Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Freddy Galvis (13) hits an RBI single in the fifth inning during an MLB game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals on September 7, 2017, at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)

On the MLB Podcast with Amaury’s Podcast:

1 Latino players gave credit to the TV sitcom “Friends” for learning English according to Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Freddy Galvis. Galvis said that a number of players followed the Spanish captions on the NBC sitcom and listened to the English portion. For example when they said “Happy” on the show Galvis knew they were saying “Feliz” it all worked out for him and a great number of Spanish speaking players.

2 For the first time since 2001 the Houston Astros have clinched a division title. In 2001 the Astros were a National League team. When they won the National League pennant in 2005 they won by the Wild Card. The Astros are tearing up the American League this season and are favored by this reporter to win the AL Pennant this season

3 Tough going for the Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Matt Boyd who lost his no hit bid. As the Chicago White Sox Tim Anderson belted a clean double in the ninth inning and there went the no hit bid on Sunday. The Tigers held on for the shutout and win.

4 The SF Giants Pablo Sandoval had a break out game on Sunday with a home run and three RBIs. Sandoval had been in a drought but got the pitch he was waiting on and went yard against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the final game of that three game series over the weekend.

5 After getting a dose of the Giants during the series at AT&T Park last week the Los Angeles Dodgers who won four straight after losing 11 straight. The Dodgers after winning those four straight have found their way back in the loss column and have lost two straight.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Angels Spanish TV talent, the A’s Spanish radio talent, and does News and Commentary each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com