Baseball news from 9-6-22. Rainouts, Minor league games, and Mark Littell passes away (think Chris Chambliss, 1976).

Not much baseball news yesterday, so everything is combined into this one thread. We will start with the majors. The Yankees were rained out. They will have a single admission, old-school doubleheader starting at 3 PM today.

The Yankees had to put Anthony Rizzo on the 10-day IL, backdated. He is suffering migraines after receiving an epidural for his back issues. They called up Ronald Guzman, Lefty bat, 6’5″, 235. 27 years old. Guzman was hitting .260-12-39 in 90 games for SWB. In 243 MLB games, all with Texas from 2018-2021, he has hit .227 with 31 HR, 104 RBI, OPS+ 86. His 162 G average is .227-21-69, OPS+ 86.
(Average OPS+ is 100).

A baseball passing. Mark Littell has passed away at the age of 69. The reliever pitched for Kansas City (1973, 1975-1977), and St. Louis (1978-1982). He was a member of the 1976 and 1977 AL West Division Champ Royals and the WS Champion Cardinals of 1982. For his career, Littell was 32-31, 3.32, ERA+ 114 (average ERA+ is 100) with 56 saves. His 162-game average was 6-6, 3.32, 11 saves, ERA+ 114. He went 8-4, 2.08 with 16 saves for the Royals in 1976, finishing 24th in MVP voting. He was 8-4, 3.61 with 12 saves for them in 1977. After two good seasons with St. Louis in 1978 (4-8, 2.79, 11 saves) and 1979 (9-4, 2.19 13 saves), he started to fade. His last game was in June of 1982, so he wasn’t on the Cardinals’ postseason roster that year.

Littell went 0-1, 2.35 in five postseason games for the Royals in 1976 and 1977 against the Yankees. It is that one loss for which he will be remembered. He is the pitcher who gave up the HR to Chris Chambliss in the bottom of the ninth of ALCS Game 5 in 1976, enabling the Yankees to win the 1976 pennant.

Minor League Action from last night:

AAA: SWB off.

AA: Somerset ppd.

High A: Hudson Valley (69-57) lost 5-3.
C Anthony Seigler 3 hits, RBI
1B TJ Rumfield Solo HR (4) (High A stat only)

Castano (L, 5-8) 5 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 H, 2 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 HBP 3.49
Alvarez 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 4 K. 1 WP 2.96
Diaz 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 0 K. 4.35

Low A: Tampa (61-64) split two games.

Game 1: Completion of game suspended on July 17. Lost 5-0. Got only four hits. Stats backdated to that date.

Fitts 4 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K. 4.78
O. Rodriguez (L, 0-1) 1 2/3 IP, 5 R, 5 H, 1 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 WP 27.00
Bustamonte 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00

Game 2: Regularly scheduled game. Won 7-6.
C Antonio Gomez 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (8) #18 prospect. .248-8-47
RF Madison Santos 2 RBI
SS Luis Santos 2 RBI

Yulie 3 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 4 W, 2 K. 1 WP. 1 Balk 4.97
Watson 2 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 3 W, 2 K. 2 WP. 1 HBP 4.06
Anderson (W, 3-7; BS, 3) 1 2/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 2 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 HBP 4.47

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