Players of the Day for Monday, August 5, 2019
American League
After dusting off the Red Sox four straight in New York, the Yankees opened a three-game series down the road in Baltimore and did what they usually do when in Maryland, pummel the last place Orioles, winning with a barrage of home runs, 9-6.
Wracked with injuries, the Yankees have relied on call-ups from their AAA affiliate in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for healthy bodies. One such player is Mike Tauchman, an accomplished outfield who is also proving that he can handle a bat pretty well.
Tauchman belted two of the Yankees' five home runs, a solo shot in the sixth and a two-run blast in the ninth. Tauchman also singled, going 3-for-4 on the night.
As a frequent fill-in, Tauchman is batting .294 with nine homers and 34 RBI in 170 at-bats.
The victory was the sixth straight for the Yankees, who lead the AL East by nine games over Tampa Bay. The Orioles host game two of the series Tuesday night, 7:05 pm ET.
National League
Christian Yelich bookended a pair of solo home runs - one in the first inning and another in the ninth - taking over the major league lead with 39, helping the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.
Yelich also singled twice, boosting his batting average to .336, locking him into a battle with the Met's Jeff McNeil and LA's Cody Bellinger.
The win snapped a four game losing streak for Milwaukee, including being swept by the Cubs in Chicago over the weekend, leaving the Brewers four games out in the NL Central, behind the Cubs and the Cardinals, who are 2 1/2 off the pace.
While Milwaukee's recent woes haven't knocked them completely out of contention in the division, the Brewers now sit fourth in the wild card, two games behind the Nationals and Phillies, currently sharing the top spot.
Yelich, meanwhile, is backing up his 2018 NL MVP award with another outstanding season. In addition to his 39 homers, he's driven in 74 runs and has a solid shot at repeating as the league's batting champion.
Milwaukee will look to make it two straight in Pittsburgh when they face the Pirates, Tuesday, 7:05 pm ET.
American League
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| Tauchman socks 2 HRs |
After dusting off the Red Sox four straight in New York, the Yankees opened a three-game series down the road in Baltimore and did what they usually do when in Maryland, pummel the last place Orioles, winning with a barrage of home runs, 9-6.
Wracked with injuries, the Yankees have relied on call-ups from their AAA affiliate in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for healthy bodies. One such player is Mike Tauchman, an accomplished outfield who is also proving that he can handle a bat pretty well.
Tauchman belted two of the Yankees' five home runs, a solo shot in the sixth and a two-run blast in the ninth. Tauchman also singled, going 3-for-4 on the night.
As a frequent fill-in, Tauchman is batting .294 with nine homers and 34 RBI in 170 at-bats.
The victory was the sixth straight for the Yankees, who lead the AL East by nine games over Tampa Bay. The Orioles host game two of the series Tuesday night, 7:05 pm ET.
National League
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| Yelich: 39 HRs leads MLB |
Yelich also singled twice, boosting his batting average to .336, locking him into a battle with the Met's Jeff McNeil and LA's Cody Bellinger.
The win snapped a four game losing streak for Milwaukee, including being swept by the Cubs in Chicago over the weekend, leaving the Brewers four games out in the NL Central, behind the Cubs and the Cardinals, who are 2 1/2 off the pace.
While Milwaukee's recent woes haven't knocked them completely out of contention in the division, the Brewers now sit fourth in the wild card, two games behind the Nationals and Phillies, currently sharing the top spot.
Yelich, meanwhile, is backing up his 2018 NL MVP award with another outstanding season. In addition to his 39 homers, he's driven in 74 runs and has a solid shot at repeating as the league's batting champion.
Milwaukee will look to make it two straight in Pittsburgh when they face the Pirates, Tuesday, 7:05 pm ET.
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