‘STROS WELCOME BACK VERLANDER IN SIMULATED 2020 PLAY
In an attempt to fill the void left by the absence of Major League Baseball, the long-time baseball board/computer game, Strat-o-Matic is playing the 2020 season, virtually.
Strat-o-Matic is using their computer technology to recreate all of the scheduled 2020 games.
As a light-hearted attempt to fill the absence of live-action baseball, KWHI will post the daily results of the computer-generated games involving the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers.
While it, in no way, can replace actual baseball, we hope it will act as a tongue-in-cheek substitute until real baseball returns.
Tuesday, the Astros were buoyed by the 2020 debut of Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander, who missed six weeks of action due to a groin injury. Verlander threw six shutout innings in the Astros’ 6-0 win at Arizona.
The Rangers knocked off the A’s for the second straight day, 5-2. Jordan Lyles got the win, while Adolis Garcia doubled, homered and drove in three.
Here are the box scores…enjoy!
Houston......... 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 15 0
Arizona......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1
| Houston AB R H RBI AVG J.Altuve 2B 5 1 1 0 .270 A.Bregman 3B 4 2 2 1 .325 C.Correa SS 3 2 2 0 .282 Y.Gurriel 1B 4 0 3 0 .289 J.Reddick RF 5 0 2 2 .255 A.Diaz LF 5 0 1 1 .224 M.Maldonado C 4 0 2 1 .264 M.Straw CF 5 1 2 0 .174 J.Verlander P 2 0 0 0 .000 J.James P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Smith P 0 0 0 0 ---- Y.Alvarez PH 1 0 0 0 .213 B.Abreu P 0 0 0 0 ---- Totals 38 6 15 5 |
Arizona AB R H RBI AVG S.Marte CF 4 0 0 0 .262 K.Marte 2B 4 0 0 0 .356 E.Escobar 3B 4 0 0 0 .284 D.Peralta LF 4 0 0 0 .248 C.Walker 1B 3 0 0 0 .245 C.Kelly C 2 0 0 0 .242 K.Calhoun RF 3 0 1 0 .228 N.Ahmed SS 2 0 0 0 .229 M.Bumgarner P 0 0 0 0 .071 Y.Lopez P 0 0 0 0 ---- A.Bradley P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Jay PH 1 0 0 0 .319 M.Kelly P 0 0 0 0 J.Lamb PH 0 0 0 0 .135 S.Crichton P 0 0 0 0 ---- Totals 27 0 1 0 |
| Houston (18-11) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA J.Verlander WIN(1-0) 6 1 0 0 0 6 0 0.00 J.James 1 2/3 0 0 0 3 1 0 4.67 J.Smith 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.22 B.Abreu 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.05 Totals 9 1 0 0 3 8 0 |
| Arizona (14-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA M.Bumgarner LOSS(3-2) 3 2/3 10 6 4 5 0 0 2.89 Y.Lopez 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.29 A.Bradley 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 10.32 M.Kelly 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.56 S.Crichton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.45 Totals 9 15 6 4 5 3 0 |
LEFT ON BASE- Houston:12 Arizona: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Houston: 0 Arizona: 3
ERRORS- S.Marte
DOUBLES- C.Correa(4th), M.Maldonado(4th)
RBIs- A.Bregman(17th), J.Reddick-2(5th), A.Diaz(5th), M.Maldonado(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Verlander-2, M.Bumgarner
WALKS- A.Bregman, C.Correa-2, Y.Gurriel, M.Maldonado, C.Kelly, N.Ahmed, J.Lamb
STRIKE OUTS- J.Altuve, J.Verlander, Y.Alvarez, E.Escobar, D.Peralta-2,
C.Walker-2, C.Kelly, K.Calhoun, J.Jay
GIDP- J.Reddick-2, A.Diaz
PASSED BALLS- C.Kelly
2-out RBI- A.Diaz, M.Maldonado
RLISP 2-out- J.Altuve, M.Maldonado, S.Marte-3, M.Straw-2, Y.Gurriel-2,
J.Verlander
TEAM RISP- Houston: 8 for 18 Arizona: 0 for 2
Oakland......... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 2 3
Texas........... 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 - 5 11 1
| Oakland AB R H RBI AVG M.Semien SS 4 0 0 0 .288 T.Kemp 2B 4 1 1 1 .284 M.Chapman 3B 4 1 1 1 .280 M.Olson 1B 4 0 0 0 .196 M.Canha RF 2 0 0 0 .239 A- K.Davis DH 3 0 0 0 .204 R.Laureano CF 3 0 0 0 .236 R.Grossman LF 3 0 0 0 .234 S.Murphy C 3 0 0 0 .218 Totals 30 2 2 2 |
Texas AB R H RBI AVG S.Choo DH 3 0 2 0 .311 D.Santana CF 4 0 0 0 .283 N.Solak LF 4 0 2 1 .307 T.Frazier 3B 2 0 1 0 .278 I.Kiner-Falefa 3B 1 0 0 1 .237 R.Chirinos C 4 0 0 0 .301 R.Guzman 1B 4 0 0 0 .241 E.Andrus SS 4 1 3 0 .374 R.Odor 2B 4 2 1 0 .307 A.Garcia RF 4 2 2 3 .261 Totals 34 5 11 5 INJURY: Todd Frazier (6 games) |
| Oakland (18-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA M.Fiers LOSS(3-1) 5 8 3 3 1 5 0 3.14 J.Diekman 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.03 T.McFarland 0 2/3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2.92 C.Bassitt 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1.10 Totals 8 11 5 3 1 7 1 |
| Texas (15-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA J.Lyles WIN(3-1) 7 2 2 2 1 8 2 3.82 J.Hernandez HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.08 J.Leclerc SAVE(6th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.00 Totals 9 2 2 2 1 12 2 |
LEFT ON BASE- Oakland: 2 Texas: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Oakland: 2 Texas: 0
ERRORS- M.Semien, R.Laureano, T.McFarland, D.Santana
DOUBLES- A.Garcia(2nd)
HOME RUNS- T.Kemp(5th), M.Chapman(9th), A.Garcia(1st)
RBIs- T.Kemp(11th), M.Chapman(22nd), N.Solak(22nd), I.Kiner-Falefa(5th),
A.Garcia-3(6th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- I.Kiner-Falefa
WALKS- M.Canha, S.Choo
STRIKE OUTS- M.Semien, M.Chapman-2, M.Olson-3, M.Canha, R.Laureano-2,
R.Grossman-2, S.Murphy, D.Santana-2, N.Solak-2, R.Chirinos-2,
A.Garcia
GIDP- D.Santana, I.Kiner-Falefa
WILD PITCHES- M.Fiers
2-out RBI- A.Garcia-2
RLISP 2-out- R.Chirinos-3, A.Garcia
TEAM RISP- Oakland: 0 for 0 Texas: 3 for 8
AL West Standings WON LOST PCT GB
2020 Houston HOA 18 11 .621 ----
2020 Oakland OAA 18 13 .581 1.0
2020 Texas TEA 15 14 .517 3.0
2020 Los Angeles(AL) LAA 11 18 .379 7.0
2020 Seattle SEA 9 22 .290 10.0