Players of the Day for Tuesday, October 1, 2019
National League
Juan Soto's scratch single to right field in the bottom of the eighth capped a winning comeback by the Washington Nationals, who came back from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 4-3, in the NL wild card elimination game.
With two outs and the bases loaded, Soto lined a pitch from Brewer reliever Josh Hader between first and second. With runnings in high gear, when right fielder Trent Grisham mishandled the ball, Anthony Rendon was allowed to score all the way from first, putting the Nationals in the lead. Soto was credited with two RBI, Rendon's score was unearned due to Grisham's error.
In his second full season, Soto, 20, has quietly had an excellent year at the plate, batting .282 with 34 home runs and 110 RBI during the regular season.
Stephen Strasburg, who entered the game in the sixth inning after starter Max Scherzer had allowed three runs, pitched three innings of shutout ball, allowing just two hits while fanning four. Strasburg got the win. Daniel Hudson secured the comeback with a scoreless ninth.
Scherzer struck out six and issued three walks. Of the four hits off Scherzer, two were home runs, a first-inning, two run blast by Yasmani Grandal and a second inning solo shot by Eric Thames, accounting for all of Milwaukee's runs.
The victory, which sends the Nationals off to Los Angeles to meet the Dodgers in a best-of-five divisional playoff series, was their ninth straight.
American League
There were no American League games on Tuesday. The Rays and A's play in the wild card game on Wednesday, October 2, at 8:00 pm ET, in Oakland.
National League
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| Soto delivers for Nationals |
With two outs and the bases loaded, Soto lined a pitch from Brewer reliever Josh Hader between first and second. With runnings in high gear, when right fielder Trent Grisham mishandled the ball, Anthony Rendon was allowed to score all the way from first, putting the Nationals in the lead. Soto was credited with two RBI, Rendon's score was unearned due to Grisham's error.
In his second full season, Soto, 20, has quietly had an excellent year at the plate, batting .282 with 34 home runs and 110 RBI during the regular season.
Stephen Strasburg, who entered the game in the sixth inning after starter Max Scherzer had allowed three runs, pitched three innings of shutout ball, allowing just two hits while fanning four. Strasburg got the win. Daniel Hudson secured the comeback with a scoreless ninth.
Scherzer struck out six and issued three walks. Of the four hits off Scherzer, two were home runs, a first-inning, two run blast by Yasmani Grandal and a second inning solo shot by Eric Thames, accounting for all of Milwaukee's runs.
The victory, which sends the Nationals off to Los Angeles to meet the Dodgers in a best-of-five divisional playoff series, was their ninth straight.
American League
There were no American League games on Tuesday. The Rays and A's play in the wild card game on Wednesday, October 2, at 8:00 pm ET, in Oakland.
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