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It looks like the theme of Friday night’s MLB schedule was comebacks. Eight teams fell behind and clawed their way back to win. Christian Yelich said it best when asked about resilience after Milwaukee’s comeback victory in Cincinnati, the biggest of the night. He talked about just chipping away and making it interesting. It’s not anything new or groundbreaking, but it’s how professionals approach falling behind. Nobody gives up (at least not until the manager sticks a backup infielder on the mound, which didn’t happen last night).
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Yelich and Uecker Magic
Jacob Misiorowski’s return to the Milwaukee Brewers rotation did not go well, but Christian Yelich and the lineup kept the Brewers’ winning streak going anyway. Against the playoff-hunting Cincinnati Reds, the Miz gave up five runs on four hits and three walks in his 1.1 IP. With the score 1-1 in the second, the rookie All-Star followed a strikeout by hitting a batter and walking three more. DL Hall entered the game and allowed a double and four singles before wrapping the second with a pair of groundouts. The scoreboard showed 8-1. Milwaukee worked its way back with five runs in the third and two in the fourth. Yelich had already hit a homer. He started the rally with a pop-up double to left that scored Brandon Lockridge, then scored on Andrew Vaughn’s three-run homer. In the fourth, he singled in Sal Frelick and Joey Ortiz to tie it, and he homered in the sixth to take the lead. The Brewers bullpen also picked up Misiorowski. Milwaukee relievers finished the last five innings without allowing a walk, a hit, or a run.
Yelich did all this with a Players Weekend bat inspired by Bob Uecker. It was originally designed for last year, but Yelich missed those games. He said after the game that the equipment manager said he should use it once. After he hit the first home run, he kept going. Here’s the marks left by two homers, a double, and a single in the 10-8 comeback win. After the game, manager Pat Murphy spoke about what Uecker means to the organization (click to the 6:20 mark on the interview below).
You must, must stay to the end to hear Pat Murphy talk about overcoming loss and the way the Brewers remember Bob Uecker. pic.twitter.com/kQeXiSpWbT
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) August 16, 2025
Young Perfect Through 7.2
With Brandon Young cruising into the eighth with a perfect game, I switched from the MLB.tv broadcast to Nick’s Playback stream to follow along as the rookie tried to turn his 11th career start into perfection. Young had mainly been inducing ground balls and getting fly outs. He made a difficult running catch on a Coby Mayo throw to first to end the seventh. He sat alone in the dugout while Dylan Carlson homered to make it 7-0, leaving Young’s potential accomplishment as the only tension in the contest. With one out in the eighth, Greg Allen and Daniel Johnson both tried to haul in a Yainer Diaz ball at the right field wall. The collision did not ruin perfection, but it seems ominous upon reflection. With two outs in the eighth, former teammate Ramón Urías bounced a ball to Young’s right. Young barehanded it but zipped the throw up the first baseline. The drama was in the hands of the official scorer, who scored it an infield hit, ending the perfecto bid. Young finished the inning and got the win with six strikeouts in the 7-0 shutout victory.
Green Means Go for Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox had to feel good going into the bottom of the ninth tied 1-1 with the Miami Marlins. They were wearing their Fenway Greens City Connects, uniforms that seem to be overflowing with walk-off energy. They’d already won four games in dramatic, last-at-bat fashion while wearing the ballpark-inspired uniforms, and Trevor Story stepped up, bases loaded, no outs. Story knocked the 1-0 pitch passed the drawn-in infield into right. Walk-off number five for the Green Monster City Connects. The Red Sox are now 67-56, good for second place in the AL East and the second spot in the wild card standings.
Big Butt, Big Bombs, Big Score
Cal Raleigh hit his 46th homer with a bat that read “Big Butt… even BIGGER BOMBS”, and the Seattle Mariners outslugged the New York Mets to an 11-9 win. Both teams are jostling for playoff position, and they tossed the lead back and forth in this contest. Francisco Lindor had a home run and an RBI single before the third inning. Raleigh flipped the Mets’ 3-2 lead to 4-3 Seattle with No. 46. Lindor homered again in the fourth, going back-to-back with Juan Soto to give New York a 6-4 advantage. Raleigh scored to tie the game on a two-run double by Eugenio Suárez in the seventh. Seattle padded their lead with three more in that frame and one in the eighth. Francisco Alvarez made it 11-9 with an eighth-inning homer, but Matt Brash and Andrés Muñoz quieted the action to give Seattle the win. The M’s are half a game behind the Astros, while the Mets are half a game up on the Cincinnati Reds. These two teams are in two of the best races to watch down the stretch.
Still Toron-top
The winningest team in the American League spotted the Texas Rangers a three-run lead in the second, then let in two more in the eighth, and still got win No. 72 by a score of 6-5. The Toronto Blue Jays got a big night from Alejandro Kirk, including a two-run homer in the seventh and a game-winning single to cap a four-run eighth. Toronto has a half-game advantage over the Detroit Tigers, who kept pace with a 7-0 win in Minnesota.
Duran Leaves Phils’ Win
Jhoan Duran left the Philadelphia Phillies game on a cart. He took a comebacker off the lower leg and ran over to cover first before slowing up and limping into foul territory. He gave a thumbs-up while waiting for the Washington Nationals‘ bullpen cart to arrive. X-rays proved negative after, but the team said their new closer would undergo further evaluation today. Kyle Schwarber hit his 43rd home run, then Bryce Harper went back-to-back. Those home runs were the difference in the 6-2 win.
Best Moments From Yesterday
Execute Order 66
Hayden Christensen threw out the first pitch (which just impacted on the surface) in a No. 66 Chicago Cubs jersey. When the Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader actor sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” with his daughter, an unexpected flyover made it seem like Rebellion forces were getting close to their target.
The Force was strong with this first pitch 💪
Hayden Christensen threw out the first pitch at today’s game! pic.twitter.com/YuadtOgxTd
— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) August 15, 2025
Hayden Christensen and his daughter sang Take Me Out to the Ballgame at the Cubs game and had their own special (unplanned) flyover 🤣 pic.twitter.com/t4mi0s1Hr3
— MLB (@MLB) August 16, 2025
Laureano’s Milestone Homer
Ramón Laureano hit his 100th career home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He’s on his fifth team, starting off with almost six full seasons in Oakland before alternately moving before the deadline and signing with a new organization each of the last three seasons. This homer put the San Diego Padres up on their division rivals, but the Dodgers came back to win 3-2.
Kirk Swipes First Base
After the game, Kirk did the interview while holding his first career stolen base. Is it still stolen if they give it to him? Asterisk?
Injuries and Other Moves
⚾ Atlanta reinstated right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. from the IL. He batted third and went 0-for-3 with a walk in a 2-0 win.
⚾ The Dodgers placed infielder Max Muncy on IL with a grade 1 oblique strain. The team does not expect the injury to end Muncy’s season, but they are planning to be without him for the next week.
⚾ Jeremy Peña is “under the weather” and will be day-to-day while awaiting the results of some tests.
⚾ Josh Hader won’t throw again for about three weeks because of a left shoulder capsule sprain. The Astros hope to have him back for the end of the season.
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