This Date in History
- 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”
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Top Story
- 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)
Transactions
- No new transactions on 9/21/2023
- Reds place CF Harrison Bader on 10-day injured list due to groin strain, his third injury stint this season (9/18/2023)
Jewish Box Score
Games played Thursday September 21, 2023| Player/Pos | Tm | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Z. Gelof 2B | OAK | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | S. Horwitz 1B | TOR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | J. Pederson DH | SFG | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | R. Tellez 1B | MIL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pitcher | Team | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | M Fried | ATL | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Win |
| 6 | E Morgan | CLE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Last updated: 09-22-2023 at 11:28 am ET
Season Stats
| Player/Pos | Tm | AB | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. Bader CF | NYY | 288 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 37 | .240 | .278 | 17 |
| H. Bader CF | CIN | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .161 | .235 | 3 |
| A. Bregman 3B | HOU | 586 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 96 | .266 | .367 | 3 |
| Z. Gelof 2B | OAK | 235 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 27 | .277 | .342 | 13 |
| D. Guthrie OF | PHI | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .286 | 0 |
| S. Horwitz 1B | TOR | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .256 | .341 | 0 |
| M. Mervis 1B | CHC | 90 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .167 | .242 | 0 |
| J. Pederson DH | SFG | 339 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 51 | .242 | .350 | 0 |
| K. Pillar CF | ATL | 175 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .229 | .251 | 4 |
| G. Stubbs C | PHI | 103 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .194 | .265 | 1 |
| R. Tellez 1B | MIL | 303 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 46 | .215 | .287 | 0 |
| All Jews | 2213 | 98 | 11 | 83 | 313 | .240 | N/A | 41 | |
| Total MLB | .249 | N/A |
| Pitcher | Team | W | L | ERA | G | IP | SV | SO | BB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Bird | COL | 3 | 3 | 4.34 | 66 | 85.0 | 0 | 74 | 26 | |
| R. Bleier | BOS | 1 | 0 | 5.28 | 27 | 30.2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | |
| M. Fried | ATL | 8 | 1 | 2.55 | 14 | 77.2 | 0 | 80 | 18 | |
| D. Kremer | BAL | 12 | 5 | 4.17 | 30 | 164.0 | 0 | 146 | 52 | |
| E. Morgan | CLE | 5 | 2 | 3.84 | 58 | 63.1 | 1 | 70 | 23 | |
| K. Rosenberg | LAA | 1 | 2 | 5.48 | 5 | 23.0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | |
| R. Sherriff | BOS | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 5 | 6.2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| J. Shuster | ATL | 4 | 3 | 5.64 | 11 | 52.2 | 0 | 30 | 26 | |
| Z. Weiss | LAA | 1 | 0 | 5.06 | 6 | 5.1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Z. Weiss | BOS | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 6 | 8.2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |
| All Jews | 35 | 16 | 4.14 | 517.0 | 1 | 454 | 170 | |||
| Total MLB | 4.29 |
News and Stats
- 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)
Jewish Draft Picks (2023)
- C Will King (Eastern Kentucky U.), selected by Braves (Round 20, #609 overall)
- P Ben Simon (Elon U.), selected by Mets (Rd 13, #396)
- OF RJ Schreck (Vanderbilt U.), selected by Mariners (Rd 9, #277)
- OF Zach Levenson (U. of Miami), selected by Cardinals (Rd 5, #158)
- 3B Jake Gelof (U. of Virginia), selected by Dodgers (Rd 2, #60)
