By Oliver Connolly, Editor-In-Chief
A night in which there were fourteen pitching changes and one game and Bryce Harper was angry at his own fans… again. What a wonderful Monday of baseball.
Results
| MATCHUP | RESULT | WIN | LOSS | SAVE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Baltimore |
 New York |
NYY 8, BAL 6 | Justin Wilson | Jorge Rondon | Andrew Miller |
 New York |
 Washington |
NYM 8, WSH 5 | Dario Alvarez | Blake Treinen | Jeurys Familia |
 Tampa Bay |
 Detroit |
DET 5, TB 4 | Al Alburquerque | Brandon Gomes | Bruce Rondon |
 Pittsburgh |
 Cincinnati |
CIN 3, PIT 1 | Anthony DeSclafani | Jeff Locke | Aroldis Chapman |
 Milwaukee |
 Miami |
MIL 9, MIA 1 | Zach Davies | Justin Nicolino | |
 Toronto |
 Boston |
BOS 11, TOR 4 | Rick Porcello | Mark Buehrle | |
 Cleveland |
 Chicago |
CLE 3, CHW 2 | Trevor Bauer | Chris Sale | Cody Allen |
 Chicago |
 St. Louis |
CHC 9, STL 0 | Dan Haren | Lance Lynn | |
 Houston |
 Oakland |
OAK 10, HOU 9 | Felix Doubront | Mike Fiers | Sean Doolittle |
 Colorado |
 San Diego |
COL 6, SD 4 | Kyle Kendrick | Ian Kennedy | John Axford |
 San Francisco |
 Arizona |
ARI 6, SF 1 | Patrick Corbin | Mike Leake | |
 Texas |
 Seattle |
TEX 3, SEA 0 | Yovani Gallardo | Roenis Elias | Shawn Tolleson |
 Atlanta |
 Philadelphia |
ATL 7, PHI 2 | Williams Perez | Aaron Harang | |
 Minnesota |
 Kansas City |
MIN 6, KC 2 | Tommy Milone | Yordano Ventura | |
 Los Angeles |
 Los Angeles |
LAD 7, LAA 5 | Zack Greinke | Fernando Salas | Kenley Jansen |
Standings
| EAST | W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | RS | RA | DIFF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Blue Jays | 78 | 59 | .569 | – | 47-25 | 31-34 | 751 | 559 | +192 | ||
| New York Yankees | 77 | 59 | .566 | 0.5 | 40-27 | 37-32 | 667 | 578 | +89 | ||
| Tampa Bay Rays | 67 | 70 | .489 | 11 | 33-35 | 34-35 | 519 | 535 | -16 | ||
| Baltimore Orioles | 65 | 72 | .474 | 13 | 38-27 | 27-45 | 597 | 573 | +24 | ||
| Boston Red Sox | 65 | 72 | .474 | 13 | 38-34 | 27-38 | 635 | 659 | -24 | ||
| CENTRAL | W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | RS | RA | DIFF | ||
| Kansas City Royals | 82 | 55 | .599 | – | 47-26 | 35-29 | 610 | 529 | +81 | ||
| Minnesota Twins | 71 | 66 | .518 | 11 | 42-26 | 29-40 | 593 | 603 | -10 | ||
| Cleveland Indians | 67 | 69 | .493 | 14.5 | 29-34 | 38-35 | 553 | 553 | 0 | ||
| Chicago White Sox | 65 | 71 | .478 | 16.5 | 33-33 | 32-38 | 532 | 576 | -44 | ||
| Detroit Tigers | 63 | 74 | .460 | 19 | 32-37 | 31-37 | 593 | 688 | -95 | ||
| WEST | W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | RS | RA | DIFF | ||
| Houston Astros | 75 | 63 | .543 | – | 48-24 | 27-39 | 605 | 502 | +103 | ||
| Texas Rangers | 72 | 64 | .529 | 2 | 32-32 | 40-32 | 594 | 623 | -29 | ||
| Los Angeles Angels | 69 | 68 | .504 | 5.5 | 41-29 | 28-39 | 553 | 561 | -8 | ||
| Seattle Mariners | 66 | 72 | .478 | 9 | 29-37 | 37-35 | 549 | 632 | -83 | ||
| Oakland Athletics | 59 | 79 | .428 | 16 | 32-41 | 27-38 | 578 | 577 | +1 |
| EAST | W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | RS | RA | DIFF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Mets | 76 | 61 | .555 | – | 45-24 | 31-37 | 573 | 511 | +62 | ||
| Washington Nationals | 71 | 66 | .518 | 5 | 41-27 | 30-39 | 605 | 553 | +52 | ||
| Miami Marlins | 57 | 81 | .413 | 19.5 | 32-38 | 25-43 | 510 | 576 | -66 | ||
| Atlanta Braves | 55 | 83 | .399 | 21.5 | 33-32 | 22-51 | 495 | 667 | -172 | ||
| Philadelphia Phillies | 53 | 85 | .384 | 23.5 | 30-36 | 23-49 | 531 | 712 | -181 | ||
| CENTRAL | W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | RS | RA | DIFF | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 50 | .635 | – | 49-23 | 38-27 | 551 | 427 | +124 | ||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 55 | .596 | 5.5 | 46-21 | 35-34 | 575 | 497 | +78 | ||
| Chicago Cubs | 79 | 57 | .581 | 7.5 | 43-28 | 36-29 | 573 | 531 | +42 | ||
| Milwaukee Brewers | 61 | 76 | .445 | 26 | 33-39 | 28-37 | 569 | 618 | -49 | ||
| Cincinnati Reds | 57 | 79 | .419 | 29.5 | 31-37 | 26-42 | 547 | 608 | -61 | ||
| WEST | W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | RS | RA | DIFF | ||
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 79 | 58 | .577 | – | 47-21 | 32-37 | 565 | 490 | +75 | ||
| San Francisco Giants | 71 | 67 | .514 | 8.5 | 38-27 | 33-40 | 585 | 533 | +52 | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 66 | 72 | .478 | 13.5 | 32-35 | 34-37 | 618 | 604 | +14 | ||
| San Diego Padres | 65 | 73 | .471 | 14.5 | 33-36 | 32-37 | 564 | 616 | -52 | ||
| Colorado Rockies | 57 | 80 | .416 | 22 | 31-40 | 26-40 | 620 | 719 | -99 |
Image of the night
On this day in baseball history
1916:
Twenty-three fans attending the game against the Yankees at soaked Shibe Park, the smallest crowd in American League history, witness A’s switch-hitter Wally Schang become the first player in major league history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game. The feat, not well publicized because reporters thought the heavy rain would postpone the game and did not attend the contest, will not be accomplished again in the Junior Circuit until 1940.
Fun fact alert!
Yoenis Cespedes in September: 13-27, 5 HR, 8 RBI, 11R, BB.
Today’s games
| MATCHUP | TIME (BST) | PITCHING MATCHUP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Baltimore |
New York |
12:05 AM | Kevin Gausman vs Masahiro Tanaka | ||
|
New York |
Washington |
12:05 AM | Matt Harvey vs Jordan Zimmermann | ||
|
Atlanta |
Philadelphia |
12:05 AM | Ryan Weber vs Aaron Nola | ||
|
Tampa Bay |
Detroit |
12:08 AM | Erasmo Ramirez vs Matt Boyd | ||
|
Toronto |
Boston |
12:10 AM | R.A. Dickey vs Henry Owens | ||
|
Pittsburgh |
Cincinnati |
12:10 AM | Francisco Liriano vs Raisel Iglesias | ||
|
Milwaukee |
Miami |
12:10 AM | Taylor Jungmann vs Adam Conley | ||
|
Cleveland |
Chicago |
1:10 AM | Carlos Carrasco vs Carlos Rodon | ||
|
Minnesota |
Kansas City |
1:10 AM | Kyle Gibson vs Edinson Volquez | ||
|
Chicago |
St. Louis |
1:15 AM | Jason Hammel vs Michael Wacha | ||
|
San Francisco |
Arizona |
2:40 AM | Tim Hudson vs Chase Anderson | ||
|
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
3:00 AM | Clayton Kershaw vs Andrew Heaney | ||
|
Houston |
Oakland |
3:05 AM | Scott Kazmir vs Sonny Gray | ||
|
Texas |
Seattle |
3:10 AM | Cole Hamels vs Taijuan Walker | ||
|
Colorado |
San Diego |
3:10 AM | Jon Gray vs Colin Rea |
External Links
Owen Wilson looks at Joey Votto’s unfortunate historic season.
Why Justin Verlander has started throwing more fastballs.
Internal Links
Derek Helling examines the beautiful mess of the American League wildcard game.
Mike McCollum scouts the loaded Mets righty pitching staff.
Until next time!
Call to the Bullpen 