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ANAHEIM -- Throughout his rookie season for the Reds, the overwhelming majority of Elly De La Cruz's electrical offensive moments have include the switch-hitter batting left-handed. Right-handed? Not a lot. In Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader vs. the Angels, De La Cruz got here up very huge from the precise aspect. His three-run house run within the high of the fifth inning was half of a career-high six-RBI efficiency that lifted the Reds to a 9-4 victory at Angel Stadium. It additionally arrange Cincinnati to brush the sequence with a 7-3 win within the nightcap that additionally put the Reds into the third NL Wild Card slot. “Of course, it feels great," De La Cruz said of succeeding right-handed, via translator Jorge Merlos. “You can always have bad times when you’re batting right-hand...

NEW YORK — Washington Nationals proper fielder Stone Garrett appeared to harm his left ankle attempting to rob a house run from the New York Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu on Wednesday night time and was taken off the sector in a cart. ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Veteran shortstop Paul DeJong spent his whole profession within the Cardinals group earlier than being dealt to the Blue Jays on the 2023 Trade Deadline, a transfer he admittedly discovered a bit jarring. The 30-year-old didn’t get a lot probability to settle in with Toronto, as he was designated for project after going solely 3-for-44 (.068) with 18 strikeouts over 13 video games. “It’s been interesting,” DeJong stated previous to the membership's collection finale at Citizens Bank Park. “I feel like I gained some experience about moving around and joining a new team. I think that will help me in joining this group.” DeJong already appears to be dealing with his newest transition higher than his first. He made a robust impression in his Giants debut, going 3-for-5 with a t...

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge had his first huge league three-homer sport and tied his profession excessive with six RBIs, nearly single-handedly breaking the New York Yankees’ first nine-game dropping streak in 41 years with a 9-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday evening. ...

Two-way famous person Shohei Ohtani is not going to pitch once more this season after imaging revealed a tear in his proper ulnar collateral ligament, the Angels introduced on Wednesday night time. There is not any phrase but on whether or not he'll want surgical procedure, basic supervisor Perry Minasian stated. Ohtani appeared sharp early in Game 1 of the Angels' doubleheader in opposition to the Reds and hit his Major League-leading forty fourth homer of the season within the first inning, however he exited the eventual 9-4 loss with one out within the second inning. Content Source: www.mlb.com

BALTIMORE — Anthony Santander homered twice, Dean Kremer threw six innings of five-hit ball, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Wednesday evening. ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Bryce Harper may be banged up, however he's hitting like an MVP once more. It may be crucial factor to take from the Phillies’ 8-6 loss to the Giants in 10 innings on Wednesday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. Harper ripped a game-tying three-run dwelling run off the right-field foul pole within the ninth. It was his third homer in his previous three video games and his fifth in his previous seven. Harper is batting .345 (20-for-58) with 5 doubles, seven homers, 15 RBIs and a 1.228 OPS in his previous 16 contests. “Just getting pitches on the plate to swing at,” Harper stated. “Not missing them, trying not to chase the pitches out of the zone, taking chances when I can. But just continue to try to square up baseballs. Like I said about a month ago, I’m not worried about the...

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports The Marlins started this season on an historic tempo in one-run video games. They received each single one in all their first 12 such contests, besting a file that had stood for 51 years. Since then, they’ve performed to a extra modest 15-11 mark in these bouts, however their .711 profitable proportion in such video games on the entire would nonetheless tie them for the fifth-best in a single season for the reason that Live Ball Era started in 1920 (min. 20 one-run video games). Last Thursday, my colleague Michael Baumann wrote a piece that bought me considering. Specifically, he discovered that of the three groups outperforming their Pythagorean (run differential-based) file by at the least 5 video games on the time, two — the Orioles and Brewers — had ex...

SAN DIEGO — Padres reliever Robert Suarez was ejected for having sticky stuff on his left wrist and arm earlier than he threw a pitch within the eighth inning towards the Miami Marlins on Wednesday. ...

NEW YORK -- Amid a nine-game dropping streak that has seen the Yankees fall from the bubble of postseason competition to playoff lengthy photographs, the group has been compelled to take inventory of what precisely has gone unsuitable within the Bronx. That duty sits squarely on the shoulders of basic supervisor Brian Cashman, the pinnacle of the baseball operations division, who addressed the media on Wednesday evening and totally admitted that the 2023 season has not panned out the best way the Yankees meant. “It’s been a disaster this season, and yes, definitely a shock,” Cashman stated. “Certainly, I don't think anybody on our side of the fence, from our player group, coaches, manager, or even outside the organization, would have predicted this.” On Opening Day, the Yankees had the ver...