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Today’s news Ian Kinsler went 4-for-4 with a walk, a double, a 2-run single, and a rare walk-off bunt single in Detroit’s 6-5 win Friday over the Royals. The victory eased the Tigers into 1st place in the A.L. Central, half a game ahead of Kansas City *** Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun reached base 4 out…

Today’s news A blogger for ESPN Los Angeles has compiled a list of Joc Pederson‘s amazing feats so far this season, Ten Fun Facts About Joc Pederson. Among the highlights: of all MLB players with 5 or more HRs this season, Pederson’s have averaged the second-longest, at 420.3 feet. The only player with longer HRs?…

Dear Subscriber, Good news! Our daily Jewish Box Score is back! A player’s stats will usually appear within an hour after his game has ended. To see the box score, click on the Jewish Baseball News home page, or visit our mobile website. Thanks for your patience! Games played Monday (May 4, 2015) MLB Toronto’s Kevin Pillar went 1-for-4 with…

Games played Friday (May 1, 2015) MLB Toronto’s Kevin Pillar did it again Friday, hitting a 2-run triple and robbing the Indians’ Jason Kipnis — who has a Jewish father but is a practicing Catholic — of extra bases with a leaping grab at the outfield wall. Cleveland won 9-4 *** Don Mattingly’s decision to move Joc Pederson from…

Games played Thursday (April 30, 2015) MLB Another day, another brain-rattling catch and run-producing double for Toronto CF Kevin Pillar, who is NOT on the 2015 All-Star ballot. Playing alongside RF Danny Valencia, who had his own RBI single Thursday, Pillar hit a 2-run double in the 4th inning and ran head-on into the wall in…

Games played Wednesday (April 29, 2015) MLB Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun hit 2 HRs, including a grand slam, in an 8-3 win over the Reds. Click here for more details *** Batting at the top of the lineup for the first time, L.A.’s Joc Pederson homered on the second pitch he saw and made a diving grab Wednesday…

Games played Tuesday (April 28, 2015) MLB Jew vs. Jew: Boston’s Craig Breslow retired Toronto’s Danny Valencia and Kevin Pillar, but it wasn’t enough to prevent an 11-8 Red Sox win Tuesday. Pillar went 3-for-4 with his 6th double, a walk and a stolen base. Valencia went 1-for-5. Breslow yielded a solo HR to Jose…

Games played Monday (April 27, 2015) MLB Monday’s highly-anticipated matchup between Reds starter Jason Marquis and nemesis Ryan Braun of the Brewers didn’t happen. Braun — whose .536 career average vs. Marquis is tops among all hitters with at least 25 ABs against the 36-year-old righty — sat on the bench until the 9th inning,…

Games played Sunday (April 26, 2015) MLB Detroit’s Ian Kinsler went 2-for-4 with a go-ahead single and a walk in an 8-6 win over Cleveland. The all-time Jewish stolen base leader also earned his 3rd steal of the season and is tied for 26th place in the A.L. with 10 RBI. Sunday’s win launched the Tigers into first…

Games played Thursday (4/23/2015) MLB Toronto’s Kevin Pillar and Danny Valencia were bookmarks in more ways than one Thursday. In Valencia’s second start of the season, the pair played right field and left field, respectively, and surprisingly, it was Valencia — in his first career game in left — who made the highlight-reel catch in a 7-6 win over…

Games played Wednesday, 4/22/2015 MLB Dynamic duo: Oakland’s Sam Fuld went 2-for-4 with a walk, stolen base, and three runs scored in Wednesday’s 9-2 win over the Angels. Teammate Ike Davis, playing in his 600th MLB game, went 3-for-5 with an RBI *** Toronto’s Kevin Pillar went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in a 4-2 win…

Games played Tuesday, 4/21/2015 MLB Toronto’s Kevin Pillar went 2-for-5 with a two-run single in Tuesday’s 13-6 win over Baltimore. But what earned him another MLB.com ‘play of the day’ honor was his incredible diving catch of an Adam Jones liner, after which he quickly popped up and doubled a runner off of second base for his…

Games played Monday, 4/20/2015 MLB Happy birthday to L.A.’s Joc Pederson, at 23 the N.L.’s third-youngest player so far this season *** Could you ask any more from a leadoff batter? Oakland’s Sam Fuld went 1-for-3 Monday with a double, walk, sac fly, stolen base, outfield assist and highlight-reel catch in a 6-3 win over…

Games played Sunday, 4/19/2015 MLB Batting 7th, Joc Pederson went 2-for-4 with a solo HR and an RBI double as L.A. beat Colorado 7-0, but he was caught stealing for the third straight time *** Joc Pederson was interviewed on MLB Network *** Boston’s Craig Breslow yielded just 2 hits over 3 scoreless innings and struck out 3 against…

Thursday, 4/16/2015 MLB highlights Toronto’s Kevin Pillar went 2-for-4 with an RBI double Wednesday in a 12-6 win over the Rays, raising his average to .314. But what earned “human highlight reel” Pillar a standing ovation Wednesday was a catch over a 10-foot-high fence that robbed the Rays of a home run. Toronto P Mark Buehrle said of…

Wednesday, 4/15/2015 MLB highlights Toronto’s Kevin Pillar went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and slid hard to break up a Tampa Bay double play Tuesday *** Sam Fuld doubled twice for the second time in three games as Oakland beat Houston 4-0 on Tuesday *** Oakland’s Ike Davis contributed a single Tuesday, going 1-for-4 *** L.A.’s…

Tuesday, 4/14/2015 MLB highlights Toronto’s Kevin Pillar went 1-for-4 Monday, and his 5th-inning double broke up a Rays no-hitter * * * L.A.’s Joc Pederson went 1-for-4 Monday with a 2-run single in a 6-5 win over Seattle * * * Joc Pederson says he’ll give Sunday’s home run ball, his first in the MLB, to…