Players of the Day for Saturday, August 17, 2019
American League
With fewer than 40 games left to play, Tampa Bay probably isn't going to catch the Yankees in the AL East, but they they do have their sights set on a wild card spot. The Rays are in the #2 spot, one game behind Cleveland, after their 1-0, 13-inning win over Detroit and some help from the Yankees, who dropped the Indians, 6-5, on Saturday.
In a game which yielded fewer hits than innings, Ryan Yarbrough fanned 10 and allowed three hits over 6 1/3 innings, followed by a parade of five Tampa hurlers who didn't allow the Tigers another his for the next 6 2/3 innings.
Tiger starter, Jordan Zinmmerman, gave up just one hit in five innings, but his effort went for naught. In the bottom of the 13th, Michael Brosseau laced a drive to the warning track in the right-center gap that plated Eric Sogard with the game-winner.
Tampa Bay took the win after dropping a 2-0 decision in the series opener with the visiting Tigers. The teams will play the rubber game at 1:10 pm ET Sunday.
The Rays have won 13 of their last 17, and have just a 1/2-game advantage over the Oakland A's, who have taken down the Astros three straight, including Saturday's 8-4 victory. Oakland has drawn within 6 1/2 of the Astros in the West. Boston remains alive in the wild card, but are 6 1/2 games behind the Rays.
National League
Locked into the fierce National League wild card struggle, the Brewers and Nationals played the second of a three-game series Saturday in Washington.
Following a relatively mundane, 2-1, win by the Nationals on Friday, game two was a baseball extravaganza, featuring 19 pitchers, 11 home runs, and 38 hits in a 14-inning, 14-13 Milwaukee win.
Eric Thames provided the winning blow, with a two-run homer in the top of the 14th inning. His only hit of the day was enough to hold off the Nationals in the final frame, in which Adam Eaton scored an unearned run, but that was all they would get off Brewer reliever, Junior Guerra, who picked up the win (7-4).
Ironically, the loss was saddled by Washington's Javy Guerra (1-1), who fanned five over three innings of work, but surrendered four hits and three earned runs. The two Guerra's are unrelated. Junior hails originally from Venezuela while Javy is Mexican.
While Thames' blast proved decisive, it was Christian Yelich who provided much of the opportunity. Yelich went 5-fot-6 with a pair of home runs, three singles, four RBI and three runs. He singled in two runs in the third and socked solo homers in the ninth and 13th innings.
His effort put him atop the NL batting leaders at .333 ad tied him with LA's Cody Bellinger with 41 home runs. His 89 RBI are close to the leaders. Currently, Freddie Freeman (Atlanta), Eduardo Escobar (Arizona) and Josh Bell (Pittsburgh) are tied for the lead at 98.
The game's result left the Nationals clinging to a 1 1/2-game edge in the wild card with the Cubs holding the second spot. Philadelphia and Milwaukee are a game behind Chicago, the Mets two back, the Giants 2 1/2 out.
With the series tied at a game apiece the Nat and Brewers will wrap it up Sunday at 1:35 pm ET.
NOTES: YES, HE DID IT AGAIN. Aristides Aquino homered again, his 11th in his first 17 games. Oddly enough, Aquino stuck out in his one 2018 at-bat, but has been sensational this season, batting .345 with 22 RBI.
American League
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| Yarbrough: 6 1/3 scoreless |
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| Brosseau: game-winner |
Tiger starter, Jordan Zinmmerman, gave up just one hit in five innings, but his effort went for naught. In the bottom of the 13th, Michael Brosseau laced a drive to the warning track in the right-center gap that plated Eric Sogard with the game-winner.
Tampa Bay took the win after dropping a 2-0 decision in the series opener with the visiting Tigers. The teams will play the rubber game at 1:10 pm ET Sunday.
The Rays have won 13 of their last 17, and have just a 1/2-game advantage over the Oakland A's, who have taken down the Astros three straight, including Saturday's 8-4 victory. Oakland has drawn within 6 1/2 of the Astros in the West. Boston remains alive in the wild card, but are 6 1/2 games behind the Rays.
National League
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| Yelich: 5-6, 2 HR, 4 RBI |
Following a relatively mundane, 2-1, win by the Nationals on Friday, game two was a baseball extravaganza, featuring 19 pitchers, 11 home runs, and 38 hits in a 14-inning, 14-13 Milwaukee win.
Eric Thames provided the winning blow, with a two-run homer in the top of the 14th inning. His only hit of the day was enough to hold off the Nationals in the final frame, in which Adam Eaton scored an unearned run, but that was all they would get off Brewer reliever, Junior Guerra, who picked up the win (7-4).
Ironically, the loss was saddled by Washington's Javy Guerra (1-1), who fanned five over three innings of work, but surrendered four hits and three earned runs. The two Guerra's are unrelated. Junior hails originally from Venezuela while Javy is Mexican.
While Thames' blast proved decisive, it was Christian Yelich who provided much of the opportunity. Yelich went 5-fot-6 with a pair of home runs, three singles, four RBI and three runs. He singled in two runs in the third and socked solo homers in the ninth and 13th innings.
His effort put him atop the NL batting leaders at .333 ad tied him with LA's Cody Bellinger with 41 home runs. His 89 RBI are close to the leaders. Currently, Freddie Freeman (Atlanta), Eduardo Escobar (Arizona) and Josh Bell (Pittsburgh) are tied for the lead at 98.
The game's result left the Nationals clinging to a 1 1/2-game edge in the wild card with the Cubs holding the second spot. Philadelphia and Milwaukee are a game behind Chicago, the Mets two back, the Giants 2 1/2 out.
With the series tied at a game apiece the Nat and Brewers will wrap it up Sunday at 1:35 pm ET.
NOTES: YES, HE DID IT AGAIN. Aristides Aquino homered again, his 11th in his first 17 games. Oddly enough, Aquino stuck out in his one 2018 at-bat, but has been sensational this season, batting .345 with 22 RBI.
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