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The 2021 Major League Baseball season began on April 1, while the regular season ended on October 3. [1] The postseason began on October 5. The World Series then began on October 26 and ended on November 2 with the Atlanta Braves defeating the Houston Astros in six games to win their second title since moving to Atlanta.
Before inducing a game-ending double play from Bell, Braves closer Will Smith hit Soto—who had homered off him in an August 2020 game after Smith upbraided him for watching his warm-up pitches from behind home plate, [288] then later hit a walk-off single against him on Opening Day 2021 [289] —in the ribs with a fastball
Opening Day is the day on which professional baseball leagues begin their regular season. For Major League Baseball (MLB) and most of the American minor leagues , this day typically falls during the first week of April, although in recent years it has occasionally fallen in the last week of March.
The Yankees underperformed throughout the regular season and were 41–41, with 80 games left to play on July 4. The Yankees went 51–29 in their final 80 games including a season-high 13 game winning streak, their longest winning streak since 1961. On October 3, the Yankees clinched a Wild Card berth with a 1–0 win against the Tampa Bay Rays.
It didn’t have the drama of the NCAA Tournament bracket release of two days earlier, but MLB held its own unveiling Tuesday by announcing the starting pitching matchups for all season openers.
Bobby Shantz started their first Opening Day game on April 10, 1962, against the Chicago Cubs at Houston's Colt Stadium and was credited with the win. [4] In their first eight seasons, the Colt .45s / Astros used eight different Opening Day starters. In 1970, that streak ended when Larry Dierker made his second Opening Day start. [4]
The 2021 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 52nd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 24th in the National League, and 53rd overall. On July 9, 2020, MLB announced the 2021 season schedule. [ 2 ] On July 24, they beat the Chicago White Sox 6–1 to win their 4,000th game in franchise history, doing so in their 8,289th game played.
Don Larsen was the first Opening Day starting pitcher for the Orioles in 1954, the year they moved from St. Louis. Mike Mussina, shown here with the New York Yankees, made six Opening Day starts for the Orioles. Mike Boddicker made two Opening Day starts for the Orioles. Rodrigo López made three Opening Day starts for the Orioles in 2003, 2005 ...