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Daily Baseball Update: 10/24: World Series

Derek Holland pitched the Rangers into a series tie and Ken Griffey took home another award.

Record of the Day

Most stolen bases by an Athletic (career): Ricky Henderson, 867. Though Ricky only spent 13 of his 25 years in the majors with the A's, he was able to amass 867 of his 1,406 stolen bases. His career, stolen base-wise, was highlighted by a four-year stretch from 1980-1983 in which he stole at least 100 bases three times for a total of 394 stolen bases, or 98.5 per season.  

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Ken Griffey, Jr. won the Historic Achievement award.  

Game 4 Score

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Texas Rangers, 4, St. Louis Cardinals, 0.  Series tied 2-2.

Postseason Leaders

Offensive: AVG: David Freese (Cardinals), .404 (21-52). Home runs: Nelson Cruz (Rangers), 7. RBI: David Freese and Albert Pujols (Cardinals), 16. Stolen bases: Willie Bloomquist (Diamondbacks) and Ian Kinsler (Rangers), 3.

Pitching: Wins: Chris Carpenter (Cardinals), 3. K's: Justin Verlander (Tigers), 25. ERA: Roy Halladay (Phillies), 2.25 (16 innings, 4 earned runs). Saves: Neftali Feliz (Rangers) and Jason Motte (Cardinals), 5.

Top Performers

Offensive: Mike Napoli (Rangers): 1-2, home run, 3 RBI, run. 

Pitching: Derek Holland (Rangers): Win, 8.1 shutout innings, 2 hits, 2 walks, 7 K's. 

Worst Pitching Performance: Edwin Jackson (Cardinals): Loss, 5.1 innings, 3 earned runs, 3 hits, 7 walks, 3 K's. 

Game 5 Probables

Cardinals@RangersChris Carpenter (11-9, 3.45 ERA regular season, 3-0, 3.52 postseason) vs C.J. Wilson (16-7, 2.94 ERA regular season, 0-3, 7.17 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 in 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

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