Arizona's Patrick Corbin Blanks Phillies Over 7 1/3; Joey Gallo Wrecks Seattle In 11-7 Texas Win

Players of the Day for Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Gallo: 3-for-5, 2HR, 4RBI

American League

Joey Gallo socked a pair of home runs and drove in four runs, going 3-for-5 in the Rangers' 11-7 win over Seattle.

Gallo, who at age 24 is in his second full season with the Rangers, has 31 homers and 71 RBI. He and his Texas teammates made life miserable for Seattle's visit to Texas, scoring 11 runs in each of the last two games, taking the series two games to one and dropping the Mariners eight games off the pace in the AL West and three behind Oakland for the second wild card slot.

The Rangers reminded the Mariners of how important division contests are. They evened the season series at six games apiece despite being in last place in the division and hopelessly out of contention.

Seattle, which has lost seven of their last nine, have a tough road directly ahead. They open a four-game series in Houston on Thursday, then head to Oakland for three games against the Athletics.

National League

Corbin: 7 1/3 IP, 0ER, 9K

Taking the rubber game of their three-game series with the visiting Phillies by a 6-0 score, the Arizona Diamondbacks regained first place in the NL West by 1/2 game as the Dodgers dropped a 3-2 decision to Oakland.

Arizona's success was aided greatly by starting pitcher, Patrick Corbin, who improved to 9-4 with 7 1/3 innings of shutout ball.

Corbin allowed four hits, walked none, and fanned nine, increasing his strikeout total to 183, tied for second in the league with the Mets' Jacob DeGrom. Max Scherzer leads the league with 216 Ks.

Philadelphia's loss reduced their lead in the NL East to 1/2 game over Atlanta, 8-3 winners at Washington.

Both league leaders have Thursday off. The Phillies open a three-game series at San Diego on Friday while the Diamondbacks open a nine-game road trip with three in Cincinnati.