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Sticky stuff 101: Everything you need to know as MLB's foreign-substance crackdown begins
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Monday, 21 June 2021 09:38
Beginning with Monday's games, pitchers will be ejected and suspended for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs as Major League Baseball ramps up its enforcement of an area that has been the talk of baseball in recent weeks.But the start of MLB's crackdown brings as many questions about how it will work as it does answers to an issue…
Rays to call up SS Franco, MLB's top prospect
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Sunday, 20 June 2021 18:49
Top prospect Wander Franco is headed to the big leagues and will be called up from the minors by the Tampa Bay Rays, the team announced on Sunday.Franco, 20, is a switch-hitting infielder who entered the season ranked as the No. 1 prospect in baseball, according to ESPN's Kiley McDaniel. In 39 games for Triple-A Durham, Franco hit .315/.367/.586 with…
Keuchel chased early, loses in return to Houston
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Sunday, 20 June 2021 17:13
HOUSTON -- Dallas Keuchel lost in his first appearance against Houston, and Abraham Toro had a career-high four hits to lead the Astros over the Chicago White Sox 8-2 Sunday for their seventh straight win.Keuchel, a two-time All-Star for the Astros who helped the franchise win its first World Series title in 2017, won the 2015 AL Cy Young Award…
Schwarber ties MLB record with 5 HRs in 2 games
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Sunday, 20 June 2021 17:13
WASHINGTON -- Kyle Schwarber homered three times and tied a major league record with five in a two-game span, leading the Washington Nationals over the New York Mets 5-2 Sunday to take three of four in the series.Schwarber set a Nationals/Montreal Expos record by homering nine times in a 10-game span, increasing his total to 18 this season with his…
Yankees turn game-ending triple play, tie record
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Sunday, 20 June 2021 17:13
NEW YORK -- Yankees manager Aaron Boone knew it off the bat."Usually, a triple play sneaks up on you," he said. "Right away, I'm thinking, 'That's a triple play.'"New York turned its record-tying third triple play of the season to strand the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, bailing out closer Aroldis Chapman from a shaky outing and closing down…
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