Monday, July 23, 2012

1961 Yankees come back to win 8 games to 7 over 49 Dodgers

Down 7 games to 5, the 61 Yankees come back and win the last 3 games to win the series.  Mantle and Berra both got 3 game MVPs


Games:
1. Yankees -6 Dodgers-2 MVP-Whitey Ford complete game win
2. Yankees-5 Dodgers-0 MVP-Ralph Terry 8 IP win
3. Dodgers-7 Yankees-1 MVP-Ralph Branca 8 IP for the win
4. Dodgers-4 Yankees-3 MVP-Roy Campanella GW RBI
5. Dodgers-5 Yankees-4 MVP-Gil Hodges 3 RBIs
6. Dodgers-6 Yankees-3 MVP-Don Newcombe 8 IP for the win
7. Yankees-5 Dodgers-1 MVP-Mickey Mantle 1 HR 4 RBIs
8. Dodgers-14 Yankees-5 MVP-Carl Furillo 3 RBIs
9. Yankees-4 Dodgers-2 MVP-Mickey Mantle 1 HR
10. Dodgers-15 Yankees-9 MVP-Roy Campanella 4 RBIs
11. Yankees-11 Dodgers-6 MVP-Yogi Berra 3 RBIs
12. Dodgers-3 Yankees-2 MVP-Joe Hatten 6 IP fo the win
13. Yankees-4 Dodgers-3 MVP-Yogi Berra 1 HR 3 RBIs
14. Yankees-11 Dodgers-5 MVP-Yogi Berra 2 HR 5 RBIs
15. Yankees-5 Dodgers-2 MVP-Mickey Mantle 1 HR 3 RBIs

Series MVP-Mickey Mantle/Yogi Berra both got 3 game MVPs with at least 1 HR in each of those games

Saturday, July 21, 2012

1969 Balt beats the 57 Braves 8 games to 6

The 69 Baltimore Orioles beat the braves from 1957 8 gams to 6.  This series was back and forth but the Balt offense scored 19 and 18 in the final 3 games for a few big wins.

Games
1. Balt-3 Braves-1 MVP-Dave McNally 7 IP for the win
2. Balt-5 Braves-2 MVP-Mike Cueller - 8 IP for the win
3. Balt-8 Braves-3 MVP-Boog Powell 3 RBIs
4. Braves-4 Balt-1 MVP-Frank Torre 3 RBIs
5. Braves-5 Balt-0 MVP-Eddie Mathews 2 HRs
6. Braves-5 Balt-1 MVP-Lew Burdette 7 IP for the win
7. Balt-12 Braves-8 MVP-Brooks Robinson 6 RBIs
8. Braves-7 Balt-5 MVP-Frank Torre 3 hits
9. Balt-6 Braves-5 MVP-Paul Blair GW RBI
10. Braves-7 Balt-4 MVP-Wes Covington 3 RBIs
11. Braves-3 Balt-2 MVP-Frank Torre HR
12. Balt-18 Braves-1 MVP-Davey Johnson 5 RBIs
13. Balt-7 Braves-6 MVP-Ellie Hendricks 3 hits
14. Balt-19 Braves-1 MVP-Boog Powell 6 RBIs

Series MVP-Boog Powell 9 RBIs in 2 games