Game 1: Braves 1, Indians 0
WP: Spahn (7-1)
LP: Kubler (4-1)
Game 2: Indians 4, Braves 1
WP: Carrasco (3-0)
LP: Burdette (3-2)
Save: Allen (4)
Game 3: Indians 5, Braves 2
WP: Bauer (4-0)
LP: Buhl (2-3)
Save: Allen (5)
HR: Thomas (3)
Game 4: Braves 4, Indians 2
WP: Spahn (8-1)
LP: Tomlin (0-1)
HR: Lindor (3), A Jackson (2)
Game 5: Indians 5, Braves 0
WP: Kluber (5-1)
LP: Burdette (3-3)
HR: Santana (3)
Game 6: Indians 7, Braves 1
WP: Carrasco (4-0)
LP: Willey (2-2)
HR: Mathews (5)
The Cleveland bullpen allowed just one run in 13 innings over the six games, and their starters had five quality starts, smothering the Milwaukee offense.
Game One, in Cleveland's Progressive Field, was a marvelous duel between Warren Spahn and Corey Kluber. The sole run of the game came in the third, when Henry Aaron doubled and scored on Joe Adcock's single. Kluber allowed four hits and struck out nine in his complete game loss; Spahn also went the distance, scattering six hits and walking three. Only once, in the ninth inning, did the Tribe get a runner to third, but Spahn popped up Jay Bruce and fanned Brandon Guyer to end it.
Jason Kipnis tripled, doubled and singled in Game Two, driving in three runs and scoring another to support Carlos Carrasco and the bullpen. Carrasco allowed one run on five hits in seven innings, and Bryan Shaw and Cody Allen each threw a 1-2-3 inning in relief.
The series moved to 1961's County Stadium in Milwaukee, and the Tribe opened Game Three with a long two-run first off Bob Buhl that involved just one hit. Buhl walked two and hit a batter, and there was also an error and sac fly involved. Trevor Bauer allowed two runs in 6.1 innings for the win, with Dan Otero, Andrew Miller and Allen splitting the remaining outs.
Spahn evened the series with another complete game win in Game Four. Austin Jackson and Francisco Lindor each hit solo homers for Cleveland, but those came after Josh Tomlin had allowed four runs in five innings.
Kluber was stunning in Game Five, allowing two hits in seven scoreless innings. Michael Brantley's third inning triple was a key blow in a two-run rally off Lew Burdette, and Carlos Santana, who entered in a double switch the inning before, hit a three-run homer in the eighth to blow it open.
Cleveland wrapped up the series with an easy win back home in Game Six. Carlton Willey allowed four runs in 3.2 innings for Milwaukee, and Carrasco allowed plenty of baserunners but no runs in 5.2 innings. Otero got the final out of the sixth inning and worked a perfect seventh, and Miller worked the final two innings, allowing a homer to Eddie Mathews but striking out four.
Player of the Series: Corey Kluber
Pitcher availability: Carrasco is eligible to pitch on three days rest without penalty in the final series.
Projected rotation: Kluber-Carrasco-Bauer-Clevinger-(Kluber)-(Carrasco)-(Bauer)
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.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Saturday, April 13, 2019
End of Round Four
Advancing: 2017 Dodgers, 2017 Indians, 2017 Nationals, 1961 Braves
Eliminated: 1961 Tigers, 2017 Yankees, 1924 Pirates, 2017 Phillies
2017 teams won three series, lost two series. Theywere a combined 12-10 in the third round.
1961 teams won one series, lost one series. They were a combined 5-7 in the third round.
The sole 1924 team lost its series. It went 3-4 in the third round.
Two No. 1 seeds reached the final four, one No. 3 seed, and one No. 6 seed.
Combined franchise records through the third round:
Original AL teams: NY 24-21; DET 17-16; STB-BAL 13-15; W-MN 22-14; BOS 12-16; P-K-O 7-13; CWS 16-20; CLE 27-16.
Original NL teams: NY-SF 9-12; BR-LA 30-20; PIT 22-20; CIN 14-16; CHC 13-14; STL 12-14; B-M-A 18-15; PHI 16-21
Expansion AL teams: LAA 2-8; W-TX 3-8; HOU 6-5; KC 6-5; SEA 0-4; TOR 3-4; TB 1-4
Expansion NL teams: NYM 3-4; SD 0-4; WSN 16-4; MIL 9-7; MIA 2-4; COL 7-6; ARZ 9-8
Stat break: 1961 Milwaukee Braves
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Aaron 103 14 29 9 6 2 2 2 3 .282
Adcock 99 19 25 18 3 1 8 9 0 .253
Bolling 85 9 21 8 2 1 2 11 0 .247
Cimoli 29 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .138
Crandall 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125
DeMerit 10 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .200
Jones 19 2 8 3 1 0 0 2 0 .421
Lau 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 .200
Mantilla 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Mathews 81 14 15 8 2 0 4 17 0 .185
Maye 68 8 15 7 0 1 4 2 2 .221
McMillan 82 8 18 7 1 1 0 6 0 .220
Spangler 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Thomas 78 11 23 12 3 1 2 6 0 .295
Torre 84 11 27 16 2 1 4 3 0 .321
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Buhl 6 6 29.3 24 17 12 15 10 0 2 2 3.68
Burdette 6 6 44.6 41 15 13 8 17 0 3 1 2.62
Cloninger 8 0 13.3 7 6 6 10 13 0 2 0 4.05
Drabowsky 5 0 5.3 7 6 6 5 1 0 0 0 10.13
Hendley 8 0 13.3 10 0 0 7 9 1 1 0 0.00
McMahon 6 0 5 5 1 1 3 6 6 0 0 1.80
Nottebart 4 0 11.3 10 3 3 4 8 2 0 1 2.38
Raymond 5 0 4.3 5 3 3 4 3 0 0 1 6.24Burdette 6 6 44.6 41 15 13 8 17 0 3 1 2.62
Cloninger 8 0 13.3 7 6 6 10 13 0 2 0 4.05
Drabowsky 5 0 5.3 7 6 6 5 1 0 0 0 10.13
Hendley 8 0 13.3 10 0 0 7 9 1 1 0 0.00
McMahon 6 0 5 5 1 1 3 6 6 0 0 1.80
Nottebart 4 0 11.3 10 3 3 4 8 2 0 1 2.38
Spahn 8 8 66.3 39 12 11 19 33 0 6 1 1.49
Willey 4 3 19 17 8 8 10 13 0 2 1 3.79
Stat break: 1924 Pittsburgh Pirates
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Barnhart 38 7 9 4 2 1 0 5 0 .237
Bigbee 19 5 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 .211
Carey 113 23 32 7 3 4 4 10 6 .283
Cuyler 118 14 36 27 4 4 6 3 3 .305
Ens 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Gooch 53 6 13 7 1 1 0 7 0 .184
Grimm 108 11 27 13 3 3 0 5 0 .250
Maranville 98 11 25 10 8 4 1 4 5 .255
Moore 59 15 19 3 2 2 0 6 0 .322
Mueller 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Schmidt 13 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 .231
E Smith 37 3 15 8 4 0 3 3 0 .405
Traynor 101 19 31 15 6 3 2 12 2 .307
Wright 112 16 38 16 10 2 2 3 3 .339
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Adams 6 0 9.3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0.96
Cooper 7 7 48 55 34 25 18 26 0 1 4 4.69
Kremer 7 7 61 49 16 15 8 28 0 5 1 2.21
Lundgren 1 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
Meadows 5 5 41 50 22 20 13 23 0 2 2 4.39
Cooper 7 7 48 55 34 25 18 26 0 1 4 4.69
Kremer 7 7 61 49 16 15 8 28 0 5 1 2.21
Lundgren 1 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
Meadows 5 5 41 50 22 20 13 23 0 2 2 4.39
Morrison 7 0 17.6 13 5 3 8 9 1 3 0 1.53
Pfeffer 6 0 15 11 4 3 2 7 1 0 0 1.80
Stone 2 0 1.6 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.00
Yde 7 5 39.3 36 22 16 13 16 0 3 1 3.66
Pfeffer 6 0 15 11 4 3 2 7 1 0 0 1.80
Stone 2 0 1.6 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.00
Yde 7 5 39.3 36 22 16 13 16 0 3 1 3.66
John bracket: 1961 Braves defeat 1924 Pirates in seven games
Game 1: Braves 9, Pirates 7
WP: Spahn (5-1)
LP: Cooper (1-3)
Save: McMahon (4)
HR: Mathews (4)
Game 2: Braves 5, Pirates 3
WP: Burdette (3-0)
LP: Meadows (1-2)
Save: McMahon (5)
HR: Maye (4), Cuyler (5), Adcock (7)
Game 3: Pirates 2, Braves 1
WP: Kremer (5-0)
LP: Buhl (2-2)
Save: Morrison (1)
Game 4: Pirates 5, Braves 4
WP: Yde (3-1)
LP: Nottebart (0-1)
Game 5: Braves 2, Pirates 1
WP: Spahn (6-1)
LP: Cooper (1-4)
HR: Torre (4), Carey (4)
Game 6: Pirates 10, Braves 2
WP: Meadows (2-2)
LP: Burdette (3-1)
HR: Cuyler (6)
Game 7: Braves 4, Pirates 3
WP: Hendley (1-0)
LP: Kremer (5-1)
Save: McMahon (6)
HR: Adcock (8), Traynor (2), Bolling (2)
The Braves won three road games to advance to the final four despite being outscored for the series.
Milwaukee scored an unearned run in the second inning of the opener in Forbes Field to take the lead and opened it up in the third as the first six hitters that inning got hits or walks. Warren Spahn allowed two runs in seven innings. The Pirates scored five runs in the final two innings off Claude Raymond and Moe Drabowsky to make the final score close.
Lee Maye hit a two-run homer in the third inning of Game Two to stake Lew Burdette to the early lead and singled home another run in the fifth. Kiki Cuyler hit a three-run homer in the seventh to cut the margin to 4-3, but Joe Adcock homered in the eighth off reliever Johnny Morrison to give Don McMahon some breathing room in the ninth.
The series moved to 1961 and County Stadium. The Braves struck quickly off Ray Kremer, with leadoff man Maye getting a single and scoring from first on Henry Aaron's double. But Aaron was thrown out at home on Adcock's grounder, and Kremer and Morrison allowed no runs the rest of the way. The Pirates turned two walks and two singles into two runs in the fourth, and that was enough for the win.
Emil Yde went the distance in Game Four as the Pirates evened the series. The southpaw scattered seven hits, including RBI triples by Adcock and Roy McMillan. Pittsburgh took the lead in the seventh with a three-run rally off Don Nottebart without an extra-base hit.
Warren Spahn dominated Game 5. allowing three hits and no walks. The sole Pittsburgh run came on Max Carey's homer in the ninth. Wilbur Cooper pitched well in the loss; Joe Torre homered in the second, and the other Milwaukee run came courtesy of Pie Traynor's two-base error in the seventh.
The series reverted to Pittsburgh 1924 for Game Six, and it was the series' only blow out. The Pirates scored six runs off Burdette in the first four innings, with triples from Charlie Grimm, Rabbit Maranville and starter Lee Meadows. Cuyler put an exclaimation mark on the score with a three-run homer off Tony Cloninger in the sixth. Meadows allowed one earned run in eight innings on seven hits.
That sent the series to a Game Seven. Traynor touched Milwaukee starter Bob Buhl for a two-run homer in the second, and Kremer held the 2-0 lead until Adcock hit his own two-run shot in the sixth. Carey gunned down McMillan at the plate on Del Crandall's pinch-hit double to end the seventh, and reliever Bob Hendley held the Pirates scoreless for two innings. Frank Thomas doubled home Maye in the eighth and Frank Bolling homered in the top of the ninth for a 4-2 lead. McMahon allowed a run in the bottom of the inning, but struck out pinch-hitter Earl Smith with two on to end the game and series.
Player of the Series: Warren Spahn
Pitcher use restrictions: Milwaukee's bullpen will be fully rested for the next round. Spahn and Burdette may now pitch on short rest without penalty, the only pitchers to qualify for that status remaining.
Projected rotation: Spahn-Burdette-Buhl-Spahn-(Burdette)-(Willey)-(Spahn)
WP: Spahn (5-1)
LP: Cooper (1-3)
Save: McMahon (4)
HR: Mathews (4)
Game 2: Braves 5, Pirates 3
WP: Burdette (3-0)
LP: Meadows (1-2)
Save: McMahon (5)
HR: Maye (4), Cuyler (5), Adcock (7)
Game 3: Pirates 2, Braves 1
WP: Kremer (5-0)
LP: Buhl (2-2)
Save: Morrison (1)
Game 4: Pirates 5, Braves 4
WP: Yde (3-1)
LP: Nottebart (0-1)
Game 5: Braves 2, Pirates 1
WP: Spahn (6-1)
LP: Cooper (1-4)
HR: Torre (4), Carey (4)
Game 6: Pirates 10, Braves 2
WP: Meadows (2-2)
LP: Burdette (3-1)
HR: Cuyler (6)
Game 7: Braves 4, Pirates 3
WP: Hendley (1-0)
LP: Kremer (5-1)
Save: McMahon (6)
HR: Adcock (8), Traynor (2), Bolling (2)
The Braves won three road games to advance to the final four despite being outscored for the series.
Milwaukee scored an unearned run in the second inning of the opener in Forbes Field to take the lead and opened it up in the third as the first six hitters that inning got hits or walks. Warren Spahn allowed two runs in seven innings. The Pirates scored five runs in the final two innings off Claude Raymond and Moe Drabowsky to make the final score close.
Lee Maye hit a two-run homer in the third inning of Game Two to stake Lew Burdette to the early lead and singled home another run in the fifth. Kiki Cuyler hit a three-run homer in the seventh to cut the margin to 4-3, but Joe Adcock homered in the eighth off reliever Johnny Morrison to give Don McMahon some breathing room in the ninth.
The series moved to 1961 and County Stadium. The Braves struck quickly off Ray Kremer, with leadoff man Maye getting a single and scoring from first on Henry Aaron's double. But Aaron was thrown out at home on Adcock's grounder, and Kremer and Morrison allowed no runs the rest of the way. The Pirates turned two walks and two singles into two runs in the fourth, and that was enough for the win.
Emil Yde went the distance in Game Four as the Pirates evened the series. The southpaw scattered seven hits, including RBI triples by Adcock and Roy McMillan. Pittsburgh took the lead in the seventh with a three-run rally off Don Nottebart without an extra-base hit.
Warren Spahn dominated Game 5. allowing three hits and no walks. The sole Pittsburgh run came on Max Carey's homer in the ninth. Wilbur Cooper pitched well in the loss; Joe Torre homered in the second, and the other Milwaukee run came courtesy of Pie Traynor's two-base error in the seventh.
The series reverted to Pittsburgh 1924 for Game Six, and it was the series' only blow out. The Pirates scored six runs off Burdette in the first four innings, with triples from Charlie Grimm, Rabbit Maranville and starter Lee Meadows. Cuyler put an exclaimation mark on the score with a three-run homer off Tony Cloninger in the sixth. Meadows allowed one earned run in eight innings on seven hits.
That sent the series to a Game Seven. Traynor touched Milwaukee starter Bob Buhl for a two-run homer in the second, and Kremer held the 2-0 lead until Adcock hit his own two-run shot in the sixth. Carey gunned down McMillan at the plate on Del Crandall's pinch-hit double to end the seventh, and reliever Bob Hendley held the Pirates scoreless for two innings. Frank Thomas doubled home Maye in the eighth and Frank Bolling homered in the top of the ninth for a 4-2 lead. McMahon allowed a run in the bottom of the inning, but struck out pinch-hitter Earl Smith with two on to end the game and series.
Player of the Series: Warren Spahn
Pitcher use restrictions: Milwaukee's bullpen will be fully rested for the next round. Spahn and Burdette may now pitch on short rest without penalty, the only pitchers to qualify for that status remaining.
Projected rotation: Spahn-Burdette-Buhl-Spahn-(Burdette)-(Willey)-(Spahn)
Labels:
1924 Pirates,
1961 Braves,
John bracket,
Tournament Two
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Stat break: 1961 Detroit Tigers
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Bertoia 14 2 5 6 0 0 2 1 0 .357
Boros 62 6 9 6 0 0 1 6 0 .145
Brown 52 10 20 8 2 3 3 1 0 .385
Bruton 91 14 22 10 4 1 2 10 2 .242
Cash 77 16 26 15 4 1 5 16 0 .338
Colavito 83 22 30 17 12 1 7 13 0 .361
Fernandez 76 10 24 6 1 2 0 6 1 .316
Kaline 87 12 29 10 3 0 3 8 0 .333
Maxwell 16 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 .250
McAuliffe 36 6 8 8 1 1 2 4 0 .222
Morton 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Osborne 13 3 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 .385
Rourke 30 3 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 .200
Wood 75 9 17 11 3 1 2 5 3 .227
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Aguirre 9 0 6 7 8 8 6 3 0 1 1 12.00
Bunning 6 6 40.3 34 15 14 18 30 0 2 2 3.12
Casale 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
Fox 7 0 9.6 5 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0.93Bunning 6 6 40.3 34 15 14 18 30 0 2 2 3.12
Casale 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
Kline 7 0 4.6 9 8 8 2 4 1 0 1 15.42
Lary 7 7 46.6 47 19 18 7 27 0 6 1 3.47
Lary 7 7 46.6 47 19 18 7 27 0 6 1 3.47
Mossi 4 4 27.6 31 16 15 4 12 0 3 1 4.88
Regan 11 0 12.3 17 16 12 7 6 0 0 0 8.76
Staley 6 0 7.3 13 5 5 2 2 1 1 0 6.14
Woodeshick 9 0 10.6 8 5 4 5 6 0 0 0 3.37
Regan 11 0 12.3 17 16 12 7 6 0 0 0 8.76
Staley 6 0 7.3 13 5 5 2 2 1 1 0 6.14
Woodeshick 9 0 10.6 8 5 4 5 6 0 0 0 3.37
Stat break: 2017 Cleveland Indians
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Brantley 40 7 17 3 3 0 1 4 0 .425
Bruce 48 10 20 15 5 1 4 10 2 .417
Chisenhall 45 6 9 11 0 0 4 4 0 .200
Encarncion 59 10 20 17 2 1 4 6 0 .339
Gomes 48 6 9 6 2 0 1 4 0 .188
Guyer 19 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 .316
A Jackson 22 6 9 1 3 0 1 8 0 .409
Kipnis 71 12 21 9 7 0 3 3 0 .296
Lindor 85 15 26 6 5 1 2 10 1 .306
Perez 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .067
Ramirez 89 14 25 7 9 3 2 4 0 .281
Santana 66 10 14 11 0 1 2 9 0 .212
Urshela 18 2 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 .500
Zimmer 58 7 14 12 2 0 3 3 1 .241
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Allen 9 0 9.6 11 5 5 4 11 3 2 1 4.65
T Bauer 4 4 25 16 5 5 2 21 0 3 0 1.80
Breslow 3 0 1.3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 6.77
T Bauer 4 4 25 16 5 5 2 21 0 3 0 1.80
Breslow 3 0 1.3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 6.77
Carrasco 5 5 28.3 27 10 10 6 32 0 2 0 3.18
Clevenger 3 2 16 7 1 1 5 11 0 2 0 0.56
Goody 4 0 1.3 2 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 6.77Clevenger 3 2 16 7 1 1 5 11 0 2 0 0.56
McAllister 3 0 4.6 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.92
A Miller 13 0 17 10 6 6 10 28 1 1 1 3.18
Olson 3 0 1.6 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.59
Olson 3 0 1.6 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.59
Otero 6 0 9 13 6 6 0 4 1 1 0 6.00
Salazar 1 1 4.6 4 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 3.86
Br Shaw 9 0 10 4 1 1 3 8 0 0 0 0.90Salazar 1 1 4.6 4 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 3.86
J Smith 5 0 3.6 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2.45
Tomlin 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.00
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