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McGregor there's just five weeks to play in the regular season and the AL East is one of the most intriguing division races to follow but this next week might just be the turning point in the race the Orioles open up a four-game set with the AL West leading Astros and then head to LA to face the NL West leading Dodgers meanwhile the Yankees face the Rockies and the Nationals in that same time so buckle up the hunt for October is on the horizon but first the Yanks look to take has been clutched number 99 has been on a torrid Pace over his last 99 contest batting 379 with 44 homers and more than 100 ribbies over that span his 1340 Ops is the highest by any Yankee in a single season over a 99 game span since Babe Ruth all the way back in 1930 Corbin Burns is one of baseball's best but the month of August has not been too kind to the Orioles Ace in four starts this month Burns had an erra close to nine opposing batters are hitting an astounding 322 against him during that span ryel aaas has been one of the best closers in the game since mid June and on Thursday Atlanta would need him to once again be his unhitable self if they were to knock off the NL East leading Phillies division lead in baseball entering play on Thursday 11 games over the Cardinals but that did not keep a series between division foes from being filled with drama on Tuesday the Cardinals loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth down 3 to2 and were on the verge of walking off the crew only to be shut down by Devin Williams but then Wednesday Williams wasn't as lucky he surrendered a pair of Bases Loaded walks in the ninth which led to Trevor McGill being brought in the game and Migel eventually gave up a walk-off Grand Slam to Nolan arado in the 10th the cruise Bullpen allowed nine earned runs through the first two games of the series and continued to be a problem on Thursday glaus shut down the Phillies in the ninth striking out all three batters he faced to pick up his 28th save of the season a glacias has been baseball's most dominant pitcher as of late allowing just four hits and two walks over his last 21 appearances the Braves closer has also retired the last 35 batters he's faced with chatter about the Pirates lightening the load of their Superstar pitcher Ski's day would end up being delayed this week but don't worry the front runner for the NL Rookie of the Year delivered once again on Thursday night Andel same game parlay Spotlight since Paul sk's Major League debut on May 11th he owns the lowest ER in baseball at 2.3 there is no question he is a star in our game but there is question as to whether or not the Pirates will shut down schemes for the rest of the season to protect his health and potentially avoid a full year of service time he's thrown 125 in a third innings this season which is just shy of the 129 and a third he threw last year between LSU and the miners right now the Pirates are taking precautions by giving him an extra day as rest before pitching on Thursday still to come it was A Grand Day for the Cubbies at Wrigley as Chicago looks to keep Pace in the NL Wild Card race don't go anywhere we got highlights from the north side coming up next the Blue Jays have been hitting the ball out of the ballpark all month long but on Thursday night in Toronto one particular home run set a high standard for all the other big flies we'll explain why next Ernie Clement homered for the third straight game in the Blue Jays win over the Angels his long Bowl on Thursday came on a pitch 4.6 feet above the ground that's the second highest Pitch hit for a homer since pitch tracking began in 2008 you know what they say if it's High Let It Fly entire world to see now back in 2022 Broccoli Guy told the Seattle met that I want to be a professional broccoli dancer and I think that'll someday become true so kids always remember to follow your dreams and also eat your vegetables I'm tayor McGregor that's going to do it for us on Quick Pitch time for me to go eat some broccoli