2010 Detroit Tigers Home Opener- April 9, 2010

After going 2-1 at Kansas City to start the 2010 season the Detroit Tigers came home to open against the Cleveland Indians. Jeremy Bonderman got the start for Detroit and pitched 6 2/3 innings of 1 run ball. It looked as if the Tigers were going to win their home opener 2-1 until new closer Jose Valverde, with 2 outs in the 9th, gave up a game tying homerun to Grady Sizemore. The Indians scored another run before the inning was over to take the lead and Kerry Wood shut the Tigers down in the bottom of the 9th to save the win 3-2.
(I didn't save the boxscore, too shellshocked after the loss, but here is the Game Story)


CLEVELAND AT DETROIT
Indians......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 13 0
Tigers........... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1

Win:Sipp(1-0) Loss:Valverde(0-1) Save:Wood(2nd)
Homeruns- G.Sizemore(1st)

Right fielder Shin-Soo Choo had 2 base hits as the Cleveland Indians staged a dramatic comeback over the Detroit Tigers by a score of 3 to 2 at ComericaPark.
Cleveland had the winning rally in the 9th inning with 2 runs using 3 hits. After two were out, Grady Sizemore began the Cleveland spurt when he lofted a solo-blast 'downtown'. Asdrubal Cabrera came next and he ripped a base-knock. Cabrera was safe at second on a stolen base. Choo came up and he doubled, scoring Cabrera. Russell Branyan dug into the batters box next, but he struckout.
Cleveland out-hit Detroit for the game, 13 hits to 7. Tony Sipp(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 3 innings. Kerry Wood earned the save, his 2nd. Jose Valverde(0-1) was hit with the loss in relief.
Manny Acta was very happy after the game, 'It's great to come back and win it in your last at bats! Our guys just wouldn't give up. And did you see the fans - one minute they're laughing and screaming down all sorts of unprintable stuff at our guys - the next minute - SILENCE! Yes sir, a very enjoyable win this afternoon!'

2010 MLB Season Opener- NY at BSN

April 4, 2010 The team rosters are all updated, spring training is over and the 2010 MLB season got underway tonight with the New York Yankees playing the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. While this bog is supposed to be about the 1950 season, I will post an occaisional update on my 2010 MLB 'play-along'. In tonight's season opener, the Boston Red Sox broke open a tight game by scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning and went on to defeat the New York Yankees 5-1.

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 2010 Major Leagues                  Date: 4/5/2010
 

NEW YORK (AL) AT BOSTON Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 9 0 Red Sox......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 - 5 8 0 Win:Beckett(1-0) Loss:Sabathia(0-1) Homeruns- D.Pedroia-2(2nd), J.Drew(1st) Second baseman Dustin Pedroia rocketed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI and Josh Beckett dominated striking out 11 New York (AL) batters at Fenway Park where the Boston Red Sox beat the New York (AL) Yankees by the score of 5 to 1. Pedroia had a good evening at the plate. He smashed a solo-shot out of the park in the 4th inning and smashed a two-run homer in the 8th inning. Boston finished with 8 hits in the victory. Beckett(1-0) allowed 1 run in 8 innings, and picked up the victory. C.C. Sabathia(0-1) suffered the loss. He served up 3 homeruns in his 7 and 1/3 innings. Terry Francona was asked about the performance of Beckett, 'He had his good stuff out there tonight. The fans really get into it when the strikeouts start mounting up - and that seems to give him even more adrenalin.'

2010 New York (AL) Yankees At 2010 Boston Red Sox 4/4/2010 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG D.Jeter SS 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Ellsbury LF 4 1 3 0 .750 B.Gardner LF 5 0 0 0 .000 D.Pedroia 2B 4 2 2 3 .500 M.Teixeira 1B 5 0 1 0 .200 K.Youkilis 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 A.Rodriguez 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 V.Martinez C 2 1 0 0 .000 J.Posada C 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Ortiz DH 4 0 1 1 .250 C.Granderson CF 3 0 2 0 .667 M.Cameron CF 2 0 0 0 .000 N.Swisher RF 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Drew RF 4 1 1 1 .250 R.Cano 2B 4 1 2 0 .500 A.Beltre 3B 3 0 1 0 .333 N.Johnson DH 4 0 3 1 .750 M.Scutaro SS 3 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 1 9 1 Totals 30 5 8 5 Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 9 0 Red Sox......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 - 5 8 0 Yankees (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Sabathia LOSS(0-1) 7 1/3 7 5 5 3 7 3 125 6.14 A1 D4 J.Albaladejo 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 0.00 D5 Totals 8 8 5 5 4 7 3 Red Sox (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Beckett WIN(1-0) 8 9 1 1 4 11 0 128 1.13 A1 D9 R.Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.00 E1 Totals 9 9 1 1 4 12 0 ATTENDANCE- 38,248 DATE- Sunday, April 4th 2010 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Larry Vanover, Sam Holbrook, Dan Iassogna, Chad Fairchild T- 3:03 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:11 Red Sox: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 2 Red Sox: 0 DOUBLES- C.Granderson(1st), R.Cano(1st), J.Ellsbury(1st), D.Ortiz(1st), A.Beltre(1st) HOME RUNS- D.Pedroia-2(2nd), J.Drew(1st) STOLEN BASES- C.Granderson(1st), J.Ellsbury(1st) WALKS- D.Jeter-2, C.Granderson, N.Swisher, V.Martinez-2, M.Cameron-2 STRIKE OUTS- D.Jeter, B.Gardner-2, M.Teixeira-2, J.Posada-3, N.Swisher, R.Cano-2, N.Johnson, D.Pedroia, K.Youkilis, V.Martinez, M.Cameron, J.Drew, M.Scutaro-2 GIDP- J.Drew WILD PITCHES- J.Albaladejo

1950 NL Standings- May 29

NL standings as of May 29, 1950 when replay is put on hold for 2010 MLB season play.

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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1950 National League
 
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1950 Brooklyn BRN            23  11  .676 ----   117         89      65   .578
1950 Pittsburgh PIN          20  17  .541  4.5               57      96   .373
1950 Philadelphia PHN        19  17  .528  5.0               91      63   .591
1950 New York NYN            16  15  .516  5.5               86      68   .558
1950 St. Louis SLN           17  17  .500  6.0               78      75   .510
1950 Cincinnati CIN          14  19  .424  8.5               66      87   .431
1950 Chicago CHN             13  19  .406  9.0               64      89   .418
1950 Boston BON              13  20  .394  9.5               83      71   .539
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BON     13   20  .394  6-10  7-10  4- 8  9-12  2- 7  4-11     3-7     Won 1
BRN     23   11  .676 11- 5 12- 6  6- 6 17- 5  4- 1 11- 5     6-4     Lost 1
CHN     13   19  .406  6-11  7- 8  4-10  9- 9  3- 2  7- 8     5-5     Lost 1
CIN     14   19  .424  8-10  6- 9  8-14  6- 5  2- 5  7- 9     6-4     Won 1
NYN     16   15  .516  8- 9  8- 6  9- 8  7- 7  0- 2  5-10     6-4     Lost 1
PHN     19   17  .528  7-10 12- 7  5- 4 14-13  5- 1  7- 6     4-6     Won 1
PIN     20   17  .541 11- 7  9-10  4- 1 16-16  2- 1 10- 4     5-5     Won 1
SLN     17   17  .500  8- 8  9- 9  9- 8  8- 9  3- 2  7- 5     5-5     Lost 1
TOTAL  135  135  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+
BON      4- 8  9-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
BRN      7- 2 16- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
CHN      1- 4 12-15  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
CIN      3- 7 11-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
NYN      2- 5 14-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
PHN      7- 5 12-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
PIN      7- 4 13-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
SLN      7- 3 10-14  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
 
 
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM BON BRN CHN CIN NYN PHN PIN SLN
BON    -   3   3   2   2   1   2   0
BRN    4   -   3   2   2   4   3   5
CHN    1   3   -   1   3   2   3   0
CIN    3   1   1   -   2   2   2   3
NYN    1   1   3   1   -   5   3   2
PHN    6   0   1   3   3   -   2   4
PIN    2   2   5   4   2   2   -   3
SLN    3   1   3   6   1   1   2   -

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1950 AL Standings- May 22

AL standings as of May 22, 1950 when 1950 replay is put on hold for 2010 season play.

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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1950 American League
 
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1950 Detroit DEA             19   6  .760 ----   124         95      59   .617
1950 Boston BOA              22  12  .647  1.5               94      60   .610
1950 New York NYA            15  13  .536  5.5               98      56   .636
1950 Cleveland CLA           14  14  .500  6.5               92      62   .597
1950 St. Louis SLA           10  13  .435  8.0               58      96   .377
1950 Philadelphia PHA        11  18  .379 10.0               52     102   .338
1950 Washington WAA          10  17  .370 10.0               67      87   .435
1950 Chicago CHA              9  17  .346 10.5               60      94   .390
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BOA     22   12  .647 14- 6  8- 6  7- 6 15- 6  2- 1  6- 1     6-4     Won 1
CHA      9   17  .346  4- 6  5-11  2- 4  7-13  0- 1  2- 3     4-6     Lost 1
CLA     14   14  .500  8- 6  6- 8  8- 9  6- 5  1- 1  3- 5     5-5     Won 2
DEA     19    6  .760  9- 3 10- 3  9- 1 10- 5  2- 1  4- 0     6-4     Won 5
NYA     15   13  .536  8- 8  7- 5 10- 4  5- 9  1- 0  2- 4     4-6     Lost 3
PHA     11   18  .379  7- 7  4-11  2- 7  9-11  1- 0  4- 4     3-7     Lost 1
SLA     10   13  .435  4- 6  6- 7  2- 6  8- 7  0- 2  5- 5     8-2     Won 1
WAA     10   17  .370  6- 8  4- 9  5- 7  5-10  1- 2  4- 8     5-5     Lost 2
TOTAL  110  110  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+
BOA      8- 5 14- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
CHA      2- 4  7-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
CLA      4- 3 10-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
DEA      8- 1 11- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
NYA      8- 2  7-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
PHA      4- 8  7-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
SLA      1- 7  9- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
WAA      2- 7  8-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
 
 
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM BOA CHA CLA DEA NYA PHA SLA WAA
BOA    -   3   5   2   2   6   1   3
CHA    1   -   2   0   2   0   2   2
CLA    0   2   -   1   3   4   3   1
DEA    4   4   2   -   1   3   2   3
NYA    3   2   1   1   -   3   1   4
PHA    1   2   2   0   1   -   2   3
SLA    1   0   1   2   4   1   -   1
WAA    2   4   1   0   0   1   2   -

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