Cody Bellinger crushed a solo home run against his former team, Patrick Wisdom homered for a third consecutive game and the Chicago Cubs held on to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Sunday afternoon at Dodgers Stadium.
On the final day of a historic regular season, Freddie Freeman and Trea Turner each totaled 100 RBI over 162 games as the Los Angeles Dodgers were able to end a three-game skid.
The Los Angeles Dodgers erased a two-run deficit in the ninth inning to tie the game late but it wasn’t enough as the New York Mets were able to get clutch hits from Pete Alonso and J.D. Davis.
Joe Leonard Morgan, one of the all-time greatest second basemen in Major League Baseball history, and a key cog in Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine, has died at the age of 77.
Gibson emerged as a raw, but immensely talented rookie who would not be denied stardom. He became a full-time starting pitcher in July 1961 and earned his first All-Star appearance in 1962. Gibson won two of three games he pitched in the 1964 World Series, then won 20 games in a season for the first time in 1965. Gibson also pitched three complete game victories in the 1967 World Series.