Arizona Diamondbacks
- 15-24 in their past 39 games
- Yasmany Tomas “looked very good” running the bases and taking swings in a simulated game and could be playing in games soon.
- Robbie Ray could return to the mound Friday
- Zack Godley earned two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out eight, walked four, threw three wild pitches and hit a batter.
Atlanta Braves
- Snapped a five-game skid
- R.A. Dickey didn’t give up a run until the seventh inning
- In the Braves’ past 25 games, their starters have lasted seven innings just four times, three of those by Dickey.
- Brandon Phillips hit a two-run homer
- Aroldys Vizcaino pitched a perfect ninth inning for his sixth
Baltimore Orioles
- 3-4 on their road trip.
- A sweep of Seattle at Safeco Field is the only way the Orioles can return to Baltimore with a winning road trip and a winning record.
- Jeremy Hellickson recorded his first nine outs on 24 pitches and then gave up five runs in the fourth inning
- Orioles had 24 extra-base hits in the four-game series: 16 doubles, two triples and six home runs.
Boston Red Sox
- Andrew Benintendi is batting .484 in August, with 15 hits in 31 at-bats, including four homers and 11 RBI.
Chicago Cubs
- Have used 12 different leadoff batters
- Next 13 games against last-place teams.
- Kris Bryant went 3-for-4 with a walk and his first home run since July 30.
- He reached base in 13 of his 15 plate appearances in the series, raising his batting average to .294 and his OPS to .935.
- Jake Arrieta is 5-2 with a 2.10 ERA in his last eight starts since July
Chicago White Sox
- Derek Holland entered yesterday 1-5 with a 7.71 ERA over his last nine starts
- He earned seven runs on seven hits over two innings. He walked three and struck out two
Cincinnati Reds
- Sal Romano’s fastball is the only pitch he trusts to get a strike, and on Tuesday he wasn’t able to throw that pitch at the bottom of the zone as much as he needed to.
- six earned runs on eight hits over five innings.
Cleveland Indians
- Corey Kluber pitched seven innings and struck out nine. He has 14 straight starts with at least eight strikeouts
- 151 strikeouts over the last 102 ⅓ innings since returning from the disabled list
- Austin Jackson hit the go-ahead homer and the Indians beat the Rays, 4-3, to take take three out of four games at Tropicana Field.
Colorado Rockies
- Have lost five of their last six games
- fell below .500 on the road for the first time all season, at 30-31.
- Nolan Arenado was hit in the hand by a pitch and had to leave the game. Good news is that no bones are broken
- X-rays came back negative and the Rockies are calling it a contusion, essentially a bruise.
Whenever you get hit in the hand, it scares you, It hurt real bad. It got real tight. That was my concern — how tight it was getting. Luckily it’s not broken, but it hurts a little bit.Arenado
- He added the hand was “swollen and stiff.”
- Arenado will likely have to miss a few games, but hopes to avoid the disabled list.
Nolan Arenado hit by a pitch, exits game early pic.twitter.com/nV6PmNZDXg
— Jake Shapiro (@Shapalicious) August 13, 2017
- German Marquez entered yesterday with six quality starts, a 2.45 ERA and a 4-0 record
- Gave up five runs on seven hits and needed 90 pitches (just 57 strikes) to get into the fifth inning.
Detroit Tigers
- Bruce Rondon entered in the eighth inning in a 4-4 tie and walked the only two batters he faced.
- He threw only one strike in his nine pitches — and was optioned to Triple-A Toledo after the game.
Houston Astros
- Since the start of August, the Astros are just 3-9, and their pitching staff has a 5.63 ERA over the past 22 games.
- Snapped their worst losing streak of the season at five games
- Dallas Keuchel allowed six hits and worked around three walks. He struck out seven, matching his total from his previous three starts combined
Kansas City Royals
- A game behind the Angels for the second wild card position
- Whit Merrifield hit his 14th homer and drove in five— Frank White is the only second baseman in franchise history with more in a season.
Los Angeles Dodgers
- Have won at least three games a week since April 16-22
- Kenta Maeda allowed four runs (three earned) in 5 1/3 innings.
- He has lowered his ERA from 4.95 to 3.76 since June 9
- Joc Pederson hit only three balls to the opposite field in August compared to 12 in July. His hard-hit rate has plummeted
- Clayton Kershaw threw 48 pitches from the bullpen mound for the second time in three days Sunday.
- He threw 30 on Friday
Los Angeles Angels
- Mike Scioscia has been trying to ease the workload on his relievers, so he went with Keynan Middleton instead of Cam Bedrosian, who had pitched the ninth on Thursday and Saturday.
- It was Middelton’s second save of the week
Florida Marlins
- Giancarlo Stanton has hit 21 homers in his past 33 games.
- The latest was the 250th of his career.
Milwaukee Brewers
- 29th time the Brewers scored two or more runs in the first inning this season, tops in the major leagues and most by the team since 2011 (32 times).
- Domingo Santana hit his 19th homer through 114 games
- Ryan Braun has recorded multiple hits in seven of his last eight games.
- He had 12 multi-hit games in his first 57 games of the season.
- Corey Knebel has logged a 0.69 ERA with 21 strikeouts in 12 appearances.
Miami Marlins
- Trevor Hildenberger is the second pitcher to get a save opportunity since the Twins sent Brandon Kintzler to Washington
- He got the final four outs for his first major league save
New York Mets
- Dominic Smith went 2-for-10
- In recent weeks, the Mets have traded Lucas Duda, Jay Bruce and Neil Walker in part to create opportunities for the organization’s top prospects.
New York Mets
- Jordan Montgomery walked three and struck out four in 84 pitches over 5 ¹/₃ innings
- He threw 139 ¹/₃ innings in the minors last year and 122 innings this season.
- The Yankees want to limit the rookie to roughly 180 innings.
Oakland A’s
- Matt Olson homered for the third straight game
- Matt Chapman hit the first of three A’s home runs
Philadelphia Phillies
- Rhys Hoskins recorded his first RBI
San Francisco Giants
- Jarrett Parker went 0 for 5, with four strikeouts in the first game of the double-header
- He went 0 for 4 and Scherzer struck him out twice in game two
- He joined Dave Kingman and Bobby Bonds as the only Giants in the San Francisco era to strike out six times in one day.
Pittsburgh Pirates
- Thirty-four of the Pirates’ next 38 games will be against division rivals.
- Have won 11 of their past 16 games against NL Central teams, including a four-game sweep of the Brewers at PNC Park on July 17-20.
St. Louis Cardinals
- Have scored six or more runs in a win six times from July 1 to Aug 5
- Then they did it eight times — in the next eight games.
Tampa Bay Rays
- Steven Souza Jr. hit a two-run homer to tie the score in the sixth inning
- Alex Cobb (turf toe) will not return from the 10-day disabled list Wednesday as he had hoped. He said the pain in his right big toe has lingered longer than expected
Washington Nationals
- Howie Kendrick hit a grand slam in the 11th inning
- Bryce Harper has no ligament or tendon damage, just a bone bruise
- expected back this season but no timetable yet
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