(Carmel, Ca.). Going into Game 4, Bregman was 10-for-48 (.208) in this postseason, including 1-for-14 (.071) in the World Series and 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position. Down four runs in the sixth inning, making the second out of the inning is more damaging than getting a run home to cut the deficit to three. North Carolina 6, Rice 1 1914 Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics. Oregon State 11, North Carolina 4 All Rights Reserved.
If you mean true 4-game sweeps and omit all pre-1900 results (which is common), there are 19. June 18 1907 Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers. Oregon State 12, Arizona State 6 Sunday's 9-3 win capped an improbable run for the Beavers, who went from nearly missing the tourney to winning back-to-back titles. Soto, the just-turned-21-years-old wunderkind, went 3-for-4 with a double and a home run in the Game 1 win. We bring sports news that matters to your inbox, to help you stay informed and get a winning edge. After Patrick Corbin struck out George Springer on eight pitches to begin the first inning, the next four hitters strung together back-to-back-to-back-to-back singles in the span of seven pitches. 1999 New York Yankees beat Atlanta Braves. Game 1 starters Cole and Max Scherzer will be on the mound. Also, there have been four home runs by a catcher in this World Series (Martin Maldonado, Kurt Suzuki, Chirinos twice). Bregman grounded out to end that inning. The 2019 World Series is officially going back to Houston. Following is a chronological list of the 21 World Series sweeps, courtesy of Baseball Almanac. As for the Nationals, where was Daniel Hudson in that seventh inning? Believe it or not, Chirinos is the first player with two home runs in this World Series. Furthermore, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Urquidy is only the second pitcher since the League Championship Series was introduced in 1969 to make his first career postseason start in the World Series and not allow a run. June 17 1989 Oakland Athletics beat San Francisco Giants. Louisville 12, Mississippi State 4 Simply click here to return to Ask The Baseball Coach. The run-scoring groundout did more harm than good. 2012 San Francisco Giants beat Detroit Tigers. The only other catchers to hit homers in consecutive World Series games are Gene Tenace and Hall of Famers Roy Campanella, Mickey Cochrane and Bill Dickey. North Carolina 3, Louisville 1 It did not take the Astros long to silence the Nationals Park crowd. 2007 Boston Red Sox beat Colorado Rockies. Game 5 will begin at 8:07 p.m. 1927 New York Yankees beat Pittsburg Pirates. Urquidy is a four-pitch pitcher (fastball, curveball, slider, changeup) and he silenced the Nationals with a steady diet of fastballs and sliders Saturday night. 2005 Chicago White sox beat Houston Astros. $44.88. Oregon State 9, North Carolina 3, • Complete College World Series schedule/results. It appeared he started to run out of gas in the fifth inning, hence the quick hook. It's easy to do. The Nationals have used Corbin a lot this October -- he is the first pitcher in history to make three starts and four relief appearances in a single postseason -- and one can't help but wonder whether the workload affected his Game 4 performance. Jon Lester did it with the Red Sox in Game 4 of the 2007 World Series. Here are Urquidy's Game 4 pitch usage rates: Urquidy joins Gary Gentry (1969), Les Straker (1987), Madison Bumgarner (2010), Yordano Ventura (2014) and Walker Buehler (2018) as the only rookies with a scoreless start in the World Series since the mound was lowered in 1969, according to MLB's Sarah Langs. UC Irvine 8, Arizona State 7 (10 innings)
If you go back to the start of the Series in 1884 and allow all sweeps and 4–0–1 series (with a tie in them), there are 25. Manager Dave Martinez went to Tanner Rainey, who walked two of the three batters he faced, then he brought in Fernando Rodney to face the middle of the lineup.