MLB: Speed weekend and races by playoffs
MLB does not take the foot from the accelerator and in the first weekend of August it includes the return to the lineup of Carlos Correa, the first game in history on a car and more track.
After a maelstrom of transactions in the last hours of the top date of changes, the Major Leagues of American baseball (MLB) They do not lower the speed, but quite the opposite, receiving the first weekend of August with a billboard that includes the First game in history on a motor raque.
Four of the 15 series of the weekend stand out among the others, three for the direct impact on the classification positions to the Playoffs (Detroit Tigers Vs. Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros against Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers against Seattle Mariners) and one for its extravagance and uniqueness.
We start with the last. Within the three -game series between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, the clash of Saturday will leave the Great American Ball Park to go to the Speedway Motor Bristol, the second largest autodrome in the United States and one of the most important in the world.
Saturday’s night clash (Fox 7:15 PM) will not only be the first in a diamond built in the oval of a racing track, but will also mark the debut of the major leagues in the state of Tennessee.
The commissioner’s office reported Monday that more than 85,000 tickets had been sold for the “MLB Speedway Classic”eclipse with a long time in advance the previous record of assistance paid to a regular season game. The brand of 84,587 people has lasts since September 12, 1954 during a visit by the New York Yankees to Cleveland Stadium.
The record for a playoff game was set during the 1959 World Series Between the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers. The three meetings as Dodgers premises attended more than 92 thousand fans of the gigantic Colosseum of Los Angeles, including 92,706 to game 5 on October 6.
The absolute record of all time in a clash between clubs of the major leagues was established by the Boston Red and the Dodgers, with 115,300 peopleduring an exhibition match at the Colosseum on Saturday, March 29, 2008. The reason for the game was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the move of the Brooklyn DodgersNew York, to Los Angeles.
The players of the Braves and the Reds will wear special uniforms with references to the world of car races and the day will include musical concerts and star participations of old legends of the participating teams.
Closed the deadline for changes, the teams will go to the ring to try to remain among the 12 that advance to the postseason. Entering the month of August, 16 of the 30 MLB teams are located, or in a classification zone, or as close as 3.5 games away from a ticket for October.
Detroit, who has won four games in a row to recover part of the lost advantage at the top of the central division of the American League, visit to Philadelphia, which is in the middle of the New York Mets game in the East Division of the National League. Phillies and Mets strengthened the relay body and the gardens to find an impulse in the last two months of the regular series.
The third meeting of the Tigers vs. series Phillies will be the Doming of Major Leagues of AM850 (Sunday 7 pm et). The rookie Troy Melton is indicated to open for Detroit, against the Dominican left -hander Cristopher Sánchez, one of the best monticulists of the campaign.
Houston, who leads the West division of the American League For five games about Texas and Seattle, visit the Red Sox, which barely exceeds a game to the Mariners in the second wildcard. In the Fenway Park, the stars will have back in the alignment to Puerto Rican Carlos Correa, who was acquired from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.
Correa played the first seven years of his career in Houston, where he helped win the first franchise championship, before signing at the free agency with Minnesota. Now he returns to move from the campocorto to the third base, replacing the injured Mexican Isaac Paredes.
The Rangers will visit the Mariners in a series where both seek to maintain the proximity of the stars in the division, but more importantly, for the third wild card, last since the league for the postseason delivers. Seattle (58-52) has an advantage game over Texas (57-53) entering the weekend.
The great pitching of the Rangers (MLB leaders with 3.24 of effectiveness) will have to deal with the renewed offensive alignment of the Mariners, which to the absolute leader of home runs, the receiver Cal Raleigh (42), added to the Venezuelan 3b Venezuelan Eugenio Suárez, who was third of the National League (with 36) with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Suarez was acquired by the Mariners on Wednesday.
Raleigh and Suárez, who totalize 78 home runs, form the only couple of companions with more than 30 in the current season. The second closest couple is that of the Chicago Cubs, formed by Petecrow-Armstrong (27) and Seiya Suzuki (26).
