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The crowd roared as he stepped to the plate with the sport on the road at Chase Field. And as soon as once more, Peralta delivered and did his signature "Freight Train" celebration as he loved the second, besides this time he did it with "Dodgers" stitched throughout his chest. With the bases loaded and two outs within the eighth inning in opposition to his former membership, Peralta noticed a pitch he preferred from Kyle Nelson, a fastball away. Peralta pulled it to proper area for a success, permitting Freddie Freeman and Will Smith to trot dwelling and provides the Dodgers a 2-0 win on Wednesday night time, a two-game sweep of the D-backs and one other particular second on the ballpark Peralta referred to as dwelling from 2014-22. “Every time I step to the field, it’s special,” Peralta ...

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Wednesday night time in Philadelphia didn’t begin off as a celebration of Michael Lorenzen. Making his first residence begin after becoming a member of the staff on the commerce deadline, he struggled to get comfy on the mound. The first batter of the sport, CJ Abrams, smashed a pitch to the warning observe within the deepest a part of the sphere. The subsequent three batters labored full counts, with one strolling. Keibert Ruiz labored one other stroll to guide off the second inning. Lorenzen threw 53 pitches within the first three frames. Through 4, he had three strikeouts and three walks. Luckily, he didn’t have to be the main focus, as a result of a celebration in Philly was taking place a method or one other. Weston Wilson smashed a house run in hi...

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Michael Lorenzen threw a complete-game no-hitter Wednesday towards the Washington Nationals. The Philli...

SEATTLE -- Emerson Hancock stood within the residence dugout at T-Mobile Park in the course of the fifth inning and weaved his pitching hand by means of his hair whereas making an enormous exhale. Mariners pitching coach Pete Woodworth then wrapped his proper arm across the 6-foot-4 right-hander and used his left hand to faucet the pitcher’s chest, a gesture of a job properly carried out. Hancock threw 5 robust innings within the Mariners’ 6-1 victory over the Padres on Wednesday evening, exactly the barometer that supervisor Scott Servais had hoped. In his MLB debut, Hancock surrendered only one run, through the leadoff stroll to his very first batter that got here round to attain. Other than that, Seattle’s No. 4 prospect within the MLB Pipeline rankings gave up simply two extra free pas...

Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports Things didn’t look so sizzling for Triston Casas within the first few months of the season. From the start of the yr by means of the top of May, he had a 95 wRC+ and a .195/.326/.376 slash line. He wasn’t doing sufficient injury within the coronary heart of the zone and had a suboptimal launch angle distribution. That’s a elaborate manner of claiming he wasn’t constantly making pitchers’ errors harm as a result of his batted balls have been in all places. His promising future as a masher had a little bit of a cloud over it, however after an explosive July, there may be good cause to be extra assured in him. Casas’ turnaround has a number of layers to it. Along with a slight mechanical tweak, he has taken on a extra aggressive strategy whereas specializing ...

BALTIMORE — Kyle Tucker homered for the second straight evening to provide Houston an early lead and the Astros added 4 runs within the eighth inning of an 8-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday. ...

DETROIT -- Miguel Cabrera hasn’t made an enormous deal out of climbing statistical leaderboards and passing greats in his last season. He’d somewhat concentrate on particular person video games and staff success when he can, and get on with getting ready for the subsequent sport. Still, as he sat within the Tigers' clubhouse at Comerica Park on Wednesday afternoon, even he was a bit in awe. “I can say I have more hits than Tony Gwynn,” Cabrera stated. “Bro, that’s insane.” He can add one other identify to that checklist: Robin Yount. A day after passing Gwynn and tying Yount with a two-hit night time on Tuesday, Cabrera handed Yount in Wednesday's 9-5 win along with his 3,143rd profession hit, a third-inning single off Twins starter Bailey Ober. Cabrera completed the night time 3-for-4, le...

Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports “There’s something about his swing that looks odd and unnatural, but DeLauter otherwise looks like a middle-of-the-order bat from a tools perspective.” Eric Longenhagen shared that scouting perspective when describing Chase DeLauter again in January. Ranking him No. 9 on our Cleveland Guardians Top Prospects record as a forty five FV prospect, our lead prospect analyst additionally opined that the 2022 first rounder was “a fascinating draft case,” partially as a result of he performed simply 66 video games over three seasons at James Madison University. Moreover, the damaged foot that prematurely ended his ultimate collegiate season delayed DeLauter’s skilled debut till this previous June. Initially assigned to the Arizona Complex League, the 21-year-old out...

MILWAUKEE — Andrew Chafin and Abner Uribe couldn’t discover the plate with the sport on the road. The Colorado Rockies fortunately took benefit. ...

MILWAUKEE -- Less than 24 hours after what was arguably their ugliest loss all season, the Brewers bounced again with what was simply their ugliest win.  “The game has twists and turns and ups and downs and good fortune and bad fortune,” Brewers supervisor Craig Counsell mentioned. “We caught a break, there’s no doubt about it.”  To get to that good break on the finish of a 7-6 victory over the Rockies at American Family Field on Wednesday, Milwaukee got here again from a 4-0 deficit within the fourth inning to assert a 5-4 lead by the fifth, misplaced the lead on a bad-hop base hit within the seventh after which gave away a run on an error in a sloppy high of the tenth. So, the Brewers rallied again as soon as once more. Mark Canha, whose fumble in left subject moments earlier had noticed...