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SAN FRANCISCO — LaMonte Wade Jr. homered and 6 San Francisco pitchers mixed for the shutout because the Giants edged the Arizona Diamondbacks 1-0 Thursday to take three of 4 video games within the sequence. ...

This story was excerpted from Anthony DiComo’s Mets Beat publication. To learn the complete publication, click on right here. And subscribe to get it repeatedly in your inbox. Over the previous week, Mets proprietor Steve Cohen and normal supervisor Billy Eppler have made the group’s imaginative and prescient clear -- they intend to take a position judiciously within the 2024 roster earlier than increasing their dedication to successful baseball in 2025. That doesn’t imply the Mets can be noncompetitive in 2024, nevertheless it does make a playoff run harder. It’s exhausting to contemplate that timeline with out additionally contemplating the way forward for Pete Alonso, a beloved homegrown Met who is just beneath workforce management by way of 2024. If the Mets aren’t going to commit impo...

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports Slade Cecconi will need to have been nervous. Staring down the primary batter of his large league profession, the 24-year-old couldn’t fairly get on prime of a 2-2 curveball. The looping pitch floated harmlessly previous LaMonte Wade Jr., nicely above the strike zone for ball three. Wade known as trip, and Cecconi used the respite to take just a few calming breaths earlier than returning to the rubber. For the sixth pitch in a row, catcher Jose Herrera arrange on the surface nook. For the sixth pitch in a row, Cecconi overthrew it, yanking a four-seamer towards the left-hand batter’s field. Wade had no time to react because it screamed in towards his arms at 94.8 mph. Only after the ball had made contact did he recoil, leaning away thus far and so quick t...

NEW YORK — The Houston Astros hat and T-shirt have been acquainted to Justin Verlander. But the chaotic course of that landed him at Yankee Stadium ...

MILWAUKEE -- Brice Turang regarded good in his new uniform on Thursday night time, and his wasn’t the one variety of word. After taking part in with No. 0 on his again for his first four-plus months within the Majors, Turang switched to No. 2 on Thursday and mixed with fellow rookies Sal Frelick, Andruw Monasterio and Joey Wiemer for 9 hits and 9 RBIs within the Brewers’ breakout 14-1 win over the Pirates at American Family Field. Turang and Frelick every smashed a three-run residence run and mixed for eight of these RBIs on an evening Milwaukee matched its earlier season-high for runs (11) with Frelick’s homer within the sixth inning and matched its season-high for hits (16) with Turang’s single within the eighth. The 13-run margin of victory was the Brewers’ largest since their 19-2 win ...

Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports Was that as enjoyable for you because it was for me? It’s been a busy month, each personally and for baseball. The All-Star recreation, the draft, the Trade Value Series (okay high quality, that one’s simply me), the deadline; it’s been a mile a minute for the reason that Fourth of July. Now we’re slipping again into regular baseball rhythms, with a month’s lull earlier than the September playoff chase heats up once more. I’m profiting from that break to get again to what I like: paying homage to Zach Lowe and speaking about 5 issues in baseball that tickled me. Despite the title, I’m casting a barely wider web than “this week” – we’ve missed so much! 1. Patty BailiffPatrick Bailey received the nickname Patty Barrels for his switch-hitting house run fea...

ST. LOUIS — Dakota Hudson pitched seven sturdy innings in his second begin of the season and Alex Burleson hit a three-run homer, main the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-3 win over the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night time. ...

Here’s our weekly have a look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the final week in baseball (July 28-August 3). More historical past for Acuña: On Sunday, Ronald Acuña Jr. stole his fiftieth base of the season, turning into the primary participant in MLB historical past with at the least 20 homers and 50 stolen bases earlier than August in a season. Then on Wednesday, he hit his twenty fifth residence run. He has the twelfth particular person season in MLB historical past with at the least 25 homers and 50 stolen bases and first since Hanley Ramirez in 2007. Acuña reached the marks in 106 video games performed, the fewest of anybody on the listing. Framber’s day: Framber Valdez threw the sixteenth no-hitter in Astros franchise historical past on Tuesday and was fairly environment friendly. Vald...

NEW YORK — New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán has voluntarily entered inpatient remedy for alcohol abuse, the workforce introduced Wednesday. G...

LOS ANGELES -- With two months left within the common season, Julio Urías nonetheless has time to show he might be the ace the Dodgers anticipated him to be this 12 months. Thursday night time was a very good begin, as Urías hurled 5 scoreless innings within the Dodgers’ 8-2 victory to finish a sweep of the A’s at Dodger Stadium. “There's been a lot of inconsistency throughout the year, but I feel like I'm myself on the mound, feel like I'm stronger on the mound,” Urías stated by means of staff interpreter Juan Dorado. “... I feel really good about where I'm at right now.” Coming off a July of combined outcomes and within the midst of an total up-and-down season, Urías entered his outing on eight days’ relaxation, his most up-to-date begin being on July 25. Hindered by a left index finger ...