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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 1:05 PM EDT Venue: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Md., 21201 BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles are coming into a three-game series with the New York Yankees playing their worst baseball of the season. Baltimore limps back to Camden Yards for a Monday matinee riding a seven-game losing streak after dropping three in a row at Houston over the weekend, the last being an 8-4 defeat Sunday afternoon. New York (29-18) has won two in a row after beating the Oakland A's 9-5 on Sunday thanks to Aaron Judge's first career grand slam. The Yankees lead the American League East by three games over the second-place Boston Red Sox and by 4 1/2 over Baltimore (25-23). The Orioles look to Dylan Bundy (5-3, 2.92 ERA), who opposes Jordan Montgomery (2-3, 4.30), to stop their slide. Baltimore got good pitching and fair hitting before its slide, but the starting pitching has really dropped off -- along with the bats and the bullpen at times. Manager Buck Showalter moved inconsistent starter Ubaldo Jimenez to the bullpen instead of starting him Sunday against the Astros. However, when Alec Asher lasted only two innings and surrendered six runs, the skipper brought in the veteran. Jimenez gave the Orioles a nice surprise, going the final six innings and giving up only two runs. The Orioles played the past two games without Adam Jones (ankle, rest), but he is expected back in action Monday. Still, this is a team that has lost 13 of 16." I think if we had the answer we'd have put that in action a long time ago," Orioles first baseman Chris Davis said. "Just one of those things where one thing goes wrong and it kind of snowballs from there. Just trying to stay positive, keep working and keep grinding it out." They will again rely on Bundy, who has clearly been their best pitcher this year. Bundy (1-1, 5.40 ERA in four career games, two starts, versus the Yankees) has lost two in a row overall and has been consistent in all but one of his starts this season. Montgomery will be starting against the Orioles for the second time in his rookie season. He threw five innings of three-run ball and matched his career high with seven strikeouts in a no-decision at Yankee Stadium on April 30. While Montgomery has been effective in most of his appearances, the New York offense is a big reason the Yankees are off to a strong start. Judge (.321, 16 homers, 34 RBIs) came through again Sunday. He said he likes the way his team is playing heading into the Baltimore series. The Yankees rank third in the American League with a .264 team batting average." I'm just glad we're going in there hot," Judge said. "We're swinging the bat well. Our pitching staff's doing well, our bullpen's coming through for us. We're excited for the next two weeks." New York manager Joe Girardi also knows what is ahead, as the seven-game road trip also features four against the Toronto Blue Jays, who are getting back on their feet." We're going to Baltimore, which has always played us tough, and this is a tough road trip," he said. "We need to continue to play (well), and we need to continue to pitch well and score runs." The Orioles made a player move Sunday, calling up right-hander Logan Verrett from Triple-A Norfolk and sending back right-hander Tyler Wilson.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 2:10 PM EDT Venue: U. S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Ill., 60616 CHICAGO -- Five-time All-Star David Price is expected to make his season debut Monday for the Boston Red Sox in the opener of a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox. The 31-year-old left-hander hasn't pitched in the majors since Oct. 2 because of a strained left elbow." My thought process is to put up zeros and help us win. That's what I'm here to do. That's what I plan on doing on Monday," Price said Thursday. Price, the 2012 American League Cy Young winner, allowed nine runs (six earned) and 12 hits, struck out eight and walked two in 5 2/3 innings in two rehab starts for Triple-A Pawtucket. He threw 89 pitches in 3 2/3 innings in his last outing." A lot of pitches in a short amount of time," Price said. "I think that is more of a test to being healthy as opposed to going out there and throwing five or six (innings) in 90 pitches. To do what I did in both of my rehab outings, I don't think you can do that if you're not healthy." Price is 5-5 with a 3.26 ERA in 13 career starts against the White Sox, including 3-4, 4.30 in seven turns at Guaranteed Rate Field." He's eager to get back to us, and physically he feels great," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. Boston has won six of its past seven games, including two of three over the weekend against the Seattle Mariners. The White Sox won three of four weekend games against the Detroit Tigers. Last season, Chicago won four of seven games against the Red Sox. For the White Sox, left-hander David Holmberg (0-0, 0.87 ERA) will make his first start of the season. He struck out six and walked two in eight relief appearances after the White Sox purchased his contract from Triple-A Charlotte on May 4. He is 3-6 with a 5.47 ERA in 22 career major league appearances, including 12 starts. At Charlotte, Holmberg was 3-0 with a 1.76 ERA in six appearances, including one start. Holmberg has never faced the Red Sox. White Sox manager Rick Renteria said Monday could be a bullpen day, but he would like to see Holmberg provide some distance." We're hoping that we can take him out to a five-inning stint, depending on how many pitches he throws and things like that nature," Renteria said. "He was starting obviously in the minor leagues, so he had been stretched out. Everybody's going to have to be available, but I'm hopeful that he's going to give us a good outing." The series will reunite the White Sox with Chris Sale, who was a five-time All-Star when he pitched for Chicago from 2010-16. The hard-throwing left-hander was traded to Boston in December in exchange for four prospects, including highly touted infielder Yoan Moncada. Sale is scheduled to start Tuesday." He has my respect," White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu said through a translator. "He was one of the best teammates that I had here in my first three years, and that will be fun. He's a very good pitcher, and we'll see what happens."
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 2:10 PM EDT Venue: Target Field, Minneapolis, MN, 55403 MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins had just finished a marathon 15-inning game Sunday that lasted a Target Field-record 6 hours, 26 minutes when they had to turn their attention to Monday's game. In less than 18 hours, Minnesota would be hosting a matchup of first-place teams as the Houston Astros come to town. The Twins began their preparation by making moves to clear space for more pitching. Oh yeah, they had to get over losing Sunday's series finale to the Tampa Bay Rays in which Minnesota's scheduled Wednesday starter, Hector Santiago, ended up pitching the 15th inning and taking the loss." It's a tough loss, no question about that," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. "We always try to measure the ability of a club to be resilient. We'll find out here in the short term how we do with this one." Minnesota, on top of the American League Central at 26-20, will have its ace, Ervin Santana (7-2, 1.80 ERA), on the mound for the Memorial Day afternoon game. Houston, leading the AL West with the best record in the majors, 35-16, sends right-hander Brad Peacock (2-0, 0.87) to the mound. Peacock earned another start after throwing 4 1/3 scoreless innings in a spot start against the Detroit Tigers on May 22. He struck out eight batters in the short outing, which was his first start of the season." He just did a really good job of pitching," Astros manager A. J. Hinch said. "He used all four of his pitches, and he competed very well. I always feel good when he's pitching. He's had a very good season. It just hasn't been pitching in the first inning this year." Peacock is 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA in two career starts against Minnesota, recording 15 strikeouts in 12 innings. Santana has had success against Houston: 3-0 with a 2.20 ERA in four career starts. He last faced the Astros on Sept. 5, 2015, when he allowed one run in eight innings. Santana has been outstanding this season. He ranks first in the majors in opponents' batting average (.134) and ERA and is second in WHIP (0.83). A long start by Santana would be a welcome relief for the Twins, but they will need more pitching anyway after using all of their relievers in Sunday's marathon game. After the game, Minnesota placed right-handed pitcher Justin Haley on the 10-day disabled list due to right shoulder soreness and optioned designated hitter Kennys Vargas to Triple-A Rochester. Molitor said the team will bring in two pitchers before the Monday game." I think it's pretty obvious that there's something that needs to be done," Molitor said. "We just need to add pitching. There's no two ways about it. We'll make a couple corresponding moves tomorrow to make sure we give ourselves an opportunity to compete the best way we can." Santiago will still start Wednesday, Molitor said. Houston made a change to its rotation for the series in Minnesota. Charlie Morton, who was scheduled to start Tuesday, was placed on the disabled list Sunday due to a right lat strain. With Morton sidelined, Mike Fiers will start Tuesday. Fiers was removed from the rotation earlier in the weekend to make way for Peacock to start again. The Astros won their fourth game in a row Sunday, beating the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 as George Springer hit a two-run homer.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 2:15 PM EDT Venue: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Mo., 63102 ST. LOUIS -- Paul DeJong might face quite a task Monday when the St. Louis Cardinals start a four-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium. Less than 24 hours after homering in his first major league at-bat, DeJong might have to follow it up with his first big league start. With left-hander Rich Hill scheduled to take the mound for Los Angeles, there is a chance DeJong could pick up a game at second base, third base or shortstop. Regardless, DeJong did something in the ninth inning Sunday at Coors Field that every kid dreams about when playing ball in the backyard. He cracked a towering solo shot off Colorado closer Greg Holland as a pinch hitter, although it merely served as window dressing to the Rockies' 8-4 victory." I was pretty amped," DeJong said. "I couldn't really feel my legs. I just kept watching it, and it kept going. It was amazing." Less amazing from a St. Louis perspective Sunday was the bullpen and defense, which teamed up to turn a potential dramatic rally into the team's eighth loss in 11 games by coughing up four runs in the eighth inning. Slumping Matt Bowman gave up all four runs, although the defense's failure to make a couple of plays didn't help. It was the latest failure for a bullpen that has allowed a whopping 29 runs during the Cardinals' past 11 games. By contrast, Los Angeles' relief corps bailed out Clayton Kershaw on Sunday when the staff ace endured a rare poor outing. Kershaw gave up 11 hits and four runs in 4 1/3 innings during a 9-4 win over the Chicago Cubs. The bullpen worked 4 2/3 hitless innings, with Josh Fields earning the win as the Dodgers polished off a sweep of the defending World Series champions." It was a great series win," Kershaw said. "No one gave up a run but me." Los Angeles (31-20) trails Colorado by 1 1/2 games in the National League West, having won eight of its past 10 games. One of those losses occurred Wednesday night to St. Louis (24-23), thanks in large part to the performance of the starters who will match up again on Monday. While Cardinals right-hander Mike Leake (5-2, 1.91 ERA) cruised through eight innings on just 98 pitches, allowing just one run and taking the league lead in ERA from Kershaw, Hill (1-2, 4.76) couldn't have found the plate if he had tried to run the ball over it. Hill issued a career-high seven walks in an ugly four-inning outing, leading to a season-high five runs. He has walked 12 in 17 innings over just four starts, as he has spent two stints on the disabled list with blisters. In his career against St. Louis, Hill is 1-1 with a 5.25 ERA over six starts, even though he has allowed a batting average of just .202. Leake is 5-5 with a 3.91 ERA in 11 career starts against the Dodgers. If he notches three strikeouts in this start, he would reach 900 for his career.
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+125
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+1.5 (-160)
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 3:10 PM EDT Venue: Coors Field, Denver, Colo., 80205 DENVER -- The Seattle Mariners can only hope that after a much-needed win Sunday in Boston, two games against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field can help revive their sputtering offense as they try to climb out of last place in the American League West. Seattle (22-29) has lost seven of its past nine games and 12 of 17. Meanwhile, the Rockies (33-19) own the best record in the National League and have not lost a series since they dropped three of four to the Washington Nationals at Coors Field in late April. Colorado has subsequently won eight series and split one." That's all we want to do is win series and keep things going one at a time," Colorado catcher Tony Wolters said Sunday after the Rockies won the rubber game from the St. Louis Cardinals. The Mariners and Rockies, who last met in 2015, will play Monday and Tuesday at Coors Field and Wednesday and Thursday at Safeco Field. In interleague play this season, the Mariners are 5-3 and the Rockies are 2-1. Tyler Chatwood (4-6, 4.50) will start Monday for the Rockies against Sam Gaviglio (0-1, 1.38). It will be the fourth career appearance and third start for Gaviglio, 27, who made his major league debut May 11 and got his first big league start May 18. In his last start, Wednesday at Washington, Gaviglio allowed six hits and five runs (one earned) in six innings, taking a 5-1 loss. The Monday game will be Gaviglio's first appearance against the Rockies. The Mariners are 2-4 on a trip that went from Washington to Boston and concludes in Colorado. They had scored nine runs in eight games after enduring back-to-back shutouts at Boston but rebounded Sunday to beat the Red Sox 5-0 behind former Rockies pitcher Christian Bergman. The Seattle offense halted a scoreless streak that lasted 23 innings. After the win Sunday, Mariners manager Scott Servais said, "Our offensive approach was much more aggressive on the fastball. Guys showed up ready to play today." It hasn't been easy for us. It's been a struggle. I thought (Saturday) we probably hit rock bottom. And the only way to get out of the bottom is to start crawling up. Hopefully we're on the right path." On Saturday, the Mariners were blanked 6-0 by Boston left-hander Brian Johnson, who threw a complete-game five hitter in a spot start after being recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. Johnson was optioned back to the minors after the game. It was Johnson's third career start and the first nine-inning complete game of his professional career, making the loss even more humbling for Seattle. The Mariners are 9-20 on the road. The Rockies have improved their record at Coors Field to 15-11. Chatwood is 0-1 with a 7.11 ERA in one career start against the Mariners. He was pitching for the Los Angeles Angels in that game on Aug. 6, 2011. Chatwood is 2-3 with a 6.18 ERA this season in five starts at Coors Field. He won his last outing 7-2 at Philadelphia on Wednesday, giving up one hit in seven scoreless innings with four walks and eight strikeouts. After surrendering nine homers in 36 2/3 innings in his first six starts, Chatwood has not yielded a homer in his past four starts spanning 23 1/3 innings. Rockies manager Bud Black has said Chatwood's four-pitch mix could enable him to be one of the better pitchers in the National League. However, for that to happen, Black believes Chatwood must not be overly reliant on his fastball, which can reach 97 mph, and slider, incorporating his curveball and changeup more." I think the last couple starts he has been better at that," Black said. "A pitcher has to have conviction in that, too. He's got 97 (mph) and a hard slider. It doesn't happen overnight -- the conviction in all four pitches. We've seen it in certain stretches of a game. It can't be all hard, hard, hard. There's got to be separation in velocity."
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 4:05 PM EDT Venue: AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA, 94107 SAN FRANCISCO -- The first-place Washington Nationals begin a nine-game road trip through California when they start a three-game set in San Francisco against the Giants on Monday. Washington (30-19) will have its manager back as Dusty Baker returns after missing the weekend series against the San Diego Padres to attend the high school graduation of his son. The Nationals, under bench coach Chris Speier, went 2-1 in his absence. San Francisco (22-30) won the final two games of its weekend series with Atlanta after dropping four games in a row. When somebody told San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy on Sunday, "You're on a mini-streak," he chuckled." Yeah, mini," he said. "But we want to keep making progress. We're facing the team leading their division. We've got to be on the top of our game. We'd been doing a good job, until the Cubs." That was the beginning of last week in Chicago. After winning the opener of a series at Wrigley Field, the Giants lost three in a row to the Cubs, then fell in the series opener at home against Atlanta, scoring only six runs in the four games." It's been a struggle," Bochy said. The Nationals, who are in a 12-game stretch in which they play every California team except the Los Angeles Angels, send Tanner Roark (4-2, 4.32 ERA) to the mound Monday after capping a 4-2 homestand with a 5-3 loss to San Diego on Sunday." We had some opportunities to score some runs, but we left some men on base early," Speier said. Roark snapped a four-start winless streak (0-2, 6.35 ERA) when he allowed one run in seven innings of a 5-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday." It was good to get runs on the board early," Roark said. "So I relaxed a little bit out there and (made) my pitches." Roark is 5-0 with a 2.51 ERA in six career games (three starts) against San Francisco, including 2-0, 3.52 in three appearances (two starts) at AT&T Park. He was 2-0 against the Giants last season, allowing one run in 14 innings over two starts. San Francisco counters with left-hander Matt Moore (2-5, 5.28), who has recorded three consecutive quality starts. Moore is coming off a 5-4 loss to the Cubs in Chicago on Wednesday in which he yielded four runs (three earned) in six innings. The Giants are 13-11 at home." We have to do something now that we're here," Bochy said of the six-game homestand. "It's our chance." The Nationals rested regulars Bryce Harper, Daniel Murphy, Matt Wieters and Jayson Werth on Sunday with Murphy missing his third straight start. He was ill Friday and Saturday, but he appeared Sunday as a pinch hitter, as did Wieters and Werth. Harper (.337 batting average, 15 home runs, 41 RBIs) is struggling of late, going 6-for-39 (.154) with two homers and five RBIs over his last 10 games. His average dropped 51 points during that span. Monday's venue may not do Harper any good, as he is hitting .196 with two homers, six RBIs and 14 strikeouts in 51 at-bats at AT&T Park. San Francisco hopes the sight of Roark gets Buster Posey going. Posey, who is 0-for-11 with five walks over his past four games, is 5-for-12 with three doubles and an RBI versus Roark. Posey is batting .333 with seven home runs and 11 RBIs this season.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 4:05 PM EDT Venue: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15212 PITTSBURGH -- Pirates right-hander Jameson Taillon made his first rehab start Sunday on the way back from surgery to treat testicular cancer. Taillon said he would make at least one more rehab start before returning to the Pittsburgh rotation, but it seems likely that despite his surgery being less than three weeks distant, he will be back sooner than later. That means the window to impress as a starter may be closing for Trevor Williams. Williams (2-3, 5.93 ERA) replaced Taillon in the rotation when the latter was placed on the disabled list and has gone 1-2 with a 6.27 ERA filing in. Those aren't fantastic numbers and are worse than the figures Williams put up as a long reliever earlier in the season, but they do compare favorable to some of the other Pirates' starters. Tyler Glasnow gave up five runs in five innings on Sunday to leave him 2-4 with a 6.95 ERA in 10 starts. Chad Kuhl is 1-5 with a 6.29 ERA. So when Williams faces the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday, he will have a chance to make his case to remain in the starting staff -- something general manager Neal Huntington wouldn't rule out on Sunday." Obviously, we're thinking about it in the background and we're thinking about it internally, but not ready to begin to talk about that publicly at this point," he said. Williams had one of his best outings of the season against the Diamondbacks on May 13. In his only career appearance against the club, he gave up one run and struck out four in five innings. Williams' mound opponent Monday at PNC Park will be in a similar situation. Randall Delgado was forced into a starting role when Taijuan Walker landed on the disabled list with a blister on his right index finger on May 21. Delgado (1-0, 3.82 ERA) has made some spots starts but hasn't been a regular member of a rotation since 2013, when he went 5-7 with a 4.26 ERA in 19 starts. He will be making his 50th major league start, and the way he handled his last one gave manager Torey Lovullo the confidence to give him the ball again." He's been locked in and throwing the ball very well," Lovullo said to Arizona Sports after making the decision on Friday. His last time out, Delgado pitched four innings and allowed two runs (one earned) against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. He set season highs in innings pitched and pitches thrown (61). Delgado has faced the Pirates 14 times in his career and is 0-1 with a 4.95 ERA. In three innings against Pittsburgh this season, he has allowed no runs on three hits and no walks while striking out two. The Diamondbacks originally thought Walker would only have to miss one start, but the blister was still bothering him when he tried it out. He is expected to throw a simulated game Monday or Tuesday in Pittsburgh. Arizona split a weekend series at Milwaukee, winning the first two before falling 6-1 on Saturday and 9-5 on Sunday. Pittsburgh lost two of three over the weekend to the visiting New York Mets, dropping a 7-2 decision Sunday night.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 4:10 PM EDT Venue: Citi Field, Flushing, NY, 11368 NEW YORK -- One of the National League's most surprising teams will visit one of the Senior Circuit's biggest disappointments on Monday afternoon when the Milwaukee Brewers head to Citi Field to face the host New York Mets in the opener of a four-game series. Both teams earned victories on Sunday. The Brewers beat the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 9-5 to split a four-game series, while the visiting Mets knocked off the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 to take two of three in the weekend set. The Brewers (27-23) won the final two games against the Diamondbacks to move 1 1/2 games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs atop the NL Central. Milwaukee, which hasn't won the division since it last reached the playoffs in 2011, lost five straight before the Saturday win." We're not surprised with ourselves," said Brewers pitcher Jimmy Nelson, who earned the victory Sunday by allowing one run and recording 10 strikeouts -- the second-best total of his career -- over seven innings. "We knew what we had in spring training. The energy's really good, and honestly, as long as we keep this energy and attitude, we can surprise a lot of people." The Brewers' hot start has been fueled by a lineup that has racked up 257 runs, the fourth most in the NL. However, Milwaukee's starting pitching might be coming around as well. Nelson was preceded in the rotation by Chase Anderson, who carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning and earned the win Saturday in a 6-1 decision. Milwaukee starters have recorded a 3.13 ERA in the past five games." We talked about the starting pitcher, at some point in stretches in the season, (has to) be the part that carried us," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. The Mets (21-27) hope they are finally starting to get the performances they expected from their starters. New York made the World Series in 2015 and reached the NL wild-card game last season on the strength of dominant starting pitching, but they currently own the worst ERA in the majors (4.93). Struggling right-hander Matt Harvey had his best start in weeks on Sunday, when he allowed one run over six innings, to cap a weekend in which Mets starting pitchers gave up five runs over 20 1/3 innings." That's what we certainly anticipated coming out of (spring training in) Florida -- good starts out of our starters," Mets manager Terry Collins said. The Mets' Robert Gsellman (2-3, 6.45 ERA) will oppose the Brewers' Matt Garza (2-1, 3.60 ERA) on Memorial Day in a matchup of right-handers. Gsellman returned to the rotation last Wednesday following a brief demotion and didn't factor into the decision after allowing three runs over six innings as New York fell to the San Diego Padres, 6-5." We got a great start (Sunday)," Collins said. "And hopefully Robert gives us another one (Monday)." Garza had the lone hiccup for the Brewers over the last five games on Wednesday, when he took the loss after giving up a season-high six runs over 5 1/3 innings as Milwaukee dropped an 8-4 decision to the Toronto Blue Jays. Gsellman took the loss in his lone career start and appearance against the Brewers on May 13, when he allowed six runs (five earned) over four innings as the Mets fell 11-4 at Miller Park. Garza is 2-1 with a 4.60 ERA in five career starts against the Mets. The Brewers swept a three-game series against the Mets earlier this month in Milwaukee.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 4:10 PM EDT Venue: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115 CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians, whose highly regarded but so far underachieving rotation continues to be in a state of flux, welcome the Oakland Athletics to Progressive Field on Monday for the first contest of a four-game series. Cleveland's rotation, which had the second-best starters' ERA in the American League last year at 4.08, has been a big reason for the club's slow start this season. Indians starters are last in the AL with a 4.89 ERA. Part of the problem has been the absence of Corey Kluber, on the disabled list since May 3 with a lower back strain. Kluber will be activated to start the Thursday game against the A's. Kluber will replace Danny Salazar in the rotation. Salazar, who was an All-Star last year, has made 10 starts and is 3-5 with a 5.50 ERA while averaging almost five walks per nine innings. Through his first 10 starts last year, Salazar was 3-5 with a 2.39 ERA. On Sunday, manager Terry Francona announced that Salazar was being moved to the bullpen." He's not being banished to the bullpen," Francona said. "We're trying to have a baseline for him to build his confidence, and when he comes into a game the priority will be the first hitter, which we think will be good for him also. I don't think he's very confident right now, but we'll get him back on the road to carving up people." The Monday starter for Cleveland will be Trevor Bauer (4-4, 6.30 ERA), who also has struggled this season but has been better in his more recent starts. Bauer is 2-0 with a 4.24 ERA in his last three turns. In three career starts against Oakland, Bauer is 0-1 with a 2.89 ERA. Cleveland will come into the week riding the momentum of one of its most complete games of the season, a 10-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday." We know we can be playing better than we have," said Jason Kipnis, who was 4-for-4 with a home run Sunday. "Games like this reassure us that this is how good we can be." The Athletics' starter Monday will be Daniel Mengden. He will be recalled from Triple-A Nashville to start the game in place of Kendall Graveman, who will be placed on the 10-day disabled list for the second time this season due to a sore right shoulder. Mengden, a 24-year-old right-hander, missed the first part of this season while he recovered from offseason foot surgery. In four starts at Nashville, he was 2-1 with a 2.21 ERA. Last year, in a combined 17 starts for Nashville and Double-A Midland, Mengden was 10-2 with a 1.46 ERA. Mengden also started 14 games with the A's in 2016, going 2-9 with a 6.50 ERA. Monday will be his first career appearance against Cleveland." He's got a great mix of pitches," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "He's got five pitches. He's got some deception in what he does, and when he's on, he's got a bright future. It's nice to get him back." Melvin said Mengden is not yet a finished product." It's about being consistent, and that's one thing he missed out on last year, but who knows if it had something to do with the foot?" Melvin said.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 4:40 PM EDT Venue: Petco Park, San Diego, CA, 92101 SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres return to Petco Park on Monday to begin perhaps the most favorable segment of their 2017 schedule. Starting with a Memorial Day afternoon game against the Chicago Cubs, the Padres will play 21 of their next 30 games at Petco Park through July 2. An added bonus to the home-heavy schedule will be four days off in June. Only two teams in the major leagues have played more games than San Diego (19-33), and only one has played more road games through roughly the first third of the season. That's the good news. But with the Padres this season, there's always a "bad news" kicker. And the bad news is that the first six games of the upcoming stretch is split between the reigning World Series champion Cubs and National League West-leading Colorado Rockies. In addition, the Padres on Monday will be facing Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks, the reigning NL ERA champion. There are far better known pitchers in the National League. And far better known pitchers who give the Padres trouble. However, Hendricks (4-2, 3.25 ERA) has had exceptional luck against the Padres, particularly at Petco Park, where, after last season's visit, he said: "I like the mound here, and with the fans in the stands, it feels a little like home." Hendricks is 3-0 overall in his career against San Diego with a 1.56 ERA in five starts. The Padres are hitting .189 against Hendricks with less than a runner per inning reaching base over 34 2/3 innings. Hendricks is toughest on the Padres at Petco Park, where he is 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA over 15 innings. Hendricks has a 0.733 WHIP in San Diego. Starting opposite Hendricks for the Padres on Monday afternoon in the opener of a three-game series will be right-hander Jarred Cosart, who has been something of an enigma since joining the Padres last July 29. Cosart (0-1, 4.50 ERA) has good stuff, but every time he gets an opportunity, something happens to slow his progress. This year, for example, he sustained a right hamstring strain during his second start of the season and spent a month on the disabled list. Then last Wednesday against the Mets in New York, Cosart got hit in his right foot by a line drive. After limping around, he departed the game having allowed four runs on four hits and four walks in 2 2/3 innings. Cosart's only career appearance against Chicago was ugly. In a July 4, 2015, start, Cosart gave up seven runs on four hits in 1 2/3 innings. With both Jered Weaver and Trevor Cahill on the disabled list, Cosart is not in any danger of losing his spot in the rotation any time soon. Even so, Padres manager Andy Green is on record as saying this might be a good time for Cosart to turn the corner and take it to the next level." You get only so many opportunities in this game as a player," Green said recently when the subject was Cosart. "This is a golden opportunity." Twenty-one home games before July 4 could also be seen as an excellent opportunity for the Padres, who are returning from a 3-3 road trip against the Mets and the Nationals. San Diego finished on an up note, defeating the Nationals 5-3 on Sunday after being dominated by Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg in the first two games." The at-bats were good from the beginning," Green said. "I thought we took a lot of good sliders today which the past two days we did not do. I thought we did a better job overall." However, the presence of the Cubs and Rockies as the next two opponents makes the rocky path a little more unbearable, although Chicago (25-24) arrives after being swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Chicago third baseman Kris Bryant wasn't too down about the sweep, which followed the Cubs winning seven of nine." I don't see any reason to worry," Bryant said after Chicago's 9-4 loss at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. "There are good years and bad years, and good weeks and bad weeks. We're off to an average start, but we're not terrible."
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:07 PM EDT Venue: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada, M5V1J3 TORONTO -- Reds first baseman Joey Votto gets a rare opportunity to play in his hometown when Cincinnati visits the Toronto Blue Jays for a three-game interleague series starting Monday at the Rogers Centre. Both teams are coming off series wins. The Reds (24-25) blasted five home runs in a 8-4 victory over the Phillies on Sunday to capture a series in Philadelphia for the first time since 2006. Adam Duvall hit two home runs and had five RBIs. He has four homers in his past four games. Patrick Kivlehan also went deep twice. The Blue Jays (23-27) had their five-game winning streak stopped Sunday with a 3-1 loss to the visiting Texas Rangers, but they still are enjoying a 15-10 May. They have seven games left on a 10-game homestand. The last time Votto, who is from the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke, played at the Rogers Centre was 2009 when the Reds lost two of three games to the Blue Jays. Votto also played for Canada in World Baseball Classic games earlier that year at the Rogers Centre." It's a little different now," Votto told the Toronto Globe and Mail. "The last time I was there was in '09, and the circumstances were a little different. I was a younger player, and there was the World Baseball Classic." It all felt so fast. I promised myself after that that I wouldn't let it feel fast any more. And that's just not getting distracted by a lot of things that don't have a lot to do with my daily preparation and helping the team to win." Toronto right fielder and slugger Jose Bautista said, "From what I've seen, he's one of the best hitters in the league. What else can you say when you can just look at his numbers?"The starting pitchers in the opener of the series have never faced the other team. Marcus Stroman (5-2, 3.30 ERA) will start for Toronto. He is 4-0 with a 2.95 ERA in his past seven starts, and he has not lost since April 18. Lisalverto Bonilla (0-2, 6.17 ERA) will make his fifth appearance and fourth start for the Reds. There could be an interesting matchup Tuesday. Asher Wojciechowski, a former Blue Jays minor-leaguer, is scheduled to start for the Reds, but no starter has been named for Toronto. It could be J. A. Happ, who has been on the disabled list due to elbow inflammation since April 17. He made his first rehabilitation start Thursday with Class A Dunedin. Wojciechowski said of facing the Blue Jays, "It's just kind of funny how things work out, after just what I've been through this year and me making my first start against the team that drafted me seven years ago. I'm looking forward to it, and I'm real excited about it." The 28-year-old, who had a 1.40 ERA at Triple-A, was called up a week ago and impressed the Reds with four shutout innings against the Colorado Rockies. When Happ does return, it will be just another step on the way to Toronto regaining its full team. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and Josh Donaldson, who were out due to injuries since mid-April, returned to competition Friday. The Blue Jays still need to continue their surge to overcome an 8-17 April." I don't want to say we were ever down, but there was a time when we were in a spot we weren't expecting to be in," said Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis, who will take a 12-game hitting streak into the game Monday. "Everyone in our room takes a lot of pride in the team. There were times when we were looking at each other and saying, 'When is this thing gonna happen?'"(Manager John Gibbons') biggest message was to stay the course, keep fighting. We started coming back in games and winning, and that wasn't going our way in the beginning. We have a lot of work to do, but we feel good about what we can do." The last time the Reds and Blue Jays met was in 2014, when Cincinnati won two of three games at Great American Ball Park.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:10 PM EDT Venue: Marlins Park, Miami, FL , 33125 MIAMI -- Edinson Volquez has gone 16 consecutive starts without a win. The last time Miami's 2017 Opening Day starter won a game, he wasn't even a Marlin. It came Aug. 25, when he was a member of the Kansas City Royals. The team Volquez has pitched for has gone 3-13 on the day he starts since. Volquez's personal numbers this year are ugly: an 0-7 record and a 4.82 ERA. He is 0-2 with a 4.20 ERA in three starts at home, 0-5 with a 5.12 ERA in six starts on the road." Hopefully," Volquez told the media last week after his most recent loss, "I can win a game sometime this year." Volquez will get a chance to crack the win column Monday night when a desperate team -- the Philadelphia Phillies -- visits Marlins Park. Miami (18-30), fresh off its first series win since taking two of three games from the host San Diego Padres April 21-23, is one game ahead of last-place Philadelphia (17-31) in the National League East. The Marlins' series win over the visiting Los Angeles Angels over the weekend was welcome relief for everyone in Miami's clubhouse, including manager Don Mattingly." It seems like a long time," Mattingly said when asked about the drought. "We haven't even had many chances to win. ... It's been a long time. It's good to get one." Meanwhile, the Phillies, who will start Jeremy Hellickson (5-2, 4.28 ERA) on Monday, have lost nine consecutive series. It is the Phillies' worst streak since the 1997 team lost 10 straight series. During the current dry spell, the Phillies are 6-22." We need to step it up," said Phillies manager Pete Mackanin, who held a team meeting this weekend after a loss to the Cincinnati Reds. "I know we're better than this." The last time the Phillies won a series was against the visiting Marlins on April 27. Fortunately for the Phillies, they may be getting some help soon -- perhaps even Monday. Left fielder Howie Kendrick, who has been out since April 16 with an oblique injury, has played four rehab games and is close to returning to the major leagues. The Phillies' bullpen is another reason for optimism. Philadelphia relievers strung together 22 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings before finally allowing a run in the ninth inning Sunday. And Hellickson -- unlike Volquez -- is having another strong season overall. The 30-year-old right-hander is 17-12 since the start of last season. However, while Hellickson was 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA last month, he has struggled in May. In five May starts, he is 1-2 with a 7.30 ERA. Home (4.23 ERA) or road (4.33) hasn't been much of a factor for Hellickson, who mixes four pitches and is especially tough with his changeup. Hellickson is 4-2 with a 2.61 ERA in 11 career starts against the Marlins, while Volquez has a 4-2 record with a 2.30 ERA in seven starts against the Phillies. Hellickson pitched six innings of one-run ball for a win 3-2 over Miami on April 27, a game in which Volquez yielded three runs (two earned) in 5 2/3 innings. Since the start of last season, Hellickson has thrown his changeup on 26 percent of his pitches, the second-highest frequency among National League starters. Now it's time to see if he can change up his luck in May.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:15 PM EDT Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Mo., 64129 KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- There is a sense of urgency for the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals, who square off in a three-game series beginning Monday at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals possess the worst record in the American League, 21-28, after getting blown out 10-1 Sunday in Cleveland. The Tigers dropped a 7-3 decision to the White Sox at Chicago Sunday and fell to 23-27. They are just above the Royals in the AL Central standings. If the two veteran-laden clubs do not turn it around soon, they could be sellers as the July 31 trade deadline approaches." I don't really worry about that at all," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "I try to win every day. I come to the ballpark trying to win every single game. My urgency is to win today." I'm not really concerned about the trade deadline. Doesn't even cross my mind. We had a slide last year and we still finished ... over .500. I just don't get caught up in that. Water finds its level. If we're a good team, we'll win." The Tigers are 2-6 on the first two stops of the current trip, which began in Houston." Between Houston and Chicago, there were a few games this road trip where we just couldn't get anything going," Ausmus said. "A lot of guys are just kind of in a funk right now all at the same time, so runs have been at a premium." It's unfortunate it's coming on the road on a road trip where we've had some crazy weather and some crazy scheduling, it just kind of adds to the frustration." Kansas City is the final stop on Detroit's trek, and the Tigers will face Jason Hammel in the first game. The Royals signed right-hander Hammel, a 15-game winner last year with the World Series champion Chicago Cubs, in February. Hammel has not produced as the Royals hoped. In his first nine starts, he is 1-6 with a 5.98 ERA. Hammel lost his third consecutive decision Wednesday to the New York Yankees in the Bronx. He gave up three runs on six hits, including a home run, in a 3-0 defeat, though he did strike out a season-high seven." I was able to get a few (bullpen sessions) in in between with the rainout and get a little extra work in," Hammel said. "It really helped a lot with just my direction, and everything else fell in line so just trying to stay square with home." He said he did not "miss up" in the zone with his fastball against the Yankees." Being able to throw the curveball for a strike and then also in the dirt was much better, and a couple of good changeups, but the slider and the fastball were definitely the most where it should be," Hammel said. Hammel has surrendered a home run in five consecutive starts -- seven total in that span. In his first four starts, opponents did not homer." You've got to keep the ball in the yard," Hammel said. "You can give up hits but if you keep giving up hits that leave the yard, that's points for the bad guys." Hammel is 2-2 with a 7.98 ERA in nine career appearances, six of them starts, against the Tigers. Justin Upton is 8-for-35 (.229) with two home runs off Hammel. Miguel Cabrera is 5-for-13 with two doubles, a walk and no strikeouts. The Tigers will start Daniel Norris, who brings in a 2-3 record with a 4.38 ERA in nine starts. Norris is 0-1 with a 3.47 ERA in four career starts against Kansas City. At Kauffman Stadium, Norris is 0-2 with a 4.38 ERA. He has pitched well against the American League Central this season, going 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA in two starts. The Royals are returning home after a 4-5 trip to Minnesota, New York and Cleveland.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 8:05 PM EDT Venue: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Tex., 76011 On May 19, the Texas Rangers began a lengthy road trip as the hottest team in the majors leagues. On Monday, they return home somewhat cooled off as they prepare to face the Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a three-game series. Texas (25-26) took a nine-game winning streak into its three-city, 10-game trip after winning eight straight home games against the San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics and Philadelphia Phillies. The Rangers ran the streak to 10 games with a 5-3 win in Detroit before losing six of the next eight games. The Rangers stopped a five-game losing streak Sunday with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Andrew Cashner pitched seven strong innings, and Joey Gallo hit his 15th home run." It was a huge team win for us," Cashner said. "Guys came out swinging the bats today." Despite the losing road trip, the Rangers are hitting better of late. In the last 11 games, Texas is batting .275 (103-for-375), and that is despite a 3-for-26 showing with runners in scoring position in Toronto." We've got a little momentum and hopefully something good to look forward to," manager Jeff Banister said. "It's about winning games. It's about continuing to play good baseball. The nightly accomplishment is that: the ingredients of playing good baseball, defense, offense, starting pitching, bullpen." The Rangers also have the possible returns of injured players to anticipate. Adrian Beltre will work out Monday afternoon and could make his season debut in the series opener after being sidelined with a tight right calf. Whenever Beltre returns, Gallo will be moved off third base on a regular basis. Tyson Ross, who is recovering from thoracic outlet syndrome, will make a rehab start Monday. He could be activated by the weekend." We've got some guys coming," Texas catcher Jonathan Lucroy told the Dallas Morning News. "We've got some power coming and some arms coming, so it's looking up. We've just got to continue to improve." Tampa Bay has won four of its past five games after scoring four runs in the previous three games. The Rays head to Texas after needing 15 innings to get an 8-6 win in Minnesota on Sunday afternoon. Evan Longoria and Logan Morrison hit back-to-back home runs in the 15th off Hector Santiago as Tampa Bay won its fourth straight road series and improved to 8-3 in its past 11 road games." We're all just kind of swinging at that point, hoping that the guy makes a mistake," Longoria said of the late innings of the 6-hour, 26-minute marathon. "When we faced (Santiago) two days ago, he's around the plate, and the plan was to just go up there and be aggressive against him." Steven Souza had three hits, and the right fielder also threw a runner out at home to preserve the tie in the ninth." We're just about picking each other up," Souza said. "Somebody makes an error, pitchers picking each other up. Someone blows a lead, pick each other up. That's just really what we did today for six hours." Erasmo Ramirez remains scheduled to start Monday for Tampa Bay even though he recorded the save Sunday. He needed only 12 pitches to retire the side after telling the Rays he was available to close it out." He should be fine," manager Kevin Cash said of Ramirez starting Monday. "Erasmo, we always talk about how resilient he is." Ramirez (3-0, 2.92 ERA) will make his fourth start of the season roughly 24 hours after finishing out his 12th relief appearance. The right-hander is 14-6 in 31 starts since the start of the 2015 season. He has allowed two earned runs or fewer in 22 of those starts. Before Sunday, Ramirez last pitched Wednesday against the Los Angeles Angels, when he allowed two runs and four hits in six innings of a 5-2 win. In 11 career appearances, including four starts, against the Rangers, he is 0-1 with a 5.72 ERA. Ramirez last started against Texas on Aug. 27, 2014, when the Rangers tagged him for 10 runs in three innings. Left-hander Martin Perez (2-5, 3.77 ERA) will look to continue his decent performance in May for Texas. Perez has a 3.16 ERA in four starts this month after allowing at least four earned runs in two of his three starts in April. On Wednesday, he allowed three hits and six hits in 6 1/3 innings and took a no-decision in the Rangers' 9-4 loss at Boston. Perez threw 113 pitches, the second-highest total of his career. Perez is 0-2 with a 5.33 ERA in five games, including four starts, against Tampa Bay.
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Time: 9:07 PM EDT Venue: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, Calif, 92806 ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Angels return home Monday to host the Atlanta Braves after a grueling 10-day road trip on the East Coast during which they lost six of 10 games. And while the grind continues -- they won't have their next day off until June 5 -- any fatigue they might feel will pale in comparison to the worry those in the organization will experience as they wait for the results of one very important MRI exam. Center fielder Mike Trout will have the test performed Monday on his left thumb, one day after injuring it on a head-first slide into second base on a steal attempt in the fifth inning against the Miami Marlins. Trout stayed in the game for another inning before leaving to get X-rays, which were negative. However, the thought of a team one game under .500 losing arguably the league's best player cannot be pleasant for those close to the Angels (26-27)." It's just sore," Trout said after the game. "It's a scary thing. The X-rays showed no fracture, so that's relieving. We'll come in (Monday) and see how it feels." Hopefully it's just sore, just a bad jam. ... I'm obviously bummed out. But if I wake up (Monday) and it feels a little better, then we'll see how it goes." However it goes, Trout isn't likely to play against the Braves on Monday. He missed six games earlier this year with a sore left hamstring, meaning he has already sat out more contests this season than in any of the previous four campaigns. Cameron Maybin likely will move over from left field to start in center for the Angels, who lost four of the six games they played without Trout in early May. Pitching against a Trout-less Angels lineup certainly has to be a relief for Braves starter Julio Teheran, who has never faced Trout. He has never pitched against the Angels either, though he has faced some current Los Angeles players when they were playing for other teams. Teheran (3-4, 4.88 ERA) hasn't been all that good in interleague games in his career, going 3-9 with a 5.63 ERA in 15 starts. The Braves (21-27) won't feel any sympathy for the Angels, considering they lost their best hitter, Freddie Freeman, to a broken wrist on May 17. Atlanta has gone 5-6 since Freeman was hurt, and the club traded for Matt Adams to fill the hole at first base. Adams, who came from the Cardinals in exchange for a minor-leaguer, is hitting .242 with two homers and four RBIs in eight games with the Braves. Adams went 0-for-4 on Sunday as the Braves lost 7-1 to the Giants, who took two of three during the weekend series in San Francisco. Making matters worse, the Braves lost second baseman Brandon Phillips in the fifth inning due to a right knee. Earlier in the game, Phillips fouled a ball off his knee." The (thing) hurt," Phillips told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "It should be all right. Just hit it on top of the kneecap, but I'll be all right. ... It just started to stiffen up. Since the score was what it was, (they said) let's just be smart and try to get you ready for tomorrow." Starting for the Angels on Monday will be Ricky Nolasco, who has faced the Braves plenty of times because he spent the majority of his career in the National League with the Marlins. In 24 games (23 starts) vs. Atlanta, Nolasco is 6-10 with a 5.11 ERA. Nolasco struggled in his most recent outing, giving up five runs on seven hits in six innings during a loss at Tampa Bay on Wednesday. Teheran got a no-decision Wednesday when he yielded three runs, all unearned, in six innings as the Braves fell at Pittsburgh.
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Time: 8:00 PM EDT Venue: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219 PITTSBURGH -- A little more than 24 hours before the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators launch the 2017 Stanley Cup Final with Game 1 at PPG Paints Arena, there was the craziness Sunday that was the NHL's annual media day. The requisite off-beat questions -- Who's your funniest teammate? Which player could sing the National Anthem? What celebrity would you like to have at the games? -- were mixed with serious queries about the matchup and deeper dives on individual players' life and career stories. Players, coaches and general managers from both clubs patiently, and at times light-heartedly, provided answers for the swarms of reporters and cameras." It's something that you always dreamed about. You always wanted to get to this point," said Predators winger and team playoff scoring leader Filip Forsberg (15 points). "Here we are just one day away." It all changes Monday night, when the story lines go from theories and thoughts to a real-time, on-ice matchup of Pittsburgh, chasing its second straight Cup and third in nine years in a city that has grown accustomed to hockey celebrations, against Nashville, a first-time finalist in a festive town learning to love hockey on the fly." We can't wait to play," Pittsburgh center and postseason scoring leader Evgeni Malkin (24 points) said. "Back-to-back Finals, and we're excited." The on-ice matchup has at least the promise of being worthy of the stage. The Penguins -- who beat Columbus, Washington and Ottawa to get to this point -- feature world-class offensive talent and the speed to make their transition game and forecheck tough to handle, even if their defense has used a by-committee format with top defenseman Kris Letang missing the postseason after neck surgery. Nashville showed in beating Chicago, St. Louis and Anaheim that it also has speed, plus a stingy but swift defense and a goaltender in Pekka Rinne who not only is having probably the best stretch of games of his life but also is such a good puck-handler that he often gets the Predators' transition game going." We're expecting a fast series, a lot of speed, high tempo," Rinne said. The Penguins lead all playoff teams in offense, averaging 3.05 goals. The Predators lead all playoff teams in defense, giving up an average of 1.81 goals." One of the things I've always talked with our players about is having the ability to generate offense different ways," Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said. "Regardless of the challenge that is in front of us, we believe we have the capability of having success. We just beat a really good team that was a defense-first team, always had numbers back, tried to limit opportunities off the rush, and had more of a counterattack mindset." Sullivan was referring to Ottawa, where Erik Karlsson is the elite two-way defenseman on a team that plays a smothering style. Malkin cracked that Nashville "has four Karlssons" in defensemen P. K. Subban, Ryan Ellis, Roman Josi and Mattias Ekholm. Pittsburgh's mantra this season has been to stubbornly play its style, without distraction, but Nashville and the gravity of the series represent a challenge that might require some tweaks." I think both teams believe in what gets them here," Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, the defending Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP, said. "You make minor adjustments depending on who you're playing against, what they do, but I think ultimately you trust your game and what's gotten you to this point." As the series goes along, there's probably more adjustments made, but to start out I think you just want to try to establish your game and see what happens. ... Hopefully, the less adjustments, the better." Subban has a similar approach, but one that also is shaped by the teams' different levels of past success." Part of our success in Nashville has been staying in the moment, living in the moment," Subban said. "It's a privilege to raise the 'mug' over your head. I haven't done it yet, but the team over there has done it a few times. ... We're going to have to play our best to (win it). That's all I'm thinking about right now." On the injury front, Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist practiced Sunday and could return for Game 1 after missing six games with an upper-body injury. Center Mike Fisher, the Predators captain, may also play after missing the past two games of the Western Conference finals.
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Is your sports
handicapping service website listed in the
directory? You can
click here
to claim your website by selecting your
website domain name and creating your account
password. If your sports handicapping service
website is not already listed in the directory,
please
click here
first to submit a new website to the directory.
Please note, we must verify that you own
the specific website you are trying to claim
before your account is activated and you
are able to log in. Once verified and activated,
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
reviews that may have been submitted for
your sports handicapping service. A valid
PayPal account is required to sell picks
in the directory.
Do you want
to post and sell your picks but do not have
a website? Not a problem! We can setup a
new website for you in the directory absolutely
free! Just
click here
to get started. Once you register your new
website, you can access your account and
post and sell your sports picks as well
as edit your service info. A valid PayPal
account is required to sell picks in the
directory.
Attention,
we need your help! Do you know of any other
sports handicappers or sports handicapping
service websites that are not listed in
the directory? Please
click here
today and let us know so we can add them
to the directory. Help us build and maintain
the largest and most trusted Sports Handicapping
Service Directory on the web. Thank you
to all of our current supporters!
Do you
own or operate one of the sports handicapping
service websites listed in the directory
and want to get it verified?
Click here
today to get your website verified in three
easy steps to document and sell your sports
picks as well as protect against negative
reviews that can ultimately ruin the reputation
of your service. Best of all it's free!
Learn more.
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