Today we are covering August 19 – 25, we are going to be talking about – Jimmie Foxx pitching career, Gooden early excellence, Bill Veek grand stand moment, Yogi Berra and the harmonica, Juan Marichal and John Roseboro fight and the professional pinch hitter Matt Stairs. If you love the history of the game, and…
2015 – Josh Donaldson has a homer and 6 RBIs in leading the Blue Jays to a 15 – 3 demolition of the Angels. Combined with 3 RBIs in a 9 – 2 win the night before, Donaldson becomes the first major league player to reach the 100 RBI mark this year. Jose Bautista has 3 hits, including a two-run triple in a 7-run 4th inning, Edwin Encarnacion extends his hitting streak to 18 games and Chris Colabello also homers as Toronto beats up on rookie Andrew Heaney who gives up 8 runs in 3 1/3 innings.
Statues designed by Matt Glenn and a team of artists as a tribute to the youth sports organization are unveiled in Williamsport to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Little League. The ‘Bases Loaded’ project consists of ten life-sized bronze sculptures positioned on Market Street, which has been painted like a baseball diamond.
2014 – The Red Sox sign Cuban defector Rusney Castillo to a seven-year deal worth $72.5 million, a record amount for an international signing, topping the $68 million the White Sox paid for 1B Jose Abreu last year. The contract will be official after Castillo passes a physical exam, and he is expected to make his big league debut before the end of the season.
Oakland right-hander Bartolo Colon is suspended for 50 games after testing positive for testosterone. The infraction will end the 2005 Cy Young Award winner’s season with a 10-9 record (.526), along with an ERA of 3.43 for the playoff bound A’s.
The Giants complete a three-game sweep of the Dodgers with an 8 – 4 win at Dodger Stadium, putting them 2 1/2 games in front of Los Angeles in the see-saw battle for the NL West title. Joaquin Arias homers and drives in 5 runs in support of Matt Cain’s pitching.
Adrian Beltre hits three homers, including a pair of two-run blasts in the 4th inning, as the Rangers defeat the Orioles, 12 – 3. Mitch Moreland also has 5 RBI in the win.
With two outs in the eighth inning, Matt Holliday is forced to leave the field during the game when a moth gets stuck deeply into his right ear. The Cardinal outfielder is treated in the trainer’s room, where a utensil is used to extract the embedded insect, which still comes out alive.
Detroit’s Justin Verlander continues his dominance on the mound, earning his major league-leading 19th win in the Tigers’ 5 – 2 victory over the Rays. It is his 7th consecutive winning start. Alex Avila, hitting .424 in August, hits a two-run homer off Jeff Niemann in the 2nd to send the Bengals on their way.
Cliff Lee is also dazzling, throwing 7 scoreless innings as the Phillies down the Mets, 10 – 0. Lee is is 4-0 with an 0.58 ERA this month. John Mayberry and Hunter Pence both hit two-run homers off losing pitcher Dillon Gee.