10. 1907 Chicago Cubs v. 119. 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers
-the 2017 Dodgers have advanced already and the 2019 Dodgers are still to come. The Cubs won the whole thing; the Dodgers won the pennant.
Dodgers-Dave Roberts
2B Muncy (27) 161 4.8
3B Turner (33) 151 5.1
LF Pederson (26) 125 2.7
1B Bellinger (22) 120 3.8
C Grandal (29) 121 4.7
SS Machado (25) 122 2.5
RF Puig (27) 120 2
CF Taylor (27) 110 3.1
P Kershaw (30) 142 4.5
Bench
LF Kemp (33) 121 2
CF Hernandez (26) 117 2.8
SP2 Buehler (23) 148 3.8
SP3 Stripling (28) 128 2.9
The Dodgers have so many hitters; Corey Seager won't see the field; Kiki Hernandez will only play if Taylor doesn't hit - and Kemp/Pederson is a straight platoon. Kershaw is the only LH the Dodgers will throw.
Cubs-Frank Chance
1B Chance (30) 131 5.2
C Kling (31) 122 4
3B Steinfeldt (31) 101 4.2
RF Schulte (24) 121 2.2
LF Sheckard (28) 113 2.2
CF Slagle (33) 100 1.3
2B Hofman (24) 95 2.8
SS Tinker (26) 65 2.4
P Lundgren (27) 211 3.9
Bench
2B Evers (25) 90 5
SP2 Pfiester (29) 214 1.8
SP3 Brown (30) 178 4.9
This could be Tinker's only start, Evers will play second the rest of the way with Hofman, most likely, sliding to short. Cubs have only 8 pitchers. Cubs have seed advantage, hey gave WAR advantage at 1B-2B(when Evers plays)SS(when Hofman slides to SS)-RF-SP3
1st: 27 year old RH Carl Lundgren gets the ball for the Cubs in Game 1; 18-7, 1.17; after the first out Justin Turner singles after the second out, Cody Bellinger singles - Yasmani Grandal then walks to load the bases but Lundgren escapes.
1st: 30 year old lefty Clayton Kershaw was 9-5, 2.73 - he gives up a Frank Chance single, and then after the first out Harry Steinfeldt launches a bomb into the West Side Ground bleachers and it's 2-0 right off the jump. Frank Schulte then singles, the inning ends Dodgers 0 Cubs 2
2nd: Yasiel Puig singles, two outs later Max Muncy singles, it ends there.
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: 1-2-3
3rd: Johnny Kling singles with one out, nothing else.
4th: Chris Taylor walks with 2 out, nothing else.
4th: Jimmy Sheckard singles, an out later Jimmy Slagle singles, Joe Tinker singles - then Lundgren and Chance single back to back to score 2 more runs. Dodgers 0 Cubs 4
5th: Max Muncy walks - that's it.
5th: Steinfeldt singles, that's all.
6th: Machado walks after two out and then Puig singles again - but nothing results.
6th: Solly Hofman singles with one out, that's it.
7th: Chick Fraser is a 33 year old RH and he comes on; great 6 innings for Lundgren and he turns the game over - he gives up a base hit to Kershaw, who Roberts leaves in the game - after an out, Turner singles, and then Joc Pederson singles and the Dodgers have loaded the bases. Still only one out - and Fraser gets out of it. Sure looks like the Cubs are taking this one.
7th: Chance walks and an out later Steinfeldt singles - but nothing else.
8th: Grandal and Machado single - and then Puig reaches by error - and now the Dodgers again have loaded the bases and this time there is nobody out. Taylor singles - scoring Grandal. 33 year old Matt Kemp will hit for Kershaw - and Fraser walks him and now it's 4-2 and still - still nobody out. 33 year old right hander Jack Taylor enters -- and he doesn't give up another run - that might have saved this game for Chicago. Dodgers 2 Cubs 4
8th: 32 year old right hander Josh Fields has a 2.20 ERA and he's the new Dodger pitcher, 1-2-3.
9th: Joc Pederson has an epic at bat - 14 pitches - and eventually he walks. Tying run to the plate. Bellinger singles. Pederson goes all the way to third. Tying run at first. Nobody out - Grandal grounds out - but it scores a run - it's 4-3, Taylor gets Machado. 2 outs. And then he gets Puig to end the game.
Dodgers 3
Cubs 4
WP Lundgren
LP Kershaw
Spirited comeback just falls short.
For the Cubs - Chance reached 3 times, so did Kling and Steinfeldt had that big home run.
For LA-everyone in the lineup reached twice. How about that?
We go to Dodger Stadium, can LA keep the series alive?
LF Sheckard (28) 113 2.2
1B Chance (30) 131 5.2
RF Schulte (24) 121 2.2
CF Slagle (33) 100 1.3
C Kling (31) 122 4
2B Evers (25) 90 5
3B Steinfeldt (31) 101 4.2
SS Hofman (24) 95 2.8
SP2 Pfiester (29) 214 1.8
3B Turner (33) 151 5.1
2B Muncy (27) 161 4.8
SS Machado (25) 122 2.5
RF Puig (27) 120 2
LF Kemp (33) 121 2
C Grandal (29) 121 4.7
CF Hernandez (26) 117 2.8
1B Bellinger (22) 120 3.8
SP2 Buehler (23) 148 3.8
1st: 23 year old RH Walker Buehler needs to come up big or the Dodgers go home; 8-5, 2.62 -- he gives up a double to Jimmy Sheckard, and after an out, a Frank Schulte base hit scores him.. Cubs bust out on top - Cubs 1 Dodgers 0
1st: 29 year old lefty Jack Pfiester takes that lead to the hill, 14-9, 1.15 -- he gives up a leadoff single to Justin Turner, nothing else.
2nd: 1-2-3
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: Sheckard walks with one out, that's all.
3rd: Turner walks with two out, that's all.
4th: 1-2-3
4th: 1-2-3 -- neither team has a hit since the first
5th: Johnny Evers is in the lineup the rest of the series and he singles, but that's all.
5th: Yasmani Grandal singles. Only LAs second hit. But that's it and they are getting anxious at Dodgers Stadium.
6th: After an out, Sheckard hits his second double - and after the second out - Schulte once again singles him home. Cubs 2 Dodgers 0
6th: 1-2-3 -- oh, man. Now the anxiety really picks up here in LA
7th: Jimmy Slagle singles, two outs later Johnny Evers doubles -- but Buehler keeps the Cubs from adding to their lead.
7th: 1-2-3 -- Pfiester is two hitting the Dodgers.
8th: Josh Fields enters for LA -- he gives up a Solly Hofman single, two outs later Hofman's standing at third from which he scores on a Frank Chance base hit - and that might end this series. Cubs 3 Dodgers 0
8th: Chick Fraser enters for the Cubs, six outs from moving forward - he gets one, but then gives up a Bellinger single - but nothing else.
9th: Pedro Baez is a 30 year old RH and he enters - and loads the bases. Schulte walks, Slagle singles, Kling walks. After an out, the Cubs score on a Steinfeldt grounder, then again on a Hofman base hit, 27 year old RH Dylan Floro comes on to end the inning. Sure looks like it's too late. Cubs 5 Dodgers 0
9th: 1-2-3
Cubs 5
Dodgers 0
WP Pfiester
LP Buehler
Cubs pitching just shut down this Dodger offense; they score 3 runs and get swept. Sheckard reached 4 times; so did Chance, so did Schulte, so did Kling, Steinfeldt led in total bases. Let's say the two starting pitchers, neither of whom gave up a run, are co-MVPs, Lundgren/Pfiester.
54. 1954 New York Yankees v. 75. 1913 Philadelphia Athletics
-The '52 and '53 Yankees have moved forward; '51 is still to come. This Yankee team finished second; the A's won the whole thing.
Athletics-Connie Mack
1B McInnis (22) 136 5.5
C Schang (23) 138 2.6
2B Collins (26) 164 9.3
3B Baker (27) 167 8
LF Oldring (29) 113 3.3
RF Murphy (21) 121 2.2
SS Barry (26) 111 5.1
CF Walsh (25) 101 1.5
P Plank (37) 106 3.2
Bench
CF Strunk (24) 134 2.2
SP2 Shawkey (22) 118 .6
SP3 Brown (24) 94 .6
Platoon in CF for Mack.
Yankees-Casey Stengel
3B Carey (22) 121 4.7
1B Skowron (23) 167 1.9
CF Mantle (22) 158 5.8
RF Bauer (31) 127 2.7
C Berra (29) 137 5.7
LF Noren (29) 138 3.5
2B McDougald (26) 117 3.8
SS Rizzuto (36) 52 .3
P Ford (25) 123 4.1
Bench
1B Collins (31) 125 1.9
SS Miranda (28) 79 .1
SP2 Grim (24) 107 2.4
SP3 Byrd (29) 116 1.3
Platoons at 1B/SS for Casey. Yankees are seed favorites, they have WAR advantage at C-LF-CF-RF-all 3 SP
1st: Whitey Ford is a 25 year old lefty; 16-8, 2.82 -- he gives up a leadoff base hit to Stuffy McInnis and after an out, Eddie Collins singles - former Yankee Home Run Baker then singles to score a run; and then Rube Oldring doubles and that scores two. Big start for the A's Athletics 3 Yankees 0
1st: 37 year old lefty Eddie Plank gets the ball for the A's, he gives up a single to Andy Carey, but that's it.
2nd: 1-2-3
2nd: Irv Noren will get the LF start in each game of the series; he singles with one out and then Gil McDougald walks, Phil Rizzuto then singles and the Yankees have loaded them up - after the second out, Carey singles again, scoring two. Moose Skowron walks - and then Mickey Mantle singles and the Yankees have taken the lead. Athletics 3 Yankees 4
3rd: McInnis singles again and Wally Schang walks - but Ford keeps the A's off the board.
3rd: After an out, Noren singles again, that's it.
4th: Eddie Murphy singles, after two outs, Jimmy Walsh singles - Ford constantly in trouble, but the A's don't score.
4th: Andy Carey doubles with one out, that's three hits for Carey - but that's it.
5th: Schang walks with one out, that's all.
5th: 20 year old RH Bullet Joe Bush gets the call from Mack - 15 wins on the season; he's the A's 5th starter - Hank Bauer greets him with a base hit - after two outs - they intentionally walk McDougald to face the light hitting Rizzuto - it works.
6th: 1-2-3
6th: 1-2-3
7th: 1-2-3, Ford has really settled down.
7th: Mantle singles - that's it; nice bullpen outing for Bush.
8th: 1-2-3, 11 straight for Ford
8th: 1-2-3 -- we head to the 9th, game still in the balance.
9th: The Yankee closer is 36 year old RH Johnny Sain; 26 saves and a 3.16 ERA - he walks Rube Oldring with one out - the A's do not have a hit since the 4th; Oldring then steals second --- and he scores the tying run on a Murphy single. Just like that - it's Athletics 4 Yankees 4
9th: Bush still in the game - he walks Carey and the winning run is on base. But he doesn't advance - and we head to extras.
10th: Amos Strunk pinch-singles with one out; but nothing results.
10th: 21 year old RH Byron Houck comes on for Mack - he won 14 games on the year; 1-2-3
11th: 29 year RH Tom Gorman with his 2.29 ERA gets the call from Casey - Schang greets him with a base hit - but nothing results.
11th: 1-2-3
12th: The Yankees turn to 37 year old RH Allie Reynolds; he won 13 games on the season - 1-2-3
12th: Moose Skowron singles with one out - that brings up Mantle - Houck is understandably super, super cautious and walks him on four pitches. Winning run in scoring position now - only the one out - and then Hank Bauer walks.
That's gonna load them up - still just one out- winning run only 90 feet away.
Full count to Yogi.
And he walks him.
A's 4
Yankees 5
WP Reynolds
LP Houck
A Walk Off Walk for New York in the 12th. Carey reached 4 times; Skowron twice, scoring the winning run; Mantle 3 times, Bauer/Noren/McDougald all twice.
For the A's, McInnis reached twice, Schang 3 times, Oldring twice, Murphy twice.
We go to Philadelphia - A's need to win to extend the series. The 1907 Cubs await the winner.
LF Noren (29) 138 3.5
C Berra (29) 137 5.7
CF Mantle (22) 158 5.8
1B Collins (31) 125 1.9
RF Bauer (31) 127 2.7
3B Carey (22) 121 4.7
2B McDougald (26) 117 3.8
SS Miranda (28) 79 .1
SP2 Grim (24) 107 2.4,
RF Murphy (21) 121 2.2
2B Collins (26) 164 9.3
3B Baker (27) 167 8
CF Strunk (24) 134 2.2
C Schang (23) 138 2.6
1B McInnis (22) 136 5.5
LF Oldring (29) 113 3.3
SS Barry (26) 111 5.1
SP2 Shawkey (22) 118 .6
1st: Right hander Bob Shawkey will spend most of his career with the Yankees, but now he's 22 years old and getting the ball for the A's, 6-5, 2.34. He walks Irv Noren - gives up a single to Yogi Berra - and then Mickey Mantle nearly breaks the ball in half - a Roy Hobbesian blast that makes his game 3-0 before a single out is recorded. Two outs later Hank Bauer singles, the Yankees are up early, Yankees 3 Athletics 0
1st: 24 year old RH Bob Grim was 20-6, 3.26, 1-2-3
2nd: After two out, Noren walks, again - Yogi singles, again - this time Shawkey doesn't throw a pitch near Mantle and the bases are loaded - and he escapes.
2nd: After an out, Wally Schang homers to dead center and it's 3-1. An out later, Rube Oldring doubles, that's all. Yankees 3 Athletics 1
3rd: 1-2-3
3rd: 1-2-3
4th: 1-2-3
4th: Home Run Baker doubles and Amos Strunk singles - the A's have them on the corners and nobody is out. Wally Schang singles and it's Yankees 3 Athletics 2
5th: Yogi walks and after an out, Joe Collins singles -- a run scores on a Bauer groundout, Yankees 4 A's 2
5th: Eddie Murphy singles with two out, that's all.
6th: Byron Houck is the new A's pitcher - he gives up a one out single to Willy Miranda, nothing else.
6th: Grim hits Home Run Baker - he'll be erased on an Amos Strunk groundout - but Strunk will steal second and then score on a Schang double. Yankees 4 Athletics 3
7th: Mantle walks with one out, that's all.
7th: Barry reached on an error, two outs later Eddie Murphy singles, that's all.
8th: 29 year old right hander Chief Bender won 21 games and he's the new Philly pitcher - he gives up a one out McDougald single - after the second out, Moose Skowron pinch singles - but thats it.
8th: Tom Gorman takes over for Stengel - 6 outs from advancing - after two out, he walks Schang and McInnis back to back - tying run in scoring position - but that's where the inning ends.
9th: Mantle singles with one out - but we head to the bottom of the 9th, Yanks 4-3.
9th: Johnny Sain looks to wrap up the series - he gets the first two and then Eddie Murphy singles - that brings Eddie Collins, the A's legendary second baseman, to the plate. He's the winning run - Murphy the tying run.
Sain gets him and its done.
Yankees 4
Athletics 3
WP Grim
LP Shawkey
Mantle's got this one - he reached 7 times, hit that 3 run homer today; he's the MVP.
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