Players of the Day for Friday, September 27, 2019
American League
Cleveland is out. The Rays and A's are in the playoffs.
Tommy Pham's third inning, two-run homer broke a scoreless tie and Tyler Glasnow tossed 4 1/2 innings of no-hit ball, as the Rays went on to defeat the Blue Jays, 6-2, Friday in Toronto.
Pham's homer was his 21st of the year; Glasnow fanned four and issued two walks, setting down the last eight batters he faced before being lifted with one out in the fifth inning.
The win, combined with Cleveland's 8-2 loss at Washington, put the Rays into the playoffs for the first time since 2013, taking a wild card spot.
Oakland, falling 4-3 at Seattle, also qualified as a wild card, but fell into a flat-footed tie with the Rays. Both teams are 96-64, with two games left.
Should the two finish tied for the wild card spots, Oakland would be the home team, as they won the season series over the Rays, four games to three. Wherever it is played, the AL wild card game will be played Wednesday, October 2nd.
Cleveland, which had been in contention not only for a wild card, but also for the Central division, played itself right out down the stretch, losing four of its last six.
National League
On their path the the playoffs, the Milwaukee Brewers finally ran into a game the could not win, a team they could not beat, as the Colorado Rockies out-slugged them, 11-7, Friday night.
After Lorenzo Cain put the Brewers up 2-1 in the fourth inning, the floodgates opened for the Rockies, scoring seven times in the sixth inning, capped by Raimel Tapia's grand slam. Colorado tacked on three more in the seventh and though the Brewers posted a pair in the eighth and three in the ninth, it was not nearly enough.
Tapia's home run was his ninth of the season and upped his RBI total to 44.
Milwaukee's loss was only their second in their last 11 games. The Brewers are having a September to remember, going 20-5 to overtake the Cubs in the Central division and gain, at least, a wild card spot. Despite losing, the Brewers remain one game behind St. Louis in the division, as the Cardinals were bombed by the Cubs, 8-2. Both teams have two games remaining.
Should the Brewers and Cardinals tie for the division title, they would play a one-game playoff, the loser to face Washington in another one-game elimination, while the division winner would open a five-game divisional playoff series in Atlanta. The wild card team would head to Los Angeles to meet the Dodgers.
American League
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| Glasnow: 4 1/3 hitless |
Tommy Pham's third inning, two-run homer broke a scoreless tie and Tyler Glasnow tossed 4 1/2 innings of no-hit ball, as the Rays went on to defeat the Blue Jays, 6-2, Friday in Toronto.
Pham's homer was his 21st of the year; Glasnow fanned four and issued two walks, setting down the last eight batters he faced before being lifted with one out in the fifth inning.
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| Pham: 2-run homer |
The win, combined with Cleveland's 8-2 loss at Washington, put the Rays into the playoffs for the first time since 2013, taking a wild card spot.
Oakland, falling 4-3 at Seattle, also qualified as a wild card, but fell into a flat-footed tie with the Rays. Both teams are 96-64, with two games left.
Should the two finish tied for the wild card spots, Oakland would be the home team, as they won the season series over the Rays, four games to three. Wherever it is played, the AL wild card game will be played Wednesday, October 2nd.
Cleveland, which had been in contention not only for a wild card, but also for the Central division, played itself right out down the stretch, losing four of its last six.
National League
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| Tapia's slam buries Brewers |
After Lorenzo Cain put the Brewers up 2-1 in the fourth inning, the floodgates opened for the Rockies, scoring seven times in the sixth inning, capped by Raimel Tapia's grand slam. Colorado tacked on three more in the seventh and though the Brewers posted a pair in the eighth and three in the ninth, it was not nearly enough.
Tapia's home run was his ninth of the season and upped his RBI total to 44.
Milwaukee's loss was only their second in their last 11 games. The Brewers are having a September to remember, going 20-5 to overtake the Cubs in the Central division and gain, at least, a wild card spot. Despite losing, the Brewers remain one game behind St. Louis in the division, as the Cardinals were bombed by the Cubs, 8-2. Both teams have two games remaining.
Should the Brewers and Cardinals tie for the division title, they would play a one-game playoff, the loser to face Washington in another one-game elimination, while the division winner would open a five-game divisional playoff series in Atlanta. The wild card team would head to Los Angeles to meet the Dodgers.
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