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Time: 7:05 PM EDT Venue: Nationals Park, Washington, D. C., 20003 WASHINGTON -- The Washington Nationals will return from a second straight winning road trip when they host the Cincinnati Reds on Friday at Nationals Park. Washington went 4-3 on a road trip to New York and Miami, as the Nationals won three of four against the Mets before dropping two of the three to the Marlins. Washington was off Thursday after playing 20 days in a row and after Max Scherzer lost a no-hit bid and the game in the eighth inning Wednesday to the Marlins. In the previous road trip, the Nationals were 7-2 on a swing through San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles, taking two of three from the Dodgers." We are one of the best road teams around," said Dusty Baker, the Nationals manager. Washington, however, has not been as good at home of late. In the previous homestand, the Nationals were swept in three games by the Texas Rangers and lost two of three against the lowly Atlanta Braves. First-place Washington (43-29) will look to get started strong on Friday as Baker will send right-hander Stephen Strasburg (8-2, 3.28) to the mound to face right-hander Luis Castillo, a former Marlins prospect who will be making his major league debut for Reds manager Bryan Price. The last-place Reds (30-41) are coming off a loss on Wednesday at Tampa Bay. Cincinnati was also off on Thursday and has lost 10 of its last 11." It's extremely disappointing," Price told reporters after an 8-3 loss Wednesday. "It would have been a good feel to not just break a losing streak but to win a series. For us to do what we want to do, we have to start to knock down series." Castillo is coming from Double-A Pensacola, where he was 4-4 with a 2.58 ERA in 14 starts." He's throwing good stuff, he's throwing strikes," Price told reporters of Castillo. "That's really what we need." Despite overall strong numbers this year, Strasburg has not been as dominant at home as on the road in 2017. And he has struggled with the Reds since he got to the majors in 2010. Strasburg has a 4.15 ERA in six starts at home this year and has a 3.40 ERA in his last nine starts overall. Strasburg is 2-1 with a 4.35 ERA in six starts in his career against the Reds, having allowed 28 hits and 13 walks in 31 innings, while striking out 31. Strasburg, in his last start, got the win as the Nationals beat the host Mets 7-4. He gave up two runs in 5 2/3 innings and benefitted from three homers by Washington on Saturday." I think it just shows the makeup of this team that we're very capable of winning on any given day, even when we're not firing on all cylinders," Strasburg told reporters. Last year was the first time Strasburg faced the Reds twice in the same year. He faced them one time in 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015. In his start against them in 2013, he gave up nine hits and six runs in 5 1/3 innings and was tagged with the loss. Current Reds hitters are 7-for-46 (.152) against Strasburg, and that includes shortstop Zack Cozart, who went on the 10-day disabled list Monday with a strained right quadriceps and will miss the three-game series in Washington. Cozart is hitless in 10 at-bats against Strasburg. The player with the Reds who has the most at-bats against Strasburg is Joey Votto, who is 3-for-14 with two homers. Cincinnati's Scooter Gennett, who hit four homers against the St. Louis Cardinals on June 6, is 2-for-5 against Strasburg with two homers. Friday will begin a stretch of 17 days in a row of games for the Nationals before the All-Star break starts July 10. The Reds rotation includes Tim Adelman, who pitched at nearby Georgetown. He started Wednesday at Tampa Bay and is not slated to start this weekend.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:05 PM EDT Venue: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY, 10451 NEW YORK -- Two nations will turn their eyes to Yankee Stadium on Friday night, when Japanese stars Masahiro Tanaka and Yu Darvish oppose each other on American soil for the first time as the New York Yankees host the Texas Rangers in the opener of a three-game series. The matchup between the Yankees' Tanaka (5-7, 6.34 ERA) and the Rangers' Darvish (6-5, 3.35) marks the first time they have faced each other since they were in Japan's Pacific League in 2011, when Darvish outdueled Tanaka as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters edged the Tohuku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3-1. Darvish joined the Rangers the following season while Tanaka headed to the Yankees in 2014." I think it's something that hopefully Japanese baseball fans are looking forward to," Tanaka told reporters through an interpreter Thursday before the Yankees' 10-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium. "I just want to go out there and come up with a strong performance." Darvish expressed a similarly narrow vision earlier Thursday, when he spoke to reporters before the host Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-4." My focus is to win the game," Darvish said through an interpreter. Tanaka and Darvish will be looking to bounce back from rough starts. Tanaka took the loss Saturday, when he gave up five runs over four innings as the Yankees fell to the Oakland Athletics 5-2. Darvish absorbed the defeat Sunday, when he allowed a season-high five runs over five innings as the Rangers dropped a 7-3 decision to the Seattle Mariners. Darvish's sluggish start looks like a hiccup -- he tossed seven innings of one-hit ball in his previous start, when he earned the win in the Rangers' 6-1 victory over the Houston Astros. But Tanaka is in the midst of an extended slump. He is 0-6 with an 8.91 ERA in his last seven starts, a stretch in which he has given up at least five runs five times. The only positive lately for Tanaka? He has struck out 44 and walked only 10 over 33 1/3 innings in the last seven starts, which has manager Joe Girardi confident Tanaka's stuff is still sharp." It tells you it's in there," Girardi said. "To me, that's a good sign. It's in there. It's just being more consistent." The Yankees and Rangers have been consistent lately, albeit in different ways. New York (39-31) has lost eight of nine to fall into a virtual tie for first place in the American League East with the Boston Red Sox. Texas (36-36) has won nine of 13 to climb within 1 1/2 games of the second AL wild card." The only feeling we know is that for the first time in the last week and a half, the team is together," Rangers outfielder Carlos Gomez told the team's website Thursday after hitting two homers in his sixth game back from the disabled list. Gomez has five homers and 14 RBIs since returning to action June 16 after missing a little more than a month due to a right hamstring injury. Tanaka is 0-1 with a 7.50 ERA in two career starts against the Rangers. Darvish is 3-1 with a 2.01 ERA in five turns against the Yankees.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:10 PM EDT Venue: Marlins Park, Miami, FL , 33125 MIAMI -- Chicago Cubs right-hander John Lackey, who turns 39 in October, will be the first to admit he doesn't throw as hard as he did a few years ago." But if you can locate, it doesn't matter," Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Jordy Mercer told the media Sunday after Lackey beat his team 7-1. "(Lackey's) fastball was really good. If you locate consistently and make guys expand the zone a little bit, that always works." Lackey (5-7, 4.98 ERA) will try that plan again Friday when the Cubs (37-35) play the Miami Marlins (32-39) in the second contest of a four-game series at Marlins Park. The Cubs took the opener 11-1 on Thursday." It seemed like it went the same way all night," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said of his team's failure to get back into the game. On Friday, Miami will start young right-hander Jose Urena (5-2, 3.64), who is in his third year in the majors and first as a relative fixture in the rotation. The 25-year-old went 5-14 combined in his first two years in the majors, sporting ERAs of 5.25 and 6.13. This year has been different. After pitching in relief in his first six games this season, Urena got his first start of the season May 7, beating the New York Mets 7-0. He has won his past four decisions, and the Marlins have prevailed in five of his past six games. He hasn't lost a decision since May 17. Urena has only faced the Cubs twice, sporting a 1-1 record with a 4.91 ERA. However, he beat the Cubs 6-5 at Wrigley Field on June 7, allowing three runs in five innings. Lackey, meanwhile, is 1-2 with a 5.01 ERA in five career starts against the Marlins. Lackey was on the mound June 7 when he got beat by Urena and the Marlins. One of Lackey's problems this year has been the long ball. He has allowed at least one homer in seven straight starts and 12 of 14 games. He has allowed 20 homers in 81 1/3 innings this year. Last year, he gave up 23 homers in 188 1/3 innings. Last year, Lackey allowed only 1.1 homers per nine innings. Ths year, he has allowed 2.2 long balls per nine, which would surpass his previous career high of 1.4. At this rate, Lackey will blow past his previous high of 31 homers allowed in one season. However, of the 20 home runs he has allowed this season, 11 have traveled less than 400 feet. Lackey on Friday will have to try to control Marlins left fielder Marcell Ozuna, who hit his 20th homer of the season Thursday and is bidding for a spot in next month's All-Star Game at Marlins Park. Ozuna is especially good at home. He is hitting .385 with 14 homers and 33 RBIs at Marlins Park this season. He also has one homer in 10 career at-bats against Lackey. As for Urena, the first batter he is likely to face Friday is Anthony Rizzo, who since moving to the leadoff spot is 6-for-8 with a walk and three home runs in his first at-bat of the game.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:10 PM EDT Venue: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A win in Friday's series opener against the Baltimore Orioles would put the Tampa Bay Rays at four games over .500 for the first time since July 2015, and it's a surprising assortment of replacement players that is helping the Rays find their way. In a series win against Cincinnati, key hits came from Trevor Plouffe -- acquired last week from the Athletics -- and Taylor Featherston, acquired for cash from the Phillies. Plouffe, hitting .214 with Oakland, had hits in all three games against the Reds, including his first home run with the Rays. Featherston, a career .156 hitter when the Rays got him, reached base three times in Tuesday's victory and homered Wednesday." I'm just trying to help the team win," said Plouffe, who played first base, third base and designated hitter in his first three games with the Rays. "It means a lot. I want to contribute any way I can to get wins. So far, so good." The Rays took two of three from the Reds and have won nine of their last 12 at home, and they'll get three more this weekend against an Orioles team that has lost three of four, including a 6-3 setback to the Indians on Thursday night. As they try to sustain their success -- they'd have the second wild card in a logjammed American League right now -- the Rays are being careful to give key players off. Even knowing they had Thursday off, they won Wednesday without third baseman Evan Longoria, outfielder Colby Rasmus and shortstop Tim Beckham, resting all three and getting production from their all-but-unknown replacements." I know Longo wasn't very happy about not playing," said manager Kevin Cash, who got at least one hit from all nine starters Wednesday. "I don't blame him. That's what good teams do. They rally around the lineup a little bit and everybody seemed to really contribute offensively." The Rays lost centerfielder Kevin Kiermaier to a hip injury that will sideline him another month or more, but have gotten good production from Mallex Smith, who has a 12-game hitting streak and is one off the team lead with nine steals (Kiermaier). In Baltimore (35-37), Tampa Bay (39-36) faces a division rival that has struggled of late -- the Orioles have allowed at least five runs in 19 straight games, one short of the all-time major league record set by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1924. The teams have only met three times as the halfway point of the season nears, but will play a pair of three-games series in the next nine games, also meeting for seven of their final 10 games of the season." It's frustrating not to win," bench coach John Russell said Thursday, filling in while Buck Showalter went home to Texas for the birth of his first grandchild. "Guys don't like it. But our club has been very resilient over the last few years, and I haven't seen a lot of difference in how resilient they are. ... These guys come out with a good attitude every day and go out and try to win the game." The Rays send Chris Archer (5-4, 3.75 ERA) to the mound. The right-hander gave up five earned runs in 6 2/3 innings against the Orioles earlier this season. Baltimore answers with right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (2-2, 6.25 ERA). Tampa Bay has the AL's second-best record against right-handed starters this season at 30-20 with Houston 40-15.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:10 PM EDT Venue: Fenway Park, Boston, Mass., 02215 BOSTON -- Albert Pujols is happy that he and his Los Angeles Angels teammates will be at Fenway Park for the David Ortiz number retirement ceremony on Friday night. Pujols was a teenager when he met the fellow Dominican and the two are close now. On Friday night, Ortiz gets his ultimate Red Sox honor before the teams open a three-game series with the Angels' Alex Meyer facing Boston's Rick Porcello." It's pretty awesome," Pujols said before the Angels rallied from four runs down and clubbed the Yankees 10-5 in the rubber game of a three-game series on Thursday night in the Bronx." He had an amazing career," Pujols said. "To be able to see how the city of Boston appreciates his career and celebrates one last time, it will be pretty cool and pretty emotional." With Red Sox fans still hoping Ortiz will change his mind, his No. 34 will go up on the facade of retired numbers in right field at Fenway. The city of Boston announced Friday that one of the streets around the ballpark, previously known as the Yawkey Way Extension, will now be David Ortiz Drive and lead up to the Ortiz Bridge." This city means a lot to me," said Ortiz, famous for saying, "This is our (expletive) city," to the Fenway crowd after the Boston Marathon bombings. "Boston has been incredible to me and my family. I love this city. I can talk about it all day." Once the pregame festivities are over, a hot Meyer will go against an ice-cold Porcello in the series opener. Meyer allowed just two hits, walked one and struck out nine in six shutout innings in his last start, a 9-0 win over the Kansas City Royals. It was the first time in 15 career starts that Meyer threw six scoreless innings. He is 1-1 with a 1.19 ERA in four starts this month, a stretch in which he has struck out 27 in 22 2/3 innings and lowered his overall ERA from 5.79 to 3.52. Porcello, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, has been living a pitching nightmare. After going 22-4 last year in front of the largest amount of offensive support of any pitcher in the major leagues, he is 3-9 with a whopping 5.05 ERA in 2017. Porcello has gone at least six innings in 12 straight starts -- the longest streak in the American League -- but he is 0-4 with a 7.92 ERA in his last five starts, allowing 47 hits and 27 earned runs in 30 2/3 innings. He pitched a complete game to win at Anaheim last season, but is just 5-6 with a 6.26 ERA in 14 career starts against the Angels -- 94 hits allowed in 77 2/3 career innings. His season is looking more like the 9-15 record he staggered through in 2015, his first year in Boston." I don't know, I don't think back to (2015), necessarily," Porcello said after his latest loss. "You just try to make the adjustments you need to make to get back to executing pitches. It's a different year. I'm not going to go back and look at all that sort of stuff. It's a matter of executing pitches." That's what got me out of the (funk) I was in in 2015, and that's what's going to get me out of it now -- executing pitches." Cole Calhoun in 6-for-12 (.500) with two homers, Pujols 8-for-23 (.348) with a homer and Cliff Pennington 5-for-15 (.333) against Porcello. Yunel Escobar is just 2-for-16 (.125), Andrelton Simmons 1-for-8 (.125) and Luis Valbuena 2-for-10 (.200) against the right-hander. Meyer has never faced the Red Sox. The comeback win in New York on Thursday night lifted the Angels to 12-11 since Mike Trout went down with thumb injury. While Matt Shoemaker was slated to come off the disabled list to pitch Sunday in Boston, Shoemaker needs more evaluation and Parker Bridwell will start for the Angels." I keep saying, 'Continue to stick around and hopefully we just win a series,'" said Cameron Maybin, who has been outstanding in center field with Trout out (he has reached base in 26 straight games). "Winning each series is big. I think that's the focus." It was good to start this road trip by taking this series from a really, really good ball team (in) a tough place to play. So we've got to take this energy -- we had great energy the two nights that we won -- and take the energy into Boston, try to keep it going." The Red Sox, one percentage point behind the Yankees for the AL East lead, are coming off a 4-4 road trip and have seven straight at home. On Wednesday in Kansas City, the bullpen blew a game late, dropping Boston to 29-1 this season when leading after seven innings.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:10 PM EDT Venue: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115 CLEVELAND -- After a rousing eight-game road trip, the red-hot Cleveland Indians return home Friday night to host the staggering Minnesota Twins in the first game of a three-game series. The Indians went 7-1 on the trip to Minnesota and Baltimore that ended Thursday with a 6-3 win over the Orioles. The Indians (39-32) are a season-high seven games over .500. The Twins, who were shut out 9-0 by the White Sox on Thursday, have lost five of their last seven games and eight of their last 12. During their eight-game trip, the Indians made up 4 1/2 games on the Twins. At the start of the trip, the Indians were in second place in the Central Division, two games behind first-place Minnesota. The Indians then swept a four-game series in Minnesota and won three of four in Baltimore to come home in first place in the division, 2 1/2 games ahead of the second-place Twins. Indians manager Terry Francona isn't getting carried away by his team's hot streak." I don't care about what happened a week ago. I only care about the game today," Francona said. "We don't want to get too down or too full of ourselves. We want to stay in the moment." Cleveland has several hot hitters at the moment, the hottest being third baseman Jose Ramirez, who had a streak of nine multi-hit games snapped Thursday. During his streak, Ramirez hit .548 (23-for-42), with 10 doubles, one triple, three home runs and seven RBIs. It was the longest such streak by an Indians player in 82 years, the third longest in franchise history. Cleveland's offense is flourishing without No. 3 hitter Michael Brantley, who missed the trip and is on the disabled list with a sprained ankle. He will miss the Minnesota series as well. Veteran Austin Jackson replaced Brantley in the lineup, and in his last five games Jackson has hit .421 (8-for-19) with eight RBIs." He's getting hits, driving the ball into gaps, driving in runs. You can see how much fun he's having," Francona said. The Twins' offense has begun to sputter. In losing five of their last seven games, the Twins have been outscored 46-21. Manager Paul Molitor feels like the offense can get a boost through stolen bases. The Twins rank sixth in the league in steals." We definitely have guys that know how to run the bases and can be somewhat proficient in that area," Molitor told the Pioneer Press. "(Byron) Buxton is still learning. (Brian) Dozier has always been good at that. (Eddie) Rosario and (Max) Kepler are some other guys we can put in the running mix from time to time." Infielder Ehire Adrianza was placed on the disabled list Thursday with an abdominal injury. The Twins also optioned pitcher Nik Turley to Triple-A Rochester and are expected to add two players before Friday's game. The pitching matchup features Cleveland's Trevor Bauer (6-5, 5.54 ERA) against Minnesota's Adalberto Mejia (1-3, 5.53). Bauer's last start was a 5-2 win on June 18 in Minnesota. Bauer pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on four hits with eight strikeouts and two walks. He is 3-0 with a 3.26 ERA in three starts against the Twins this year. In 14 career starts vs. Minnesota, Bauer is 4-5 with a 4.84 ERA. Mejia's last start came against Cleveland, a 6-2 loss on June 17. It was his only career appearance vs. the Indians. Mejia pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits, with three strikeouts and three walks.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:35 PM EDT Venue: SunTrust Park, Atlanta, GA, 30339 ATLANTA -- A pair of hard-throwing right-handers oppose each other Friday when Milwaukee makes its only visit to Atlanta this season, to begin a three-game series at SunTrust Park. The Brewers will send Jimmy Nelson (5-3, 3.28 ERA) against the Braves' Mike Foltynewicz (4-5, 4.26) in the opener. This is the second series between the teams this year. Atlanta won two of three in Milwaukee from April 28-30. Nelson has been on a roll. He outpitched Los Angeles ace Clayton Kershaw on June 3 and threw a complete game in his last outing against the San Diego Padres on June 18. Nelson became the first Milwaukee starter to reach the ninth inning this season and wound up with the club's first complete game since July 2015. Nelson's durability allowed manager Craig Counsel to give his depleted bullpen a rest. Closer Corey Knebel and setup men Jared Hughes and Oliver Drake had been deemed unusable for Nelson's most recent start. He wound up pitching nine innings to make them unnecessary." I can't imagine having to throw every day like those guys," Nelson said. "It was definitely nice to get those guys a day. They were really helping the starters out the first month of the season, so being able to give those guys a blow was nice." Nelson, 28, is 2-0 with a 2.20 ERA in four starts this month, with 31 strikeouts in 28 2/3 innings. He had 10 strikeouts in his last start, his third double-digit strikeout game of the season and fourth of his career. Foltynewicz, 25, is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in four starts this month. After back-to-back starts with seven shutout innings against the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies, he was rocked for eight runs in 3 1/3 innings against the Washington Nationals. But Foltynewicz rebounded in his last start against the Miami Marlins, allowing two runs in six innings June 18." The more he can establish the fastball, effectively throw inside and get strikes with it early, that opens up everything," Atlanta catcher Tyler Flowers said. Nelson is 0-2 with a 4.32 ERA in three career starts against the Braves, striking out 14 in 16 2/3 innings. He was on the losing end of an 11-3 decision against the Braves on April 25, when he allowed five runs in five innings. Foltynewicz will be making his fourth start against the Brewers and is 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA over 20 innings. He lost to Milwaukee on April 30, when he allowed four runs in six innings. The Brewers (40-35) are coming off a split of a four-game series against Pittsburgh. The Brewers lost the first two games and won the final two games, winning the finale 4-2. Milwaukee has a 1 1/2-game lead over Chicago for first place in the National League Central. Atlanta (34-38) took three of four in its series against San Francisco. The Braves have won seven of their last 10 and haven't been this close to the .500 mark since May 26, when they were 21-25. They remain in second place in the NL East.
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Time: 8:10 PM EDT Venue: U. S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Ill., 60616 CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox will look to improve upon their winning record at home when they open a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics on Friday night. Chicago can settle in for a while at Guaranteed Rate Field after playing 15 of its last 19 games on the road. Friday's game marks the start of a season-long 10-game homestand for the White Sox (32-39), who are 15-12 at home but 17-27 on the road. Meanwhile, Oakland (31-42) opens a six-game trip that includes a stop in Houston. Traveling has not been fun for the A's, who are 9-25 on the road compared with 22-17 at home. Both teams are coming off series losses and could stand to benefit from a winning weekend. The White Sox have dropped three of their past four games but are coming off a 9-0 win on Thursday over the Minnesota Twins. That marked Chicago's third shutout victory this season, but both of the team's previous shutout wins were followed by losses. Oakland has lost four games in a row and will try to avoid its second five-game losing streak of the season. The A's have been outscored 29-15 during their four-game skid. Right-hander Mike Pelfrey (3-5, 3.56 ERA) will make his 12th start of the season for the White Sox. The 33-year-old is coming off a win over Toronto in which he allowed one run in six innings. Pelfrey is looking for his first career victory against Oakland. In four career appearances, all starts, he is 0-4 with a 7.97 ERA. He has surrendered 18 earned runs and 32 hits in 20 1/3 innings. In his first season with the White Sox, Pelfrey has focused more on breaking pitches rather than trying to overpower hitters with fastballs. He credits his development to pitching coach Don Cooper." I'm a totally different guy," Pelfrey said to the Chicago Sun-Times. "I'm throwing more offspeed pitches than I ever have. ..." 'Coop' has been awesome, man. He's always ready to work. He;s the big one about both sides of the plate with the fastball. It's simple. Both sides. We've continued to expand on it." The Athletics will counter with right-hander Jharel Cotton. The 25-year-old will make his 13th start of the season and 18th start of his career. Cotton never has faced the White Sox. He is coming off a victory over the New York Yankees in which he posted his fourth quality start of the year. He allowed three runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings. One player who will not join the Athletics for the road trip is catcher Stephen Vogt. On Thursday, the team designated the All-Star veteran for assignment in the latest sign of its long-term rebuild." I could see it coming," Vogt told the East Bay Times. "There was infrequent playing time in what would be good matchups for me." It's something I understand, although I don't like it. ... Oakland is a place we love. It's a place we watched our family grow. We had success here as a family and as a team."
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Time: 8:15 PM EDT Venue: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Mo., 63102 If the Pittsburgh Pirates or St. Louis Cardinals were in any other division but the National League Central, they might already be cast in the role of seller at next month's trading deadline. But at least this year, location is everything. The Pirates (33-40) and Cardinals (33-38) start a weekend series Friday night at Busch Stadium still in contention instead of staring at an insurmountable deficit. St. Louis is only five games behind first place Milwaukee, while Pittsburgh is six games in arrears of the Brewers. It arrives in town fresh off a four-game split at Milwaukee that the Pirates could have turned into a series victory. After winning the series' first two games, they coughed up a late lead Wednesday night in a 4-3 defeat, then lost the series finale Thursday 4-2." I'm not going, 'Wow, we can't play with these guys.' We can play with them and we have played with them," Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. "We just have got to continue to work hard to get a little bit better. We had a chance to do more. We didn't." The Pirates will try to conquer a place that hasn't been kind to them lately. They have lost their last seven games under the Gateway Arch, including three in a mid-April series. All three games were 2-1 finals. That's been a problem for both teams this year -- the lack of consistent offense. While the Cardinals scored 38 runs in the first five games of a road trip to Baltimore and Philadelphia, they cooled off Thursday, getting shut down by the Phillies' Aaron Nola in a 5-1 setback. The result was somewhat aggravating to manager Mike Matheny, who said he felt his team had a chance for a sweep with Carlos Martinez taking the mound. Martinez turned in a quality start, allowing two earned runs over six innings, but Nola was simply better." We've had a couple of real nice efforts, but you put Carlos on the mound, you expect to build on some of the same things you've seen offensively," Matheny said. Veteran right-hander Adam Wainwright (7-5, 5.75) is hoping a return to familiar environs enables him to reverse a recent trend of brutal outings. Wainwright is 5-1 with a 2.88 ERA in seven home starts. In his last two road starts, Wainwright has been eviscerated for 18 earned runs in 5 1/3 innings, bloating his ERA nearly two full runs. Wainwright is 13-7 with a 4.22 ERA in 33 career games, 28 of them starts, against Pittsburgh. Jameson Taillon (3-2, 3.38) takes the ball for the third time since returning to the Pirates after undergoing surgery for testicular cancer last month. After blanking Colorado for five innings in a win June 12, Taillon gave up eight hits and four runs Sunday in five innings of a 7-1 defeat against the Chicago Cubs. Taillon has started once in his career against St. Louis, yielding six hits and two runs in five innings of a no-decision start last year.
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Time: 8:15 PM EDT Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Mo., 64129 KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals began the season as viable playoff contenders, but are struggling to reach .500. They will meet in a three-game weekend series at Kauffman Stadium beginning Friday. The Royals bring in a 35-36 record. Their season high-water mark is 7-7. That was the calm before the storm as they finished April with a nine-game losing streak. The Blue Jays had a chance to reach .500 on Thursday, but lost 11-4 to the Texas Rangers to drop to 35-37. They are 11-13 in series openers. Toronto manager John Gibbons moved slugger Jose Bautista to the top of the order Wednesday and he walked to lead off the game and trigger a six-run first inning." We'll see how it works," Gibbons told the Blue Jays website. "We put Bautista there last year and it kind of sparked us a little bit. Try something different. Change things up, maybe it'll do something." The Blue Jays went 25-15 with Bautista batting leadoff in 2016. After a 9-17 April, the Royals went 13-13 in May and are 13-6 in June. They have not lost a series this month and have won nine of their last 11." We've been playing really well, having great at-bats later in the games, kind of picking up like we as starters, if we keep it tight," Royals right-hander Ian Kennedy said. He kept it close Wednesday and Salvador Perez hit a grand slam in the eighth as the Royals rallied to defeat Boston 6-4. Relievers Mike Minor, Joakim Soria and Kelvin Herrera allowed two hits and no runs over the final 4 1/3 innings after Kennedy was pulled." Salvy and all the hitters picked me up later in the game," Kennedy said. "Our relievers are pitching great again. Mike threw great again. He's been pitching great all season. Kelvin and Soria come in and do their job." The Royals will start rookie right-hander Jakob Junis (2-1, 5.56 ERA) on Friday. This will be his fifth start and seventh appearance. He has never faced the Blue Jays. Junis is coming off a loss Saturday at Anaheim, allowing five runs on eight hits with no walks and eight strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. He yielded home runs to Albert Pujols and Cameron Maybin on Saturday and has surrendered six homers in 16 innings in his last three starts. The Blue Jays will counter with left-hander J. A. Happ, a 20-game winner last season. Happ, however, is 2-4 with a 4.26 ERA this season and was shut down for six weeks with an elbow injury before returning May 30. He is 2-0 in his past three starts after beginning the season 0-4. Happ is coming off a solid start Sunday against the Chicago White Sox, allowing three runs on eight hits with no walks and nine strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. Happ is 2-2 with a 5.96 ERA in four starts against the Royals. He has not faced them since 2014, when he permitted six runs on nine hits in 7 2/3 innings, including home runs to Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon, in a loss. Brandon Moss is 7-for-13, Gordon 5-for-11 and Cain is 4-for-6 with six RBIs. Josh Donaldson and Steve Pearce are question marks for the series. Donaldson was a late scratch Thursday with soreness in his left knee. Donaldson was out for six weeks earlier this season with a right calf strain before returning May 26. Left-fielder Pearce bruised his right knee Wednesday crashing into the wall while trying to make a catch. X-rays were negative, but he did not play Thursday.
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Time: 9:40 PM EDT Venue: Chase Field, Phoenix, Ariz., 85004 PHOENIX -- The resurgent Arizona Diamondbacks flew into Philadelphia last weekend and swept a three-game series, further enhancing their status as one of baseball's biggest surprises of 2017. If an Arizona team that owns the best home record in the major leagues can repeat that success against the team with the worst record this weekend at Chase Field, the Diamondbacks will take another stride toward achieving what was unthinkable in March. And that's to play into October. Their 26-9 record at Chase is a major reason the Diamondbacks are making a much faster-than-expected rebound from a three-season slide in which they averaged 91 losses. They've won 11 of their last 12 at home before increasingly larger and more excited crowds. And a team that's quickly learned how to win at home under new manager Torey Lovullo also is showing it's not entirely dependent on winning in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks went 7-1 on an eight-game road trip that ended with a 10-3 win Thursday at Colorado -- the best winning percentage (.889) on a three-city trip in the franchise's 20-year history. The Diamondbacks went into hitter-friendly Coors Field and outslugged the formerly first-place Rockies, following a 16-5 victory Wednesday that included a 10-run fourth inning with another double-digit effort barely 12 hours later. Paul Goldschmidt had a three-run homer and drove in four runs on Thursday, a night after Brandon Drury drove in six." This group went out and made a statement," Lovullo said. "We won two of three here, and that was very positive for this ballclub ... we have the ability to score runs quickly. The road trip was very successful." Jeremy Hazelbaker said the Diamondbacks are building the confidence that good teams possess." It shows what we can do throughout the lineup, whatever lineup is out there," the former Cardinals outfielder said. "We can play, we can bang (out hits), we can go out there with the best team and can compete every day. We're playing real good baseball." Still, Lovullo doesn't want those 26 runs in two games, a 46-27 record that's the best to date in franchise history and the successful road trip to overshadow what's up next." We don't want to get distracted by anything other than the Phillies coming into Chase Field," Lovullo said. Perhaps for good reason, too. Despite being 25 games below .500 this season, the Phillies (23-48) have won four straight in Phoenix, and they were 5-1 winners over St. Louis at home Thursday. Lovullo will send left-hander Patrick Corbin (6-6) to the mound to oppose rookie Mark Leiter Jr. (0-0), who will be making his first major league start in the first game of a four-game series. It's also the start of a 10-game homestand for Arizona, which has played only six home games in June to date -- going 5-1. Corbin was in line to start Thursday at Colorado, but Lovullo bumped him back a day partly because he is 5-1 with a 3.45 ERA this season at Chase Field. Corbin gave up four runs (two earned) in six innings of a 5-4 victory over the Phillies last Friday. The only Phillies batter who has had more than three at-bats against Corbin is Howie Kendrick, who is 6-for-19 (.316) against him. Leiter, a right-hander, was 1-0 in five games, including three starts, at Triple-A Lehigh Valley before rejoining the Phillies on Thursday. He had a 4.74 ERA in 12 appearances for Philadelphia earlier this season. Leiter's dad pitched for seven teams in the majors from 1990 to 2001, going 65-73. While the Phillies have won only twice in their last 15 games, their starting pitching is improving. Aaron Nola allowed one run and four hits and struck out eight in 7 1/3 innings Thursday, the fifth consecutive quality start for a Phillies starter." What the starters are doing right now is giving us a chance to win," Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. "I'm happy with the performance of our (last few) guys."
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Time: 10:10 PM EDT Venue: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, 90012 LOS ANGELES -- Any West Coast baseball fan scanning the summer schedule would not have isolated the three-game series starting Friday between the visiting Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers as must-see MLB. The Rockies had a new manager, Bud Black, who had washed out as the manager of the Padres, with two winning seasons in eight-plus seasons. They had a lot of hitters but their pitching was undistinguished, as usual, for a team that plays home games at high altitude. Yet here they are, a few weeks away from the All-Star break, and they're keeping pace with the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks in a scorching three-way division race that seemingly will crown one division champ and send the two other teams to a wild-card playoff. Wild indeed. The Rockies have done it with four rookies in their rotation, most notably Friday's starter, left-hander Kyle Freeland. A former 2014 first-round choice (eighth pick overall), Freeland has emerged as the poised ace of the rotation in his first major league season, going 8-4 with a 3.42 ERA. He has allowed two runs or fewer in eight of his starts and has made a quality start in 10 of 14. He's getting batters to hit the ball on the ground at about a 60 percent rate, a trait management would certainly want playing at altitude in Denver. In one of his recent wins, he used his sinker for 15 ground-ball outs in the 22 outs he notched." Being a sinker-heavy pitcher, it plays into my game," Freeland told the Denver Post. "I can go back-to-back-to-back sinkers and have a good chance of getting a ground ball." I don't go after strikeouts. You go for strikeouts when you can. Bottom of the order, nobody on, 1-2 count, you can bounce one in the dirt and try to get him to chase. But my game throughout the season is to throw sinkers and get ground balls." The grounders also translate into fewer home runs. He has allowed only eight in a season where the home run is king. Freeland faced the Dodgers twice in April, going 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA, and the Rockies won both games. The Dodgers are taking the Rockies seriously. They will throw the heart of their rotation at them: Alex Wood (7-0, 1.90) on Friday, Clayton Kershaw (10-2, 2.61) on Saturday and Brandon McCarthy (6-3, 2.87) on Sunday. Wood has made seven appearances against the Rockies, with a 3-2 record and 5.59 ERA. In his most recent showdown, he allowed five hits and a walk in six innings. In his last 10 starts, he's 6-0 with a 2.08 and 0.99 WHIP." I think it's a good thing," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said about the division race. "(I don't) think our team needs incentive to continue to keep going and stay focused; but, when you have teams in your division that you're going to see nine more times and you're playing for the division (title) and wild card, it's good for us." It's going to be a fun weekend."
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Time: 10:10 PM EDT Venue: Safeco Field, Seattle, WA, 98134 SEATTLE -- When Felix Hernandez pitches at Safeco Field, there's a different atmosphere. The seats in the left-field corner are filled with fans sitting in "King's Court," wearing "King Felix" T-shirts and holding "K" cards to wave with every two-strike count. But court has been out of session for much of the season as Hernandez has been on the disabled list since April 26 with bursitis in his right shoulder. The longtime Seattle ace is scheduled to make his return Friday night, when the Mariners open a three-game weekend series against the American League West-leading Houston Astros." I don't care who I face, I'm just happy to be back -- finally," said Hernandez, who is 2-2 with a 4.73 ERA this season. Hernandez, the Mariners' career leader in wins (156), innings (2,442 1/3), strikeouts (2,286) and starts (364), has won both his appearances at home this season." The stadium will be buzzing," Mariners catcher Mike Zunino said. "It's great to get our ace back out there." Added Seattle third baseman Kyle Seager: "Any time you get your guy back, especially someone the caliber of Felix, your confidence is going to get a big boost." The injury-riddled Mariners (38-37), who passed the .500 mark for the first time Thursday and are 12 1/2 games behind the Astros in the division race, could use a boost. Four members of the projected rotation have spent significant time on the disabled list, with Hisashi Iwakuma and Drew Smyly still sidelined. That makes Hernandez's return even more important." Felix pitches with a lot of emotion. He will be up (Friday). He's anxious to get back and help the team," Mariners manager Scott Servais said. "Somehow we've stayed afloat through all the injuries, but there's a lot of work to be done." Hernandez had hoped to return earlier in the week, but he struggled with his command in a rehab start for Triple-A Tacoma. Instead he got one more game with the Rainiers, pitching six scoreless innings and striking out eight Saturday against Salt Lake." The first was fine," Hernandez said of the rehab starts, "but the second was way better. I could put the ball wherever I wanted." Hernandez is 3-6 with a 4.25 ERA in 11 career starts against the Astros. He took the loss on Opening Day this season at Minute Maid Park, allowing two runs on five hits in five innings, with six strikeouts. Hernandez is scheduled to face Astros right-hander Joe Musgrove (4-6, 5.09 ERA). Musgrove has made two career starts against the Mariners, both this season. He took a no-decision April 6 at Houston, allowing two runs on five hits in five innings of a 4-2 loss. Musgrove got the win April 11 at Seattle, giving up three runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 7-5 victory. Musgrove has lost both his decisions since a stint on the 10-day disabled list due to right shoulder inflammation. He struck out a season-high seven in a 6-5 loss Sunday against Boston, allowing five runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings. Musgrove threw 90 pitches. Astros manager A. J. Hinch said he doesn't consider Musgrove to be 100 percent quite yet." One step closer to that, obviously," Hinch told the Houston Chronicle. "Fully back, to me, is extending him north of 100 pitches."
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Time: 10:10 PM EDT Venue: Petco Park, San Diego, CA, 92101 SAN DIEGO -- It's back to work and back home for the San Diego Padres as they welcome the Detroit Tigers on Friday night. The Padres hope a return to interleague play is the tonic for a team that just capped a 2-4 road trip. In the Tigers, losers of six straight, they face an American League Central foe for the first time in three years. The Tigers have won eight of 12 meetings over the last 20 years, although the Padres lost but one contest in a three-game set in 2014. San Diego juggled its rotation and sends right-hander Luis Perdomo (1-4, 4.97 ERA) to the mound. The rotation revealed rookie Dinelson Lamot's turn, but the Padres gave him an additional rest day. He will start Saturday night against the Tigers. Perdomo, who christened the season by setting a franchise record with six consecutive no-decisions, is on a decent run. He's produced four quality starts in his last five times out and looked decent in his previous start against Milwaukee. Perdomo, who made the club as a Rule 5 draft pick last year and has never faced the Tigers, surrendered two runs over six innings versus the Brewers." I feel really good about what he's accomplished over the past year," Paders manager Andy Green told reporters. "I do think there's some steps ahead for him as he continues to grow, but he's come a long way." Among the batters Perdomo will have to conquer in the Tigers' lineup is former Padre Justin Upton. He played for the Padres in 2015 and this is the first time he's competed against them since leaving. Upton usually leaves a mark at Petco Park. He tied a franchise mark with 15 homers in San Diego in 2015, a record that was broken by Wil Myers. Upton has a career .879 on-base-plus percentage career mark at Petco. The reeling Tigers seek a spark from anyone on their 0-4 road trip. Michael Fulmer (6-5, 3.45), who has battled a sore right shoulder this year, gets the nod for the Tigers. Fulmer worked 6 2/3 innings and allowed three runs Saturday in a loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. After missing a start with his shoulder ailment, he was steamed he didn't do better in his return. Never mind his fastball hit 98 mph." The offense puts up two runs, you got to give up less," Fulmer told MLB.com. "That's how I look at it. It comes down to execution. I wasn't able to execute more than their guy." Fulmer, with a fastball, curveball and slider mix, tied a career high with four walks and that led to his defeat." Obviously the walks, they'll come back to haunt you," said Fulmer, who'll be facing the Padres for the first time. "I should have done a better job of throwing quality strikes." The righty has felt right at home on the West Coast, where he's compiled five quality starts in as many outings. The Padres won't have Yangervis Solarte available on Friday. Solarte, who's been the Padres' hottest hitter lately, was placed on the disabled list with an oblique injury." It's tough for us as a club," Green said. "He is a guy who kind of is the heartbeat of the club, and he had swung the bat incredibly well in the last month. It's hard to lose him." Over two weeks, Solarte had hit six homers and was batting .370. It will be interesting to see what, if any, fallout Solarte's absence has on Wil Myers. Solarte provided Myers the veteran protection in the middle of the lineup, something that is hard to find elsewhere on this rebuilding roster. Austin Hedges is expected to return Friday after being injured in a controversial collision with Anthony Rizzo at the plate during the recent Cubs series in which the Padres took two-of-three games. Hedges missed two games with a bruised thigh.
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Time: 10:15 PM EDT Venue: AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA, 94107 SAN FRANCISCO -- The New York Mets and San Francisco Giants, two teams desperate for a winning streak, will turn to young pitchers to begin a three-game series of National League disappointments Friday night. Mets right-hander Seth Lugo and Giants lefty Ty Blach will duel in a battle of teams that have one win apiece in the past eight days." We have a lot of work to do," outfielder Jay Bruce said recently of the Mets, who ended last week losing three of four to the Washington Nationals before getting swept four straight against the Los Angeles Dodgers. "We have an uphill battle to climb." It's not quite the uphill battle staring the Giants in the face after they completed an eight-game trip to Colorado and Atlanta with a 1-7 record, with the only win coming Tuesday against the Braves. The Mets (31-41) begin play Friday 12 games behind the Nationals in the NL East. The Giants (27-48) are 21 1/2 back of the Dodgers in the NL West. With rotation regulars Matt Harvey (shoulder) and Noah Syndergaard (lat) out of action, Lugo was pressed into starting duty June 11 and responded impressively, limiting the Braves to one run and six hits over seven innings. It was his season debut. His second outing wasn't as sharp as he allowed three runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings in a loss to the Nationals. Those were his exact numbers when he faced the Giants in San Francisco last August in an 8-1 loss. It was his only career meeting with the Giants. The rest of the patchwork Mets rotation got roughed up the last four nights in Los Angeles, with Zack Wheeler, Robert Gsellman, Tyler Pill and Steven Matz getting bombed for 22 runs and 25 hits in 18 1/2 innings. If there's reason for optimism in the visitors' clubhouse Friday night, it's that the Mets have completed an 11-game stretch against the powerful Chicago Cubs, Nationals and Dodgers. The Giants reside at the other end of the success spectrum. They stand tied with the 1985 edition for the worst 75-game record in West Coast franchise history. Blach, who has never faced the Mets, will attempt to turn things around. He got a no-decision at Colorado during the club's disastrous trip, allowing three runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. With one exception, the second-year major-leaguer's home starts have been impressive. But that exception was in his most recent appearance at AT&T Park, when he was shelled by the Kansas City Royals for seven runs and 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings. Before that, he hadn't allowed more than two runs in any of his five home starts this season." He's done a terrific job. Been a sliver lining," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of Blach, who has replaced injured Madison Bumgarner (shoulder) in the rotation. "Losing your Opening Day starter and he has stepped in and more than held his own. Done a nice job keeping us in the game. He's a pleasure to watch." This kid has established himself as a major league starter in all of this."
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directory? You can
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Please note, we must verify that you own
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you can log into your account and post and
sell your sports picks as well as edit your
service info. You can also respond to any
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directory.
Attention,
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PLEASE NOTE:
CapperTek is not a gambling or sports betting website and
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not endorse or encourage illegal gambling or sports betting
of any type. Also note sports betting inherently involves
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CITIZENS PLEASE NOTE: The content and information contained
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