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GAME PREVIEW
Apr 25, 2019The Los Angeles Clippers are hoping to infuse some payback when they return home to take on the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of their Western Conference first-round series on Friday night.The Clippers staved off elimination by winning Game 5 in Oakland on Wednesday night. They were in a similar position last week after winning Game 2 on the road to tie the series at 1-1, but dropped the next two in Los Angeles.Clippers coach Doc Rivers said their fans deserve better."We want to do right by them," Rivers said. "My guess is there were probably not a lot of tickets sold, because I don't think a lot of people thought Game 6 would happen, but I think our guys did, and that's all that mattered." Golden State left the door open for a Game 6 by delivering a below-average defensive performance in the 129-121 loss on Wednesday, while the Clippers shot 54.1 percent from the field."Not what we're used to, but there's no panic at all," said Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, who led Golden State to three of the past four NBA championships. "Our message to each other going into Game 6 is, yeah, we would have loved to have come in and win four straight, or close it out (Wednesday) night. Doesn't change what the goal is. The goal is to win four games, move on to the next series and start it all over again." Los Angeles was far more reserved after its latest win in Oakland. The Clippers are plenty aware that they shot 56.5 percent from the floor in Game 2, only to turn around and shoot 37.2 percent in Game 3."We learned a lesson, and (the Warriors) taught us it," Rivers said. "They were a great teacher for us." The Clippers are hoping forward Danilo Gallinari picks up where he left off last game as well.Gallinari scored a team-high 26 points in Game 5. He shot 9-for-22 from the floor, below his regular-season shooting percentage of 46.3, but much better than the 7-for-33 he combined to shoot in Games 3 and 4."I think he'll be even better in Game 6," Rivers said. "I think he now knows where he can score from." Curry acknowledged how difficult it is to guard the Clippers.Not only do they have an energetic starting five, but reserves Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell are two of their most dangerous players.Williams is averaging 24.4 points in the series and Harrell is averaging 20."They have talent all over the floor," Curry said. "They've got guys that can knock down shots, and their bench, it's been talked about all year with what Montrezl and Lou bring. ... We have to take those away the best we can." Nobody is happier to see the Clippers still playing than their broadcaster Ralph Lawler, whose retirement has been extended by this postseason run. Lawler has been the team's broadcaster for 38 of the past 40 years.Rivers said Lawler had a special message for him before Game 5."Ralph never speaks to me before the game when I'm on the floor, and he walked up to me, first time ever, and said, 'Coach, I've had too many people congratulate me on my career and say good luck, like tonight is the end of Ralph. Please, do something about that,' " Rivers said. "So Ralph, we did." --Field Level Media
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Preview from The Associated
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GAME PREVIEW
Phillies look to even series with Marlins Starlin Castro will look to continue his hot hitting in Philadelphia as the visiting Miami Marlins battle the Phillies in the second game of a four-game series on Friday night.The Marlins took the opener 3-1 in 10 innings Thursday as Castro drilled a two-run homer with two outs in the 10th off reliever Hector Neris.Castro is hitting .303 with three homers and 15 RBIs for his career at Citizens Bank Park."It's fun. It's fun," Castro told Fox Sports Florida. "Coming here, we're playing a really good team in our division. We have to try to come in every day, compete and try to get a win." Neil Walker led the way with three hits and Jorge Alfaro added a pair of hits for the Marlins in the extra-inning win.The Marlins will hand the ball to starter Jose Urena to keep their momentum going. Urena is 1-3 with a 5.74 earned run average in five starts this season.On April 14, Urena gave up just one run in seven innings against the Phillies. In Urena's last start Sunday, he allowed three runs in six innings in a 9-3 victory against Washington.Urena has surrendered only three earned runs in 13 innings over his last two outings."It seemed like the sinker is getting more movement," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said of Urena. "Two in a row where you see him deeper into the game, handling innings and not letting things get away from him. I know that's the key with Jose. In the past, we've had trouble shutting down innings. I think the key is not letting things get away from him." Urena is 3-4 in 11 career starts against the Phillies.After going 2-5 on a seven-game road trip to Colorado and New York, the Phillies returned home and struggled offensively with only four hits. Bryce Harper (0 for 3) and Rhys Hoskins (0 for 4) weren't able to produce one hit on Thursday.The Phillies are just 13-12 overall."There's no question our lineup isn't clicking like it can," Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said. "That's no excuse. We can perform better." Right-hander Jerad Eickhoff (0-1, 3.60 ERA) will make his second start of the season. In his debut Sunday at Colorado, Eickhoff gave up seven hits and four runs in six innings in a 4-1 defeat.Eickhoff began the season on the injured list."There was a lot of positives," Eickhoff said of his first start. "I can think of one or two negative things that affected the game in a pretty big way. But these are things I can control, I can adjust. It's a really positive thing to build on for sure." The Phillies remain short-handed with a number of injuries, including shortstop Jean Segura, infielder Scott Kingery, center fielder Odubel Herrera and outfielder Roman Quinn.Kapler is still searching for different combinations each night."I will have conversations with guys and say, 'If there's a day when your body's just a little bit tired, come to the ballpark at 5:30, get loose for the game, go out there and kick some (butt),' " Kapler told reporters. "And then the next day, get your work in. So there's this healthy balance of recovery and work. Finding the right balance is tricky." Eickhoff is 2-3 with a 4.00 ERA in six career starts against the Marlins.--Field Level Media
Game
Preview from The Associated
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GAME PREVIEW
Nationals hope Scherzer can go vs. Padres It has been a frustrating month for the Washington Nationals, who host the San Diego Padres for a three-game series that starts Friday.Shortstop Trea Turner is on the injured list with a finger injury, hot-hitting third baseman Anthony Rendon has not started the past four games after getting hit by a pitch in the left arm and ace pitcher Max Scherzer injured his rib cage when a foul ball screamed into the Washington dugout last weekend in Miami.But the Nationals are hoping Scherzer (1-3, 4.45) can make his start as scheduled on Friday against the Padres, who will send lefty Matt Strahm (0-2, 3.50) to the mound following the best start of his MLB career.Washington manager Dave Martinez told reporters in Denver on Wednesday that he expected Scherzer to make the start Friday. The Nationals (11-12) were off Thursday, as were the Padres (14-11) after a 1-0 win against Seattle on Wednesday."Yesterday was kind of crappy, and today I'm feeling a lot better," Scherzer told reporters Tuesday in Denver. "So that's the good news." In his previous start, against the Marlins on Sunday, he gave up 11 hits and six earned runs in 6 1/3 innings and was tagged with the loss.While the Nationals have made no public comment, Triple-A pitcher Austin Voth last started April 17 for Fresno and wasn't slated to start on Thursday for them at Reno. So there is a chance Voth (two MLB starts) could be used as a fill-in if Scherzer can't go.The Padres, meanwhile, are off to a solid start with third baseman Manny Machado (.244), shortstop Fernando Tatis, Jr. (.299) and outfielder-infielder Wil Myers (.286).San Diego called up Ty France on Wednesday even though there may not be an obvious starting spot for him. A 34th-round pick out of San Diego State, he was hitting .423 with nine homers in just 19 games for Triple-A El Paso."I'll still continue to fight and hopefully get a starting job," he told reporters in San Diego. "But it's whatever it takes to help the team win." It will be one of the few times in the last decade the Padres come to Washington with a better record than the Nationals. The 2010 season was the last time the Padres (90-72) had a better record than the Nationals - 69-93 that year.Scherzer is 3-2, 2.34 in nine starts against the Padres in his career. In 57 2/3 innings, he has 85 strikeouts and 18 walks. Machado is 3-for-28 (.107) with 13 strikeouts against Scherzer while Myers is 4-for-13 with two homers.It will be the first start for Strahm against the Nationals. He has made two appearances out of the bullpen against Washington and is 0-1 with 15.43 ERA - both outings coming last year. The North Dakota native has made four starts this year and 12 in his career.On April 19 against the Reds he gave up just one run and two hits in eight innings but was not involved in the decision.The Padres bullpen includes Craig Stammen (2-1, 2.57), who was drafted out of the University of Dayton by the Nationals and pitched for Washington from 2009 to 2015. The San Diego bullpen ERA is fifth in the league at 3.91 while the Nationals are last at 6.97.The Nationals hope that Rendon (.371) is back in the lineup Friday.--Field Level Media
Game
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GAME PREVIEW
All eyes on Guerrero Jr.'s debut as Jays host A's The Oakland Athletics will try to avenge a three-game sweep last week when they visit the Toronto Blue Jays Friday night and in the process spoil the major league debut of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.The Blue Jays, who swept the A's April 19-21 to complete a 6-1 road trip, announced after their 4-0 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday that Guerrero would be called up from Triple-A Buffalo to play Friday in the opener of the three-game series against Oakland.Both teams had Thursday off. The A's are coming off a 6-5 walkoff win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday to complete a sweep of the three-game series.Toronto will start right-hander Marcus Stroman (1-3, 1.76 ERA) who pitched into the ninth inning to defeat the A's April 19 and Oakland will start Mike Fiers (2-2, 8.28), who took the loss April 20.Guerrero batted .367/.424/.700 in going 11-for-30 with three homers and eight RBIs in eight games with Buffalo."You can see, it's obvious, I'm ready," Guerrero said. "I feel ready." Guerrero started the season on the sidelines because of a left oblique strain. He was not called up last September when major league rosters are expanded despite a brilliant minor league season as the club manipulated his service time to delay, by a season, his eligibility for free agency.The third baseman entered the season ranked as the No. 1 prospect in baseball by many sources."Whatever happens, we have to be patient defensively, offensively, because he's 20-years old," Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said.Brandon Drury has been playing third base and will continue to do so when Guerrero is used as DH. Drury will move to second base when Guerrero plays third base.The Blue Jays have yet to announce a corresponding move to make room for Guerrero, but they do have a decision to make on shortstop Freddy Galvis, who injured a hamstring Sunday while making a defensive play in Oakland.Galvis did not play Wednesday, ending his consecutive-game playing streak at 349, which had been the longest current streak in the majors. He could go on the injured list.The Athletics have a third baseman of their own worth watching in Matt Chapman."I'd say he's one of the better players in the league and I think you're gonna be talking about him in MVP conversations for years to come," A's manager Bob Melvin said after the game Wednesday.Before the game, Melvin also praised Chapman: "I don't know that I've been around a player that's come along this quickly. To see where he is now, it's an amazing transformation. Defense is well-documented, power is well-documented. He's becoming one of the better and more patient hitters in the game right now." Chapman was 1-for-5 Wednesday and is batting .311 with a 1.040 OPS, eight home runs and 18 RBIs.He was 2-for-4 with an RBI double April 19 against Stroman, who allowed six hits overall, in Oakland in Toronto's 5-1 victory.Stroman is 1-1 with a 5.22 ERA in five career starts against Oakland.Fiers has allowed six runs in each of his past three starts and is 0-1 with a 16.20 ERA and .442 opponent's batting average over that span. He is 1-4 with a 4.50 ERA in eight career appearances, including seven starts, against Toronto.--Field Level Media
Game
Preview from The Associated
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Pitching-weary Mets, Brewers meet with hopes of mound turnarounds The New York Mets chose to find a solution to their starting pitching problems from within instead of signing Gio Gonzalez this week.They might get a chance to find out what they did - or didn't - miss out on as early as this weekend, when the Mets host Gonzalez' new team, the Milwaukee Brewers, in a three-game series.The series is scheduled to get underway Friday, when reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom (2-2, 3.68 ERA) is expected to come off the injured list and start for the Mets against Chase Anderson (2-0, 3.00 ERA). However, there are heavy thunderstorms in the forecast for Friday afternoon and evening in New York City.Both teams were off Thursday after losing Wednesday. The host Mets missed a chance to complete a sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies by falling to their NL East rivals, 6-0. The visiting Brewers absorbed the final defeat in a three-game sweep at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 5-2 loss.Prior to Wednesday's games, the Brewers reportedly reached agreement with Gonzalez on a one-year deal worth $2 million plus incentives. Gonzalez finished last season with Milwaukee, for whom he went 3-0 with a 2.13 ERA in five starts following his acquisition from the Washington Nationals, but remained unsigned well into spring training before agreeing to a minor league deal with the New York Yankees.Gonzalez exercised the opt-out in his clause last Saturday and was released by the Yankees on Monday. Many believed he'd head to the Mets, whose rotation is pitching to a 4.97 ERA with a fifth starter, Jason Vargas, who has the third-worst ERA (5.97) among pitchers with at least 20 starts since 2018. But Gonzalez ended up with the Brewers, whose starters will enter Friday with an ERA of 5.84.Gonzalez isn't slotted into the rotation yet, but he could be used in relief as he begins to knock off the rust. He last pitched on April 14 for the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.Whenever Gonzalez slides into the rotation, the Brewers will hope he can pick up where he left off last season for them and offer his usual reliability. Gonzalez made 27 starts last year making it the 10th straight year with 27-plus starts, the fourth-longest streak among pitchers."He pitched good for us last year," said Brewers Opening Day pitcher Jhoulys Chacin, who has a 6.35 ERA in six starts this season. "Whoever can help us to get going. We haven't pitched deep in games, we haven't put the team in good position to win the ballgame every (day). That's something we have to start to do. To get a team out of a slump, it starts with your starters." If deGrom comes off the injured list - he got through his throwing program fine on Monday and Wednesday - manager Mickey Callaway will hope he can follow in the footsteps of Vargas, Steven Matz and Zack Wheeler, who combined to allow just two runs over 17 2/3 innings in the three-game series against the Phillies. Vargas took the loss Wednesday after surrendering one run in 4 2/3 innings."I think all of our starting pitching stepped up this series," Callaway said Wednesday night. "We took the series because our starting pitching stepped it up and I think that kind of sets the tone for turning the corner and getting where we need to be, as far as what we're trying to do on the mound. Just another solid effort from a starter for the third day in a row." Anderson earned the win in his first start of the season last Saturday when he allowed just one hit over five scoreless innings as the Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-0.DeGrom hasn't started since April 14, when he took the loss after allowing three runs over five innings as the Mets fell to the Atlanta Braves, 7-3. The 30-year-old came down with strep throat a few days later and felt soreness in his elbow while trying to resume his throwing program. He blamed the soreness on the full-body aches he had from the illness and the subsequent layoff. An MRI administered Monday came back clean.Anderson is 2-2 with a 3.94 ERA in six career starts against the Mets. DeGrom is 3-2 with a 4.17 ERA in seven starts against the Brewers.--Field Level Media
Game
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Rays, swept in Tampa, seek revenge in Boston The Tampa Bay Rays got swept at home by the Boston Red Sox last weekend, and they would love to even the score at Fenway Park this weekend, but it would help if they stopped losing players.The banged-up Rays have lost five of their last seven games after a 14-4 start. The rematch begins Friday night when Rays right-hander Charlie Morton takes the mound.Tampa Bay outfielder Austin Meadows injured his right thumb in the Boston series finale on Sunday and will be out until mid-May.In the Rays' 10-2 loss to Kansas City on Wednesday, second baseman Joey Wendle suffered a right wrist fracture when he was hit by a pitch. Wendle had just recovered from a hamstring strain."It's a long season, and you're going to have some ups and downs," manager Kevin Cash told the Tampa Bay Times. "It's a little tougher (now) because we just lost another guy. That stinks, but we'll continue to try to find ways to win games and overcome it." Wednesday's loss was one of only two that have been by more than one or two runs this season. Royals ace Blake Snell, who returned after missing a start with a fractured toe, lasted only 3 1/3 innings in taking the loss."We just need to be humbled a little bit because we can't go out there and think we're going to win each and every game just because we have a lot of talent," center fielder Kevin Kier¬maier told the Times. "No matter who you're playing in the big leagues, there's a lot of talent on the other side as well." Morton (2-0, 3.38 ERA) had not given up more than two earned runs in his first four starts with the Rays until Boston scored five runs in six innings on Saturday. The 35-year-old Morton wasn't entirely ineffective, as he also struck out a season-high nine.He's 3-1 with a 5.06 ERA in five career starts against the Red Sox.Boston left-hander David Price was originally scheduled to start Friday, but manager Alex Cora threw the Rays a curveball on Thursday, announcing that Price would start Saturday's game so he would pitch back-to-back with ace Chris Sale."I think that's the way we prefer it, feeling that they can go deep into games and can help us out bullpen-wise, so you keep them together and go from there," Cora said.Cora didn't name Friday's starter during his postgame press conference. It may be a moot point, since rain is in the forecast.Boston's offense has perked up in the last two games, scoring a combined 18 runs. Rookie second baseman Michael Chavis hit his second homer in just his third major league game on Thursday in a 7-3 win over Detroit.Right fielder Mookie Betts has recovered from a slow start with five multi-hit efforts in his last seven games. Not coincidentally, the Red Sox are 5-2 over that span. Betts has three doubles over the last two games"We know what we're capable of," Betts told MLB.com. "It's just a matter of doing it." --Field Level Media
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GAME PREVIEW
Braves' Fried will face bolstered Rockies lineup this time Atlanta Braves rising star Max Fried wasn't intimidated with his first start in Colorado's thin air. The left-hander tamed the Rockies' lineup at Coors Field on April 9, holding them to one run -- unearned -- in six innings in a 7-1 Atlanta win.The caveat was that Colorado rolled out a compromised lineup. First baseman Daniel Murphy and second baseman Ryan McMahon were on the injured list, and the Rockies used rookies Yonathan Daza and Josh Fuentes.The Rockies now have the lineup they envisioned when the season started, and Daza and Fuentes are back with Triple-A Albuquerque.On Wednesday, Murphy returned from a fractured left finger that cost him 20 games, and he played just his third game of the season. McMahon has been back for a week from a sprained left elbow, and the offense is starting to roll."Murphy, he changes our lineup," Nolan Arenado said after Wednesday's 9-5 win over Washington. "We missed him when he wasn't there." The veteran was signed in the offseason, the only significant free-agent addition for Colorado. His approach and veteran leadership was apparent right away Wednesday. He singled in his first at-bat and showed patience in drawing a walk in a four-run third inning."Murphy, with a guy on third, less than two outs and he took a walk," manager Bud Black said. "He could have expanded the zone and tried to selfishly get a ribby but he didn't. Those are the things that we're talking about with Murphy that rub off." The hope for Colorado is that it rubs off on the pitching staff, too. Antonio Senzatela (1-1, 3.55 ERA) will pitch the series opener in Atlanta. He is coming off of a loss to Philadelphia on Saturday but has gone at least six innings in each of his two starts this season.He has faced the Braves twice in his three-year career, with his only start coming in 2018 in Atlanta. He allowed two earned runs over five innings but came away with a no-decision. He pitched two shutout innings against the Braves in relief in Colorado in 2017.He'll find a tough matchup in Fried, who emerged as a solid starter when Mike Foltynewicz was hurt. Fried is 3-0 with a 1.38 ERA in four starts this season. He took a no-hitter into the sixth inning against the Chicago Cubs on April 4 and has allowed just four earned runs in 26 innings this season.His teammates are rightfully impressed with the 25-year-old lefty."I love the guy. That left arm, those kinds of special talents don't come around," first baseman Freddie Freeman said after he handled the Rockies. "He's been off to a great start. Pitching like that here in Coors Field, it's a big job and I thought he did fantastic." Fried has faced Colorado one other time, in relief, and allowed three earned runs in 2 2/3 innings.The Braves are coming off a 4-2 loss at Cincinnati in a game that was delayed by rain midway through the seventh inning. Atlanta is 5-8 since taking two games at Coors Field earlier in the month.The Rockies, meanwhile, have turned around a season that was headed in a bad direction. They were 3-12 at one point but have gone 8-2 since April 13. Seven of those wins were before Murphy returned.--Field Level Media
Game
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GAME PREVIEW
Lindor, Indians look for another win at Houston With the Cleveland Indians in search of an insurance run in the eighth inning Thursday, shortstop Francisco Lindor posed a threat and played his vital role of linchpin for the team.He will look to remain dangerous Friday when the visiting Indians continue their four-game series against the Houston Astros.In just his fifth game back following a right calf injury that sidelined him during spring training before a left ankle injury led to a setback, Lindor finished 1-for-4. With the Indians clinging to a one-run lead in the eighth, he singled, advanced to second base on a wild pitch and was standing on third when Jose Ramirez grounded out to end the threat.Still, it felt all was right for the Indians, who held on for a 2-1 victory at Minute Maid Park.After finishing second to Astros shortstop Carlos Correa in American League Rookie of the Year balloting in 2015, Lindor placed in the top 10 in AL Most Valuable Player voting during each of the past three seasons. A large measure of the Indians' identity is tied to Lindor, both on offense and defense."We're thrilled to have Frankie back," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "Last year he scored 129 runs (to tie for the major league lead). He's still working his way into being Frankie, but we love having him back." Right-hander Corey Kluber (2-2, 5.88 ERA) will start on Friday for the Indians. Kluber matched his season highs with seven innings and eight strikeouts in his most recent start, beating the Atlanta Braves 8-4 on Saturday while allowing four runs on five hits and two walks.Kluber will make his 11th career appearance (10th start) against the Astros, against whom he is 6-3 with a 2.83 ERA. He made two starts against Houston in 2018, going 1-0 with a 1.35 ERA and 17 strikeouts over 13 1/3 innings.Right-hander Collin McHugh (3-2, 4.78 ERA) starts opposite Kluber for the Astros. He surrendered a career-high 10 runs (nine earned) over 3 1/3 innings in his previous outing, an 11-10 loss to the Texas Rangers on Sunday.Prior to that start, McHugh had allowed just five runs over 23 innings while recording 27 strikeouts during that four-start stretch. He is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA over six appearances (two starts) against Cleveland. McHugh yielded one run on four hits and two walks with eight strikeouts over six innings in four relief appearances vs. the Indians last season.Correa, who is 3-for-19 (.158) with one homer in his career against Kluber, has been in the middle of two unusual plays that worked against Houston during the Astros' current seven-game homestand. On Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins, he reflexively reached for an errant pitch and was ruled out on batter's interference with two runners on to end the seventh.On Thursday, Correa hit into an unusual double play in the only at-bat the Astros managed with a runner in scoring position.With runners on first and second and one out in the sixth inning, Correa appeared to foul a Trevor Bauer pitch off his foot. The ball rolled to third baseman Ramirez. He stepped on third for a forceout before throwing to first to retire Correa, who never vacated the batter's box. The umpires conferred and ruled Correa out, ending that threat."Nobody saw it," Astros manager A. J. Hinch said. "I don't really expect guys to see a ball off of a foot from behind the bases. It's pretty far. I was judging it off of Carlos' reaction and change of direction of the ball."It's not reviewable; we didn't have a challenge anyway. But they said that none of them saw it definitively hit his foot." --Field Level Media
Game
Preview from The Associated
Press (AP).
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GAME PREVIEW
Twins welcome Orioles as both coming off good stretches The Baltimore Orioles come to Minnesota for a weekend series after having taken two of three from the Chicago White Sox and getting the kind of all-around play that's been hard to find so far this season.Meanwhile, the Twins are coming back home after a 4-2 road trip, and three of the wins were in Baltimore last weekend.So, when the teams meet up in Minnesota on Friday night, the Orioles will see if they can keep finding the timely hitting and good pitching that let them win two in a row versus the White Sox.The Twins will want to keep building off of their recent success, especially when they played the Orioles last weekend.Minnesota banged out 11 homers in last Saturday's doubleheader sweep of the Orioles, a big reason the Twins scored victories of 6-5 and 16-7.In that doubleheader, Eddie Rosario had five hits, three of which were homers. Teammate Jonathan Schoop, a former Oriole, finished with two homers and four hits.Alex Cobb (0-1, 11.88) goes for the Orioles while Martin Perez (2-0, 5.31) starts for the Twins in the series opener. This is the same matchup from the nightcap of that doubleheader when Cobb allowed nine runs on 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings, including three homers.Cobb now has a 2-2 record and a 6.75 ERA in five starts against Minnesota.Perez gave up four runs on six hits through six innings and earned the victory, and the Twins helped him by bashing eight of those homers.He is 3-4 with a 5.44 ERA in his eight career starts against the Orioles.The Twins just lost two of three to Houston on the road, the last one being a 7-1 decision Wednesday where veteran Justin Verlander beat them. He held Minnesota to one run in eight innings, that coming on a Jorge Polanco homer.The Twins called up Kohl Stewart to start that game and then sent him back to Triple-A Rochester after the game.Home runs were big for the Twins on the trip as they finished with 15 overall and averaged nearly seven runs per game."I thought it was a very good trip," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli told MLB.com. "Obviously, coming (to Houston), it is a difficult place to play and it's against a good team, but I think our guys battled pretty well ... obviously, we want to win every game, but overall, it was a very, very solid trip." The Orioles will be hoping for more success against the Twins in Minnesota than they had in Baltimore last weekend.John Means gave the Orioles another strong start Wednesday, got the win, and might be the team's biggest surprise this season. He developed a strong change-up and uses that in a big way, a major reason he's 3-2 with a 1.74 ERA.Stevie Wilkerson hit his first career homer in the win. The Orioles were without first baseman Chris Davis in the last game, but manager Brandon Hyde told the media it would be a one-game absence."He had to miss (the game)," Hyde said. "He had a personal matter. We had a two-man bench, and we made it through ... he's going to meet us in Minnesota. Everything's good on that front." The Orioles also made a minor move, trading pitcher Mike Wright to Seattle for a minor-league infielder. Wright had been designated for assignment on Sunday, and the Orioles received Ryne Ogren, who was then assigned to Class A Delmarva.--Field Level Media
Game
Preview from The Associated
Press (AP).
Copyright
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Cubs, Diamondbacks both rolling as series looms The Chicago Cubs cooled off the Diamondbacks last weekend. Now they have another chance.The Diamondbacks begin a five-game homestand with three games against the Cubs after an 8-2 road trip that opened with a three-game sweep in Atlanta and closed with a four-game sweep in Pittsburgh, capped off with a 5-0 victory on a rainy Thursday. In between, the Cubs took two of three in Wrigley Field.Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks is to oppose left-hander Robbie Ray in the series opener Friday at Chase Field.The Cubs are just as hot, having won seven of nine after taking two of three from both the Dodgers and the D-backs following a three-game sweep in Miami.The Diamondbacks outscored the Pirates 30-7 in the four-game sweep, getting five homers and 21 extra-base hits."Everything seemed to match up," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. "You are always looking for those spots and those moments. We hit the ball well and pitched the ball well. We'll enjoy it for about 30 seconds. We have to turn the page quickly." A lot of Diamondbacks are rolling at the same time. First baseman Christian Walker is hitting 20-for-42 with six doubles, four homers and nine RBIs in his last 10 games, starting with a victory over San Diego in the final game of the previous homestand. He has seven multiple-hit games in that stretch.Eduardo Escobar is 16-for-42 in his last 12 games, with five extra-base hits and eight RBIs. Ketel Marte homered from both sides of plate in the 10-2 victory Wednesday, becoming the 14th player in major league history to homer from both sides of the plate twice in the same season.Zack Greinke tripled Thursday, becoming the first pitcher since 1906 to get all the hits of a cycle during the first month of a season, according to Sportsradar."We pride ourselves on being good hitters and slugging," Lovullo said.Cubs shortstop Javier Baez has two homers during his four-game hitting streak, catcher Willson Contreras has reached in 12 straight games, and the pitching staff has played a vital run in the Cubs' recovery from a 1-6 start.Cubs starters have a 1.68 ERA in the last in the last 12 games and have held opponents to a .179 batting average. Cubs starters have averaged a tad more than six innings per start in the last 11 games."I like the tried and true method," manager Joe Maddon said of letting his starters go deep. "I still feel it's the best way to go." Hendricks (1-3) threw seven shutout innings in the 5-1 victory over Arizona last Friday, his first quality start and the first time he had gone more than five innings this season. He struck out a season-high 11, one short of his career high, and got David Peralta three times.Hendricks helped extend the Cubs pitchers' streak of scoreless innings to 31 before the Diamondbacks scored in the ninth on Marte's double off reliever Brad Brach.Ray (0-1) gave up four hits and one run in a no-decision in the Cubs' 2-1 victory in the finale of the three-game series Sunday, which the Cubs won on David Bote's walkout single in the last of the ninth inning. Bote left for Colorado shortly after the game to be with his wife, Rachel, for the birth of their third child.Ray had trouble only with 3-4 hitters Anthony Rizzo and Baez. Rizzo had a single and a double, and he was hit by a pitch before Baez's two-out triple in the sixth inning drove in the Cubs' first run.Baez also walked. Ray had his most efficient outing of the season, walking only one and using 92 pitches in six innings.--Field Level Media
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Preview from The Associated
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Dodgers look to bounce back against Pirates After a trip to Chicago that did not go quite as planned offensively, the Los Angeles Dodgers will return home Friday with the intention of getting their vaunted offense on track again against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Getting healthy again is exactly what the Pirates are thinking as well after another rough home series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Pirates dropped a 5-0 decision to the Diamondbacks on Thursday and have now lost 10 consecutive home games against the National League West foe.The Dodgers will send Hyun-Jin Ryu to the mound Friday as they try to distance themselves from the end of a road trip that saw them lose three of their last five games, even with Thursday's 2-1 victory over the Cubs. The Dodgers did not score on a base hit, getting their two runs on an error and a sacrifice fly.Ryu (2-1, 3.10 ERA) returned from a strained left groin Saturday at Milwaukee, giving up two runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings, while throwing a season-high 92 pitches. Both of those runs came on Christian Yelich home runs.Against everybody else who hasn't just won a NL MVP award, Ryu handled himself just fine, and now will take the mound at Dodger Stadium where he has been tough to beat. The left-hander not only was dominating at home while winning is first two starts of the season, he fashioned a 1.15 ERA over nine Dodger Stadium starts (54 2/3 innings) last year.Admittedly cautious in his most recent outing, Ryu showed plenty to like, but he wasn't about to celebrate things after the two Yelich home runs. He said the first was Yelich being the dominating hitter he is. The second one, Ryu conceded, was a mistake curveball."One good takeaway from this outing is, I came out of it healthy," Ryu said through an interpreter after his Saturday outing.Ryu not only knows about pitching at Dodger Stadium, he has a good idea about what it takes to defeat the Pirates. He is 4-0 in four career starts against Pittsburgh with a 2.49 ERA over 25 1/3 innings.Pirates right-hander Chris Archer will also be making his second start after a return, although his time away was for a different reason. The right-hander recently served a five-game suspension for an early-season pitch that went behind the Cincinnati Reds' Derek Dietrich.Archer (1-1, 2.74) gave up three runs on six hits over five innings Sunday, matching his shortest outing of the season in a 3-2 defeat to the San Francisco Giants. He threw a season-low 83 pitches, but it was just one of those pitches that hurt.The Giants' Buster Posey hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning."I left a pitch down the middle to a good hitter," Archer said afterward. "I was trying to go in, get the ground ball for a double play. It just stayed in the middle, and he hit that one hard." Archer has faced the Dodgers just once, in a 2016 outing at Dodger Stadium as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays. He gave up just one earned run over seven innings in that game but took the loss.The Dodgers, who won just one of the three games against the Cubs this week, entered Thursday leading the NL in runs scored with 144, but are now even with the Diamondbacks at 146.--Field Level Media
Game
Preview from The Associated
Press (AP).
Copyright
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GAME PREVIEW
Kikuchi to 'open' for Mariners against Rangers One of the reasons left-hander Yusei Kikuchi signed with the Seattle Mariners in the offseason was the unique wellness plan they pitched to him.Trying to avoid the injuries that have befallen Japanese stars like Yu Darvish, Shohei Ohtani and Daisuke Matsuzaka once they started pitching every five days in the majors as compared to the six-man rotations they use overseas, the Mariners will use Kikuchi as an "opener" about once a month, pitching just the first inning or so before handing the ball to one of Seattle's pitching prospects.That plan will be put to use for the first time Friday night against the visiting Texas Rangers.Kikuchi (1-1, 4.68 ERA) is scheduled to start against Rangers right-hander Shelby Miller (1-1, 7.63), who won his only previous appearance against Seattle. Lefty Justus Sheffield, the Mariners' No. 1 prospect, is set to make his debut for the team in relief of Kikuchi after being recalled from Triple-A Tacoma."(Kikuchi) understands what we are shooting for. It's about getting him through the whole season," Mariners manager Scott Servais said. "He's still going to make the start; he's still going to go through his routine and throw his bullpen in between starts like he'd normally do. He's just not going to go out and throw 95 pitches." Sheffield, acquired in the offseason trade that sent left-hander James Paxton to the New York Yankees, came on in the second inning of Tacoma's game Monday in Albuquerque to get used to the role."He's come out of the bullpen before and the key is to come in, throw strikes and attack them," Servais said. "The catcher will have the plan and just stay with the catcher. Just simplify it. That's what I would tell any young pitcher making his first start or first appearance. Just simplify it and trust your stuff." The Mariners won the opener of the four-game series 14-2 Thursday night, taxing an already beleaguered Texas bullpen.Long reliever Kyle Dowdy started Wednesday because Drew Smyly was scratched due to "nerve tightness" in his left arm. And Lance Lynn lasted just four innings Tuesday.Rangers left-hander Taylor Hearn, making his major league debut, failed to get out of the first inning Thursday.The 24-year-old faced eight batters and recorded only one out before being pulled after 39 pitches. He allowed five runs (four earned) on three hits and four walks."You never want to do that obviously for a kid's major league debut," Rangers manager Chris Woodward said of pulling the rookie. "Before the game, I talked to him. He was in good spirits and he was calm. I think if he would have gotten through that first inning, things would have been a little bit different. Obviously, the big leagues are tough. You get out there and things don't go your way, especially the first time out, you don't really have anything to base it off. He'll learn from that. A lot of our guys talked to him during the game. He came back and sat in the dugout. I saw him talking to (Hunter) Pence. I saw him talking to (Lance) Lynn. I had a few words with him. He'll learn from that. Hopefully, 15 years from now, he'll have a memorable first outing." --Field Level Media
Game
Preview from The Associated
Press (AP).
Copyright
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:00 PM EDT Venue: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY / The Carolina Hurricanes have waited almost 10 years to play in the second round of the NHL playoffs. It only seems like the New York Islanders have been waiting that long to play again, period, as they will be 10 days removed from their last game. One of the numerous unexpected conference semifinals will finally begin Friday night, when the Islanders host the Hurricanes in a battle of Metropolitan Division rivals at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Hurricanes, who are in the playoffs for the first time since 2009, advanced to the conference semifinals by overcoming a pair of two-goal deficits to edge the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals, 4-3, in double overtime Wednesday night. The win capped a series of comebacks by Carolina, which trailed the series two games to none and fell behind three games to two with a 6-0 loss in Game 5 on Saturday night." I don't know what else to say about this group," Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind'Amour said following the Hurricanes' first series victory since the 2009 Eastern Conference semifinals. "They just don't quit. We've got great leadership . In overtime, you saw it come through. Just really proud of this group. This is a special group, and I'm glad to be a part of it." The Islanders have been off since Apr. 16, when they completed a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 3-1 win. It was just the second postseason series win since 1994 for New York, which advanced to the second round in 2016. The Islanders held five practices during their long break, but head coach Barry Trotz sensed something different Thursday morning." You could tell that there's guys that are turning the switch on a little bit -- not that they've turned it off, they've done a really good job, but I think the urgency is definitely there," said Trotz, who coached the Capitals to the Stanley Cup title last season before joining the Islanders last June. "They're a little more business-like, if you will. They've been business-like right through, but this is just a little different level." The nine-day break for the Islanders is the longest playoff respite for an NHL team since the Chicago Blackhawks had nine days off heading into the Western Conference finals in 2015. The Blackhawks beat the Anaheim Ducks in seven games and went on to win the Stanley Cup." Just looking forward to playing anybody, and it happens to be Carolina," Trotz said. "As I told the players: The league's going to let us play. We've got uniforms and everything. Let's go." The series will pit two of the many Cinderella squads left in a tournament that's gone haywire. For the first time in the history of the four major North American pro sports leagues, every regular-season division champion was eliminated in the first round. The Islanders (103 points) are one of three 100-point teams left along with the Boston Bruins (107 points) and San Jose Sharks (101 points). In addition, the Islanders and Hurricanes are two of the four teams remaining that did not reach the playoffs last season. The St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars, who face each other in a Western Conference semifinal, also did not qualify for the postseason last year. But despite their underdog status, there's nothing fluky about the Islanders and Hurricanes reaching the conference semifinals. New York was a robust 26-14-3 after Jan. 1, while Carolina was an even more impressive 30-12-2." I just think they've been a really good team all year," Trotz said of the Hurricanes. "Especially, I would say, in the second half. They were grinding it out every night and playing the same way and playing for each other and doing all those things. It doesn't surprise me. They weren't going away easy all year, and they weren't going away (Wednesday) night." In the regular season, just four points separated the Islanders, who finished second in the Metropolitan Division, and the Hurricanes, who finished fourth and and earned the Eastern Conference's first wild card. The Islanders were 3-1-0 against the Hurricanes, who finished 1-2-1 in a season series that ended Jan. 8. New York won the first three games -- a 2-1 overtime decision in the season opener at Carolina on Oct. 4, another 2-1 victory in Carolina on Oct. 28 and a 4-1 win at Barclays Center on Nov. 24 -- before falling, 4-3, at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N. Y., in January. The Islanders had a plus-32 goal differential on the season, while the Hurricanes finished at plus-22. New York allowed the fewest goals in the league (196) and finished 21st in goals scored (228). Carolina was 16th in goals scored (245) and tied for sixth in goals allowed (223). Friday's game will mark the first for the Islanders at Barclays Center since Feb. 16, when they beat the Edmonton Oilers, 5-2. New York played its final 12 regular-season games and both first-round games at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. All remaining postseason home games will be played in Brooklyn.--Field Level Media
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