Players of the Day for Tuesday, September 24, 2019
American League
Winning his 15th straight decision, Houston's Gerrit Cole blanked the Seattle Mariners on two hits over seven innings, striking out 14 in a 3-0 Houston win.
Cole (19-5, 2.52) didn't issue any walks and threw 101 pitches in what should be his final start of the season. Houston would likely use him as the starter in the playoff opener next week. Cole leads the majors in strikeouts with 316, and hasn't been on the wrong end of a decision since May 22. He's 4-0 in five September starts.
The win put the Astros up 1 1/2 games over the Yankees for the best record in the American League. Houston is 103-54; the Yankees - 2-1 losers at Tampa Bay Tuesday - are 102-56.
Houston has won eight of its last nine. After closing out their series in Seattle Wednesday, the Astros finish the regular season with four games against the Angels in Anaheim. The Yankees also finish on the road. They have one more game in Tampa on Wednesday, Thursday off, and close out at Texas over the weekend.
In the wild card race, Oakland lost to the Angels, 3-2, while Cleveland slaughtered the White Sox, 11-0. The A's lead Tampa Bay by 1/2 game and Cleveland by one.
National League
Taking both ends of a double-header from the visiting Phillies, the Washington Nationals increased their lead in the NL wild card to one full game over the hard-charging Milwaukee Brewers.
Leadoff batter, Trea Turner, did it all for the Nationals, going 3-for-4 in the opener with a single and two doubles, scoring twice in the 4-1 win, and slugging a sixth-inning grand slam to lead Washington to a 6-5 victory in the nightcap.
Turner is having a solid season, batting .298 with 18 home runs, 55 RBI, 94 runs, and 34 stolen bases. He's stepped it up for the stretch run, batting a robust .406 with four homers, eight RBI and 10 runs in his last seven games.
Washington's taken three straight from the Phillies in their five-game series, but the damage has already been done, the National;s eliminating Philadelphia and their $200 million payroll from the playoffs. The Nats and Brewers each have five games remaining, the intrigue being whether the Brewers can catch the Cardinals in the NL Central, where they trail St. Louis by 2 1/2 games. St. Louis, a 3-2 loser in 19 innings at Arizona, has just four games left, three of them this weekend against the reeling Cubs, losers of seven straight.
Milwaukee has won five straight and is 16-2 since September 6. On Tuesday, they topped Cincinnati, 4-2, and will finish on the road, with two more against the Reds and three in Colorado over the weekend.
American League
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| Cole: 15 straight wins |
Cole (19-5, 2.52) didn't issue any walks and threw 101 pitches in what should be his final start of the season. Houston would likely use him as the starter in the playoff opener next week. Cole leads the majors in strikeouts with 316, and hasn't been on the wrong end of a decision since May 22. He's 4-0 in five September starts.
The win put the Astros up 1 1/2 games over the Yankees for the best record in the American League. Houston is 103-54; the Yankees - 2-1 losers at Tampa Bay Tuesday - are 102-56.
Houston has won eight of its last nine. After closing out their series in Seattle Wednesday, the Astros finish the regular season with four games against the Angels in Anaheim. The Yankees also finish on the road. They have one more game in Tampa on Wednesday, Thursday off, and close out at Texas over the weekend.
In the wild card race, Oakland lost to the Angels, 3-2, while Cleveland slaughtered the White Sox, 11-0. The A's lead Tampa Bay by 1/2 game and Cleveland by one.
National League
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| Turner powers Nationals |
Taking both ends of a double-header from the visiting Phillies, the Washington Nationals increased their lead in the NL wild card to one full game over the hard-charging Milwaukee Brewers.
Leadoff batter, Trea Turner, did it all for the Nationals, going 3-for-4 in the opener with a single and two doubles, scoring twice in the 4-1 win, and slugging a sixth-inning grand slam to lead Washington to a 6-5 victory in the nightcap.
Turner is having a solid season, batting .298 with 18 home runs, 55 RBI, 94 runs, and 34 stolen bases. He's stepped it up for the stretch run, batting a robust .406 with four homers, eight RBI and 10 runs in his last seven games.
Washington's taken three straight from the Phillies in their five-game series, but the damage has already been done, the National;s eliminating Philadelphia and their $200 million payroll from the playoffs. The Nats and Brewers each have five games remaining, the intrigue being whether the Brewers can catch the Cardinals in the NL Central, where they trail St. Louis by 2 1/2 games. St. Louis, a 3-2 loser in 19 innings at Arizona, has just four games left, three of them this weekend against the reeling Cubs, losers of seven straight.
Milwaukee has won five straight and is 16-2 since September 6. On Tuesday, they topped Cincinnati, 4-2, and will finish on the road, with two more against the Reds and three in Colorado over the weekend.
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