The Braves found themselves celebrating yet again on Monday after another long night as Ozzie Albies provided a 5-4, 11-inning win over the Reds when he drilled his first career walk-off home run. It sealed the victory in a game where Mike Foltynewicz delivered five innings of one-run ball in his return from the disabled list.
Kenta Maeda held the Cubs to three hits over seven scoreless innings, striking out nine, and the Dodgers got homers from Enrique Hernandez and Chris Taylor to pick up a 2-1 win on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. Duane Underwood Jr. made his big league debut for Chicago, allowing one run in four innings.
The Nuggets will decline the $1.5 team option on Nikola Jokic, with an eye on signing the 23-year-old franchise star to a five-year, approximately $147 million maximum contract in July, league sources told ESPN.
James Harden won the MVP after becoming the fourth player to average at least 30 points per game and help lead his team to 65 wins.
Curtis Granderson launched a pair homers off Justin Verlander and hit an odd foul pop in his first at-bat that never landed as the Blue Jays rolled in the series opener. Randal Grichuk, who made a sensational home-run saving catch in the ninth, added an insurance homer — a two-run jack that traveled a projected 471 feet according to Statcast — in the eighth after Granderson’s second blast was the go-ahead hit in the seventh. Alex Bregman hit his 12th homer for the Astros.
Curtis Granderson launched a pair homers off Justin Verlander and hit an odd foul pop in his first at-bat that never landed as the Blue Jays rolled in the series opener. Randal Grichuk, who made a sensational home-run saving catch in the ninth, added an insurance homer — a two-run jack that traveled a projected 471 feet according to Statcast — in the eighth after Granderson’s second blast was the go-ahead hit in the seventh. Alex Bregman hit his 12th homer for the Astros.
James Harden’s MVP ascent is a bittersweet consolation prize in Houston. While in OKC, The Beard’s breakthrough opens a wound for a franchise bracing for yet another star’s potential exit.
James Harden won the MVP at the NBA Awards show over LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
Enrique Hernandez continued his contribution to the Dodgers’ torrid month, launching a home run off Cubs rookie Duane Underwood Jr. in the second inning Monday to give Los Angeles a 1-0 lead. Hernandez also hit two of the Dodgers’ seven solo homers on Sunday.
James Harden was named the NBA MVP ahead of LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
