Final Regular Season Standings and Post-Season Madness: Athletics Win 2013 World Series in Seven Games

Larry Division
1. x-Giants (47-33), .588, 0.0 GB
2. y-Cardinals (45-35), .563, 2.0 GB
3. Cubs (37-43), .463, 10.0 GB

Curly Division
1. x-Athletics (47-33), .588, 0.0 GB
2. Mets (41-39), .513, 6.0 GB
3. Pirates (30-50), .375, 17.0 GB

Moe Division
1. x-Rockies (40-40), .500, 0.0 GB
2. Reds (38-42), .475, 2.0 GB
3. Yankees (35-45), .438, 5.0 GB

x - clinched divisional championship
y - clinched wild card

World Series

Athletics (number 2 seed) vs. Rockies (number 4 seed)

Athletics win series 4 games to 3.

The Athletics overcame a valiant Rockies squad to win the 2013 World Series in seven games. The teams split the first four games, with the Rockies winning Games 1 and 3 and the A's prevailing in Games 2 and 4. Rockies easily won Game 5 by a very large margin, only to lose two in Games 6 and 7 back in Oakland. The Athletics' David Wright, who had 10 hits and batted .370 during the series, was named MVP by Rockies manager Jim Lewman.

Game 1: Rockies 5, Athletics 1 (Lohse scatters 6 hits in 7 2/3 innings)

WP-Lohse
LP-Medlen

Game 2: Athletics 6, Rockies 2 (Athletics trail 2-0 before scoring 6 in the eighth inning)
WP-Valdes
LP-League

Game 3: Rockies 2, Athletics 1 (First inning Cano two-run shot holds up as Athletics strand 11 base runners)
WP-Griffin
LP-Lilly

Game 4: Athletics 6, Rockies 4 (12 innings) (Rockies come back from 4-0 deficit to tie but lose in extra innings)
WP-Rodney
LP-Tazawa

Game 5: Rockies 14, Athletics 1 (Rockies destroy Kris Medlen for the second time in five games, scoring 10 in the second inning)
WP-Lohse
LP-Medlen

Game 6: Athletics 7, Rockies 2 (Beachy, Valdes and Rodney combine on 6-hitter)
WP-Beachy
LP-Bumgarner

Game 7: Athletics 10, Rockies 3 (Rockies score 3 in top of the first but are shut out after that, while Jackson and Ortiz hit Athletics' first home runs of the series; Lilly escapes bases loaded-no out jam in the third with a strikeout/techno-double-play combo)
WP-Janssen
LP-Griffin

Divisional Playoffs

In the Divisional Playoffs the Rockies rocked the Giants' world with a 4-0 sweep to advance to the World Series, while the Athletics dispatched the Cardinals four games to one.

Giants (number 1 seed) vs. Rockies (number 4 seed)
Rockies win series 4 games to 0

Athletics (number 2 seed) vs. Cardinals (number 3 seed)
Athletics win series 4 games to 1

2014 Draft Order

1. Pirates

2. Yankees
3. Cubs
4. Reds
5. Mets
6. Cardinals
7. Giants
8. Rockies
9. Athletics

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