Tying and go-ahead sac flies in the same W.S. inning
Posted by John Autin on October 21, 2011
The top of the 9th inning in game 2 was just the 2nd time in World Series history that a team got a tying sacrifice fly and a go-ahead sac fly in the same inning (according to the B-R Event Finder).
The other was game 1 of the 1930 Series, sac flies in the 3rd inning by the Cardinals' Taylor Douthit and Sparky Adams, off of Lefty Grove. The Cards got no other runs off Grove and wound up losing that game, and lost the Series 4-2 to the Athletics.
Here are all the other tying or go-ahead sac flies in the WS:
| Date ▾ | Series | Gm# | Batter | Tm | Opp | Pitcher | Score | Inn | RoB | Out | Pit(cnt) | RBI | WPA | RE24 | Play Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-10-25 | WS | 3 | Gabe Gross | TBR | @PHI | Jamie Moyer | down 1-0 | Out | t2 | --3 | 1 | 4 (2-1) | 1 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 1.40 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Crawford Scores |
| 2007-10-25 | WS | 2 | Jason Varitek | BOS | COL | Ubaldo Jimenez | down 1-0 | Out | b4 | -23 | 1 | 1 (0-0) | 1 | -0.00 | -0.09 | 1.85 | Lineout: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Lowell Scores; Drew to 3B |
| 2005-10-23 | WS | 2 | Lance Berkman | HOU | @CHW | Mark Buehrle | down 2-1 | Out | t3 | --3 | 1 | 2 (1-0) | 1 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 1.48 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Taveras Scores |
| 2003-10-23 | WS | 5 | Bernie Williams | NYY | @FLA | Brad Penny | tied 0-0 | Out | t1 | 1-3 | 0 | 3 (2-0) | 1 | -0.02 | -0.32 | 1.59 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Jeter Scores/unER |
| 2003-10-18 | WS | 1 | Ivan Rodriguez | FLA | @NYY | David Wells | tied 0-0 | Out | t1 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 (0-0) | 1 | -0.02 | -0.33 | 1.53 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Pierre Scores |
| 2002-10-27 | WS | 7 | Reggie Sanders | SFG | @ANA | John Lackey | tied 0-0 | Out | t2 | 1-3 | 1 | 6 (3-2) | 1 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1.83 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Santiago Scores |
| 2002-10-23 | WS | 4 | David Eckstein | ANA | @SFG | Kirk Rueter | tied 0-0 | Out | t2 | 123 | 1 | 2 (1-0) | 1 | -0.00 | -0.12 | 2.77 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Gil Scores |
| 2001-10-30 | WS | 3 | Matt Williams | ARI | @NYY | Roger Clemens | down 1-0 | Out | t4 | 123 | 1 | 2 (0-1) | 1 | -0.01 | -0.10 | 3.13 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Finley Scores; Gonzalez to 3B |
| 2000-10-21 | WS | 1 | Chuck Knoblauch | NYY | NYM | Armando Benitez | down 3-2 | Out | b9 | 123 | 1 | 3 (1-1) | 1 | 0.07 | -0.19 | 8.46 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); O'Neill Scores |
| 1997-10-26 | WS | 7 | Craig Counsell | FLA | CLE | Jose Mesa | down 2-1 | Out | b9 | 1-3 | 1 | 3 (1-1) | 1 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 7.33 | Lineout: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF Line); Alou Scores |
| 1993-10-23 | WS | 6 | Pete Incaviglia | PHI | @TOR | Al Leiter | tied 5-5 | Out | t7 | 123 | 1 | 1 (0-0) | 1 | 0.03 | -0.09 | 3.98 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Hollins Scores; Daulton to 3B |
| 1993-10-16 | WS | 1 | Joe Carter | TOR | PHI | Curt Schilling | down 3-2 | Out | b3 | --3 | 1 | 1 (0-0) | 1 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 1.59 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; White Scores/unER |
| 1992-10-24 | WS | 6 | Joe Carter | TOR | @ATL | Steve Avery | tied 0-0 | RoE | t1 | --3 | 1 | 5 (3-1) | 1 | 0.07 | 0.74 | 1.43 | Reached on E9/Sacrifice Fly (Line Drive to CF-RF); White Scores; Carter to 2B |
| 1992-10-24 | WS | 6 | Terry Pendleton | ATL | TOR | David Cone | down 1-0 | Out | b3 | --3 | 1 | 4 (2-1) | 1 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 1.76 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Sanders Scores |
| 1991-10-26 | WS | 6 | Kirby Puckett | MIN | ATL | Steve Avery | tied 2-2 | Out | b5 | --3 | 1 | 1 (0-0) | 1 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 1.89 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Gladden Scores |
| 1991-10-23 | WS | 4 | Jerry Willard | ATL | MIN | Steve Bedrosian | tied 2-2 | Out | b9 | 1-3 | 1 | 4 (1-2) | 1 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 5.30 | *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Lemke Scores |
| 1991-10-22 | WS | 3 | Chuck Knoblauch | MIN | @ATL | Steve Avery | tied 0-0 | Out | t1 | --3 | 0 | 3 (2-0) | 1 | -0.01 | -0.15 | 1.09 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Gladden Scores |
| 1991-10-20 | WS | 2 | Rafael Belliard | ATL | @MIN | Kevin Tapani | down 2-1 | Out | t5 | --3 | 1 | 5 (2-2) | 1 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 1.88 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Olson Scores |
| 1990-10-20 | WS | 4 | Hal Morris | CIN | @OAK | Dave Stewart | tied 1-1 | Out | t8 | 1-3 | 1 | 2 (1-0) | 1 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 4.18 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Winningham Scores/unER |
| 1990-10-17 | WS | 2 | Ron Hassey | OAK | @CIN | Danny Jackson | tied 2-2 | Out | t3 | 123 | 1 | 3 (2-0) | 1 | -0.00 | -0.13 | 2.86 | Lineout: LF/Sacrifice Fly; McGwire Scores |
| 1989-10-15 | WS | 2 | Robby Thompson | SFG | @OAK | Mike Moore | down 1-0 | Out | t3 | -23 | 1 | 7 (1-2) | 1 | -0.00 | -0.06 | 1.93 | Lineout: CF/Sacrifice Fly (CF-RF); Uribe Scores |
| 1986-10-25 | WS | 6 | Gary Carter | NYM | BOS | Calvin Schiraldi | down 3-2 | Out | b8 | 123 | 1 | 4 (3-0) | 1 | 0.06 | -0.05 | 6.84 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Mazzilli Scores; Dykstra to 3B |
| 1986-10-23 | WS | 5 | Spike Owen | BOS | NYM | Dwight Gooden | tied 0-0 | Out | b2 | --3 | 1 | 3 (1-1) | 1 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 1.41 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Henderson Scores |
| 1984-10-14 | WS | 5 | Rusty Kuntz | DET | SDP | Craig Lefferts | tied 3-3 | Out | b5 | 123 | 1 | 1 (0-0) | 1 | 0.02 | -0.13 | 3.22 | Popfly: 2B/Sacrifice Fly (Short RF); Gibson Scores |
| 1983-10-15 | WS | 4 | John Shelby | BAL | @PHI | Willie Hernandez | tied 3-3 | Out | t6 | 123 | 1 | 2 (1-0) | 1 | 0.02 | -0.10 | 3.83 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Dauer Scores |
| 1983-10-12 | WS | 2 | Joe Lefebvre | PHI | @BAL | Mike Boddicker | tied 0-0 | Out | t4 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 (0-0) | 1 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 2.28 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Morgan Scores/unER; Schmidt to 2B |
| 1981-10-24 | WS | 4 | Steve Yeager | LAD | NYY | Tommy John | tied 6-6 | Out | b7 | 123 | 0 | 2 (0-1) | 1 | 0.00 | -0.40 | 2.66 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Baker Scores |
| 1980-10-19 | WS | 5 | U L Washington | KCR | PHI | Ron Reed | tied 2-2 | Out | b6 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 (0-0) | 1 | -0.01 | -0.32 | 1.84 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Hurdle Scores |
| 1980-10-15 | WS | 2 | Manny Trillo | PHI | KCR | Larry Gura | tied 0-0 | Out | b5 | -23 | 1 | 3 (2-0) | 1 | 0.02 | -0.02 | 2.08 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Moreland Scores; Maddox to 3B |
| 1979-10-14 | WS | 5 | Willie Stargell | PIT | BAL | Mike Flanagan | down 1-0 | Out | b6 | -23 | 1 | 4 (2-1) | 1 | 0.01 | -0.04 | 2.69 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Foli Scores; Parker to 3B |
| 1979-10-12 | WS | 3 | Dave Parker | PIT | BAL | Scott McGregor | tied 0-0 | Out | b1 | --3 | 1 | 2 (1-0) | 1 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 1.36 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Moreno Scores |
| 1976-10-16 | WS | 1 | Graig Nettles | NYY | @CIN | Don Gullett | down 1-0 | Out | t2 | --3 | 1 | 5 (3-1) | 1 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 1.55 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Piniella Scores |
| 1976-10-16 | WS | 1 | Pete Rose | CIN | NYY | Doyle Alexander | tied 1-1 | Out | b3 | --3 | 1 | 3 (2-0) | 1 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 1.69 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Concepcion Scores |
| 1975-10-16 | WS | 5 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | @CIN | Don Gullett | tied 0-0 | Out | t1 | --3 | 1 | 4 (1-2) | 1 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 1.42 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Doyle Scores |
| 1974-10-17 | WS | 5 | Sal Bando | OAK | LAD | Don Sutton | tied 0-0 | Out | b1 | --3 | 1 | 9 (2-2) | 1 | 0.03 | 0.20 | 1.51 | Lineout: LF/Sacrifice Fly; North Scores |
| 1972-10-22 | WS | 7 | Hal McRae | CIN | OAK | Catfish Hunter | down 1-0 | Out | b5 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | -0.07 | 4.32 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Perez Scores | |
| 1972-10-21 | WS | 6 | Dave Concepcion | CIN | OAK | Vida Blue | tied 1-1 | Out | b5 | --3 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 2.28 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); McRae Scores | |
| 1971-10-16 | WS | 6 | Brooks Robinson | BAL | PIT | Bob Miller | tied 2-2 | Out | b10 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 5.56 | *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Short CF); Robinson Scores | |
| 1969-10-15 | WS | 4 | Brooks Robinson | BAL | @NYM | Tom Seaver | down 1-0 | Out | t9 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 (0-0) | 1 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 6.11 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (CF-RF); Robinson Scores |
| 1964-10-08 | WS | 2 | Clete Boyer | NYY | @STL | Bob Gibson | down 1-0 | Out | t4 | 123 | 1 | 1 | -0.01 | -0.13 | 3.42 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Howard Scores | |
| 1964-10-07 | WS | 1 | Ken Boyer | STL | NYY | Whitey Ford | tied 0-0 | Out | b1 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 1.83 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Brock Scores | |
| 1963-10-06 | WS | 4 | Willie Davis | LAD | NYY | Whitey Ford | tied 1-1 | Out | b7 | --3 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | -0.09 | 1.77 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Gilliam Scores/unER | |
| 1958-10-09 | WS | 7 | Tony Kubek | NYY | @MLN | Lew Burdette | tied 1-1 | Out | t2 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 2.06 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Howard Scores/unER | |
| 1958-10-08 | WS | 6 | Yogi Berra | NYY | @MLN | Warren Spahn | down 2-1 | Out | t6 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | -0.04 | -0.31 | 2.85 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Mantle Scores | |
| 1958-10-01 | WS | 1 | Wes Covington | MLN | NYY | Ryne Duren | down 3-2 | Out | b8 | -23 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | -0.05 | 4.39 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (LF-CF); Mathews Scores | |
| 1956-10-06 | WS | 3 | Roy Campanella | BRO | @NYY | Whitey Ford | tied 0-0 | Out | t2 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 1.91 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Robinson Scores | |
| 1956-10-06 | WS | 3 | Duke Snider | BRO | @NYY | Whitey Ford | tied 1-1 | Out | t6 | --3 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 2.19 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Reese Scores | |
| 1956-10-05 | WS | 2 | Enos Slaughter | NYY | @BRO | Don Bessent | down 7-6 | Out | t4 | --3 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 1.68 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF-RF); Morgan Scores | |
| 1930-10-01 | WS | 1 | Bing Miller | PHA | STL | Burleigh Grimes | tied 0-0 | Out | b2 | --3 | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 1.24 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Foxx Scores | |
| 1930-10-01 | WS | 1 | Taylor Douthit | STL | @PHA | Lefty Grove | down 1-0 | Out | t3 | 123 | 0 | 1 | -0.01 | -0.17 | 2.15 | Lineout: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Mancuso Scores; Gelbert to 3B | |
| 1930-10-01 | WS | 1 | Sparky Adams | STL | @PHA | Lefty Grove | tied 1-1 | Out | t3 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | -0.03 | 1.76 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Gelbert Scores | |
| 1928-10-09 | WS | 4 | Frankie Frisch | STL | NYY | Waite Hoyt | tied 0-0 | Out | b3 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | -0.02 | -0.33 | 1.58 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Orsatti Scores | |
| 1927-10-08 | WS | 4 | Paul Waner | PIT | @NYY | Wilcy Moore | down 3-2 | Out | t7 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 3.37 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Brickell Scores/unER | |
| 1927-10-06 | WS | 2 | Clyde Barnhart | PIT | NYY | George Pipgras | tied 0-0 | Out | b1 | --3 | 0 | 1 | -0.01 | -0.18 | .99 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Waner Scores | |
| 1927-10-06 | WS | 2 | Babe Ruth | NYY | @PIT | Vic Aldridge | tied 1-1 | Out | t3 | --3 | 0 | 1 | -0.01 | -0.18 | 1.14 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Koenig Scores | |
| 1927-10-05 | WS | 1 | Glenn Wright | PIT | NYY | Waite Hoyt | down 1-0 | Out | b1 | -23 | 1 | 1 | -0.00 | -0.07 | 1.52 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Waner Scores; Waner to 3B | |
| 1926-10-10 | WS | 7 | Bob O'Farrell | STL | @NYY | Waite Hoyt | down 1-0 | RoE | t4 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 1.00 | 3.25 | Reached on E7/Sacrifice Fly; Bottomley Scores/unER; Bell to 3B; Hafey to 2B | |
| 1926-10-07 | WS | 5 | Tony Lazzeri | NYY | @STL | Bill Sherdel | tied 2-2 | Out | t10 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | -0.16 | 5.83 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); Koenig Scores | |
| 1926-10-06 | WS | 4 | Specs Toporcer | STL | NYY | Waite Hoyt | down 3-2 | Out | b4 | -23 | 1 | 1 | -0.00 | -0.10 | 1.97 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; O'Farrell Scores/unER | |
| 1925-10-12 | WS | 5 | Pie Traynor | PIT | @WSH | Stan Coveleski | tied 1-1 | Out | t3 | -23 | 1 | 1 | -0.01 | -0.13 | 1.55 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Cuyler Scores | |
| 1925-10-10 | WS | 3 | Glenn Wright | PIT | @WSH | Alex Ferguson | tied 0-0 | Out | t2 | --3 | 0 | 1 | -0.01 | -0.19 | 1.04 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Traynor Scores | |
| 1925-10-10 | WS | 3 | Joe Judge | WSH | PIT | Ray Kremer | down 3-2 | Out | b7 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | -0.18 | 4.71 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; McNeely Scores | |
| 1924-10-10 | WS | 7 | Irish Meusel | NYG | @WSH | Firpo Marberry | down 1-0 | Out | t6 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 (0-0) | 1 | -0.04 | -0.33 | 2.44 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Youngs Scores |
| 1922-10-08 | WS | 5 | Everett Scott | NYY | @NYG | Art Nehf | tied 2-2 | Out | t7 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 3.03 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Meusel Scores; Ward to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm | |
| 1922-10-06 | WS | 3 | Frankie Frisch | NYG | NYY | Waite Hoyt | tied 0-0 | Out | b3 | -23 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | -0.09 | 1.54 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Bancroft Scores/unER; Groh to 3B | |
| 1922-10-04 | WS | 1 | Ross Youngs | NYG | NYY | Waite Hoyt | tied 2-2 | Out | b8 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | -0.34 | 1.76 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Frisch Scores | |
| 1921-10-10 | WS | 5 | Elmer Miller | NYY | @NYG | Art Nehf | down 1-0 | Out | t3 | -23 | 1 | 1 | -0.01 | -0.10 | 1.79 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; McNally Scores | |
| 1919-10-01 | WS | 1 | Heinie Groh | CIN | CHW | Eddie Cicotte | tied 0-0 | Out | b1 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | -0.02 | -0.28 | 1.77 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); Rath Scores | |
| 1916-10-12 | WS | 5 | Larry Gardner | BOS | BRO | Jeff Pfeffer | down 1-0 | Out | b2 | --3 | 1 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 1.76 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Short LF); Lewis Scores | |
| 1915-10-11 | WS | 3 | Dick Hoblitzell | BOS | PHI | Pete Alexander | down 1-0 | Out | b4 | --3 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 2.22 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Speaker Scores | |
| 1914-10-12 | WS | 3 | Eddie Collins | PHA | @BSN | Lefty Tyler | tied 0-0 | RoE | t1 | --3 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.58 | 1.47 | Reached on E7/Sacrifice Fly; Murphy Scores; Collins to 1B | |
| 1914-10-12 | WS | 3 | Joe Connolly | BSN | PHA | Bullet Joe Bush | down 4-3 | Out | b10 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 7.51 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Moran Scores | |
| 1913-10-11 | WS | 5 | Home Run Baker | PHA | @NYG | Christy Mathewson | tied 0-0 | Out | t1 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 1.90 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Oldring Scores; Collins to 2B/Adv on E7 (throw to Hm) | |
| 1912-10-16 | WS | 8 | Larry Gardner | BOS | NYG | Christy Mathewson | tied 2-2 | Out | b10 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | -0.15 | 5.57 | *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Yerkes Scores/unER | |
| 1912-10-10 | WS | 3 | Buck Herzog | NYG | @BOS | Buck O'Brien | tied 0-0 | Out | t2 | --3 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 1.41 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Murray Scores | |
| 1912-10-09 | WS | 2 | Moose McCormick | NYG | @BOS | Charley Hall | tied 5-5 | Out | t10 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 5.12 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Merkle Scores | |
| 1911-10-25 | WS | 5 | Fred Merkle | NYG | PHA | Eddie Plank | tied 3-3 | Out | b10 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 5.18 | *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Doyle Scores | |
| 1911-10-24 | WS | 4 | Ira Thomas | PHA | NYG | Christy Mathewson | tied 2-2 | Out | b4 | --3 | 1 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 1.73 | Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Davis Scores | |
| 1910-10-20 | WS | 3 | Solly Hofman | CHC | PHA | Jack Coombs | down 1-0 | Out | b1 | -23 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | -0.01 | 1.71 | Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Sheckard Scores; Schulte to 3B | |
| 1910-10-18 | WS | 2 | Heinie Zimmerman | CHC | @PHA | Jack Coombs | tied 0-0 | Out | t1 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 2.86 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Schulte Scores; Hofman to 3B/Adv on throw to Hm; Chance to 2B | |
| 1909-10-16 | WS | 7 | Ham Hyatt | PIT | @DET | Bill Donovan | tied 0-0 | Out | t2 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | -0.06 | 3.02 | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Abstein Scores | |
| 1905-10-14 | WS | 5 | Billy Gilbert | NYG | PHA | Chief Bender | tied 0-0 | Out | b5 | -23 | 1 | 1 | -0.01 | -0.36 | 2.09 | Double Play: Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Mertes Scores; Dahlen out at 3B/LF-C-3B |
October 21st, 2011 at 12:27 am
This is looking like it's going to be a fantastic World Series! When the Cards scored the first run there was a sense that another title was on it's way to StL. The Cards are playing with a great deal of confidence, similar to the last time they won the WS under LaRussa. Texas really was lucky to sneak out with a win. I think this one goes 7 and will be a great one.
October 21st, 2011 at 12:45 am
Timmy, it seems as if you dislike the Brewers more than the Cards. If so, that seems unusual for a Cubs fan.
ALSO: What is your reaction to the (apparent) hiring of Kid Theo? Perhaps you'll need to wait and see how he gets his steaks prepared.
FURTHERMORE: I am upset I missed this game tonight, sounds like a good one. Alas.
October 21st, 2011 at 1:00 am
@2 Ever heard the story George Will tells about growing up half way between St. Louis and Chicago? He became a Cubs fan for whatever reason and has long suffered while the Cardinals had many great years. St. Louis is a funny town, baseball is king in St. Louis. St. Louis, Boston, and New York might be the only cities that the baseball teams easily eclipse the football teams, although I suppose technically there is no pro football in NY or Boston, but you get the point. Growing up in Wahoo and Boy Town, there were a ton of Cardinal fans in Nebraska, but once I heard the excited booming slurred voice of Harry Caray shouting at me on cable I was hooked on the Cubs. The Brewers I look down on because I got arrested in Milwaukee.
October 21st, 2011 at 1:02 am
To be fair, the Chicago PD arrests most people they find pantless as well.
I think.
October 21st, 2011 at 1:47 am
St. Louis is a funny town, baseball is king in St. Louis. St. Louis, Boston, and New York might be the only cities that the baseball teams easily eclipse the football teams, although I suppose technically there is no pro football in NY or Boston, but you get the point.
There has never been professional football in St. Louis either, well, except for those weird years around the turn of the century, but it was just a passing fad....
BTW, you two crack me up... though I am easily amused....
October 21st, 2011 at 1:57 am
Hmm, Merkle got a GW sac-fly. Guess it didn't make up for his mistake.
October 21st, 2011 at 2:05 am
Please take a look at this picture I have linked below and tell me if Bobby Richardson looks like he is about 5' tall.
http://www.life.com/gallery/66421/never-seen-61-yankees-goofing-off#index/7
October 21st, 2011 at 2:54 am
Series-winning walk-off sac-fly in 1912, and off of Christy Mathewson !
Craig Counsell ties up game 7 in 1997 in 9th inning sac-fly, then scores winning run in the 11th.
Tonight's sac-fly with the score tied in the top of the 9th - first time ever in that situation (although twice before in top of the 10th).
On the broadcast I was watching, Rick Sutcliffe was all over TLR for taking out Motte in a situation where the Cards need a strikeout against a Josh Hamilton who's in a funk. Arthur Rhodes is not the guy to get the K, and Motte is. I king of agree with Sutcliffe.
October 21st, 2011 at 3:51 am
@4JT: Too cold in Milwaukee to be going pantless.
October 21st, 2011 at 5:16 am
@7 No, he looks about 4'8" and African-American. Very strange picture.
October 21st, 2011 at 6:00 am
@8 Yes, I too say TLR pulled a WTF? But, I cant really expect anything different from LaRussa, he does like his crazy pitching changes.
October 21st, 2011 at 9:59 am
@7 -- It's hard to believe that picture wasn't doctored, or taken with a distorting lens.
The picture where he's holding the bat like a microphone is sort of disturbing:
http://www.life.com/gallery/66421/never-seen-61-yankees-goofing-off#index/8
October 21st, 2011 at 10:12 am
Re: bringing in Rhodes to face Hamilton -- If they were going to pitch to Hamilton, I thought it was the right move.
Motte has an enormous platoon split for his career: .188 BA vs. RHB, ..284 vs. LHB (.162/.270 this year). His career K% against lefties is an ordinary 20% (18% this year).
And of course, Hamilton also has a large platoon split: .322 BA vs. RHP, .278 vs. LHP career (.314/.260 this year). K%, 16.5% vs. RHP, 22.1% vs. LHP career.
Hamilton's injury has sapped his power, but he's still hitting .250 this postseason and not striking out a lot, 6 Ks in 53 PAs.
I would not have let Motte pitch to Hamilton.
October 21st, 2011 at 10:16 am
@4, JT -- Didn't Richard Daley say that "the policeman isn't there to create pantlessness; the policeman is there to preserve pantlessness"?
October 21st, 2011 at 10:59 am
That sounds right. If I remember correctly, that was just before Abe Ribicoff suggested the CPD wouldn't be so upset about their ill-fitting uniform pants if they would just visit George McGovern's tailor.
October 21st, 2011 at 11:22 am
@10 It's a very strange picture. @9The Brewers close the roof when it rains, or it's cold. @15 The late Mayor Daly would have known how to handle the current problems on Wall Street.
October 21st, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Sorry you got pinched in Milwaukee Timmy, but you must have been drunk to the point of being unconscious which is about the time when you start to stand out as being much more drunk than everyone else.
In a spot where Hamilton just needed to put the ball in play, I would have stuck with Motte and his 99 mph stuff. Also, after Hamilton's AB I think I would have walked Young to setup the double play.
October 21st, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Well, who can name the most famous one on that list???
October 21st, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Waite Hoyt gave up SIX of these.
October 21st, 2011 at 1:22 pm
I thought Gene Larkin's 1991 Series winner be there but apparently his ball was not caught because of a drawn-in outfield.
October 21st, 2011 at 1:42 pm
I saw four go-ahead/tying sacrifice flies listed for the 1927 World Series and thought, "Wait, didn't the Yankees win all those games with 500-foot homers?" Fitting that three of those SFs were by the Pirates. Clyde Barnhart's Game 2 sac fly gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 first-inning lead, which they held till the top of the third. The only other lead the Pirates had in that World Series was 1-0 in the top of the first of Game 4 on a Glenn Wright single. The Yankees promptly tied the game in the bottom of the first and cruised on to the sweep.
just the 2nd time in World Series history that a team got a tying sacrifice fly and a go-ahead sac fly in the same inning . . . [t]he other was game 1 of the 1930 Series, sac flies in the 3rd inning by the Cardinals' Taylor Douthit and Sparky Adams, off . . . Lefty Grove.
The trivia fiend in me is certain that I am a better person for knowing this. Great topic, John!
October 21st, 2011 at 1:49 pm
@18... OK, I'll go there, too.
Rusty WHO?
October 21st, 2011 at 2:47 pm
10-15-69 Brooks Robinson...if Swoboda misses that ball, who knows what would have happened the rest of the Series. Miracle Mets, indeed!
October 21st, 2011 at 3:11 pm
@21, Kahuna T -- Thanks! I always feel I've accomplished something when I find an excuse to drop Taylor Douthit's name. How many guys have put together a season like his 1930 -- 201 hits, 109 runs, 93 RBI, .303 BA, 41 doubles, 10 triples, 283 Total Bases -- and had it add up to an 87 OPS+?
October 21st, 2011 at 3:48 pm
I wouldn't wish anyone to be unjustly incarcerated. I was at the mercy a heavy set, deep voiced woman with a badge. She spoke with the unmistakable twang associated with trailer courts built on a flood plain near a river that used to be an anti-freeze factory. County jail guards, one small step above TSA agent.
October 21st, 2011 at 4:00 pm
I always feel I've accomplished something when I find an excuse to drop Taylor Douthit's name.
Agreed! You're right that that 87 OPS+ looks too low. The 1930 NL was the richest run-scoring environment for any major league since 1900 — 5.68 runs per team per game, just a tad ahead of the 1936 AL (5.67 R/G). A player in the 1930 NL couldn't hope to have an OPS+ over 100 unless his raw OPS was somewhere north of .800. I seem to recall that the 1930 NL aggregate batting average was above .300. The league opted to tone down the liveliness of the baseballs during the following offseason.
I've never heard Douthit's last name pronounced. I like to think it was said as "Doubt it," which would have made our man the Alibi Ike of position players, a guy with a built-in excuse for every out.
October 21st, 2011 at 5:05 pm
@26, KT -- FWIW, B-R Bullpen says "DOW-thit"....
October 21st, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Not on this list was the 2-run SF in 1982. Tom Herr of the Cardinals flied to deep center scoring Ozzie Smith and Willie McGee to make a 1-0 Cardinal lead 3-0 in the top of the 2nd in game 4. The Brew Crew got 6 in the 7th to win the game.
October 21st, 2011 at 6:26 pm
[...] in. But it wouldn’t be two game-winning RBI in two games for Craig: Texas won the game, 2-1, with back-to-back sacrifice flies in the ninth [...]
October 21st, 2011 at 7:41 pm
[...] in. But it wouldn’t be two game-winning RBI in two games for Craig: Texas won the game, 2-1, with back-to-back sacrifice flies in the ninth [...]
October 24th, 2011 at 11:06 am
@26 -Kahuna Tuna -
"... The 1930 NL was the richest run-scoring environment for any major league since 1900 — 5.68 runs per team per game, just a tad ahead of the 1936 AL (5.67 R/G). A player in the 1930 NL couldn't hope to have an OPS+ over 100 unless his raw OPS was somewhere north of .800. I seem to recall that the 1930 NL aggregate batting average was above .300..."
Kahuna Tuna, The 1930 NL BA was .303 for the entire league, .308 if take out the pitchers. As you stated, we have to take a whole lot of air out of seasons like this, 1894-1895,1936 AL, and a few others, to compare fairly players from other less offensively-inflated seasons. Plenty of seasons like Douthit's 1930 look great until you start adjusting them down.
If you want to have some real time-wasting fun, take the regular-season batting stats for the 1930 NL or 1894 NL, arrange them by OPS+, and see how many superficially impressive battter seasons have an OPS+ below 100.