Jarrod Parker of the Athletics is the MVP of Yesterday due to his excellent complete game, 8-strikeout performance, allowing only one earned run as the A’s won a close 2-1 game against the Mariners.
The Continuum will again be back to it’s normal update schedule tomorrow, but until then, the standings are after the jump:
For a brief second of seconds, I considered Alex Rodriguez, if only because his beaning by Ryan Dempster seemed to have fueled the Yankees yesterday. However, the MVP of Yesterday is really Chris Davis, who went 4-5 with a HR and 2 RBIs while also coming around to score thrice in the Orioles’ victory over Colorado.
It’s his fourth of the year.
Standings, as usual, after the jump:
The Dodgers are 42-8 for the last 50 games, something that hasn’t happened for ANY team since the 1942 Cardinals and only the third overall in the modern era (the 1941 Yankees also did it). And part of the reason they have done so is because of their pitching, such as that of Cy Young-award frontrunner Clayton Kershaw, who’s 8 shutout innings yesterday not only made him the MVP of Yesterday, but put him at a ludicrous 1.80 ERA.
Standings under jump:
Justin Ruggiano went 3-4 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs in the Marlins’ madcap 14-10 loss to the Giants yesterday (if only Marino had been able to score once more!). But he’s the MVP of Yesterday, despite the loss.
It’s his second of the year.
Standings… oh, you know the drill:
The MVP of Yesterday is Sonny Gray, the awesomely named pitcher for the Athletics, who went eight shutout innings with nine strikeouts in the A’s victory against the Astros.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
On almost any other day, Joe Mauer‘s excellent 5-7 with a HR performance would be enough to win MVP of Yesterday (well played, Mauer), but not yesterday, as Alfonso Soriano went deep twice (one of them a grand slam) and had 7 RBIs in the Yankees’ victory.
Standings, as usual, under the jump:
Paul Goldschmidt hit both the tying home run and the walk-off home run in the Diamondbacks victory over the Orioles yesterday, and added another hit as well. That’s good enough for MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as usual, under the jump:
There were some great pitching performances last night by guys like Cole Hamels, Hiroki Kuroda, Mat Latos and Andrew Albers (who followed up his near complete-game shutout from his first start with… a complete game shutout his second start). But the MVP of Yesterday is Yu Darvish, who had 15 Ks and gave up only one hit (a HR) and one walk (which should have been a strikeout- the ump blew the call on the 2-2 pitch).
Standings, as always, after the jump:
Stephen Strasburg notched his first CG shutout, which, not surprisingly, gets him the MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as usual, after the jump:
Josh Reddick didn’t hit three HRs yesterday, but he did hit two… but that isn’t enough for him to win his second straight MVP of Yesterday. Instead, the award goes to Matt Holliday, who had two HRs and four RBIs, as well as a walk, in the Cardinals’ close loss to the Cubs yesterday.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
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