Players of the Day for Tuesday, September 10, 2019
American League
After being hammered, 15-0, in the opener of their four-game series at Houston, the Oakland A's did some mashing of their own, socking six homers in a 21-7 payback over the Astros in game two.
Ripping a total of 25 hits, the A's scored in every inning except the seventh and eighth, putting up seven in the first and six more in the fourth.
Sean Murphy and Matt Olson each sent two into the stands. After singling in a run in the opening frame, Murphy launched a two-run job in the fourth and a solo shot in the sixth. Olson's homers - his 30th and 31st - were each of the two-run variety, one each in the third and fourth innings.
Murphy has been in the majors only enough to amass 14 at-bats, but he has three homers to his credit and six RBI with a .357 batting average.
Trailing the Astros now by 9 1/2 games, the A's will try to go one up on Houston in the series on Wednesday. Game time at Minute Maid Park is 8:10 pm ET.
National League
Walker Buehler kept the Orioles scoreless over seven innings and Corey Seager knocked two balls out of Camden Yards as the LA Dodgers defeated Baltimore, 7-3, clinching the NL West in the unlikeliest of locations.
Buehler (13-3, 3.14), the second year phenom, held the O's to four hits, notching his third win in as many starts. He fanned 11, walked none, and no Baltimore base runner got past second. Buehler struck out the side in the third inning and upped his overall total to 201, becoming the eighth National League hurler to record 200 or more strikeouts this season. Jacob deGrom leads the league with 231.
Seager's two homers resulted in five early runs. The Dodger shortstop belted a three-run shot in the first, and followed up with a two-run dinger in the third inning. He has 16 on the year to go with 74 RBI. Seager has three homers in his last two games.
The result landed the Dodgers the NL West crown, with an 18 1/2 game lead on second place Arizona. The September 10 division clinch was the earliest of any team in the majors since the 1998 Yankees nabbed the AL East on September 9. The Indians clinched the AL Central on September 8, 1995, the first year of the wild card.
Elsewhere, the six teams vying for the two wild card spots stack up this way after Tuesday's games:
Washington +2 1/2
Chicago ---
Milwaukee -1
Philadelphia -2
Arizona -2 1/2
New York Mets -3
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| Olson: 2 HR, 4 RBI |
After being hammered, 15-0, in the opener of their four-game series at Houston, the Oakland A's did some mashing of their own, socking six homers in a 21-7 payback over the Astros in game two.
Ripping a total of 25 hits, the A's scored in every inning except the seventh and eighth, putting up seven in the first and six more in the fourth.
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| Murphy: 2 HR, 4 RBI |
Sean Murphy and Matt Olson each sent two into the stands. After singling in a run in the opening frame, Murphy launched a two-run job in the fourth and a solo shot in the sixth. Olson's homers - his 30th and 31st - were each of the two-run variety, one each in the third and fourth innings.
Murphy has been in the majors only enough to amass 14 at-bats, but he has three homers to his credit and six RBI with a .357 batting average.
Trailing the Astros now by 9 1/2 games, the A's will try to go one up on Houston in the series on Wednesday. Game time at Minute Maid Park is 8:10 pm ET.
National League
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| Buehler: 7IP, 4H, 0ER, 11K |
Buehler (13-3, 3.14), the second year phenom, held the O's to four hits, notching his third win in as many starts. He fanned 11, walked none, and no Baltimore base runner got past second. Buehler struck out the side in the third inning and upped his overall total to 201, becoming the eighth National League hurler to record 200 or more strikeouts this season. Jacob deGrom leads the league with 231.
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| Seager: 2 HR, 5 RBI |
The result landed the Dodgers the NL West crown, with an 18 1/2 game lead on second place Arizona. The September 10 division clinch was the earliest of any team in the majors since the 1998 Yankees nabbed the AL East on September 9. The Indians clinched the AL Central on September 8, 1995, the first year of the wild card.
Elsewhere, the six teams vying for the two wild card spots stack up this way after Tuesday's games:
Washington +2 1/2
Chicago ---
Milwaukee -1
Philadelphia -2
Arizona -2 1/2
New York Mets -3
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