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The 15th no hitter of the 2024 season was hurled today by the New York Yankees Jon Gray as he fanned 15 batters in his perfection against the Fargo Horsemen. It was the 4th perfect game of the year. As the Yankees got a lot of offense from Buddy Bell's grand slam and 2 homers by Carl Yazstremski. It was the first no hitter ever for the New York Yankees and the first time the Fargo Horsemen have been no hit. Yankees remain in a crazy race in the AL East tied atop with the Toronto Blue Jays and leading the 3rd place Buffalo Bisons by one game.

AL Player of the Week honors went to Pat Kelly of the Seattle Mariners who hit 3 homers, drove in runs and clipped a .565 average. Seattle remains 3 games behind the Oakland Athletics in 2nd place in the AL Pacific but have a one game lead over wild card contenders Chicago White Sox and Indianapolis Bulldogs for final wildcard spot.

Walker Cooper, the catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks was the NL player of the week . He drilled 6 homers and drove in 12 runs while batting .500 this week. Arizona is 4 games behind the Colorado Rockies in 2nd place in the AL West and trail the Milwaukee Brewers by one game for the final wildcard spot.

The Cincinnati Reds became the 2nd team to punch their ticket into the postseason. They beat the Halifax Eclipse 8-0 to secure the NL Central title. Jake Stahl had the big game offensively with 3 homers and scored 4 runs Stahl now has 42 homers on the year. And big news for Jose Fernandez, the Reds rookie ace won his 20th game today pitching 7 plus scoreless innings. The Reds who have been the best team in the NL for the past 6 years always choke in the postseason getting ousted in 2023 by Riverhead Racers in the NLDS and in 2022 by Miami Marlins also in NLDS.