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ANAHEIM -- About the very last thing the Astros wanted Friday night time was to face Shohei Ohtani of the Angels. It was the primary sport after the All-Star break, which meant the gamers had spent the earlier 4 days unfold out all around the nation and making an attempt to clear their minds from baseball. Stepping into the field to face Ohtani isn’t precisely a delicate touchdown spot for the second half, however the Astros have been as much as the problem towards an Angels group that seemed prefer it hadn't performed collectively in fairly some time. Mauricio Dubón's two-run single within the sixth inning snapped a tie and Houston’s bullpen held the Angels to 1 run in 4 2/3 innings in a 7-5 win Friday night time at Angel Stadium. “The first one is always a tough one,” Dubón stated. “You ...

ANAHEIM -- With the Angels determined for some momentum after dropping 9 of 10 to finish the primary half of the season, they turned to their ace and two-way famous person Shohei Ohtani of their first recreation out of the All-Star break in opposition to the Astros on Friday evening. But the identical points that had been plaguing them throughout their current tough stretch got here to the forefront but once more, as Ohtani struggled along with his blister/fingernail situation and the Angels made a number of pricey misplays and psychological blunders in a 7-5 loss at Angel Stadium. Ohtani went five-plus innings, permitting 5 runs (4 earned) on 5 hits and three walks with seven strikeouts to fall to 7-5 with a 3.50 ERA in 18 outings. It marked the third straight outing that he left prematur...

ARLINGTON -- The Rangers kicked off the second half of the season with an emphatic comeback victory at Globe Life Field, as they overcame an early four-run deficit to defeat the Guardians, 12-4, on Friday evening. Texas’ hitters have been the heroes of the evening, because the offense collected 17 hits and scored 12 runs to gasoline the crew to victory. More particularly, it was an enormous evening on the plate for the Rangers’ coronary heart of the order -- Corey Seager, Nathaniel Lowe, Adolis García, Josh Jung and Jonah Heim. The proficient quintet mixed for 13 hits, three dwelling runs and 10 RBIs. “It was a great game … great comeback,” Rangers skipper Bruce Bochy mentioned. “We have been down 4 they usually battled again rather well. Their starter did a pleasant job, however we simply...

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter concerning the 2024 regular-season schedule, the baseball relevance of a examine about people’ starvation for ineffective data, and the storylines they’re most trying ahead to following over the rest of the season, then (36:00) reply emails a few complete photo voltaic eclipse throughout a Guardians recreation, sliding right into a base coated in filth, why baseball broadcasts don’t do a greater job of exhibiting baserunners, same-named gamers taking part in the identical place in the identical recreation, defining a “comeback win,” the that means of “retiring x in a row,” why pitchers are nonetheless listed as switch-hitters, a strategy to save time with pinch-hitter bulletins, making it authorized for a number of runners to occupy the identical ba...

ARLINGTON -- If it wasn’t cool sufficient for 2 brothers to be on the identical Major League roster collectively, Josh and Bo Naylor determined to make some historical past on Friday evening. The Naylors turned the primary siblings in Cleveland historical past to hit a house run in the identical sport, every hitting a protracted ball within the third inning at Globe Life Field. The final time brothers hit homers in the identical sport for a similar group within the Majors was the Braves' B.J. and Justin Upton on Sept. 27, 2014. The Uptons have been additionally the final to hit homers in the identical inning after they went back-to-back on April 23, 2013. Bo set the tone within the third inning, following a Myles Straw single with a 435-foot shot to the right-field seats for his second pro...

CINCINNATI -- One second, Corbin Burnes seemed sturdy. When he caught Reds leadoff hitter T.J. Friedl taking a look at a cutter for the second out of the fifth inning on Friday, Burnes ensured the primary double-digit strikeout efficiency of what has been a hard-fought season.  A second later, he was crouched behind the mound, momentarily overcome by the warmth and humidity on a steamy summer time evening at Great American Ball Park. But after getting some medical consideration and a bottle of water, Burnes stayed within the sport to complete the fifth, then returned for the sixth to place the ending touches on certainly one of his greatest performances of 2023. Burnes scattered two hits and two walks with out permitting a run and set a season excessive with 13 strikeouts -- whiffing Reds ...

ARLINGTON -- This isn’t the best way the Guardians have been hoping to begin the second half of their season. On Friday, starter Shane Bieber underwent an MRI on his proper forearm. The crew is ready to listen to the outcomes. He’s scheduled to see Dr. Keith Meister in some unspecified time in the future on Saturday. For now, Cleveland is aware of that Bieber won't make his begin in Pittsburgh on Monday. After that, the membership is making an attempt to determine what the plan can be. “For about the last month, [Bieber's] forearm has been kind of irritable,” Guardians supervisor Terry Francona mentioned. “But we felt like he was trending in the right direction. For [a few] starts there, I think we held him to like 80 pitches. But the last couple [starts], he wasn’t comfortable with the wa...

Slugger Aaron Judge, who has been out with a toe sprain since making a terrific catch on June 3 at Los Angeles, took batting follow on the sphere in Denver on Friday earlier than the Yankees opened the second half at Coors Field. Judge stated he "didn't feel limited at all" by the damage to his proper massive toe. That stated, there's nonetheless no timetable for a return to the lineup. "Getting better every day," Judge stated. Content Source: www.mlb.com

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Having reached the publish–All-Star break world, it's possible you'll end up perusing numerous stat leaderboards making an attempt to get a grip of who has carried out to, above or under expectations. I contemplate myself a comparatively constructive particular person, so when any person isn’t performing to par, I prefer to discover their profile seeking a touch of their earlier self, or within the case of a prospect, their greatest future self. For this piece, I’m going to dive into a bunch of those gamers. The standards aren’t too strict; I’m usually in search of gamers who're roughly 15 factors or extra of wRC+ under their preseason ZiPS projection. Other than that, there's some mixture of batted ball knowledge, mechanics, and a splash of subjectivity a...