Tonights Win The Watercooler 1) Jose Abreu, now with 33 homers, is closing in on the White Sox rookie record of 35, set by Ron Kittle in 1983. White Sox rookie record for RBI is 114 by Smead Jolley in 1930. Jose Abreu is currently 6th with 93 RBI. (High Heat Stats) With Jose Abreu now at 93 RBI, Most recent rookies w/ 100 RBI: R Zimmerman 2006 H Matsui 2003 A Pujols 2001 C Beltran 1999 M Piazza 1993 M McGwire 1987 W Joyner 1986 (High Heat Stats) José Abreu is now slugging .828 in 1st inning this season. That would be highest by anyone in season since Barry Bonds in 2001 (.878). - ESPN Stats and Info 2) Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson got the loss on Wednesday, matching up against the 2012 National League Cy Young Award winner, R.A. Dickey. Nelson opposed Cy Young Award winners in his previous three starts as well, facing Tim Lincecum, Clayton Kershaw, and Zack Greinke. Only three other pitchers have faced four different Cy Young Award winners in four consecutive starts: Billy Champion in 1975 (Jim Palmer, Jim Perry, Mike Cuellar, Catfish Hunter), Andy McGaffigan in 1986 (Steve Carlton, John Denny, LaMarr Hoyt, Vida Blue), and Miguel Gonzalez in 2013 (CC Sabathia, David Price, R.A. Dickey, Bartolo Colon). Nelson went 1-2 in those four starts. (Elias) 3) Twins become 1st MLB team to score 20 runs this season, beat Tigers 20-6. Before tonight, last time Twins scored as many as 20 runs vs Tigers was April 24, 1996 (Paul Molitor and Alan Trammell played in game). - ESPN Stats and Info 4) The Tigers David Price allowed only one hit in his first appearance against the Rays on Thursday, but that hit was a first-inning triple by Brandon Guyer that drove in the games only run. Price was the seventh pitcher since 1900 to throw a complete-game one-hitter in his first appearance against a former team, and he was the first of those pitchers to lose the game. In fact, only two other pitchers in modern major-league history (that is, since 1900) lost a complete game of eight or more innings in which fewer than two batters reached base via hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch: Lefty Leifield of the Pirates in 1906 and Anthony Reyes of the Cardinals in 2006. Of note, Leifield and the Bucs lost, 1-0, to a one-hitter by Mordecai Brown with Leifield getting the hit. (Elias)
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 04:50:07 +0000
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