Game 2 by BruceM

Champion(s):

Ryno23


Runner(s)-Up:

KearnsT


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 50 21 50 63 42 46 30 75 50 42 25 17
1 Ryno23 416 97 15
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46
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75
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2 KearnsT 405 93 15
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75
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3 SochackiA 378 89 15
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75
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4 ztucker 353 85 15
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5 GrahamJ 349 81 15
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6 GarciaD 332 77 00
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7 JeziorskiM 324 72 15
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42
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8 jnowell 323 68 15
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9 SteveWilliams 305 64 15
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10 LorinBurte 294 60 15
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11 ChrisRosenberg 288 56 00
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12 GoodmanDL 278 52 00
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13 apeekrtr 264 47 00
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14 BradburnA 260 43 15
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15 KPope 244 39 00
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16 HoH 222 35 00
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17 SlumdogSquarepants 219 31 15
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18 randalleng 214 27 00
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19 KleinJ 204 22 00
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20 PolinskyL 201 18 00
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21 casketromance 144 14 15
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22 MoyseyC 89 10 00
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23 SeigelK 0 4 00
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23 DouglasLovesVixey 0 4 00
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Questions:

Which White Sox outfielder ended Game 2 of the 2005 World Series with a walkoff home run against Brad Lidge?

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Scott Podsednik

Which Reds shortstop singled home Johnny Bench to tie Game 2 of the 1975 World Series in the top of the ninth, then scored the go-ahead run on Ken Griffey Sr's double?

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Dave Concepcion

Which Tigers southpaw started Game 2 of the 2006 World Series with a mysterious substance on the palm of his left hand, before complying with umpires' request to wash his hands between innings?

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Kenny Rogers

Two answers required. Which Rangers middle infielders scored the tying and go-ahead runs, on back-to-back sacrifice flies by Josh Hamilton and Michael Young, in the top of the ninth of Game 2 of the 2011 World Series. Both were still active as of 2017 but only one still played for Texas.

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Ian Kinsler; Elvis Andrus

Two answers required. Which Braves outfielder and Twins first baseman got tangled up in a controversial play in Game 2 of the 1991 World Series?

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Ron Gant; Kent Hrbek

Two answers required. Which pitchers started Game 2 of the 1965 World Series, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins? One retired at age 30 after winning his third Cy Young Award; the other played in four different decades and broadcasted until 2009.

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Sandy Koufax; Jim Kaat

Two answers required. Which pitchers started Game 2 of the 1956 World Series, only to allow a combined 10 runs in 3.1 combined innings? (Brooklyn beat the Yankees, 13-8.) One of them pitched much, much more successfully in Game 5 of that series; the other had earlier become the first black pitcher to start a World Series game.

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Don Larsen; Don Newcombe

Which San Diego Padre hit a three-run homer as a DH in Game 2 of the 1984 World Series?

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Kurt Bevacqua

Which Angels outfielder went deep twice in Game 2 of the 2002 World Series, as the home team beat San Francisco 11-10? Hint: Not Mike Trout.

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Tim Salmon

Two answers required. Which Dodgers got the only two hits off of Justin Verlander -- both home runs -- in Game 2 of the 2017 World Series (well before the game got all weird)? One played for Israel in the 2013 World Baseball Classic; the other was the 2016 NL Rookie of the year.

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Joc Pederson; Corey Seager

Which Astro hit the game-tying home run in the top of the ninth of Game 2 of the 2017 World Series? Previously a utility infielder, he had a breakout 2017 with a .303/.377/.530 slash line as he became Houston's primary left fielder in the playoffs.

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Marwin Gonzalez

Which Astro hit the go-ahead home run in the top of the 11th inning of Game 2 of the World Series, after the back-to-back home runs by Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa in the top of the 10th didn't hold up? A few days earlier he had joyously caught the ball for the final out of Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.

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George Springer