Players of the Day for Monday, July 29, 2019
American League
Cavan Bigio, son of Hall of Fame, Craig Biggio, unknotted a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning with a solo homer, helping Toronto to a 7-3 victory at Kansas City.
In the ninth, Biggio singled home another run and came around to score for the third time in the game. Earlier, he singled to lead off the sixth inning and scored on Randal Grichuk's two-run shot.
While the Blue Jays are hopelessly out of the playoff scenario, the youth movement is alive and well in Toronto, with Biggio, 24, one of the up-and-coming prospects.
With Toronto taking the opener in Kansas City, they'll look to make it two straight over the Royals. Tuesday's game is scheduled for an 8:15 pm ET start.
National League
Anthony Rendon broke a 2-2 tie with a sixth-inning grand slam, leading the Washington Nationals to a 6-3 victory over division-leading Atlanta.
Rendon's bases-full blast was his 23rd home run of the season, a no-doubter that measured 411 feet over the left field wall at Nationals Park. The four RBI boosted his total to 80, tied for third in the National League.
Rendon trails Pittsburgh's Josh Bell (86) and Atlanta's Freddie Freeman (81) in the NL RBI race.
More importantly, the Nationals' win brought them to within 4 1/2-games of the Braves in the NL East.
Washington has been gaining ground since the all-star break, going 9-2. Atlanta won four straight coming out of the break, but are 4-8 over subsequent games.
Game two of the three-game series is slated to begin Tuesday at 7:00 pm ET.
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| Biggio: 3-4, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI |
Cavan Bigio, son of Hall of Fame, Craig Biggio, unknotted a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning with a solo homer, helping Toronto to a 7-3 victory at Kansas City.
In the ninth, Biggio singled home another run and came around to score for the third time in the game. Earlier, he singled to lead off the sixth inning and scored on Randal Grichuk's two-run shot.
While the Blue Jays are hopelessly out of the playoff scenario, the youth movement is alive and well in Toronto, with Biggio, 24, one of the up-and-coming prospects.
With Toronto taking the opener in Kansas City, they'll look to make it two straight over the Royals. Tuesday's game is scheduled for an 8:15 pm ET start.
National League
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| Rendon: Grand Slam |
Rendon's bases-full blast was his 23rd home run of the season, a no-doubter that measured 411 feet over the left field wall at Nationals Park. The four RBI boosted his total to 80, tied for third in the National League.
Rendon trails Pittsburgh's Josh Bell (86) and Atlanta's Freddie Freeman (81) in the NL RBI race.
More importantly, the Nationals' win brought them to within 4 1/2-games of the Braves in the NL East.
Washington has been gaining ground since the all-star break, going 9-2. Atlanta won four straight coming out of the break, but are 4-8 over subsequent games.
Game two of the three-game series is slated to begin Tuesday at 7:00 pm ET.
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