A Healthy Jose Alvarado is Beneficial to the Phillies A healthy Jose Alvarado is beneficial for the Philadelphia Phillies and their relief corps. When healthy, he is as effective as any reliever in baseball. He has superb velocity and movement with his pitches. Alvarado has also shown that keen ability to dominate both left- and […]
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Astros 12, Rangers 3 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Sep 6) — The Texas Rangers lost their series finale against the Houston Astros, 12–3, Wednesday evening. Marcus Semien had a two-homer night, but overall the light barely flickered for the home nine. In this series, Rangers pitching gave up a total of 30 runs and 16 home runs, […]
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Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — 9/4–9/10 Team Rankings We are beginning the 22nd week of the season. Here are the team bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings as we enter the stretch run. The leader has remained the same since these rankings first ran. A waiver-wire liquidation caused one team to fall 13 spots. One of the […]
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Astros 13, Rangers 6 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Sep 4) — The Texas Rangers fell in their series opener against the Houston Astros, 13–6, in a Labor Day affair at Globe Life Field. A two-home run day by Corey Seager had Ranger fans on their feet, but it wasn’t enough to send them home happy. With this […]
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Where They Stand The Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins begin the most important series of the season for both teams on Monday in Cleveland. Last week, it appeared that the Twins might have the division locked up. But, in baseball, that can all change in a matter of a few games. Last week in Minnesota, […]
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Orioles 8, Diamondbacks 5 PHOENIX, Sep. 2 — The Baltimore Orioles used a four-run sixth inning, along with timely hitting and aggressive baserunning, to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8–4, Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. In an important series for both teams as the Orioles won two of three to keep the AL East lead. Orioles […]
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Rangers 6, Twins 5 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Sep 3) — The Texas Rangers snuck past the Minnesota Twins, 6–5, in their series finale Sunday afternoon. A walk-off homer by Adolis Garcia played a very big role in this victory for the Rangers in the matinee as it snapped their three-game losing streak. With this series behind […]
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Twins 9, Rangers 7 (10 innings) ARLINGTON, Tex. (Sep 2) — The Texas Rangers lost the middle game in their series with the Minnesota Twins, 9–7, in extras Saturday night. The Rangers showed several sparks of offense, but the most significant spark was a two-run dinger by Adolis Garcia. With this loss, the Rangers’ slide […]
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