Who Owned Baseball – Updated for April 25, 2022

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Who Owned Baseball for April 25, 2022?

Full WOB

Walker Buehler went the distance on a 3 hit shutout, striking out 10 as the Dodgers blanked the Diamondbacks, 4-0.

Luis Gonzalez got a pair of hits including a 2 run tie breaking home run as the Giants doubled up the Brewersm 4-2.

Michael Lorenzen held Cleveland to 3 hits and no runs over 6 innings to earn the 3-0 decision for the Angels.

Taylor Ward homered twice to power the Angels past Cleveland, 3-0.

1/2 WOB

Corbin Burnes held the Giant scoreless over 6 2/3 innings, striking out 11, but the Brewers bullpen dropped the 4-2 final.

Randal Grichuk homered but the Phillies came back to beat the Rockies, 6-2.

Kyle Tucker collected 3 hits and drove in a run in Houston’s 6-2 loss to Texas.

Framber Valdez gave up 1 unearned run in 6 innings, fanning 5 Rangers, but the Astros would fall, 6-2.

Who Owned Baseball Scores

National League Hitters

C. J. Cron – 2

Francisco Lindor – 2

Manny Machado – 2

Jazz Chisholm Jr. – 1 1/2

American League Hitters

Ty France – 3 1/2

Salvador Perez – 1 1/2

Kyle Tucker – 1 1/2

National League Pitchers

Yu Darvish – 1 1/2

Sean Manaea – 1 1/2

Carlos Rodon – 1 1/2

American League Pitchers

Frankie Montas – 2 1/2

Robbie Ray – 2

Gerrit Cole – 1 1/2

Nestor Cortes – 1 1/2

Chris Flexen – 1 1/2

Daulton Jefferies – 1 1/2

Brad Keller – 1 1/2

Shohei Ohtani – 1 1/2

Framber Valdez – 1 1/2

Combined Pitcher and Hitter WOB

Shohei Ohtani – 2 1/2

1 WOB

Yordan Alvarez, Elvis Andrus, Nolan Arenado, Seth Beer, Mookie Betts, Shane Bieber, Alex Bregman, Walker Buehler, Byron Buxton, Johan Camargo, Carlos Carrasco, Michael Chavis, Zack Collins, Willson Contreras, Thairo Estrada, Maikel Franco, Adam Frazier, Max Fried, Kyle Gibson, Marco Gonzales, Luis Gonzalez, Hunter Greene, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Ke’Bryan Hayes, Andrew Heaney, Jonah Heim, Aaron Judge, Chad Kuhl, Steven Kwan, Eric Lauer, Pablo Lopez, Michael Lorenzen, Alek Manoah, Jeff McNeil, Tylor Megill, Sean Murphy, Joe Musgrove, Aaron Nola, Shohei Ohtani (AS HITTER), Marcell Ozuna, Joc Pederson, Jose Ramirez, Austin Riley, Anthony Rizzo, Josh Rogers, Joe Ryan, Luis Severino, Julio Urias, Justin Verlander, Michael Wacha, Adam Wainwright, Taylor Ward, Kyle Wright, Brandon Woodruff,

½ WOB

Sandy Alcantara, Andrew Benintendi, Michael Brantley, Matt Brash, Corbin Burnes, Miguel Cabrera, Patrick Corbin, Rafael Devers, Wander Franco, Zac Gallen, Mitch Garver, Kevin Gausman, Lucas Giolito, Tyler Gilbert, MacKenzie Gore, Randal Grichuk, Mitch Haniger, Bryce Harper, Carlos Hernandez, Daniel Hudson, Merrill Kelly, Yusei Kikuchi, Michael Kopech, Brandon Lowe, Jesus Luzardo, Trey Mancini, Shane McClanahan, Ryan McMahon, Jordan Montgomery, Tyler Naquin, Matt Olson, David Peralta, David Peterson, Tommy Pham, Zach Plesac, J. T. Realmuto, Jesus Sanchez, Reiver Sanmartin, Kyle Schwarber, Juan Soto, Myles Straw, Jose Suarez, Dansby Swanson, Jameson Taillon, Spencer Torkelson, Mike Trout, Daulton Varsho, Christian Vazquez, Alex Verdugo, Austin Voth, Mike Yastrzemski

I wonder if Luis Gonzalez remembers this moment

I was watching the MLB Network‘s count down of the best moments of the 2000s. It was no surprise to me that the #1 moment was the Diamondback’s comeback win in the 9th inning of Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.

No matter what team you were rooting for, it was an unforgettable moment.

They showed the clip of Gonzalez leaping in the air.
Then the special cut to Gonzalez in the studio giving his memories of the moment.

What gem did they put into the special?
Gonzalez said “That’s something I’ll never forget.”

Um Luis… we figured that.
I think I can speak for everyone when I say that I was always confident that, barring any brain damage or lobotomy, you would have a pretty clear memory of that hit.

I can’t imagine ever sitting down with Luis and having him say to me “Hey Sully… do you remember the 2001 World Series?”

“Yeah, Luis. I remember it. You guys were playing the Yankees. It was post September 11th and everything.”

“I thought so. How did it end? For the life of me, I can’t remember.”

“Well Luis you were facing Mariano Rivera and blooped a single over Derek Jeter’s head to win one of the great all time moments in the history of baseball.”

“I did that?”

“Yes you did.”

“Man. I forgot all about that.”

If we have that conversation, then it is safe to say dementia has kicked in.
And if your memory is THAT bad, then let me remind you that you were going to give me $1.5 million.

Every Post Season series that ended with a walk off hit

In my latest series of entries, I want to record how each and every post season series ended.
I am doing a blog post for each and every team, listing which pitchers clinched the final out.

And I did a post on some of the more unusual endings, such as a series being clinched with a wild pitch or a runner caught stealing.

I felt it was necessary to list all of the series winning hits.
Sure every baseball fan has thought about how cool it would be to get the hit to win the World Series or close out a playoff series. These 24 are the only ones who can claim to have done it.

To be fair, only 23 are walk off hits. One was a sacrifice fly, but I included that as well.
There are a few massive home runs and one bunt.

So here they are. I list the batter, the game, the pitcher, who scored and what the final score was.

Every Post Season series
that ended with a walk off hit

Larry Gardner
Game 8 1912 World Series

RBI Sacrifice Fly with one out in the bottom of the 10th.

Pitcher: Christy Mathewson
Scoring: Steve Yerkes

Final Score:
RED SOX 3, GIANTS 2

Earl McNeely
Game 7 1924 World Series

RBI double with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th inning.

Pitcher: Jack Bentley
Scoring: Muddy Ruel

Final Score:
SENATORS 4, GIANTS 3

Goose Goslin
Game 6 1935 World Series

RBI single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th.

Pitcher: Larry French
Scoring: Mickey Cochrane

Final Score:
TIGERS 4, CUBS 3

Billy Martin
Game 6 1953 World Series

RBI single with one out in the bottom of the 9th.

Pitcher: Clem Lebine
Scoring: Hank Bauer

Final Score:
YANKEES 4, DODGERS 3

Bill Mazeroski
Game 7 1960 World Series

Home run to lead off the bottom of the 9th.

Pitcher: Ralph Terry
Scoring: Bill Mazeroski

Final Score:
PIRATES 10, YANKEES 9

Ken Griffey
Game 3 1976 NLCS

RBI single with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th.

Pitcher: Tom Underwood
Scoring: Dave Concepcion

Final Score:
REDS 7, PHILLIES 6

Chris Chambliss
Game 5 1976 ALCS

Leadoff home run in the bottom of the 9th.

Pitcher: Mark Littell
Scoring: Chris Chambliss

Final Score:
YANKEES 7, ROYALS 6

Bill Russell
Game 4 1978 NLCS

RBI single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th.

Pitcher: Tug McGraw
Scoring: Ron Cey

Final Score:
DODGERS 4, PHILLIES 3

Gene Larkin
Game 7 1991 World Series

RBI single with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th.

Pitcher: Alejandro Pena
Scoring: Dan Gladden

Final Score:
TWINS 1, BRAVES 0

Francisco Cabrera
Game 7 1992 NLCS

2 run single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th.

Pitcher: Stan Belinda
Scoring: David Justice and Sid Bream

Final Score:
BRAVES 3, PIRATES 2

Joe Carter
Game 6 1993 World Series

3 run home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th.

Pitcher: Mitch Williams.
Scoring: Rickey Henderson, Paul Molitor and Joe Carter

Final Score:
BLUE JAYS 8, PHILLIES 6

Edgar Martinez
Game 5 1995 Division Series

2 run double with no outs in the bottom of the 11th.

Pitcher: Jack McDowell
Scoring: Joey Cora and Ken Griffey Jr.

Final Score:
MARINERS 6, YANKEES 5

Edgar Renteria
Game 7 1997 World Series

RBI single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 11th.

Pitcher: Charles Nagy
Scoring: Craig Counsell

Final Score:
MARLINS 3, INDIANS 2

Todd Pratt
Game 4 1999 Division Series

Solo home run in the bottom of the 10th with 1 out.

Pitcher: Matt Mantei
Scoring: Todd Pratt

Final Score:
METS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 3

Carlos Guillen
Game 3 2000 AL Division Series

RBI bunt single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th.

Pitcher: Keith Foulke
Scoring: Rickey Henderson

Final Score:
MARINERS 2, WHITE SOX 1

Tony Womack
Game 5 2001 NL Division Series

RBI single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th.

Pitcher: Steve Kline
Scoring: Danny Bautista

Final Score:
DIAMONDBACKS 2, CARDINALS 1

Luis Gonzalez
Game 7 2001 World Series

RBI single with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th.

Pitcher: Mariano Rivera
Scoring: Jay Bell

Final Score:
DIAMONDBACKS 3, YANKEES 2

Kenny Lofton
Game 5 2002 NLCS

2 out RBI single.

Pitcher: Steve Kline
Scoring: David Bell

Final Score:
GIANTS 2, CARDINALS 1

Aaron Boone
Game 7 2003 ALCS

Solo home run leading off the bottom of the 11th.

Pitcher: Tim Wakefield
Scoring: Aaron Boone

Final Score:
YANKEES 6, RED SOX 5

David Ortiz
Game 4 2004 AL Division Series

2 run home run with 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th.

Pitcher: Jarrod Washburn
Scoring: Pokey Reese and David Ortiz

Final Score:
RED SOX 8, ANGELS 6

Chris Burke
Game 4 2005 Division Series

Solo home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 18th.

Pitcher: Joey Devine
Scoring: Chris Burke

Final Score:
ASTROS 7, BRAVES 6

Magglio Ordonez
Game 4 2006 NLCS

3 run home run with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th

Pitcher: Huston Street
Scoring: Craig Monroe, Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordonez

Final Score:
TIGERS 6, ATHLETICS 3

Jed Lowrie
Game 4 2008 AL Division Series

RBI single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th.

Pitcher: Scot Shields
Scoring: Jason Bay

Final Score:
RED SOX 3, ANGELS 2

Nyjer Morgan
Game 5 2011 NL Division Series

RBI Single with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th.

Pitcher: J. J. Putz
Scoring: Carlos Gomez

Final Score:
BREWERS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 2

Most of the players listed are solid big leaguers but not superstars.
Only Bill Mazeroski and Goose Goslin were Hall of Famers (and Mazeroski’s inclusion in Cooperstown is one of the most controversial votes ever.)

Rickey Henderson crossed the plate twice on a series ending hit, but never as a member of the A’s. Surely when you think of Rickey, you think of him as a Toronto Blue Jay or a Seattle Mariner.

So why did I do this list?
Well in case anyone out there in the vast internet land happens to wonder out loud “I wonder who got a walk off hit to end a post season series” they would land on this post from your pal Sully.

And I will update it the next time there is a walk off hit to end a post season series.

As of now, Nyjer Morgan’s hit against the Diamondbacks is the last one.