kaufman@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA (07/16/85)
The eighth and final set of games is nearly over, and the postseason situation
still hasn't completely taken shape. I'll describe what's happening after
the up-to-the-minute standings:
Baltimore 6-2 .750 -
Los Angeles 5-2 .714 1/2
Boston 5-3 .625 1
San Francisco 5-3 .625 1
St. Louis 5-3 .625 1
Montreal 4-4 .500 2
Cincinnati 3-5 .375 3
New York 3-5 .375 3
Milwaukee 2-5 .286 3 1/2
Pittsburgh 1-7 .125 5
In the not-yet-completed game, Milwaukee and Los Angeles are tied 3-3 in the
11th. Should the Dodgers win, they will be tied with Baltimore for the top
spot. Since both of those teams have the same manager/owner, I would see no
need to play out the championship series between them. If Peter wants to play
it out and post/mail in the results, he is welcome to.
Should the Brewers win, we will be faced with a four-way tie for second. As
the comissioner, I will order a four-way single-elimination playoff between
them under the following conditions:
1) It will be assumed that a substantial period has passed between the end of
the regular season and the start of the playoffs. As a result, all injuries,
etc. will be considered expired. Teams will start the playoffs with the top
of their pitching rotation. We want the teams playing in their best form.
2) Boston will play at St. Louis, and San Francisco at Los Angeles. Managers:
get your starting lineups and late strategic adjustments in! The winners will
then meet, with their #2 pitchers starting, with the home team being whoever
was the visitor in the regular season meeting between the two clubs. Hence,
Boston would be on the road, Los Angeles at home, and San Francisco at St.
Louis.
3) The winner will play Baltimore 4 of 7 for the title. Again, should Los
Angeles be the survivor, I won't bother with it. As often is the case with
preliminary rounds, pitching rotations may be messed up, so the Orioles'
opponent will have to start with their #3 pitcher. The Orioles, having had the
better record will have the option of playing at home for games 1, 2, 6, and 7
or games 3, 4, and 5.
I will be going away for 3-4 weeks, so don't expect any further reports till
about the third week of August. Included will be the box score of the Brewer -
Dodger game and final regular season statistics. Meanwhile, here are the box
scores from the four completed games:
Cincinnati New York
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Milner cf 2 1 1 0 Wilson cf 6 2 3 1 Dave Kingman's third
Householder cf 1 0 0 0 Brooks 3b-2b 5 1 1 0 inning homer capped a
Oester 2b 4 0 0 0 Hernandez 1b 5 3 2 1 four-run rally that blew
Redus lf 5 1 1 1 Strawberry rf 3 1 3 3 the game open. The Mets
Driessen 1b 4 0 2 1 Foster dh 4 2 2 3 also turned over the
Esasky 3b 5 1 2 0 Bailor 2b-ss 5 0 1 1 season's first triple
Bench dh 4 1 1 1 Oquendo ss 1 0 0 0 play.
Cedeno rf 5 1 1 1 Kingman 3b 4 1 1 2
Bilardello c 4 2 4 2 Ortiz c 5 0 3 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 1 0 Heep lf 3 2 2 0
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Totals 39 7 13 6 Totals 41 12 18 11
Cincinnati 011 011 102 -- 7
New York 104 430 00x -- 12
E - Brooks 2, Ortiz, Kingman, Redus, Oester.
DP - Cincinnati 1, New York 2. TP - New York 1.
2B - Esasky, Hernandez, Heep, Foster, Bailor,
Bilardello, Bench. 3B - Strawberry, Esasky. HR -
Hernandez (2), Cedeno (2), Kingman (1), Bilardello
(1). SF - Strawberry, Bench.
IP H R ER BB SO
Cincinnati
Puleo L 0-2 * 3 10 7 7 1 3
Hume 1 2/3 6 5 2 0 0
Gale 3 1/3 2 0 0 3 1
New York
Terrell W 2-0 5 2/3 8 4 2 5 4
Diaz S 1 3 1/3 5 3 3 0 2
* -- Pitched to two batters in 4th.
Montreal Baltimore
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Raines lf 5 0 2 1 Shelby cf 5 2 2 0 Jim Dwyer's 11th inning
Oliver 1b 5 0 1 1 Sakata 2b 5 0 1 0 hit brought Eddie Murray
Dawson cf 5 0 0 0 Ripken ss 5 0 1 1 home with the winning
Carter c 4 0 0 0 Murray 1b 4 1 0 0 run. Storm Davis went
Wallach 3b 5 0 1 0 Lowenstein lf 5 0 2 0 all the way for his first
Little ss 5 0 1 0 Singleton dh 4 0 0 0 win of the season.
Francona rf 4 1 1 0 Dwyer rf 3 0 2 1
Cromartie dh 3 0 0 0 Dempsey c 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 1 2 0 Dauer 3b 4 0 0 0
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Totals 40 2 8 2 Totals 39 3 8 2
Montreal 000 020 000 00 -- 2
Baltimore 101 000 000 01 -- 3
E - Oliver, Wallach, Davis, Ripken. DP -
Montreal 1, Baltimore 3. LOB - Montreal 7,
Baltimore 10. 2B - Trillo.
IP H R ER BB SO
Montreal
Smith 8 1/3 6 2 2 2 10
Reardon L 0-2 1 2/3 2 1 1 2 2
Baltimore
Davis W 1-1 11 8 2 2 1 2
No outs when winning run scored.
St. Louis Boston
ab r h bi ab r h bi
L. Smith lf 6 2 4 1 Miller cf 3 0 1 0 The Cardinal attack was
O. Smith ss 6 1 3 3 Boggs 3b 4 0 1 0 led by Andy Van Slyke's
Herr 2b 4 0 1 0 Rice dh 3 1 1 0 three hits, including
Hendrick 1b 5 2 2 0 Evans rf 3 0 0 0 a home run and a triple,
Porter c 4 2 2 1 Nichols lf 3 1 0 0 and by Lonnie Smith's
McGee cf 5 2 3 4 Jurak 1b 3 0 2 2 four hits, two of which
Ramsey 3b 5 0 0 0 Allenson c 4 0 0 0 were doubles. Defensive-
Green rf 5 1 0 0 Hoffman ss 3 0 0 0 ly, the Cards set the
Van Slyke dh 5 2 3 3 Remy 2b 2 0 0 0 tone of the game early,
------------------------------------------------ when they turned over a
Totals 45 12 18 12 Totals 28 2 5 2 first inning triple play.
St. Louis 213 000 024 -- 12
Boston 010 001 000 -- 2
E - Boggs, Johnson. DP - St. Louis 2,
Boston 1. TP - St. Louis 1. LOB - St. Louis
8, Boston 6. 2B - L. Smith 2, Boggs, Jurak.
3B - O. Smith 2, McGee, Van Slyke. HR - Van
Slyke (1). SF - Porter.
IP H R ER BB SO
St. Louis
Forsch W 2-0 5 2/3 5 2 2 3 1
Lahti S 1 3 1/3 0 0 0 3 2
Boston
Ojeda L 0-1 2 2/3 10 6 6 0 3
Johnson 5 1/3 5 4 2 1 6
Clear 1 3 2 2 0 1
Johnson pitched to two batters in 9th.
HBP - By Forsch (Miller).
Pittsburgh San Francisco
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Lacy lf 4 0 0 0 Davis cf 4 2 2 0 Jeff Leonard's 8th inning
Ray 2b 4 1 1 1 Venable lf 4 1 2 2 double brought in the
Madlock 3b 2 1 1 0 Clark rf 4 1 2 0 runs that broke a 3-3
Thompson 1b 3 1 2 0 Leonard dh 4 1 2 2 tie. Bill Laskey gave up
Easler dh 4 0 0 0 Youngblood 3b 4 0 1 0 only one hit after a rocky
Parker rf 4 0 1 2 Evans 1b 4 0 0 0 first inning, and none
Pena c 4 0 0 0 Kuiper 2b 3 0 1 1 after the third.
Berra ss 4 0 0 0 Rabb c 3 0 0 0
Wynne cf 3 0 0 0 LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
Wellman ss 0 0 0 0
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Totals 32 3 5 3 Totals 33 5 10 5
Pittsburgh 300 000 000 -- 3
San Francisco 200 100 02x -- 5
DP - Pittsburgh 1. LOB - Pittsburgh 6,
San Francisco 4. 2B - Thompson, Leonard 2,
Davis. HR - Ray (1), Venable (3).
IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsburgh
Rhoden L 0-2 9 10 5 5 0 9
San Francisco
Laskey W 1-0 8 5 3 3 2 5