Hall of Fame history made 50 years ago

Plus: Rays put pressure on O's in AL East

Friday, September 15 View In Browser Good morning! The AL East race is getting interesting ... TOP NEWS Fifty years ago, the great Clemente made Hall of Fame history   As MLB celebrates the Hall of Famer's career on Roberto Clemente Day, we look back at how he became the first Latin American-born player in Cooperstown. MLB honors Clemente's legacy across baseball today MLB celebrates the 22nd annual Roberto Clemente Day, honoring the legacy of one of baseball's greatest players and humanitarians. Raley's go-ahead blast puts Rays one back of O's in AL East Luke Raley's seventh-inning dinger -- his first homer in three weeks -- decided the opener of what could be a division-deciding four-game series. Rangers finish sweep of Blue Jays to keep pressure on in AL West Texas is averaging 9.4 runs per game during its six-game winning streak and sits just a half-game behind first-place Houston. Rookies power Twins closer to AL Central title Royce Lewis and Edouard Julien homered in the fourth, helping knock the Twins' magic number down to 8. Birthday homers, Statcast standouts among 10 wild stats from the week Sarah Langs looks at birthday bashes from Joey Votto and Freddie Freeman in a roundup of the best stats from the past week. MORE TOP NEWS TOP PERFORMANCES Pete Fairbanks: 1 IP, 0 H, 3 K Strikes out side in 9th with fastballs at 99.2, 100.1, 100.2 mph Kodai Senga: 6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 10 K One of three qualified NL starters with a sub-3 ERA (2.95) Corey Seager: 3-for-4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R Ups AL-best average to .344; hitting .500 over past 5 games Aaron Judge: 1-for-2, grand slam, 3 BB His 32 homers are 4th in the AL despite playing only 93 games MORE STATS IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY MORE ON TIEBREAKERS YESTERDAY'S MUST-SEE PLAY The Baltimore oriole's range covers much of North America, from Montana to Maine, Canada to Georgia. Cedric Mullins' range covers much of the Oriole Park outfield.   MORE TOP PLAYS TODAY'S STAFF PICKS What's behind this historic youth movement in 2023?   This season is cruising toward being a record-setting year when it comes to the number of Top 100 prospects in The Show. 'I've never seen so many women in baseball' The always effusive trailblazer Maybelle Blair was honored by the Mets for her long legacy of growing the game: "This award means something that you'll never realize to me," she said. La Gran Fantasía debuts MLB Network's Yonder Alonso and Carlos Peña square off in a fantasy draft to create the best Latino lineup. MLB Network celebrates Clemente Day We honor the legacy of the Hall of Fame icon throughout the day. Then, catch live action when Roberto Clemente's Pirates host the Yankees at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by the Dodgers and Mariners at 10. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD WAS 0 @ PIT 2 CIN 2 @ DET 8 NYY 0 @ BOS 5 NYY 8 @ BOS 5 MIA 2 @ MIL 4 ARI 1 @ NYM 11 TEX 9 @ TOR 2 TB 4 @ BAL 3 MIN 10 @ CWS 2 © 2023 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@mail.mlblists.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.