28. 1961 World Champion New York Yankees v. 37. 2002 World Champion Anaheim Angels
So far, we have not seen teams from the same organization meet in this tournament; given how many Yankee squads made the field, we'd expect it would happen eventually, and happen with New York. The '98 Yankees meet the winners of this series in the next round - if seeding holds - that will mean they face the '61 Yankees. This is the only Angels team in the field. The Yankees have seen the following teams advance already: 1943, 1947, 1953, 1977, 1998. It'll be a minute before we see another Yankees team in action; the '28 Yankees will be in the last series for Region 6.
Yankees 109-53 Mgr. Ralph Houk
Won AL Pennant
d. Reds in WS
d. #101 1949 Dodgers (MVP-Roger Maris/Hal Reniff)
All-Stars RP Luis Arroyo, OF Yogi Berra, SP Whitey Ford (AL Cy Young, 5th AL MVP) C Elston Howard, SS Tony Kubek, OF Mickey Mantle (2nd AL MVP) OF Roger Maris (AL MVP) 1B Moose Skowron
Hall of Famers: Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle,
Angels 99-63 Mgr. Mike Scioscia (AL MoY)
2nd in AL West
d. Yankees in ALDS
d. Twins in ALCS
d. Giants in WS
d. #92 1979 Pirates (MVP-Brad Fullmer/Jarrod Washburn)
All-Stars OF Garrett Anderson (4th AL MVP)
Angels-Mike Scioscia
1B Spiezio (29) (SH) 115 2.8
LF Anderson (30) (LH) 127 4.1
RF Salmon (33) 133 3.2
2B Kennedy (26) (LH) 110 4.2
3B Glaus (25) 113 4.9
SS Eckstein (27) 101 5.2
CF Erstad (28) (LH) 86 4.9
C Molina (27) 58 .5
P Washburn (27) (LH) 141 4.1
Bench:
2B Gil (29) 94 .7
DH Fullmer (27) (LH) 133 2.8
DH Wooten (29) 104 .2
OF Palmeiro (33) (LH) 94
IF Nieves (27) 64
SP2 Ortiz (29) 118 3.1
SP3 Lackey (23) 121 1.5
Maybe we see a platoon at 2nd; Yankees lefty is going in game 2 (and 5 if we see it); Fullmer will DH in Anaheim.
Yankees-Ralph Houk
LF Cerv (36) 124 1
C Howard (32) 153 5.6
CF Mantle (29) (SH) 206 9.9
RF Maris (26) (LH) 167 6.2
1B Skowron (30) 113 1.3
SS Kubek (25) (LH) 90 3.3
3B Boyer (24) 79 3.7
2B Richardson (25) 67 -1.2
P Stafford (22) 139 3.6
Bench:
C Blanchard (28) (LH) 168 3
LF Berra (36) (LH) 115 2.6
LF Lopez (31) 64
3B Gardner (33) 57
SP2 Ford (32) (LH) 115 6
SP3 Terry (25) 118 3.3
Angels lefty going in game 1 (and 4, if needed) so the Yanks RH platoon lineup is in place. Yogi and Blanchard will move in for game 2/3 - probably Howard catches in Anaheim with Blanchard as the DH.
WAR:
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WAR: Angels 7 Yankees 6 -- So, Yankees have seed advantage...but Angels have WAR advantage...but Yankees have easily the best player (Mantle). This is a coin flip series for sure. Let's say it flips for New York.
GAME ONE
1st: Should be a tight, tight series; each pitch matters - Bob Stafford takes the ball for the Yankees. 22 year old RH, 14-9, 2.68. Stafford came up last year, he's dealt to the A's in '66 and '67 is his last season. He gives up a two out single to Tim Salmon but that's all.
1st: 27 year old lefty Jarrod Washburn goes for the Angels, 18-6, 3.15. He came up in '98, was 4th this year in the Cy Young, leaves for the Mariners in '06, finishes as a Tiger in '09. 1-2-3
2nd: 1-2-3
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: 1-2-3, 7 straight for Stafford
3rd: After an out, Bobby Richardson singles. The 25 year old second baseman came up when he was 19, made the All Star team in '57 and '59 and won his first Gold Glove this year. Next year he'll be second in the AL MVP, 10th in '63, he's a career Yankee, '66 is his last season. Nothing results.
4th: 1-2-3, 10 straight for Stafford
4th: Elston Howard doubles. Howard came up in '55, the same year as Richardson, made the All Star team every year from '57-'65, winning the MVP in '63 and finishing 3rd in '64. He's dealt to Boston during the '67 season and stops after '68. 2 outs later Moose Skowron walks and then Tony Kubek doubles home Howard. Angels 0 Yankees 1
5th: David Eckstein hits a one out single. Eckstein was 2nd in the Rookie of the Year last year as a 26 year old, led the league in getting hit by pitch this season, he signs with the Cards in '05, finishes with the Padres in '10. That's all.
5th: Bob Cerv singles with 2 out - Cerv is platooning with Yogi in left; he's 36, came up with the Yankees back in '51, he's on the bench for that '53 team that already advanced. Cerv's sold to the A's in '54, he'll be 4th in the AL MVP in '58 and come back to the Yankees in '60 in a deal for Andy Carey. He didn't start this season with the Yankees -- these Angels took Cerv in the expansion draft and then dealt him back to the Yankees during the season. Next year - the Yankees sell him to Houston and it's his final season. That's all.
6th: 1-2-3
6th: Mickey Mantle walks. The Mick is 29, he was the center fielder on that '53 team that has advanced, he was 2nd to Maris in the MVP this year, leading the league in walks, slugging percentage and OPS+. Mantle played in 12 postseason series in his career (all World Series, Mickey Mantle was in 12 World Series) 230 at bats, he hit 18 homers. He's an All Star 16 out of his 18 seasons. That's all.
7th: 1-2-3, 8 straight for Stafford, he's throwing a 2 hitter.
7th: 1-2-3, Washburn's matching Stafford - throwing a 4 hitter, can that Yankee lead hold up?
8th: 1-2-3, 11 straight for Stafford - Yanks 3 outs away.
8th: 1-2-3, 8 straight for Washburn -- we head to the 9th inning and the Yankees cling to that 1-0 lead.
9th: The Yankees go to the pen. Their closer is 34 year old lefty Luis Arroyo, 15 wins, 29 saves, a 2.19 ERA. Arroyo broke in in '55 with the Cards, came to the Yankees from the Reds in '60 and this is easily his career year, he was 6th in the AL MVP. His last season is '63.
Brad Fullmer comes off the bench to hit -- he flies out to the deepest, deepest part of right field. One away.
Scott Speizio walks. Tying run at first.
Garret Anderson singles to right. Two on, one out -- tying run in scoring position.
Tim Salmon foul pop...Skowron's got it just before the dugout...two away.
Adam Kennedy grounds to Skowron -- he will take it himself and it's done.
Angels 0
Yankees 1
WP Stafford
LP Washburn
Great, great pitchers duel in game one. 7 hits combined. This game entirely about the pitching, no member of either side reaches base twice.
One more at Yankee Stadium - will either offense show up?
1B Spiezio (29) (SH) 115 2.8
RF Salmon (33) 133 3.2
LF Anderson (30) (LH) 127 4.1
3B Glaus (25) 113 4.9
SS Eckstein (27) 101 5.2
2B Gil (29) 94 .7
CF Erstad (28) (LH) 86 4.9
C Molina (27) 58 .5
SP2 Ortiz (29) 118 3.1
C Blanchard (28) (LH) 168 3
CF Mantle (29) (SH) 206 9.9
RF Maris (26) (LH) 167 6.2
LF Berra (36) (LH) 115 2.6
1B Skowron (30) 113 1.3
SS Kubek (25) (LH) 90 3.3
3B Boyer (24) 79 3.7
2B Richardson (25) 67 -1.2
SP2 Ford (32) (LH) 115 6
GAME TWO
1st: Coming off the great pitcher's duel in game one - the Yankees send 32 year old lefty Whitey Ford to the mound in game two. 25-4, 3.21. We've seen Ford, he advanced with the '53 team. Ford won the Cy Young this year. Ford pitched in 11 World Series, 22 starts. 10-8, 2.71. Ford was the MVP of the World Series this year, going 2-0 against the Reds and not giving up a run. He gives up a 2 out Garret Anderson double but that's all.
1st: Ramon Ortiz is a 29 year old RH, 15-9, 3.77. Ortiz came up in '99, this is his career year, the only ERA he'll ever have below 4.00. He's dealt to the Reds in '05 and pitches until he's 40, finishing with the Jays in '13. 1-2-3
2nd: Benji Gill gets the start today at second against a lefty - and he singles with one out. He came up with Texas in '93, signs with the Angels in 2000; next year ends his career. After the second out Bengie Molina singles. That's all.
2nd: Moose Skowron triples with one out - Skowron's 30, came up in '54, All Star every year from '57-'61. In '63 he's dealt to the Dodgers for Stan Williams and finishes with the Angels in '67. Kubek drives him home with a base hit. Angels 0 Yankees 1
3rd: 1-2-3
3rd: Mantle walks with 2 out, that's all.
4th: Eckstein walks with one out, that's it.
4th: With two out - Kubek and Boyer single. Kubek's a career Yankee; Rookie of the Year in '57, he was an All Star this year, finishes in '65. Richardson then singles and the Yankees have loaded the bases. But they do not score.
5th: Molina singles. Molina's one of 3 big league catching brothers; broke in in '98, 4th in the Rookie of the Year in '00, won the Gold Glove this year. Signs with the Jays in '06, finishes with the Rangers in '10. Two outs later Tim Salmon walks - but nothing else.
5th: Johnny Blanchard homers to right. Blanchard's catching today against a right hander; he's a career part timer - broke in in '55, this is easily his best ever season, he slugged .170 points above his career average in '61. He's dealt to the A's in '65 and finishes later that year with the Braves. Mantle then walks - Maris reaches on an error - and Yogi Berra mashes a 3 run homer to right field -- the Angels are really up against it now as the Yankee bats have come alive. Skowron singles, it ends here. Angels 0 Yankees 5
6th: 1-2-3, the Angels have yet to score this series
6th: One out in, Blanchard singles, Mantle walks. After the second out, Yogi walks. But Ortiz keeps the damage down.
7th: 1-2-3, 7 straight for Ford, he's throwing a 4 hitter.
7th: 27 year old RH Mickey Callaway has a 4.19 ERA and is the new Angels pitcher, after an out, Clete Boyer singles. He broke in at 18 in '55 with the A's, he goes to the Yankees during the '57 season in a 12 player deal. A decade later he's sent to the Braves for Bill Robinson and he finishes there in '71. Richardson singles - after the second out, Blanchard singles and now it's 6-0. Mantle singles and now it's 7-0. 26 year old RH Scot Shields comes on and he gives up a two run double to Maris. Angels 0 Yankees 9
8th: Salmon walks with one out and after the second out Troy Glaus homers and the Angels are finally - finally on the scoreboard. Glaus is 25, came up 4 years ago. Led the league in homers in 2000. Leaves for Arizona in '05, finishes as a Brave in '10. Angels 2 Yankees 9
8th: Skowron singles. That's it.
9th: 30 year old RH Bob Turley has a 5.75 ERA and is on to mop up, he walks Molina with 2 outs and that's all.
Angels 2
Yankees 9
WP Ford
LP Ortiz
On paper, the Yankees were really narrow favorites - but they win the first two and are now looking at the first sweep in Round 2 as the series shifts to Southern California.
5 hitter for Ford/Turley, Yankee arms dominating the series. Plus - today, bats:
Yankees:
Blanchard reached 3x w/HR
Mantle reached 4x in game 2
Berra reached 2x in game 2 w/3 run homer
Skowron reached 3x in game 2
Kubek reached twice in game 2
Boyer reached twice in game 2
Richardson reached twice in game 2
Angels:
Salmon reached twice in game 2
Glaus homered
Molina reached 3x in game 2
Let's go to Anaheim.
DH Blanchard (28) (LH) 168 3
CF Mantle (29) (SH) 206 9.9
RF Maris (26) (LH) 167 6.2
C Howard (32) 153 5.6
LF Berra (36) (LH) 115 2.6
1B Skowron (30) 113 1.3
SS Kubek (25) (LH) 90 3.3
3B Boyer (24) 79 3.7
2B Richardson (25) 67 -1.2
SP3 Terry (25) 118 3.3
1B Spiezio (29) (SH) 115 2.8
DH Fullmer (27) (LH) 133 2.8
LF Anderson (30) (LH) 127 4.1
RF Salmon (33) 133 3.2
2B Kennedy (26) (LH) 110 4.2
3B Glaus (25) 113 4.9
SS Eckstein (27) 101 5.2
CF Erstad (28) (LH) 86 4.9
C Molina (27) 58 .5
SP3 Lackey (23) 121 1.5
GAME THREE
1st: No team has overcome an 0-2 deficit in the tournament. That's the task facing the Angels and it starts with 23 year old RH John Lackey. 9-4. 3.66. Lackey was 4th in the Rookie of the Year this season. He'll be third in the Cy Young in '07. Sign with Boston in '10. His last season is '17 with the Cubs. 1-2-3
1st: Can the Yankees capture the first Round 2 sweep? Ralph Terry is a 25 year old RH, 16-3, 3.15. Terry was 20 when he came up 5 years ago, he and Billy Martin are dealt to the A's in '57 and the Yankees get him back two years later. Next year will be his only All Star appearance; he's sent to the Indians in '65 and retires with the Mets in '67. He gives up a base hit to Brad Fullmer; that's it.
2nd: Yogi walks with one out, that's it.
2nd: Adam Kennedy singles. Kennedy's back at second today; he's at second after an out and then scores on an Eckstein base hit. It's the Angels first lead and the Rally Monkeys are going wild here in Anaheim. Yankees 0 Angels 1
3rd: After an out, Richardson singles and Blanchard walks. Maris walks after the second out but the Yankees leave them loaded.
3rd: 1-2-3
4th: Moose Skowron ties the game with a one out homer. Yankees 1 Angels 1
4th: Tim Salmon singles. Salmon came up a decade ago, was Rookie of the Year in '93; 7th in the MVP in '95 and '97. He retires as an Angel in '06. 2 outs later Eckstein singles again, That's it.
5th: Mantle singles with 2 out, thats it.
5th: 1-2-3
6th: 1-2-3, just 3 hits given up by Lackey
6th: Kennedy doubles with 2 out, that's it. Yankee pitching continues to dominate.
7th: 1-2-3, 7 straight for Lackey - the Angels need this one.
7th: Eckstein singles again; Darin Erstad singles. Erstad was 6th in Rookie of the Year in '96, 8th in the MVP in '00, he leaves for the White Sox in '07 and finishes with Houston in '09. Terry keeps the Angels off the board - and we head to the 8th, still knotted at 1.
8th: The Angels have some heavy, heavy bullpen arms. 32 year old RH Ben Weber has a 2.54 ERA, 1-2-3, the Yanks still have just 3 hits.
8th: 22 year old RH Hal Reniff was a co-MVP in round 1; he's got a 2.58 ERA and he enters for the Yanks. After two out - he gives up a Salmon single and then walks Kennedy. Lead run in scoring position. Two out. The Angels do not score.
9th: Yogi singles with one out, that's all. Bottom.
9th: 1-2-3
Extras.
10th: The Angels closer is Troy Percival. 32 year old RH with a 1.92 ERA and 40 saves. 4th in Rookie of the Year in '95. He's the Angel closer from '96-'04. Heads to Detroit in '05 and finishes with the Rays in '09. He walks Boyer. Then throws a wild pitch. Boyer's at second with nobody out - white knuckle time in Anaheim. Percival gets one. Then walks Blanchard.
That means it's Mantle. 2 on. 1 out. Tie score. 10th inning. And Mantle doubles off the wall to score the tiebreaking run; intentional walk to Maris to load the bases, set up the double play, 34 year old RH Al Levine enters - he gets the second out - then walks Berra and now it's 3-1 and the first sweep of the second round is imminent. Yankees 3 Angels 1
10th: Luis Arroyo gets the call; three outs from the sweep.
He strikes out Speizio. One away.
Brad Fullmer singles. Some hope.
Garret Anderson pops to third...Boyer's got that. Two away.
Down to their final strike - Tim Salmon singles to center.
2 on. 2 out. Down 2. Kennedy grounds to Boyer -- onto first. Sweep.
Yankees 3
Angels 1
WP Reniff
LP Percival
On a day when they got just 5 hits - the Yankees sweep the Angels.
Mantle reached 6 times in the series and had the big hit today, Yogi reached 5 times and hit the big homer in game 2. But let's say the co-MVPs are the starting pitchers from games one and two. Stafford and Ford.
In the round of 32 - the 1998 Yankees will meet the 1961 Yankees. Generations collide.
