Each night in the 2016 baseball season, we'll run down the top news, facts and highlights from action around Major League Baseball.
Charlie Blackmon propelled the Colorado Rockies past the Miami Marlins 12-6 at home Saturday to help them remain in the playoff picture.
Fresh off of a two-game losing streak, the Rockies strung together 17 hits and four walks to make sure they got back in the winners' column. Blackmon was the driving force, collecting four hits, two runs scored, a home run and four RBIs. He is batting .306 on the season.
David Dahl, 22, also helped the Rockies. The young outfielder went 3 for 5 with three runs scored and an RBI. Carlos Gonzalez went 2 for 5 with a run scored and an RBI.
Colorado (55-55) is now just three games behind the Marlins (58-52) and the St. Louis Cardinals (58-52) for the final wild-card spot in the National League.
Despite the loss, Marlins fans almost got to enjoy history. Needing two hits to reach 3,000 for his career, Ichiro Suzuki cracked an infield single as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning. He now needs just one more hit to become the 30th player to reach the milestone.
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Player of the day:
Chicago Cubs ace Jake Arrieta tossed eight scoreless innings with four strikeouts to beat the Oakland Athletics 4-0 and improve to 13-5 on the season. It was Arrieta's first win since June 27. Arrieta now has seven scoreless starts of eight-plus innings pitched in the past two seasons. Only Clayton Kershaw has more with 10.
Highlight:
David Ortiz can still get it done with his glove, too:
Big Papi making sparkling plays at first.
— MLB (@MLB) August 6, 2016
… What year is it? https://t.co/ksR8oIQ3xP
Three things to know:
— Starting pitcher Jake Thompson became the 2,000th player to wear a Philadelphia Phillies uniform in franchise history on Saturday when he made his Phillies debut after being called up from Triple-A.
— Corey Kluber struck out eight batters and gave up just two runs to help the Cleveland Indians topple the New York Yankees 5-2. What's more, Andrew Miller recorded his first save with his new team — his 10th of the season — and it came against his former team.
— Tim Lincecum was designated for assignment Saturday. His 9.16 ERA was second-highest in MLB (minimum 30 innings pitched). The only pitcher higher is Alfredo Simon with a 9.45 ERA.
What's next:
Mets (56-65) at Tigers (61-49) 1:10 p.m. ET — Detroit, which has won 10 out of its last 11 games, will send Anibal Sanchez (6-11, 6.26 ERA) to the mound to face off against Jacob deGrom (7-5, 2.41 ERA). Sanchez did pitch well during his last start, allowing just one earned run in six innings. New York's deGrom has three scoreless starts in his last four outings.
Giants (63-47) at Nationals (65-45) 1:35 p.m. ET — Madison Bumgarner (10-6, 2.25 ERA) returns to the mound after an abysmal start to face off against Tanner Roark (11-6, 3.02 ERA).