A glimmer of hope for Tim Tebow It took awhile, but Tim Tebow may have just gotten his biggest hit of his young Triple-A career. Tebow — who has struggled at this level — belted a pinch-hit RBI double off the base of the wall in right center in the eighth inning to give the…
DetailsGio Urshela and Miguel Andujar headed in opposite directions Gio Urshela and Miguel Andujar are combining to keep Aaron Boone from having to make a difficult decision. Urshela continued to strengthen his grip on the Yankees’ starting third base job with a late two-run, two-out single in Thursday’s 3-1 win over the Mariners, while Andujar…
DetailsJ.A. Happ rediscovers winning formula at Yankee Stadium J.A. Happ found a way to take the short porch out of play. Coming off a series of disastrous starts at Yankee Stadium — including a loss last week in which the southpaw bemoaned the shallow dimensions in right field — Happ rebounded with one of his…
DetailsMets ‘have to make hay’ during this stretch vs. bottom-feeders As badly as the Mets have played, at least they aren’t the Marlins and Nationals. That becomes a relevant point beginning Friday, when manager Mickey Callaway’s beleaguered bunch begins a stretch of 13 straight games against those NL East slackers. Add an ensuing series against…
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Effectively Wild Episode 1374: Gallo’s Humor Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about dogs, nieces, and nephews, their ambivalence about gambling and the future of gambling and real/fantasy baseball, the on-field and off-field excellence of Chris Paddack, the significance of Sinclair Broadcasting’s acquisition of 21 regional sports networks, the divisive Red Sox visit to the…
DetailsDee Gordon ‘pissed off’ after J.A. Happ hit him for second time Seattle’s Dee Gordon was drilled on the wrist by a pitch from J.A. Happ in the third inning of the Yankees’ 3-1 win over the Mariners at the Stadium on Thursday night and had to leave the game. After getting X-rays, Gordon said…
DetailsTravs’ Crismatt halts drilling with 13 K’s Seattle Mariners right-hander Nabil Crismatt tied his career high with 13 strikeouts over six scoreless innings in Double-A Arkansas’ 4-1 victory over Tulsa. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190509&content_id=307007674&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsM-Braves’ Anderson weathers comebacker Atlanta Braves No. 2 prospect Ian Anderson was struck by a line drive but recovered to get an out to cap a short, rough outing in Double-A Mississippi’s 4-0 loss to Pensacola. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190509&content_id=307006238&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsAntone spins six perfect for Lookouts Cincinnati Reds right-hander Tejay Antone needed 71 pitches to retire all 18 batters he faced in Double-A Chattanooga’s 5-1 win over Tennessee on Thursday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190509&content_id=307003648&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsGio Urshela’s latest heroics propel Yankees into big series vs. Rays J.A. Happ entered Thursday with a bit of a Yankee Stadium problem. The lefty, who had allowed four runs and a pair of homers in 5 ²/₃ innings to the Twins in his previous outing at home, had fallen to 0-3 with a 7.65…
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