(8:42am) Hitless Thursday: Sam Fuld (0-4), Ryan Lavarnway (0-3), Ike Davis (0-2), Joc Pederson and Cody Decker (0-1) * * * (8:40am) Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun went 1-for-2 with an RBI double and a walk in a 15-1 laugher over Seattle * * * (7:48am) Schooled on the basepaths: the Phillies tossed out Kevin Pillar out…
Here’s what’s going on in the world of baseball as of 6/18/2015. MLB Historic: Blue Jays teammates Kevin Pillar and Danny Valencia each homered Wednesday in an 8-0 drubbing of the Mets on Wednesday. Pillar went 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs and a deep solo shot, while Valencia went 1-for-3 with a walk and a 3-run dinger *** Oakland’s Sam Fuld…
MLB news Detroit’s Ian Kinsler is one shy of 300 career doubles. He doubled in a run Saturday for his 299th *** Kinsler is homerless in 148 at-bats this season, but he’s hitting .311 — well above his .274 career average — and leads the A.L. with 18 multi-hit games *** In case you missed it,…
Despite a recent slump, Rays A-advanced prospect Maxx Tissenbaum has 5 RBIs over the last 2 games and is hitting .284 (5/25/2014) *** First-round draft pick Rob Kaminsky had the sort of start St. Louis dreamed of Thursday, yielding just 2 hits and 1 walk over 6 scoreless innings while striking out 9. Teammate Mason Katz sweetened it with…
Think Mexican League pitchers respect ex-MLB’er Josh Whitesell? Whitesell, who hit .315 this year with 16 HRs and 68 RBIs, was intentionally walked a league-leading 9 times * * * The Reds have assigned former Mets 1B Josh Satin to the “AAA” Louisville Bats, where he’ll join P Jon Moscot * * * Jewish Sports…
MLB Dodgers rookie Joc Pederson hit his 17th HR and reached base four times on Wednesday (6/3/2015). It was his fifth straight game with a HR, something only four Dodgers had done before him. One of them was Shawn Green, who accomplished the feat in 2001 *** Toronto’s Kevin Pillar didn’t homer Wednesday, but he did go…
