Players of the Day for Saturday, September 28, 2019
American League
The Oakland A's wrapped up home field for their upcoming wild card playoff game against Tampa Bay with a 1-0 win at Seattle Saturday.
Ramon Laureano roped a third-inning solo home run to left and Brett Anderson and a trio of relievers made it hold up, giving the A's a one-game edge over the Rays in the wild card hunt.
Laureano's home run was his 24th of the year.
Oakland's victory assured that he A's would host Wednesday's AL wild card game (8:00 pm ET), the winner going on to face the Houston Astros, the loser going home. Even if Oakland loses its final regular season game Sunday at Seattle, they would still own the tie-breaker over Tampa Bay, as they took the head-to-head season series over the Rays, 4-3.
The other playoff positions in the AL are set. Minnesota will open agains the Yankees in New York in the other five-game divisional series.
National League
A week ago, St. Louis all but eliminated the Cubs from playoff contention, sweeping their NL Central rivals four straight in Chicago.
Now, the Cubs are bent on getting revenge.
St. Louis, on the verge of capturing the division crown for the first time since 2015, has dropped the first two games of their regular-season-ending series with the Cubs and have just one game remaining.
After losing the opener, 8-2, Friday, the Cubs clubbed the Cardinals again, 8-6, on Saturday.
Ian Happ socked a pair of two-run homers off Cardinal starter, Adam Wainwright, to lead the Cubs assault. A bench-clearing non-brawl erupted in the second inning after Yadier Molina was hit by a pitch from Cubs' starter, Cole Hamels.
The Cardinals, who have lost four straight, remain a game to the good over the Brewers, thanks to Colorado, who have cooled off the Brewers by taking the first two games of their three-game series.
St. Louis faces the Cubs one last time on Sunday, while the Rockies host the Brewers. Should the Brewers and Cards tie for the division title, they would play one game - in St. Louis on Monday - to determine the wild card and division. The winner would play Atlanta in one divisional series; the loser would play at Washington in the one-game wild card elimination game, Tuesday
American League
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| Laureano's HR wins for A's |
Ramon Laureano roped a third-inning solo home run to left and Brett Anderson and a trio of relievers made it hold up, giving the A's a one-game edge over the Rays in the wild card hunt.
Laureano's home run was his 24th of the year.
Oakland's victory assured that he A's would host Wednesday's AL wild card game (8:00 pm ET), the winner going on to face the Houston Astros, the loser going home. Even if Oakland loses its final regular season game Sunday at Seattle, they would still own the tie-breaker over Tampa Bay, as they took the head-to-head season series over the Rays, 4-3.
The other playoff positions in the AL are set. Minnesota will open agains the Yankees in New York in the other five-game divisional series.
National League
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| Happ: 2 HR, 4 RBI |
A week ago, St. Louis all but eliminated the Cubs from playoff contention, sweeping their NL Central rivals four straight in Chicago.
Now, the Cubs are bent on getting revenge.
St. Louis, on the verge of capturing the division crown for the first time since 2015, has dropped the first two games of their regular-season-ending series with the Cubs and have just one game remaining.
After losing the opener, 8-2, Friday, the Cubs clubbed the Cardinals again, 8-6, on Saturday.
Ian Happ socked a pair of two-run homers off Cardinal starter, Adam Wainwright, to lead the Cubs assault. A bench-clearing non-brawl erupted in the second inning after Yadier Molina was hit by a pitch from Cubs' starter, Cole Hamels.
The Cardinals, who have lost four straight, remain a game to the good over the Brewers, thanks to Colorado, who have cooled off the Brewers by taking the first two games of their three-game series.
St. Louis faces the Cubs one last time on Sunday, while the Rockies host the Brewers. Should the Brewers and Cards tie for the division title, they would play one game - in St. Louis on Monday - to determine the wild card and division. The winner would play Atlanta in one divisional series; the loser would play at Washington in the one-game wild card elimination game, Tuesday
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