The Omaha Storm Chasers win the Triple-A National Championship, 2 – 1, over the Durham Bulls, in Allentown, PA. Chris Dwyer has a perfect game for 6 2/3 innings before Tim Beckham singles off him. Jake Odorizzi, meanwhile, has a streak of 23 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings snapped in the 2nd when Omaha’s Lane Adams doubles and comes home on a Manny Pina single. J.D. Martin allows one run in four innings of relief. Durham scores in the 8th when Leslie Anderson homers off Michael Mariot for the final margin. Dwyer is named the game’s MVP.

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The Omaha Storm Chasers win the Triple-A National Championship, 2 – 1, over the Durham Bulls, in Allentown, PA. Chris Dwyer has a perfect game for 6 2/3 innings before Tim Beckham singles off him. Jake Odorizzi, meanwhile, has a streak of 23 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings snapped in the 2nd when Omaha’s Lane Adams doubles and comes home on a Manny Pina single. J.D. Martin allows one run in four innings of relief. Durham scores in the 8th when Leslie Anderson homers off Michael Mariot for the final margin. Dwyer is named the game’s MVP.

2012 – The two contenders for the AL Central crown play a make-up game necessitated by a rainout four days earlier. Chicago comes out ahead, 5 – 4, over Detroit. The key play occurs in the 5th when Alex Rios goes barreling into 2B Omar Infante to break up a potential inning-ending double play; his hard slide causes an errant throw which allows two runs to score. The Sox’s bullpen then holds the lead as Nate Jones improves to 8-0.

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2012 – The two contenders for the AL Central crown play a make-up game necessitated by a rainout four days earlier. Chicago comes out ahead, 5 – 4, over Detroit. The key play occurs in the 5th when Alex Rios goes barreling into 2B Omar Infante to break up a potential inning-ending double play; his hard slide causes an errant throw which allows two runs to score. The Sox’s bullpen then holds the lead as Nate Jones improves to 8-0.

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With a 2-1 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field, the Astros suffer the first 100-loss season in their 50-year history

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2011 – With a 2-1 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field, the Astros suffer the first 100-loss season in their 50-year history. For trivia buffs, the decisive run came in the fourth when rookie Bryan LaHair homered off rookie Henry Sosa. Houston would finish the season with the worst record in the majors at 56-106. 

The Phillies crush the Cardinals, 9 – 2, to clinch their fifth consecutive National League East division crown. Shane Victorino, “The Flyin’ Hawaiian”, homers, as does Raul Ibanez, and Jimmy Rollins has 4 hits to pace the Fightins’ attack. Roy Oswalt, one of the starting rotation’s famed “Four Aces”, gains the victory on the mound.

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The Phillies crush the Cardinals, 9 – 2, to clinch their fifth consecutive National League East division crown. Shane Victorino, “The Flyin’ Hawaiian”, homers, as does Raul Ibanez, and Jimmy Rollins has 4 hits to pace the Fightins’ attack. Roy Oswalt, one of the starting rotation’s famed “Four Aces”, gains the victory on the mound.

Mariano Rivera ties Trevor Hoffman’s Major League record with his 602nd career save in the Yankees’ 7 – 6 win over the Blue Jays. Rivera is backed by home runs from Alex Rodriguez, playing in his first game since aggravating a wrist injury on September 9th, and Curtis Granderson, who becomes the first Yankees CF since Mickey Mantle in 1961 to hit 40 home runs in a season.

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Mariano Rivera ties Trevor Hoffman’s Major League record with his 602nd career save in the Yankees’ 7 – 6 win over the Blue Jays. Rivera is backed by home runs from Alex Rodriguez, playing in his first game since aggravating a wrist injury on September 9th, and Curtis Granderson, who becomes the first Yankees CF since Mickey Mantle in 1961 to hit 40 home runs in a season.

Joe Torre, announces he will be retiring at the end of the month

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Joe Torre, who will compile a 2326-1997 (.538.) managerial record during his 30 seasons as a skipper with Mets, Braves, Cardinals, Yankees, and the Dodgers, announces he will be retiring at the end of the month. Los Angeles immediately hires the team’s hitting coach Don Mattingly to replace the 70 year-old.

Jose Bautista sets a Toronto Blue Jays franchise record by hitting his 48th home run of the season, passing the 47 hit by George Bell in 1987, in the 6th inning of Toronto’s 11 – 9 win over Boston. The Jays lead the game 10 – 2 at that point, but the Red Sox make it close by scoring two runs in the 8th and 2 more in the 9th at Fenway Park. Kevin Gregg retires C Victor Martinez, author of two homers earlier in the game, on a pop-up with a runner on base to end the game.

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Jose Bautista sets a Toronto Blue Jays franchise record by hitting his 48th home run of the season, passing the 47 hit by George Bell in 1987, in the 6th inning of Toronto’s 11 – 9 win over Boston. The Jays lead the game 10 – 2 at that point, but the Red Sox make it close by scoring two runs in the 8th and 2 more in the 9th at Fenway Park. Kevin Gregg retires C Victor Martinez, author of two homers earlier in the game, on a pop-up with a runner on base to end the game.

Ubaldo Jimenez wins his 19th game of the year as the Rockies defeat the Dodgers, 7 – 5, to gain a game on the Giants and Padres, who both lose today. Troy Tulowitzki hits a two-run homer in the 1st, his 12th in 14 games, for the winners, who are now 1 1/2 games back of San Francisco and a half-game behind San Diego in the tight NL West race.

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Ubaldo Jimenez wins his 19th game of the year as the Rockies defeat the Dodgers, 7 – 5, to gain a game on the Giants and Padres, who both lose today. Troy Tulowitzki hits a two-run homer in the 1st, his 12th in 14 games, for the winners, who are now 1 1/2 games back of San Francisco and a half-game behind San Diego in the tight NL West race.

Jesse Carlson earns the victory as the Blue Jays rally from a 6-0 deficit to beat the Orioles, 8-7. The southpaw rookie reliever from Berlin, Connecticut, who has not been scored on in his last 12 appearances, notches his seventh victory in relief, the most by any Toronto reliever since Paul Quantrill won 11 in 2001.

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Jesse Carlson earns the victory as the Blue Jays rally from a 6-0 deficit to beat the Orioles, 8-7. The southpaw rookie reliever from Berlin, Connecticut, who has not been scored on in his last 12 appearances, notches his seventh victory in relief, the most by any Toronto reliever since Paul Quantrill won 11 in 2001.