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ARLINGTON -- In the sequence finale towards Texas at Globe Life Field, the Braves' offense was firing on all cylinders, sparking a late comeback in a 6-5 victory over the Rangers and Atlanta's first sequence win over Texas since 2003. Eddie Rosario bought the celebration began early with a two-run blast within the second inning, driving in Austin Riley, on base after drawing a stroll. Rosario's homer snapped a 29 2/3-inning scoreless streak from Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi. “It can be anybody, anytime,” Riley mentioned of the specter of Atlanta's lineup. “For Rosario to set the tone like that, [it’s huge] because you know it’s going to be a good game between [Spencer] Strider and Eovaldi. We look forward to those types of matchups. That’s what we come to the yard everyday for, and it wa...

BALTIMORE — Kyle Bradish pitched impressively into the seventh inning and Austin Hays homered to elevate the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday evening. ...

Kodai Senga units Mets single-game document for many strikeouts by Japanese pitcher n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Four of Senga’s strikeouts got here on his ghost fork, a diving pitch so named for its now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t motion. Senga’s calling card in Japan, the ghost fork (or splitter, as he refers to it) has confirmed simply as efficient on this facet of the Pacific -- a lot in order that he hasn’t allowed a hard-hit ball on any of the 166 splitters he’s thrown this season. By that metric, it has been the best pitch within the Majors. (Second on the record is Luis García’s slider, which the Astros' star...

Arizona Republic Tommy Henry isn’t a Statcast darling. The 25-year-old Arizona Diamondbacks southpaw doesn’t possess elite motion or spin on any of his 4 choices, nor does he mild up radar weapons. What he does do… properly, he pitches. Selected by the Snakes within the second spherical of the 2019 draft out of the University of Michigan, Henry would possibly finest be described as a purveyor of the artwork of pitching. Fourteen begins into his big-league profession — 9 final yr and 5 up to now this season — Henry has admittedly had comparatively modest success. He has a 5.23 ERA over 74 innings and has allowed 75 hits and 33 walks, with a pedestrian 49 punchouts and a 15.3% Ok-rate. Writing him up previous to final season, our lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen opined that “No. 4...

MIAMI — Jorge Soler hit a go-ahead residence run for the second straight sport, and the Miami Marlins held off the Washington Nationals for a 4-3 win Wednesday evening. ...

Nolan Arenado has milestone sport n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Arenado additionally got here into Wednesday’s sport driving a five-game residence run streak, making him considered one of 9 gamers in Cards historical past to homer in that many consecutive video games. He homered in every sport of the Cardinals' three-game sweep in Boston over the weekend after which went deep off Milwaukee’s Freddy Peralta and Wade Miley on Monday and Tuesday.nnIn his second at-bat on Wednesday at Busch Stadium, Arenado got here inside inches of homering in a sixth straight sport earlier than his shot down the le...

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports When Luis García first debuted again in 2020, he was the youngest participant within the majors at simply 20 years outdated. He’s cut up the previous two seasons between Triple-A and the massive leagues, and turned 23 simply yesterday. Players who make it to the present at such a younger age are virtually solely extremely regarded prospects; García was ranked 87th general on our 2020 prime prospect record. Of the 12 gamers who’ve made it to the majors at age 20 or youthful over the past decade, García’s -0.5 WAR in his debut season was the second-worst mark and his whole WAR ranks useless final. Despite getting known as up at such a younger age, he’s actually struggled to make an impression on the highest degree. But after enjoying in over 200 video games...