LSUDad Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Three Former Tigers Set for 2019 World Series BATON ROUGE, La. – Three former LSU players are part of the 2019 pennant-winning teams that will participate in the World Series, which begins Tuesday night in Houston as the American League champion Astros play host to the National League champion Washington Nationals. Third baseman Alex Bregman and right-handed pitcher Will Harris are on the Astros' 25-man active roster, and outfielder Andrew Stevenson – who is eligible to be moved to the 25-man active roster – is on the Nationals' 40-man roster. Houston is seeking its second World Series title in three seasons, while Washington is making its first World Series appearance. Bregman hit .296 (164-for-554) in the regular season for the Astros with 37 doubles, two triples, 41 homers, 112 RBI and 122 runs. He is batting .257 in Houston's postseason games with one homer, four RBI and 10 runs scored. Bregman, who was third in the American League in home runs this season, is a two-time All-Star – including the 2018 All-Star Game MVP – and he helped lead the Astros to the 2017 World Series title. Harris, a 2016 American League All-Star who is in his fifth year with Houston, made 68 regular-season appearances out of the Astros' bullpen, recording a 4-1 mark with a 1.50 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 60 innings. In seven postseason appearances, he has worked 5.2 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts and one save. Stevenson has played in 31 games this season for the Nationals, batting .367 (11-for-30) with one double, one triple and five runs scored. He scored the tying run on October 1 as a pinch runner during a three-run, eighth-inning rally, as the Nationals erased a 3-1 deficit and posted a 4-3 Wild Card game victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Bregman becomes youngest AL player to hit 3 HRs in a World Series since Mickey Mantle Mantle hit his three home runs in a World Series in 1956. ASTROS 19 minutes ago Author: KHOU 11 Staff Published:7:49 PM CDT October 29, 2019 Updated:8:04 PM CDT October 29, 2019 Alex Bregman has turned his World Series performance around and is now sizzling! He’s also in some pretty good company. Bregman hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning Tuesday night to give Houston a 2-1 lead in Game 6 of the World Series. The homer was his third of the series, making him the youngest American League player with three home runs in a single Fall Classic since Mickey Mantle in 1956, according to MLB Stats. Bregman is 25 years and 213 days old. It also puts the 6-foot-tall Bregman second all-time when it comes to home runs by a third baseman in World Series history. Bregman has 10, which ties him with George Brett and Alex Rodriguez. That trio only trails Chipper Jones with 11. Bregman and the Astros hope to close out Washington tonight. If the Nats win, the series will go to a deciding Game 7 tomorrow at Minute Maid. Nats’ ace Max Scherzer would oppose the Astros Zack Greinke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Andrew Stevenson becomes latest LSU Tiger to win World Series by Billy Embody 7 hours ago BATON ROUGE, La. – Outfielder Andrew Stevenson joined the list of former LSU Tigers who have won World Series championships when the Washington Nationals posted a 6-2 win over the Houston Astros Wednesday night in Minute Maid Park. Stevenson, a product of Youngsville, La., played in 31 games this season for the Nationals, batting .367 (11-for-30) with one double, one triple and five runs scored. He scored the tying run on October 1 as a pinch runner during a three-run, eighth-inning rally, as the Nationals erased a 3-1 deficit and posted a 4-3 Wild Card game victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Stevenson, the Nationals’ second-round draft choice in 2015, played at LSU from 2013 through 2015, and he helped lead the Tigers to College World Series appearances in 2013 and 2015, and the SEC championship in 2015. Stevenson, who started in 154 games in center field during his college career, earned 2015 first-team All-SEC and third-team All-America honors at LSU, and he was a two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Following is the list of the 15 former LSU players who became World Series champions: MLB World Series Champions from LSU INF Alvin Dark, New York Giants – 1954 (player); Oakland Athletics – 1974 (manager) 1B Joe Bill Adcock, Milwaukee Braves - 1957 LHP Mark Guthrie, Minnesota Twins – 1991 LHP Eddie Yarnall, New York Yankees – 1999 and 2000 LHP Randy Keisler, New York Yankees - 2000 RHP Russ Springer, Arizona Diamondbacks - 2001 RHP Curtis Leskanic, Boston Red Sox – 2004 RHP Brian Wilson, San Francisco Giants – 2010 and 2012 INF Mike Fontenot, San Francisco Giants – 2010 LHP Brian Tallet, St. Louis Cardinals - 2011 INF Ryan Theriot, St. Louis Cardinals – 2011; San Francisco Giants - 2012 RHP Louis Coleman, Kansas City Royals - 2015 3B Alex Bregman, Houston Astros – 2017 RHP Will Harris, Houston Astros – 2017 OF Andrew Stevenson, Washington Nationals – 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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