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Ohtani only few feet short of getting historic cycle

ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. ANAHEIM, Calif. — On what was in many ways a difficult afternoon, Shohei Ohtani still came strikingly close to accomplishing something unprecedented. He missed by only a few feet. Ohtani came to bat in Thursday’s eighth inning […]

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NL-best Pirates ride Keller’s 10 Ks past Dodgers

PITTSBURGH — Mitch Keller struck out 10, matching his career high, in six innings for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday to win the three-game series. Keller (3-0) gave up two runs on five hits, getting out of a third-inning jam with runners on first and third and one out by striking […]

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MLB puts lid on Braves’ big hat homer celebration

Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher Report Cornell University graduate The Atlanta Braves have been celebrating home runs with an oversized hat this season, but MLB is putting a stop to that. Major League Baseball on Thursday told the Braves that they can longer sport the oversized baseball cap to celebrate home runs after the league heard complaints from New […]

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Rockies’ numbers troubling ahead of homestand vs. Diamondbacks

CLEVELAND — By winning two of three games here from the Guardians, the Rockies provided a flicker of hope that things will get better. Specifically, they received solid starts from right-hander Ryan Feltner (six innings, one run, five hits, six strikeouts, no walks) and left-hander Austin Gomber (five innings, no runs, three hits, three strikeouts, three walks). They also received […]

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Astros halt Rays’ 14-game home winning streak

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Luis Garcia scattered three hits over six innings and the Houston Astros ended the Tampa Bay Rays’ 14-game season-opening home winning streak, 5-0 on Tuesday night. Only three teams had a longer run than the Rays, who are 20-4 overall. “It was a little weird,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said of the first home loss. […]

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Rays set record after 14th straight win at home

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rookie Taj Bradley won his third consecutive start to begin his big league career, and the Tampa Bay Rays set a modern-era MLB record with their 14th consecutive home win to begin a season, beating the Houston Astros 8-3 on Monday night. Tampa Bay had shared the mark dating to 1901 with the 2009 Los Angeles […]

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Padres chairman Seidler on Tatis: ‘I believe in him’

ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. PHOENIX — Fernando Tatis Jr. met with his boss, San Diego Padres chairman Peter Seidler, about a week after drawing his steroid-related, industry-rattling suspension. It started off poorly — and Seidler interpreted that as a positive sign. […]

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‘Dream come true’: Dodgers’ Betts enters at SS

Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. CHICAGO — On Wednesday night, Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts was sleeping in a hospital room in California. Twenty-four hours later — after the arrival of his new baby boy — he was playing shortstop for the first time in his career after arriving at Wrigley Field […]

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Sources: D-backs DFA Bumgarner, to eat $34M

ESPN MLB insider Author of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Madison Bumgarner was designated for assignment Thursday by the Arizona Diamondbacks, who will eat more than $34 million remaining on the veteran left-hander’s contract, sources told ESPN. Bumgarner, who signed a five-year, $85 million deal with Arizona before the 2020 season, has […]

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