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MLB suspends Blue Jays 1B Chris Colabello for 80 games without pay after he tested positive for PEDs.

 

White Sox turn 9-3-2-6-2-5 triple play

CHICAGO -- The White Sox turned such a weird triple play Friday night that Rangers manager Jeff Banister looked skyward for an explanation after Chicago's 5-0 victory at U.S. Cellular Field.

"I guess it was the full moon," Banister said. "You see some odds things in a full moon."
The triple play -- the first 9-3-2-6-2-5 triple play in Major League history -- came with no outs in the seventh inning and the bases loaded. The Rangers, trailing 5-0, should have scored at least one run on a sacrifice fly by Mitch Moreland. Instead, baserunning mistakes brought an abrupt end to the rally, the only one the Rangers mounted against White Sox starter Jose Quintana.

"I never saw that before," Quintana said. "Today that happened to me, that's so exciting. That was fun. I enjoyed this moment."

It was the first triple play turned against the Rangers since 1991. Banister wasn't really blaming it on the full moon, and neither were the baserunning culprits.
"It was a disaster by everybody," Adrian Beltre said. "All the runners screwed up. Awful baserunning by everybody."

The Rangers had loaded the bases with nobody out on a double by Prince Fielder, a single by Beltre and a walk to Ian Desmond. That brought up Moreland, and he lined out to right fielder Adam Eaton, who made a nice running catch toward the line.
That was out No. 1.

Desmond thought the ball was going to fall in and was heading to second. Eaton threw to first baseman Jose Abreu to double up Desmond and the throw was off-line. But Desmond overran the bag trying to get back. Abreu had two chances to tag him as Desmond tried to dance his way back to the bag and got him on the second try.
"Bad baserunning on my behalf," Desmond said. "I saw the ball had topspin and I thought it was going to go down. I didn't take into account they had a center fielder playing right field."

Abreu then fired home to catcher Dioner Navarro to keep Fielder from scoring. But Fielder was going back to third, only to find Beltre had the same idea coming from second. Navarro ascertained the situation and threw to shortstop Tyler Saladino, who returned the ball to Navarro.The catcher then threw to third baseman Todd Frazier, who tagged out Fielder.

"You see, the whole thing was kind of a circus play to begin because the runners kind of took off," Saladino said. "When you're in that situation, everything's in your favor as long as you get the first out and then you just take care. I've never been in a triple play before.
"And looking back on it, standing at second, I know both runners are in a bad spot at third base, but then you got [Abreu] chasing Desmond around at first, so as long as we were able to get that one there and then we manage what we have over at third, the two of them are tied up so we take care of that and then it works out that way, it's pretty exciting."

Fielder said his mistake was bolting for home right away because, like Desmond, he thought the ball was going to drop.

"Once I saw him catch it, I had to go back," Fielder said. "It was too late to go again. I didn't want to get thrown out at the plate."

Beltre admitted he should have known if Fielder went or not.
"I thought Prince had scored," Beltre said. "I looked over there and couldn't see him. I guess he must have been behind Frazier. I should have known better."

It was the White Sox first triple play since Sept. 18, 2006.

 

DeGrom returns to Mets after infant son's health scare

ATLANTA (AP) ? Jacob deGrom returned to the New York Mets on Saturday and says all is well with his infant son, Jaxon, following a scare the pitcher revealed was a breathing problem.

DeGrom will start Sunday against the Atlanta Braves after missing one turn because of a sore right lat muscle and another start due to his son's health concern.

DeGrom says his son had a form of apnea that caused him to stop breathing after falling asleep.

"It was definitely scary," deGrom said. "He had to be checked into the NICU and they had to monitor him in there but when all the tests came back and nothing was seriously wrong we were pretty relieved. But at first it was a scary time."

Concerns were relieved after Jaxon was monitored for five consecutive nights without the problem recurring. The baby is home with deGrom's wife, Stacy.

"The doctors said they go looking for problems but you don't really want to find any," deGrom said. "And luckily they didn't find any. He's doing great now."

Now deGrom's new concern is learning how to change diapers.

"That I'm still struggling with!" he said.
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Thats great news !

 

3 Pirates homer, Pittsburgh snap's Arizona win streak

PHOENIX (AP) ? When the roof is open at Chase Field, the ball tends to fly out.

That's what happened Friday night.

Sean Rodriguez, Gregory Polanco and Jordy Mercer homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates held on to beat Arizona 8-7, snapping the Diamondbacks' five-game winning streak.

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle knows all about the ballpark and what happens in the dry desert air because he made regular trips there in eight seasons as manager of the Colorado Rockies.

"You open that roof, hot like this, I've seen a bunch of ball games here for a lot of years," Hurdle said. "Some crazy things can happen."

All three home runs came off Patrick Corbin (1-2), who allowed five runs in six innings.

 

The Cardinals have hit 7 pinch hit home runs. The other 29 MLB teams have combined for 8.

 

I bet the Reds never wished they had to play the Cubs... talk about having another teams number.

 

did you see the guy from toronto fail a drug test and get 80 games. his teammate said he's a victim of the system or something like that. what does that even mean?

 

It's the ol', "I didnt know i took Peds" thing. He's claiming he never knew he took anything illegal... im not buying it.

 

if they take anything - they need to check first with the mlb office. i mean the testing is so strict now that almost anything is illegal! duh.

 

I look at this way. Im completely aware of what i consume. I read ingredients. These guy's need to do the same and ask questions if they have any doubt or arnt sure about a certain substance.

I really dont beieve these guy's that get busted and claim they didnt know are being truthful. I call BS.

 

they can probably barely read. hahaha. but I do agree Will - they know exactly what they're doing and putting in themselves or else they wouldn't do it.

 

From what a bunch of the players have said the testing sucks and guys get away with stuff all the time, so you've got to screw up pretty bad yo get busted. That being said, he failed for some oral substance from east Germany. Weird.

How this affects baseball though, Collabello is out 80 games and ineligable for post season in 2016, so the Jays need a lefty bat. I've heard Matt Adams as a rumored name that makes sense. I'm sure there are other names out there as well.

 

Headlines...

 

and the phils beat the great max scherzer last night too !

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on...candidate-charlie-morton-to-hamstring-surgery

Phils lose SP Charlie Morton to season ending surgery!

Damn!

 

phils beat the nats again and are now above .500. not bad for the so called worst team in baseball.

we spoke of this before and i didn't agree with what was said then and i don't agree now. ok so the nats are in first place and the weather last night was a nice night for baseball. their fans weren't even there! bh home plate was almost empty. their outfield seats were totally empty. they're in first place. where is everyone? it wasn't raining or cold out. where are they? terrible. this is why baseball is in the crapper. fans just don't show up like they do for hockey or football. first place team playing their rival and no one was there! pathetic.

 

A long Story short: 9th HR is a record!

DENVER -- Shortstop Trevor Story set a National League rookie record for home runs in April when he hit his ninth during the fourth inning off Pirates left-hander Jonathon Niese during the Rockies' eventual 9-8, 12-inning loss Wednesday night at Coors Field.

Story broke a mark held by the Cardinals' Albert Pujols, who had eight in 2001. White Sox slugger Jose Abreu holds the Major League record with 10 in 2014. The Rockies scored four runs in the fourth -- with Nolan Arenado also hitting his ninth home run -- to cut their deficit to 7-4.

But Story, 23, took a called third strike from Pirates closer Mark Melancon to end the game with runners at second and third, and he wasn't in a celebratory mood. The Rockies have lost five straight and six of their last seven.

"It doesn't really mean anything to me at all right now," Story said. "Just trying to win games. That's the only thing that matters to me."

Story had been in a 2-for-23 (.086) slump since his previous homer on April 18 against the Reds. Story and Arenado are tied for the Major League lead in home runs with the Nationals' Bryce Harper and the Mets' Neil Walker.

Story's homer was the first of four by the Rockies. Mark Reynolds and Gerardo Parra each hit their second homers, with Parra's in the eighth inning tying the game at 8.