September 4 Fantasy Baseball Takeaways: Best Hitting/Pitching Performances | Shota Imanaga, Luis Urias, Zac Gallen, Jackson Merrill, MacKenzie Gore and More

Discussing some of the best hitting and pitching performances from September 4.

There were 15 MLB games played on Wednesday, September 4, so there’s several big performances to go over.

We do this every day, so keep checking back for more. Here’s the writeup from Tuesday’s games.

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Top Hitters

Seattle Mariners’ Luis Urias led the league with eight total bases on Wednesday. He doubled twice and homered once on his way to a four-RBI night. He scored twice and walked once.

New York Yankees’ Juan Soto had three hits and a walk. He singled twice and doubled once, while also scoring once. 

Philadelphia Phillies’ Brandon Marsh had three hits and was plunked by a pitch. He singled twice, doubled once and scored a run.

Seattle’s Victor Robles and Randy Arozarena, Cincinnati Reds’ Jonathan India and Elly De La Cruz and Texas Rangers’ Wyatt Langford all scored three runs.

Robles doubled twice and singled once. He drove in three runs and also walked once.

Arozarena had a single and double, while also being hit by a pitch. He drove in two runs and struck out twice.

India hit a home run for his lone hit. He also walked twice and struck out two times.

De La Cruz had two doubles and a single. He drove in a pair, stole a base and struck out once.

Langford had two singles and a double. He drove in two runs, walked once and also was a strikeout victim.

New York Mets’ Jesse Winker, Seattle’s Mitch Garver and San Francisco Giants’ LaMonte Wade Jr. all joined Urias with four RBIs.

Garver hit a single and double on the night. He scored a run and struck out once.

Winker hit a homer for his lone hit. He walked and struck out once.

Wade hit a single and a home run. He scored once and struck out one time.

San Diego Padres’ Xander Bogaerts walked three times on Wednesday. He scored a run and struck out once.

Minnesota Twins’ Carlos Santana had a home run and two walks. He drove in two runs and scored once.

Mets’ Brandon Nimmo hit a single and walked twice. He went on to score two runs.

Yankees’ Gleyber Torres hit a single and walked twice. He scored two runs.

Colorado Rockies’ Sam Hilliard hit a triple and walked twice. He drove in a run, scored once and was a strikeout victim.

St. Louis Cardinals’ Lars Nootbaar walked twice and added a single. He drove in a run, stole a base and struck out once.

Kansas City Royals’ Tommy Pham had a single and home run on his way to a three-RBI night. Pham also struck out twice.

Cincinnati’s Tyler Stephenson had two singles and three RBIs. He also struck out once.

Chicago Cubs’ Dansby Swanson had a single, double and home run on his way to three RBIs. he scored two runs and struck out once.

Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong had a single, double and home run on the night. He drove in three runs, scored twice and struck out once.

San Diego’s Jackson Merrill drove in three runs on three hits. Merrill had a single, double and home run and went on to score two runs.

Arizona Diamondbacks’ Eugenio Suarez had a double, home run and walk on the night. He scored twice and drove in one.

Cubs’ Cody Bellinger had a single, home run, two RBIs and two runs scored. He also struck out once.

Los Angeles Angels’ Taylor Ward drove in two runs on two singles and a home run. He scored twice, walked once and was a strikeout victim.

Chicago White Sox’s Nicky Lopez had two singles and a home run on Wednesday. He drove in a run, scored twice and walked once.

Cubs’ Nico Hoerner had two singles and a double. He scored two runs and struck out once.

Detroit Tigers’ Matt Vierling had a single, home run and two runs scored. He drove in a run and stole a base.

Tampa Bay Rays’ Jose Caballero, Texas’ Ezequiel Duran, White Sox’s Andrew Vaughn and San Francisco’s Tyler Fitzgerald all had two runs scored and multiple hits.

Caballero had a single and double. He drove in a run.

Duran had a single and two doubles. He drove in two runs and struck out once.

Vaughn had a single and a home run. He drove in one run.

Fitzgerald had a single and double. He also struck out once.

Arizona’s Corbin Carroll had a single, a walk and two stolen bases. He drove in a run and scored once.

Baltimore Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson had two singles and a home run on the day. He drove in a run, scored once and struck out once.

Top Starting Pitchers

Arizona’s Zac Gallen, Miami Marlins’ Valente Bellozo and Cubs’ Shota Imanaga all had scoreless starts of more than six innings.

Imanaga was the star of the night, tossing the first seven innings of a combined no-hitter. He got the win and only allowed two walks. Imanaga struck out seven batters.

Gallen struck out eight over six innings and got a win. He too didn’t allow a hit, but he did walk four batters.

Bellozo allowed three hits and two walks over six innings. He struck out one and did not earn a decision.

Kansas City’s Seth Lugo and St. Louis’ Sonny Gray allowed a run over seven innings each.

Lugo allowed his run on six hits and one walk, while striking out four. He got the win.

Gray didn’t earn the decision after giving up four hits and a walk. He struck out seven batters.

Angels’ Griffin Canning was a winner after working 6 2/3 innings. He allowed a run on four hits and four walks, while striking out seven.

Washington Nationals’ MacKenzie Gore didn’t get a decision despite allowing just one run over six frames. He allowed a hit and walk, while striking out nine.

Cincinnati’s Nick Martinez struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings and got a win. He allowed four runs (one earned) on six hits and three walks.

White Sox’s Jonathan Cannon also got a win after working 5 2/3 innings. He gave up a run on five hits and a walk, while punching out four.

Texas’ Nathan Eovaldi, Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sanchez and Atlanta Braves’ Charlie Morton all earned wins after giving up two runs in their starts.

Eovaldi gave up four hits and three walks over seven frames, while striking out six.

Sanchez struck out seven over seven innings. He allowed six hits and no walks.

Kirby punched out nine over six innings. He gave up six hits and no walks.

Toronto Blue Jays’ Bowden Francis (6), Boston Red Sox’s Tanner Houck (7) and Los Angeles Dodgers’ Bobby Miller (8) all had high strikeout numbers, but were tagged with losses.

Top Relief Pitchers

Texas’ Kirby Yates, Philadelphia’s Carlos Estevez, Atlanta’s Raisel Iglesias, Kansas City’s Lucas Erceg and St. Louis’ Ryan Fernandez all earned saves on Wednesday.

Yates retired the only batter he faced to grab his save.

Estevez allowed a walk in his inning of work, but struck out two to put up a zero.

Iglesias struck out two in his inning of work. He allowed a walk as well, but no runs.

Erceg retired all three batters he faced, striking out one of them.

Fernandez walked a batter intentionally, but struck out three to escape with the save.

Milwaukee Brewers’ DL Hall tossed four scoreless innings out of the bullpen. He walked two, but struck out four. 

Minnesota’s Scott Blewett tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings. He walked two and struck out one, while striking out three.

Cleveland Guardians’ Eli Morgan struck out four over two scoreless innings. He allowed a hit.

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