Puerto Rican players Javy Báez, René Rivera and VÃctor Caratini from the Chicago Cubs send a message to the island after being devastated by Hurricane Maria. While Báez and Rivera have had limited contact with their families, Caratini has not heard anything at all from any of his family members, who live in the hard-hit town of Coamo in the center on the island, which has also been affected by over 30 inches of rain.
Yu Darvish and I capturing the scene inside the Dodgers' clubhouse after they won the NL West.
Tommy Lasorda enjoying some champagne after the Dodgers beat the Giants to win the NL West on his 90th birthday.
A firework celebration at Dodger Stadium after the Dodgers beat the Giants to win the NL West.
They're already selling the 2017 NL West Champions shirt at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers defeat the Giants, 4-2, to win the NL West for the fifth consecutive season.
Watch Joe Maddon discuss the AB by Tommy La Stella which ended in a bases loaded walk plus the job of his bullpen in the Cubs win over Milwaukee on Friday.
Watch John Lackey discuss his outing in the Cubs 5-4 win on Friday. He gave up three runs over 4-plus innings.
Chris Iannetta has a career-high eight RBI tonight. He is the only player with multiple seven-RBI games this season and joins Jonathan Lucroy (2012) as the only catchers with multiple seven-RBI games in a season in MLB history. 15 of his 42 RBI have come in two games.
Watch Carl Edwards discuss pitching 1.2 innings to finish the game on Friday.
Watch Joe Maddon discuss the AB by Tommy La Stella which ended in a bases loaded walk plus the job of his bullpen in the Cubs won over Milwaukee on Friday.
Dodger Stadium tonight as the Dodgers look to clinch the NL West against the Giants.
The Cubs beat the Brewers 5-4 in 10 innings just as they did one night earlier. Tommy La Stella drew a bases loaded walk in the tenth to bring home Kris Bryant who walked to lead off the inning. The game had been tied 4-4 since the fifth inning as the Cubs bullpen was did its job. Carl Edwards pitched the final 1.2 innings for the win. Jay, Bryant and Zobrist drove in the other runs for the Cubs while John Lackey settled down after giving up back to back homers in the second. Another thrilling win dropped the Cubs magic number to 5.
Cody Bellinger hits his 39th home run to give the Dodgers a 4-1 lead in the 3rd inning. Bellinger now holds the NL rookie home run record.
There's a playoff buzz at Dodger Stadium as the Dodgers are in position to win their fifth straight division title tonight against the Giants.
The Dodgers celebrated Tommy Lasorda's 90th birthday on the field before tonight's game against the Giants.
Red Sox 5, Reds 4: Powered by Rafael Devers and steadied by David Price, the Red Sox came from behind to win the opener of a three-game interleague series at Great American Ballpark. Devers snapped a homerless drought of 116 plate appearances with a three-run shot in the fourth inning. Price tossed 2-2/3 innings of scoreless relief of Rick Porcello. It marked Price's second appearance since coming off the disabled list and being moved to the bullpen.
According to ESPN Stats and Info, Jon Jay is the third player this year to foul off 11 pitches in an at-bat with all three ending with the player getting a hit. Shane Peterson and JD Martinez are the other two players that did it.
A 15 pitch at-bat by Jon Jay, which included 10 consecutive foul balls, may have changed the course of the game as three batters later Ben Zobrist drove in two runs with a single, giving the Cubs their first lead. The count wasn't even full yet when Jay finally singled to right, eventually scoring on the Zobrist hit.
In his second relief appearance, David Price threw 40 pitches in 2-2/3 scoreless innings to hold a 5-4 lead. Once again, Price showed good power, touching 95 mph on his final pitch of the night. He gave up three hits and one walk and struck out four batters, including the side in the sixth inning. Overall, Price has now thrown five scoreless innings out of the Red Sox's bullpen.
Tough to say what was more surprising: David Price batting for himself in the seventh inning, or David Price blooping a base hit into left field. Enormous smile on Price's face after reaching base. Haven't seen it much this season.
Rafael Devers hits his first homer since Aug. 19, a three-run shot that gives Red Sox a 5-4 lead. Devers has gone 116 plate appearances without a homer after hitting eight in his first 84 big-league plate appearances.
John Lackey is pulling away from the pack in the NL as he's now given up 36 home runs on the year after Stephen Vogt and Bret Phillips went back to back in the second inning on Friday. No other pitcher has given up more than 30 home runs coming into the night. It's easily a career high off him for one season.
Scooter Gennett became the first player with four grand slams and a four-home run game in the same season in MLB history. Lou Gehrig is the only other player to accomplish both at any point of his career. His four-home run game happened in 1932 and his four grand slams occurred in 1934.
Javy Báez wrote the initials P.R. on his cap to honor those affected by Hurricane Maria in his homeland of Puerto Rico. This afternoon, two days after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, Báez was finally able to speak to his youngest brother Gadiel. He told Báez that his mom and the rest of his family are safe, despite some flooding and having no water and no electricity.
