We are getting closer and closer to the playoffs and the race is heating up. We had some great pitching performance and another walk off victory. Let's see what happened today and what the playoff race looks like when the day is over. Phil's Red Sox 6 Chris's Twins 5This game had the most excitement and was easily the game of the day. Prior to the season Phil traded Trevor Story for Carlos Correa. If the virtual simulations are proving anything its that it was a great move after another great game from Correa in a Red Sox victory. Correa started the scoring in the first with a solo homer but the Twins got on the board in the second with Yasiel Puig hitting a solo homer and Ahmed Rosario hitting a RBI double. Matt Chapman hit a solo shot in the 6th to tie the game. Correa hit his second homer of the game in the bottom of the 7th to give the Red Sox a 4-2 lead. Juan Soto hit a solo shot to cut the lead to 1 in the 8th but Aaron Hicks hit a 2 run homer in the bottom of the 8th to make it a 6-3 lead. Kenley Jansen got into a lot of trouble in the 9th giving up a solo shot to Austin Riley and a RBI single to Juan Soto. Sean Doolittle came on with the bases loaded and got Miguel Andujar to fly out to end the game. The win gives the Red Sox the split in the season series with the Twins. Josh's White Sox 6 Jon's Indians 0Trevor Bauer had the pitching performance of the day with a complete game shutout which Josh's White Sox needed in the playoff race. The game was scoreless till the 5th inning when Yoan Moncada hit a 2 run double and Whit Merrifield hit a 2 run homer. Edwin Encarnacion added a 2 run homer in the 7th inning to extend the lead and put the game away. The win gives the White Sox the sweep in the season series against the Indians. Prior's Tigers 4 Daren's Astros 2The story of this game was stranding runners on base. Both teams had bases loaded opportunities but weren't able to cash in but in the end the Tigers got enough runners in to earn the victory. Nolan Arenado flew out with the bases loaded in the 3rd and 7th innings but the Astros were able to get on the board in the 5th inning thanks to a 2 run double from Cody Bellinger. Gerrit Cole got into trouble in the top of the 8th and Hector Neris couldn't get out of it giving up 3 runs on a Paul Goldschmidt RBI single and Rafael Devers 2 run homer. In the top of the 9th Victor Robles hit a RBI single to add insurance and close out the victory. The win gives the Tigers the sweep in the season series against the Astros. Degaglia's Yankees 7 Eddy's Royals 4Degaglia's Yankees got behind early but their MVP candidate Xander Bogaerts came to the rescue. Ketel Marte got the scoring started with solo shot in the bottom of the 1st but Trevor Story hit a solo shot in the top of the 5th to tie it. The Royals went up 3-1 after a 2 run single by Christian Yelich in the bottom of the inning. Bogaerts hit a go ahead grand slam in the top of the 6th to give the Yankees a 5-3 lead. George Springer added insurance with a 2 run homer in the 9th. The Royals made a comeback with Ketel Marte up with the tying run at the plate but he grounded into a double play to end the game. The win gives the Yankees the sweep in the season series against the Royals. Billy's Orioles 2 Tom's Blue Jays 1This was another game with stranded runners and it looked as though we were going to get an extra inning affair. Both starters got knocked out of the game early with high pitch counts but the bullpens kept the game tied. Daniel Vogelbach hit a RBI single in the 3rd for the Jays and Kyle Schwarber had a sac fly to tie the game for the Orioles in the 4th. In the bottom of the 9th Mike Moustakas hit a walk off homer to give Billy's Orioles the victory. The win gives the Orioles the sweep in the season series against the Blue Jays. Bharath's Angels 7 Justin's Mariners 2The Angels got out to a 7-0 lead and Mike Clevinger dominated early to give the Angels the win. Yasmani Grandal hit a 3 run homer in the 1st inning and Aaron Judge hit a 2 run homer in a 4 run second inning. The Mariners got on the board in the 8th with RBI singles from Giancarlo Stanton and Mark Canha but that's all they could get offensively. The win gives the Angels the split in the season series with the Mariners. StandingsTomorrow's MatchupsPhil's Red Sox (Bumgarner) @ Josh's White Sox (Bauer)
Daren's Astros (Cole) @ Chris's Twins (Ray) Eddy's Royals (Fried) @ Jon's Indians (Morton) Billy's Orioles (Lynn) @ Prior's Tigers (Paddack) Justin's Mariners (Kluber) @ Degaglia's Yankees (Giolito) Bharath's Angels (Clevinger) @ Tom's Blue Jays (Urias)
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