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Rays outlast Dodgers in wild finale to take collection
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Rays outlast Dodgers in wild finale to take collection

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays’ longest homestand of the season ended Sunday with considered one of their most weird video games but, a back-and-forth slugfest by which no lead felt secure and clear innings had been exhausting to seek out. In the tip, a sport that featured 28 whole hits and a mixed six house runs took its ultimate activate an infield single. Luke Raley beat a sluggish grounder to first base to steer off the seventh inning, hustled to 3rd on a Yandy Díaz single and scored the game-winning run on a Wander Franco groundout. The Rays bullpen made that lead rise up, sealing an 11-10 win over the Dodgers. Jalen Beeks pitched a scoreless seventh, and Jason Adam labored round a two-out stroll within the eighth. As high-leverage reliever Pete Fairbanks walked gingerly again to the dugo...
Tsitsipas Credits Gut Check with RG Comeback
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Tsitsipas Credits Gut Check with RG Comeback

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, May 28, 2023On Roland Garros opening day, Stefanos Tsitsipas was in no temper for prolonged engagements.When big-serving Czech Jiri Vesely held 4 set factors within the fourth-set tiebreaker, a fifth set appeared inevitable.Tsitsipas on Medvedev: Let's DanceA cussed Tsitsipas rewrote that ending preventing off all 4 set factors in a 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(7) Roland Garros win to succeed in the second spherical.Afterward, Tsitsipas credited ahead considering and carbo loading together with his closing energy."Red wine and baguettes," a smiling Tsitsipas joked about his Paris success.It was very a lot a gut-check for the 2021 Roland Garros runner-up, who pointed to his temple after the win that raised his clay-court file to 14-4 this season."The ...
Why this upstart workforce might crash the postseason celebration
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Why this upstart workforce might crash the postseason celebration

Coming into 2023, you'll have been hard-pressed to seek out many individuals who thought the D-backs had a sensible probability to achieve the postseason. Their playoff odds on FanGraphs previous to Opening Day had been simply 15.3%. But if the season ended in the present day, they’d be within the postseason for simply the fourth time in 21 years. Of course, the season doesn’t finish in the present day. There’s a whole lot of baseball left to be performed. But that doesn’t imply we should always write off Arizona. Here are 5 causes the membership might have endurance on this playoff race. (All stats are via Friday.) 1) They quietly have one in all MLB's finest rotation duos Zac Gallen has cemented himself as one of many high pitchers within the recreation because the starting of final seas...
Tsitsipas on Medvedev: Let’s Dance
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Tsitsipas on Medvedev: Let’s Dance

Asked his response to Medvedev's Rome rocking immediately, Tsitsipas stated let's dance.The fifth-ranked Greek, who saved set factors within the fourth set defeating Jiri Vesely 7-5, 6-3, 4-7, 7-6(7) in his Roland Garros opener, suggests his future duels with fierce rival Medvedev will climax as dance events.  "Well, if it's meant to be this way, I guess there is a dance after every one of them, I guess," Tsitsipas instructed the media at Roland Garros. "No, it was fun. I wasn't mad or upset or anything regarding that."I did the identical a couple of months in the past, so."Medvedev's win over Tsitsitsipas gave him an 8-4 lead in their head-to-head series.It was the 2021 US Open champion's first Top 10 victory on clay since 2019 and set him up for his first career clay-court crown.Former R...
Accidents & Strikes: Flamethrowing prospect Joyce getting known as up
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Accidents & Strikes: Flamethrowing prospect Joyce getting known as up

May 27: LHP Matt Moore to be positioned on 15-day IL; RHP Ben Joyce to have contract chosen from Double-A Rocket CityThe bullpen was dealt a serious blow, as Moore suffered a strained proper indirect whereas taking part in catch earlier than Friday's recreation in opposition to the Marlins. He will probably be positioned on the injured record on Sunday. Moore, 33, had been off to a powerful begin, posting a 1.44 ERA with 21 strikeouts in 25 innings. Moore stated he is by no means suffered an indirect harm, so he is unsure how lengthy he'll be out. The Angels will name up one in every of their high reduction prospects in Joyce. The 22-year-old has posted a 4.60 ERA with 24 strikeouts in 15 2/3 innings for Rocket City and has a fastball that commonly reaches triple digits. Joyce, ranked beca...