On Monday Jose Ramirez set a modern-day record with 14 extra-base hits over a seven-day span. Then yesterday he became the first Cleveland Indian since 1996 with at least two hits in eight straight games.
Anthony Rizzo is amazing at getting on base and putting the Cubbies in a position to score runs and win games. Yesterday he hit his third home run from the leadoff spot on the second pitch of the game.
Adrian Beltre hit career home run number 447 yesterday and tied Miguel Cabrera with 1585 RBI
Corey Seager hit three home runs last night for the second time in his career. He is hitting .415 with four home runs and 13 RBI over the last ten games
Brandon Drury changed his approach at the plate, he stopped swinging at every pitch. Over the last seven games, He is batting .423 with three home runs.
Johan Camargo made his fourth start in five games at third base for the Braves last night. He has a .354 average with five extra base hits, nine RBI and a .500 slugging percentage in 23 major league games
Dylan Bundy has thrown 92 innings so far, putting him on pace for more than 200 innings on the season. Last year he barely threw 100 so the Orioles are going to occasionally push his starts back in order to keep the innings down.
Jose Abreu is the first White Sox player to hit his first 12 homers of the season on the road.
Matt Davidson hit his sixth home run in his last eight games
Avasail Garcia hit home run number 11 last night. He had five last year at this time.
Amir Garrett couldn’t make it through four innings for the fifth time in 12 starts this season.
Carlos Gonzalez made a great diving catch last night, and after Gerardo Parra danced with his bat, Cargo went on and hit a homer.. He looked great which should comfort his Fantasy owners. He goes through slumps, but remains very consistent when all is said and done, and July has been the most productive month over his career. Prepare to be rewarded for your patience.
Entering yesterday, Sonny Gray allowed a total of two runs in the first two innings over his first nine starts. Yesterday the Astros scored five runs against Gray in the first inning.
Bud Norris to the disabled list gives Cam Bedrosian a clear shot at the closer role in L.A., for now at least. Huston Street expects to be activated some time this week and Norris is only expected to miss the minimum ten days.
Kennys Vargas was 3-for-33 batting .91 against lefties before he blasted the third longest homer of the season off lefty Derek Holland last night.
Josh Harrison has been hit by a pitch more than any other batter this season, 14 times
Andrew McCutchen is batting .406 with six homers and 19 RBIs in 17 games in June. He is hitting .400 (34 for 85) since he was moved to the number six spot on May 26
Gio Gonzalez’ has the third highest left on base percentage among National League starters, 84.9 percent.
Injury Updates
Dustin Pedroia felt discomfort while swinging in the cage yesterday, but John Farrell still says he could play today
Lance McCullers is penciled in to start Saturday against Seattle
Teams
Homers account for 55.6% of the Blue Jays total runs this season, the highest rate in MLB history.
The White Sox have hit 45 home runs with a combined .290 average over their last 33 games
The Dodgers have nine homers over the last two games against the Mets.
The Braves will try to keep Matt Adams in the lineup when Freddie Freeman returns from the disabled list as soon as next month.
If he’s not playing first, I think maybe you put him in the outfield somewhere. It’s just kind of something (where) we are going to explore all the options and see (what) best serves the ball club. Manager Brian Snitker
Orioles have given up at least five runs in 17th consecutive games That’s the longest run in American League history and just three short of the 1924 Phillies major league record.
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