1949: IF Moe Franklin (Brooklyn Dodgers/AAA) hits 3-run, pinch-hit HR in 9th inning to beat independent Seattle Rainiers and help team clinch Pacific Coast League pennant
1954: 3B Al Rosen (Cleveland Indians) comes to bat 4 times and draws 4 walks — 3 of them intentional — in win over Chicago White Sox. Rosen finishes All-Star season with .300 batting average, 24 HRs, 102 RBIs, and .404 OBP
2007: C Mike Lieberthal (Los Angeles Dodgers) goes 1-for-3 in final appearance of 1,212-game MLB career, a loss to Arizona Diamondbacks
2008: P Jason Marquis (Chicago Cubs) hits grand-slam HR and drives in career-high 5 runs in victory over New York Mets
2019: Israel — led by P Joey Wagman, who yields just one earned run over 7 innings, and 1B Danny Valencia, who hits 3-run HR — routs South Africa to clinch spot in Tokyo Olympics. “What we did was huge,” Valencia says afterward. “It shouldn’t go unnoticed”
P Max Fried (Braves) runs season record to 8-1 in 10-3 win over Nationals, yielding one earned run on 3 hits and one walk over 6 innings while striking out 7. Fried left game after 6th inning due to ongoing issue with blister. Braves have best record in MLB and have clinched home-field advantage through N.L. Championship Series (9/21/2023)
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Reds place CF Harrison Bader on 10-day injured list due to groin strain, his third injury stint this season (9/18/2023)
DH Joc Pederson (Giants) hits game-tying solo HR, a 430-foot bomb, in 7-2 loss to Dodgers. Round-tripper is 15th of season but first against southpaw. It also is 58th go-ahead HR of Pederson's career. San Francisco’s chances of securing final N.L. Wild Card spot are dwindling (9/21/2023)
P Eli Morgan (Guardians) tosses 2 perfect innings and strikes out 3 in 5-2 win over A.L. East-leading Orioles. Cleveland is unlikely to secure final A.L. Wild Card spot (9/21/2023)
Team Israel discloses roster for European Baseball Championship, which takes place next week in Czech Republic. List of players includes several former major- and minor-leaguers, current or former collegians, and encouraging number of native Israelis (9/21/2023)
