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1) Yesterday’s score–
Royals 8, Orioles 6 (10) (Royals lead the series, 1-0)
2) Today’s games–
Royals (Yordano Ventura) at Orioles (Bud Norris), 4:07
Giants (Madison Bumgarner) at Cardinals (Adam Wainwright), 8:07
3) ROYALS 8, ORIOLES 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
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Royals 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 12 1
Orioles 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 6 14 1
* Royals LF Alex Gordon had 3 hits (1 2B, 1 HR), CF Lorenzo Cain (1 2B, 2 BB) and DH Billy Butler had 2 hits and SS Alcides Escobar and 3B Mike Moustakas homered.
GORDON YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 28 33 25 8 .368 .455 .822 .621 6.08 .294 14 72 10 161 Royals 2013 29 12 9 3 .327 .422 .749 .546 5.14 .265 20 81 11 156 Royals 2014 30 32 20 12 .351 .432 .783 .613 5.51 .266 19 74 12 156 Royals CAREER 117 79 38 .345 .435 .781 .565 5.40 .268 121 475 79 1032 LG AVG 0 0 0 .329 .411 .740 .500 4.69 .264 104 482 69 CAIN YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 26 5 2 3 .316 .419 .734 .524 4.89 .266 7 31 10 61 Royals 2013 27 -4 -12 8 .310 .348 .658 .388 3.62 .251 4 46 14 115 Royals 2014 28 19 12 7 .339 .412 .751 .590 5.23 .301 5 53 28 133 Royals CAREER 24 5 19 .326 .392 .718 .514 4.67 .279 17 144 59 358 LG AVG 0 0 0 .323 .403 .726 .500 4.53 .259 34 149 23 BUTLER YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 26 34 34 0 .373 .510 .882 .662 6.70 .313 29 107 2 161 Royals 2013 27 8 8 0 .374 .412 .787 .547 5.15 .289 15 82 0 162 Royals 2014 28 -4 -5 1 .323 .379 .702 .464 3.97 .271 9 66 0 151 Royals CAREER 84 90 -6 .359 .449 .808 .566 5.47 .295 127 628 5 1166 LG AVG 0 0 0 .330 .412 .742 .500 4.73 .265 114 529 76 ESCOBAR YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 25 -11 1 -12 .331 .390 .721 .505 4.69 .293 5 52 35 155 Royals 2013 26 -36 -36 0 .259 .300 .559 .263 2.64 .234 4 52 22 158 Royals 2014 27 -1 -1 0 .317 .377 .694 .497 4.26 .285 3 51 31 162 Royals CAREER -92 -80 -12 .299 .349 .648 .398 3.66 .263 21 253 128 825 LG AVG 0 0 0 .325 .407 .732 .500 4.59 .259 85 368 56 MOUSTAKAS YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 23 13 -5 18 .296 .412 .708 .467 4.32 .242 20 73 5 149 Royals 2013 24 -16 -20 4 .287 .364 .651 .340 3.23 .233 12 42 2 136 Royals 2014 25 -11 -17 6 .271 .361 .632 .353 3.08 .212 15 54 1 140 Royals CAREER -19 -48 29 .290 .379 .668 .402 3.65 .236 52 199 10 514 LG AVG 0 0 0 .323 .405 .728 .500 4.53 .259 52 228 36
* Orioles RF Nick Markakis (1 2B) and 3B Ryan Flaherty had 3 hits and LF Alejandro De Aza and DH Nelson Cruz (1 2B) had 2 hits.
MARKAKIS YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 28 11 14 -3 .363 .471 .834 .597 6.14 .298 13 54 1 104 Orioles 2013 29 -10 -11 1 .329 .356 .685 .436 4.03 .271 10 59 1 160 Orioles 2014 30 15 13 2 .342 .386 .729 .575 4.85 .276 14 50 4 155 Orioles CAREER 82 109 -27 .358 .435 .793 .564 5.60 .290 141 658 61 1365 LG AVG 0 0 0 .332 .415 .747 .500 4.86 .267 167 666 93 FLAHERTY YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 25 -9 -9 0 .258 .359 .617 .282 2.98 .216 6 19 1 77 Orioles 2013 26 -5 -4 -1 .293 .390 .683 .436 4.04 .224 10 27 2 85 Orioles 2014 27 -5 -5 0 .288 .356 .644 .423 3.46 .221 7 32 1 102 Orioles CAREER -19 -18 -1 .283 .369 .652 .395 3.55 .221 23 78 4 264 LG AVG 0 0 0 .322 .402 .724 .500 4.50 .257 22 85 13 DE AZA YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 28 8 3 5 .349 .410 .760 .520 5.40 .281 9 50 26 131 White Sox 2013 29 9 2 7 .323 .405 .728 .512 4.60 .264 17 62 20 153 White Sox 2014 30 1 -3 4 .314 .386 .700 .477 4.12 .252 8 41 17 142 White Sox/Orioles CAREER 18 3 15 .330 .403 .733 .505 4.78 .268 38 189 79 566 LG AVG 0 0 0 .327 .405 .732 .500 4.72 .258 63 246 36 CRUZ YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 31 8 3 5 .319 .460 .779 .518 5.18 .260 24 90 8 159 Rangers 2013 32 9 12 -3 .327 .506 .833 .589 5.45 .266 27 76 5 109 Rangers 2014 33 30 29 1 .333 .525 .859 .649 5.75 .271 40 108 4 159 Orioles CAREER 121 77 44 .328 .501 .829 .567 5.67 .268 197 597 69 963 LG AVG 0 0 0 .332 .419 .751 .500 4.89 .266 109 454 65
* Orioles P Chris Tillman took a pounding–4 1/3 IP, 7 H, 5 R/ER, 2 BB, 3 SO.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2012 24 14 2.93 15 15 86 66 6.91 1.05 9 3 0 8 4 Orioles 2013 25 9 3.71 33 33 206.1 179 7.81 1.22 16 7 0 13 10 Orioles 2014 26 8 3.34 34 34 207.1 150 6.51 1.23 13 6 0 10 9 Orioles CAREER 6 4.00 118 118 680.1 511 6.76 1.30 45 31 0 40 36 LG AVG 0 4.08 680.1 553 7.32 1.33 38 38
4) Yesterday’s HR–
Alcides Escobar
Alex Gordon
Mike Moustakas
5) Yesterday, the Royals became the 1st team to win 4 extra innings games in a single postseason. (Elias)
6) Yesterday, Royals LF Alex Gordon and 3B Mike Moustakas homered in the 10th inning, to make the Royals the 1st team in postseason history to hit 4 extra inning HR. (Elias)
7) Yesterday, Orioles DH Nelson Cruz passed 150 career postseason PA and his 1.053 postseason OPS ranks 4th all time (min: 150 PA). (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia) Cruz tied the postseason record with his 5th consecutive multi hit game (10th time, last: Kevin Youkilis, 2007 Red Sox). (Elias)
HIGHEST CAREER POSTSEASON OPS 1 Babe Ruth 1.211 Red Sox/Yankees 2 Lou Gehrig 1.208 Yankees 3 Carlos Beltran 1.130 Astros/Mets/Cardinals 4 Nelson Cruz 1.053 Rangers/Orioles 5 Albert Pujols 1.026 Cardinals/Angels 6 George Brett 1.023 Royals 7 David Ortiz .962 Twins/Red Sox 8 Lance Berkman .944 Astros/Yankees/Cardinals 9 Manny Ramirez .937 Indians/Red Sox/Dodgers 10 Barry Bonds .936 Pirates/Giants
8) Yesterday, Royals LF Alex Gordon hit a bases loaded double in the 3rd inning, for the 2nd consecutive game. Gordon became the 3rd player in postseason history with an extra base hit, with the bases loaded, in consecutive postseason games.
EXTRA BASE HIT WITH THE BASES LOADED IN CONSECUTIVE POSTSEASON GAMES John Valentin 1999 Red Sox ALDS Todd Zeile 2000 Mets NLCS Alex Gordon 2014 Royals ALDS/ALCS
9) The Yankees re-signed GM Brian Cashman to a 3 year contract and fired coaches Kevin Long (hitting) and Mick Kelleher (1B).
10) The Marlins set utilityman Jordany Valdespin outright to the minors.
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 24 -2 -2 0 .286 .424 .710 .461 4.06 .241 8 26 10 94 Mets 2013 25 -8 -7 -1 .250 .316 .566 .268 2.41 .188 4 16 4 66 Mets 2014 26 -4 -4 0 .280 .347 .627 .359 3.21 .214 3 10 1 52 Marlins CAREER -14 -13 -1 .273 .372 .645 .381 3.33 .218 15 52 15 212 LG AVG 0 0 0 .316 .399 .715 .500 4.33 .251 13 50 8
11) The Rangers claimed INF Ed Lucas off waivers from the Marlins.
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 31 -6 -10 4 .311 .336 .647 .388 3.56 .256 4 28 1 94 Marlins 2014 32 -7 -9 2 .283 .296 .580 .289 2.70 .251 1 9 1 69 Marlins CAREER -13 -19 6 .302 .323 .624 .356 3.27 .255 5 37 2 163 LG AVG 0 0 0 .321 .393 .715 .500 4.52 .258 12 61 8
12) Today’s birthdays–
TOM CAREY, 1906-70 YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1935 28 -20 -15 -5 .320 .378 .699 .348 4.37 .291 0 42 0 76 Browns 1936 29 -58 -39 -19 .315 .359 .673 .277 4.13 .273 1 57 2 134 Browns 1937 30 -69 -36 -33 .306 .335 .641 .273 3.69 .275 1 40 1 130 Browns CAREER -165 -113 -52 .308 .348 .655 .281 3.86 .275 2 169 3 466 LG AVG 0 0 0 .373 .430 .803 .500 6.45 .299 31 244 22 ORLANDO HERNANDEZ, AGE: 49 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 1998 32 21 3.13 21 21 141 131 8.36 1.17 12 4 0 11 5 Yankees 2000 34 13 4.51 29 29 195.2 141 6.49 1.21 12 13 0 14 11 Yankees 2002 36 12 3.64 24 22 146 113 6.97 1.14 8 5 1 8 5 Yankees CAREER 55 4.13 219 211 1314.2 1086 7.43 1.26 90 65 2 84 71 LG AVG 0 4.51 1314.2 943 6.45 1.41 74 74 JENRRY MEJIA, AGE: 25 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2012 22 -3 5.63 5 3 16 8 4.50 1.81 1 2 0 1 2 Mets 2013 23 4 2.30 5 5 27.1 27 8.89 1.17 1 2 0 2 1 Mets 2014 24 -3 3.65 63 7 93.2 98 9.42 1.48 6 6 28 6 6 Mets CAREER -6 3.84 106 18 176 155 7.93 1.51 8 14 28 11 11 LG AVG 0 3.52 176 150 7.70 1.27 10 10 GREGG OLSON, AGE: 48 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 1989 22 20 1.69 64 0 85 90 9.53 1.21 5 2 27 6 1 Orioles 1992 25 13 2.05 60 0 61.1 58 8.51 1.14 1 5 36 5 1 Orioles 1993 26 15 1.60 50 0 45 44 8.80 1.22 0 2 29 2 0 Orioles CAREER 57 3.46 622 0 672 588 7.88 1.38 40 39 217 51 28 LG AVG 0 4.22 672 448 6.00 1.39 38 38 WILL WHITE, 1854-1911 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 1879 24 28 1.99 76 75 680 232 3.07 1.09 43 31 0 43 31 Red Stocking 1882 27 62 1.54 54 54 480 122 2.29 1.00 40 12 0 38 14 Reds 1883 28 75 2.09 65 64 577 141 2.20 1.00 43 22 0 45 20 Reds CAREER 189 2.28 403 401 3542.2 1041 2.64 1.11 229 166 0 234 161 LG AVG 0 2.76 3542.2 1253 3.18 1.16 196 196 DMITRI YOUNG, AGE: 41 YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1999 25 12 8 4 .352 .504 .856 .551 6.26 .300 14 56 3 127 Reds 2003 29 36 35 1 .372 .537 .909 .671 7.01 .297 29 85 2 155 Tigers 2007 33 19 22 -3 .378 .491 .869 .641 6.81 .320 13 74 0 136 Nationals CAREER 63 71 -8 .351 .475 .826 .543 5.67 .292 171 683 25 1364 LG AVG 0 0 0 .339 .432 .772 .500 5.14 .269 145 620 86