Around the National League East
The Phillies are once again teetering on the brink of elimination, and once again must confront that they just haven’t been good enough when it counts.
Following less-than-complimentary comments about Phillies fans from Nick Castellanos, Bryce Harper stood up for the booing Phillies fans.
Around Major League Baseball
The Rangers have signed reliever Declan Cronin to a two-year minor league contract, as Cronin continues to recover from Tommy John surgery, which he underwent last month.
The Mariners are a game away from the ALCS with an 8-4 win over the Tigers. They were propelled by a gritty starting performance by Logan Gilbert and home runs from Eugenio Suárez, J.P. Crawford, and Cal Raleigh.
The Yankees held on to win a wild 9-6 game over the Blue Jays to keep their season alive. Aaron Judge saved the day, tying the game on a mammoth three-run shot off the foul pole.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Vasilis Drimalitis ran down the position players currently on the Mets’ 40-man roster.
This Date in Mets History
25 years ago, Bobby Jones threw a complete game one-hit gem to send the Giants packing and advance the Mets to the NLCS.