39 batters combined for 41 homers yesterday
- Howie Kendrick and Carlos Santana each hit two
- Giancarlo Stanton has hit homers in six games straight, and number 44 last night. He has 22 at home and 22 on the road
- He is ready to break all kinds of records…stay tuned
- Wilson Ramos, the king of streaky, hit a homerun for the second consecutive game
- Corey Spangenberg hit his fourth in the last three games. Could be eligible at 2B, 3B and OF
- Denard Span and Corey Spangenberg each hit a home run and stole a base
- Rhys Hoskins hit another home run. Three in two games.
- Matt Olson hit his third home run in the last four games
- Matt Joyce hit his second home run in the last three games
- Mike Moustakas hit his 34th home run of the season
- Eric Hosmer hit his 20th home run
- Khris Davis has five home runs in the past nine games
- Matt Olson is worth another mention, redundant.
- Edwin Encarnacion has five homers in his last five games
- Blake Treinen gave up two homers in the eighth inning
- Ozzie Albies was moved up to the leadoff spot since Ender Inciarte was getting a day off
- hit seventh or eighth in each of his first 12 major league games
- Carlos Gomez sat out for a second consecutive day
- Delino DeShields and Drew Robinson are dueling it out for his job
- Joey Gallo said that he learned from his first at-bat how Justin Verlander might try to pitch him.
- leads the American League with 13 homers in the second half
That’s just the player I am,You look at just the way the field’s shaped for me. I hit a line drive to the right side, I’m out. If I hit a ground ball to the right side, I’m out. As long as I’m putting together good at-bats or drawing walks, then for me that’s what’s important.Gallo
- Wade Miley didn’t get an out in the sixth inning for the fifth time in his last seven starts.
- Rick Porcello entered yesterday ranked number one in the league for hits allowed.
- He gave up another eight but at least he lasted seven innings
- Luis Castillo allowed two hits and two walks over six scoreless innings.
- He threw:
- his four-seam fastball and change-up each 22.5 percent of the time
- Two-seam fastball 34 percent of the time
- He threw:
- Bradley Zimmer remains hitless in August, he is 0-for-32 with 16 strikeouts.
- Gio Gonzalez
- 2.49 ERA after 24 starts this season ranks third among all qualified starters
- His ERA at home is the lowest of any qualified starting pitcher, 1.79
- Has gone at least five innings in all 24 starts
- has given up three runs or less in 21 of 24
- Cam Bedrosian conceded that his groin still isn’t 100 percent, in terms of strength
- What a weenie
- Andrew Albers earned his first win since 2013 after he allowed one run over five innings.
- Albers was the Mariners 16th starting pitcher this season
Injury Updates
- Stephen Strasburg is expected to return to the mound this weekend
- Trea Turner took batting practice for the first time since his injury – 10 more days until healthy
- Odubel Herrera has a 17-game hitting streak and a sore left hamstring.
- He will probably miss today’s game. It is not unreasonable to expect time on the disabled list.
- Andrew Heaney is throwing bullpen sessions for the first time since Tommy John surgery in 2016 and could return to the mound this weekend in Baltimore
Team Notes
- The Red Sox have won 11 of their last 13.
- The Cubs have lost eight of their last 13
- Diamondbacks
- 16-25 in their last 41 games.
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- struck out 17 times yesterday
- Royals Bullpen
- in July – 2.00 ERA in 94 1/3 innings
- in August – 3 blown saves, 6.04 ERA
- The Dodgers are 50 games above .500
- The Tigers have lost eight of their last 11
- The Rockies have lost six of their last eight while the offense failed to score more than three runs in an eighth consecutive game.
- Indians starting pitchers have allowed one run or less in nine of their last 12 outings.
- In those 12 games, the rotation has compiled a 1.89 ERA.
- The Brewers are expecting to get Stephen Vogt and Chase Anderson back while in Colorado
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