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One team was eliminated from the MLB postseason on Tuesday. After a 101-win regular season, the top-seeded Baltimore Orioles fell to the Texas Rangers in the ALDS.
That trend continued Wednesday, as both the Minnesota Twins and the Los Angeles Dodgers were knocked out of the postseason.
The first game on the docket Wednesday was a blowout in favor of the home team. The Philadelphia Phillies took a 2-1 lead over the Atlanta Braves with a 10-2 win, tying an MLB single-game postseason record with six home runs. Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos each hit two of those, and Trea Turner and Brandon Marsh contributed the others.
The Houston Astros' 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins was much closer, but there's never a bad way to finish off a series. Especially when you're reaching your seventh straight ALCS. The Twins at least stopped Yordan Alvarez from posting another extra-base hit, but a combined effort from José Urquidy, Hector Neris, Bryan Abreu and Ryan Pressly kept things mostly quiet in front of a loud Minnesota crowd.
The Arizona Diamondbacks jumped up early in historic fashion in the final game of the day at Chase Field. The Diamondbacks cranked out four home runs in a single inning off veteran starter Lance Lynn. That marked just the first time in MLB postseason history that a team has hit four home runs in a single inning. Although the Dodgers added a pair of runs in the seventh, it was too late. The Diamondbacks held on to grab the 4-2 win and clinch their first trip to the NLCS since 2007.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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