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With a significant presence in cities such as Denver and Chicago that were hit hard, Southwest has said it has faced an outsize impact this week. We got only 119 games of Mike Trout mastery this year, but boy, did he make them count. He became just the fourth player to hit 40 or more homers in a season while playing fewer than 120 games. And he capped it off with a 490-foot home run for No. 40, his longest tracked by Statcast . Part of how a team wins 111 games like the Dodgers did is by having plenty of hits.
The Ravens won for the second time in three games without quarterback Lamar Jackson, who has been out with a knee injury. The Guardians were this season’s youngest team in baseball, weighted by plate appearances and batters faced. They became just the eighth team to make the postseason as MLB’s youngest team, joining the 1986 Mets, 1970 Reds, 1950 Phillies, 1949 Dodgers, 1947 Dodgers, 1944 Cardinals and 1943 Cardinals, per Elias Sports. The Astros no-hit the Phillies in World Series Game 4 for the third postseason no-hitter, joining Roy Halladay’s in the 2010 NLDS and Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series.
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Here, Pujols finally came alive, mashing seven home runs and putting the pressure on Schwarber to top that total in just under a minute. Schwarber had set of pace of just 3.25 homers a minute in regulation, seven seemed a far off dream. Even before his bonus time was up, it was a sign of respect for the player who would surely fall in the first round. Heading into the final competition of the first round, the high-water mark for the first round was Seattle Mariners rookie Julio Rodriguez's 32, with the lowest total being Cleveland Guardians' Jose Ramírez's 17. It would be reasonable to assume the aged Pujols would fall below Ramírez, but could National League home run leader Schwarber hit fewer than 17?
Pujols hit 16 homers from Aug. 14 onward, tied with Aaron Judge and Mike Trout for most in MLB in that span and setting a record for home runs in the final 45 games of a player’s career. Aaron Judge’s milestone home run chase provided plenty of captivating moments, especially in the second half. The slugger finished with 62 homers on the season, breaking Roger Maris’ American League record of 61 home runs from 1961, and doing so 61 years later.
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Even though the Astros manager hinted pregame at a long leash for Verlander, he lifted his ace after the fifth inning. From there, the deep and rested Houston relief corps did what you'd expect for the most part. Baker used four different relievers, two of whom entered mid-inning, and those four pitchers combined for one run allowed on two hits in four innings of work with six strikeouts.
None of those other three teams won the World Series that occasioned their RISP struggles. Anyhow, Segura's knock cut the Houston lead to 3-2 in the eighth and gave the Phillies runners on the corners with one out. In the modern era, teams that have first and third with one out score at least one run about two-thirds of the time. That wasn't the case for the Phillies on Thursday night, though. The NFL takes center stage on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and several teams are looking for a holiday miracle with the playoffs on the horizon.
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The anti-Vince Coleman, Schwarber leads off for the Phillies but has stolen just 10 bases. Schwarber shellacked 46 pitches for home runs this season, the most homers hit in the NL, while going deep in every 12.5 at-bats . He is 2 for 6 this season against Mikolas; he hasn’t yet faced Quintana.
Against all odds, that sent the 42-year-old Pujols through to the semifinals and an eventual matchup with Juan Soto. Schwarber was a terrific sport, though, showing respect and tipping his cap to Pujols. Whenever Albert Pujols was added to the MLB Home Run Derby, most just assumed it was a career achievement award more than anything.
The ball went so far, some joked it would have landed in Lake Michigan if it wasn't for the Budweiser sign on top of the right field video board. Tyler Huntley threw a first-half touchdown pass, and the Baltimore defense kept the Atlanta Falcons out of the end zone in a 17-9 victory Saturday that ended up assuring a playoff spot for the Ravens. About a half-hour after Baltimore (10-5) took care of the Falcons, New England lost to Cincinnati to put the Ravens in the playoffs.
After missing the entire 2021 season while recovering from an October 2020 Tommy John surgery, Justin Verlander was back and, by many statistical measures, better than ever. His 1.75 ERA led MLB and was the lowest of his storied career. He won the AL Cy Young Award unanimously, becoming the first pitcher to win after throwing zero MLB innings the year prior. And the fun of the three-game series — but the frustration for managers — is the fact that two starters could be used out of the bullpen. And Jordan Montgomery is a talented lefty and Jack Flaherty has great swing-and-miss stuff. And another favorable stat for St. Louis is that in innings 7-9, Schwarber’s OPS is just .755.
It was the fifth loss in six games for a Seahawks team that was a surprising 6-3 after beating Arizona on Nov. 6. Albert Pujols entered 2022 with 679 career home runs, returning to St. Louis, where he played the first 11 years of his career, for one last hurrah. He didn’t just pass Alex Rodriguez’s 696 to claim fourth place on the all-time list, he surged to 703 career home runs.
He was able to muster just 10 homers before his full minute of bonus time, the same as Pujols after regulation, but with an extra 30 seconds to hit just four more home runs. The Cubs said the ball will stay on top of the video board - under a plexiglass case - for the remainder of the season. Devin Singletary and James Cook ran for long touchdowns in the third quarter, and the Buffalo Bills clinched the AFC East title by beating the Bears on Saturday in one of the coldest games played in Chicago. Josh Allen ran for a TD and threw for another in the game’s closing minutes, breaking a tie with Hall of Famer Dan Marino for the most touchdowns in a player’s first five NFL seasons. The iconic Hawks announcer called it quits during the 2021-’22 season, and was feted with his own night at the United Center. “This is a hockey game,” Foley said at the start of his career.
The photo evidence also disproves the A’s assertion that the ball landed in the Oakland Coliseum. Perhaps that explains why MLB’s Statcast data only had the ball traveling 419 feet while it seemed to the naked eye like it entered low orbit. That breaks a tie with Catfish Hunter for the most HR allowed by any pitcher in World Series history. When he played for the Chicago Cubs in 2018, he reached the Derby final and finished second to Bryce Harper.
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