Fact: Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson hit three homers against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. It was the 2015 American League MVP’s first career three-homer game.
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Fact: Cincinnati Reds pitcher Anthony DeSclafani pitched a complete-game shutout against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, the first of his career.
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Fact: New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez went 3-for-5 on Friday, and hit his 10th home run of the season. Joe DiMaggio (39) is the only Yankee ever to have more hits through his first 22 career games than Sanchez (31).
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Fact: Albert Pujols hit his 584th career home run on Wednesday night, passing Mark McGwire for sole possession of 10th place on the all-time list.
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Fact: San Francisco Giants lefty Madison Bumgarner gave up five earned runs to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, his highest total of the 2016 season.
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Fact: Adrian Gonzalez hit three home runs on Monday, joining Duke Snider and Shawn Green as the only players in Dodgers history to have multiple games with at least three home runs*.
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Alex Rodriguez left a monumental milestone on the table when he and the New York Yankees agreed to part ways.
The polarizing star ended his Yankees tenure with 696 career home runs. While he wasn’t going to pass Babe Ruth for third on the all-time leaderboard in 2016, he could have joined the Bambino, Henry Aaron and Barry Bonds in the exclusive 700 club.
Whether by coincidence or design, the Yankees pulled the plug before that could happen.
He may return with another team to chase an illustrious mark next year, but his spokesman ruled out Rodriguez playing again this summer. That accolade is on hold, but there are other moments to watch over the season’s final weeks.
Let’s look at some milestones and records players and teams can earn down the stretch.
Fact: The New York Mets traded for Cincinnati Reds right fielder Jay Bruce on Monday, per ESPN’s Adam Rubin. Bruce has 25 home runs and 80 runs batted in this season—both more than any player currently on the Mets.
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Fact: Ken Griffey Jr. was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. He is the first No. 1 overall pick to be enshrined at Cooperstown.
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Fact: Seattle Mariners outfielder Nelson Cruz had seven RBI versus the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. He now has had at least seven RBI in a game with three different teams (Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles and Mariners).
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