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SAN FRANCISCO -- There’s simply one thing about going through the Giants that brings out the perfect in Max Muncy. “You’re happy for the player and the person because three days ago, it wasn’t like this,” supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. “It was a huge series, and I’m just happy to see him smile and help us win some ballgames.” To Roberts’ level, Muncy entered the collection simply 4-for-33 with one house run and three RBIs. In the three video games in San Francisco, he went 5-for-9 with 4 homers and 11 RBIs, and he didn’t even begin Tuesday’s sport. “I made some adjustments to the swing, and I just felt like I was in a much better position to hit than I had been the last week or so,” Muncy defined. “I got a couple of mistakes, and I didn’t miss them.” Muncy’s whole of 11 RBIs in a three...

CHICAGO — All-Star outfielder Ian Happ and the Chicago Cubs agreed Wednesday to a $61 million, three-year contract overlaying 2024-26. Happ agreed in January to a $10.85 million, one-year contract. His new deal requires a $3 million signing bonus payable June 1 and salaries of $20 million in each 2025 and ...

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports If you look atop the groundball fee leaderboard, you’ll see among the typical suspects. Josh Bell and Masataka Yoshida have hit greater than two-thirds of their batted balls on the bottom this yr, whereas Eric Hosmer and Jean Segura aren’t far behind. Bell, Hosmer, and Segura have been among the most notable groundball hitters within the majors for years, whereas Yoshida was a groundball menace in Japan. Even at such an early level within the season, the groundball cream is rising to the highest. At the underside of the leaderboard, the names are somewhat extra shocking. Noted fly ball hitters Adam Duvall and Brandon Lowe are among the many backside 10, however there are additionally a handful of gamers you wouldn’t count on to see. One such participant ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays received their twelfth straight recreation to start out the season, one in need of the foremost league report, as Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer in a 9-7 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night time. The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers and 1982 Atlanta Bra...

TORONTO -- With an offense equally able to the blowout or the short strike, you'll be able to’t simply put the Blue Jays to mattress. You must slam the door shut and lock it behind you. The Tigers discovered that the arduous means Wednesday night time at Rogers Centre, as Toronto stormed again within the backside of the ninth to power additional innings, setting the stage for George Springer to play the position of hero within the tenth. When Springer’s floor ball snuck via the center and into the outfield, scoring Danny Jansen from third, Kevin Kiermaier shot out of the dugout like a bullet, quickly joined by his teammates to mob the person of the second. For the primary eight innings, although, the sport trudged forth with little extra to recollect than some sloppy baserunning. Then the ...

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Jordan Walker, the Cardinals’ phenomenal younger outfielder, is off to a scintillating begin to the season. In his first 10 video games, he’s hitting a formidable .326/.370/.512, comfortably higher than league common. The Cardinals promoted Walker to the majors regardless of a positional logjam, and he’s accomplished nothing to make their job simpler; he appears like a foundational a part of their future. And oh yeah, perhaps you’ve heard, he’s on fairly the hitting streak. You in all probability didn’t come right here for a lecture from me, however right here’s a fast one about hitting streaks. I feel they’re actually cool. I feel it’s wonderful that Walker is now in second place for the longest hitting streak to start out a profession for gamers below 21 ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — After pitching out of hassle within the fourth inning, Griffin Canning labored a 1-2-3 fifth. He left the mound to an ovation and a congratulatory handshake from Angels supervisor Phil Nevin. “You could see it on his face after that fifth,” Nevin stated. “I told him, ‘Congrats. Welcome ba...

PHOENIX -- Drey Jameson’s return to the rotation went in addition to he or the D-backs might have hoped as he tossed 4 scoreless innings in Arizona's 7-3 win over the Brewers on Wednesday afternoon. For that matter, the D-backs' seven-game homestand went nicely, too, as they took three of 4 from the Dodgers and two of three from the Brewers, two groups that have been in first place after they got here to city. What does it say about your staff, D-backs supervisor Torey Lovullo was requested, that it had success in opposition to two high quality opponents? “We’re ready to compete,” Lovullo mentioned. “We're ready to do our job every single day. And we're blocking out black noise and we're putting it on us. Maybe in years past when we were young, a little immature, we were more concerned abo...

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Oneil Cruz’s fractured fibula is the largest story surrounding the Pirates. On the constructive facet, the return of Andrew McCutchen to the fold is neat, and Tuesday night time’s walk-off dwelling run by Ji Hwan Bae was fairly cool. To these eyes, nonetheless, probably the most noteworthy factor about Pittsburgh to date — even past the truth that the staff’s 7–4 begin is its greatest since 2018 — has been the torrid play of Bryan Reynolds. The 28-year-old outfielder has been the one of many sport’s hottest hitters, and he’s achieved it as progress towards a contract extension has floor to a halt simply when it appeared {that a} deal to maintain him in black and gold was inside attain. Reynolds ended final weekend as considered one of seven gamers wh...

PITTSBURGH — José Urquidy scattered two hits over six innings, rookie Corey Julks hit the primary dwelling run of his large league profession and the Houston Astros rolled by the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-0 on Wednesday. Urquidy (1-0) allowed singles by Carlos Santana and Jack Suwinski because the reigning cham...