Players of the Day for Thursday, September 19, 2019
American League
Through all the injuries, doubts, and player changes, the New York Yankees managed to overcome all of it and clinch the AL East with a little more than a week left in the regular season.
Masahiro Tanaka controlled the mound and the LA Angels while his teammates knocked out four homers en route to a 9-1, no-doubt victory, their 100th of the season.
Tanaka improved to 11-8, allowing four hits and one earned run over seven innings of work. He fanned six and did not walk any batters.
Tanaka needed to throw only 86 pitches for the win. The lone Angel run came off the bat of Kole Calhoun, who roped a leadoff homer in the fourth inning.
The Yankees are tied with Houston at 100 wins. The Dodgers, leading the National League, have 98.
New York hosts the Toronto Blue Jays in a three-game series beginning Friday.
National League
If St. Louis wins the NL Central or takes one of the wild card slots, it will be in spite of its bullpen, not thanks to it.
The Cardinals squandered an excellent pitching performance by Jack Flaherty (again) and a 4-1 lead, but were bailed out by Matt Carpenter's 10th inning home run, defeating the Cubs, 5-4.
Flaherty worked eight innings, allowing one run on four hits, the lone Chicago run coming on an Anthony Rizzo solo home run in the third inning.
Carlos Martinez, the on-again, off-again closer for St. Louis, was charged with three runs in the bottom of the ninth, allowing the Cubs to tie the score.
Carpenter socked his 13th home run of the season into the left-center stands of Wrigley Field off Cubs' reliever, Craig Kimbrel. Giovanny Gallegos put down the Cubs in order in the bottom of the inning to seal the win, leaving the Cardinals with a three-game edge over Milwaukee in the Central division, with the Cubs four games out.
Milwaukee defeated the Padres Thursday, 5-1, and has won 12 of its last 14 games.
The St. Louis win opened a four-game series in Chicago. The Cubs and Cardinals go at it again on Saturday, with the series extending through Sunday and game four on Monday. The two NL Central rivals close out the season with three games in St. Louis next week.
American League
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| Tanaka pitches clincher |
Through all the injuries, doubts, and player changes, the New York Yankees managed to overcome all of it and clinch the AL East with a little more than a week left in the regular season.
Masahiro Tanaka controlled the mound and the LA Angels while his teammates knocked out four homers en route to a 9-1, no-doubt victory, their 100th of the season.
Tanaka improved to 11-8, allowing four hits and one earned run over seven innings of work. He fanned six and did not walk any batters.
Tanaka needed to throw only 86 pitches for the win. The lone Angel run came off the bat of Kole Calhoun, who roped a leadoff homer in the fourth inning.
The Yankees are tied with Houston at 100 wins. The Dodgers, leading the National League, have 98.
New York hosts the Toronto Blue Jays in a three-game series beginning Friday.
National League
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| Carpenter wins it in 10th |
If St. Louis wins the NL Central or takes one of the wild card slots, it will be in spite of its bullpen, not thanks to it.
The Cardinals squandered an excellent pitching performance by Jack Flaherty (again) and a 4-1 lead, but were bailed out by Matt Carpenter's 10th inning home run, defeating the Cubs, 5-4.
Flaherty worked eight innings, allowing one run on four hits, the lone Chicago run coming on an Anthony Rizzo solo home run in the third inning.
Carlos Martinez, the on-again, off-again closer for St. Louis, was charged with three runs in the bottom of the ninth, allowing the Cubs to tie the score.
Carpenter socked his 13th home run of the season into the left-center stands of Wrigley Field off Cubs' reliever, Craig Kimbrel. Giovanny Gallegos put down the Cubs in order in the bottom of the inning to seal the win, leaving the Cardinals with a three-game edge over Milwaukee in the Central division, with the Cubs four games out.
Milwaukee defeated the Padres Thursday, 5-1, and has won 12 of its last 14 games.
The St. Louis win opened a four-game series in Chicago. The Cubs and Cardinals go at it again on Saturday, with the series extending through Sunday and game four on Monday. The two NL Central rivals close out the season with three games in St. Louis next week.
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