Must-See MLB Highlights From Friday (September 18, 2020)

The New York Yankees stayed hot with another win on Friday, but this one came in much more dramatic fashion against their long-time rival. Albert Pujols added another all-time achievement to his legendary list of accolades and a rookie made a name for himself during his MLB debut thanks to some high heat.

Enjoy the best highlights from Friday’s MLB action all in one place:

*Via @MLB on Twitter/YouTube

All-Time Machine

Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, and Alex Rodriguez. Those are the only four players that have ever hit more home runs than Albert Pujols during his Hall of Fame career. “The Machine” officially passed Willie Mays for fifth on the all-time list with his 661st career dinger, and wasted no time adding to that total.

.@PujolsFive passes Willie Mays. 👏

(MLB x @BudweiserUSA) pic.twitter.com/iMeO0x7X1d
— MLB (@MLB) September 19, 2020

Didn't take long for 662. pic.twitter.com/8XCaXOLRR3
— MLB (@MLB) September 19, 2020

NYY Comeback @ Fenway

It was looking like the Yankees would finally lose after eight straight wins, but El Gary stepped up with the game-tying shot in the 9th to keep NYY’s hopes alive until the 12th inning when DJ Lemahieu put things away with another clutch knock with runners on base.

Clutch Kraken. pic.twitter.com/TYAK9dLG8i
— MLB (@MLB) September 19, 2020

Machine makes it happen. pic.twitter.com/bxvNAeFQgU
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 19, 2020

Rook Throwing Gas

Garrett Crochet was drafted by the White Sox at 11th overall in the 2020 MLB Draft. Just a few months later, he’s making his MLB debut with no professional (minor league) experience. That didn’t stop him from pitching a perfect inning during his big league debut, and showing the impressive velocity that made him such a tantalizing prospect.

Garrett Crochet was drafted in June, and he's already on big-league mound pumping 101. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/AItTWkN8Wn
— MLB (@MLB) September 19, 2020

Historic 3-HR Game

No player has ever hit three homers in a game that was played in less than nine innings, until September 18th, 2020 when Brian Anderson reached the trifecta after just seven innings.

THREE homers for @AndersonBrian01. pic.twitter.com/ipXmXSf0T4
— MLB (@MLB) September 19, 2020

Immaculate Pitching

Zach Plesac stole the show from a mound perspective with the 101st immaculate inning ever recorded. He wasn’t alone among the top pitching performances of the day as Zach Eflin pitched a complete game shutout, Kyle Hendriks also went beyond seven innings while shutting out the Twins, and Chris Bassitt kept his hot streak going.

🚨 Immaculate inning 🚨 pic.twitter.com/8lWdpzBIlQ
— MLB (@MLB) September 19, 2020

The @Phillies needed a win and @zeflin12 took care of it.

(MLB x @BudweiserUSA) pic.twitter.com/oRS382d8tv
— MLB (@MLB) September 18, 2020

Kyle Hendricks is the only pitcher in @MLB with three outings of at least 8 IP this season pic.twitter.com/DL4ZHmQcwy
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 19, 2020

Chris Bassitt (2.57 ERA) is a baaaaadddddd maaannn pic.twitter.com/uGXhV3mXC8
— The Rickey Henderson of Blogs (@RickeyBlog) September 19, 2020

All in the Glove

Beyond just dominant pitching performances, Robbie Ray added some glove work to the position with this slick behind-the-back grab to retire Philly’s phenomenal rookie.

HIGHLIGHT: Robbie Ray's backhanded grab

Robbie Ray makes a backhanded grab and fires to first base to retire Alec Bohm in the 3rd inning

📽️: https://t.co/5iz7w66hyL
— Blue Jays PBP (@BlueJaysPBP) September 18, 2020

Harper's Clutch Knock

Bryce Harper is playing his best baseball of late as he now has three dingers over the last two days and added this clutch drive to his 2020 resume to tie things up in the second to last inning (7-inning double header) before scoring the go-ahead run for a Phillies win as Toronto suffers another disappointing loss.

LET'S GO‼️ pic.twitter.com/8fVJ0h7wy0
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) September 19, 2020

Nice try, wind. #RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/p7soiCLlDy
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) September 18, 2020

Braves Blasting Bombs

While the Yankees settled for a comeback win on Friday instead of another historic day at the plate, the Braves picked up any slack from the Bronx Bombers with some blasts of their own as they decimated their NL East rival in a statement victory.