Game 4, Giants got out to a 4-1 lead entering the 7th. Hershiser was left in too long though and the Sox tied it off Johnstone out of the pen. It went to the 10th tied at 4 when Scott Hatteberg homered to make it 5-4. Jeff Kent led off bot 10 with double but Tom Gordon closed jt
Richard Rodriguez to face Mo Vaughn & Vaughn blasted a 3-run home run. The Red Sox cruised to the 7-2 win to take a 3-0 series lead. Steve Avery allowed 2 runs over 7 innings to pick up the win.
Game 3 of World Series. John Valentin homered off Kirk Rueter 2nd batter of game. The Sox added another run before inning was through. They'd get up 4-0 before Joe Carter hit a 2-run double to make it 4-2. The next inning though , with 2 men on the Giants turned to lefty...
Edgar Martinez wins the Silver Slugger Award at Designated Hitter, edging out Richie Sexson by a single vote. Edgar had 6 of the first place votes & was left off 4 ballots.
Martinez batted .291 26 94 .966 for the season.
American League MVP is Bernie Williams!
Williams took 13 of the 16 1st place votes to run away with the vote.
He batted .363 49 165 1.141 & led the league in hitting, OBP, SLG, OPS & base hits.
The National League Cy Young is again Greg Maddux, edging out teammate Tom Glavine by 2 points. Maddux received 9 first place votes to 7 for Glavine. They were both either 1 or 2 on every ballot.
Maddux was 24-4 with a 2.23 ERA, 0.88 WHIP & 227 k's on the season.
Tom Glavine finished in 2nd & received 3 first place votes.
Mike Hampton came in 3rd.
Manny Aybar received 2 first place votes but was only named on 5 ballots.
Darryl Kile wins the Silver Slugger at pitcher during his first season in Colorado. Kile was named first on 11 of the ballots.
For the season Kile batted .328 with a .778 OPS & drove in 10 runs.
Vladimir Guerrero came in 4th but wasn't close to winning the Award.
Dante Bichette came in 5th & had a first place vote.
Henry Rodriguez, Moises Alou, Carl Everett, Andruw Jones, Tony Gwynn, Derek Bell & Brian Jordan also received votes.
Barry Bonds wins the 3rd Silver Slugger in the outfield for the National League.
Bonds had a huge first half before a somewhat mediocre 2nd half. Nonetheless, he batted .354 41 151 1.151 with 200 hits on the strength of that first half.
The first of 3 Silver Sluggers in the outfield goes to Larry Walker. Walker received 9 of the 16 first place votes.
For the season he batted .389 37 141 1.189 with 249 hits. He led the league in hitting & tied for the lead in hits.
Chipper Jones received the other 2 first place votes & finished runner-up.
Ken Caminiti came in 3rd.
Scott Rolen & Jeff Cirillo also received votes.
Vinny Castilla slugged his way to the Silver Slugger Award at third base. Castilla received 14 first place votes.
For the season he batted .335 61 183 1.046 with 219 hits!