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Betts had two hits including a home run on May 28, and in the process became the first Dodger batter to score 30 runs in a calendar month since Duke Snider in 1954. The Dodgers won 3–2. [ 94 ] The Dodgers completed a four-game sweep of the Diamondbacks with a 3–1 win in the series finale.
The 2,009th win of Baker's career moved him past Leo Durocher for sole possession of 10th place in MLB history. [55] The Astros acquired infielder Mauricio Dubón from the San Francisco Giants for catcher Michael Papierski on May 14. [56] Dubón is the second Honduran to play for the Astros; center fielder Gerald Young was the first. [57]
Once a player is optioned to the minors (except if recalled to serve as the "27th man" for a doubleheader), a player cannot be recalled to the majors for 10 days (if a position player) or 15 days (if a pitcher or two-way player) unless another player is placed on the injured list and a recall is to replace that player.
In 1981, the Major League season was interrupted by a players' strike.Due to the two-month strike, the owners tried to create an equitable solution. So on August 6, the owners decided to split the 1981 season into two halves, with the first-place teams from each half in each division (or a wild card team if the same club won both halves) meeting in a best-of-five divisional playoff series.
With his sixth-inning strikeout on July 8 against the Chicago White Sox, Cabrera became the seventh player in Major League history to amass 2,000 career strikeouts. [51] Josh Naylor : Became the first player in Major League history to hit two three-run home runs or grand slams in the ninth inning or later of the same game on May 9.
A Major League Baseball roster is a list of players who are allowed, by league agreement, to play for a Major League Baseball (MLB) team. Each MLB team maintains two rosters: an active roster of players eligible to participate in an MLB game, and an expanded roster encompassing the active roster plus additional reserve players.
Major League Baseball has seen more rapid change over the last two decades than ever before. They've featured record-shattering performances, federal scandals and -- most recently -- a potentially ...
The 2020 Major League Baseball season began on July 23 and ended on September 27 with only 60 games amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.The full 162-game regular season was planned to begin on March 26, but the pandemic caused Major League Baseball (MLB) to announce on March 12 that the remainder of spring training was canceled and that the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two ...