Daily Baseball Update: 10/10: LCS
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Record of the Day
Lowest Batting Average to lead the respective league: Carl Yastrzemski, .301 (1968).
In 1968, the year of the pitcher, five players in the National League, led by Pete Rose at .335, batted higher than Yaz' .301, but Yaz lead the American League with the low total. No one else in the AL even batted above .290, as Danny Carter reached the mark.
News
Tigers@Rangers has been postponed. Ryan Howard (Phillies) has an Achilles rupture and will miss through April. Magglio Ordonez (Tigers) broke his ankle and will miss the rest of the postseason.
Game Scores
Milwaukee Brewers, 9, St. Louis Cardinals, 6. Milwaukee leads series 1-0.
Tigers@Rangers was rained out. Texas leads series 1-0.
Postseason Leaders
Offensive: AVG: Ryan Braun (Brewers), .500. Home runs: Adrian Beltre (Rangers), Chris Young (Diamondbacks), and and Delmon Young (Tigers), 3. RBI: Robinson Cano (Yankees), 9. Stolen bases: Willie Bloomquist (Diamondbacks), 3.
Pitching: Wins: 21 tied with 1. K's: Justin Verlander (Tigers), 17. ERA: Cole Hamels (Phillies), 0.00 (6 shutout innings). Saves: Neftali Feliz (Rangers), 4.
Top Performers
Offensive: Ryan Braun (Brewers): 2-4, double, home run, 4 RBI, 2 runs, walk.
Pitching: John Axford (Brewers): Save, shutout inning, no hits, no walks, 2 K's.
Worst Pitching Performance: Jaime Garcia (Cardinals): Loss, 4 innings, 6 earned runs, 6 hits, 3 walks, 3 K's.
Today's Probables
Tigers@Rangers: Max Scherzer (15-9, 4.43 ERA regular season, 1-0, 1.23 postseason) vs Derek Holland (16-5, 3.95 ERA regular season, 1-0, 1.42 ERA postseason).
Cardinals@Brewers: Edwin Jackson (12-9, 3.79 ERA regular season, 1-0, 3.00 postseason) vs Shaun Marcum (13-7, 3.54 ERA regular season, 0-1, 13.50 postseason).
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Teams followed in this update: Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves
If your team is not included or you would like to be included on the original email that I send out every morning, please leave a comment and I will take care of it.
HR: home runs. RBI: runs batted in. AVG: batting average. SB: stolen bases. ERA: earned run average. BAA: batting average against. K's: strikeouts. WPCT: winning percentage
Zack Silverman
Nicole Trifone
9:36 am on Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Are you making any predictions for the World Series? Which two teams do you think will be facing off for the title?
Zack Silverman
8:50 am on Sunday, October 16, 2011
Well now I've seen that the Rangers won the ALCS, but I think the Cardinals can overcome the Brewers home record and get that last win. The Rangers do have the offensive prowess to beat the Cardinals, especially seeing what Cruz did in the LCS.