Angel Martínez (CLE) homered from BOTH sides of the plate.
Nightly briefing
Who is chasing baseball history right now — and whether the numbers say they can get there.
Baseball last night
Ronald Acuña Jr. (ATL): his go-ahead home run in the 7th put the Braves ahead for good in a 6-3 win over the Astros.
Brayan Bello (BOS) struck out 11 over 8 innings; Trevor Rogers (BAL) struck out 10 over 8 innings.
In 910 tracked starts since August 9: 34 had at least 10 strikeouts, 6 had at least 12, and 14 had at least 10 in six innings or fewer. At least two double-digit starts occurred on 9 of 34 complete tracked nights.
▶ Brayan Bello strikes out 11 batters over eight frames▶ Trevor Rogers strikes out 10 over eight vs. BrewersBrandon Lowe (PIT): his go-ahead home run in the 8th put the Pirates ahead for good in a 6-5 win over the Royals.
▶ Brandon Lowe's go-ahead two-run home run (33)Cole Carrigg (COL): his tiebreaking single in the 7th put the Rockies ahead for good in a 5-3 win over the Mariners.
Pavin Smith (AZ): his walk-off home run in the 9th beat the Yankees 5-3.
▶ Pavin Smith's walk-off home run (3)Last night around the league
More from last night · full recap and scoreboard
The Tigers have been better than 73-82 looks: their runs scored and allowed are those of a 86-win club.
The Angels have been better than 60-95 looks: their runs scored and allowed are those of a 69-win club.
Kyle Schwarber versus the great home-run seasons
Kyle Schwarber has 45 home runs through 155 team games, 24 behind Barry Bonds's 2001 pace at the same checkpoint (69). Comparable chases finished with a median of 46 (95% CI 45-46); 2.5% reached 50 (0.9-7.2% at 95% confidence), from 119 comparable seasons.
A franchise record is under pressure
The Rays' single-season record is 46 home runs, set by Carlos Peña in 2007. Junior Caminero projects to 43 and would finish 3 short.