Playoffs
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
American League
Boston 2, Detroit 1
All games televised by Fox
Wednesday: Boston (Peavy 12-5) at Detroit (Fister 14-9), 8:07 p.m.
Thursday: Boston (Lester 15-8) at Detroit, 8:07 p.m.
x-Saturday: Detroit at Boston, 4:37 p.m.
x-Sunday: Detroit at Boston, 8:07 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 12: Detroit 1, Boston 0
Sunday, Oct. 13: Boston 6, Detroit 5
Tuesday, Oct. 15: Boston 1, Detroit 0
National League
All games televised by TBS
St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 1
Wednesday: St. Louis (Kelly 10-5) at Los Angeles (Greinke 15-4), 4:07 p.m.
x-Friday: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8:37 p.m.
x-Saturday: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8:37 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 11: St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 2, 13 innings
Saturday, Oct. 12: St. Louis 1, Los Angeles 0
Monday, Oct. 14: Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 0
Tuesday, Oct. 15: St. Louis 4, Los Angeles 2
WORLD SERIES
(Best-of-7)
All games televised by Fox
Wednesday, Oct. 23: at AL
Thursday, Oct. 24: at AL
Saturday, Oct. 26: at NL
Sunday, Oct. 27: at NL
x-Monday, Oct. 28: at NL
x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: at AL
x-Thursday, Oct. 31: at AL
Dodgers 6, Cardinals 4
St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
M.Carpenter 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .263
Beltran rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .176
Holliday lf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .250
Ma.Adams 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .158
Y.Molina c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .176
Jay cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .176
Freese 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .118
Kozma ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .077
J.Kelly p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Choate p 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
Mujica p 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
Siegrist p 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
b-Descalso ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Axford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
c-Chambers ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Totals 35 4 10 4 1 8
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
C.Crawford lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .273
M.Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286
H.Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Punto ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333
Ad.Gonzalez 1b 4 3 3 2 0 0 .353
Ethier cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .176
Puig rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .263
Uribe 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .150
A.Ellis c 3 1 1 1 0 0 .313
Greinke p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .200
a-M.Young ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B.Wilson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
Jansen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
Totals 32 6 9 6 0 6
St. Louis 002 000 002 –4 10 0
Los Angeles 021 010 11x –6 9 0
a-lined out for Greinke in the 7th. b-grounded out for Siegrist in the 8th. c-struck out for Axford in the 9th.
LOB–St. Louis 5, Los Angeles 2. 2B–Holliday 2 (2). 3B–Beltran (1). HR–Ad.Gonzalez (1), off J.Kelly C.Crawford (1), off J.Kelly A.Ellis (1), off Mujica Ad.Gonzalez (2), off Axford. RBIs–Beltran (4), Holliday (3), Ma.Adams (1), Kozma (1), C.Crawford (1), Ad.Gonzalez 2 (3), Uribe (3), A.Ellis (2), Greinke (1).
DP–St. Louis 1 (Kozma, Ma.Adams) Los Angeles 2 (Uribe, Ad.Gonzalez), (Greinke, M.Ellis, Ad.Gonzalez).
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
J.Kelly L, 0-1 5 7 4 4 0 3 82 4.91
Choate 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00
Mujica 1 1 1 1 0 0 14 9.00
Siegrist 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 9.00
Axford 1 1 1 1 0 2 15 4.50
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Greinke W, 1-0 7 6 2 2 1 4 104 2.40
B.Wilson H, 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0.00
Jansen 1 4 2 2 0 3 26 9.00
T–3:10. A–53,183.
This Date In Baseball
Oct. 17
1911 — The Philadelphia Athletics scored twice in the 11th to beat the New York Giants 3-2 in Game 3 of the World Series. Frank Baker hit a home run in the ninth inning off Christy Mathewson to tie the score 1-1. Baker was tagged with the nickname "Home Run" for his exploits.
1960 — The National League formally awarded franchises to the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc., headed by Joan Payson and a Houston group headed by Judge Roy Hofheinz, Craig Cullinan and R.E. Smith.
1979 — Willie Stargell's two-run homer gave the Pirates a 4-1 triumph over the Baltimore Orioles and the World Series in seven games.
1987 — The Minnesota Twins overpowered St. Louis 10-1 in the opening game of the first indoor World Series. Dan Gladden's grand slam capped a seven-run fourth inning.
1989 — Minutes before Game 3 of the World Series between Oakland and San Francisco, an earthquake hit the Bay Area. The game was postponed and the series resumed 11 days later.
1995 — The Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 in Game 6 of the American League championship series to claim their first AL pennant since 1954.
1996 — The Atlanta Braves had the biggest blowout in postseason history, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 15-0 in Game 7 of the NL championship series to complete a comeback from a 3-1 deficit. The Cardinals became the only club to blow a 3-1 edge three times in the postseason.
1999 — The New York Mets outlasted Atlanta with a 4-3 victory in 15 innings, cutting the Braves' lead to 3-2 in the NL championship series. Robin Ventura's grand slam-turned-single drove home the winning run and gave the Mets the win in the longest postseason contest in baseball history.
2000 — The New York Yankees followed the Mets into the World Series, rallying from a four-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 9-7 and win the AL championship series 4-2. David Justice, who hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning of Game 6, was the MVP.
2001 — Tom Glavine allowed Arizona one run in seven innings to tie teammate John Smoltz's major league record with his 12th postseason victory as Atlanta posted an 8-1 win.
2005 — The NL championship series shifted back to St. Louis after Albert Pujols' dramatic two-out, three-run homer in the ninth inning rallied the Cardinals to a 5-4 win over Houston in Game 5.
Today's Birthday: Carlos Gonzalez 28.