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2010 NLDS

Cincinnati Reds v. Philadelphia Phillies 91w WC under Dusty Baker 97w E under Charlie Manuel

Phillies sweep NLDS 3-0

• P Roy Halladay PHI throws second-ever ML postseason no-hitter in Game One

• P Roy Halladay, P Roy Oswalt, P Cole Hamels PHI each win start, 22 combined K’s, allow just 3 combined earned runs

• 2b Chase Utley PHI 3-for-11, three runs scored, six total bases, home run, four RBI

Atlanta Braves v. San Francisco Giants 91w E under Bobby Cox 92w W under Bruce Bochy

Giants win NLDS 3-1

• C Buster Posey SF 6-for-16, three runs scored, double, seven total bases

• OF Cody Ross SF 4-for-14, double, home run, two runs scored, eight total bases, .571 slg pct

• Bobby Cox ATL closes out his 25-year major league managerial career

2010 ALDS

Texas Rangers v. Tampa Bay Rays 90w W under Ron Washington 96w E under Joe Maddon

Rangers win ALDS 3-2

• P Cliff Lee TEX starts,w Games One and Five, 1.13 ERA, 21 strikeouts, two earned runs, 0 walks in 16 innings

• 2b Ian Kinsler TEX 8-for-18, five runs scored, three home runs, six RBI, 17 total bases, .944 slg pct • First time in ML postseason history that road team has won every game of a series

New York Yankees v. Minnesota Twins 95w WC under Joe Girardi 94w C under Ron Gardenhire

Yankees sweep ALDS 3-0

• P CC Sabathia, P Andy Pettitte, P Phil Hughes NYY all win their starts, five combined earned runs, 15 combined K’s

• CF Curtis Granderson NYY 5-for-11, double, triple, two runs scored, eight total bases, three RBI

• Twins have lost 12 consecutive postseason games ~ second-longest streak ever (BOS, 1986-95, 13 games)

2010 NLCS

San Francisco Giants v. Philadelphia Phillies 92w under Bruce Bochy 97w under Charlie Manuel

Giants win NLCS 4-2

• 2b Freddy Sanchez SF 9-for-25, double...1b Aubrey Huff SF 6-for-24, three RBI, three runs scored

• P Brian Wilson SF four appearances, one win, three saves, five innings, seven strikeouts, 0 earned runs

• OF Cody Ross SF named NLCS MVP…7-for-20, .350 avg, .950 slg pct, three doubles, three home runs, five RBI

2010 ALCS

New York Yankees v. Texas Rangers 95w under Joe Girardi 90w under Ron Washington

Rangers win ALCS 4-2

• P Colby Lewis TEXw Games Two and Six…13.2 innings, 13 strikeouts, six walks, 1.98 ERA

• OF Nelson Cruz TEX 7-for-20 .350 avg, two home runs, five RBI, three doubles, .800 slg pct

• 29-year old CF Josh Hamilton TEX named ALCS MVP…7-for-20 .350 avg, 1.000 slg pct, four home runs, seven RBI

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2010 WORLD SERIES OCTOBER/NOVEMBER

We 27 Rangers 90w 7 @ Giants 92w 11 AT&T Park Cliff Lee TEX 16-8 3.20 v. Tim Lincecum SF 16-10 3.43

Giants now lead series 1-0 1

Rangers’ order, under Ron Washington…Andrus SS, Young 3b, Hamilton CF, Guerrero RF, Cruz LF, Kinsler 2b, Molina C, Moreland 1b, Lee P Giants’ order, under Bruce Bochy…Torres CF, Sanchez 2b, Posey C, Burrell LF, Ross RF, Huff 1b, Uribe 3b, Renteria SS, Lincecum P

• Giants score five in fifth, keyed by 3b Juan Uribe SF hitting three-run homer off P Darren O’Day TEX

• P Cliff Lee TEX lasts just 4.2 innings, eight hits, six earned runs, one walk, seven strikeouts

• 2b Andres Torres SF becomes first player to ever hit doubles in each of his first three career World Series at-bats

Th 28 Rangers 0 @ Giants 9 AT&T Park C.J. Wilson TEX 16-8 3.20 v. Matt Cain SF 13-11 3.14


Rangers’ order… Rangers’ order…Andrus SS, Young 3b, Hamilton CF, Cruz RF, Kinsler 2b, Murphy LF, Treanor C, Moreland 1b, Wilson P Giants’ order…Torres CF, Sanchez 2b, Posey C, Burrell LF, Ross RF, Huff 1b, Uribe 3b, Renteria SS, Cain P

• SS Edgar Renteria SF solo home run in fifth off P C.J. Wilson TEX to open game’s scoring • Giants score seven runs in top of eighth…four straight walks, PH Aaron Rowand SF two-run triple

• P Matt Cain SF 7.2 innings, four hits, 0 earned runs, two walks, two strikeouts; now 21.1 consec. innings w/out an earned run

Sa 30 Giants 2 @ Rangers 4 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Jonathan Sanchez SF 13-9 3.07 v. Colby Lewis TEX 16-8 3.20


Giants’ order…Torres CF, Sanchez 2b, Huff 1b, Posey C, Burrell LF, Ross RF, Uribe 3b, Sandoval DH, Renteria SS

Rangers’ order… Andrus SS, Young 3b, Hamilton CF, Guerrero DH, Cruz RF, Kinsler 2b, Francoeur LF, Molina C, Moreland 1b

• 1b Mitch Moreland TEX blasts three-run HR in bottom of second off P Jonathan Sanchez SF

• P Colby Lewis TEX 7.2 innings, five hits, two earned runs (both HR), two walks, six strikeouts, 103 pitches, 74 strikes

• CF Josh Hamilton TEX solo home run in bottom of fifth off P Jonathan Sanchez SF

Su 31 Giants 4 @ Rangers 0 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Madison Bumgarner SF 7-6 3.00 v. Tommy Hunter TEX 13-4 3.73


Giants’ order…Torres CF, Sanchez 2b, Huff DH, Posey C, Ross LF, Uribe 3b, Ishikawa 1b, Renteria SS, Schierholtz RF Rangers’ order… Andrus SS, Young 3b, Hamilton CF, Guerrero DH, Cruz LF, Kinsler 2b, Francoeur RF, Molina C, Moreland 1b

• DH Aubrey Huff SF two-run HR in top of third off P Tommy Hunter TEX • C Buster Posey SF hits solo home run off P Darren O’Day TEX in top of eighth

• P Madison Bumgarner SF goes 8 innings, three hits, six strikeouts, 2 walks

Mo 1 Giants 3 @ Rangers 1 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Tim Lincecum SF v. Cliff Lee TEX

Giants win series 4-1 and their first World Series since 1954 5

Giants’ order…Torres RF, Sanchez 2b, Posey C, Ross LF, Uribe 3b, Huff 1b, Burrell DH, Renteria SS, Rowand CF

Rangers’ order… Andrus SS, Young 3b, Hamilton CF, Guerrero DH, Cruz RF, Kinsler 2b, Murphy LF, Molina C, Moreland 1b

• SS Edgar Renteria SF hits seventh-inning, three-run HR off P Cliff Lee TEX

• P Tim Lincecum SF goes 8 innings, 1 earned run, ten strikeouts, two walks, 101 pitches, 71 strikes

• 35-year old SS Edgar Renteria SF named World Series MVP…7-for-17, .412 avg, two home runs, six RBI, six runs scored




2010 WORLD SERIES

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS

Jeremy Affeldt P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Pat Burrell LF, DH 4 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .000 .133 .000 .133 0 0

Matt Cain P 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0

Santiago Casilla P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Mike Fontenot PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Aubrey Huff 1B, DH 5 17 3 5 2 0 1 4 1 1 .294 .368 .588 .957 0 1

Travis Ishikawa PH, 1B 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 0 0

Tim Lincecum P 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Javier Lopez P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Guillermo Mota P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Buster Posey C 5 20 2 6 0 0 1 2 1 6 .300 .333 .450 .783 0 0

Ramon Ramirez P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Edgar Renteria SS MVP 5 17 6 7 0 0 2 6 0 3 .412 .444 .765 1.209 0 0

Sergio Romo P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Cody Ross RF, LF 5 17 5 4 1 0 1 2 4 4 .235 .381 .471 .852 0 0

Aaron Rowand PH, CF 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 .250 .250 .750 1.000 0 0

Freddy Sanchez 2B 5 22 2 6 3 0 0 3 0 2 .273 .273 .409 .682 0 0

Pablo Sandoval DH 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Nate Schierholtz RF 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 0 0

Andres Torres CF, RF 5 22 4 7 4 0 1 3 0 4 .318 .348 .636 .984 1 0

Juan Uribe 3B 5 19 3 3 0 0 1 5 1 7 .158 .200 .316 .516 0 0

Brian Wilson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

5 169 29 42 11 1 7 29 11 43 .249 .306 .450 .756 1 1

G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP

Jeremy Affeldt 2 0 6.75 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 0 1.500

Madison Bumgarner 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 0 8.0 3 0 2 6 0.625

Matt Cain 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 0 7.2 4 0 2 2 0.783

Santiago Casilla 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 1 0.000

Tim Lincecum 2 2 3.29 2 0 0 0 13.2 11 5 4 13 1.098

Javier Lopez 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.000

Guillermo Mota 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 2 0 1.286

Ramon Ramirez 2 0 18.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 1 1 2.000

Sergio Romo 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 1 1.500

Jonathan Sanchez 1 1 7.71 0 1 0 0 4.2 6 4 3 3 1.929

Brian Wilson 3 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 2.2 1 0 0 4 0.375

5 5 2.45 4 1 1 0 44.0 29 12 15 31 1.000

TEXAS RANGERS


Elvis Andrus SS 5 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 .176 .286 .176 .462 1 0

Julio Borbon P 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0

Jorge Cantu 1B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Nelson Cruz LF, RF 5 20 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 5 .200 .200 .450 .650 0 0

Jeff Francoeur PH, LF, RF 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0

Vladimir Guerrero RF, DH 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 .071 .125 .071 .196 0 1

Josh Hamilton CF 5 20 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 .100 .143 .250 .393 0 1

Derek Holland P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Ian Kinsler 2B 5 16 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 .188 .316 .250 .566 1 0

Michael Kirkman P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cliff Lee P 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0

Mark Lowe P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Bengie Molina C 4 11 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 .182 .308 .273 .580 0 0

Mitch Moreland 1B 5 13 1 6 1 0 1 3 2 4 .462 .533 .769 1.303 0 0

David Murphy PH, LF 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 0 0

Darren O'Day P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Alexi Ogando P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Darren Oliver P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Matt Treanor C 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

C.J. Wilson P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Mike Young 3B 5 20 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .286 .250 .536 0 0

5 153 12 29 6 0 3 12 15 31 .190 .259 .288 .546 2 2


Neftali Feliz 2 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 4 0.333

Derek Holland 2 0 27.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 3 4 1 4.000

Tommy Hunter 1 1 4.50 0 1 0 0 4.0 5 2 1 1 1.500

Michael Kirkman 2 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 1 0 1 4.500

Cliff Lee 2 2 6.94 0 2 0 0 11.2 14 9 1 13 1.286

Colby Lewis 1 1 2.35 1 0 0 0 7.2 5 2 2 6 0.913

Mark Lowe 2 0 67.50 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 5 1 0 7.500

Darren O'Day 4 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 3 1.500

Alexi Ogando 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 6 0.273

Darren Oliver 2 0 3.38 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 0 4 1.125

C.J. Wilson 1 1 3.00 0 1 0 0 6.0 3 2 2 4 0.833

5 5 5.86 1 4 1 0 43.0 42 28 11 43 1.233




2011 NLDS

St. Louis Cardinals v. Philadelphia Phillies 90w WC under Tony LaRussa 102w E under Charlie Manuel

Cards win NLDS 3-2 STL winners ~ Octavio Dotel, Edwin Jackson, Chris Carpenter

• 1b Albert Pujols STL 7-for-20. .909 OPS, three doubles, one RBI

• P Chris Carpenter STL two starts,w Game Five with complete-game, 1-0 shutout

• P Roy Halladay, P Cliff Lee, P Roy Oswalt PHI all lose starts in this series

Arizona Diamondbacks v. Milwaukee Brewers 94w W under Kirk Gibson 96w C under Ron Roenicke

Brewers win NLDS 3-2 MIL winners ~ Yovani Gallardo, Takashi Saito, John Axford

• LF Ryan Braun MIL 9-for-18, 1.460 OPS, five runs scored, four doubles, one home run, four RBI in series

• 1b Prince Fielder MIL 5-for-18, .937 OPS, two runs scored, two doubles, one home run, three RBI

• In bottom of 10th in Game Five, RF Nyjer Morgan MIL singles home CF Carlos Gomez with series-winning run

2011 ALDS

Detroit Tigers v. New York Yankees 95w C under Jim Leyland 97w E under Joe Girardi

Tigers win ALDS 3-2 Tigers’ winners ~ Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Doug Fister

• OF Delmon Young DET 6-for-19 (.316) in series, three solo home runs, 1.170 OPS

• OF Magglio Ordoñez DET 5-for-11, 1.045 OPS, double, run scored • 3b Alex Rodriguez NYY hits just .111 (2-for-18) in series, six strikeouts

Tampa Bay Rays v. Texas Rangers 91w WC under Joe Maddon 96w W under Ron Washington

Rangers win ALDS 3-1 TEX winners ~ Derek Holland, Colby Lewis, Matt Harrison

• 3b Adrian Beltre TEX pounds three home runs in Game Four, has 1.179 OPS in series

• C Mike Napoli TEX 5-for-14 (.357), one home run, four RBI in series

• 3b Evan Longoria TB hits just .188 (3-for-16), strikes out eight times in series

2011 NLCS

St. Louis Cardinals v. Milwaukee Brewers 90w WC under Tony LaRussa 96w C under Ron Roenicke

Cardinals win NLCS 4-2 STL WPs ~ L Lynn, C Carpenter, O Dotel, M Rzepczynski

• 28-year old 3b David Freese STL named NLCS MVP…12-for-22, three home runs, nine RBI, 1.691 OPS, seven runs scored

• 1b Albert Pujols STL 11-for-23 (.478), four doubles, two home runs, nine RBI, 1.469 OPS

• Brewers team ERA 6.58 in series; 1b Prince Fielder MIL just 4-for-20; Cardinals outscore Brewers 43-26 in series

2011 ALCS

Detroit Tigers v. Texas Rangers 95w C under Jim Leyland 96w W under Ron Washington

Rangers win ALCS 4-2 TEX winners ~ A Ogando, M Adams, S Feldman, A Ogando

• 31-year old RF Nelson Cruz TEX named ALCS MVP…six home runs, 13 RBI, 8-for-22, 1.713 OPS

• 1b/DH Michael Young TEX 7-for-28 (.250), three doubles, one home run, seven RBI, .740 OPS

• As starters Colby Lewis (6.35 ERA), C.J. Wilson (6.75), Derek Holland (8.59) struggle; Rangers score 39 runs in series


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2011 WORLD SERIES OCTOBER

We 19 Rangers 96w 2 @ Cardinals 90w 3 Busch Stadium L C.J. Wilson TEX 16-7 2.94 v. R Chris Carpenter STL 11-9 3.45

Cardinals now lead World Series 1-0 1

Rangers’ order, under Ron Washington… 2b Kinsler, SS Andrus, CF Hamilton, 1b Young, 3b Beltre, RF Cruz, C Napoli, LF Murphy, P Wilson Cardinals’ order, under Tony LaRussa… SS Furcal, CF Jay, 1b Pujols, LF Holliday, RF Berkman, 3b Freese, C Molina, 2b Punto, P Carpenter

• RF Lance Berkman STL drives home two runs with single in fourth off P C.J. Wilson TEX

• P Chris Carpenter STL goes six innings, allows five hits, two earned runs, four strikeouts, 87 pitches, 49 for strikes

• P Arthur Rhodes STL finally appears in a World Series after 900 ML appearances; debuted 21 August 1991

Th 20 Rangers 2 @ Cardinals 1 Busch Stadium R Colby Lewis TEX 14-10 4.40 v. L Jaime Garcia STL 13-7 3.56

World Series now tied 1-1 2

Rangers’ order… 2b Kinsler, SS Andrus, LF Hamilton, 1b Young, 3b Beltre, RF Cruz, C Napoli, CF Gentry, P Lewis Cardinals’ order… SS Furcal, CF Jay, 1b Pujols, LF Holliday, RF Berkman, 3b Freese, C Molina, 2b Punto, P Garcia

• 1b Michael Young TEX hits sac fly to center, scoring SS Elvis Andrus TEX with go-ahead run, off P Lance Lynn STL in T9

• P Neftali Feliz TEX records three outs in bottom of ninth to preserve Rangers’ victory, earn save

• P Colby Lewis TEX (6.2 IP), P Jaime Garcia STL (7 IP) combine to strike out eleven, walk just three

Sa 22 Cardinals 16 @ Rangers 7 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington R Kyle Lohse STL 14-8 3.39 v. L Matt Harrison TEX 14-9 3.39

Cardinals now lead World Series 2-1 3

Cardinals’ order… SS Furcal, RF Craig, 1b Pujols, LF Holliday, DH Berkman, 3b Freese, C Molina, CF Jay, 2b Theriot

Rangers’ order… 2b Kinsler, SS Andrus, CF Hamilton, DH Young, 3b Beltre, RF Cruz, 1b Napoli, LF Murphy, C Torrealba

• 1b Albert Pujols STL three home runs, 5-for-6, 14 total bases, six RBI, four runs scored

• C Yadier Molina STL 2-for-3, four RBI, two doubles

• 3b David Freese STL 2-for-4, two RBI, double

Su 23 Cardinals 0 @ Rangers 4 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington R Edwin Jackson STL 5-2 3.58 v. L Derek Holland TEX 16-5 3.95


Cardinals’ order… SS Furcal, RF Craig, 1b Pujols, LF Holliday, DH Berkman, 3b Freese, C Molina, CF Jay, 2b Punto

Rangers’ order… 2b Kinsler, SS Andrus, CF Hamilton, DH Young, 3b Beltre, RF Cruz, LF Murphy, C Napoli, 1b Moreland

• P Derek Holland TEX 8.1 innings, allows just two hits, seven strikeouts, two walks, 116 pitches, 76 for strikes • C Mike Napoli TEX hits three-run HR off P Mitchell Boggs STL in bottom of sixth

• SS Elvis Andrus SS 2-for-4, run scored

Mo 24 Cardinals 2 @ Rangers 4 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Chris Carpenter STL v. C.J. Wilson TEX

Rangers now lead World Series 3-2 5

Cardinals’ order… SS Furcal, RF Craig, 1b Pujols, LF Holliday, DH Berkman, 3b Freese, C Molina, CF Schumaker, 2b Punto

Rangers’ order… 2b Kinsler, SS Andrus, CF Hamilton, DH Young, 3b Beltre, RF Cruz, LF Murphy, C Napoli, 1b Moreland

• C Mike Napoli TEX hits eighth-inning, two-run double off P Marc Rzepczynski STL

• 3b Adrian Beltre, 1b Mitch Moreland TEX each hit solo home runs off P Chris Carpenter STL

• Heart of Cardinals’ order ~ 1b Pujols, LF Holliday, DH Berkman go 1-for-8, leave seven runners on base

Th 27 Rangers 9 @ Cardinals 10 in 11 innings Busch Stadium Colby Lewis TEX v. Jaime Garcia STL


Rangers’ order… 2b Kinsler, SS Andrus, LF Hamilton, 1b Young, 3b Beltre, RF Cruz, C Napoli, CF Gentry, P Lewis Cardinals’ order… SS Furcal, CF Schumaker, 1b Pujols, RF Berkman, LF Holliday, 3b Freese, C Molina, 2b Punto, P Garcia

• 3b David Freese STLw game with walk-off, solo home run in B11 off P P Mark Lowe TEX

• RF Lance Berkman STL 3-for-5, first-inning, two-run HR off P Colby Lewis TEX, three RBI, four runs scored

• Fifteen pitchers used (TEX 8), five errors (STL 3), 28 hits in one of most bizarre games in World Series history

Fr 28 Rangers 2 @ Cardinals 6 Busch Stadium Matt Harrison TEX v. Chris Carpenter STL

Cardinals win World Series 4-3 11th in franchise history 7

Rangers’ order… 2b Kinsler, SS Andrus, CF Hamilton, 1b Young, 3b Beltre, RF Cruz, C Napoli, LF Murphy, P Harrison Cardinals’ order… 2b Theriot, LF Craig, 1b Pujols, RF Berkman, 3b Freese, C Molina, SS Furcal, CF Schumaker, P Carpenter

• P Chris Carpenter STL six innings, six hits, two earned runs, five strikeouts, two walks, 91 pitches, 53 for strikes

• 3b David Freese STL hits two-run double in first, giving Cards lead they never relinquished

• 28-year old 3b David Freese STL named World Series MVP…8-for-23, .348 avg, one home runs, seven RBI, 1.160 OPS


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2011 WORLD SERIES

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS


Daniel Descalso 3B 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0

Lance Berkman RF 7 26 9 11 1 0 1 5 5 7 .423 .516 .577 1.093 0 0

David Freese 3B MVP 7 23 4 8 3 1 1 7 5 3 .348 .464 .696 1.160 0 0

Yadier Molina C 7 24 1 8 2 0 0 9 4 3 .333 .414 .417 .830 0 0

Allen Craig LF 7 19 5 5 0 0 3 5 4 8 .263 .417 .737 1.154 0 2

Albert Pujols 1B 7 25 8 6 1 0 3 6 6 3 .240 .424 .640 1.064 0 0

Nick Punto 2B 6 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 6 .214 .421 .214 .635 0 0

Skip Schumaker CF 6 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 0

Rafael Furcal SS 7 28 1 5 1 0 0 1 3 3 .179 .281 .214 .496 0 0

Matt Holliday LF 6 19 5 3 1 0 0 0 7 4 .158 .385 .211 .595 0 0

Jon Jay CF 7 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 0 1

Ryan Theriot 2B 5 13 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 .077 .143 .077 .220 0 0

Chris Carpenter P 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Octavio Dotel P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Jaime Garcia P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0

Edwin Jackson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Gerald Laird PH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Kyle Lohse P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Lance Lynn P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Jason Motte P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Arthur Rhodes P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Mark Rzepczynski P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Fernando Salas P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Jake Westbrook P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

230 38 56 9 1 8 36 41 47 .243 .366 .396 .762 0 3


Mitchell Boggs 2 0 3.38 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 0 4 0.750

Chris Carpenter 3 3 2.84 2 0 0 0 19.0 17 6 5 13 1.158

Octavio Dotel 5 0 4.91 0 1 0 0 3.2 3 2 1 5 1.091

Jaime Garcia 2 2 1.80 0 0 0 0 10.0 8 2 3 10 1.100

Edwin Jackson 1 1 5.06 0 1 0 0 5.1 3 3 7 3 1.875

Kyle Lohse 1 1 9.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 2 3 2.333

Lance Lynn 5 0 6.35 1 0 0 0 5.2 7 4 3 4 1.765

Jason Motte 5 0 6.23 0 1 1 0 4.1 4 3 1 1 1.154

Arthur Rhodes 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.000

Marc Rzepczynski 4 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 4 0.750

Fernando Salas 4 0 7.36 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 3 3 4 2.727

Jake Westbrook 2 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 1 0 1.500

7 3.86 4 3 1 0 63.0 60 27 26 51 1.365

TEXAS RANGERS


Yorvit Torrealba C 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 0 0

Ian Kinsler 2B 7 25 2 9 1 0 0 2 7 4 .360 .500 .400 .900 1 3

Mike Napoli C 7 20 2 7 1 0 2 10 6 4 .350 .464 .700 1.164 0 0

Adrian Beltre 3B 7 30 5 9 2 0 2 3 0 8 .300 .323 .567 .889 0 0

Elvis Andrus SS 7 29 5 8 1 0 0 0 1 7 .276 .300 .310 .610 0 0

Michael Young 1B 7 27 3 7 4 0 1 5 1 7 .259 .276 .519 .794 0 0

Josh Hamilton OF 7 29 4 7 2 0 1 6 1 4 .241 .258 .414 .672 0 0

David Murphy LF 7 18 1 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 .222 .364 .278 .641 0 0

Nelson Cruz RF 7 25 5 5 0 0 2 3 5 5 .200 .333 .440 .773 0 0

Craig Gentry CF 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0

Mitch Moreland 1B 3 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .100 .100 .400 .500 0 0

Mike Adams P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Endy Chavez PH 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Scott Feldman P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Neftali Feliz P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Esteban German PH 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Mike Gonzalez P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Matt Harrison P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Derek Holland P 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Colby Lewis P 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Mark Lowe P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Alexi Ogando P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Darren Oliver P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

C.J. Wilson P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

236 30 60 12 0 9 30 26 51 .254 .326 .419 .745 1 3


Mike Adams 3 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 2.0 5 1 2 1 3.500

Scott Feldman 5 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 5 6 2 2.200

Neftali Feliz 4 0 4.91 0 0 2 0 3.2 2 2 4 7 1.636

Mike Gonzalez 3 0 6.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 2 1 2 0.667

Matt Harrison 2 2 7.04 0 2 0 0 7.2 11 6 3 4 1.826

Derek Holland 2 1 0.87 1 0 0 0 10.1 4 1 2 7 0.581

Colby Lewis 2 2 2.25 0 0 0 0 12.0 7 3 5 8 1.000

Mark Lowe 2 0 18.00 0 1 0 0 1.0 3 2 0 1 3.000

Alexi Ogando 6 0 10.13 0 0 0 0 2.2 7 3 7 3 5.250

Darren Oliver 3 0 11.57 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 0 3 1.286

C.J. Wilson 3 2 2.92 0 1 0 0 12.1 8 4 11 9 1.541

7 4.65 3 4 2 0 62.0 56 32 41 47 1.565




2012 NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

WILD CARD GAME

Fr 5 Cardinals 88w 6 @ Braves 94w 3 Turner Field R Kyle Lohse STL 16-3 2.86 v. R Kris Medlen ATL 10-1 1.57

Cardinals win first-ever NL wild card game Cardinals’ order, under Mike Matheny…CF Jay, RF Beltrán, LF Holliday, 1b Craig, C Molina, 3b Freese, 2b Descalso, SS Kozma, P Lohse Braves’ order, under Fredi González…CF Bourn, LF Prado, RF Heyward, 3b Jones, 1b Freeman, 2b Uggla, C Ross, SS Simmons, P Medlen

• LF Matt Holliday STL 2-for-3, two RBI, solo home run in 6th off P Kris Medlen ATL

• P Kyle Lohse STL 5.2 innings, six hits, two earned runs, one walk, six strikeouts, 81 pitches, 57 for strikes • 1b Allen Craig STL 2-for-4, RBI, run scored

• 3b Chipper Jones ATL plays final game of his 19-year MLB career

• Game marred by controversial 8th-inn infield fly call by 3b ump Sam Holbrook; 19 mins to clear field of debris

NL DIVISION SERIES

St. Louis Cardinals v. Washington Nationals 88w WC under Mike Matheny 98w E under E Davey Johnson

Cardinals win NLDS 3-2 STL winners ~ Lance Lynn, Chris Carpenter, Jason Motte

• Cardinals stage four-run, ninth-inning comeback in Game Five…Nationals blow 6-0, fourth-inning lead • RF Carlos Beltrán STL 8-for-18 in series (.444), two HRs, four RBI, three triples, 17 total bases, 1.486 OPS

• 3b David Freese STL 8-for-19 in series (.421), three triples, 11 total bases, 1.079 OPS

San Francisco Giants v. Cincinnati Reds 94w E under W Bruce Bochy 97w C under Dusty Baker

Giants win NLDS 3-2 SF Winners ~ Sergio Romo, Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain

• 3b Pablo Sandoval SF 7-for-21 in series, one HR, three RBI, .890 OPS

• C Buster Posey SF 4-for-19 in series, two HR, five RBI, grand slam in G5, three runs scored, .526 slg pct

• Giants become first team in NLDS history to come back from two games-to-none series deficit

NL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

St. Louis Cardinals v. San Francisco Giants 88w under Mike Matheny 94w under Bruce Bochy

Giants win NLCS 4-3 SF winners ~ Ryan Vogelsong 2, Barry Zito, Matt Cain

• Cardinals blow three games-to-one series lead, losing last three games 5-0 (in STL), 6-1 and 9-0 (in SF)

• 36-year old 2b Marco Scutaro SF NLCS MVP ~ 14-for-28, 17 total bases, four RBI, 1.140 OPS

• 3b Pablo Sandoval SF 9-for-29 (.310), two doubles, two home runs, .941 OPS


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2012 AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

WILD CARD GAME

Fr 5 Orioles 93w 5 @ Rangers 93w 1 Rangers Ballpark at Arlington L Joe Saunders BAL 9-16-0 4.07 v. R Yu Darvish TEX 16-9 3.90

Orioles win first-ever AL wild card game Orioles’ order, under Buck Showalter…LF McLouth, SS Hardy,RF Davis, CF Jones, C Wieters, DH Thome, 1b Reynolds, 2b Flaherty, 3b Machado Rangers’ order, under Ron Washington…2b Kinsler, SS Andrus, LF Hamilton, 3b Beltre, RF Cruz, 1b Young, DH Napoli, C Soto, CF Gentry

• SS J.J. Hardy BAL 2-for-5, RBI, run scored

• P Joe Saunders BAL 5.2 innings, six hits, one earned run, four strikeouts, 77 pitches, 46 strikes • LF Josh Hamilton TEX 0-for-4, two strikeouts, only saw eight pitches

AL DIVISION SERIES

Baltimore Orioles v. New York Yankees 93w WC under Buck Showalter 95w E under Joe Girardi

Yankees win ALDS 3-2 NYY winners ~ CC Sabathia 2, David Robertson

• P CC Sabathia NYYw G1, G5, 17.2 innings, allows just three earned runs, strikes out 16, 1.53 ERA

• SS Derek Jeter NYY 8-for-22 (.364) in series, 11 total bases, double, triple, two RBI, four runs scored

• 1b Mark Teixeira NYY 6-for-17 (.353) in series, RBI, five walks

Detroit Tigers v. Oakland A’s 88w C under Jim Leyland 94w W under Bob Melvin

Tigers win ALDS 3-2 DET winners ~ Justin Verlander 2, Al Alburquerque

• P Justin Verlander DET throws 16 innings in series, allows seven hits, strikes out 22,w G1, G5

• 2b Omar Infante DET 6-for-17 in series, six runs scored, one double, one walk, .801 OPS

• Triple Crown winner 3b Miguel Cabrera DET 5-for-20 in series, one run scored, two doubles, one RBI

AL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Detroit Tigers v. New York Yankees 88w under Jim Leyland 95w under Joe Girardi

Tigers sweep ALCS DET winners ~ Drew Smyly, Anibal Sanchez, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer

• SS Derek Jeter NYY breaks left ankle in Game One • 3b Miguel Cabrera DET 5-for-16 in ALCS, three runs scored, nine total bases, one HR, four RBI, .984 OPS

• 27-year old DH Delmon Young DET named ALCS MVP ~ 6-for-17 with two home runs, six RBI



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2012 WORLD SERIES OCTOBER

We 24 Tigers 88w 3 @ Giants 94w 8 AT&T Park R Justin Verlander DET 17-8 2.64 v. L Barry Zito SF 15-8 4.15


Tigers’ order, under Jim Leyland…CF Jackson, 2b Infante, 3b Cabrera, 1b Fielder, LF Young, SS Peralta, RF Garcia, C Avila, P Verlander Giants’ order, under Bruce Bochy…CF Pagan, 2b Scutaro, 3b Sandoval, C Posey, RF Pence, 1b Belt, LF Blanco, SS Crawford, P Zito

• 3b Pablo Sandoval SF ties World Series record with three home runs, also singles in game

• P Barry Zito SF 5.2 innings, six hits, one earned run, one walk, three strikeouts, 81 pitches, 53 strikes

• P Justin Verlander DET lasts just four innings, six hits, five earned runs, one walk, four K’s, 98 pitches, 64 strikes

Th 25 Tigers 0 @ Giants 2 AT&T Park R Doug Fister DET 10-10 3.45 v. L Madison Bumgarner SF 16-11 3.37


Tigers’ order…CF Jackson, 2b Infante, 3b Cabrera, 1b Fielder, LF Young, SS Peralta, RF Garcia, C Laird, P Fister Giants’ order…CF Pagan, 2b Scutaro, 3b Sandoval, C Posey, RF Pence, 1b Belt, LF Blanco, SS Crawford, P Bumgarner

• P Madison Bumgarner SF seven innings, just two hits, two walks, eight strikeouts, 86 pitches, 54 strikes

• Giants score first run in seventh when SS Brandon Crawford SF grounds into DP, scoring RF Hunter Pence SF

• RF Hunter Pence SF hits sacrifice fly in eighth for Giants’ second run

Sa 27 Giants 2 @ Tigers 0 Comerica Park R Ryan Vogelsong SF 14-9 3.46 v. R Anibal Sanchez DET 4-6 3.74


Giants’ order…CF Pagan, 2b Scutaro, 3b Sandoval, C Posey, RF Pence, 1b Belt, LF Blanco, DH Sanchez, SS Crawford

Tigers’ order…CF Jackson, LF Berry, 3b Cabrera, 1b Fielder, DH Young, RF Dirks, SS Peralta, C Avila, 2b Infante

• P Ryan Vogelsong SF 5.2 innings, five hits, four walks, three strikeouts, 104 pitches, 60 strikes

• LF Gregor Blanco SF hits RBI triple in second, scoring RF Hunter Pence, giving Giants only run they need

• NL team shuts out AL team in consecutive World Series games for first time since 1919

Su 28 Giants 4 @ Tigers 3 in 10 innings Comerica Park R Matt Cain SF 16-5 2.79 v. R Max Scherzer DET 16-7 3.82

Giants sweep World Series 4

Giants’ order…CF Pagan, 2b Scutaro, 3b Sandoval, C Posey, RF Pence, 1b Belt, LF Blanco, DH Theriot, SS Crawford

Tigers’ order…CF Jackson, LF Berry, 3b Cabrera, 1b Fielder, DH Young, RF Dirks, SS Peralta, 2b Infante, C Laird

• 2b Marco Scutaro SF drives home DH Ryan Theriot SF with eventual winning run in top of tenth

• C Buster Posey SF hits two-run HR in sixth off P Max Scherzer SF

• 26-year old 3b Pablo Sandoval SF World Series MVP ~ 8-for-16, 3 HR (all in G1), 4 RBI, 1.654 OPS, 18 total bases


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2012 WORLD SERIES



Jeremy Affeldt P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Joaquin Arias IF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Brandon Belt 1B 4 13 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 7 .077 .250 .231 .481 0 1

Gregor Blanco LF 4 15 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 .267 .267 .400 .667 0 0

Madison Bumgarner P 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Matt Cain P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0


Brandon Crawford SS 4 12 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .250 .308 .250 .558 1 0

Aubrey Huff PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

George Kontos P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Tim Lincecum P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Jose Mijares P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Angel Pagan CF 4 16 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .176 .250 .426 1 0

Hunter Pence RF 4 14 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 6 .286 .313 .357 .670 1 0

Buster Posey C 4 15 1 4 0 0 1 3 1 5 .267 .313 .467 .779 0 0

Sergio Romo P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Hector Sanchez DH 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Pablo Sandoval 3B MVP 4 16 3 8 1 0 3 4 1 2 .500 .529 1.125 1.654 0 0

Marco Scutaro 2B 4 16 3 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 .250 .294 .250 .544 0 0

Ryan Theriot PH, DH 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0

Ryan Vogelsong P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Barry Zito P 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0

4 132 16 32 4 2 4 15 9 41 .242 .289 .394 .683 3 1


Jeremy Affeldt 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 1 4 0.500

Madison Bumgarner 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 0 7.0 2 0 2 8 0.571

Matt Cain 1 1 3.86 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 3 2 5 1.000

Santiago Casilla 2 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0.000

George Kontos 1 0 54.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 1 0 9.000

Tim Lincecum 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 1 8 0.214

Jose Mijares 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.000

Sergio Romo 3 0 0.00 0 0 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 5 0.000

Ryan Vogelsong 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 0 5.2 5 0 4 3 1.588

Barry Zito 1 1 1.59 1 0 0 0 5.2 6 1 1 3 1.235

4 4 1.46 4 0 3 0 37.0 20 6 12 36 0.865

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Al Alburquerque P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Alex Avila C 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 0 0

Joaquin Benoit P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Quintin Berry OF 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 0

Miguel Cabrera 3B 4 13 1 3 0 0 1 3 3 4 .231 .375 .462 .837 0 0

Phil Coke P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Andy Dirks OF 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 0 0

Octavio Dotel P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Prince Fielder 1B 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 0 0

Doug Fister P 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Avisail Garcia OF 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0

Omar Infante 2B 4 15 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .333 .375 .333 .708 0 1

Austin Jackson CF 4 13 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 6 .231 .412 .308 .719 0 0

Don Kelly OF, PH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Gerald Laird C 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Jhonny Peralta SS 4 15 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 .067 .067 .267 .333 0 0

Rick Porcello P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Anibal Sanchez P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Ramon Santiago PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Max Scherzer P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Drew Smyly P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Jose Valverde P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Justin Verlander P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Danny Worth PH, PR, 2B 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Delmon Young OF, DH 4 14 2 5 1 0 1 1 1 3 .357 .400 .643 1.043 0 0

4 126 6 20 2 0 3 6 12 36 .159 .243 .246 .489 0 1


Al Alburquerque 1 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 2 0.500

Joaquin Benoit 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 3 0.600

Phil Coke 3 0 2.70 0 1 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 8 0.600

Octavio Dotel 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 2 1 1.200

Doug Fister 1 1 1.50 0 1 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 3 0.833

Rick Porcello 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.000

Anibal Sanchez 1 1 2.57 0 1 0 0 7.0 6 2 1 8 1.000

Max Scherzer 1 1 4.26 0 0 0 0 6.1 7 3 1 8 1.263

Drew Smyly 2 0 5.40 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 3 2 2.400

Jose Valverde 1 0 54.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 4 2 0 1 12.000

Justin Verlander 1 1 11.25 0 1 0 0 4.0 6 5 1 4 1.750

4 4 4.11 0 4 0 0 35.0 32 16 9 41 1.171





WILD CARD GAME

Tu 1 Reds 90w 2 @ Pirates 94w 6 PNC Park R Johnny Cueto CIN 5-2 2.82 v. L Francisco Liriano PIT 16-8 3.02

Pirates win NL wild-card game to advance Reds’ order, under Dusty Baker…CF Choo, LF Ludwick, 1b Votto, 2b Phillips, RF Bruce, 3b Frazier, SS Cozart, C Hanigan, P Cueto Pirates’ order, under Clint Hurdle…LF Marte, 2b Walker, CF McCutchen, 1b Morneau, RF Byrd, 3b Alvarez, C Martin, SS Barmes, P Liriano

• Pirates reach postseason for first time since 1992

• C Russell Martin PIT two solo home runs, 3-for-4 • P Francisco Liriano PIT goes seven innings, allows just four hits, one earned run, 5 K, 1 BB, 90 pitches, 64 strikes

• P Johnny Cueto CIN lasts just 3.1 innings, allows seven hits, three earned runs, two homers

NL DIVISION SERIES

Pittsburgh Pirates v. St. Louis Cardinals 94w WC under Clint Hurdle 97w C under Mike Matheny

Cardinals win NLDS 3-2 STL winners ~ Adam Wainwright 2, Michael Wacha

• 1b Mike Adams STL 6-for-19 (.316), double, home run, two RBI, three runs scored, .526 slg pct, .907 OPS

• P Adam Wainwright STLw G1, G5, 16 innings pitched, just two earned runs, 15 strikeouts, one walk, 1.13 ERA • RF Carlos Beltrán STL double, two home runs, six RBI, .944 OPS

Los Angeles Dodgers v. Atlanta Braves 92w W under Don Mattingly 96 E under Fredi González

Dodgers win NLDS 3-1 LAD Winners ~ Clayton Kershaw, Chris Capuano, Brian Wilson

• SS Hanley Ramirez LAD 8-for-16, four doubles, triple, HR , six RBI, 1.063 slg pct, 1.618 OPS

• RF Yasiel Puig LAD 8-for-17, five runs scored, double, two RBI, 1.029 OPS

• P Clayton Kershaw LAD starts G1 and G4, pitches 13 innings, 0.69 ERA, strikes out 18, walks just four


Los Angeles Dodgers v. St. Louis Cardinals 92w under Don Mattingly 97w under Mike Matheny

Cardinals win NLCS 4-2 STL winners ~ Lance Lynn 2 STL, Michael Wacha 2 STL

• RF Carlos Beltrán STL 6-for-21 (.286), two doubles, triple, six RBI, .476 slg pct, .899 OPS; reaches World Series for first time

• Rookie RF Yasiel Puig LAD 5-for-22 (.227), one triple, just two RBI, only one run scored

• Cardinals win their 19th National League Pennant

• 22-year old P Michael Wacha STL named NLCS MVP ~ two starts, two wins, 13.2 IP, allows 7 hits, strikes out 13, 0.00 ERA





163rd GAME TO BREAK WILD CARD TIE

Mo 30 Rays 91w 5 @ Rangers 91w 2 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington L David Price TB 9-8 3.39 v. L Martin Perez TEX 10-5 3.54

Rays win AL wild-card tie-breaker to advance Rays’ order, under Joe Maddon…CF Jennings, RF Myers, 2b Zobrist, 3b Longoria, DH Young, LF Rodriguez, 1b Loney, SS Escobar, C Molina Rangers’ order, under Ron Washington…2b Kinsler, SS Andrus, RF Rios, 3b Beltre, C Pierzynski, DH Cruz, 1b Moreland, LF Gentry, CF Martin

• P David Price TB throws complete game, allows seven hits, strikes out four, one walk

• 3b Evan Longoria TB 3-for-4, two RBI, two runs scored, just a triple shy of the cycle • Rays reach MLB postseason for fourth time in last six years

WILD CARD GAME

We 2 Rays 92w 4 @ Indians 92w 0 Tropicana Field R Alex Cobb TB 11-3 2.76 v. R Danny Salazar CLE 2-3 3.12

Rays win AL wild-card game to advance Rays’ order, under Joe Maddon…LF DeJesus, RF Myers, 1b Loney, 3b Longoria, 2b Zobrist, CF Jennings, DH Young, SS Escobar, C Molina Indians’ order, under Terry Francona…CF Bourn, 1b Swisher, 2b Kipnis, DH Santana, LF Brantley, RF Raburn, SS Cabrera, C Gomes, 3b Chisenhall

• DH Delmon Young TB solo HR in third off P Danny Salazar CLE

• P Alex Cobb TB goes 6.2 innings, scatters eight hits, one walk, five strikeouts, 64 strikes on 107 pitches

• CF Desmond Jennings TB drives in two runs, goes 2-for-3 at plate

AL DIVISION SERIES

Tampa Bay Rays v. Boston Red Sox 92w WC under Joe Maddon 97w E under John Farrell

Red Sox win ALDS 3-1 BOS winners ~ Jon Lester, John Lackey, Craig Breslow

• CF Jacoby Ellsbury BOS 9-for-18, two doubles, two RBI, seven runs scored, .611 slg pct, 1.137 OPS

• DH David Ortiz BOS 5-for-13, double, two home runs, three RBI, four runs scored, .923 slg pct, 1.479 OPS • 3b Evan Longoria TB just 2-for-13 (.154), four strikeouts, one run scored

Detroit Tigers v. Oakland A’s 93w C under Jim Leyland 96w W under Bob Melvin

Tigers win ALDS 3-2 DET winners ~ Max Scherzer 2, Justin Verlander

• DH Victor Martinez DET 9-for-20, home run, five runs scored, .700 slg pct, 1.150 OPS

• P Max Scherzer DET starts,w G1, earns win in relief in G4, pitches 9 innings total, strikes out 13, walks just four

• IF Jhonny Peralta DET 5-for-12, double, home run, five RBI, 1.167 OPS


Detroit Tigers v. Boston Red Sox 93w under Jim Leyland 97w under John Farrell

Red Sox win ALCS 4-2 BOS winners ~ Koji Uehara, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Junichi Tazawa

• CF Jacoby Ellsbury BOS 7-for-22 (.318), double, triple, RBI, three runs scored, .878 OPS

• 1b Mike Napoli BOS 6-for-20 (.300), two doubles, two home runs, four runs scored, 1.033 OPS

• 38-year old Koji Uehara BOS named ALCS MVP ~ five appearances, three saves, one victory, nine strikeouts, .190 opp avg






2013 WORLD SERIES O C T O B E R

We 23 Cardinals 97w 1 @ Red Sox 97w 8 Fenway Park R Adam Wainwright STL 19-9 2.94 v. L Jon Lester BOS 15-8 3.75

Red Sox now lead World Series 1-0 1

Cardinals’ order, under Mike Matheny…2b Carpenter, RF Beltrán, LF Holliday, DH Craig, C Molina, 3b Freese, 1b Adams, CF Robinson, SS Kozma Red Sox’ order, under John Farrell…CF Ellsbury, RF Victorino, 2b Pedroia, DH Ortiz, 1b Napoli, LF Gomes, 3b Bogaerts, SS Drew, C Ross

• P Jon Lester BOS throws 7.2 innings, scatters five hits, strikes out eight, 112 pitches, 76 strikes

• 1b Mike Napoli BOS hits three-run double in first, after umpires reverse call at second base on Dustin Pedroia slide

• DH David Ortiz BOS 2-for-3, two-run HR in seventh off P Kevin Siegrist STL, three RBI, two runs scored

• Cardinals, Red Sox meet for fourth time in World Series ~ 1946, 1967, 2004

Th 24 Cardinals 4 @ Red Sox 2 Fenway Park R Michael Wacha STL 4-1 2.78 NLCS MVP v. R John Lackey BOS 10-13 3.52


Cardinals’ order…2b Carpenter, RF Beltrán, LF Holliday, 1b Adams, C Molina, DH Craig, 3b Freese, CF Jay, SS Descalso Red Sox’ order…CF Ellsbury, RF Victorino, 2b Pedroia, DH Ortiz, 1b Napoli, LF Gomes, C Saltalamacchia, SS Drew, 3b Bogaerts

• Cards score three in 7th, keyed by 2b Matt Carpenter STL sac fly (two Sox’ errors on play), RF Carlos Beltrán STL RBI single

• 22-year old P Michael Wacha STL throws six innings, just three hits, two earned runs, 6 Ks, 114 pitches, 65 for strikes

• DH David Ortiz BOS homers for second game in a row…two-run shot in sixth off P Michael Wacha STL, gave Sox 2-1 lead

Sa 26 Red Sox 4 @ Cardinals 5 Busch Stadium R Jake Peavy BOS 12-5 4.17 v. R Joe Kelly STL 10-5 2.69

now lead World Series 2-1 3

Red Sox’ order…CF Ellsbury, RF Victorino, 2b Pedroia, 1b Ortiz, LF Nava, 3b Bogaerts, C Saltalamacchia, SS Drew, P Peavy Cardinals’ order…2b Carpenter, RF Beltrán, LF Holliday, 1b Adams, C Molina, 3b Freese, CF Jay, SS Kozma, P Kelly

• Game ends bizarrely…3b W Middlebrooks BOS called for obstruction as PH A Craig STL tries to score fr 3rd in B9 • LF Matt Holliday STL 2-for-5, three RBI, double

• C Yadier Molina STL 3-for-4, RBI

Su 27 Red Sox 4 @ Cardinals 2 Busch Stadium R Clay Buchholz BOS 12-1 1.74 v. R Lance Lynn STL 15-10 3.97


Red Sox’ order…CF Ellsbury, RF Nava, 2b Pedroia, 1b Ortiz, LF Gomes, 3b Bogaerts, SS Drew, C Ross, P Buchholz

Cardinals’ order…2b Carpenter, RF Beltrán, LF Holliday, 1b Adams, C Molina, CF Jay, 3b Freese, SS Descalso, P Lynn

• LF Jonny Gomes BOS, a last-minute starter, hits three-run HR in sixth off P Seth Maness STL

• Another bizarre ending as PR Kolten Wong STL picked off first by P Koji Uehara BOS with two out in B9

• RF Shane Victorino BOS scratched just before game with lower back stiffness, Gomes inserted into line-up

Mo 28 Red Sox 3 @ Cardinals 1 Busch Stadium R Jon Lester BOS v. R Adam Wainwright STL


Red Sox’ order…CF Ellsbury, 2b Pedroia, 1b Ortiz, LF Gomes, RF Nava, 3b Bogaerts, SS Drew, C Ross, P Lester

Cardinals’ order…2b Carpenter, CF Robinson, LF Holliday, RF Beltrán, C Molina, 1b Adams, 3b Freese, SS Kozma, P Wainwright

• P Jon Lester BOS throws 7.2 innings, scatters four hits, one earned run, strikes out seven, walks none, 91 pitches, 61 strikes

• C David Ross BOS hits RBI ground-rule double off P Adam Wainwright STL, scoring 3b Xander Bogaerts in T7

• LF Matt Holliday STL hits solo home run in fourth off P Jon Lester BOS

e 30 Cardinals 1 @ Red Sox 6 Fenway Park R Michael Wacha STL v. R John Lackey BOS

Red Sox win World Series 4-2 6

Cardinals’ order…2b Carpenter, RF Beltrán, LF Holliday, DH Craig, 1b Adams, C Molina, 3b Freese, CF Jay, SS Descalso Red Sox’ order…CF Ellsbury, 2b Pedroia, DH Ortiz, 1b Napoli, LF Gomes, RF Victorino, 3b Bogaerts, SS Drew, C Ross

• RF Shane Victorino BOS 2-for-3, four RBI, double

• P John Lackey BOS 6.2 innings, scatters nine hits, just one earned run, five strikeouts, 105 pitches, 76 strikes

• 37-year old DH/1b David Ortiz BOS named World Series MVP ~ 11-for-16 (.688), two HR, six RBI, 7 runs scored, 1.948 OPS




2013 WORLD SERIES

BOSTON RED SOX G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E

Quintin Berry PR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 1 0

Xander Bogaerts 3b 6 21 2 5 0 1 0 2 1 8 .238 .261 .333 .594 0 0 1

Craig Breslow P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 1

Clay Buchholz P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Mike Carp PH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Ryan Dempster P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Felix Doubront P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Stephen Drew SS 6 19 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 7 .158 .190 .316 .506 0 0 0

Jacoby Ellsbury CF 6 24 4 6 1 0 0 1 2 6 .250 .308 .292 .599 0 0 2

Jonny Gomes LF 6 17 2 2 0 0 1 3 3 4 .118 .286 .294 .580 0 0 1

John Lackey P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Jon Lester P 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Will Middlebrooks 3b 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1

Mike Napoli LF, 1b 5 13 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 6 .154 .214 .231 .445 0 0 0

Daniel Nava LF 5 14 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 .143 .143 .214 .357 0 0 0

David Ortiz DH, 1b MVP 6 16 7 11 2 0 2 6 8 1 .688 .760 1.188 1.948 0 0 0

Jake Peavy P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Dustin Pedroia 2b 6 24 5 5 2 0 0 1 1 4 .208 .240 .292 .532 0 0 1

David Ross C 4 16 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 .188 .188 .250 .438 0 0 0

J Saltalamacchia C 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 1

Junichi Tazawa P 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Koji Uehara P 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Shane Victorino RF 4 13 2 2 1 0 0 4 2 2 .154 .313 .231 .543 0 0 0

Brandon Workman P 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

86 194 27 41 9 1 4 27 21 59 .211 .291 .330 .621 1 0 8


Craig Breslow 3 0 54.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 0 15.000

Clay Buchholz 1 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 3 2 1.500

Ryan Dempster 1 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 2.000

Felix Doubront 2 0 1.93 1 0 0 0 4.2 2 1 1 3 0.643

John Lackey 3 2 2.57 1 1 0 0 14.0 14 4 3 11 1.214

Jon Lester 2 2 0.59 2 0 0 0 15.1 9 1 1 15 0.652

Jake Peavy 1 1 4.50 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 2 1 4 1.750

Junichi Tazawa 5 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 1 3 0.857

Koji Uehara 5 0 0.00 0 0 2 0 4.2 2 0 0 3 0.429

Brandon Workman 3 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 3.1 3 0 1 1 1.200

26 6 1.84 4 2 2 0 53.2 45 11 13 43 1.081

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E

Matt Adams 1b 6 22 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 .136 .136 .182 .318 0 0 0

John Axford P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Carlos Beltrán RF 6 17 1 5 0 0 0 3 2 2 .294 .400 .294 .694 0 0 0

Matt Carpenter 2b 6 27 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 6 .296 .286 .333 .619 0 0 2

Randy Choate P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Allen Craig DH, 1b 6 16 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 .375 .412 .438 .849 0 0 0

Daniel Descalso SS 4 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .100 .250 .100 .350 0 0 0

David Freese 3b 6 19 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 7 .158 .273 .211 .483 0 0 1

Matt Holliday LF 6 24 4 6 1 1 2 5 1 5 .250 .280 .625 .905 0 0 0

Jon Jay CF 6 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 0 0

Joe Kelly P 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Pete Kozma SS 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 2

Lance Lynn P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Seth Maness P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Carlos Martinez P 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Yadier Molina C 6 23 0 7 1 0 0 2 1 3 .304 .333 .348 .681 0 0 0

Shane Robinson CF 4 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625 0 0 0

Trevor Rosenthal P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Kevin Siegrist P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Michael Wacha P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Adam Wainwright P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Kolten Wong PR 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0

92 201 14 45 7 1 2 12 13 43 .224 .273 .299 .572 3 0 5


John Axford 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 1 5 0.429

Randy Choate 4 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 3.000

Joe Kelly 1 1 3.38 0 0 0 0 5.1 2 2 3 6 0.938

Lance Lynn 2 1 4.76 0 1 0 0 5.2 5 3 4 5 1.588

Seth Maness 4 0 3.86 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 0 2 1.286

Carlos Martinez 5 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 3 1 5 1.000

Trevor Rosenthal 4 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 4.2 1 0 1 9 0.429

Kevin Siegrist 4 0 2.70 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 2 0.600

Michael Wacha 2 2 7.45 1 1 0 0 9.2 8 8 8 11 1.655

Adam Wainwright 2 2 4.50 0 2 0 0 12.0 14 6 2 14 1.333

30 6 4.15 2 4 1 0 52.0 41 24 21 59 1.192





WILD CARD GAME

We 1 Giants 88w 8 @ Pirates 88w 0 PNC Park L Madison Bumgarner SF 18-10 2.98 v. R Edinson Volquez PIT 13-7 3.04

Giants win NL wild-card game to advance Giants’ order, under Bruce Bochy…CF Blanco, 2b Panik, C Posey, 3b Sandoval, RF Pence, 1b Belt, SS Crawford, LF Ishikawa, P Bumgarner Pirates’ order, under Clint Hurdle…3b Harrison, SS Mercer, CF McCutchen, C Martin, LF Marte, 2b Walker, 1b Sanchez, RF Snider, P Volquez

• SS Brandon Crawford SS hits grand slam HR off P Edinson Volquez PIT in T4

• P Madison Bumgarner SF throws complete-game four-hitter ~ one walk, ten strikeouts, 109 pitches, 79 strikes • "It's a game," manager Clint Hurdle said of baseball, echoing an oft-heard sentiment, "designed to break your heart."

NL DIVISION SERIES

San Francisco Giants v. Washington Nationals 88w WC under Bruce Bochy 96w E under Matt Williams

Giants win NLDS 3-1 SF winners ~ Jake Peavy, Yusmeiro Petit, Hunter Strickland • Giants turn series with 18-inning win in G2 ~ longest game by time (6:23) and innings in MLB postseason history

• C Buster Posey SF 7-for-18 (.389) in series, .839 OPS

• Nationals’ 3-4-5 hitters (Jayson Werth, Adam LaRoche, Ian Desmond) combine to hit just 5-for-53 (.094) in series

St. Louis Cardinals v. Los Angeles Dodgers 90w C under Mike Matheny 94w W under Don Mattingly

Cardinals win NLDS 3-1 STL winners ~ Marco Gonzalez G1, G4, John Lackey • 3b Matt Carpenter STL goes 6-for-16 (.375) in series, three HR, 7 RBI, 1.125 OPS

• LHP Clayton Kershaw LA, probable ’14 NL Cy Young winner, loses twice, has 7.82 ERA in series (11 ER in 12.2 innings)

• OF Yasiel Puig LA strikes out 8 times in 12 at-bats; does not even start G4


San Francisco Giants v. St. Louis Cardinals 88w under Bruce Bochy 90w under Mike Matheny

Giants win NLCS 4-1 SF winners ~ Madison Bumgarner, Sergio Romo, Yusmeiro Petit, Jerremy Affeldt • 3b Pablo Sandoval SF 8-for-20 (.400), three runs scored, three doubles, two walks • LF Travis Ishikawa SF 5-for-13 (.385), two doubles, series-winning home run, seven RBI

• C Yadier Molina STL injured in G2, does not appear again in series

• 25-yr old LHP Madison Bumgarner SF NLCS MVP ~ two stars, one win, 15.2 inn., nine hits, 12 strikeouts, 1.72 ERA





WILD CARD GAME

Tu 30 Athletics 88w 8 @ Royals 89w 9 in 12 innings Kauffman Stadium L Jon Lester OAK 16-11 2.46 v. R James Shields KC 14-8 3.21

Royals win AL wild-card game to advance A’s order, under Bob Melvin…CF Crisp, LF Fuld, 3b Donaldson, DH Moss, RF Reddick, SS Lowrie, 1b Vogt, C Soto, 2b Sogard Royals’ order, under Ned Yost…SS Escobar, RF Aoki, CF Cain, 1b Hosmer, DH Butler, LF Gordon, C Perez, 2b Infante, 3b Moustakas

• Royals come back from 7-3 deficit, tie it in B9 as RF Nori Aoki hits sac fly, scoring PR Jarrod Dyson sending game into extras

• KCw w/ two in B12; DH Christian Colon singles home 1b Eric Hosmer, then C Salvador Perez singles home Colon • Royals tie MLB postseason record with seven stolen bases in one game (1907 Cubs, 1975 Reds)

• Royals first postseason game since 1985 World Series

AL DIVISION SERIES

Kansas City Royals v. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 89w WC under Ned Yost 98w W under Mike Scioscia

Royals sweep ALDS KC winners ~ Danny Duffy, Brandon Finnegan, James Shields

• 1b Eric Hosmer KC 4-for-10, three runs scored, two HRs, four RBI, 1.638 OPS

• Three Angels’ starters (Jered Weaver, Matt Shoemaker, C.J. Wilson) pitch just 13.2 total innings

• Angels hit just .170 as a team

• First time ever that MLB’s best regular season team swept in LDS

Detroit Tigers v. Baltimore Orioles 90w C under Brad Ausmus 96w E under Buck Showalter

Orioles sweep ALDS BAL winners ~ Chris Tillman, Brad Brach, Bud Norris

• DH Nelson Cruz BAL 6-for-12, four runs scored, two home runs, five RBI

• P Zach Britton BAL two saves • 1b Miguel Cabrera DET 4-for-11, two runs scored, solo home run

• Tigers team ERA 7.20


Kansas City Royals v. Baltimore Orioles 89w under Ned Yost 96w under Buck Showalter

Royals sweep ALCS KC winners ~ Wade Davis G1, G2, Jason Frasor, Jason Vargas

• P Greg Holland KC saves all four wins, throws four innings, allows three hits, one earned run

• P Wade Davis KC makes four appearances, two wins, five innings pitched, just two hits, 0 earned runs

• Royals first team in MLB history to win eight consecutive postseason games

• 28-yr old OF Lorenzo Cain KC named ALCS MVP ~ 8-for-15 (.533), five runs scored, two doubles, RBI, 1.255 OPS





Tu 21 Giants 88w 7 @ Royals 89w 1 Kauffman Stadium L Madison Bumgarner SF 18-10 2.98 v. R James Shields KC 14-8 3.21

Giants now lead World Series 1-0 1

Giants’ order, under Bruce Bochy…CF Blanco, 2b Panik, C Posey, 3b Sandoval, RF Pence, 1b Belt, DH Morse, LF Ishikawa, SS Crawford Royals’ order, under Ned Yost…SS Escobar, RF Aoki, CF Cain, 1b Hosmer, DH Butler, LF Gordon, C Perez, 2b Infante, 3b Moustakas

• RF Hunter Pence SF blasts three-run HR in T1 off P James Shields KC

• P Madison Bumgarner SF seven innings, 0 earned runs, five strikeouts, 106 pitches, 71 strikes

• P James Shields KC lasts just three innings, faces 16 batters, five earned runs, seven hits, 71 pitches, 40 strikes

• First time in history that both World Series teams finished season with fewer than 90 wins

We 22 Giants 2 @ Royals 7 Kauffman Stadium R Jake Peavy SF 6-4 2.17 v. R Yordano Ventura KC 14-10 3.20


Giants’ order…CF Blanco, 2b Panik, C Posey, 3b Sandoval, RF Pence, 1b Belt, DH Morse, LF Ishikawa, SS Crawford Royals’ order…SS Escobar, RF Aoki, CF Cain, 1b Hosmer, DH Butler, LF Gordon, C Perez, 2b Infante, 3b Moustakas

• Royals score five in B6; keys C Salvador Perez two-run double, 2b Omar Infante three-run HR off P Hunter Strickland SF

• DH Billy Butler KC 2-for-3, two RBI

• 3b Pablo Sandoval SF hits in his 25th consecutive postseason game

Fr 24 Royals 3 @ Giants 2 AT&T Park R Jeremy Guthrie KC 13-11 4.13 v. R Tim Hudson SF 9-13 3.57

Royals now lead World Series 2-1 3

Royals’ order…SS Escobar, LF Gordon, CF Cain, 1b Hosmer, 3b Moustakas, 2b Infante, C Perez, CF Dyson, P Guthrie Giants’ order…CF Blanco, 2b Panik, C Posey, 3b Sandoval, RF Pence, 1b Belt, LF Ishikawa, SS Crawford, P Hudson

• P Jeremy Guthrie KC five innings, four hits, two earned runs, 77 pitches, 50 strikes

• LF Alex Gordon KC breaks 0-for-17 postseason slump with RBI double in T6 off P Tim Hudson SF

• P Brandon Finnegan KC becomes first pitcher ever to play in College World Series and World Series in same year

Sa 25 Royals 4 @ Giants 11 AT&T Park L Jason Vargas KC 11-10 3.71 v. R Ryan Vogelsong SF 8-13 4.00


Royals’ order…SS Escobar, LF Gordon, RF Cain, 1b Hosmer, 3b Moustakas, 2b Infante, C Perez, CF Dyson, P Vargas Giants’ order…CF Blanco, 2b Panik, C Posey, RF Pence, 3b Sandoval, 1b Belt, LF Perez, SS Crawford, P Vogelsong

• RF Hunter Pence SF drives in three runs with two singles, double, scores two runs

• RP Yusmeiro Petit SF throws three innings of relief, allows two hits, strikes out two, 33 pitches, 23 strikes

• Neither starter lasts five innings ~ Jason Vargas KC 4+, Ryan Vogelsong SF 2 2/3

Su 26 Royals 0 @ Giants 5 AT&T Park R James Shields KC v. L Madison Bumgarner SF

Giants now lead World Series 3-2 5

Royals’ order…SS Escobar, LF Gordon, RF Cain, 1b Hosmer, C Perez, 3b Moustakas, 2b Infante, CF Dyson, P Shields Giants’ order…CF Blanco, 2b Panik, C Posey, 3b Sandoval, RF Pence, 1b Belt, LF Ishikawa, SS Crawford, P Bumgarner

• P Madison Bumgarner SF throws complete-game shutout, allows four hits, strikes out 8, 117 pitches, 84 strikes

• SS Brandon Crawford SF 2-for-4, three RBI

• First time three consecutive World Series game have been without a HR since 1956

• Giants poised to become first NL team to win three World Series in five years since 1948 Cardinals

Tu 28 Giants 0 @ Royals 10 Kauffman Stadium R Jake Peavy SF v. R Yordano Ventura KC


Giants’ order…CF Blanco, 2b Panik, C Posey, 3b Sandoval, RF Pence, 1b Belt, DH Morse, LF Ishikawa, SS Crawford Royals’ order…SS Escobar, RF Aoki, CF Cain, 1b Hosmer, DH Butler, LF Gordon, C Perez, 3B Moustakas, 2b Infante

• Royals score seven in second inning; keyed by 3b Mike Moustakas, 1b Eric Hosmer, DH Billy Butler doubles

• P Yordano Ventura KC seven innings, three hits, four strikeouts, five walks, 100 pitches, 58 strikes

• OF Lorenzo Cain KC 2-for-3, three RBI, double

• P Jake Peavy SF lasts just 1.1 innings, faces 11 batters, allows five earned runs, five hits

e 29 Giants 3 @ Royals 2 Kauffman Stadium R Tim Hudson SF Oldest G7 starter in WS history v. R Jeremy Guthrie KC

Giants win World Series 4-3 Their 3rd in past five years 7

Giants’ order…CF Blanco, 2b Panik, C Posey, 3b Sandoval, RF Pence, 1b Belt, DH Morse, SS Crawford, LF Perez Royals’ order…SS Escobar, RF Aoki, CF Cain, 1b Hosmer, DH Butler, LF Gordon, C Perez, 3B Moustakas, 2b Infante

• P Madison Bumgarner SF throws five innings of shutout relief, two hits, four strikeouts, 68 pitches, 50 strikes

• DH Michael Morse SF singles home 3b Pablo Sandoval in T4 with eventual winning run

• First time in WS G7 history that neither starter lasted 3.2 innings ~ Tim Hudson SF 1.2, Jeremy Guthrie KC 3.1

• 25-year old P Madison Bumgarner World Series MVP ~ two wins, one save, 21 IP, nine hits, one ER, 17 strikeouts




2014 WORLD SERIES



Jeremy Affeldt P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Joaquin Arias IF 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0

Brandon Belt 1b 7 26 1 8 1 0 0 2 3 9 .308 .379 .346 .725 0 0

Gregor Blanco OF 7 28 6 4 0 0 1 2 6 4 .143 .294 .250 .544 1 0

Madison Bumgarner P 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0


Brandon Crawford ss 7 23 2 7 0 0 0 4 3 6 .304 .370 .304 .675 0 0

Matt Duffy PH 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0

Tim Hudson P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Travis Ishikawa OF 6 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .231 .286 .231 .516 0 0

Tim Lincecum P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Javier Lopez P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Jean Machi P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Mike Morse DH 6 16 2 4 1 0 0 4 1 5 .250 .278 .313 .590 0 0

Joe Panik 2b 7 27 3 6 2 1 0 3 2 5 .222 .276 .370 .646 0 0

Jake Peavy P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Hunter Pence OF 7 27 7 12 3 0 1 5 3 2 .444 .500 .667 1.167 0 1

Juan Perez OF 6 12 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 4 .250 .231 .333 .564 0 0

Yusmeiro Petit P 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0

Buster Posey C 7 26 1 4 0 0 0 2 3 3 .154 .241 .154 .395 0 0

Sergio Romo P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Pablo Sandoval 3b 7 28 6 12 3 0 0 4 1 4 .429 .467 .536 1.002 0 0

Hunter Strickland P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Andrew Susac C 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Ryan Vogelsong P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

7 238 30 66 11 1 2 29 23 51 .277 .340 .357 .697 1 1

G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H R ER BB SO WHIP

Jeremy Affeldt 4 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 5.1 3 0 0 0 0 0.563

Madison Bumgarner MVP 3 2 0.43 2 0 1 1 21.0 9 1 1 1 17 0.476

Santiago Casilla 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0.000

Tim Hudson 2 2 6.14 0 1 0 0 7.1 7 5 5 2 3 1.227

Tim Lincecum 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0.000

Javier Lopez 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 1.200

Jean Machi 3 0 8.10 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 3 3 2 3 2.400

Jake Peavy 2 2 12.79 0 2 0 0 6.1 12 9 9 3 3 2.368

Yusmeiro Petit 2 0 4.91 1 0 0 0 3.2 5 2 2 0 2 1.364

Sergio Romo 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 4 0.857

Hunter Strickland 4 0 6.75 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 1 3 1.250

Ryan Vogelsong 2 1 9.82 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 4 4 2 3 2.455

7 7 3.98 4 3 1 1 61.0 57 27 27 11 43 1.115

KANSAS CITY ROYALS


Nori Aoki OF 6 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 0 0

Billy Butler DH 5 15 1 5 1 0 0 3 1 1 .333 .375 .400 .775 0 0

Lorenzo Cain OF 7 26 4 8 2 0 0 4 3 3 .308 .400 .385 .785 0 0

Tim Collins P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Wade Davis P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Danny Duffy P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Jarrod Dyson OF 5 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .273 .200 .473 0 0

Alcides Escobar ss 7 29 3 9 3 0 0 2 0 5 .310 .310 .414 .724 0 1

Brandon Finnegan P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Jason Frasor P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Alex Gordon OF 7 27 4 5 3 0 0 2 0 5 .185 .214 .296 .511 1 0

Terrance Gore PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Jeremy Guthrie P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Kelvin Herrera P 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Greg Holland P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Eric Hosmer 1b 7 28 3 7 2 0 0 4 2 8 .250 .300 .321 .621 0 0

Omar Infante 2b 7 22 4 7 3 0 1 5 1 6 .318 .333 .591 .924 0 0

Mike Moustakas 3b 7 23 3 5 2 0 1 2 1 3 .217 .250 .435 .685 0 0

Jayson Nix PH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Salvador Perez C 7 24 3 8 1 0 1 4 0 2 .333 .360 .500 .860 0 0

James Shields P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Jason Vargas P 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Yordano Ventura P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0

Josh Willingham PH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

7 229 27 57 17 0 3 27 11 43 .249 .291 .362 .653 1 1


Tim Collins 3 0 3.60 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 2 6 1.600

Wade Davis 4 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 1 0 0 10 0.600

Danny Duffy 2 0 4.91 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 2 2 4 4 1.636

Brandon Finnegan 2 0 27.00 0 1 0 0 1.2 5 5 5 2 1 4.200

Jason Frasor 3 0 3.86 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 1 1 1 2 2.143

Jeremy Guthrie 2 2 5.40 1 1 0 0 8.1 8 5 5 0 3 0.960

Kelvin Herrera 4 0 2.70 1 0 0 0 6.2 5 2 2 5 6 1.500

Greg Holland 3 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 5 0.333

James Shields 2 2 7.00 0 2 0 0 9.0 15 7 7 2 5 1.889

Jason Vargas 1 1 6.75 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 3 3 2 3 2.000

Yordano Ventura 2 2 1.46 1 0 0 0 12.1 11 2 2 5 6 1.297

7 7 4.28 3 4 1 0 61.0 66 30 29 23 51 1.459





WILD CARD GAME

We 7 Cubs 97w 4 @ Pirates 98w 0 PNC Park R Jake Arrieta CHC 22-6 1.77 v. R Gerrit Cole PIT 19-8 2.60

Cubs win NL wild-card game to advance Cubs’ order, under Joe Maddon…CF Fowler, RF Schwarber, LF Bryant, 1b Rizzo, 3b La Stella, 2b Castro, C Montero, SS Russell, P Arrieta Pirates’ order, under Clint Hurdle…RF Polanco, 3b Harrison, CF McCutchen, LF Marte, C Cervelli, 2b Walker, SS Mercer, 1b Rodriguez, P Cole

• RHP Jake Arrieta CHC complete game four-hitter, 0 walks, 11 strikeouts, 113 pitches, 77 strikes

• RF Kyle Schwarber CHC two-run HR in T3 off RHP Gerrit Cole PIT • CF Dexter Fowler CHC solo HR in T5 off RHP Gerrit Cole PIT

NL DIVISION SERIES

Chicago Cubs v. St. Louis Cardinals 97w WC under Joe Maddon 100w C under Mike Matheny

Cubs win NLDS 3-1 CHC winners ~ Travis Wood, Jake Arrieta, Trevor Cahill

• RF Jorge Soler CHC 4-for-7, three runs scored, double, two home runs, four RBI, six walks, 1.571 slg pct

• LF Kyle Schwarber CHC 5-for-10, three runs scored, two HR, two RBI, two walks, 1.100 slg pct

• Cubs win an MLB postseason series for first time since 2003

New York Mets v. Los Angeles Dodgers 90w E under Terry Collins 92w W under Don Mattingly

Mets win NLDS 3-2 NYM winners ~ Jacob deGrom 2, Matt Harvey

• 2b Daniel Murphy NYM 7-for-21, double, three HR, five RBI, .810 slg pct to lead Mets

• P Jacob deGrom NYM starts andw G1, G5…13 IP, 11 hits, two ER, 4 walks, 20 strikeouts, 1.38 ERA • In G5, 2b Dan Murphy steals third when P Z Greinke LAD just not paying attention, eventually scores; later homers


Chicago Cubs v. New York Mets 97w under Joe Maddon 90w under Terry Collins

Mets sweep NLCS NYM winners ~ Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Steven Matz

• Mets’ four starters/winners combine for 25 IP, just 15 hits, six ER, 29 strikeouts, just six walks

• 1b Lucas Duda NYM 4-for-10, two doubles, one HR, six RBI, one walk, .900 slg pct

• P Jeurys Familia NYM saves G1, G2, G3; 4.1 innings, two walks, three strikeouts, just two hits, 0 ER • 30-yr old 2b Daniel Murphy NYM NLCS MVP ~ 9-for-17 (.529), HRs in six straight games, 1.294 slg pct (NLCS record)





WILD CARD GAME

Tu 6 Astros 86w 3 @ Yankees 87w 0 Yankee Stadium L Dallas Keuchel HOU 20-8 2.48 v. R Masahiro Tanaka NYY 12-7 3.51

Astros win AL wild-card game to advance Astros’ order, under A.J. Hinch…2b Altuve, RF Springer, SS Correa, LF Rasmus, DH Gattis, CF Gomez, 3b Valbuena, 1b Carter, C Castro Yankees’ order, under Joe Girardi…CF Gardner, LF Young, RF Beltrán, DH Rodriguez, C McCann, 3b Headley, 1b Bird, 2b Refsnyder, SS Gregorius

• LHP Dallas Keuchel HOU six innings, just three hits, 0 ER, one walk, seven strikeouts, 87 pitches, 54 strikes

• LF Colby Rasmus, CF Carlos Gomez HOU hit solo home runs off RHP Masahiro Tanaka NYY • Astros making their first postseason appearance since 2005 World Series (when they were in NL)

AL DIVISION SERIES

Houston Astros v. Kansas City Royals 86w WC under A.J. Hinch 95w C under Ned Yost

Royals win ALDS 3-2 KC winners ~ Kelvin Herrera, Ryan Madson, Johnny Cueto

• DH Kendrys Morales KC 5-for-19, three runs scored, three HR, six RBI, .737 slg pct

• RHP Johnny Cueto KC starts G2, G5, 14 IP, nine hits, six ER, 3 walks, 13 strikeouts, 3.44 ERA, 0.857 WHIP

• Royals advance to ALCS for second year in a row; re-match of 1985 ALCS v. Blue Jays

Texas Rangers v. Toronto Blue Jays 88w W under Jeff Banister 93w E under John Gibbons

Blue Jays win ALDS 3-2 TOR winners ~ Marco Estrada, David Price, Aaron Sanchez TOR

• Jays only third team in MLB postseason history to come back from losing first two of five-game series at home

• RF Jose Bautista TOR 6-for-22, three runs scored, two doubles, two HR, five RBI, .636 slg pct

• 1b Chris Colabello TOR 6-for-16, three runs scored, two doubles, one HR, two RBI, .688 slg pct

• G5 features bizarre play when C Russell Martin TOR throwing-back-to-pitcher error allows TEX to take lead


Toronto Blue Jays v. Kansas City Royals 93w under John Gibbons 95w under Ned Yost

Royals win ALCS 4-2 KC winners ~ Edinson Volquez, Danny Duffy, Luke Hochevar, Wade Davis

• 2b Ben Zobrist KC 8-for-25 (.320), eight runs scored, three doubles, two HRs, four RBI, 1.050 OPS

• RHP Kelvin Herrera KC five games, 5.2 IP, three hits, ten strikeouts

• RF Jose Bautista TOR 6-for-19 (.316), four runs scored, double, two HRs, six RBI, 1.184 OPS

• 28-yr old SS Alcides Escobar KC named ALCS MVP ~ 11-for-23 (.478), two doubles, triple, five RBI, 1.134 OPS




2015 WORLD SERIES O C T O B E R / N O V E M B E R

Tu 27 Mets 90w 4 @ Royals 95w 5 in 14 innings Kauffman Stadium R Matt Harvey NYM 13-8 2.71 v. R Edinson Volquez KC 13-9 3.55 (father passed away today)


Mets’ order, under Terry Collins…CF Granderson, 3b Wright, 2b Murphy, CF Cespedes, 1b Duda, C d’Arnaud, LF Conforto, SS Flores, DH Johnson Royals’ order, under Ned Yost…SS Escobar, 2b Zobrist, CF Cain, 1b Hosmer, DH Morales, 3b Moustakas, C Perez, LF Gordon, RF Rios

• 1b Eric Hosmer KC hits sacrifice fly to RF in B14, scoring SS Alcides Escobar KC fr. third, off RHP Bartolo Colon NYM

• RHP Chris Young KC throws three innings of no-hit relief to earn victory

• SS Alcides Escobar KC hits first pitch from RHP Matt Harvey NYM to LCF for inside-the-park home run

• At 5 hours and 9 minutes, game was second longest, by time, in MLB history (2005, White Sox v. Astros)

We 28 Mets 1 @ Royals 7 Kauffman Stadium R Jacob deGrom NYM 14-8 2.54 v. R Johnny Cueto KC 4-7 4.76


Mets’ order…CF Granderson, 3b Wright, 2b Murphy, LF Cespedes, 1b Duda, C d’Arnaud, DH Conforto, SS Flores, DH Lagares Royals’ order…SS Escobar, 2b Zobrist, CF Cain, 1b Hosmer, DH Morales, 3b Moustakas, C Perez, LF Gordon, RF Rios

• RHP Johnny Cueto KC complete-game two-hitter, one ER, three walks, four strikeouts, 122 pitches, 70 strikes, game score of 80

• SS Alcides Escobar KC 2-for-5, triple, two RBI, run scored

• LF Alex Gordon KC 1-for-2, double, two walks, RBI, two runs scored

• RHP Jacob deGrom NYM five innings, six hits, four ER, three walks, two strikeouts, 94 pitches, 63 strikes, game score of 38

Fr 30 Royals 3 @ Mets 9 Citi Field R Yordano Ventura KC 13-8 4.08 v. R Noah Syndergaard NYM 9-7 3.24


Royals’ order…SS Escobar, 2b Zobrist, CF Cain, 1b Hosmer, 3b Moustakas, C Perez, LF Gordon, RF Rios, P Ventura Mets’ order…CF Granderson, 3b Wright, 2b Murphy, CF Cespedes, 1b Duda, C d’Arnaud, LF Conforto, SS Flores, P Syndergaard

• RF Curtis Granderson NYM 2-for-5, two-run HR in B3, three runs scored

• 3b David Wright NYM 2-for-5, two-run HR in B1, four RBI (first Mets’ player w/ 4 RBI in WS game since Rusty Staub, ’73)

• RHP Noah Syndergaard NYM six innings, seven hits, three ER, two walks, six strikeouts, 104 pitches, 68 strikes

Sa 31 Royals 5 @ Mets 3 Citi Field R Chris Young KC 11-6 3.06 v. L Steve Matz NYM 4-0 2.27


Royals’ order…SS Escobar, 2b Zobrist, CF Cain, 1b Hosmer, 3b Moustakas, C Perez, LF Gordon, RF Rios, P Young Mets’ order…CF Granderson, 3b Wright, 2b Murphy, CF Cespedes, 1b Duda, C d’Arnaud, LF Conforto, SS Flores, P Matz

• C Salvador Perez KC 3-for-4, double, RBI

• Royals score three runs in T8 as 2b Daniel Murphy NYM makes fielding error allowing inning to continue

• Game ends as LF Yoenis Cespedes NYM gets doubled off first in B9, after 3b Mike Moustakas KC catches soft liner

Su 1 Royals 7 @ Mets 2 in 12 innings Citi Field R Edinson Volquez KC v. R Matt Harvey NYM

Royals win their first World Series since 1985 5

Royals’ order…SS Escobar, 2b Zobrist, CF Cain, 1b Hosmer, 3b Moustakas, C Perez, LF Gordon, RF Rios, P Volquez Mets’ order…CF Granderson, 3b Wright, 2b Murphy, CF Cespedes, 1b Duda, C d’Arnaud, LF Conforto, SS Flores, P Harvey

• Royals score five in T12, keyed by CF Lorenzo Cain KC three-run double off RHP Bartolo Colon NYM

• Royals send it to extras as 1b Eric Hosmer KC scores from third as C Salvador Perez KC grounds out with one out in T9

• RHP Matt Harvey NYM eight innings, five hits, two ER, two walks, nine strikeouts, 111 pitches, 76 strikes, game score of 71

• 25-year old C Salvador Perez World Series MVP ~ 8-for 22 (.364), two doubles, two RBI, .846 OPS




2015 WORLD SERIES

NEW YORK METS


Yoenis Cespedes OF 5 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 .150 .143 .150 .293 0 0 0

Tyler Clippard P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Bartolo Colon P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 1

Michael Conforto OF 5 15 2 5 0 0 2 4 0 3 .333 .313 .733 1.046 0 0 0

Michael Cuddyer IF 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Travis d'Arnaud C 5 21 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 .143 .143 .190 .333 0 0 0

Jacob deGrom P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 —

Lucas Duda 1b 5 19 1 5 0 0 0 2 2 7 .263 .318 .263 .581 0 0 1

Jeurys Familia P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Wilmer Flores SS 5 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .059 .200 .059 .259 0 0 0

Sean Gilmartin P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 —

Curtis Granderson RF 5 20 6 5 0 0 3 5 4 2 .250 .360 .700 1.060 0 1 0

Matt Harvey P 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Kelly Johnson DH 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0

Juan Lagares OF 5 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 1 0 0

Steven Matz P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Daniel Murphy 2b 5 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 7 .150 .320 .150 .470 0 0 2

Jon Niese P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Kirk Nieuwenhuis OF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Addison Reed P 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 —

Hansel Robles P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Noah Syndergaard P 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0

Juan Uribe IF 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0

David Wright 3b 5 24 1 5 0 0 1 4 1 8 .208 .240 .333 .573 0 1 2

181 19 35 1 0 6 18 14 46 .193 .254 .298 .552 1 2 6


Tyler Clippard 3 0 9.00 0 1 0 0 2.0 1 2 2 3 2 2.000

Bartolo Colon 3 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 3.1 4 1 0 3 1 2.100

Jacob deGrom 1 1 7.20 0 1 0 0 5.0 6 4 4 3 2 1.800

Jeurys Familia 4 0 1.80 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 2 1 0 3 0.600

Sean Gilmartin 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

Matt Harvey 2 2 3.21 0 0 0 0 14.0 10 5 5 4 11 1.000

Steven Matz 1 1 3.60 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 2 2 0 5 1.400

Jon Niese 4 0 5.79 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 3 3 1 4 1.286

Addison Reed 5 0 9.82 0 1 0 0 3.2 4 5 4 1 1 1.364

Hansel Robles 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000

Noah Syndergaard 1 1 4.50 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 1.500

5 4.21 1 4 0 0 51.1 47 27 24 17 37 1.247

KANSAS CITY ROYALS


Drew Butera C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Lorenzo Cain CF 5 22 3 5 1 0 0 4 4 6 .227 .346 .273 .619 4 0 0

Christian Colon PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 —

Johnny Cueto P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Wade Davis P 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Danny Duffy P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Jarrod Dyson OF 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 —

Alcides Escobar SS 5 26 4 6 1 1 1 4 0 4 .231 .231 .462 .692 1 0 0

Alex Gordon LF 5 18 3 4 1 0 1 3 5 4 .222 .391 .444 .836 0 0 0

Kelvin Herrera P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Luke Hochevar P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Eric Hosmer 1b 5 21 3 4 1 0 0 6 2 7 .190 .240 .238 .478 1 0 2

Ryan Madson P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Kris Medlen P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Raul Mondesi PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 —

Franklin Morales P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Kendrys Morales DH 5 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .273 .200 .473 0 0 —

Mike Moustakas 3b 5 23 1 7 0 0 0 3 1 1 .304 .333 .304 .638 0 0 0

Paulo Orlando RF 5 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .125 .111 .125 .236 0 0 0

Salvador Perez C MVP 5 22 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 2 .364 .391 .455 .846 0 0 0

Alex Rios RF 5 15 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .133 .133 .133 .267 0 0 0

Yordano Ventura P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Edinson Volquez P 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0

Chris Young P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Ben Zobrist 2b 5 23 5 6 4 0 0 0 3 2 .261 .346 .435 .781 0 0 0

197 27 47 10 1 2 25 17 37 .239 .295 .330 .625 7 0 2


Johnny Cueto 1 1 1.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 2 1 1 3 4 0.556

Wade Davis 3 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 8 0.750

Danny Duffy 3 0 3.86 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 3 0.857

Kelvin Herrera 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 0 1 6 1.200

Luke Hochevar 4 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 1 2 0.600

Ryan Madson 3 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 1 5 1.000

Kris Medlen 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000

Franklin Morales 1 0 108.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 4 4 0 0 6.000

Yordano Ventura 1 1 13.50 0 1 0 0 3.1 7 5 5 0 1 2.100

Edinson Volquez 2 2 3.00 0 0 0 0 12.0 8 5 4 6 8 1.167

Chris Young 2 1 2.57 1 0 0 0 7.0 2 2 2 2 7 0.571

5 2.94 4 1 1 1 52.0 35 19 17 14 46 0.942





WILD CARD GAME

We 5 SF Giants 87w 3 @ New York Mets 87w 0 Citi Field L Madison Bumgarner SF 15-9 2.74 v. R Noah Syndergaard NYM 14-9 2.60

Giants win NL wild-card game to advance Giants’ order, under Bruce Bochy…CF Span, 1b Belt, C Posey, RF Pence, SS Crawford, LF Pagan, 2b Panik, 3b Gillaspie, P Bumgarner Mets’ order, under Terry Collins…3b Reyes, SS Cabrera, LF Cespedes, CF Granderson, 2b TJ Rivera, RF Bruce, C Re Rivera, 1b Loney, P Syndergaard

• 3b Conor Gillaspie SF hits three-run HR in T9 off RHP Jeurys Familia NYM

• P Madison Bumgarner SF throws complete-game, four-hitter, two walks, six strikeouts, 119 pitches, 78 strikes • P Noah Syndergaard NYM seven innings, two hits, 0 ER, three walks, ten strikeouts, 108 pitches, 70 strikes

NL DIVISION SERIES

San Francisco Giants v. Chicago Cubs 87w WC under Bruce Bochy 103w C under Joe Maddon

Cubs win NLDS 3-1 CHC winners ~ Jon Lester, Travis Wood, Hector Rondon

• 2b Javier Baez CHC 6-for-16, one HR, two RBI, four runs scored, .974 OPS in series

• 3b Kris Bryant CHC 6-for-16, two doubles, one HR, three RBI, two runs scored, 1.099 OPS in series

• In G4, Cubs score four runs in T9 to win…biggest ninth-inning comeback in MLB postseason history

Los Angeles Dodgers v. Washington Nationals 91w W under Dave Roberts 95w E under Dusty Baker

Dodgers win NLDS 3-2 LAD winners ~ Clayton Kershaw, Joe Blanton, Julio Urias

• 3b Justin Turner LAD 6-for-15, five runs scored, triple, HR, five RBI, 1.324 OPS

• CF Joc Pederson LAD 5-for-15, two runs scored, double, key HR in G5, three RBI, 1.044 OPS • LHP Clayton Kershaw LAD comes in to earn save in G5…his first bullpen appearance since 2009


Los Angeles Dodgers v. Chicago Cubs 91w under Dave Roberts 103w under Joe Maddon

Cubs win NLCS 4-2 CHC winners ~ Aroldis Chapman, Mike Montgomery, Jon Lester, Kyle Hendricks • 2b Javier Baez CHC 7-for-22, three runs scored, four doubles, five RBI, .833 OPS

• LHP Jon Lester CHC started G1, G5, 13 innings, allows two ER, nine strikeouts, just two walks

• 1b Anthony Rizzo CHC 8-for-25, three runs scored, two doubles, two home runs, 1.010 OPS • 32-yr old LHP Jon Lester CHC and 23-yr old 2b Javier Baez CHC NLCS MVPs





WILD CARD GAME

Tu 4 BAL Orioles 89w 2 @ TOR Blue Jays 89w 5 in 11 innings Rogers Centre R Chris Tillman BAL 16-6 3.77 v. R Marcus Stroman TOR 9-10 4.37

Blue Jays win AL wild-card game to advance

Orioles’ order, under Buck Showalter…CF Jones, LF Kim, 3b Machado, DH Trumbo, C Wieters, 1b Davis, 2b Schoop, RF Bourn, SS Hardy Blue Jays’ order, under John Gibbons…2b Travis, 3b Donaldson, 1b Encarnacion, RF Bautista, C Martin, SS Tulowitzki, DH Saunders, CF Pillar, LF Carrera

• 1b Edwin Encarnacion TOR hits three-run , walk-off HR in B11 off RHP Ubaldo Jimenez BAL

• LHP Francisco Liriano TOR retires five Orioles after replacing hurting RHP Roberto Osuna TOR in T10, earns win • RF Jose Bautista TOR hits solo HR off RHP Chris Tillman BAL in B2

AL DIVISION SERIES

Toronto Blue Jays v. Texas Rangers 89w WC under John Gibbons 95w W under Jeff Banister

Blue Jays sweep ALDS TOR winners ~ Marco Estrada, J.A. Happ, Roberto Osuna

• 3b Josh Donaldson TOR goes 7-for-13, four doubles, three RBI, four runs scored (incl. winning run in G3), 1.418 OPS in series

• SS Troy Tulowitzki TOR goes 6-for-13, one triple, one home run, five RBI, 1.308 OPS in series

• Rangers’ three starters (Cole Hamels 3.1, Yu Darvish 5.0, Colby Lewis 2.0) combine to throw just 10.1 innings

Boston Red Sox v. Cleveland Indians 93w E under John Farrell 94w C under Terry Francona

Indians sweep ALDS CLE winners ~ Andrew Miller, Corey Kluber, Josh Tomlin

• 2b Jason Kipnis CLE 4-for-11, one HR, three RBI, 1.053 OPS in series

• 3b Jose Ramirez CLE 5-for-10, one double, four runs scored, 1.183 OPS in series

• Series marks ends of DH David Ortiz’ MLB career with Twins, Red Sox (1997-2016, 541 HR, 1 768 RBI, ten-time all-star)


Toronto Blue Jays v. Cleveland Indians 89w WC under John Gibbons 94w under Terry Francona

Indians win ALCS 4-1 CLE winners ~ Corey Kluber, Josh Tomlin, Bryan Shaw 2

• SS Francisco Lindor CLE 7-for-19, one HR, three RBI, double, two runs scored, .979 OPS in series • Indians’ pitchers allow just 8 runs in five games, 1.43 ERA…Blue Jays struck out 50 times and left 31 runners on base in series

• 3b Josh Donaldson TOR 6-for-18, double, one HR, two RBI, .956 OPS in series

• 31-yr old LHP Andrew Miller CLE named ALCS MVP ~ 7.2 innings, fourteen strikeouts, 0 ER, three hits, 0 walks





Tu 25 Cubs 103w 0 @ Indians 94w 6 Progressive Field L Jon Lester CHC 19-5 2.44 v. R Corey Kluber CLE 18-9 3.14

Indians now lead World Series 1-0 1

Cubs’ order, under Joe Maddon…CF Fowler, 3b Bryant, 1b Rizzo, LF Zobrist, DH Schwarber, 2b Baez, RF Coghlan, SS Russell, C Ross Indians’ order, under Terry Francona…CF Davis, 2b Kipnis, SS Lindor, 1b Napoli, DH Santana, 3b Ramirez, LF Guyer, RF Chisenhall, C Perez

• C Roberto Perez CLE two home runs (solo in B4 off LHP Jon Lester CHC, three-run in B8 off RHP Hector Rondon CHC)

• P Corey Kluber CLE six innings, four hits, 0 ER, nine strikeouts, game score of 77

• 3b Jose Ramirez CLE 3-for-4, RBI

• Cubs last appeared in WS in 1945, last won in 1908…Indians last appeared and won in 1948

We 26 Cubs 5 @ Indians 1 Progressive Field R Jake Arrieta CHC 18-8 3.10 v. R Trevor Bauer CLE 12-8 4.26


Cubs’ order…CF Fowler, 3b Bryant, 1b Rizzo, LF Zobrist, DH Schwarber, 2b Baez, C Contreras, RF Soler, SS Russell Indians’ order…DH Santana, 2b Kipnis, SS Lindor, 1b Napoli, 3b Ramirez, RF Chisenhall, LF Crisp, CF Naquin, C Perez

• P Jake Arrieta CHC 5.2 IP, two hits, one ER, three BBs, six Ks, 98 pitches, 55 strikes, game score of 67, no-hitter for 5.1 innings

• DH Kyle Schwarber CHC 2-for-4, two RBI, one run scored

• LF Ben Zobrist CHC 2-for 4, triple, RBI, run scored

• Game began an hour early (1900 ET, rather than 2000 ET) to beat rain that was forecast to fall later in evening

Fr 28 Indians 1 @ Cubs 0 Wrigley Field R Josh Tomlin CLE 13-9 4.40 v. R Kyle Hendricks CHC 16-8 2.13


Indians’ order…LF Santana, 2b Kipnis, SS Lindor, 1b Napoli, 3b Ramirez, RF Chisenhall, C Perez, CF Naquin, P Tomlin Cubs’ order…CF Fowler, 3b Bryant, 1b Rizzo, LF Zobrist, C Contreras, RF Soler, 2b Baez, SS Russell, P Hendricks

• Indians score game’s only run in T7 when PH Coco Crisp singles home PR Michael Martinez CLE

• Indians’ pitchers (Tomlin, Miller, Shaw, Allen) allow just five Cubs’ hits in Wrigley’s first World Series game since 10 Oct 1945

• 25th 1-0 shutout game in World Series history

Sa 29 Indians 7 @ Cubs 2 Wrigley Field R Corey Kluber CLE v. R John Lackey CHC 11-8 3.35


Indians’ order…LF Davis, 2b Kipnis, SS Lindor, 1b Santana, 3b Ramirez, RF Chisenhall, C Perez, CF Naquin, P Kluber Cubs’ order…CF Fowler, 3b Bryant, 1b Rizzo, LF Zobrist, C Contreras, SS Russell, RF Heyward, 2b Baez, P Lackey

• P Corey Kluber CLE six innings, five hits, one ER, one walk, six strikeouts, 81 pitches, 58 strikes, game score 67

• 2b Jason Kipnis CLE 2-for-4, double, three-run HR in T7 off P Travis Wood CHC

• 1b Carlos Santana CLE solo HR in T2 off P John Lackey CHC

Su 30 Indians 2 @ Cubs 3 Wrigley Field R Trevor Bauer CLE v. L Jon Lester CHC


Indians’ order…CF Davis, 2b Kipnis, SS Lindor, 1b Napoli, LF Santana, 3b Ramirez, RF Guyer, C Perez, P Bauer Cubs’ order…CF Fowler, 3b Bryant, 1b Rizzo, LF Zobrist, SS Russell, RF Heyward, 2b Baez, C Ross, P Lester

• P Jon Lester CHC six innings, four hits, two ER, 0 walks, five strikeouts, 90 pitches, 61 strikes, game score 61

• 3b Kris Bryant CHC hits solo HR in B4 off P Trevor Bauer CLE

• P Aroldis Chapman CHC goes 2.2 innings, allows just one hit, strikes out four, earns save

Tu 1 Cubs 9 @ Indians 3 Progressive Field R Jake Arrieta CHC v. R Josh Tomlin CLE


Cubs’ order…CF Fowler, DH Schwarber, 3b Bryant, 1b Rizzo, LF Zobrist, SS Russell, C Contreras, RF Heyward, 2b Baez Indians’ order…DH Santana, 2b Kipnis, SS Lindor, 1b Napoli, 3b Ramirez, RF Chisenhall, LF Crisp, CF Naquin, C Perez

• SS Addison Russell CHC doubles home two in T1 as CF Tyler Naquin, RF Lonnie Chisenhall CLE watch ball drop between them

• 3b Kris Bryant CHC 4-for-5, solo HR in T1 off P Josh Tomlin CLE, RBI, two runs scored

• SS Addison Russell CHC hits grand slam HR in T3 off P Dan Otero CLE, six RBI in game (ties World Series record)

We 2 Cubs 8 @ Indians 7 in 10 innings Progressive Field R Kyle Hendricks CHC v. R Corey Kluber CLE

Cubs win World Series 4-3 Their first since 1908 7

Cubs’ order…CF Fowler, DH Schwarber, 3b Bryant, 1b Rizzo, LF Zobrist, SS Russell, C Contreras, RF Heyward, 2b Baez Indians’ order…DH Santana, 2b Kipnis, SS Lindor, 1b Napoli, 3b Ramirez, RF Chisenhall, CF Davis, LF Crisp, C Perez

• LF Ben Zobrist, C Miguel Montero CHC drive home runs in T10 off P Bryan Shaw CLE to give Cubs win

• CF Rajai Davis CLE sends game to extras with two-run HR in B8 off P Aroldis Chapman CHC

• CF Dexter Fowler CHC 3-for-5, leads off game with home run off P Corey Kluber CLE

• First World Series in history in which no starting pitcher lasted more than six innings

• 35-yr old LF Ben Zobrist CHC World Series MVP ~ 10-for-28 .357, five runs, two doubles, one triple, 2 RBI, .919 OPS




2016 WORLD SERIES

CLEVELAND INDIANS


Cody Allen P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Trevor Bauer P 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Lonnie Chisenhall OF 6 16 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 .125 .211 .125 .336 0 0 0

Mike Clevinger P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Coco Crisp OF 6 12 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 .333 .385 .500 .885 0 0 0

Rajai Davis OF 7 22 3 5 1 0 1 3 1 4 .227 .292 .409 .701 3 0 0

Yan Gomes C 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1

Brandon Guyer OF 7 10 4 3 1 0 0 2 4 4 .300 .563 .400 .963 0 0 0

Jason Kipnis 2b 7 31 6 9 3 0 2 4 0 9 .290 .313 .581 .893 0 0 3

Corey Kluber P 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0

Francisco Lindor SS 7 27 2 8 1 0 0 2 3 6 .296 .367 .333 .700 1 2 0

Jeff Manship P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Michael Martinez OF 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Zach McAllister P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Andrew Miller P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Mike Napoli 1b 7 24 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 11 .167 .231 .167 .397 0 0 1

Tyler Naquin OF 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .250 .143 .393 0 0 0

Dan Otero P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Roberto Perez C 7 20 2 4 0 0 2 5 4 6 .200 .333 .500 .833 0 0 1

Jose Ramirez 3b 7 29 2 9 1 0 1 2 1 5 .310 .333 .448 .782 0 0 0

Danny Salazar P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Carlos Santana OF, DH 7 23 2 5 1 0 1 2 6 7 .217 .379 .391 .771 0 0 0

Bryan Shaw P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Josh Tomlin P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

232 27 55 10 0 7 23 24 69 .237 .321 .371 .691 4 2 6


Cody Allen 4 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 6.0 3 0 0 2 12 0.833

Trevor Bauer 3 2 5.40 0 2 0 0 8.1 12 5 5 2 10 1.680

Mike Clevinger 3 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 2 2 4 2 1.500

Corey Kluber 3 3 2.81 2 0 0 0 16.0 15 5 5 1 15 1.000

Jeff Manship 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 3.000

Zach McAllister 2 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 1 2 2.000

Andrew Miller 4 0 3.52 1 0 0 0 7.2 7 3 3 3 9 1.304

Dan Otero 3 0 2.70 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 1 0 1 0.600

Danny Salazar 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 2 4 1.000

Bryan Shaw 4 0 3.86 0 1 0 0 4.2 6 3 2 4 7 2.143

Josh Tomlin 2 2 7.71 0 1 0 0 7.0 8 6 6 2 1 1.429

7 3.71 3 4 1 0 63.0 61 27 26 22 64 1.317

CHICAGO CUBS


Albert Almora 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Jake Arrieta P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Javier Baez 2b 7 30 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 13 .167 .167 .267 .433 0 0 2

Kris Bryant 3b 7 26 6 7 0 0 2 2 5 8 .269 .387 .500 .887 1 0 2

Aroldis Chapman P 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Chris Coghlan 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Willson Contreras C 7 19 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 4 .105 .227 .211 .438 0 0 0

Carl Edwards P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Dexter Fowler OF 7 30 3 7 1 0 2 2 0 7 .233 .258 .467 .725 1 1 0

Justin Grimm P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Kyle Hendricks P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Jason Heyward OF 6 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .150 .150 .150 .300 4 0 0

John Lackey P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Jon Lester P 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Miguel Montero C 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 0

Mike Montgomery P 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Anthony Rizzo 1b 7 25 7 9 3 0 1 5 4 3 .360 .484 .600 1.084 1 0 0

Hector Rondon P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

David Ross C 3 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 .400 .429 1.000 1.429 0 0 1

Addison Russell SS 7 27 1 6 1 0 1 9 2 6 .222 .267 .370 .637 0 0 0

Kyle Schwarber DH 5 17 2 7 1 0 0 2 3 4 .412 .500 .471 .971 1 0 0

Jorge Soler OF 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .800 1.300 0 0 0

Pedro Strop P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Travis Wood P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0

Ben Zobrist OF MVP 7 28 5 10 2 1 0 2 3 4 .357 .419 .500 .919 0 0 0

245 27 61 10 2 8 27 22 64 .249 .316 .404 .720 8 1 5


Jake Arrieta 2 2 2.38 2 0 0 0 11.1 5 3 3 6 15 0.971

Aroldis Chapman 5 0 3.52 1 0 1 0 7.2 5 3 3 2 11 0.913

Carl Edwards 3 0 6.75 0 1 0 0 2.2 4 2 2 2 2 2.250

Justin Grimm 3 0 18.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 4 4 1 2 2.000

John Lackey 1 1 3.60 0 1 0 0 5.0 4 3 2 1 5 1.000

Jon Lester 3 2 3.68 1 1 0 0 14.2 13 7 6 4 16 1.159

Mike Montgomery 5 0 1.93 0 0 1 0 4.2 4 1 1 4 4 1.714

Hector Rondon 2 0 3.86 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 1 1 0 2 1.714

Pedro Strop 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 1.000

Travis Wood 3 0 5.40 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 1.200

7 3.43 4 3 2 0 63.0 55 27 24 24 69 1.254





WILD CARD GAME

We 4 COL Rockies 87w 8 @ ARZ D-backs 93w 11 Chase Field R Jon Gray COL 10-4 3.67 v. R Zack Greinke ARZ 17-7 3.20

win NL wild-card game to advance

Rockies’ order, under Bud Black…CF Blackmon, 2b Lemahieu, RF C Gonzalez, 3b Arenado, SS Story, LF Parra, 1b Reynolds, C Lucroy, P Gray Diamondbacks’ order, under Torey Lovullo…LF Peralta, SS Marte, 1b Goldschmidt, RF JD Martinez, 3b Lamb, CF Pollock, 2b Descalso, C Mathis, P Greinke

• 1b Paul Goldschmidt ARZ three-run HR in B1, 2-for-5 in game

• 3b Jake Lamb ARZ 4-for-5, three runs scored

• LF David Peralta ARZ 3-for-5, two runs scored

NL DIVISION SERIES

Arizona Diamondbacks v. Los Angeles Dodgers 93w WC under Torey Lovullo 104w W under Dave Roberts

Dodgers sweep NLDS LAD winners ~ Clayton Kershaw, Kenta Maeda, Yu Darvish

• 3b Justin Turner LAD 6-for-13 in series, one HR, five RBI, 1.226 OPS • OF Yasiel Puig LAD 5-for-11 in series, double, triple, four RBI, two walks, 1.266 OPS

• RHP Kenley Jansen LAD three appearances, two saves, 3.2 innings, four strikeouts, 1.32 ERA

Chicago Cubs v. Washington Nationals 92w C under Joe Maddon 97w E under Dusty Baker

Cubs win NLDS 3-2 CHC winners ~ Kyle Hendricks, Carl Edwards, Brian Duensing

• RHP Kyle Hendricks CHC starts G1, G5: one win, eleven innings, four ER, four walks, 13 strikeouts, 3.03 ERA

• 1b Anthony Rizzo CHC 4-for-20, home run, six RBI, one walk, .638 OPS

• 3b Kris Bryant CHC 4-for-20, two RBI, ten strikeouts


Chicago Cubs v. Los Angeles Dodgers 92w under Joe Maddon 104w under Dave Roberts

Dodgers win NLCS 4-1 LAD winners ~ Kenta Maeda, Kenley Jansen, Yu Darvish, Clayton Kershaw

• RF Yasiel Puig LAD 7-for-18, six runs, one HRs, two RBI, two walks, 1.111 OPS in series

• LHP Clayton Kershaw LAD starts G1, G5, allows three runs in eleven innings, nine strikeouts, 2.45 ERA

• LF Kiké Hernández LAD hits three home runs, seven RBI in 11-1 Game Five crushing of Cubs

• 27-yr old CF Chris Taylor (6-for-19, five BBs), 32-yr old 3b Justin Turner LAD (2 HR, 7 RBI, five BBs) share NLCS MVP

• Dodgers reach their first World Series since 1989





WILD CARD GAME

Tu 3 MIN Twins 85w 4 @ NY Yankees 91w 8 Yankee Stadium R Ervin Santana 16-8 3.28 v. R Luis Severino NYY 14-6 2.98

Yankees win AL wild-card game to advance

Twins order, under Paul Molitor…2b Dozier, 1b Mauer, SS Polanco, LF Rosario, 3b Escobar, RF Kepler, CF Buxton, C Castro, DH Grossman Yankees’ order, under Joe Girardi…LF Gardner, RF Judge, C Sanchez, SS Gregorius, 2b Castro, 1b Bird, CF Hicks, DH Ellsbury, 3b Frazier

• Neither starting pitcher goes beyond two innings (Severino faces just six, Santana faces just 11 before removal)

• SS Didi Gregorius NYY three-run HR in B1, after Twins had taken a 3-0, first-inning lead • RF Aaron Judge NYY hits two-run HR (after 52 during regular season) in B4 off RHP Jose Berrios MIN

AL DIVISION SERIES

New York Yankees v. Cleveland Indians 91w WC under Joe Girardi 102w C under Terry Francona

Yankees win ALDS 3-2 NYY winners ~ Masahiro Tanaka, Luis Severino, David Robertson

• Yankees come back from two-game deficit in series — first team since 2003 Red Sox to come back from down 0-2

• SS Didi Gregorius NYY two HRs, three RBI, six walks, three runs scored, 1.023 OPS

• CF Aaron Hicks NYY 6-for-19, three runs scored, one HR, four RBI, one walk, .876 OPS

• RF Aaron Judge NYY just 1-for-20, 0 HRs, 16 strikeouts

Boston Red Sox v. Houston Astros 93w E under John Farrell 101w W under A.J. Hinch

Astros win ALDS 3-1 HOU winners ~ Justin Verlander 1 & 3, Dallas Keuchel

• 2b José Altuve HOU 8-for-15 in series, three HRs, four RBI, four walks, five runs scored, 1.765 OPS

• RHP Justin Verlander HOU starts G1, relieves in G3, wins both, 8.2 innings, seven hits, three ER, four walks, three strikeouts

• No Red Sox starter goes beyond five innings, Boston starters’ ERA a combined 12.71 in this ALDS


New York Yankees v. Houston Astros 91w WC under Joe Girardi 101w W under A.J. Hinch

Astros win ALCS 4-3 HOU winners ~ Dallas Keuchel, Justin Verlander 2 & 6, Charlie Morton

• 2b José Altuve HOU 8-for-25 in series, two HR, four RBI, four walks, five runs scored, .974 OPS

• SS Carlos Correa HOU 9-for-27 in series, HR, three RBI, four runs scored, .913 OPS

• Rookie RF Aaron Judge NYY 6-for-24 in series, five runs scored, three HR, seven RBI, four walks, 11 strikeouts, 1.065 OPS

• 34-year old RHP Justin Verlander named ALCS MVP…two wins, complete game, 16 IP, one ER, 1 BB, 21 Ks, 0.56 ERA





Tu 24 Astros 101w 1 @ Dodgers 104w 3 Dodger Stadium L Dallas Keuchel HOU 14-5 2.90 v. L Clayton Kershaw LAD 18-4 2.31

Dodgers now lead World Series 1-0 1

Astros’ order, under A.J. Hinch…CF Springer, 3b Bregman, 2b Altuve, SS Correa, 1b Gurriel, C McCann, LF M González, RF Reddick, P Keuchel Dodgers’ order, under Dave Roberts…CF Taylor, 3b Turner, 1b Bellinger, RF Puig, LF K Hernández, SS Seager, 2b Forsythe, C Barnes, P Kershaw

• LHP Clayton Kershaw LAD seven innings, three hits, one ER, 0 walks, 11 strikeouts, game score 78

• 3b Justin Turner LAD hits two-run home run in B6 off LHP Dallas Keuchel HOU

• CF Chris Taylor LAD hits solo home run on first pitch thrown by LHP Dallas Keuchel HOU in game

• Game began with temperature of 103o F (38o C)

We 25 Astros 7 @ Dodgers 6 in 11 innings Dodger Stadium R Justin Verlander HOU 5-0 1.06 w/ HOU v. L Rich Hill LAD 12-8 3.32


Astros’ order …CF Springer, 3b Bregman, 2b Altuve, SS Correa, 1b Gurriel, C McCann, LF M González, RF Reddick, P Verlander Dodgers’ order…CF Taylor, SS Seager, 3b Turner, 1b Bellinger, RF Puig, LF Pederson, C Barnes, 2b Utley, P Hill

• RF George Springer HOU hits two-run HR off RHP Brandon McCarthy LAD in T11

• LF Marwin González HOU hits solo HR off RHP Kenley Jansen LAD in T9 to force extra innings

• 2b José Altuve, SS Carlos Correa, RF George Springer HOU, RF Yasiel Puig, LF Charlie Culberson LAD all homer in extras

• 8 combined HRs most ever in MLB postseason game…5 HRs in extra innings most in any MLB game ever

Fr 27 Dodgers 3 @ Astros 5 Minute Maid Park R Yu Darvish LAD 4-3 3.44 w/ LAD v. R Lance McCullers Jr. HOU 7-4 4.25

Astros now lead World Series 2-1 3

Dodgers’ order…CF Taylor, SS Seager, 3b Turner, 1b Bellinger, RF Puig, 2b Forsythe, C Barnes, DH Pederson, LF K Hernández Astros’ order…CF Springer, 3b Bregman, 2b Altuve, SS Correa, 1b Gurriel, RF Reddick, DH Gattis, LF M González, C McCann

• Astros score four in B2, started by 1b Yuli Gurriel HOU solo HR off RHP Yu Darvish LAD

• RHP Brad Peacock HOU goes 3.2 innings in relief to earn save, 0 hits, 0 ER, four strikeouts

• C Brian McCann HOU 3-for-4, RBI

Sa 28 Dodgers 6 @ Astros 2 Minute Maid Park R Alex Wood LAD 16-3 2.72 v. R Charlie Morton HOU 14-7 3.62


Dodgers’ order…CF Taylor, SS Seager, 3b Turner, 1b Bellinger, RF Puig, 2b Forsythe, C Barnes, DH Pederson, LF K Hernández Astros’ order…CF Springer, 3b Bregman, 2b Altuve, SS Correa, 1b Gurriel, RF Reddick, DH Gattis, LF M González, C McCann

• Dodgers score five in T9…keyed by 1b Cody Bellinger LAD RBI double and DH Joc Pederson LAD three-run HR

• 1b Cody Bellinger LAD 2-for-4, two doubles, RBI, two runs scored

• RHP Alex Wood LAD first Dodgers’ pitcher to ever take no-hitter past fifth in a postseason game, game score 62

• RHP Charlie Morton HOU 6.1 innings, three hits, one ER, 0 walks, seven strikeouts, game score 76

Su 29 Dodgers 12 @ Astros 13 in 10 innings Minute Maid Park L Clayton Kershaw LAD v. L Dallas Keuchel HOU

Astros now lead World Series 3-2 5

Dodgers’ order…CF Taylor, SS Seager, DH Turner, LF K Hernández, 1b Bellinger, 3b Forsythe, RF Puig, C Barnes, 2b Culberson Astros’ order…CF Springer, 3b Bregman, 2b Altuve, SS Correa, 1b Gurriel, RF Reddick, DH Gattis, LF M González, C McCann

• 1b Yuli Gurriel, 2b José Altuve, CF George Springer, SS Carlos Correa, C Brian McCann HOU all homer in 5h17m game

• 3b Alex Bregman HOU singles home PR Derek Fisher HOU with winning run off RHP Kenley Jansen LAD in B10

• 2b José Altuve HOU 3-for-5, four RBI, three runs scored, now has .833 OPS in series

Tu 31 Astros 1 @ Dodgers 3 Dodger Stadium R Justin Verlander HOU v. L Rich Hill LAD


Astros’ order…CF Springer, 3b Bregman, 2b Altuve, SS Correa, 1b Gurriel, C McCann, LF M González, RF Reddick, P Verlander Dodgers’ order…CF Taylor, SS Seager, 3b Turner, 1b Bellinger, RF Puig, LF Pederson, 2b Forsythe, C Barnes, P Hill

• Dodgers score two in B6, keyed by CF Chris Taylor RBI double and SS Corey Seager sacrifice fly

• LF Joc Pederson LAD, CF George Springer HOU hit home runs — combined total of 24 HRs (H 15, L 9) sets World Series record

• RHP Justin Verlander HOU six innings, three hits, two ER, 0 walks, nine strikeouts, game score 73, first loss with Astros

We 1 Astros 5 @ Dodgers 1 Dodger Stadium R Lance McCullers Jr. HOU v. R Yu Darvish LAD

Astros win World Series 4-3 Their first ever 7

Astros’ order…CF Springer, 3b Bregman, 2b Altuve, SS Correa, 1b Gurriel, C McCann, LF M González, RF Reddick, P McCullers Jr. Dodgers’ order…CF Taylor, SS Seager, 3b Turner, 1b Bellinger, RF Puig, LF Pederson, 2b Forsythe, C Barnes, P Darvish

• CF George Springer HOU hits two-run HR in T2, 2-for-5 in game, two runs scored

• RHP Charlie Morton HOU pitches four relief innings, two hits, one ER, one walk, four strikeouts, earns victory

• RHP Yu Darvish LAD lasts just 1.2 innings, three hits, four ER, one walk, 0 strikeouts, game score 21, also lost G3

• 28-year old CF George Springer HOU World Series MVP…five home runs, seven RBI, .379 avg, 8 runs scored




2017 WORLD SERIES

HOUSTON ASTROS


George Springer CF MVP 7 29 8 11 3 0 5 7 5 8 .379 .471 1.000 1.471 0 0 0

Cameron Maybin OF 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0

Evan Gattis C 6 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 .300 .533 .300 .833 0 0

Carlos Correa SS 7 29 3 8 1 0 2 5 1 4 .276 .300 .517 .817 0 0 0

Alex Bregman 3b 7 30 6 7 1 0 2 5 2 4 .233 .273 .467 .739 1 0 1

Yuli Gurriel 1b 7 28 2 6 3 0 2 4 1 5 .214 .241 .536 .777 0 0 1

Marwin González LF 7 24 3 5 2 0 1 2 4 5 .208 .321 .417 .738 0 0 0

Brian McCann C 7 25 2 5 0 0 1 2 1 8 .200 .286 .320 .606 0 0 0

José Altuve 2b 7 31 4 6 2 0 2 6 1 7 .194 .219 .452 .670 1 0 0

Josh Reddick RF 7 24 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 5 .167 .231 .208 .439 0 0 0

Carlos Beltrán DH 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Dallas Keuchel P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Lance McCullers Jr. P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Charlie Morton P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Brad Peacock P 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Justin Verlander P 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Chris Devenski P 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Derek Fisher PR 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Giles P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Luke Gregerson P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Will Harris P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Francisco Liriano P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Collin McHugh P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Musgrove P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

244 34 56 13 0 15 32 22 54 .230 .297 .467 .765 3 0 2


Luke Gregerson 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 2.000

Will Harris 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000

Francisco Liriano 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0.000

Charlie Morton 2 1 1.74 1 0 0 0 10.1 5 2 2 1 11 0.581

Brad Peacock 4 0 2.45 0 0 1 0 7.1 4 2 2 3 8 0.955

Lance McCullers Jr. 2 2 3.52 1 0 0 0 7.2 7 3 3 4 6 1.435

Justin Verlander 2 2 3.75 0 1 0 0 12.0 5 5 5 2 14 0.583

Dallas Keuchel 2 2 5.23 0 1 0 0 10.1 11 7 6 3 7 1.355

Joe Musgrove 4 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 3 1 2 1.000

Chris Devenski 5 0 7.20 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 4 1 5 1.000

Collin McHugh 1 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 3 3 3 4 2.000

Ken Giles 2 0 27.00 0 1 0 0 1.2 4 5 5 2 3 3.600

7 4.64 4 3 1 0 64.0 47 34 33 21 65 1.063

LOS ANGELES DODGERS


Charlie Culberson IF 5 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 .600 .600 1.200 1.800 0 0 0

Andre Ethier PH 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 0 0 0

Joc Pederson LF 6 18 6 6 2 0 3 5 2 8 .333 .400 .944 1.344 0 0 0

Logan Forsythe 2b 7 18 3 5 1 0 0 3 4 4 .278 .409 .333 .742 1 1 1

Kiké Hernández LF 6 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .231 .375 .231 .606 0 0 0

Corey Seager SS 7 27 4 6 1 0 1 4 3 9 .222 .290 .370 .661 0 0 0

Chris Taylor CF 7 27 4 6 2 0 1 3 4 5 .222 .344 .407 .751 0 1 0

Austin Barnes C 7 23 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 5 .174 .200 .217 .417 0 0 0

Justin Turner 3b 7 25 4 4 2 0 1 2 4 4 .160 .323 .360 .683 0 0 1

Yasiel Puig RF 7 27 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 5 .148 .179 .370 .549 0 0 0

Cody Bellinger 1b 7 28 4 4 2 1 1 5 1 17 .143 .172 .393 .565 0 0 1

Yasmani Grandal C 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Rich Hill P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Clayton Kershaw P 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Chase Utley 2b 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0

Tony Cingrani P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Yu Darvish P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Josh Fields P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kenley Jansen P 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kenta Maeda P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Brandon McCarthy P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Brandon Morrow P 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ross Stripling P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tony Watson P 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Alex Wood P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

229 34 47 11 1 10 31 21 65 .205 .290 .393 .683 1 2 3


Tony Watson 5 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 3.2 2 1 0 1 1 0.818

Ross Stripling 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 1.500

Alex Wood 2 1 1.17 0 0 0 0 7.2 1 1 1 2 6 0.391

Kenta Maeda 4 0 1.59 0 0 0 0 5.2 5 1 1 2 3 1.235

Rich Hill 2 2 2.08 0 0 0 0 8.2 7 2 2 4 12 1.269

Tony Cingrani 3 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 2 2 1.333

Kenley Jansen 6 0 3.12 0 1 2 0 8.2 6 3 3 2 8 0.923

Clayton Kershaw 3 2 4.02 1 0 0 0 15.2 9 7 7 5 17 0.894

Brandon Morrow 7 0 8.44 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 5 5 1 4 1.688

Brandon McCarthy 1 0 18.00 0 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 2.000

Josh Fields 1 0 inf 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 2 2 0 0

Yu Darvish 2 2 21.60 0 2 0 0 3.1 9 9 8 2 0 3.300

7 4.45 3 4 2 0 64.2 56 34 32 22 54 1.206





163rd GAMES TO BREAK DIVISION TIES

Mo 1 Brewers 95w 3 @ Cubs 95w 1 Wrigley Field R Jhoulys Chacin MIL 15-8 3.56 v. L Jose Quintana CHC 13-11 4.09

Brewers win NL Central tie-breaker

Brewers’ order, under Craig Counsell…CF Cain, RF Yelich, LF Braun, 1b Aguilar, 2b Schoop, 3b Moustakas, C Kratz, SS Arcia, P Chacin Cubs’ order, under Joe Maddon…2b Murphy, RF Zobrist, SS Baez, 1b Rizzo, 3b Bryant, LF Schwarber, CF Heyward, P Quintana, C Contreras

• Brewers score two in T8, keyed by CF Lorenzo Cain and LF Ryan Braun RBI singles

• SS Orlando Arcia MIL 4-for-4, two runs scored

• OF Christian Yelich MIL 3-for-4, RBI, leads NL in batting at .326, second in HRs w/ 36, second in RBI w/ 110

Mo 1 Rockies 91w 2 @ Dodgers 91w 5 Dodger Stadium R German Marquez COL 14-10 3.76 v. R Walker Buehler LAD 7-5 2.76

Dodgers win NL West tie-breaker

Rockies’ order, under Bud Black…CF Blackmon, 2b LeMahieu, LF Dahl, 3b Arenado, SS Story, RF Gonzalez, 1b Desmond, C Wolters, P Marquez Dodgers’ order, under Dave Roberts…LF Pederson, 3b Turner, 1b Muncy, SS Machado, C Grandal, CF Bellinger, RF Puig, 2b Hernandez, P Buehler

• RHP Walker Buehler LAD 6.2 innings, one hit, 0 ER, three walks, three strikeouts, game score 75

• 1b Max Muncy LAD two-run HR in B5, 2-for-4, two runs scored

• CF Cody Bellinger LAD two-run HR in B4

WILD CARD GAME

Tu 2 COL Rockies 91w 2 @ CHI Cubs 95w 1 in 13 inn Wrigley Field L Kyle Freeland COL 17-7 2.85 v. L Jon Lester CHC 18-6 3.32

Rockies win NL wild-card game to advance

Rockies’ order, under Bud Black…CF Blackmon, 2b LeMahieu, 3b Arenado, SS Story, LF Holliday, 1b Desmond, RF Dahl, C Iannetta, P Freeland Cubs’ order, under Joe Maddon…RF Zobrist, LF Bryant, 1b Rizzo, SS Baez, CF Almora, 2b Murphy, C Contreras, 3b Bote, P Lester

• Rockies win longest postseason elimination game in MLB history in terms of time (4h, 55 mins) and innings

• C Tony Wolters COL drives home SS Trevor Story COL with two-out single in T13

• Rockies score their other run in T1, when 3b Nolan Arenado hit sacrifice fly, scoring CF Charlie Blackmon

NL DIVISION SERIES

Colorado Rockies v. Milwaukee Brewers 91w WC under Bud Black 96w C under Craig Counsell

Brewers sweep NLDS MIL winners ~ J Soria, J Chacin, C Burnes

• 3b Mike Moustakas MIL 4-for-11 in series, two RBI, double, two runs scored

• OF Ryan Braun MIL 5-for-13 in series, run scored • LHP Josh Hader MIL appeared in all three games with 2.1 IP, four strikeouts, 0.00 WHIP

Atlanta Braves v. Los Angeles Dodgers 91w E under Brian Snitker 92w W under David Roberts

Dodgers win NLDS 3-1 LAD winners ~ H Ryu, C Kershaw, R Madson

• IF Max Muncy LAD two home runs in series, four RBI, six walks, four runs scored, 1.833 OPS

• LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu LAD goes seven innings, strikes out eight in important Game One win

• Dodgers advance to their third consecutive NLCS


Los Angeles Dodgers v. Milwaukee Brewers 92w W under Dave Roberts 96w C under Craig Counsell

Dodgers win NLCS 4-3 LAD winners ~ P Baez, J Urias, C Kershaw, R Madson

• RF Yasiel Puig LAD 7-for-21, three doubles, home run, four RBI, .983 OPS

• OF/IF Chris Taylor LAD 8-for-22, four runs scored, four walks, one RBI, .962 OPS

• RHP Kenley Jansen LAD four appearances, 4.2 innings, two saves, seven strikeouts, .643 WHIP

• 23-year old OF Cody Bellinger named NLCS MVP…5-for-25, home run, four RBI, three runs scored





WILD CARD GAME

We 3 Oakland A’s 97w 2 @ New York Yankees 100w 7 Yankee Stadium R Liam Hendriks OAK 0-1 4.13 v. R Luis Severino NYY 19-8 3.39

Yankees win AL wild-card game to advance

A’s order, under Bob Melvin…LF Martini, 3b Chapman, 2b Lowrie, DH Davis, 1b Olson, RF Piscotty, CF Laureano, SS Semien, C Lucroy Yankees’ order, under Aaron Boone…LF McCutchen, RF Judge, CF Hicks, DH Stanton, 1b Voit, SS Gregorius, 3b Andujar, C Sanchez, 2b Torres

• RF Aaron Judge NYY hits two-run HR in B1 off RHP Liam Hendricks OAK, 2-for-3 in game, two runs scored

• RHP Luis Severino NYY four innings, two hits, 0 ER, four walks, seven strikeouts, game score 61 • DH Giancarlo Stanton NYY solo HR in B8, two runs scored in game

AL DIVISION SERIES

New York Yankees v. Boston Red Sox 100w WC under Aaron Boone 108w E under Alex Cora

Red Sox win ALDS 3-1 BOS winners ~ C Sale, N Eovaldi, R Porcello

• DH J.D. Martinez BOS 5-for-14 in series, one HR, six RBI, three walks, run scored, .992 OPS

• 1b Steve Pearce BOS 4-for-12 in series, two RBI, two walks, three runs scored, .762 OPS

• In G3, Brock Holt BOS becomes first player to ever hit for the cycle in an MLB postseason game

Cleveland Indians v. Houston Astros 91w C under Terry Francona 103w W under A.J. Hinch

Astros sweep ALDS HOU winners ~ J Verlander, G Cole, C McHugh

• 3b Alex Bregman HOU 5-for-9 in series, two HRs, four RBI, four walks, five runs scored, one double, 2.048 OPS

• OF George Springer HOU 6-for-14 in series, three solo HRs, three RBI, four runs scored, 1.500 OPS

• Astros outscore Indians 21-6 in series; final game in which Indians have Chief Wahoo logo as part of their uniform


Houston Astros v. Boston Red Sox 103w C under A.J. Hinch 108w E under Alex Cora

Red Sox win ALCS 4-1 BOS winners ~ M Barnes, N Eovaldi, J Kelly, D Price

• First-ever postseason series between two teams who won at least 103 games • DH J.D. Martinez BOS 5-for-18, one home run, three RBI, four walks, three runs scored, .909 OPS

• 3b Rafael Devers BOS 5-for-13, one HR, six RBI, two walks, four runs scored, 1.082 OPS

• 28-year old OF Jackie Bradley Jr. BOS named ALCS MVP…2 HRs, nine RBI, four walks, three runs scored, 1.067 OPS





Tu 23 Dodgers 92w 4 @ Red Sox 108w 8 Fenway Park L Clayton Kershaw LAD 9-5 2.73 v. L Chris Sale BOS 12-4 2.11

now lead World Series 1-0 1

Dodgers’ order, under Dave Roberts…2b Dozier, 3b Turner, 1b Freese, SS Machado, LF Taylor, DH Kemp, CF Hernandez, RF Puig, C Barnes Red Sox’ order, under Alex Cora…RF Betts, LF Benintendi, 1b Pearce, DH Martinez, SS Bogaerts, 3b Devers, 2b Kinsler, C Leon, CF Bradley, Jr.

• PH Edwin Nunez BOS drills three-run, pinch-hit HR off RHP Alex Wood LAD in B7

• LF Andrew Benintendi BOS 4-for-5, three runs scored, RBI, double

• DH J.D. Martinez BOS 2-for-3, two RBI, run scored

We 24 Dodgers 2 @ Red Sox 4 Fenway Park L Hyun-Jin Ryu LAD 7-3 1.97 v. L David Price BOS 16-7 2.58


Dodgers’ order…2b Dozier, 3b Turner, 1b Freese, SS Machado, LF Taylor, DH Kemp, CF Hernandez, RF Puig, C Barnes Red Sox’ order…RF Betts, LF Benintendi, 1b Pearce, DH Martinez, SS Bogaerts, 3b Devers, 2b Kinsler, CF Bradley Jr., C Vazquez

• LHP David Price BOS six innings, three hits, two earned runs, three walks, five strikeouts, game score 63

• RF Mookie Betts BOS 3-for-4, run scored

• DH J.D. Martinez BOS 1-for-4, two RBI in game

Fr 26 Red Sox 2 @ Dodgers 3 in 18 innings Dodger Stadium R Rick Porcello BOS 17-7 4.28 v. R Walker Buehler LAD 8-5 2.62


Red Sox’ order…RF Betts, SS Bogaerts, 1b Moreland, LF Martinez, 2b Holt, 3b Devers, CF Bradley, C Vazquez, P Porcello Dodgers’ order…LF Pederson, 3b Turner, 1b Muncy, SS Machado, CF Bellinger, RF Puig, C Grandal, 2b Taylor, P Buehler

• 1b Max Muncy LAD ends longest game in World Series history with solo HR in B18 off RHP Nathan Eovaldi BOS

• LF Joc Pederson LAD hits third-inning, solo HR off RHP Rick Porcello BOS

• RHP Walker Buehler LAD seven innings, two hits, 0 ER, 0 walks, seven strikeouts, game score 85

Sa 27 Red Sox 9 @ Dodgers 6 Dodger Stadium L Eduardo Rodriguez BOS 13-5 3.82 v. L Rich Hill LAD 11-5 3.66


Red Sox’ order…CF Betts, LF Benintendi, 1b Pearce, RF Martinez, SS Bogaerts, 3b Nunez, 2b Holt, C Vazquez, P Rodriguez Dodgers’ order…1b Freese, 2b Muncy, 3b Turner, SS Machado, CF Bellinger, RF Puig, LF Taylor, C Barnes, P Hill

• 1b Steve Pearce BOS hits solo HR in T9 that leads to five-run inning for Red Sox…Pearce 2-for-4, four RBI, two runs scored

• PH Mitch Moreland BOS hits three-run HR in T7 off RHP Ryan Madson LAD that gets Boston back in game

• RF Yasiel Puig LAD hits three-run HR in B6 that gives Dodgers a 4-0 lead

Su 28 Red Sox 5 @ Dodgers 1 Dodger Stadium L David Price BOS v. L Clayton Kershaw LAD

Red Sox win World Series 4-1 5

Red Sox’ order…CF Betts, LF Benintendi, 1b Pearce, RF Martinez, SS Bogaerts, 2b Holt, 3b Devers, C Vazquez, P Price Dodgers’ order…1b Freese, 3b Turner, CF Hernandez, SS Machado, 2b Muncy, RF Puig, LF Taylor, C Barnes, P Kershaw

• 1b Steve Pearce BOS two home runs — two-run shot in T1, solo in T8

• LHP David Price BOS seven innings, three hits, one ER, two walks, five strikeouts, game score 70

• 35-year old Steve Pearce BOS named World Series MVP…three home runs and a double in his final six series at-bats




2018 WORLD SERIES

BOSTON RED SOX


Sandy Leon C 3 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 .500 .571 .667 1.238 0 0 0

Andrew Benintendi OF 5 18 6 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 .333 .368 .389 .757 0 0 0

Steve Pearce 1b MVP 5 12 5 4 1 0 3 8 4 0 .333 .500 1.167 1.667 0 0 0

Eduardo Nunez 3b 3 10 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 3 .300 .300 .600 .900 0 0 0

J.D. Martinez OF 5 18 2 5 1 0 1 5 3 7 .278 .381 .500 .881 0 1 0

Jackie Bradley Jr. OF 5 13 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 .231 .333 .462 .795 0 1 0

Mookie Betts OF 5 23 5 5 1 0 1 1 3 6 .217 .308 .391 .699 1 0 0

Rafael Devers 3b 5 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 7 .214 .267 .214 .481 0 0 0

Christian Vazquez C 4 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 1

Brock Holt IF 3 12 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 .167 .333 .250 .583 1 0 0

Xander Bogaerts SS 5 22 2 3 1 0 0 2 3 6 .136 .240 .182 .422 0 0 0

Mitch Moreland IF 4 8 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 4 .125 .125 .500 .625 0 0 0

Ian Kinsler IF 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 0 0 1

Nathan Eovaldi P 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

David Price P 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Eduardo Rodriguez P 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0

Blake Swihart C 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Matt Barnes P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ryan Brasier P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Heath Hembree P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Kelly P 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Craig Kimbrel P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rick Porcello P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chris Sale P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 189 28 42 7 0 8 27 21 53 .222 .303 .386 .690 2 2 2


Joe Kelly 5 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 10 0.667

Heath Hembree 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000

Matt Barnes 3 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 1 4 1.286

Nathan Eovaldi 3 0 1.13 0 1 0 0 8.0 3 2 1 1 6 0.500

Rick Porcello 1 1 1.93 0 0 0 0 4.2 3 1 1 1 5 0.857

David Price 3 2 1.98 2 0 0 0 13.2 7 3 3 6 10 0.951

Craig Kimbrel 4 0 4.15 0 0 1 0 4.1 3 2 2 2 2 1.154

Chris Sale 2 1 5.40 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 3 3 2 10 1.400

Ryan Brasier 2 0 5.40 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 1 1 1 2.400

Eduardo Rodriguez 3 1 5.68 0 0 0 0 6.1 4 4 4 2 7 0.947

Totals 27 5 2.55 4 1 1 0 53.0 34 16 15 17 56 0.962

LOS ANGELES DODGERS


David Freese 1b 5 12 2 5 0 1 1 1 1 3 .417 .500 .833 1.333 0 0 0

Justin Turner 3b 5 24 2 8 2 0 0 0 2 6 .333 .385 .417 .801 0 0 0

Yasiel Puig RF 5 20 1 5 0 0 1 4 1 1 .250 .286 .400 .686 0 0 0

Max Muncy IF 5 17 3 4 1 0 1 1 2 5 .235 .316 .471 .786 0 0 0

Yasmani Grandal C 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .200 .429 .200 .629 0 0 0

Manny Machado SS 5 22 2 4 0 0 0 3 1 5 .182 .208 .182 .390 0 0 0

Chris Taylor IF/OF 5 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 6 .143 .333 .143 .476 0 0 0

Enrique Hernandez IF/OF 5 15 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 4 .133 .133 .333 .467 0 0 0

Matt Kemp OF 4 9 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 .111 .100 .444 .544 0 0 0

Joc Pederson OF 5 12 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 .083 .083 .333 .417 0 0 0

Cody Bellinger OF 5 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .063 .063 .063 .125 0 1 0

Austin Barnes C 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 0 0

Walker Buehler P 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Brian Dozier IF 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .375 .000 .375 0 0 0

Rich Hill P 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Clayton Kershaw P 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0

Scott Alexander P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Pedro Baez P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dylan Floro P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kenley Jansen P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ryan Madson P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kenta Maeda P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hyun-Jin Ryu P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Julio Urias P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alex Wood P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 94 189 16 34 3 1 6 14 17 56 .180 .249 .302 .550 0 1 1


Walker Buehler 1 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 7 0.286

Rich Hill 1 1 1.42 0 0 0 0 6.1 1 1 1 3 7 0.632

Julio Urias 3 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 1 1 1 2 0.667

Kenta Maeda 3 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 2 6 2.000

Ryan Madson 4 0 3.86 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 2 2 2.143

Pedro Baez 4 0 3.86 0 0 0 0 4.2 2 2 2 3 4 1.071

Kenley Jansen 3 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 2 2 1 3 0.750

Clayton Kershaw 2 2 7.36 0 2 0 0 11.0 14 9 9 3 10 1.545

Alex Wood 3 0 7.71 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 1 2 1.714

Hyun-Jin Ryu 1 1 7.71 0 1 0 0 4.2 6 4 4 1 5 1.500

Dylan Floro 2 0 11.57 0 1 0 0 2.1 3 3 3 2 3 2.143

Scott Alexander 3 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 2 2 2 2 2.250

Totals 30 5 4.85 1 4 0 0 52.0 42 28 28 21 53 1.212


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