MLB Update: Former Hurricanes in the MLB Playoffs
Oct. 12, 2010
Coral Gables, Fla. – The Major League Baseball Playoffs kicked off on Wed., Oct. 6. Three former University of Miami baseball players are taking part in this year’s pennant race. Pat Burrell, Aubrey Huff and Danny Valencia are participating for the San Francisco Giants and Minnesota Twins, respectively. HurricaneSports will be tracking each player’s game-by-game stats throughout the playoffs.
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Game 1 Recap: From the sandlot to high school to college to the minors to a stadium engorged with 43,936 fans, it is the same game, isn’t it?
To hear Tim Lincecum tell it, that was how he felt as he authored one of the greatest pitching performances in Giants postseason history Thursday night, a 1-0 victory in Game 1 of their Division Series that established the 26-year-old right-hander as a playoff beast.
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Game 2 Recap: With the other National League game running long, the start of Game 2 of the Giants’ Division Series against Atlanta was shifted to the cable network TNT. What an appropriate choice.
All night, boom went the dynamite, from a scary truck-on-monster-truck collision in the first inning between Pablo Sandoval and Buster Posey, to Pat Burrell’s three-run homer in the bottom half, to Alex Gonzalez’s double against Brian Wilson in a three-run eighth that tied the game and stunned a record crowd of 44,046 at AT&T Park.
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Game 3 Recap: Baseball will be played again this October on the shores of McCovey Cove. For that, thank Jonathan Sanchez – man, was he good again – and Mike Fontenot, who delivered a big hit; and Aubrey Huff, with the single of his life; and Travis Ishikawa, drawing a huge walk; and Brian Wilson, just doing what he does.
As the faithful celebrate the Giants’ 3-2 win in Game 3 of their Division Series on Sunday, they would be remiss if they did not also salute Braves second baseman Brooks Conrad, whose three-error game was a major story in the outcome.
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Game 4 Recap: Fan or player, rookie or old hand, all who watched and participated in the Giants’ second clinching celebration in nine days surely had the same thought: “We could get used to this.”
For now, the Giants don’t have to. They are going to their fifth National League Championship Series after coming from behind twice to beat Atlanta 3-2 Monday night and win their Division Series three games to one. Game 1 of the NLCS will be Saturday in Philadelphia.
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| 10/7 @ ATL | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 10/8 @ ATL | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 10/10 vs. ATL | .250 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 10/11 vs. ATL | .267 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Game 1 Recap: The Giants’ decision to leave right fielder Jose Guillen off their Division Series roster was surprising only because they kept playing him down the stretch despite his ineffectiveness at the plate. He started 15 of the final 16 games and was 4-for-33 with three groundball double plays over the final two weeks.
Manager Bruce Bochy said a bulging disk at the base of Guillen’s neck prevented him from swinging properly. That was the main reason for his exclusion.
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Game 2 Recap: Atlanta isn’t a team fazed by falling behind early. The Braves led the league in come-from-behind wins.
In Game 2 of the Division Series against the Giants on Friday, Atlanta roared back from four runs down, staved off a bases-loaded threat in extra innings, and then used a solo homer by Rick Ankiel in the 11th to win 5-4 and even the best-of-five division series at one game apiece.
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Game 3 Recap: Aubrey Huff comes through again, tying the game with an RBI single with two out in the ninth. Then Atlanta second baseman Brooks Conrad does a Bill Buckner impersonation with his third error of the game to bring in the winning run, Brian Wilson gets the save and the Giants take Game 3, 3-2.
The ninth-inning heroics and bobble overshadow what happened in the eighth, when Bruce Bochy pulled Jonathan Sanchez, only to see Sergio Romo give up a two-run homer to pinch hitter Eric Hinske.
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Game 4 Recap: The Giants chop-chop-chopped the tops off several dozen bottles of champagne Monday night, wiping out the visitors’ clubhouse at Turner Field, celebrating their ascension to – can you believe it? – the National League Championship Series.
Bad news: The Giants won’t get back their cleaning deposit, but such is the price of fame. By winning the best-of-five series in four games – wins by scores of 1-0, 3-2 and 3-2 – the Giants earned a shot at the mighty Philadelphia Phillies, starting Saturday in Philly
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| 10/6 vs. NYY | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
10/7 vs. NYY.20000000110/9 at NYY .222 0 1 1 0 0 0
Game 1 Recap: The weather was perfect, Francisco Liriano dominated the Yankees for five innings, and the Twins jumped to a three-run lead against CC Sabathia.
In other words, Target Field’s postseason debut began pretty much perfectly Wednesday night. It actually felt like the Twins postseason fortunes might change.
Then the sixth inning came and the long nightmare resumed.
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Game 2 Recap: Carl Pavano didn’t like the call. It was obvious by the way he smirked at plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was furious with the call, too. Eventually, he spoke his mind, and Wendelstedt tossed him from the game.
But when the dust settled after their 5-2 loss to the Yankees in Game 2 of the Division Series, the Twins refused to dwell on that seventh-inning ball-strike ruling. They were too busy trying to figure out how to end their 11-game postseason losing streak and save their season.
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Game 3 Recap: Twins starter Brian Duensing gave up five runs — two on a Marcus Thames home run in the fourth inning — on seven hits and lasted only 3 1/3 innings before Matt Guerrier replaced him.
The Twins did not manage a hit off Yankees starter Phil Hughes the first time through the lineup, and the righthander faced the minimum 12 batters in the first four innings.
