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As the Pirates were facing the possibility of being no-hit by Hunter Greene, the Reds’ electrifying rookie who looked as if he could do no wrong Saturday at PNC Park, VanMeter made his prediction. The Pirates would get no-hit, but they would still win the game. The Pirates didn’t record a single hit, but they […]
DETROIT — Tarik Skubal was watching intently in the dugout Friday night when Eduardo Rodriguez became the first Tigers pitcher this season to cross the 100-pitch mark in an outing. “He wants to go deeper into games,” manager A.J. Hinch said Sunday morning. “He jabs at me every now and then about not going 100 […]
Breaking down how worried NY fans should be about 3 key issues
ARLINGTON — Adolis García strutted out of the batter’s box, banging his chest and pointing toward the dugout before taking off and rounding the bases for his first of two home runs on the day. He pointed toward Rangers starting pitcher Martín Pérez, who he talked to between innings. Pérez had just given up the […]
Despite faltering in late innings, veteran lefty ‘felt strong’ in the World Series rematch
MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins would obviously love for Byron Buxton to get back to a place where he’s healthy enough to hit leadoff and play center field every day. He’s just not there yet as he works his knee back to full strength — but that doesn’t mean he can’t contribute to this team winning […]
Ezequiel Duran was 4-for-4 with two homers, two doubles, four RBIs and four runs scored through his first four at-bats on Sunday afternoon. His next two trips to the plate may have been his least exciting in the box score but the most exciting to his manager. MLB’s No. 81 overall prospect reached base five […]
CHICAGO — Prior to Sunday’s game, neither Nestor Cortes or Michael Kopech ranked among the official league leaders in ERA — despite Cortes coming in at 1.41 and Kopech sitting at 0.93. But since they hadn’t pitched more innings than team games played, they did not qualify for MLB leaderboards. They both, however, reached the […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Despite battling through a COVID-19 outbreak that postponed Wednesday’s matchup against the White Sox, sent seven coaches home and sidelined outfielder/first baseman Josh Naylor, Cleveland at least was able to see it can hang with the best in its division over this road trip. Let’s take a look at three things we learned […]
Unheralded southpaw delivers 4 2/3 scoreless innings as Tampa Bay wins series