Players of the Day for Thursday, August 22, 2019
American League
While the Oakland A's were busy wrapping up a three-game sweep of the Yankees with 5-3 win, Gerrit Cole and the Houston Astros were doing their best to remain atop the AL West with a 6-3 win over Detroit.
The win wrapped up the series with the visiting Tigers, with Houston taking three of four.
A leading Cy Young candidate, Cole worked seven innings, allowing just two hits and no earned runs. He fanned 12 Tigers, marking the fifth time this season he's struck out at least 12 in a game.
Cole was serving up the whiffs right from the start, fanning two in each of the first and second innings before striking out the side in the third. He gave up one walk and finished with 238 strikeouts, one behind teammate Justin Verlander, who leads the majors.
Cole is 15-5 with a 3.75 ERA in 26 starts and he's won 11 straight, his last loss coming on May 22, a 9-4 loss to the White Sox.
Houston's win kept them seven up on the Athletics in the division. With the Yankees losing four straight, Houston has crept to within one game for the overall best record in the league, which would ensure home field throughout the playoffs.
The Astros host the Angels for three over the weekend with game one starting at 8:10 pm ET.
National League
Completing a three-game sweep of Cleveland, the New York Mets continue to amaze the baseball world, winning their fifth straight with a 2-0, rain-shortened win over the Indians.
Noah Syndergaard took a no-hitter into the sixth, gave up a pair of singles, but closed out the inning without allowing Cleveland a run.
Jeurys Familia and Paul Sewald set down the Indians in the seventh and eighth. The game was called with the Mets batting, two on base and no outs in the eighth.
Syndergaard improved to 9-6 with a 3.71 ERA and his best performance since one-hitting the Rockies over seven innings on June 9th.
The Mets have earned their way into the playoff race. They are 27-10 since the all-star break and are 1 1/2 games behind St. Louis for the second wild card slot. Washington leads the wild card, 1 1/2 ahead of the Cardinals.
NL East's first place team, the Atlanta Braves, visit Citi Field and the Mets this weekend for a three-game series. Game one is Friday at 7:10 pm ET.
American League
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| Cole: 15-5, 3.20, 238 Ks |
The win wrapped up the series with the visiting Tigers, with Houston taking three of four.
A leading Cy Young candidate, Cole worked seven innings, allowing just two hits and no earned runs. He fanned 12 Tigers, marking the fifth time this season he's struck out at least 12 in a game.
Cole was serving up the whiffs right from the start, fanning two in each of the first and second innings before striking out the side in the third. He gave up one walk and finished with 238 strikeouts, one behind teammate Justin Verlander, who leads the majors.
Cole is 15-5 with a 3.75 ERA in 26 starts and he's won 11 straight, his last loss coming on May 22, a 9-4 loss to the White Sox.
Houston's win kept them seven up on the Athletics in the division. With the Yankees losing four straight, Houston has crept to within one game for the overall best record in the league, which would ensure home field throughout the playoffs.
The Astros host the Angels for three over the weekend with game one starting at 8:10 pm ET.
National League
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| Syndergaard Stops Tribe |
Noah Syndergaard took a no-hitter into the sixth, gave up a pair of singles, but closed out the inning without allowing Cleveland a run.
Jeurys Familia and Paul Sewald set down the Indians in the seventh and eighth. The game was called with the Mets batting, two on base and no outs in the eighth.
Syndergaard improved to 9-6 with a 3.71 ERA and his best performance since one-hitting the Rockies over seven innings on June 9th.
The Mets have earned their way into the playoff race. They are 27-10 since the all-star break and are 1 1/2 games behind St. Louis for the second wild card slot. Washington leads the wild card, 1 1/2 ahead of the Cardinals.
NL East's first place team, the Atlanta Braves, visit Citi Field and the Mets this weekend for a three-game series. Game one is Friday at 7:10 pm ET.
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