It was quite an unexpectedly eventful day to be a Max in Major League Baseball on Tuesday. The Twins’ Max Kepler didn’t start, but he entered the game in the sixth inning as a pinch hitter and finished 3 for 5 with three RBIs and a home run in Minnesota’s marathon victory over the Red Sox. Max Scherzer was taking batting practice … when he broke his nose. And there are no Maxes involved, but the White Sox’s crosstown victory over the Cubs was eventful for plenty of other reasons.
Max Kepler twice drove in the tying run — once in the eighth inning, once in the 13th — and then beat Boston in the 17th. What a night.
It’s been… 84 years. Or 17 innings. One of those two. #TwinsWin pic.twitter.com/znV2cC013d
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) June 19, 2019
Kepler started the evening on the bench before entering the game in the 6th as a pinch hitter.
He finishes 3-for-5 with a walk, a run and 3 clutch RBI! https://t.co/ncrYKDgjYY #VoteTwins #VoteKepler pic.twitter.com/NNkTFRNmny
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) June 19, 2019
We can joke about it because he’s going to be OK, but what a scary moment for Max Scherzer. Of course, Scherzer is also one of the toughest guys out there and might start Wednesday anyway.
WATCH – Max Scherzer, who’s scheduled to start Wednesday, was hit in the face by a ball during batting practice.
Details: https://t.co/sNoPv3co00 pic.twitter.com/27FonlyC33
— Nationals on MASN (@masnNationals) June 18, 2019
BREAKING: Max Scherzer’s nose
— 🅱️ig 🅱️enny 🅱️oomstick (@DingDongsAllDay) June 19, 2019
I’m extremely excited about Scherzer maniacally grunting and snapping on the mound like a rabid animal while wearing some sort of Dr. Doom mask https://t.co/oszXhuwQdw
— Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) June 18, 2019
The world needs to see this mask on Max Scherzer pic.twitter.com/wR2h5ahiI8
— Paul Mancano (@PaulMancano) June 19, 2019
Cole Hamels was terrific and notched career strikeout No. 2,500 for the Cubs, but the White Sox had reason to celebrate the most Tuesday after Eloy Jimenez — a former Cubs prospect — launched a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning.
Congratulations to @ColeHamels on career strikeout No. 2,500! pic.twitter.com/sObEaORWIN
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 19, 2019
[Hits play again] pic.twitter.com/f6fR9BXCHE
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) June 19, 2019
