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1) Yesterday’s scores–
Royals 2, Orioles 1 (Royals win the series, 4-0)
Giants 6, Cardinals 4 (Giants lead the series, 3-1)
2) Today’s game–
Cardinals (Adam Wainwright) at Giants (Madison Bumgarner), 8:07
3) ROYALS 2, ORIOLES 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
Orioles 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
Royals 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0
* Orioles CF Adam Jones reached base safely 3 times (1 H, 2 BB) and 3B Ryan Flaherty homered.
JONES YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 26 32 16 16 .334 .505 .839 .574 5.83 .287 32 82 16 162 Orioles 2013 27 -4 14 -18 .318 .493 .811 .571 5.42 .285 33 108 14 160 Orioles 2014 28 11 19 -8 .311 .469 .780 .602 5.15 .281 29 96 7 159 Orioles CAREER 39 32 7 .320 .461 .781 .525 5.02 .280 169 577 81 1105 LG AVG 0 0 0 .329 .411 .740 .500 4.75 .263 133 520 79 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
* Royals SS Alcides Escobar had 2 hits.
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
* Orioles P Miguel Gonzalez’s line–5 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2012 28 14 3.25 18 15 105.1 77 6.58 1.21 9 4 0 8 5 Orioles 2013 29 6 3.78 30 28 171.1 120 6.30 1.23 11 8 0 10 9 Orioles 2014 30 8 3.23 27 26 159 111 6.28 1.30 10 9 0 11 8 Orioles CAREER 28 3.45 75 69 435.2 308 6.36 1.25 30 21 0 29 22 LG AVG 0 4.04 435.2 364 7.51 1.31 25 24
* Royals P Jason Vargas’s line–5 1/3 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 3 BB, 6 SO.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2012 29 -10 3.85 33 33 217.1 141 5.84 1.18 14 11 0 11 14 Mariners 2013 30 -1 4.02 24 24 150 109 6.54 1.39 9 8 0 8 9 Angels 2014 31 3 3.71 30 30 187 128 6.16 1.27 11 10 0 11 10 Royals CAREER -49 4.20 204 184 1166.2 767 5.92 1.31 62 68 0 60 70 LG AVG 0 3.82 1166.2 960 7.40 1.31 66 65
4) GIANTS 6, CARDINALS 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Cardinals 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 0
Giants 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 X 6 11 0
* Cardinals LF Matt Holliday had 3 hits (1 2B) and 1B Matt Adams and 2B Kolten Wong (1 2B, 1 HR) had 2 hits.
HOLLIDAY YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 32 24 34 -10 .379 .497 .877 .662 6.77 .295 27 102 4 157 Cardinals 2013 33 25 30 -5 .389 .490 .879 .673 6.21 .300 22 94 6 141 Cardinals 2014 34 11 17 -6 .370 .441 .811 .593 5.69 .272 20 90 4 156 Cardinals CAREER 318 351 -33 .385 .523 .908 .656 7.27 .308 271 1056 105 1590 LG AVG 0 0 0 .339 .419 .758 .500 5.07 .270 170 737 103 ADAMS YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 23 -3 -4 1 .286 .384 .669 .330 3.18 .244 2 13 0 27 Cardinals 2013 24 12 12 0 .335 .503 .839 .629 5.59 .284 17 51 0 108 Cardinals 2014 25 5 8 -3 .321 .457 .779 .549 5.15 .288 15 68 3 142 Cardinals CAREER 14 16 -2 .323 .465 .788 .558 5.10 .283 34 132 3 277 LG AVG 0 0 0 .321 .397 .718 .500 4.49 .256 22 102 16 WONG YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 22 -5 -6 1 .194 .169 .363 .072 1.04 .153 0 0 3 32 Cardinals 2014 23 -16 -12 -4 .292 .388 .680 .395 3.67 .249 12 42 20 113 Cardinals CAREER -21 -18 -3 .280 .360 .640 .355 3.30 .236 12 42 23 145 LG AVG 0 0 0 .322 .398 .720 .500 4.57 .256 12 57 9
* Giants C Buster Posey (1 BB), RF Hunter Pence (1 BB) and SS Brandon Crawford (1 2B, 1 BB) had 2 hits.
POSEY YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 25 55 58 -3 .408 .549 .957 .782 8.22 .336 24 103 1 148 Giants 2013 26 26 26 0 .371 .450 .821 .656 5.95 .294 15 72 2 148 Giants 2014 27 34 31 3 .364 .490 .854 .677 6.31 .311 22 89 0 147 Giants CAREER 136 136 0 .374 .487 .861 .688 6.53 .308 83 352 6 603 LG AVG 0 0 0 .321 .397 .718 .500 4.25 .254 49 227 37 PENCE YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 29 -7 2 -9 .319 .425 .743 .511 4.56 .253 24 104 5 160 Phillies/Giants 2013 30 44 29 15 .339 .483 .822 .646 5.81 .283 27 99 22 162 Giants 2014 31 18 17 1 .332 .445 .777 .591 5.16 .277 20 74 13 162 Giants CAREER 153 115 38 .338 .472 .809 .577 5.48 .284 185 689 102 1218 LG AVG 0 0 0 .329 .409 .738 .500 4.62 .260 130 550 83 CRAWFORD YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 25 8 -5 13 .304 .349 .653 .449 3.65 .248 4 45 1 143 Giants 2013 26 -7 -6 -1 .311 .363 .674 .456 3.80 .248 9 43 1 149 Giants 2014 27 13 4 9 .324 .389 .713 .531 4.51 .246 10 69 5 153 Giants CAREER 6 -15 21 .310 .359 .669 .463 3.83 .242 26 178 8 511 LG AVG 0 0 0 .319 .394 .713 .500 4.14 .253 37 176 29
5) Yesterday’s HR–
Ryan Flaherty
Kolten Wong
6) The Royals became the 1st team to win the AL pennant without a 20 HR hitter since 1945 (excluding 1981 strike shortened season). (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
AL CHAMPIONS HOMERUN LEADERS, WITH LESS THAN 20 HR, SINCE THE END OF THE DEAD BALL ERA 1920--Elmer Smith 12 Indians 1924--Goose Goslin 12 Senators 1925--Goose Goslin 18 Senators 1933--Joe Kuhel 11 Senators 1945--Roy Cullenbine 18 Tigers 1945--Rudy York 18 Tigers 1981--Reggie Jackson 15 Yankees 1981--Graig Nettles 15 Yankees 2014--Alex Gordon 19 Royals
7) The Royals set the AL record for most HR below the league average, for a pennant winner, and rank 3rd all time. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
MOST HOMERUNS BELOW THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS HOMERUNS YEAR DIFF TEAM LEAGUE 1 Royals 2014 -37 95 132 T2 Yankees 1996 -35 162 197 T2 White Sox 1959 -35 97 132 4 Blue Jays 1993 -16 159 175 5 Tigers 2012 -13 163 176 6 White Sox 2005 -12 200 212 7 White Sox 1906 -10 7 17 8 Rangers 2010 -8 162 170 9 Senators 1924 -7 22 29 10 Indians 1920 -6 35 41 MOST HOMERUNS BELOW THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, PENNANT WINNERS HOMERUNS YEAR DIFF TEAM LEAGUE 1 Cardinals 1987 -47 94 141 2 Mets 1973 -38 85 123 3 Royals 2014 -37 95 132 T4 Yankees 1996 -35 162 197 T4 White Sox 1959 -35 97 132 T4 Giants 1936 -35 97 132 7 Cardinals 1982 -33 67 100 8 Cardinals 1964 -31 109 140 9 Dodgers 1947 -27 83 110 10 Reds 1990 -25 125 150
8) Yesterday, Royals CF Lorenzo Cain became the 1st hitter, in the 3rd spot in the lineup, to have a 1st inning SAC in a postseason game since 1984 (Steve Garvey, Padres, 1984 World Series, Game 2). (ESPN Stats & Information)
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
9) Yesterday, Cardinals 2B Kolten Wong became the 1st rookie middle infielder, and 2nd rookie up the middle, to hit 3 HR in the postseason. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia) Wong became the 2nd player in postseason history whose 1st 7 hits of the postseason were extra base hits (4 2B, 3 HR) (Greg Gagne, 1987 Twins). (Elias)
MOST HOMERUNS, POSTSEASON, ROOKIES, MIDDLE INFIELDERS 1 Kolten Wong 2014 3 Cardinals T2 Jim Gilliam 1953 2 Dodgers T2 Tony Kubek 1957 2 Yankees T2 Alfonso Soriano 2001 2 Yankees T2 Dustin Pedroia 2007 2 Red Sox T6 Joe Gordon 1938 1 Yankees T6 Billy Martin 1952 1 Yankees T6 Tom Tresh 1962 1 Yankees T6 Chris Speier 1971 1 Giants T6 Derek Jeter 1996 1 Yankees T6 Marcus Giles 2001 1 Braves T6 Mark Ellis 2002 1 A's T6 Tadahito Iguchi 2005 1 White Sox T6 Asdrubal Cabrera 2007 1 Indians T6 Troy Tulowitzki 2007 1 Rockies T6 Ryan Flaherty 2012 1 Orioles T6 Pete Kozma 2012 1 Cardinals MOST HOMERUNS, POSTSEASON, ROOKIES, UP THE MIDDLE T1 Willie McGee 1982 3 Cardinals T1 Kolten Wong 2014 3 Cardinals T3 Jim Gilliam 1953 2 Dodgers T3 Tony Kubek 1957 2 Yankees T3 Reggie Smith 1967 2 Red Sox T3 Jay Payton 2000 2 Mets T3 Alfonso Soriano 2001 2 Yankees T3 Brian McCann 2005 2 Braves T3 Dustin Pedroia 2007 2 Red Sox T3 Chris Young 2007 2 Diamondbacks
10) Yesterday’s NLCS game was the 1st time in postseason history that the leadoff hitter got a hit in each of the 1st 6 half innings of the game (also, it was the 1st game with it happening in the 1st 5 half innings). (ESPN Stats & Information)
11) The Rangers declined their $13.5 million option on RF Alex Rios.
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 31 27 13 14 .334 .516 .850 .563 5.94 .304 25 91 23 157 White Sox 2013 32 14 9 5 .324 .432 .756 .549 4.99 .278 18 81 42 156 White Sox/Rangers 2014 33 -4 -9 5 .311 .398 .709 .432 3.77 .280 4 54 17 131 Rangers CAREER 26 -20 46 .323 .439 .762 .488 4.79 .278 165 762 244 1586 LG AVG 0 0 0 .331 .417 .748 .500 4.89 .263 198 786 109
12) The Pirates re-signed P Collin Balester to a minor league contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2010 24 3 2.57 17 0 21 26 11.14 1.24 0 1 0 1 0 Nationals 2011 25 -3 4.54 23 0 35.2 34 8.58 1.46 1 4 0 2 3 Nationals 2012 26 -5 6.50 11 0 18 12 6.00 1.39 2 0 0 1 1 Tigers CAREER -24 5.30 73 22 185 142 6.91 1.46 7 16 0 9 14 LG AVG 0 4.15 185 142 6.90 1.35 10 10
13) The Blue Jays re-signed INF Jonathan Diaz to a minor league contract.
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 28 -1 -1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 5 Red Sox 2014 29 -5 -4 -1 .256 .184 .440 .130 1.54 .158 0 4 1 23 Blue Jays CAREER -6 -5 -1 .234 .167 .401 .109 1.38 .143 0 4 1 28 LG AVG 0 0 0 .317 .407 .724 .500 4.36 .255 1 6 1
14) Today’s birthdays–
JACK BALDSCHUN, AGE: 78 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 1969 32 -11 4.79 61 0 77 67 7.83 1.42 7 2 1 3 6 Padres CAREER -8 3.69 457 0 704 555 7.10 1.40 48 41 60 47 42 LG AVG 0 3.61 704 448 5.73 1.30 39 39 ART DEVLIN, 1879-1948 YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1904 24 29 20 9 .371 .354 .725 .635 5.83 .281 1 66 33 130 Giants 1906 26 66 50 16 .396 .390 .786 .762 7.76 .299 2 65 54 148 Giants 1909 29 23 13 10 .362 .336 .698 .601 4.94 .265 0 56 26 143 Giants CAREER 146 107 39 .364 .338 .702 .586 5.24 .269 10 505 285 1313 LG AVG 0 0 0 .326 .340 .665 .500 4.42 .259 22 448 179 GOOSE GOSLIN, 1900-71 YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1924 23 66 45 21 .421 .516 .937 .689 8.03 .344 12 129 16 154 Senators 1925 24 73 46 27 .394 .547 .941 .686 8.27 .334 18 113 26 150 Senators 1926 25 54 53 1 .425 .542 .967 .719 8.80 .354 17 108 8 147 Senators 1927 26 54 40 14 .392 .516 .908 .678 7.56 .334 13 120 21 148 Senators 1928 27 91 66 25 .443 .614 1.057 .790 10.88 .379 17 102 16 135 Senators 1930 29 49 36 13 .382 .601 .983 .635 8.24 .308 37 138 17 148 Senators/Browns 1931 30 49 53 -4 .412 .555 .967 .703 9.10 .328 24 105 9 151 Browns CAREER 528 453 75 .387 .500 .887 .635 7.33 .316 248 1609 175 2287 LG AVG 0 0 0 .359 .416 .776 .500 5.42 .290 103 1127 136 BRIAN HARPER, AGE: 55 YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1983 23 -10 -7 -3 .232 .427 .659 .297 2.92 .221 7 20 0 61 Pirates 1994 34 -11 -11 0 .318 .398 .717 .349 4.08 .291 4 32 0 64 Brewers CAREER -19 -11 -8 .329 .419 .748 .479 4.54 .295 63 428 8 1001 LG AVG 0 0 0 .335 .399 .734 .500 4.69 .267 74 389 66 BRYCE HARPER, AGE: 22 YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 19 21 16 5 .340 .477 .817 .590 5.81 .270 22 59 18 139 Nationals 2013 20 26 26 0 .368 .486 .854 .675 6.69 .274 20 58 11 118 Nationals 2014 21 4 6 -2 .344 .423 .768 .556 5.14 .273 13 32 2 100 Nationals CAREER 51 48 3 .351 .465 .816 .612 5.91 .272 55 149 31 357 LG AVG 0 0 0 .329 .426 .756 .500 4.61 .266 33 153 25 TIM MCCARVER, AGE: 73 YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1967 25 22 23 -1 .369 .452 .822 .649 5.87 .295 14 69 8 138 Cardinals 1976 34 11 11 0 .409 .432 .842 .692 7.15 .277 3 29 2 90 Phillies 1977 35 14 14 0 .410 .527 .936 .697 7.68 .320 6 30 3 93 Phillies CAREER 33 35 -2 .337 .388 .725 .517 4.60 .271 97 645 61 1909 LG AVG 0 0 0 .326 .403 .729 .500 4.38 .261 131 623 84 KEVIN MCREYNOLDS, AGE: 55 YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1986 26 26 33 -7 .358 .504 .862 .669 6.43 .288 26 96 8 158 Padres 1988 28 28 42 -14 .336 .496 .832 .735 6.47 .288 27 99 21 147 Mets 1989 29 27 16 11 .326 .450 .775 .598 5.09 .272 22 85 15 148 Mets CAREER 103 111 -8 .328 .447 .775 .562 5.15 .265 211 807 93 1502 LG AVG 0 0 0 .327 .401 .728 .500 4.44 .260 128 625 142 JONATHAN SCHOOP, AGE: 23 YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 21 -1 -1 0 .333 .500 .833 .208 2.25 .286 1 1 0 5 Orioles 2014 22 -20 -21 1 .244 .354 .598 .299 2.58 .209 16 45 2 137 Orioles CAREER -21 -22 1 .246 .358 .605 .296 2.57 .211 17 46 2 142 LG AVG 0 0 0 .316 .385 .701 .500 4.13 .252 13 55 8 BILLY TAYLOR, AGE: 53 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM CAREER 14 4.21 317 0 324.2 307 8.51 1.38 16 28 100 23 21 LG AVG 0 4.62 324.2 224 6.20 1.45 18 18
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