Thursday, October 10, 2024

Orioles Rally to Force Decisive Game 3 vs. Guardians in Statis-Pro

Saturday the Cleveland Guardians will play a deciding 5th game against the Detroit Tigers to advance in the playoffs. In our Statis-Pro Baseball "what if" season they will also play a deciding playoff game - in this case against the Baltimore Orioles.

However, the Statis-Pro version let it slip away.

The Guardians exploded early in Game 1 for a 5-1 lead after two innings, and won 7-4 in the opener.

They appeared en route to a sweep when they jumped on Zach Eflin with the most improbable of home runs. Eflin is a PB 2-9, meaning he only leaves the play on the batter's card one in six times, which he did to the light hitting Tyler Freeman. Once on the card Freeman only has one home run number of the 64 - a 33 in the 11-88 range, and combined that means Freeman would hit a home run against Eflin one of every 384 times. However, this is what happened in the 2nd inning of Game 2 for a 3-run homer to take a 3-1 lead. 

The Guardians stretched the lead to 5-1 with another unlikely hero in Gabriel Arias, who came in only because Brayan Rocchio was injured by a line-drive in the 1st game. Arias was actually fortunate in Game 1 because he is a better fielder, and in the 8th inning he turned a double play on a grounder with an E5 - which would have been an error for Rocchio but was a double play for the E3 Arias.

However, the Orioles Gunnar Henderson hit a 3-run homer to key a 5-run 5th inning to make it 6-5 Baltimore en route to a 9-5 win that tied the series to set up Game 3.

Box score for the two games starts with the shocker, Cleveland's best player Jose Ramirez, who hits homers on a 31-35, went 0 for 8.

To recap our alternate world "what if" Statis-Pro season, unlike the real world both New York teams fell just short. The Yankees never trailed against the Mariners, except for the very end of Games 1 and 3 when Seattle hit walk off homers (the last by J-Rod) to advance.

Like in real life the Mets played Great Lakes teams, but unlike the real world where they beat the Brewers before going onto beat the Phillies, the Statis-Pro version fell in the final game to the Twins

The last opening 3-game series will be the St. Louis Cardinals at the Houston Astros.

Cleveland Guardians                      OPS     Pos   HR      AB  R   H    RBI    Notes            
José Ramírez0.8583b31-358200SB
Andrés Giménez0.762b31-347230 
Josh Naylor0.8121b32-368030 
Kyle Manzardo0.767DH25-287341HR
Lane Thomas (fr wsn)0.751RF27-328243HR
Bo Naylor0.739C23-2671202B
Steven Kwan0.736LF32-338010 
Brayan Rocchio0.686ss31-322000 
Gabriel Arias0.686ss25-2840112B
Tyler Freeman0.704cf33-3382232B,HR
George Valera0.689DH23-251000 
    68122080.294
         
Pitchers Game 1ERAPBKIPHRERW & K
Shane Bieber3.732'-826'-4375441 & 6 W
Gavin Williams4.184'-723'-4110001 & 0 H
Emmanuel Clase3.012'-924'-4210000 & 0 Sv
Pitchers Game 2ERAPBKIPHRERW & K
Triston McKenzie3.982'-824'-424.74552 & 3
Tanner Bibee4.022'-725'-411.34111 & 2 W
Logan Allen4.122'-724'-370.33330 & 0
Gavin Williams4.184'-723'-411.70000 & 0
Series Totals and ERA   171613136.88
         
Baltimore OriolesOPSPosHRABRHRBINotes
Cedric Mullins0.741CF31-3363102 SB, 3W
Gunnar Henderson0.818ss27-339133HR
Eloy Jiménez (fr CWS)0.812DH28-3492202B
Adley Rutschman0.815C31-348140 
Anthony Santander0.788RF27-337232HR
Ryan Mountcastle0.7731B28-348210 
Ramón Urías0.7093b31-3372332B, 3B, HR
Jordan Westburg0.7432b28-337000 
Heston Kjerstad0.734LF31-347001 
    68131790.250
         
Pitchers Game 1ERAPBKIPHRERW & K
Corbin Burnes3.622'-823'-4344533 & 3 L
Trevor Rogers4.072'-726'-4322220 & 2
John Means4.354'-727'-3622001 & 0
Yennier Cano3.664'-725'-4111000 & 0
Pitchers Game 2ERAPBKIPHRERW & K
Zach Eflin (fr TBR)3.512'-926'-4344542 & 2
Kyle Bradish3.822'-726'-4333000 & 3
Craig Kimbrel4.084'-721'-4511001 & 0
Seranthony Domínguez (fr PHI)4.064'-723'-4310000 & 0
Series Totals and ERA   18171294.50



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