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ByRob Mason, PSO President of Sports Operations Jul 16, 2019
‘The Best in MLB’ is a daily PSO original series showcasing the best highlights, facts, and stories going on in the land of Major League Baseball everyday.
Mikolas helped the bullpen out by throwing a 100-pitch complete game shutout
It’s an extremely rare occurrence to see starting pitchers complete shutouts these days in Major League Baseball, but Miles Mikolas now has two since joining the #STLCards last season. #TimeToFlypic.twitter.com/4t8GlFqY0Q
#PlayerOfTheDay Travis d’Arnaud put the team on his back by driving in all 5 runs in the Rays 5-4 victory to get 5 GB of the East crown. d’Arnaud became the 1st opposing catcher w/ 3 HRs vs. NYY & the 3rd leadoff hitter ever to do that @ Yankee Stadium https://t.co/e6gPMZEDvR
— Pro Sports Outlook (@prosportoutlook) July 16, 2019
Since RBI became official in 1920, Crawford is the…
First MLB shortstop to do so
Second @SFGiants player to do so (Orlando Cepeda on 7/4/1961)
First MLB player to do so since Mark Reynolds, who allowed Crawford’s 5th hit#SFGiants
— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) July 15, 2019