Tonight, history was made. Gerrit Cole twirled a complete game one-hitter, and the Yankees picked up a 4-1 rain-shortened 5 inning win in Washington! Giancarlo Stanton blasted a 459FT 2run blast to get the Yankees going in the 1st off Max Scherzer, who had 10K’s tonight. Tyler Wade used his speed to create a couple runs, including a bunt single, while Aaron Judge had a nice day as well, with 2 hits, an RBI and a run scored on the Stanton first-inning blast. Players of the game are Stanton and Cole tonight! Next game for the Yankees (1-0), will be against these same reigning champions Nats, (who raised their World-Series banner in front of a fan-less crowd tonight) on Saturday night Game -time is 7:15PM, with James Paxton opposing Stephen Strasburg.
AROUND THE LEAGUE:
Before game-time , the MLB announced it had extended the 2020 playoff format from 10 to 16 teams (8 per league). The top 2 teams in each division will be seeded 1-6, with seeds 7 and 8 being Wild Card teams. The first round will be a best 2 out of 3 series, with all 3 games being at the higher seed’s park eliminating the travel day.
Clayton Kershaw was scratched due to a back issue, so Dustin May got the start for the Dodgers and was brilliant, going 4 innings of 1 run ball. Johnny Cueto went for the Dodgers, and went 6 innings of 1 run ball, only allowing an RBI single to Kiki Hernandez in the 4th, to even the game at 1.
The 7th, is where the Dodgers flexed their muscles, as a Mookie Betts slide on an infield single, gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead, before the floodgates opened with Enrique Hernandez, Austyn Barnes, and Max Muncy getting RBIs, to upp the Dodgers lead to 6-1. In the 8th, Kiki Hernandez completed a 4 for 5, 5RBI day, by blasting a 2 run shot to put a bow on the Dodgers 8-1 blowout of the Giants on Thursday night.
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