Friday’s LCS games brought a small change to the top five of the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings. Bryce Harper of the Phillies went 0 for 3 with a walk and two strikeouts to drop to fifth place as the Diamondbacks took the game 6-5 in another last at bat win. Harper’s teammate, Trea Turner went one for three with a walk which left him in third place. Kyle Schwarber, who hits ahead of those two, posted the best game score of the day, a 72. He went two for three with a double, a home run and two walks. Schwarber now ranks 30th.

Yordan Alvarez of the Astros remains in first place after a two for five in the 5-4 win over the Astros. Houston is doomed now that they have to play two games at home in a series where the road team won every game.

The vacationing Juan Soto and Aaron Judge rank two and four respectively.