A 30-30 night in St. Louis, four homers in the eighth, and seven scoreless in Anaheim
September 18, 2026 was a 15-game Friday. CJ Abrams stole his 30th. Cade Cavalli struck out his 200th. Mookie Betts homered twice, and the Dodgers hit four in one inning. Connor Prielipp threw seven scoreless and still needed Tommy Nance to escape a bases-loaded eighth.
That is the board: a team table Washington owned with 20 FP, a pitcher table Prielipp owned with 29, and a hitter table that started with Betts at 15.
Top team fantasy scores (Friday, September 18, 2026)
| Rank | Team | AthX Engine FP | Final | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington Nationals | 20 | 9-1 | Nationals at Cardinals |
| 2 | New York Yankees | 19 | 9-2 | Yankees at Diamondbacks |
| 3 | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 11-8 | Tigers at White Sox |
| 4 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 17 | 8-2 | Dodgers vs Giants |
| 5 | San Diego Padres | 17 | 8-2 | Padres vs Marlins |
| 6 | Texas Rangers | 16 | 7-1 | Wyatt Langford reached five times; even with Houston atop the AL West (ESPN) |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 8-5 | Konnor Griffin had four hits; Pittsburgh back to .500 (ESPN) |
| 8 | Atlanta Braves | 13 | 6-2 | Matt Olson's 40th; Atlanta clinched a playoff berth (ESPN) |
| 9 | New York Mets | 12 | 6-3 | Juan Soto's three-run homer kept Philadelphia from the top wild card alone (ESPN) |
| 10 | Cincinnati Reds | 11 | 6-4 | Jose Trevino's two-run single; Chicago's magic number stayed at four (ESPN) |
Washington sits first because a 9-1 with a 30-30 and a 200-strikeout night fills a team table the way an 8-2 does not always. New York is second on a 5-0 first. Detroit, Los Angeles, and San Diego tied at 17. Prielipp's Twins finished outside this ten at 9 FP and still owned the pitcher board. That split is the night.
Top pitchers (AthX Engine, September 18, 2026)
| Rank | Player | Team | AthX Engine FP | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor Prielipp | Twins | 29 | 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 8 K, 2 BB |
| 2 | Joey Cantillo | Guardians | 24 | 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 5 K, 1 BB |
| 3 | Tyler Mahle | Braves | 22 | 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 6 K, 1 BB |
| 4 | Tyler Glasnow | Dodgers | 21 | 6.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 10 K, 2 BB |
| 5 | Cade Cavalli | Nationals | 19 | 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 6 K, 0 BB |
| 6 | Gerrit Cole | Yankees | 18 | 6.0 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 6 K, 0 BB |
| 7 | Trevor Williams | Rangers | 16 | 4.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 4 K, 0 BB |
| 8 | José Urquidy | Phillies | 13.66 | 4.2 IP, 0 ER, 5 H, 6 K, 0 BB |
| 9 | Drew Sommers | Tigers | 13 | 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 5 K, 0 BB |
| 10 | Ranger Suárez | Red Sox | 12.66 | 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 5 K, 5 BB |
Prielipp at 29 FP is the card, and it came in a 3-0 his bullpen almost gave back. Cantillo threw six scoreless after Oakland scored three in the first. Glasnow's 10 strikeouts sat fourth because two runs still count. Sommers threw two perfect innings in an 11-8 and sat ninth. The ranking is the line. It is not who started.
Top hitters (AthX Engine, September 18, 2026)
| Rank | Player | Pos | Team | AthX Engine FP | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mookie Betts | SS | Dodgers | 15 | 3-for-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI |
| 2 | Jackson Chourio | OF | Brewers | 13 | 2-for-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 SB |
| 3 | Ben Rice | DH | Yankees | 13 | 2-for-3, 1 HR, 1 3B, 2 RBI |
| 4 | Hao-Yu Lee | 2B | Tigers | 13 | 4-for-5, 1 HR, 1 2B, 3 RBI |
| 5 | Juan Soto | OF | Mets | 11 | 3-for-5, 1 HR, 1 2B, 3 RBI |
| 6 | Edmundo Sosa | 2B | Phillies | 10 | 3-for-3, 1 HR, 1 2B |
| 7 | Kevin McGonigle | 3B | Tigers | 10 | 2-for-5, 1 3B, 4 RBI |
| 8 | Matt Olson | 1B | Braves | 10 | 3-for-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI |
| 9 | Wyatt Langford | OF | Rangers | 10 | 2-for-2, 3 BB, 1 SB, 2 R |
| 10 | Kyle Tucker | OF | Dodgers | 9 | 2-for-3, 1 HR, 2 R |
Betts took the hitter board on two homers, including one in the four-homer eighth. Chourio did it in a 10-inning 6-5 in Baltimore. Rice had the homer and the triple in a 5-0 first that never came back. Lee's 13 FP started with an error and ended with the homer that tied an 11-8. Zach Thornton's 14 FP as a Mets pitcher (87 pitches) was filtered off this table. The hitter board is for bats.
Six featured games from Friday
What stood out
The pitcher board and the team board split again. Prielipp led everyone in a 3-0 that ranked outside the team ten. Cantillo threw six scoreless in a comeback from 3-0 and did not make the featured recaps. Cavalli's 19 FP came with a contract extension and strikeout No. 200. Sommers struck out five in two innings of an 11-8.
The hitter board rewarded the two-homer night and the comeback card. Betts and Tucker both went deep in the same eighth. Lee's four hits started with the error that made it 6-1. Olson hit his 40th in a clincher and sat eighth. Thornton leaked onto the hitter feed before the filter. That is the version of Friday the recaps followed, plus the shutout the team table would have skipped.
What now?
Friday'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 18, 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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