Gordon edges Harper for NL batting title on final day
NEW YORK — Miami’s Dee Gordon had three hits on the final day of the season to edge Washington’s Bryce Harper for the NL batting title Sunday, and Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera won his fourth AL championship in five years.
Harper entered with a tiny edge, .330754 to .330606, but Gordon doubled on David Buchanan’s first pitch of the game at Philadelphia, then homered and singled in his next two at-bats. Gordon’s 3-for-4 day lifted his average to .333, while Harper’s fell to .330 when he went 1 for 4 at the New York Mets.
Cabrera, who did not play Sunday, finished at .338 to win by a huge margin in the AL. Boston’s Xander Bogaerts was second at .320.
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