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Jordan Walker extends hitting streak to 9 video games n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"The 6-foot-6, 245-pound outfielder, who made the Cardinals roster with out ever enjoying a recreation at Triple-A, exited Sunday batting .353 with two residence runs and two doubles. For his solely hit Sunday, Walker drove Freddy Peralta’s 82.3 mph slider up by the center to plate Nolan Arenado and briefly pull the Cardinals inside 2-1. Not solely did the hit end in Walker’s eighth RBI, nevertheless it was additionally the fifteenth hard-hit (95 mph-plus) ball of his younger profession. Walker’s single left the bat at 108.3 mph, per ...

DENVER — Elías Díaz had three hits, together with his first residence run this season, Jurickson Profar hit his first residence run with Colorado and the Rockies weathered shaky pitching to beat the Washington Nationals 7-6 Sunday. Ryan McMahon drew a bases-loaded stroll in a four-run sixth for the go-ahea...

DETROIT -- In the underside of the ninth inning of Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Tigers, Adam Duvall exited the sport after he appeared to injure his left wrist on a diving play try within the outfield. “He’s getting X-rays right now, so we don’t know,” supervisor Alex Cora mentioned postgame. “We’ll know more tomorrow.” Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson hit a shot to middle subject and Duvall's glove appeared to get caught within the grass as he tried to put out for the catch. Duvall received up holding his left wrist, the identical one which required season-ending surgical procedure final July when he was with the Braves. “He almost made a spectacular play,” left fielder Rob Refsnyder mentioned. “That’s a big guy out there. I don’t think people really realize how big he is and how fast...

ST. PETERSBURG -- For years, Kevin Kiermaier would lead the Rays’ postgame victory celebrations by chanting, rapping and recognizing key contributors from the sport whereas music boomed by the successful clubhouse. They’ve developed new traditions this season, with reliever Ryan Thompson getting the group going because the unofficial hype man earlier than Shane McClanahan and Brandon Lowe lead a tequila toast for the day’s high pitchers and hitters. They’ve obtained the routine down fairly nicely at this level.  Nine video games, 9 wins, 9 celebrations. The undefeated Rays stored rolling on Sunday afternoon, sealing their third collection sweep with an 11-0 rout of the A’s at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay matched the 2003 Kansas City membership for the longest successful streak to start out a...

NEW YORK -- When they acquired infielder Luis Arraez from the Twins in January, the Marlins knew he was going to be a constant hitter. To this level, he’s proved them proper. Continuing his momentum from profitable the American League batting title in 2022, Arraez has gone 14-for-30 (.467) in his first 9 video games. However, the Marlins have been pleasantly shocked by Arraez’s protection at second base. Entering Sunday’s motion in opposition to the Mets, when he celebrated his twenty sixth birthday, Arraez hasn’t made an error in 31 possibilities. But it’s extra than simply the errorless streak that has impressed the Marlins’ brass. “I knew he was an average fielder,” basic supervisor Kim Ng stated. “But from what I’ve seen, the range has been better than I thought it would be. The agilit...

This story was excerpted from Mark Sheldon’s Reds Beat publication. To learn the complete publication, click on right here. And subscribe to get it usually in your inbox. PHILADELPHIA -- Reds outfielder TJ Friedl has some energy however is aware of his greatest weapon on the plate can usually be a well-executed bunt. Friedl says his motto is to “create chaos.” Bunting turned an even bigger focus for Friedl in faculty, when he performed on the University of Nevada for coach T.J. Bruce. “It was a big part of our game in college,” Friedl stated. “That’s when I learned push bunting off a lefty. All the way through my Minor League career, it was just working at it and getting better.” Spring Training introduced a deal with for Friedl, when the Reds introduced in former Major League outfielder B...

College baseball staff scores 62 runs in at some point n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"The Emory Eagles scored 31 runs within the first recreation of a doubleheader in opposition to the Brandeis Judges on Saturday. How do you prime that?nnDo it once more within the second recreation.nnYes, the Eagles scored 62 runs in at some point of Division III school baseball motion. They did it on 49 hits and 20 walks.","sort":"markdown","__typename":"Markdown","content material":"Third baseman Jack Halloran went 5-for-5 with three residence runs and 9 RBIs in Game 1 -- earlier than going 4-for-5 with six extra RBIs within the ni...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels rejoice homers by placing a celebratory hat on the top of the hitter when he returns to the dugout, and Shohei Ohtani picked out fairly the brand new chapeau for this season: A samurai helmet product of steel and weighing a number of kilos. The Halos’ heavy hat obtained loads o...

Travis d'Arnaud to land on injured listing with concussion n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Odor was going to slip head first earlier than realizing which will have led to a head-to-head collision with d’Arnaud. nn“It was going to be ugly 100 percent,” Odor mentioned. “It’s part of the game. You’re just trying to score in that situation. I got hurt like that two years ago. Same play. I hurt my knee. I was on third, and I was going to slide into home plate, and the [catcher] was in the middle of the plate.”nnConfusion adopted as many seasoned baseball of us tried to determine what had simply occurred. Odor didn’t contac...

Three Sundays in the past, the reply to this column’s weekly quiz was Carlos Santana. The query was, “Which player has appeared in the most regular-season games over the past 10 seasons?” and the now-Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman had performed in 1,440 — 13 greater than Paul Goldschmidt and 40 greater than Freddie Freeman and Anthony Rizzo. Santana professed not to concentrate on the excellence once I talked about it to him earlier this week. He did appear happy to listen to it, and “humbly prideful” is perhaps one of the simplest ways to explain his response. “I prepare,” stated Santana, who celebrated his thirty seventh birthday yesterday. “I prepare my body. I prepare mentally. I also try to enjoy the game every day. That’s why I can play a lot. The game is my passion. This is ...