— White Sox C Jake Rogers has had an interesting last month:
He started the season as Detroit’s backup C, hitting .161 in 34 games.
July 30, Detroit traded him to the Orioles.
Four days later, Baltimore traded him to the Red Sox.
11 days after that, Boston traded him to the White Sox.
He’s played seven games for the White Sox, hasn’t been traded by them yet.
— Last Monday night in New York, Mets’ outfielders did something that hadn’t been done in the last 100 years. They threw three guys out at the plate in the game’s first two innings.
All in all, seven Padres in a row reached base safely, but only one of them scored. Mets wound up winning the game, 2-1.
— Wednesday night in Baltimore, Pete Alonso hit a ball a mile down the left field line; it was way higher than the foul pole. Umpires called it foul, which was controversial; hard to believe there isn’t any technology that could tell us if a ball like that was fair or foul.
— Dodgers lost CF Andy Pages (broken hand) for 4-6 weeks; he was drilled with a pitch.
— Divisional races in the major leagues:
AL East
Rays
New York 3 GB
Red Sox 6 GB
AL Central
White Sox
Guardians 3.5 GB
Twins 5.5 GB
Tigers 7 GB
AL West
Astros/Rangers tied (they’re both 64-65)
Mariners 3 GB
NL East
Braves
Phillies 3 GB
NL Central
Brewers
Cubs 6 GB
NL West
Dodgers
Padres 9 GB
— Famous birthdays, August 24th:
Anne Archer, 79
Joe Regalbuto, 77
Kevin Dunn, 71
Steve Guttenberg, 68
Cal Ripken Jr, 66
Reggie Miller, 61
Marlee Matlin, 61
Tim Salmon, 58
Dave Chappelle, 53
Michael Redd, 47
Enrique Hernandez, 35
Mason Miller, 28
— Phillies 6, Cardinals 4
Phillies won their ninth game in a row in dramatic style.
Trailing 4-0, Phillies scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth.
Kyle Schwarber hit his 39th home run to walk the game off.
— Red Sox 5, Giants 4
Giants led 3-0 in the second inning.
Aroldis Chapman earned his 29th save.
Red Sox won seven of their last ten games.
— Marlins 6, Nationals 2
Xavier Edwards had two RBI for the Marlins.
Nationals have lost eight games in a row against Miami.
Marlins are 41-25 at home, 26-39 on the road.
— White Sox 2, Mets 1
Tristan Peters hit a walk-off homer in the ninth inning.
Game was scoreless after seven innings.
Mets P Nolan McLean allowed one hit in his six IP.
— Rays 3, Orioles 1
Nick Martinez allowed one baserunner in six shutout IP, got the win.
Rays scored all three of their runs in the sixth inning.
Colton Cowser had both Oriole hits, including a home run.
— A’s 7, Astros 6
Houston led 6-0 after four innings.
Brian Serven/Max Muncy homered for the A’s.
Astros are 65-66, tied for first with Texas atop a weak AL West.
— Titans 19, Seahawks 16
Seattle led 16-3 after the first quarter.
Titans drove 64 yards, scored winning TD with 5:45 left.
There were 25 penalties for 229 yards in this game.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Padres
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, Tex/Clev
