The Dodgers also won a late thriller, thanks to an Albert Pujols extra-inning single to take down Colorado 5-4, in ten. In 2021, the Giants won a back-and-forth game against San Diego 6-5, winning on a ninth-inning single by LaMonte Wade Jr. The Giants and Dodgers are on track for dual 100+ win seasons, in a race reminiscent of the 103-win Giants losing out by one game to the 104-68 Braves in 1993 (and in those days, losing out on a playoff spot, as well). The Cardinals have now won ten games in a row, but will almost certainly need a Wildcard spot as they are 9.5 back with 12 to play. The Brewers loaded the bases in the ninth against Giovanny Gallegos, but Pablo Reyes struck out swinging to end the threat. The Brewers' magic number remains at three as they lost for the second consecutive night to the smoking hot St. The Braves took care of the Diamondbacks 6-1 but have a long way to go with a magic number of 10 to lock down the division and the third seed in the NL. Realmuto in the bottom of the tenth against the Orioles on Tuesday night, after an intentional walk to the hottest hitter on the planet, Bryce Harper. The Phillies stayed within three games of Atlanta, thanks to a dramatic two-run walk-off triple from J.T. Take a look at the entire shirt collection from our friends over at BreakingT, including the one pictured above. Seattle’s win over Oakland dropped the A’s to three games behind the second Wildcard spot, tied with Seattle. The Yankees three, four, and five hitters stole the show in the Bronx, as Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and Joey Gallo all went yard in a 7-1 victory over Texas. The aforementioned win in Tampa kept the Blue Jays a 1⁄ 2 game ahead of the Yankees for the second Wildcard spot. The Red Sox overcame an early 2-0 deficit to beat the plummeting Mets 6-3 at Fenway, thanks to four RBI from Xander Bogaerts, to keep a 1.5 game lead in the first wild card spot (one in the loss column) over Toronto. American League WildcardĪll of the Wildcard leaders from the East division held serve. Houston’s magic number for the division is four. Their lead extended to eight games thanks to the Mariners’ 5-2 win over Oakland behind six solid innings from Marco Gonzalez, which evened both of their records at 82-69. The Astros went ahead of the Angels 10-1 with four home runs and completed a 10-5 victory getting a win from Jose Urquidy. Meanwhile, Cleveland got a three-run triple from Yu Chang and 6 2⁄ 3 excellent innings from Cal Quantrill to beat Kansas City 4-1, cutting the lead to 10.5 and delaying the inevitable. Dallas Keuchel pitched the most Dallas Keuchel game possible, scattering 11 hits and striking out two over five innings in a no-decision for Chicago. The White Sox are on cruise control and should clinch the division any day, but lost for the second straight day to the frisky Tigers who are climbing their way back to. More on the latter three teams in the Wildcard section. Their seven-game lead in the East fell to six over Boston, who we know won, while the Yankees closed within 7.5 games and Toronto down to eight games. Their 4-2 loss to Alek Manoah and the Blue Jays got interesting late when Jordan Romano walked the bases loaded, but Joey Wendle popped out to end the game. The Rays entered, and also exited play, on Tuesday with a magic number of five. For those interested in that league-wide picture, we’ll be providing a daily update the rest of the season on the state of races around baseball. That does include the American League wildcard, in which the Red Sox are stuck in a tight race, but also the rest of the league as well. Cleveland also set a record by being the first club to be no hit for the third time in one season.With time running out in the regular season, the races around the league are coming down to the wire. The no hitter was the ninth of the season, establishing a new record. He improved to 10-4 with a 2.25 ERA and 210 strikeouts in 152 innings pitched. Central.īurnes’ stock in the Cy Young Award voting has been on the rise. The Brewers finished the night with a 13 game lead and a magic number of seven to win the N.L. Counsell is trying not to overwork his starting pitchers as the Brewers prepare for an all but certain appearance in the post season. He had pitched a season high 115 pitches (in part due to all the strikeouts) so Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell opted to have Hader close it out, which he did for his 31st save of the season. The only other Brewers no hitter was in Baltimore on April 15th, 1987, when Juan Nieves no hit the Baltimore Orioles.īurnes struck out 14 and allowed only one base runner on a walk. Milwaukee Brewers righthander Corbin Burnes pitched eight no hit innings and closer Josh Hader pitched a hitless ninth inning for the second no hitter in franchise history in Milwaukee’s 3-0 win at Cleveland on September 11th.
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