STANDINGS
AL EAST
NYY 94-68 --
TB 81-81 13
TOR 78-84 16
BOS 72-90 22
BAL 63-99 31
AL CENTRAL
CWS 99-63 --
MIN 86-76 13
DET 84-78 15
CLE 82-80 17
KC 57-105 42
AL WEST
LAA 86-76 ---
OAK 86-76 ---
SEA 86-76 ---
TEX 69-93 17
NL EAST
FLA 99-63 --
ATL 86-76 13
WAS 84-78 15
PHI 76-86 23
NYM 66-96 33
NL CENTRAL
HOU 91-71 --
STL 84-78 7
CIN 82-80 9
CHI 79-83 12
PIT 78-84 13
MIL 72-90 19
NL WEST
LAD 99-63 --
SD 83-79 16
ARI 81-81 18
COL 77-85 22
SF 70-92 29
ALL-STAR GAME
AL 18 NL 7
PLAYOFFS
CWS 1
LAA 3
LAA 4
MIN 1
NYY 0
MIN 3
ANA
HOU
FLA 1
HOU 3
HOU 4
LAD 1
LAD 3
ATL 1
WORLD SERIES
GAME ONE
HOUSTON 4
ANAHEIM 5
ANAHEIM - A COUPLE OF HUGE HOME RUNS LEFT THE ANGELS AND ASTROS KNOTTED AT 4-4 GOING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING IN GAME ONE OF THE WORLD SERIES.
A THREE-RUN SHOT BY ALEXEI RAMIREZ PUSHED THE ANGELS AHEAD 4-1 JUST TWO INNINGS TNTO PLAY. THE FOURTH HOMER OF THE THE PLAYOFFS FOR RAMIREZ CAME OFF ASTROS ACE DAN HAREN.
HOUSTON ANSWERED BACK IN THE SIXTH WHEN JOSH WILLINGHAM ALSO HIT HIS FOURTH PLAYOFF DINGER, THE THREE-RUN RIP OFF STARTER JON GARLAND TYING THE GAME AT FOUR.
THE TIE STOOD UNTIL ANAHEIM'S CARMEN PENA SLAMMED RELEVIER PHILIP HUGHES FIRST POTCH DEEP ATO LEFTFIELD TO WIN IT FOR THE ANGELS.
GAME TWO
HOUSTON 0
ANAHEIM 5
ANAHEIM - SCOTT BAKER SCATTERED SEVEN HITS OVER EIGHT INNINGS JUST ABOUT AS PERFECT AS ONE CAN DO.
"I WOULD HAVE GUESSED HE'D HAVE GIVEN UP JUST TWO OR THREE HITS IF YOU ASKED ME RIGHT AFTER THE GAME," SAID ANGELS PITCHING COACH SILVSTRE COSTA. "HE PITCHED THAT WELL, YOU JUST DIDN'T THINK HE EVEN GAVE UP SEVEN HITS.
PROBABLY BECAUSE THE ASTROS COULDN'T MANAGE TO DENT THE SCOREBOARD, AS ANAHEIM'S 5-0 WIN PUT THEM UP TWO GAMES TO NONE IN THE WORLD SERIES.
"SCOTTIE STRUCK OUT EIGHT AND THEY REALLY ONLY CAME CLOSE TO SCORING JUST ONCE," COSTA SAID.
HOUSTON'S KENDRY MORALES GROUNDED OUT TO THIRD WITH RUNNERS ON FIRST AND SECOND WITH TWO OUTS IN THE SEVENTH INNING.
PAPELBON (0-
"THAT WAS ABOUT IT," COSTE SAID AS BAKER LOWERED HIS POSTSEASON ERA TO 1.25 IN POSTING HIS THIRD WIN WITHOUT A LOSS.
IT WAS BAKER'S THIRD PLAYOFF START - AND THIRD QUALITY OUTING. THE ANGELS ARE 9-2 IN THE PLAYOFFS WITH SEVEN OF THEIR 11 GAMES BEING QUALITY STARTS AS THE TEAM LOWERE ITS ERA TO 2.78.
GAME THREE
HOUSTON (2-1) 7
ANAHEIM (1-2) 6 WP: P HUGHES (1-1), LP: PAPELBON (0-1)
HOUSTON (2-2) 6
ANAHEIM (2-2) 5 WP: C RUSH (2-0), S: M CAPPS (5), LP: R HUDDLESTON (0-1)
GAME FIVE
ANAHEIM
HOUSTON
HOUSTON - THE ASTROS WON THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT HOME GAME TO GAIN THE WORLD SERIES ADVANTAGE OVER THE ANGELS, THREE GAMES TO TWO.
AND THEY HAD A BIT OF BREATHING ROOM THIS TIME, SCORING AN EIGHTH INNING RUN ON THE WAY TO A 2-0 WIN BEHIND DAN HAREN AFTER WINNING THE PREVIOUS TWO GAMES BY A SINGLE RUN.
JOSE REYES, DROPPED TO THIRD IN THE LINEUP FROM THE LEADOFF SPOT, GAVE THE ASTROS ALL THE RUNS THEY WOULD NEED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST WITH A SOLO SHOT.
HAREN WENT 7 INNINGS, GIVING UP ONLY FOUR HITS WITH SIX STRIKEOUTS AND MATT CAPPS PICKED UP HIS SIXTH SAVE OF THE POSTSEASON.
GAME SIX
GOUSTON
ANAHEIM
ANAHEIM - AFTER SNEAKING PAST THE ANGELS TO WIN THREE STRAIGHT GANES - BY FOUR TOTAL RUNS - AND ERASE A 2 GAANES RO
J QILL AMD C MORALES 2R GR 2 HSREN
8=0 5TH INN
4 R 7 JI
11-2 18 HI
LEAGUE LEADERS
HITTING
AL
J MAUER TB .351
S MERRITT NYY .342
L RUBIN NYY .337
NL
E WEISS STL .342
J VOTTO PHIL .324
C FIGGINS FLA .320
AL HITS
P SANDOVAL SEA 218
MAUER 194
MARKAKIS DET 194
NL
J HARTLEY FLA 204
E LONGORIA LAD 202
C FIGGINS FLA 196
AL 2B
SANDOVAL 52
M KEMP LAA 48
H RAMIREZ CLE 46
M CHAPPELL SEA 46
NL
J WEEKS CHI 50
C COGHLAN SF 44
AL 3B
S VICTORINO DET 12
G SIZEMORE OAK 12
NL
FIGGINS FLA 17
C BELTRAN PHI 14
TAVERAS ATL 10
AL HR
M REYNOLDS MIN 49
P FIELDER SEA 47
M OLSEN CWS 46
C BROWER FLA-BOS 42
TEIXEIRA TB 42
NL
R BRAUN CHI 45
LONGORIA LAD 43
MORNEAU LAD 38
AL RBI
REYNOLDS 140
FIELDER 129
MAUER 125
NL
BRAUN 123
LONGORIA 121
C LEE ATL 115
AL RUNS
OLSEN 115
SANDOVAL 111
MAUER 109
NL
HARTLEY 114
T PARK CHI 113
FIGGINS 109
AL SB
C PENA LAA 88
C DICKENS 77
L WALLIS TB 69
NL
FIGGINS 80
M BOURN LAD 63
E KELSEY ATL 59
AL SLG
MAUER .603
BROWER .600
REYNOLDS .590
NL
WEEKS .589
BRAUN .575
LONGORIA .569
PITCHING
AL WINS
SABATHIA NYY 17
F CARMONIA DET 17
J ESPARZA 17
NL
J SANTANA FLA 19
C BILLINGSLEY LAD 18
J PEAVY STL 17
AL SAVES
D AARDSMA OAK 46
PAPELBON LAA 45
MaCDOUGAL CWS 44
NL
BELL FLA 50
CORDERO LAD 48
JENKS WAS 47
CAPPS HOU 47
AL ERA
E SHEA TOR 2.73
B WEBB CHI 2.88
J JOHNSON CHI 2.91
NL
PEAVY 2.62
D HAREN HOU 2.72
J SANTANA FLA 2.75
AL SO
VERLANDER TOR 250
VOGEL BOS 232
SABATHIA 231
NL
LINCECUM CIN 256
PEAVY 232
BILLINGSLEY 226
AL MVP
M REYNOLDS MIN .287 49 140
NL MVP
R BRAUN .285 45 123
AL CY YOUNG
B WEBB CWS 16W 2.88 ERA 181K
NL
SANTANA 19W 2.75ERA 214K
AL SILVER SLUGGER
J MAUER TB .351 28 125
NL
E WEISS STL .342 20 89
AL ROY
N LOVE DET .280 21 74
NL
J LANDERS .267 23 89
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