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feel bad for Votto. he's trapped in that hell hole. every time their highlight reel is on ESPN and they're home the stadium is empty. no one is there.

 

The Reds real major problem so far has been team health. Many injuries and man games missed.

 

not only was Jake Arrieta filthy last night, but the Phils brought back the old uni's. I love them.

 

We have our first no no...

Athletics southpaw Sean Manaea delivered his first career no-hitter against the Red Sox in a decisive 3-0 victory on Saturday night. Any thought of a perfect game was banished in the first at-bat, when Mookie Betts drew a leadoff six-pitch walk to open the first inning. From there, Manaea was nearly flawless, holding the Sox to four total baserunners and striking out 10 of 30 batters faced — a career record.

Manaea was gifted a three-run lead thanks to RBI doubles from Jed Lowrie and Stephen Piscotty and Marcus Semien‘s solo shot off of Chris Sale in the fifth inning. While the Red Sox managed to draw two walks off of Manaea, they didn’t come anywhere close to plating a run. Andrew Benintendi tried to break up the no-no in the sixth inning with an infield hit down the first base line, but strayed out of bounds and later saw his hit reversed on a call of batter interference.

Entering the ninth inning, the 26-year-old lefty was sitting at just 95 pitches through eight frames of no-hit ball. He quickly deposed Blake Swihart and Mookie Betts with a groundout and fly out, then walked Benintendi on seven pitches. Any threat the Red Sox might have posed was soon eliminated, however, as Hanley Ramirez ground into a force out to complete the no-hitter.

Manaea is the first A’s pitcher to toss a no-no since Dallas Braden’s perfect game against the Rays eight years ago. The last time the Red Sox were on the losing end of a no-hitter was also against an AL West rival, when the Mariners’ Chris Bosio clinched a 2-0 no-no on April 22, 1993. Manaea’s feat is even more outstanding given how dominant the Red Sox have looked this season: prior to Saturday’s defeat, they boasted a 17-2 record and had yet to be shut out during the regular season.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...-white-sox-danny-farquhar-20180421-story.html

awful. long road ahead for this guy. had a second procedure done. still in critical position.

 

Awful as it was, lucky he was at the park when it happened and not in his hotel room, could've been another Daryl Kile situation.

 

True, although Kile died of a heart attack, having MLB and stadium medical staff there was key to saving Farquhar's life. Crazy.

when I first saw the news and saw "Farquhar", this is who I thought of:

 

hey, hey, the Phils somehow in first place !

 

Kevin Gausman tosses immaculate inning against Indians



Orioles starter Kevin Gausman threw an immaculate inning — all three outs coming on three-pitch strikeouts — in the top of the seventh inning against the Indians on Monday night at Camden Yards. Gausman fanned Yonder Alonso, Yan Gomes, and Bradley Zimmer to get back to the dugout in short order.

There have been 90 known immaculate innings thrown by 85 different pitchers. Gausman is the first to do it since Rick Porcello on August 9 last year against the Rays. He’s the first Oriole to accomplish the feat since B.J. Ryan on September 5, 1999 against the Indians.

Despite Gausman’s efforts, the Orioles still dropped Monday’s game 2-1 to the Indians. Gausman went eight innings, yielding two runs on four hits and a walk with seven strikeouts. He now carries a 4.66 ERA with a 26/7 K/BB ratio in 29 innings on the season.

 

Trout with 10 already...

HOUSTON -- It didn't take long for Mike Trout to reach the double-digit mark for home runs in 2018. He launched homer No. 10 on the first pitch he saw from Astros right-hander Charlie Morton -- a 96.5-mph four-seam fastball -- on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park, giving the Angels a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning.

Trout, whose homer traveled 371 feet with a launch angle of 35 degrees according to Statcast™, became the fastest to 10 homers in Angels history, reaching the mark in the club's 24th game. The prior record was nine, most recently done by Albert Pujols in 2014. Trout didn't hit his 10th homer of '17 until May 13, in his 33rd game off the season.

 

the moment Trout passes 10 yrs and eligible for the HOF - he's in. Not maybe. Not squeaks in. He's in. Lock. I don't think a player in the last 30-40 years besides Kershaw is a lock for the HOF on such a short career like Trout is. At 26, he's already in the debate of being the greatest baseball player of all-time. Imagine that ? 26? At 26, I was working a shitty job and trying to get my own apartment, not a lock for Cooperstown.

 

Rays are calling up Jonny Venters. What a great story. Gotta admire that mf'er's perseverance.

 

The Dodgers will have to play the rest of the season without shortstop Corey Seager, who will undergo Tommy John surgery for a sprained UCL