Health & Fitness
Daily Baseball Update: 10/8: End of LDS
Two teams clinched an NLCS berth, one of them riding one of the greatest postseason pitching performances of all time.
Record of the Day
Most walks in a season: Barry Bonds*, 232 in 2004.
Bonds literally walked away with this record. No one else has walked more than even 170 times, and that was Babe Ruth who reached 170. Bonds, whose steroid usage hugely asterisks his career, batted .362 that year en route to an incredible .609 on base percentage. He also had only 373 at bats despite playing in 147 games. Bonds walked 2,558 times in 2,986 career games.
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News
Brewers walked off to reach the NLCS, while the Cardinals beat the Phillies to reach an improbable NLCS on Chris Carpenter's three-hitter. White Sox hired Robin Ventura as their new manager.
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Game Scores
Milwaukee Brewers, 3, Arizona Diamondbacks, 2 (10 innings). Milwaukee wins series 3-2.
St. Louis Cardinals, 1, Philadelphia Phillies, 0. St. Louis wins series 3-2.
Postseason Leaders
Offensive: AVG: Ryan Braun (Brewers), .500. Home runs: Adrian Beltre (Rangers), Chris Young (Diamondbacks), and Delmon Young (Tigers), 3. RBI: Robinson Cano (Yankees), 9. Stolen bases: Willie Bloomquist (Diamondbacks), 3.
Pitching: Wins: 19 tied with one. K's: Roy Halladay (Phillies), 15. ERA: Cole Hamels (Phillies), 0.00 (6 shutout innings). Saves: Neftali Feliz (Rangers), 3.
Top Performers
Offensive: Ryan Braun (Brewers): 2-3, double, run, walk.
Pitching: Chris Carpenter (Cardinals): Win, 9 shutout innings, 3 hits, no walks, 3 K's.
Worst Pitching Performance: J.J. Putz (Diamondbacks): Loss, 0.1 innings, 1 earned run, 2 hits, no walks, 0 K's.
Today's Probables
Tigers @ Rangers: Justin Verlander (24-5, 2.40 ERA regular season, 1-0, 5.00 postseason) vs C.J. Wilson (16-7, 2.94 ERA regular season, 0-1, 10.80 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