Players of the Day for Wednesday, August 28, 2019
American League
With Cleveland posting a 4-2 win at Detroit Wednesday night, the Minnesota Twins kept their AL Central rivals at arms length with an 8-2 win in Chicago over the White Sox.
Wins by the top teams in the division kept the Twins 3 1/2 games up on the Indians as the clock ticks down on the regular season. Minnesota has 30 games left to play, Cleveland, 29.
Minnesota's win was fueled by a pair of home runs off the bat of second baseman, Jonathan Schoop. Putting the Twins up, 3-1, with a three-run blast in the first, Schoop socked a solo shot in the eighth.
In his last seven games, Schoop is batting .318 with five homers and nine RBI.
The Twins meet the White Sox again on Thursday, looking for a sweep of their three-game series and their fifth straight win. Game time is 1:10 pm CT.
National League
It may be too late for the Washington Nationals to run down the Atlanta Braves in the NL East, but, for what it's worth, the Nats are putting in one heck of a run, winning for the 13th time in their last 16 games with an 8-4 win over the visiting Orioles Wednesday.
Veteran Kurt Suzuki led the Nationals with four RBI on his 14th home run and a two-run double. Suzuki capped a five-run first inning for the Nats with a two-run belt, then doubled in a pair of runs in the fifth, putting the game out of reach at 8-2.
An accomplished catcher, Suzuki, 35, is on his second tour with Washington. He played for the Nationals at the end of the 2012 season and 79 games in 2013.
While the Nationals have been on fire, Atlanta has not flinched. The Braves recently won eight straight and have won 12 of their last 16, including Wednesday's 9-4 win at Toronto. Washington's win kept them within 5 1/2 of the division leader and three games up on the Cubs, in the top wild card position.
Washington and Atlanta still have seven games against each other remaining. The Nationals host the Marlins and Mets for three games each before heading to Atlanta for four games with the Braves next week, September 5-8.
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| Schoop: 2 HR, 4 RBI |
With Cleveland posting a 4-2 win at Detroit Wednesday night, the Minnesota Twins kept their AL Central rivals at arms length with an 8-2 win in Chicago over the White Sox.
Wins by the top teams in the division kept the Twins 3 1/2 games up on the Indians as the clock ticks down on the regular season. Minnesota has 30 games left to play, Cleveland, 29.
Minnesota's win was fueled by a pair of home runs off the bat of second baseman, Jonathan Schoop. Putting the Twins up, 3-1, with a three-run blast in the first, Schoop socked a solo shot in the eighth.
In his last seven games, Schoop is batting .318 with five homers and nine RBI.
The Twins meet the White Sox again on Thursday, looking for a sweep of their three-game series and their fifth straight win. Game time is 1:10 pm CT.
National League
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| Suzuki: 2B, HR, 4 RBI |
Veteran Kurt Suzuki led the Nationals with four RBI on his 14th home run and a two-run double. Suzuki capped a five-run first inning for the Nats with a two-run belt, then doubled in a pair of runs in the fifth, putting the game out of reach at 8-2.
An accomplished catcher, Suzuki, 35, is on his second tour with Washington. He played for the Nationals at the end of the 2012 season and 79 games in 2013.
While the Nationals have been on fire, Atlanta has not flinched. The Braves recently won eight straight and have won 12 of their last 16, including Wednesday's 9-4 win at Toronto. Washington's win kept them within 5 1/2 of the division leader and three games up on the Cubs, in the top wild card position.
Washington and Atlanta still have seven games against each other remaining. The Nationals host the Marlins and Mets for three games each before heading to Atlanta for four games with the Braves next week, September 5-8.
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