Rizzo singles on a sharp line drive to second baseman Santiago Espinal. (332')
The shift was on
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ALGORUM 9/12 Tonight: Eight HR angle Goldy was a winner Today: Eligble players: Josh Bell is off(SDP) Jake Fraley is batting leadoff (CIN) Christian Bethancourt is not starting (TBR)
Injuries: White Sox manager Tony La Russa said that Grandal (knee) was able to take some swings in the batting cage Monday,….Kyle Hendricks (shoulder) said Sunday that he'll move his rehab to the Cubs' spring training facility in Arizona this week to build up his throwing, but the right-hander noted his main focus at this stage in the season is to get ready for 2023, ….Haggerty (shoulder) came off the bench and contributed a pair of stolen bases in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the Athletics…..Manager Aaron Boone said Sunday that he expects Stanton (Achilles) to be ready to return from the 10-day injured list for the start of the Yankees' four-game series in Oakland on Thursday, ….Franco was pulled off his rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Sunday after experiencing lingering soreness in his surgically-repaired right wrist while swinging the bat, ….Cubs manager David Ross suggested Miley (shoulder) could resume throwing off a mound Monday, …..Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Sunday that Kershaw (back) won't require a minor-league rehab assignment and will instead completed an individualized buildup program through bullpen sessions and a simulated game, …..Nationals manager Dave Martinez confirmed Fedde (shoulder) will be activated from the 15-day injured list to start Tuesday's game in Seattle,….Flaherty (shoulder) struck out seven and allowed an earned run on four hits and one walk over four innings Sunday in his rehab start with Double-A Springfield…..Triple-A Reno transferred Pavin Smith (wrist) from the 7-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Aug. 11…..Manager Alex Cora said Eovaldi (shoulder/neck) won't be available to start Tuesday's home game against the Blue Jays as the Red Sox had hoped, …..Schoop (ankle) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels….Altuve day to day (shoulder) ….Greinke day to day (forearm)…Ohtani day to day (illness)….Junis (hand) underwent scans that came back negative after leaving Sunday's game against the Rockies, ….
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Sunday boxscores KC(2) @ TB(3) TBR last nine games 7-2 with both losses in extra innings….Harold Ramirez 2 hits incl. game winner..Grienke gave 5 hits to 18 batters faced.
MIL(5) @ Cubs(2) Justin Steele CHC 6 IP 2H/20BF ….Happ #13 HR…Brewer blasts: Rowdy Tellez #26 and Hiura blasts a pair… Suzuki – single,double,HR
CWS @ CLE PPD Weather guy explains why LINK Merciful to both teams with last night’s game starting at 9 (6:05 planned start) then coming out again at noon for today’s game.
LAA(0) DET (4) …TROUT! 2 singles and BB…Ohtani 4 IP 5H 4BB… Under the radar Fletcher got a hit….R. Greene (DET) 1st inn first pitch 448’ HR …One of Roger Clemens kids is on the Tigers LINK
TEX (7) MIN(0) Twins managed 4 singles all day. Polanco with a pair but Luis Arraez tapped out…Simien blasted #19 (also RBI single and sac fly)…N Lowe #18… A Garcia H streak now at 18
WSN (1) SD(2) Corbin 9H/25BF…No one told me Wil Myers is back for the Pads His return numbers 12H/41 AB (1 for 2 yesterday) …Soto the only tap out of SD’s top seven in the order… Nelson Cruz shows he still has pop LINK ….Bell hit a revenge homer (#16)...
SF(9) ROX (8) (11 inn) Longoria 3 hits including a grand slam (Hits in five of last six games) …Grichuck hit #13 of the season…Only SFG on the Big Sheet Estrada got his hit in the 10th….Bad glove,bad glove LINK
TOR(2) NYY(4) Benintendi (GW 2 run HR) and DJL with multis … Judge and Vlad Jr both tapped out… Merrifield HR #7 (with pinball action) LINK …Judge was HBP with first base open LINK …
MIA (3) LAD (10) All nine LAD starters got hits …Not a good for Sandy Alcantara 3.2 IP 6R 10H 5K…Bellinger and Muncy with blasts and Freddie and Smith each had 3 hits apiece
STL (6) ARI (4) Quintana 7H/17BF …Goldy (HR angle) got a hit and got robbed here LINK … Nootbaar led off the game with a HR(#7) … K Marte DH and went 1 - 5 ….ARI had no XBH (8 singles) … Going into Sunday # of times this season a team did not have an XBH –258 (DET-17 KCR and WSN -14 …Blue Jays only twice….FWIW 42 times this season a team with no XBH won the game…. Last season 300 times no XBH for a team)
SEA (3) OAK(5) … Julio Rodriguez 3 hits …Haniger homered …Shea Ryan Langeliers (OAK) had a single double and a triple (Hits in 4 of his 5 games in the majors. He’s a catcher.) Sam Haggerty (under the radar) DNS and caught the 8th inning. …JP Sears (OAK) 5-0 1.93 ERA (5IP 6H/20BF but only gave up 1 run (Haniger HR)
HOU(5) ATL (4) … Astros win with 10 singles (No Altuve today, His replacement Dubon had 2 hits and batted leadoff ) … FWIW Kyle Tucker has more RBIs than Alvarez (82 Vs 79) …Riley went ohfer again… Vaughn Grissom( ATL) had a multi (Hits in 8 of his last 9 games)... Osen blasted a 2 run shot in the 1st (#26)
NYM (10) PHI (9) Both PHI under the radar guys DNS (Segura PH HR and Hall PH K LINK)...Bohm blasted a pair of 3 run HRs off Butto (making his MLB debut) …5 of the top 6 in the PHI order had multis (Hoskins tapped out) … 3 hits day for Mets: S Marte, McNeil and Canha … Mets win the season series vs PHI 14 games to five
CIN (9) PIT (5) Under the radar guy Solano had 3 hits (again! Did it Saturday)....Minor got his 2nd win of the season (9H/26BF) …Z Thompson his 10th loss for PIT (8H/24BF)...Fraley CINN 2 hits (1B and HR) 3 BB 4 R 3RBIs… Newman PIT had two hits as well as Gamel and R Castro… 1st time this season CIN has scored 9 plus runs in back to back games
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Picks to sigh by (Last nite’s sigh -Verdugo) Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado
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