Mormon Baseball

With the loss of the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals last night, both Kyle Farnsworth and John Buck are out of post-season play. Not that their play has made much of a difference. The Pirates haven’t used Farnsworth at all, and had Buck substitute for catcher Russell Martin once — but Buck never got to the plate.

Just one game is left in the various division series, played tonight between the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, who are tied 2-2 in their series. Both teams have Mormon players, although the Tigers’ starting pitcher Doug Fister is unlikely to make an appearance tonight.

The elimination of the Pirates leaves three Mormons in the playoffs, all on American League teams. One of the three will play in the World Series.

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National League:

Atlanta Braves

The Dodgers defeated the Braves 3-1 in the NLDS, eliminating Elliot Johnson from the playoffs.

• Elliot Johnson, backup 2nd baseman.
  Playoffs: 1 for 14 (.071) 1 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 4 so.
  Regular Season: .209, 27 runs, 19 rbi, 2 hr, 16 bb, 22 sb, 67 so in 254 at bats.

Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pirates lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2.

• John Buck, backup catcher
  Playoffs: 0 for 0 (.n/a) 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 0 so.
  Regular Season: .219, 39 runs, 62 rbi, 15 hr, 29 bb, 2 sb, 104 so in 392 at bats.
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• Kyle Farnsworth, relief pitcher
  Playoffs: hasn’t appeared yet.
  Regular Season: 3-1, era 4.70, 43 hits, 20 er, 10 bb and 28 k in 38.1 innings

American League:

Boston Red Sox

The Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1.

• Jacoby Ellsbury, starting outfielder
  Playoffs: 9 for 18 (.500) 7 runs, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 4 sb, 2 so.
  Regular Season: .298, 92 runs, 53 rbi, 9 hr, 47 bb, 52 sb, 92 so in 577 at bats.

Detroit Tigers

The Tigers are tied with the Oakland As 2-2 and next play them October 10th.

• Doug Fister, starting pitcher
  Playoffs: 0-0, era 4.50, 7 hits, 3 er, 1 bb and 1 k in 6.0 innings
  Regular Season: 14-9, era 3.67, 229 hits, 85 er, 44 bb and 159 k in 208.2 innings

Oakland As

The As are tied with the Detroit Tigers 2-2 and next play them October 10th.

• Eric Sogard, backup infielder
  Playoffs: 0 for 9 (.000) 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 1 so.
  Regular Season: .266, 45 run, 35 rbi, 2 hr, 27 bb, 10 sb, 51 so in 368 at bats

Texas Rangers

The Rangers faced the Tampa Bay Rays in a playoff-game September 30th to see which team would get the final playoff spot. The Rangers lost, 5-2.

• Adam Rosales, backup infielder
  Playoffs: did not appear.
  Regular Season: .190, 15 runs, 12 rbi, 5 hr, 10 bb, 0 sb, 34 so in 147 at bats.

I will try to keep us all up-to-date with the status of these players throughout the post-season. Enjoy!