Players of the Day for Saturday, August 31, 2019
American League
In Saturday's game at Detroit, Minnesota's Mitch Garver homered to left in the ninth inning, setting an MLB record for most home runs in a season by one team, as the Twins has bashed 268. Unfortunately, the home run barrage (the Twins hit six; Garver had two) was not enough to defeat the Tigers, who outscored the Twins for a 10-7 win.
Ronny Rodriguez had both of Detroit's home runs - a pair of two-run shots - to lead the Tigers to victory. Rodriguez homered in the third and sixth innings, after he had put the Tigers on the board with a sac fly in the first.
A second year shortstop from the Dominican Republic, Rodriguez has 13 home runs and 39 RBI in 223 at-bats this season.
Detroit's win snapped a six-game losing streak while slowing the Twins' race to the AL Central crown, ending their six-game winning streak.
Minnesota's loss was not consequential, however, as second-place Cleveland dropped a 9-6 decision at Tampa Bay. The Twins lead Cleveland by 4 1/2 games in the division.
Their series tied at a game apiece, the Twins and Tigers play two more, Sunday and Monday.
National League
Because Atlanta continues to play solid baseball, the Washington Nationals - who have been equally excellent through the month of August - may not catch their rival in the NL East, but they may be quite dangerous as a wild card team in the playoffs.
The Nationals closed out the penultimate month of the season with a 19-7 record and have secured the top spot in the wild card race, though they still trail the Braves by 5 1/2 in the division after blanking Miami, 7-0, Saturday.
Stephen Strasburg continued making his case for the Cy Young award, shutting out the Marlins on two hits over eight innings, whiffing 14. Strasberg was on the plate, throwing 81 of 107 pitches for strikes as he improved to 16-5.
Strasburg leads all NL pitchers in wins and is one ahead of the Mets' Jacob DeGrom in strikeouts, with 215. mong strikeout leaders are two of Strasburg's teammates, Max Scherzer (200) and Patrick Corbin (193), a trio of starters which makes Washington a formidable team if they should make the playoffs.
With a 5-3 record at the end of May, Strasburg has gone 11-2 since and has helped put the Nationals in a good spot.
Washington, currently holding a 3 1/2 game lead in the wild card over Chicago, concludes their three-game home series with Miami Sunday at 1:35 pm ET.
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| Rodriguez: 2HR, 5 RBI |
American League
In Saturday's game at Detroit, Minnesota's Mitch Garver homered to left in the ninth inning, setting an MLB record for most home runs in a season by one team, as the Twins has bashed 268. Unfortunately, the home run barrage (the Twins hit six; Garver had two) was not enough to defeat the Tigers, who outscored the Twins for a 10-7 win.
Ronny Rodriguez had both of Detroit's home runs - a pair of two-run shots - to lead the Tigers to victory. Rodriguez homered in the third and sixth innings, after he had put the Tigers on the board with a sac fly in the first.
A second year shortstop from the Dominican Republic, Rodriguez has 13 home runs and 39 RBI in 223 at-bats this season.
Detroit's win snapped a six-game losing streak while slowing the Twins' race to the AL Central crown, ending their six-game winning streak.
Minnesota's loss was not consequential, however, as second-place Cleveland dropped a 9-6 decision at Tampa Bay. The Twins lead Cleveland by 4 1/2 games in the division.
Their series tied at a game apiece, the Twins and Tigers play two more, Sunday and Monday.
National League
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| Strasburg: 8IP, 2H, 14K |
The Nationals closed out the penultimate month of the season with a 19-7 record and have secured the top spot in the wild card race, though they still trail the Braves by 5 1/2 in the division after blanking Miami, 7-0, Saturday.
Stephen Strasburg continued making his case for the Cy Young award, shutting out the Marlins on two hits over eight innings, whiffing 14. Strasberg was on the plate, throwing 81 of 107 pitches for strikes as he improved to 16-5.
Strasburg leads all NL pitchers in wins and is one ahead of the Mets' Jacob DeGrom in strikeouts, with 215. mong strikeout leaders are two of Strasburg's teammates, Max Scherzer (200) and Patrick Corbin (193), a trio of starters which makes Washington a formidable team if they should make the playoffs.
With a 5-3 record at the end of May, Strasburg has gone 11-2 since and has helped put the Nationals in a good spot.
Washington, currently holding a 3 1/2 game lead in the wild card over Chicago, concludes their three-game home series with Miami Sunday at 1:35 pm ET.
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