Tarik Skubal has become one of the best starters in the Major Leagues. With pitches that smoked yesterday at Minute Maid Park, home of the brand new Astros, the number one candidate to win the American League Cy Young Award led the Detroit Tigers to victory (3-1) against Houston, in the start of the wild … Read more
San Diego. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a towering two-run homer in his first playoff start in four years. With this and the 12 strikeouts that Michael King recorded, the San Diego Padres defeated the Atlanta Braves 4-0 in the first game of their National League wild card series in the Major Leagues. Tatis’ 415-foot shot … Read more
Tarik Skubal has become one of the best starters in the Major Leagues. With pitches that smoked yesterday at Minute Maid Park, home of the brand new Astros, the number one candidate to win the American League Cy Young Award led the Detroit Tigers to victory (3-1) against Houston, in the start of the wild … Read more
Houston. Cuban Andy Ibáñez broke the tie by emptying the bases with a double in Detroit’s four-run rally in the eighth inning, and the Tigers swept the Houston Astros with a 5-2 victory this Wednesday, in the second game of their American League wild card series. Parker Meadows hit a home run and Detroit stopped … Read more
Fernando Valenzuelaone of the most emblematic baseball players in Mexico and a historical figure of the Major Leagueswas admitted to a Los Angeles hospital this Monday. Valenzuela rose to fame in the 1980s, when he played for Los Angeles Dodgers. In his debut year he won both the award for Rookie of the Year as … Read more
Miami. A Florida man requested a temporary injunction to prevent the ball with which Shohei Ohtani hit his 50th home run of this season from going to auction, arguing that it was stolen moments after he had taken possession of it. An urgent hearing was scheduled for Thursday in Miami Dade County in connection with … Read more
Saint Dominic. Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will have to face trial for sexual abuse of a minor, a judge in the Dominican Republic ruled. After more than a year of investigation, Judge Pascual Valenzuela in the northern province of Puerto Plata ruled that the evidence presented by the Prosecutor’s Office merits a substantive … Read more
Miami. Shohei Ohtani yesterday established himself as the first player in the history of the Major Leagues to hit 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in the same campaign, by providing the most spectacular performance of his career, with three home runs and a couple of steals in the game in which his team, … Read more
Cincinnati. Dominican Elly de la Cruz hit a three-run homer, drove in four runs and scored twice to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. De la Cruz, who had three hitsjoined Eric Davis and Barry Larkin as the only Reds players with 25 homers and 65 stolen … Read more
St Petesburgo., Mexican Jonathan Aranda hit a home run for the third consecutive game with the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat the Blue Jays 4-3 to complete a three-game series sweep. Aranda swung his bat, heard the creaking of the wood and waited a few seconds until he confirmed that the ball was going between … Read more