Brewers 6, Rangers 2 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Aug 20) — The Texas Rangers‘ offensive struggles continued on Sunday, as they fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 6–2, at Globe Life Field. Other than a solo home run by Corey Seager, the NL Central leading Brewers kept the opposing bats to a whisper as they leave town with […]
Read MoreSpencer Strider is an intimidating pitcher to face in baseball and is once again putting up record numbers in the strikeout department. Some may even consider Spencer Strider to be a strikeout machine. However, looking deeper into Strider’s pitching shows some promising and unfortunate trends. So far, the Atlanta Braves starting pitcher’s season is a […]
Read MoreHouston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve hit a single in the fifth inning against Seattle Mariners Logan Gilbert for career hit number 2000. He was then thrown out trying to stretch. He becomes the third Astro to hit the mark after Hall of Famers Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell. Both were present at Minute Maid […]
Read MoreThe Detroit Tigers have signed former Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Carson Kelly. In a corresponding move, catcher Eric Haase has been designated for assignment by the Tigers. Kelly Struggled With Injuries Kelly, released by Arizona earlier this week, struggled this season for Arizona, hitting .226 with one home run and six RBI. He missed the first […]
Read MoreBrewers 6, Rangers 1 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Aug 19) — The Texas Rangers lost the middle game in their series against the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers, 6–1, Saturday afternoon. Nothing really jelled for the Rangers in this one, aside from an RBI groundout by Leody Taveras. They hope to avoid the sweep in the series finale […]
Read MoreReliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — 8/14–8/20 Team Rankings (Midweek Update) We are finishing up the 19th week of the season. The leader in the team bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings has remained the same, but there have been changes throughout the rest of the board. Since this is a midweek update, we will have barebones numbers […]
Read MoreBrewers 9, Rangers 8 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Aug 18) — The Texas Rangers made a valiant comeback bid in the ninth but ultimately lost a tough one to the Milwaukee Brewers, 9–8, Friday night at Globe Life Field. Home runs by Nathaniel Lowe and Mitch Garver created a spark, but it wasn’t bright enough to take […]
Read MoreThe “New Oakland” era begins in Oakland. Even though the Athletics (34-87) dropped two of three in their mid-week series against the St. Louis Cardinals (54-67), fans were happy to finally see the youth movement completely take shape. With the call up of Lawrence Butler, the average age of the Athletics starting lineup is 26 […]
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