Monday, July 22, 2024

HS Classmate Woodson Stars Off Bench to Give 1988 Dodgers 2-1 Win Over 2022 Padres

We joke about the "Statis-Pro gods" making realistic things happen with the dice rolls or flips of the Fast Action Cards, but playing with the 1978 4-color fast action cards and board this coincidence takes the cake.

 In 1988, injuries to Dodgers third basemen brought my high school classmate Tracy Woodson to the majors for a magical run. He not only played behind Orel Hershiser's record scoreless string. When the Dodgers won the World Series it was Woodson on the photo seen round the world lifting Hershiser to start the celebration.

Here he is now as coach of the college Richmond Spiders.

In our simulated game against the 2022 Padres Woodson likewise ended up in the game during an unusual Z-play number 14 where multiple players are ejected. This play brought Woodson into the game as DH and in the top of the 7th inning with the score tied 1-1 and two outs Woodson came in and delivered a clutch single.

That was it as he left for speedy pinch runner Alfredo Griffin who stole second and then scored the game-winning run on Dave Anderson single for the 2-1 win. It made back-to-back Dodgers wins in our all-time West Great Division, as the Covid year Dodgers beat the feared 1989 Oakland A's despite homers by Mark McGuire and Dave Henderson. The box scores for both Dodgers wins are below.

I still vividly remember Woodson playing poker in the back of Latin Class at Benedictine High School in Richmond, and then the excitement of reading that he had 14 straight hits at NC State before heading to the pros.

Our school was more known for basketball, and he was the big shooter on our team that was ranked in the first ever national basketball rankings in the New York Post.

OK, more famous players delivered other runs. Steve Sax led of the game with a triple and scored for the Dodgers, the Manny Machado doubled in the bottom of the first and scored to make it 1-1, but the rest of the way it was only Woodson's hit that was the difference in the 2-1 win.

All the best relievers were used so the second game of number 4 starters and two tired bullpens should be higher scoring.

LAD 2, SDP 1      
Los Angeles Dodgers 1988            Pos       AB   R     H     RBI    Other
Steve Sax2B4110SB,3b
Kirk Gibson*LF40202b,sb
Pedro Guerrero3B4011 
Rick DempseyDH-C4000 
Mike MarshallRF4000 
John Shelby#CF4000 
Franklin Stubbs*1B2000ejected
Mickey Hatcher1B1000 
Mike Scioscia*C2000ejected
Tracy Woodson3B1010 
Alfredo Griffin#SS1100 
Dave AndersonSS2010 
Danny Heep*RF2011gw-rbi
       
1988 Dodgers PitchersIPHRERWK
Orel Hershiser5.331105
Jay Howell (W)0.710000
Alejandro Pena (H)110002
Brian Holton (S)100000
       
San Diego Padres 2022PosABRHRBIOther
Ha-Seong KimSS4000 
Manny Machado3B21202-2b
Juan Soto*RF4010 
Eric Hosmer*1B4011 
Jurickson Profar#CF4010 
Wil MyersLF4000 
Jake Cronenworth*2B4000 
Jose AzocarDH3010SB,3b
Austin NolaC2000 
       
2022 Padres pitchersIPHRERWK
Joe Musgrove (L)7622010
Josh Hader110002
Robert Suarez100010
       
       
LAD 4, Oak 2      
Oakland A's 1989PosABRHRBIOther
Rickey HendersonLF4010SB,3b
Jose CansecoRF4000 
Carney Lansford3B4000 
Mark McGwire1B3111HR
Dave HendersonCF4111HR
Terry SteinbachC4010 
Tony Phillips#2B3010 
Mike GallegoSS3000 
Pitcher bats 1989P2000 
Luis Polonia*PH1000 
       
1989 A's PitchersIPHRERWK
Mike Moore (L)5.374414
Todd Burns1.710002
Gene Nelson100001
       
LA Dodgers 2019-21PosABRHRBIOther
Mookie BettsRF4110 
AJ PollockLF4000 
Max Muncy*1B4011 
Will SmithC3010 
Justin Turner3B3010 
Austin BarnesC1100 
Corey Seager*SS41212b,3b
Cody Bellinger*CF3112HR
Enrique Hernandez2B3010 
Pitchers 2019-21P2000Sac
       
Dodgers 2019-21 pitchersIPHRERWK
Walker Buehler (W)8522012
Alex Vesia (S)100011





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