Isotopes - 731 111 142 - 21 27 1 Chihuahuas - 000 007 102 - 10 17 2 The Albuquerque Isotopes scored in all nine innings on Wednesday, routing the El Paso Chihuahuas 21-10 , in a Pacific Coast League game. Brendan Samson (mlb.com) wrote : "In addition to hanging crooked numbers in all nine frames, the Isotopes also became the 21st full-season MiLB team to score 20 runs in a game this year." Is 1 considered a "crooked" number? . . . I have not taken a survey, but I don't think so. Albuquerque ha...
The Red Sox signed outfielder Roman Anthony to an eight-year extension worth $130 million . Anthony, who turned 21 in May, made his debut on June 9. In 47 games, he's slashing .276/.392/.417 for an .809 OPS (126+ OPS, 5th best on the team). His .392 on-base is tops on the team. Molly Burkhardt (mlb.com) reports : The extension will begin with the 2026 season and includes escalators that could bring the overall value up to $230 million. The deal includes a 2034 club option for $30 millio...
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Yankees Will Play Closer Role 'Night By Night' After Devin Williams' Latest Meltdown
Greg Joyce, Post
When the Yankees acquired two closers at the deadline, they recommitted to Devin Williams as their ninth-inning guy.
Less than a week later, that job is more up for grabs.
A night after Williams blew a save and gave up a run for the fifth time in his last seven outings, Aaron Boone indicated he would be more fluid with who his closer is on a give...
Ouch . Friday Yankees - 000 330 312 - 12 15 2 Marlins - 000 040 603 - 13 12 1 Saturday Yankees - 000 000 000 - 0 2 0 Marlins - 100 100 00x - 2 4 0 Sunday Yankees - 100 000 200 - 3 6 0 Marlins - 030 300 10x - 7 9 0 Never-Say-Die Marlins Storm Back For Stunning Walk-Off Win vs. Yankees Christina De Nicola, mlb.com The Marlins handed the Yankees their first loss on the road when scoring 12 runs or more since July 24, 1940 , vs. the St. L...
The Red Sox beat the Nationals 10-3 on Saturday afternoon, evening their record at 45-45. It was the franchise's 10,000th regular season victory. Boston is the second American League team and the tenth major league team to reach 10,000 wins. The franchise has 108 postseason wins. Here are the franchises with more than 5,000 wins, as of a few days ago. Also: The second-longest World Series championship drought is 56 years, held by the Brewers and Padres . . . . Weird.
Since May 29, the MFY have the worst record in the AL East: 13-19. Blue Jays 21 10 Rays 19 12 Orioles 18 13 Red Sox 16 14 Yankees 13 19 They were just swept by the now-in-first-place Blue Jays, who scored 36 runs in the four games. Toronto has not been in first place this "late" in a season since 2016 . OH SHIT . . . BUFFY GOT THE BROOM OUT ! And he waved it in the eminently punchable face of the pompously annoying Michael Kay...
Wilyer Abreu led off the bottom of the fifth with an inside-the-park home run . Three innings later, he donged the first grand slam of his career. The Red Sox rode a seven-run first inning to a 13-6 victory. Abreu became only the sixth player to hit an inside-the-park home run and a grand slam in a game -- and the first player to do it in 67 years. The others : June 5, 1890 - Jocko Fields, Pittsburgh Burghers (Players League) July 4, 1923 (G1) - Everett Scott, Yankees August 4, 1930 - Charlie ...
The Red Sox have a 10-5 record in the month of June, with five of those 10 victories against the Yankees. June 7: Red Sox 10, MFY 7 June 8: Red Sox 11, MFY 7 June 13: Red Sox 2, MFY 1 (10) June 14: Red Sox 4, MFY 3 June 15: Red Sox 2, MFY 0 The 2-0 shutout on Father's Day turned the MFY bats into wet noodles. With subsequent losses to the Angels, 1-0 (11) and 4-0, the Yankees have not scored a run in their last 29 innings. As you can see below, that's a grand total of four runs in their last f...
The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in exchange for pitchers Jordan Hicks and Kyle Harrison and a pair of prospects (outfielder James Tibbs III and pitcher Jose Bello). The teams had been discussing a Devers deal for the past few weeks. Devers, in his ninth season with the club, had been the last member of the 2018 World Champions still in a Boston uniform. He's also in the second year of a 10-year, $313.5 million contract. Initial news of the trade st...