven innings. The Sox made it close with two runs in the eighth off Hoyt Wilhelm and another in the ninth off Dick Hall. Brooks Robinson and Jerry Adair each drove in a pair of runs for Baltimore, and Jackie Brandt scored twice.
The Sox retook the series lead on a pair of big innings in Game 5, plating four runs in the third and three more in the fourth off Steve Barber. Hooper, Eddie Collins and Sheely each scored twice. The Orioles hit the only homers of the series off Thurston, who won despite allowing five runs in eight innings.
The series returned to 1961 Baltimore, and the Sox clinched the series in a sloppy Game 6 rout. A Brooks Robinson error set up three unearned runs in the first inning, and Chuck Estrada walked four and threw a wild pitch in the second. The Sox scored two more unearned runs in the fifth. Lyons went the distance, allowing an unearned run on six hits and four walks. Kamm drove in three runs as the Sox drew nine walks off four Baltimore pitchers.
Player of the Series: Earl Sheely
Projected rotation: Thurston-Lyons (with penalty)-Faber-Thurston-(Robertson)-(Lyons [full rest])-Thurston
WP: Barber (2-0)
LP: Lyons (1-1)
Save: Wilhelm (3)
Game 2: White Sox 4, Orioles 0
WP: Thurston (1-3)
LP: Estrada (1-1)
Game 3: White Sox 1, Orioles 0
WP: Faber (3-0)
LP: Pappas (0-1)
Game 4: Orioles 5, White Sox 4
WP: Brown (2-0)
LP: Robertson (1-1)
Save: Hall (2)
Game 5: White Sox 7, Orioles 6
WP: Thurston (2-3)
LP: Barber (2-1)
Save: Connally (2)
HR: Brandt (1), Gentile (4)
Game 6: White Sox 10, Orioles 1
WP: Lyons (2-1)
LP: Estrada (1-2)
The White Sox didn't hit a homer in the six game series, but they allowed just one (unearned) run in three complete game wins en route to their second straight series upset.
The first game, in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, went to the favored O's. Baltimore scored five runs in the third innings, topped by a three-run double by Ron Hansen on which Hansen scored on Bibb Falk's error. The White Sox never caught up.
Sloppy Thurston threw a seven-hit shutout in the second game to even the series. He walked one and struck out three. Falk went 4-for-4 for the Sox, while Earl Sheely scored twice and Willie Kamm drove in a pair.
The series moved to 1924 and Comiskey Park for Game 3, and Red Faber threw his third straight complete game shutout. The spitballer allowed four hits, waking none and striking our five. Falk drew a bases-loaded walk in the third inning to bring home Harry Hooper with the game's only tally.
Baltimore evened the series behind Hal Brown, who allowed one run in seven innings. The Sox made it close with two runs in the eighth off Hoyt Wilhelm and another in the ninth off Dick Hall. Brooks Robinson and Jerry Adair each drove in a pair of runs for Baltimore, and Jackie Brandt scored twice.
The Sox retook the series lead on a pair of big innings in Game 5, plating four runs in the third and three more in the fourth off Steve Barber. Hooper, Eddie Collins and Sheely each scored twice. The Orioles hit the only homers of the series off Thurston, who won despite allowing five runs in eight innings.
The series returned to 1961 Baltimore, and the Sox clinched the series in a sloppy Game 6 rout. A Brooks Robinson error set up three unearned runs in the first inning, and Chuck Estrada walked four and threw a wild pitch in the second. The Sox scored two more unearned runs in the fifth. Lyons went the distance, allowing an unearned run on six hits and four walks. Kamm drove in three runs as the Sox drew nine walks off four Baltimore pitchers.
Player of the Series: Earl Sheely
Projected rotation: Thurston-Lyons (with penalty)-Faber-Thurston-(Robertson)-(Lyons [full rest])-Thurston
Labels:
1924 White Sox,
1961 Orioles,
Paul bracket,
Tournament Two
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