NL1 at AL2, Game 3, AL Leads 2 Games to 0
The American League has yet to lose a game in the tournament; AL1 swept NL2 in the first series - and in this one, AL2 takes the first two games of the series on the road. The series now shifts to Fenway for Games 3-5, and we get the first LH matchup, the NL throwing Steve Carlton, the AL Ron Guidry, which means entirely new position player lineups for game 3.
National League 1 Lineup
2B 1924 Rogers Hornsby
SS 1908 Honus Wagner
CF 1965 Willie Mays
RF 1959 Hank Aaron
LF 1962 Frank Robinson
1B 2009 Albert Pujols
3B 1980 Mike Schmidt
C 1997 Mike Piazza
LHP 1972 Steve Carlton
American League 2 Lineup
RF 2018 Mookie Betts
1B 1994 Jeff Bagwell
LF 2022 Aaron Judge
3B 2013 Miguel Cabrera
CF 2012 Mike Trout
2B 1997 Craig Biggio
SS 1987 Alan Trammell
C 1972 Carlton Fisk
LHP 1978 Ron Guidry
Top1
Ron Guidry was 27 in 1978, he went 25-3 with a 1.74 ERA, won the Cy Young and finished 2nd in the MVP.
Rogers Hornsby is 28, Guidry strikes him out.
Honus Wagner is 34, Guidry strikes him out.
Willie Mays is 34, it's his first at bat in the series - he smacks a double off the monster.
Hank Aaron is 25, he grounds to short.
Bottom 1
In 1972 Lefty Carlton was also 27 and also won the Cy Young. 27-10, 1.97 ERA.
Mookie Betts leads off for the AL, he's 25 and grounds to short.
26 year old Jeff Bagwell is next and Carlton strikes him out.
Aaron Judge is 30, Carlton drills him on the forearm.
27 year old Miguel Cabrera follows up with a single to left center - Judge to third, men on the corners with 2 away.
Carlton strikes out 20 year old Mike Trout to end the threat.
Top2
Chippiness here at Fenway - Carlton hit Judge in the first and on the first pitch of the second, Guidry hits 26 year old Frank Robinson. Robinson glares hard at the mound and goes to first.
29 year old Albert Pujols whacks a single to center.
Mike Schmidt is 30 - he hits one to the track - Robinson takes third, men on the corners.
28 year old Mike Piazza gives the NL its first lead of the series with a sac fly to right - it's a close play at the plate, but Robinson slides in safely ahead of the throw. 1-0. 1997 was Piazza's last season as a Dodger, he finished 2nd in the NL MVP and had the highest OPS+ of his career.
Guidry strikes out Carlton and ends the inning.
Bottom 2
Craig Biggio is 31, he lines a base hit to left.
Alan Trammell is 29, Carlton strikes him out.
24 year old Carlton Fisk flies to right.
Guidry flies to right - and the inning ends.
Top3
Back to the top of the order for the NL - Hornsby is 0-1 AND HE HITS A DRIVE TO LEFT IT CLEARS THE MONSTER AND THE NL TAKES A 2-0 lead. Rogers Hornsby finished second in the NL MVP in 1924, his 222 OPS+ would be the highest of his career.
Wagner grounds to first.
Mays doubled in the first - AND HE SMASHES A BALL DEEP - DEEP DEEP CENTER FIELD AND IT IS GONE, WILLIE MAYS HOMERS AND NOW IT IS 3-0 National League. 34 year old Mays won the MVP in '65, he led all MLB in BA/OBP/SLG.
Guidry hits Aaron - and that leads to a murmur throughout the crowd - a third batter hit today.
Robinson got hit back in the second - Guidry gets him to go 6-4-3.
Bottom 3
Betts is 0-1, he flies to left.
Bagwell's 0-2 and he lines to short.
Judge was the first man hit today - and Carlton walks him.
Cabrera singled back in the first - Carlton strikes him out.
Top4
Pujols singled in the second, Guidry strikes him out.
Schmidt's 0-1, he sharply singles to left.
Piazza drove in the game's first run with a sac fly and he singles to right center, Schmidt is just able to slide into third.
Lefty Carlton chops a ball that takes a giant hop over a charging Boggs, Schmidt scores and the NL now goes up 4-0. That's as far as the inning goes - Hornsby flies to left, Wagner grounds to short.
Bottom 4
Carlton drove in a run in the top of the inning and strikes out Trout to open the bottom.
Biggio singled in the second - and he walks here.
Trammell's 0-1, he grounds to short - to second for one - onto first -- Trammell beats it out.
Carlton doesn't go near the plate with Fisk, walks him on 4 pitches -- and then he strikes out Guidry on 3 pitches and we go to the 5th.
Top5
Mays has gone double/homer, Guidry gets him to ground to third.
Aaron pops to third.
Frank Robinson doubles over the wall in right.
Pujols flies out to the track in center.
Bottom 5
Betts pops to short.
Bagwell grounds to third.
Judge has reached base twice and does it again with a base hit to center here.
Carlton strikes out Cabrera and the NL remains up 4-0.
Top 6
Schmidt is 1-2, he singles again here, right through the box.
Piazza has a base hit and a sac fly and now is 2-2, he drives a hard single to left.
Carlton successfully bunts both men over.
A Hornsby grounder just escapes the diving Trammell - Schmidt scores -- Piazza is Gunned Down by Judge for the second out, the NL now leading 5-0. 1924 was Hornsby's 10 year in the bigs, all with the Cards. He's playing for McGraw here and in '27 will take over for him as the Giants skipper. Hornsby takes second on the throw home.
Wagner rips a double down the left field line -- Hornsby will score - this is the NL team we expected to see show up in this series. 6-0. 34 year old Wagner is in his 12th season, he led all MLB in BA/OBP/SLG.
Guidry gets Mays to ground to second and the inning is over.
Bottom 6
3 up, 3 down for Carlton. Trout flies to left, Biggio grounds to second, Trammell strikes out.
Top7
Aaron gets his first hit, punching a single to left center.
Robinson grounds to second, flip to the shortstop - Robinson beats it out as the lead runner is erased.
Pujols is 1-3 - AND HE HITS A DRIVE - RIGHT FIELD -- IT....JUST CLEARS THE WALL AND THE NL GOES UP 8-0.
Pujols won his third and what would turn out to be final MVP in 2009, it's the only season of his career he led MLB in homers.
That's it for Guidry, 2009 Zach Greinke comes on, RH, 25, 16-8, 2.16. Greinke won the Cy Young.
He strikes out Schmidt.
Piazza is 2-2 with a sac fly - and he LAUNCHES ONE OVER THE MONSTER, ANOTHER NATIONAL LEAGUE HOME RUN 9-0. The AL won games 1 and 2, but the NL RH hitting lineup has come to Boston and totally busted loose and we may not see another lineup from the NL the rest of the series. Piazza hit 40 homers in '97 and never topped that mark.
Steve Carlton already has a base hit - and he drives a ball between Judge and Trout - Carlton is going to slide in with a double! Lefty Carlton with a 2 hit day!
That ends the inning, Hornsby flies to left.
Bottom 7
Fisk grounds to second.
Greinke stays in the game - and he knocks a base hit to left.
Betts flies to right.
Carlton strikes out Bagwell, Carlton's got 2 hits and has given up only 4. NL way up here.
Top8
Wagner grounds to second.
Mays gets his third hit, single up the middle
Greinke strikes out Aaron and then gets Robinson to ground to third. 17 hits for the National League today.
Bottom 8
Judge flies to left.
Cabrera lines to third.
Carlton strikes out Trout.
Top9
Pujols walks.
Schmidt's got 2 hits - he rips a ball down the right field line, it rattles around in the corner - Schmidt's got a double and Pujols comes all the way around to score. 10-0. Schmidt won the first of what would be 3 career MVPs in 1980.
Piazza grounds to third.
Greinke strikes out Carlton.
Hornsby bangs a ball off the monster - Schmidt will score, it's a long single for Hornsby, his third hit of the day. 11-0.
Wagner's already got a double and he triples here - Hornsby scores, the NL goes up 12-0.
The inning ends on a Mays groundout. 20 hits on the day for the NL.
Bottom 9
Biggio grounds to short.
Trammell doubles.
Carlton strikes out Fisk - NL one out away - Stengel goes to the bench for Griffey, who keeps the game going with a single.
Betts follows with a run scoring single, ending the shutout, 12-1, leaving men on the corners.
JEFF BAGWELL THEN UNLEASHES A BALL DEEP, DEEP INTO THE NIGHT, A 3 RUN HOMER THAT MAKES IT 12-4.
Judge doubles - that ends the game for Carlton, 1995 Greg Maddux is 29 and now he's on to wrap this up.
Cabrera singles Judge home, 12-5.
And that's where the game ends - Trout flies out to center.
NL A Team 12 AL B Team 5
The NL pounds 4 homers, 5 doubles, a triple - 20 hits and they take game 3.
Series Totals
Wagner: 2-6, 3B, 2B, 2RBI
Mays: 3-6, HR, 2B, RBI, RS
Aaron: 1-4, HBP,
Robinson: 1-4, HBP, 2B, 2RS
Morgan: 3-7, walk, HR, 2B, 2RBI, 2RS
Bonds: 0-8, walk
Musial: 2-7, walk, RBI
Harper: 1-8
Snider: 1-6, 2 BB
Mathews: 1-7, BB, RS
Bench: 1-6, 2BB, RS
Vaughan: 0-6, BB, HBP
Hornsby: 3-8, HR, 3RBI, 3RS
Pujols: 2-4, 2BB, HR, 3RBI, 2RS
Schmidt: 3-5, 2B, RBI, RS
Piazza: 3-4, HR, 2RBI, RS
Gooden: 0-1 8 IP 5ER, 12H, 1BB/7K
Mathewson: 0-1, 7IP 1 ER, 5 hits, 5K/1BB
Carlton 1-0, 8.2 IP 5 ER, 9 hits, 11K/3BB
Johnson: 3 IP, 4K/BB
Maddux .1 IP
Speaker 2-9, RBI, RS, SB
Carew: 3-8, walk, 2RS
Jackson: 2-8, 2HR, 4RBI, 2RS
Griffey, 3-10, HR, 2RBI, 2RS
Boggs: 1-8,
Gehringer: 3-7, walk
Jeter: 3-6, walk,
Berra: 1-7, RS
Betts: 1-5, RBI, RS
Bagwell: 1-5, HR, 3RBI, RS
Judge: 2-3, HBP, BB, 2B, RS
Cabrera 2-5, RBI
Trout: 0-5
Biggio: 1-3, BB
Trammell: 1-4, 2B
Fisk: 0-3, BB
Palmer 1-0, 8.2 IP, 4ER, 4 H, 4 K/5BB
Blyleven: 1-0 9 IP 0ER 6 hits, 4 K/4BB
Guidry: 0-1, 6.1 IP 8ER, 14 H, 3K/0BB
Greinke: 2.2 IP, 4ER, 6H, 3K/BB
Eckersley .1 IP BB
