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Drew Maggi doesn’t know if he’ll have any main league at-bats in his future, so he was decided to benefit from any probabilities he received Saturday evening. Maggi received his first two hits, three days after making his massive league debut with Pittsburgh following 13 years within the minors, and the Pi...

Willie Mays had one of the vital illustrious careers in baseball historical past. The "Say Hey Kid" really did all of it. He racked up accolades as few different gamers did. Mays crushed 660 residence runs and swiped 338 baggage whereas enjoying phenomenal center-field protection. Only Mays, Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez have hit greater than 500 residence runs and stole greater than 300 bases. His 156.1 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) path simply 4 gamers and has been surpassed solely by Bonds (162.8) since Mays retired. Mays had loads of memorable moments to assist his legendary profession. His miraculous catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series on the Polo Grounds stays one of many iconic moments within the sport's historical past and is arguably his personal signature second. Next on tha...

Nathan Eovaldi first profession shutout in Rangers' win over Yankees n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Jonah Heim, who additionally caught Pérez’s shutout final season, mentioned these are the type of video games you attempt for as a catcher, crushed solely by no-hitters and excellent video games.nn“It’s easy on me [when he’s locked in like that],” Heim mentioned. “Anything I put down, he executed, so that makes my life easy. He was cruising. … I haven't really caught him since Spring Training, so I just talked to him a little bit, asked him what felt good. And apparently everything felt good, so it was easy.”nnEovaldi ...

Bill Haselman precipitated a memorable brawl on June 6, 1993. Plunked by a Mike Mussina pitch, the Seattle Mariners catcher charged the mound and proceeded to deal with the Baltimore Orioles right-hander. The melee that adopted was a doozy. Tussles involving quite a few gamers came about throughout the infield, and when all was stated and performed, seven gamers had been ejected, and a minimum of 4 had been injured — together with one who had performed in 1,790 consecutive video games. “It was just a weird situation,” recalled Haselman, three a long time later. “Chris Bosio was pitching for us — he’d come again from a damaged collarbone — and he threw balls behind Mark McLemore and Harold Reynolds. The first one wasn’t on goal. The one he threw behind Reynolds [in the bottom of the ...

MEXICO CITY -- Between innings, the mariachi band performed and the sellout crowd at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú sang alongside in unison. When Nelson Cruz launched a no-doubt residence run within the third inning, Fernando Tatis Jr. greeted him on the prime step to bestow him with a sombrero.  When Manny Machado hit a two-run homer to place the Padres on prime within the seventh, the ballpark erupted. When Nick Martinez slammed the door within the ninth, the Vicente Fernández basic “Volver, Volver” blared from the audio system, and the ballpark sang once more. On a heat Saturday night in Mexico City, the Padres’ sluggish begin to the 2023 season felt prefer it was 2,000 miles away. Because it was. Their offensive struggles? More of an issue for sea degree. The Padres and Giants introduced l...

MEXICO CITY -- Xander Bogaerts grew up in Aruba, is fluent in 4 languages and has starred for Team Netherlands on the World Baseball Classic. Fitting, maybe, that such a cosmopolitan ballplayer would make worldwide baseball historical past on Saturday night in Mexico City. With his fourth-inning dwelling run off Giants right-hander Jakob Junis, Bogaerts grew to become the primary participant in baseball historical past to homer in 4 totally different international locations -- USA, Canada, England and now Mexico. “It’s incredible, to be honest with you,” Bogaerts mentioned after the Padres had overwhelmed the Giants in a 16-11 slugfest at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú. “It’s something I never thought of. … It’s a pretty neat accomplishment.” This weekend, the Padres and Giants are staging the ...

Drew Maggi information first Major League hit n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"“That was nice,” Maggi stated. “It was kind of like, it’s do-or-die here. I know, of all people, that this can end very quickly. Then, who knows where it goes from there? Maybe I never get back up here, and that was it. That was going through my head the whole day, so I said, ‘I’m swinging. I’m going out hacking.’”nnSo candy was the second, Maggi then duplicated it, including his first profession extra-base hit -- a double off place participant Lane Thomas -- within the ninth for good measure. Again, he obtained a rousing ovation.nn“Mag-gi! ...

MILWAUKEE -- Mike Trout is getting sizzling on the plate, and that might spell massive bother for opposing pitchers. On an evening when the Angels struggled to attain runs early, Trout caught fireplace late and almost modified the sport’s consequence. With the Angels dealing with a six-run deficit, Trout belted two-run homers within the eighth and ninth innings and compelled the Brewers to show to their nearer Devin Williams earlier than Los Angeles finally fell, 7-5, on Saturday evening at American Family Field. After Trout’s second homer, Shohei Ohtani singled and Anthony Rendon hit a drive to deep right-center that was caught close to the wall for the ultimate out, however not earlier than placing a scare into the house crowd. "The previous couple of days, I really feel like myself once...

Here are 9 stats and info to know from a enjoyable Saturday evening sport. • The Padres and Giants every hit back-to-back homers twice within the sport. It was the primary time in MLB historical past that each groups had a number of distinct house run streaks in a sport, in keeping with the Elias Sports Bureau. Why the "distinct" wording? On April 9, 2000, the Twins and Royals every hit back-to-back-to-back homers. That’s additionally a fantastic feat, and technically is 2 back-to-backs per group, however actually differs from 4 separate streaks in a sport. • The two groups mixed for 11 homers, two shy of the file for a single sport, from 10 completely different gamers. That's tied for essentially the most gamers with a house run in a sport in AL/NL historical past, with the Diamondbacks a...

LOS ANGELES -- The Cardinals got here into Saturday’s recreation with a .321 batting common towards left-handed pitchers, the very best mark within the Majors. Even throughout an underachieving begin, the Cardinals have feasted on southpaws.  But Clayton Kershaw isn’t simply every other left-hander. He will seemingly discover his approach into the Hall of Fame when eligible following his retirement. His No. 22 jersey will cling at Dodger Stadium shortly after that.  Kershaw confirmed that when once more on Saturday, hanging out 9 and tossing seven scoreless innings within the Dodgers’ 1-0 win over the Cardinals at Dodger Stadium.  “I’ve said it before this year, but tonight was his best night, as far as stuff, from start to finish,” mentioned Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts. “Just the way ...