His five walks were a career high, and he didn’t record a strikeout. Of all the elements that favored the Athletics in their game against the White Sox — including the location of the game at home in Oakland, their superior record compared to their opponent and a beautiful sunny day — perhaps the most significant was the calendar. All the games will be played in San Diego.
The Minnesota Twins just added a new one to the list this year, and it will not be broken until at least 2021. The Houston Astros clinch their fourth straight postseason berth. Three relievers followed, stifling the Braves until Freeman — a leading candidate for N.L. Since that date, the Astros are 43-35 in postseason play, winning 10 of 15 rounds with three trips to the World Series. He allowed two runs and six hits, including two solo home runs by Danny Jansen, the Toronto catcher.
Astros right-hander Jose Urquidy wasn't as dominant as he was in his previous start against the Rangers this season, with Texas catcher Sam Huff singularly responsible for troubling Urquidy. He just happens to be the same pitcher who closed out the Padres to clinch that division series in 2006. The Dodgers could have inflicted more damage but were just one for seven with runners in scoring position in the first two innings. Gio Urshela hit a grand slam in the fourth inning of the Yankees’ series-clinching win over Cleveland on Wednesday. The Reds had not advanced in the playoffs since 1995, the Braves since 2001. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carlos Correa hit a two-out, tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning for the Houston Astros, who produced another stifling pitching performance and swept Minnesota with a 3-1 victory Wednesday that sent the Twins to a record 18th straight postseason loss. “They came out swinging first pitch; they barreled some balls up,” Padres Manager Jayce Tingler said. Nobody on this Twins team has had a hand in more than six of the playoffs losses, but for the second straight year one of baseball’s most potent lineups limped through a brief postseason cameo. The Marlins, who had no winning seasons in the 2010s and went 57-105 last season, scored all the runs in the seventh inning, with the big blows coming from veterans acquired as bargain free agents last winter. Hopefully we'll still see some celebrating on the field with masks, but the excessive clubhouse boozing is at least temporarily sidelined. Both Huff homers, his second and third this season, came on 1-1 counts. The Astros lost their regular season finale to the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Sunday after clinching their spot in the MLB postseason on Friday night. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Circuit of the Americas in Austin will host the NASCAR Cup Series for the first time on May 23, 2021. Greg Abbott. By blowing one-run leads in the ninth and 10th innings, the Astros (29-29) failed to earn the final American League postseason bid on their own, but they clinched the spot later in the evening thanks to the Los Angeles Angels' 9-5 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
most valuable player — dumped an Amir Garrett pitch into center field, scoring the pinch-runner Cristian Pache. In the regular season, teams started extra innings with a runner on second base in an effort by Major League Baseball to speed games along and keep players from getting overworked during the pandemic. Rangers rookie right-hander Kyle Cody worked five solid innings, surrendering one run on three hits and three walks over five innings. The Reds’ Trevor Bauer worked seven and two-thirds innings, with 12 strikeouts, no walks and two hits allowed. “Along with the races at Texas Motor Speedway, this will be a great experience for NASCAR fans in Texas, while also boosting the Texas economy.". The Astros lost their regular season finale to the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Sunday after clinching their spot in the MLB postseason on Friday night. Starter Sandy Alcantara worked six and two-thirds innings, and closer Brandon Kintzler — who pitched for the Cubs the last two seasons — got the last three outs. Houston third baseman Alex Bregman lifted the Astros to a 4-3 lead with his sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th, before the Rangers scored twice off Astros right-hander Enoli Paredes (3-3). © 2004-2020 CBS Interactive. The Rays had not won a postseason series since they beat the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series in 2008. Yuli Gurriel, mired in a 3-for-38 slump, put the Astros up 3-2 in the eighth when he lined the first pitch from Rangers right-hander Jonathan Hernandez the opposite way to right field, scoring Jose Altuve. The lead changes didn’t end there. The Astros, meanwhile, advanced to another division series, where they will play either the Chicago White Sox or the Oakland Athletics.
Jesse Johnson/USA Today Sports, via Reuters. The higher-seeded team will host all three games of the opening round, meaning the Astros and their 9-23 record away from Minute Maid Park will need to pull off some road wins to keep the season going beyond this week. Pollock’s bases-loaded walk. Betts scored when Will Smith drew a four-pitch walk with the bases loaded. But after he left Game 2, things got dicey for Oakland in the ninth inning. They failed repeatedly against starter Max Fried, who worked seven innings, and the seven relievers who followed. They have lost 12 of their last 14 postseason games — not quite as futile as the Minnesota Twins, but close. “We’re a good team,” he said on Tuesday, before the series started. On the last day of the month, he extended his near-perfect run. He said he was able to throw four bullpen sessions during that span — something that rarely happens during a season — to work on his windup and delivery. Urquidy limited the Rangers to one run on three hits over seven innings in Houston on Sept. 15. With the bases loaded in the first, he flied out to end the inning. Especially before the World Series is over, this makes a lot of sense. ), By viewing our video content, you are accepting the terms of our. The Minnesota Twins' postseason losing streak has reached a stunning 18 games -- and now their 2020 season is over. Suter needed 32 pitches to get out of the inning. The Tampa Bay Rays won their first multigame postseason series since 2008 on Wednesday, beating the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-2, to complete the two-game sweep of their wild-card series. He was replaced by a pinch-hitter in the fifth. To that end, the league is going to ask players to celebrate on the field and to mask up as soon as it's possible to do so. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sports is full of shining examples of postseason heroics and repeated championship runs, from the Yankees to … Luis Arraez aggressively tried to score from first base, but Correa took the throw from Tucker and fired home to beat Arraez to the plate to preserve the tie. That brought up the White Sox slugger Jose Abreu, who homered in Game 1. Heading into the postseason, here’s your surprises and disappointments of the 2020 Astros New, 5 comments Now the regular season is over, we can make a balance of the Houston campaign. Corey Dickerson chased starter Kyle Hendricks with a three-run homer, and Jesus Aguilar connected for a two-run shot off Jeremy Jeffress. Hospitals As Virus Surges: 'Didn't Expect It To Be Quite So Rapid', Trump Supporter Attacks WCCO Photojournalist Before Duluth Rally, West St. Paul Police Seek Public’s Help Identifying Person Dumping Furniture, Trash, President Trump Returns To Minnesota After Chaotic 1st Debate, DNR: 115-Pound Cougar Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Bloomington, Carjacking Suspect Who Fired At St. Paul Police Shot Dead By Officers At St. Huff turned on an Urquidy slider for his first homer before smacking a four-seam fastball 372 feet to right. Copyright 2020 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. Chris Taylor doubled leading off the second and scored on Betts’ double, making it 3-0. But this year was supposed to be different, if only because the Twins avoided their perennial nemesis, the Yankees.
The Minnesota Twins just added a new one to the list this year, and it will not be broken until at least 2021. The Houston Astros clinch their fourth straight postseason berth. Three relievers followed, stifling the Braves until Freeman — a leading candidate for N.L. Since that date, the Astros are 43-35 in postseason play, winning 10 of 15 rounds with three trips to the World Series. He allowed two runs and six hits, including two solo home runs by Danny Jansen, the Toronto catcher.
Astros right-hander Jose Urquidy wasn't as dominant as he was in his previous start against the Rangers this season, with Texas catcher Sam Huff singularly responsible for troubling Urquidy. He just happens to be the same pitcher who closed out the Padres to clinch that division series in 2006. The Dodgers could have inflicted more damage but were just one for seven with runners in scoring position in the first two innings. Gio Urshela hit a grand slam in the fourth inning of the Yankees’ series-clinching win over Cleveland on Wednesday. The Reds had not advanced in the playoffs since 1995, the Braves since 2001. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carlos Correa hit a two-out, tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning for the Houston Astros, who produced another stifling pitching performance and swept Minnesota with a 3-1 victory Wednesday that sent the Twins to a record 18th straight postseason loss. “They came out swinging first pitch; they barreled some balls up,” Padres Manager Jayce Tingler said. Nobody on this Twins team has had a hand in more than six of the playoffs losses, but for the second straight year one of baseball’s most potent lineups limped through a brief postseason cameo. The Marlins, who had no winning seasons in the 2010s and went 57-105 last season, scored all the runs in the seventh inning, with the big blows coming from veterans acquired as bargain free agents last winter. Hopefully we'll still see some celebrating on the field with masks, but the excessive clubhouse boozing is at least temporarily sidelined. Both Huff homers, his second and third this season, came on 1-1 counts. The Astros lost their regular season finale to the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Sunday after clinching their spot in the MLB postseason on Friday night. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Circuit of the Americas in Austin will host the NASCAR Cup Series for the first time on May 23, 2021. Greg Abbott. By blowing one-run leads in the ninth and 10th innings, the Astros (29-29) failed to earn the final American League postseason bid on their own, but they clinched the spot later in the evening thanks to the Los Angeles Angels' 9-5 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
most valuable player — dumped an Amir Garrett pitch into center field, scoring the pinch-runner Cristian Pache. In the regular season, teams started extra innings with a runner on second base in an effort by Major League Baseball to speed games along and keep players from getting overworked during the pandemic. Rangers rookie right-hander Kyle Cody worked five solid innings, surrendering one run on three hits and three walks over five innings. The Reds’ Trevor Bauer worked seven and two-thirds innings, with 12 strikeouts, no walks and two hits allowed. “Along with the races at Texas Motor Speedway, this will be a great experience for NASCAR fans in Texas, while also boosting the Texas economy.". The Astros lost their regular season finale to the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Sunday after clinching their spot in the MLB postseason on Friday night. Starter Sandy Alcantara worked six and two-thirds innings, and closer Brandon Kintzler — who pitched for the Cubs the last two seasons — got the last three outs. Houston third baseman Alex Bregman lifted the Astros to a 4-3 lead with his sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th, before the Rangers scored twice off Astros right-hander Enoli Paredes (3-3). © 2004-2020 CBS Interactive. The Rays had not won a postseason series since they beat the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series in 2008. Yuli Gurriel, mired in a 3-for-38 slump, put the Astros up 3-2 in the eighth when he lined the first pitch from Rangers right-hander Jonathan Hernandez the opposite way to right field, scoring Jose Altuve. The lead changes didn’t end there. The Astros, meanwhile, advanced to another division series, where they will play either the Chicago White Sox or the Oakland Athletics.
Jesse Johnson/USA Today Sports, via Reuters. The higher-seeded team will host all three games of the opening round, meaning the Astros and their 9-23 record away from Minute Maid Park will need to pull off some road wins to keep the season going beyond this week. Pollock’s bases-loaded walk. Betts scored when Will Smith drew a four-pitch walk with the bases loaded. But after he left Game 2, things got dicey for Oakland in the ninth inning. They failed repeatedly against starter Max Fried, who worked seven innings, and the seven relievers who followed. They have lost 12 of their last 14 postseason games — not quite as futile as the Minnesota Twins, but close. “We’re a good team,” he said on Tuesday, before the series started. On the last day of the month, he extended his near-perfect run. He said he was able to throw four bullpen sessions during that span — something that rarely happens during a season — to work on his windup and delivery. Urquidy limited the Rangers to one run on three hits over seven innings in Houston on Sept. 15. With the bases loaded in the first, he flied out to end the inning. Especially before the World Series is over, this makes a lot of sense. ), By viewing our video content, you are accepting the terms of our. The Minnesota Twins' postseason losing streak has reached a stunning 18 games -- and now their 2020 season is over. Suter needed 32 pitches to get out of the inning. The Tampa Bay Rays won their first multigame postseason series since 2008 on Wednesday, beating the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-2, to complete the two-game sweep of their wild-card series. He was replaced by a pinch-hitter in the fifth. To that end, the league is going to ask players to celebrate on the field and to mask up as soon as it's possible to do so. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sports is full of shining examples of postseason heroics and repeated championship runs, from the Yankees to … Luis Arraez aggressively tried to score from first base, but Correa took the throw from Tucker and fired home to beat Arraez to the plate to preserve the tie. That brought up the White Sox slugger Jose Abreu, who homered in Game 1. Heading into the postseason, here’s your surprises and disappointments of the 2020 Astros New, 5 comments Now the regular season is over, we can make a balance of the Houston campaign. Corey Dickerson chased starter Kyle Hendricks with a three-run homer, and Jesus Aguilar connected for a two-run shot off Jeremy Jeffress. Hospitals As Virus Surges: 'Didn't Expect It To Be Quite So Rapid', Trump Supporter Attacks WCCO Photojournalist Before Duluth Rally, West St. Paul Police Seek Public’s Help Identifying Person Dumping Furniture, Trash, President Trump Returns To Minnesota After Chaotic 1st Debate, DNR: 115-Pound Cougar Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Bloomington, Carjacking Suspect Who Fired At St. Paul Police Shot Dead By Officers At St. Huff turned on an Urquidy slider for his first homer before smacking a four-seam fastball 372 feet to right. Copyright 2020 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. Chris Taylor doubled leading off the second and scored on Betts’ double, making it 3-0. But this year was supposed to be different, if only because the Twins avoided their perennial nemesis, the Yankees.