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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s voice and the potential for an ambidextrous famous person who blends the ability units of Shohei Ohtani and Pat Venditte, then talk about all of the implications of the Angels (and some different groups) putting distinguished gamers on outright waivers proper earlier than the deadline for postseason eligibility. After that (44:43), they speak to Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service frontman Ben Gibbard about his beloved Mariners’ surge into first place, his relationship with this Mariners group, his ideas on the postseason area and the brand new guidelines, his upcoming two-way-player tour that includes full performances of Transatlanticism and Give Up, and extra, plus (1:31:29) a Future Blast from 2053. Audio intro: Liz Panella, “...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ke’Bryan Hayes hit a two-run homer with two out within the eighth inning, serving to rally the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night time. ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- For pitchers, comebackers could be a nightmare. The one Joey Lucchesi took off his physique on Wednesday barely fazed him. Phillies Minor Leaguer Aramis Garcia hit a 106.3 mph comebacker off Lucchesi’s chest throughout a Triple-A recreation at Lehigh Valley, catching sufficient of his pectoral muscle to scale back the affect on his collarbone. When the ball struck him, Lucchesi fell to a knee and initially had hassle swallowing. But he recovered rapidly and, after a couple of warm-ups, retired the subsequent batter he confronted on a single pitch. “It happened so fast,” Lucchesi mentioned. “I was in shock. But I had a lot of adrenaline. I didn’t really feel anything.” By the time the sport ended, Lucchesi was feeling principally regular, save for a shiny pink welt on his ...

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper hit his three hundredth profession residence run, going deep towards the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday to grow to be the 158th participant in main league historical past to succeed in that mark. ...

DETROIT -- Not many gamers have hit higher than Gleyber Torres has prior to now week, and Wednesday night time was extra of the identical for the Yankees’ second baseman, who slugged his twenty third residence run of the season throughout New York’s 6-2 win over the Tigers at Comerica Park. With the victory, the Yankees clinched their first sequence since July 21-23. In Thursday’s finale, they’ll have an opportunity at their first four-game win streak since May 27-30. Torres, who additionally walked and scored two runs within the win, is hitting .600 (6-for-10) through the present four-game sequence, with two doubles, three homers and 4 RBIs. Giancarlo Stanton hit his twentieth homer instantly after Gleyber’s most up-to-date round-tripper within the fourth inning, pushing New York’s result...

BALTIMORE — The Chicago White Sox hit three house runs off 13-game winner Kyle Gibson to rally from an early four-run deficit and beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-5 Wednesday, avoiding a three-game sweep. ...

TORONTO -- Who are the Blue Jays? It will depend on the day. Less than 24 hours after one of many season’s most irritating losses, full with controversial choices and a late rally that flopped, Toronto rolled off the bed and performed one in all its cleanest video games in weeks. Wednesday’s 7-0 win at Rogers Centre was easy and easy, taking a collection from the Nationals that the house group desperately wanted. The win briefly moved the Blue Jays inside three video games of the Mariners, Astros and Rangers, three golf equipment tied for the ultimate two American League Wild Card spots behind the Rays. All three have been set to play in a while Wednesday, giving the Blue Jays an opportunity to maneuver inside 2 1/2 video games of anybody who loses earlier than they lean right into a much-...

TORONTO — Alejandro Kirk had three hits and three RBIs, Chris Bassitt and Jay Jackson mixed on a five-hitter and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Washington Nationals 7-0 on Wednesday. ...

This story was excerpted from Justice delos Santos’ Pirates Beat publication. To learn the complete publication, click on right here. And subscribe to get it usually in your inbox. As John Baker leaned on the railing of the first-base dugout at Peoples Natural Gas Field, Paul Skenes was on the collective consciousness of the ten,164 followers -- plus the handfuls of gamers, coaches, media and workers -- who have been within the ballpark that night time. Skenes, although, wasn’t the one younger pitcher within the group whom Baker mentioned on that historic night time in Toon Town. Prior to Skenes’ Double-A debut, Baker additionally mentioned Roansy Contreras and Quinn Priester, each of whom are presently with Triple-A Indianapolis, combating their means again to the Majors. If nothing else,...

Two weeks in the past, we up to date our Major League Leaderboards. We appreciated all of the suggestions and have requests. One of these requests was so as to add a approach to filter by the handedness of the participant, and we’ve executed simply that! The filter seems to be at whether or not the batter is right-handed, left-handed or a swap hitter, and filters on that worth. It works the identical for pitchers. We also have a swap pitcher filter, though it’s useful for only one participant. Similar to the place participant filter, the handedness filter is not going to create a subset of information. For instance, if you choose switch-hitters, it can present you their stats from all their plate appearances, whatever the facet of the plate they batted from. We nonetheless have the ...