Thursday Quickie Quiz & Single Digits - Phillies, Women’s World Cup, United States, Brad Miller, Jay Bruce, Mike Martin, Carol Hutchins

THURSDAY’S QUICKIE QUIZ

>>> Who was the last player drafted directly out of a four-year high school by the NBA? (Hint 1: It was 2005. Hint 2: He was on the Sixers roster this past season.)

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THURSDAY’S SINGLE DIGITS

>>> As of 7 p.m. Thursday, when they are scheduled to start the final game of their four-game series with the Nationals, the Phillies will have scored three runs in the last 115 hours.

Yes, a lot of that is due to rainouts, but does that really help at this point?

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>>> There are four MLB teams that the U.S. Women’s World Cup team (13 goals on June 11, three on June 16) has out-scored on each the two days it has played so far: Phillies (7/1), Tigers (2/0), Astros (10/0), Cubs (3/2).

The Tigers are off Thursday, but the other three are scheduled to play.

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>>> Don’t look now, but the Phillies’ hottest hitter is newly acquired Brad Miller, who is 3-for-6 with a triple and an RBI.

This on the heels of Jay Bruce’s excellent start with the ball club leads one to this free Analytic help for Gabe Kapler:

Go get a new player every couple of days!

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>>> We should just have a daily item listed as “Stolen from ESPN Stats & Info” . . .

Today offering from @ESPNStatsInfo is on college baseball, as Florida State was eliminated from the college World Series Wednesday and leaves out-going head coach Mike Martin with 2,029 career wins, the most by any coach in any NCAA sport.

He leads Carol Hutchins (current coach for Michigan softball) by a little over 400 victories. With about 50 wins every season, Hutchins would need eight years to catch Martin.

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QUICKIE QUIZ ANSWER

>>> Amir Johnson, who was taken with the 56th pick in 2005 by the Detroit Pistons.