![]() ![]() With an odd number of teams in each league, interleague games were played nearly every day during the season. The Astros’ move to the AL West created two 15-team leagues separated into three five-team divisions. He made the All-Star team (his only time) and led the league in strikeouts.Ĩ. I would have liked Rudy Law to have won because his name started with “La,” but his rookie season was in 1980. Franco and Boddicker finished second and third in the voting, respectively. Mike Andrews was the White Sox’ first DH and was released that July.ħ. Carlos May had the most plate appearances with 312. Kaline hit his 200th career home run on June 10. The Boston Braves moved to beautiful new County Stadium in Milwaukee.ĥ. In the NL, the New York Giants hit 81 homers, the Cardinals 70 and the Phillies 66. In 1943, in the AL, the Yankees hit 100 homers, the Browns 78 and the Tigers 77. Steven Wright recorded his first career save with a scoreless ninth.3. ![]() Tzu-Wei Lin, who entered when MVP candidate Mookie Betts left with a sore left side in the sixth, led off with a double, went to third on Holt's fly out and trotted home on Benintendi's sacrifice fly.īrandon Workman (6-0), the Red Sox's sixth pitcher, earned the win with a hitless eighth. The Red Sox broke the tie in the eighth against Seth Lugo (3-4). Amed Rosario laced an RBI single in the seventh. Wilmer Flores delivered a sacrifice fly in the sixth and Amed Rosario scored on a double by Michael Conforto. The Mets at least spared deGrom another hard-luck loss by rallying for two runs in sixth and the tying run in the seventh. Brock Holt followed with a two-run homer. The Red Sox actually jumped out to a 3-0 lead against deGrom in the third, when Rafael Devers and Christian Vazquez singled with one out before Mookie Betts hit a sacrifice fly. DeGrom's record remained 8-9 while his major league-leading ERA rose from 1.71 to 1.78. It was the 27th straight start in which he allowed three runs or fewer, extending his own single-season record. Sale, who is being eased back into action after missing much of the second half with a sore shoulder, allowed one hit and struck out one over three innings as he lowered his ERA to 1.92 in 150 innings.ĭeGrom, who is trying to become the first starting pitcher to win the Cy Young with fewer than 13 wins, allowed three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out 12 over seven innings. 26-29.Ĭy Young Award candidates Chris Sale and Jacob deGrom each pitched up to their credentials in a matchup of marquee starting pitchers, though neither one factored into the decision, The Mets have lost consecutive games for the first time since a three-game skid from Aug. ![]() Boston will have a chance to clinch the division at the Yankees' expense when the two rivals begin a three-game series in the Bronx on Tuesday afternoon Their magic number for winning the American League East dropped to two thanks to the New York Yankees falling to the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-2. The Red Sox (103-47) won the final two games of the series. BOSTON-Andrew Benintendi lofted the tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning on Sunday afternoon as the Boston Red Sox edged the New York Mets 4-3 in the finale of a three-game series at Fenway Park. ![]()
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