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Girl baseball gamers study softball expertise at Breakthrough Series n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"The 16-year-old Tse, a middle fielder, stated the shortness of the bases creates points defensively due to the benefit of a speedy batter turning what can be a single on a baseball subject right into a standup double in softball. nnAnd then there’s the ball.    nn“It’s a lot different reading the bigger ball off the bat and how it acts in the air,” stated Tse, a local of upstate New York’s metropolis of Glenville. “I’ve learned that it’s a little slower and hangs in the air a little longer. nn“Hitting has also be...

Patrick Bailey's 3-run double helps Giants beat Braves n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"“Everybody is aware of we haven’t had a very good August,” Estrada stated in Spanish. “We needed it, the meeting. I talked a little bit and tried to give a positive message and remind everyone of how talented and capable we are.  nn“I think today we did what we were doing earlier in the season. Playing aggressively, trying to take the extra base, going pitch to pitch, at-bat to at-bat, regardless of the score. And look, we ended up getting a positive result.”","sort":"textual content","__typename":"Video","contentDate":"2023-0...

As the canine days of August wind down this week and provides method to the thrilling baseball month of September, each collection and, certainly, each sport, turns into increasingly more essential for groups within the postseason hunt. The upcoming week is filled with essential collection harboring main playoff implications. Here's a take a look at 5 collection you do not need to miss over the subsequent seven days: Astros (74-58) at Red Sox (69-62)3 video games (Monday-Wednesday) Head to move: The final time these two golf equipment met was simply final week, when Boston handed Houston a 17-1 loss at Minute Maid Park on Thursday to separate a four-game collection. Those are the one 4 video games these two golf equipment have performed towards one another to this point this season. Storyl...

PHOENIX -- Corbin Carroll capped an vital weekend collection by turning into the fourth rookie in AL/NL historical past with at the least 20 residence runs and 40 stolen bases within the D-backs’ 5-2 win over the Reds on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. Carroll, one of many frontrunners for the NL Rookie of the Year Award, went 6-for-12 within the four-game collection with 4 extra-base hits, together with a go-ahead residence run in Thursday’s 3-2 win -- his first homer since July 23. The 23-year-old Carroll joined Mike Trout (2012), Mitchell Page (1977) and Tommie Agee (1966) as the one rookies with a 20/40 season. Carroll can be the primary D-back to have a 20/40 season since Eric Byrnes in 2007. Carroll, in typical trend, performed down the significance of his history-making season. His...

Mariners surpass Rangers for first place in AL West n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"But past the Rangers, nobody can depend out the Astros, who’ve received the division 5 of the previous six years (the lone outlier being the COVID-impacted 2020). Those two will probably be their opponents for his or her closing 10 video games, with 22 till then.","kind":"textual content","__typename":"Video","contentDate":"2023-08-27T20:32:19.971Z","preferredPlaybackScenarioURL("preferredPlaybacks":"mp4AvcPlayback")":"https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-08/27/8484d853-f61c3fc3-cfc08ed6-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720...

PHOENIX -- It was rookie vs. rookie, pace vs. arm in the course of the fifth inning of the Reds' 5-2 loss to the D-backs on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field, when Elly De La Cruz prevented an inside-the-park dwelling run by Corbin Carroll. Facing Cincinnati starter Graham Ashcraft with two outs and his workforce up, 1-0, Arizona's Carroll launched a two-out drive to deep middle area. The ball was out of TJ Friedl's attain because it hit the wall. Friedl retrieved the ball shortly, whereas Carroll motored across the bases. As Carroll was waved round to try to rating, the cutoff throw went to Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz on the shallow outfield grass. De La Cruz fired a excessive throw to Tyler Stephenson on the plate, however the catcher was capable of get the ball and apply the tag on Car...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Little Leaguers all over the place dream of a second like this. Louis Lappe hit a walk-off homer and California beat Curac...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Those massive spots appear to seek out Royce Lewis usually sufficient that supervisor Rocco Baldelli and his coaches joke about it within the dugout -- and boy, does he actually appear to have a penchant for rising to the event. Sunday’s recreation appeared all however out of attain for a listless Twins offense in a five-run deficit earlier than Lewis dragged his workforce again into it within the sixth inning together with his second profession grand slam, nearly closing the hole. They closed all of it the way in which on Donovan Solano’s game-tying single within the ninth -- and an eternity later, the Twins lastly ended a marathon 7-6 victory over the Rangers with a bases-loaded stroll by Michael A. Taylor within the thirteenth inning. The win secured a victory within the ...

DETROIT -- As the Astros cruised to a 17-4 win over the Tigers on Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park, two dwelling legends -- MVP winners, longtime teammates, extraordinarily probably Hall of Famers and maybe the perfect hitter and pitcher of their era -- confronted one another for the ultimate time. In what was virtually actually the final matchup between Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera, Verlander gritted via 5 scoreless innings, whereas Cabrera battled however couldn’t nick Verlander for successful. In the second, Verlander struck Cabrera out trying on a curve. In the third, Cabrera fouled off 4 pitches earlier than grounding right into a forceout. In the fifth, with two outs and Cabrera due up subsequent, Verlander as a substitute obtained the out he wanted, ending his outing with Ca...

MIAMI — Jorge Soler hit a two-run drive for his thirty fifth homer, and the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 on Sunday to keep away from a sequence sweep. ...