A 9-2, two 4-2s, and a slam in Arlington
September 23, 2026 was a 16-game Wednesday. The New York Yankees hit four homers and won 9-2. The Baltimore Orioles swept a split doubleheader, 4-2 and 4-2, and stayed alive for one more day. Nolan McLean retired the first 12 Rangers. Brett Baty pinch-hit a slam. Ben Rice hit his 40th and 41st.
That is the board: a team table New York owned at 19 FP, a pitcher table McLean owned at 22, and a hitter table that started with Rice at 14. Trey Gibson had the night's highest individual total, 24.66, in the Orioles nightcap. He sits on the all-board, not the pitcher table, because the Engine still has his role listed as unknown.
Top team fantasy scores (Wednesday, September 23, 2026)
| Rank | Team | AthX Engine FP | Final | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Yankees | 19 | 9-2 | Yankees vs Rays |
| 2 | Baltimore Orioles | 18 | 4-2, 4-2 | Orioles vs Blue Jays |
| 3 | New York Mets | 15 | 7-2 | Mets vs Rangers |
| 4 | Athletics | 14 | 7-3 | Athletics vs Angels |
| 5 | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 5-1 | Cardinals vs Pirates |
| 6 | San Diego Padres | 12 | 5-1 | Padres vs Dodgers |
| 7 | Milwaukee Brewers | 10 | 4-1 | Brice Turang and Christian Yelich homered (ESPN) |
| 8 | Seattle Mariners | 10 | 6-5 (10) | Julio Rodríguez went 3-for-4 (ESPN) |
| 9 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 10 | 5-3 | Merrill Kelly got the win at Coors (ESPN) |
| 10 | Minnesota Twins | 9 | 4-2 | Beat San Francisco at Oracle Park (ESPN) |
New York sits first because four homers and a slam fill a team table. Baltimore is second on two 4-2s, not one. The Mets are third because McLean plus Soto plus a slam is a 7-2 that also dented a West race. Boston's 1-0 and Atlanta's 10-inning 3-2 did not crack the top 10. The recaps followed the team board.
Top pitchers (AthX Engine, September 23, 2026)
| Rank | Player | Team | AthX Engine FP | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nolan McLean | Mets | 22 | 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 5 K, 1 BB |
| 2 | Sonny Gray | Red Sox | 20 | 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 3 K, 1 BB |
| 3 | Chris Sale | Braves | 17.66 | 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 10 K, 0 BB |
| 4 | Andrew Abbott | Reds | 14 | 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 6 K, 1 BB |
| 5 | Matthew Liberatore | Cardinals | 13.66 | 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 6 K, 0 BB |
| 6 | Gerrit Cole | Yankees | 13.66 | 5.2 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 8 K, 3 BB |
| 7 | Foster Griffin | Guardians | 13 | 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 10 H, 7 K, 0 BB |
| 8 | Logan Henderson | Brewers | 11 | 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 3 K, 3 BB |
| 9 | Aroldis Chapman | Red Sox | 11 | 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 3 K, 0 BB |
| 10 | DL Hall | Brewers | 11 | 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 K, 1 BB |
McLean sat first after seven innings in a 7-2. Gray sat second in a 1-0 he did not finish. Sale struck out 10 and did not get the decision in extras. Liberatore and Cole tied at 13.66, one in a 5-1 and one in a 9-2. Chapman struck out the side for his 35th save. Gibson's 6 2/3 scoreless did not land on this table. The ranking is the filtered pitcher board. It is not every arm who scored.
Top hitters (AthX Engine, September 23, 2026)
| Rank | Player | Pos | Team | AthX Engine FP | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Rice | 1B | Yankees | 14 | 3-for-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI |
| 2 | Yainer Diaz | C | Astros | 11 | 2-for-5, 1 HR, 1 3B, 3 RBI |
| 3 | Juan Soto | OF | Mets | 11 | 1-for-2, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB |
| 4 | Christian Encarnacion-Strand | 1B | Orioles | 10 | 2-for-3, 1 HR, 3 RBI |
| 5 | Ryan McMahon | 3B | Yankees | 10 | 2-for-4, 1 HR, 5 RBI |
| 6 | Davis Schneider | OF | Blue Jays | 9 | 1-for-2, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB |
| 7 | Donovan Walton | IF | Athletics | 9 | 1-for-2, 1 HR, 3 RBI |
| 8 | Brett Baty | 3B | Mets | 9 | 1-for-1, 1 HR, 4 RBI |
| 9 | Maikel Garcia | 3B | Royals | 9 | 3-for-3, 1 2B, 3 RBI |
| 10 | Henry Bolte | OF | Athletics | 9 | 4-for-5, 2 2B, 1 RBI |
Rice took the hitter board on 40 and 41. Diaz matched Soto at 11, one in a 10-inning loss and one in a 7-2. McMahon's slam sat fifth. Baty's pinch-hit slam sat eighth. Bolte's first four-hit game sat tenth. Trey Gibson, Mason Adams, and Tyron Guerrero were filtered off this table. The hitter board is for bats.
Six featured games from Wednesday
What stood out
The pitcher board belonged to innings that did not need nine runs. McLean, Gray, and Sale sat 1-2-3. Cole's last regular-season start sat sixth in a 9-2. Gibson's 6 2/3 zeroes were the loudest individual line and still missed the pitcher table.
The hitter board split a 9-2 and a 7-2. Rice's two homers sat first. Soto's 27th sat third. McMahon and Baty each hit a slam and still sat behind Encarnacion-Strand's three-RBI nightcap. That is the version of Wednesday the recaps followed: the loudest team night, a doubleheader sweep, a West-race spoiler, a four-hit rookie, Liberatore's last start, and a Padres win that put October one night closer.
What now?
Wednesday's AthX Engine scores are a record of that slate. Use them to compare nights, then check roles and news before you treat any board as more than production.
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*Sources: AthX Engine daily scoring for September 23, 2026; MLB.com schedule; ESPN scoreboard; linked AthX game recaps. AthX Engine fantasy scoring is for information only and is not financial advice.*
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