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ANAHEIM -- Shohei Ohtani knew it was gone as quickly because it hit the bat. And after connecting on a 1-2 fastball from Yankees reliever Michael King on Monday night time, the two-way celebrity took a second to observe it sail over the left-center-field fence earlier than flicking his proper hand to unleash the most important bat flip of his Major League profession. Ohtani was clearly pumped up by his MLB-leading thirty fifth residence run of the yr, which tied the sport within the seventh inning. It was Ohtani's MLB-best 14th HR within the seventh inning or later. Per OptaSTATS, Ohtani has hit as many homers within the seventh inning or later over his previous 28 video games (12) as another MLB participant has hit whole throughout that point (since June 12). That's probably the most resi...

CHICAGO — The Washington Nationals positioned reliever Hunter Harvey on the 15-day injured record Monday with a proper elbow pressure. The transfer ...

ST. LOUIS -- Fighting again tears and talking by a wavering voice as a result of he is aware of the irritating destiny that awaits him as soon as the crowded Cardinals outfield turns into complete once more, Dylan Carlson lamented his lack of alternatives to be an on a regular basis participant with a membership that simply would possibly deal him earlier than the MLB Trade Deadline. Carlson’s fingerprints had been everywhere in the Cardinals’ 6-4 victory over the Marlins on Monday with him making a stellar catch to open the sport, registering hits from each side of the plate, and openly going from first to 3rd on a few cases. Still, Carlson did all that realizing he might be shifted again right into a reserve function when the Cardinals activate Tyler O’Neill on Tuesday and award him the ...

CHICAGO — Keibert Ruiz hit a two-run homer and went 3 for 3 with a double to guide the Washington Nationals previous the Chicago Cubs 7-5 on Tuesday night time. ...

The second half of the 2023 season is in full swing, and there’s loads of time for gamers who've struggled to this point to alter the course of their campaigns. Here are 12 gamers who have to step up for his or her respective groups within the second half. All statistics are by way of Sunday’s video games. What’s gone fallacious: In his first 12 months with the Astros, Abreu has posted the bottom batting common, on-base proportion and slugging proportion of his 10-year profession. The energy that received him the 2020 AL MVP Award with 19 homers in 60 video games went lacking; Abreu didn’t hit his first dwelling run of 2023 till May 28. Looking forward: It might be all downhill from right here for Abreu, who's presently in his age-36 season. But he hit .304 with an .824 OPS in 2022, receiv...

BALTIMORE — Chris Taylor hit a grand slam on an 0-2 pitch within the sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat Baltimore 6-4, snapping the Orioles’ eight-game successful streak Monday evening. ...

Sure, the mud has barely settled from the 2023 Draft, however there’s no relaxation for the weary. It’s time to begin digging into the Class of 2024. If the scouting business can do it, so can we! After all, many of those gamers are already out and being seen by scouts at occasions just like the PDP League and All-American Game on the highschool aspect and the Cape Cod League and USA Baseball’s College National Team trials on the collegiate aspect. Below is a really early take a look at what a prime 20 might seem like if a crew wanted to construct a 2024 Draft board proper now. While there will probably be a Draft lottery to find out the highest of the primary spherical, we’ll use the reverse order of the MLB standings on the All-Star break to make a Draft order. And whereas this checklist...

OAKLAND, Calif. —Alex Kirilloff homered within the fifth inning and hit a three-run double within the seventh, rallying the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics and a collection sweep Sunday. ...

Houston outfielder Chas McCormick and Washington shortstop CJ Abrams every put collectively a powerful weekend of their return from the All-Star break, which earned them MLB’s first Player of the Week Award offered by Chevrolet for the second half. Cardinals rookie Jordan Walker additionally earned Play of the Week honors for his unbelievable diving catch in opposition to the Nationals on Saturday. McCormick tallied seven hits within the Astros' weekend collection vs. the Angels to associate with three residence runs, 5 RBIs and three walks. McCormick’s greatest recreation got here within the finale, when he hit two residence runs in opposition to the Angels’ bullpen, with the second coming off All-Star nearer Carlos Estévez. It was the second multi-home run recreation of McCormick’s profe...

PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Schwarber hit his twenty fifth house run and ended the sport with a Twelfth-inning sacrifice fly, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 7-6 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. ...