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As a new month dawns, the Phillies find themselves back to winning ways. A trip to Miami is up next. Onto the links. Phillies news: Nothing is new under the sun, including winning both games of a doubleheader on walk offs. But it’s been a while. Don Mattingly is making his mark on the team. […]
The Pittsburgh Pirates just got swept by the St. Louis Cardinals and have dropped to 16-16 on the season. What looked like a great start to the season has quickly gone sour, so here are my top 3 concerns/takeaways from the four game series. 1. The pitching struggles The season started with the pitching looking […]
You never want to lose heading into an off-day, but something tells me the Yankees didn’t have too bad of a flight back home. Though a shutout loss to the Rangers left a sour final note as the Bombers headed to New York, the setback still left them with a stellar 7-2 record on a […]
MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Andy Pettitte, you’ve got company; Max Fried is making a case for himself as the Yankees pitcher with the best pickoff move. Fried’s skills were on display when he picked off Josh Jung in the fourth inning of Monday’s 4-2 win against the Rangers with a delayed motion (video in article). […]
Aston Villa had a disastrous first leg of their UEL semi-final tie with Nottingham Forest on Thursday night. Not only did they lose at the City Ground 1-0, but midfielder Amadou Onana suffered a fresh injury. Onana had just been passed fit, after missing out on last weekend’s loss to Fulham, with a minor knee […] The post Aston Villa Team News vs Tottenham: Amadou Onana, Alysson appeared first on The Sports Bank .
If you had told me before the series that James McCann would throw out runners in two of the three games, that would have told you all you needed to know about how it would go for the Diamondbacks. Arizona’s starting pitching skid continued on Thursday, as the once red-hot Michael Soroka unraveled against Milwaukee’s […]
The Arizona Complex League starts on Saturday, so there’s some movement in anticipation of that. The Iowa Cubs also got some (probably) temporary reinforcements. Right-hander Vince Velazquez has elected free agency. Right-hander Jace Beck was promoted to Triple-A Iowa from Double-A Knoxville. Outfielder Jeury Ramirez was promoted from the Dominican Summer League Cubs-Red to Iowa. […]
The Twins finally found the solution to their bullpen: just score enough that they can’t ruin it. Byron Buxton did everything he could, and this time, the rest of the lineup was able to deliver the key hits they’ve been lacking these past two weeks. It was a pitcher’s duel early, with both teams only […]
Nine straight sinkers to Bryson Stott before his game-tying triple that led to the Phillies 3-2 walk-off win earlier in the day. Seven straight splitters to Kyle Schwarber before he ripped a two-out, game-tying double that eventually led to another Philly win in 10 innings — the first time an MLB team has walked-off twice […]
Gwinnett Stripers 9, Charlotte Knights 5Shane Smith, battered last time out, gave Charlotte (14-16) what they needed with two scoreless. He surrendered only one hit, two walks, and three Ks. Of course, the good times didn’t last long. Enter Chase Plymell, and cue the disaster reel. Three singles, then a meatball grand slam in the […]
In Game 1 of the most important series of Mizzou Softball’s year, the Tigers couldn’t find an answer for back-to-back SEC Pitcher of the Year Karlyn Pickens losing 3-1 against No. 9 Tennessee on Thursday at Mizzou Softball Stadium. The Lady Vols have proven all year that they are no easy task. For starters, No. […]
Blue Jays 1 Twins 7 That was awful in a lot of ways. The offense was sad, just six hits, only one an extra base hit, Daulton Varsho’s fourth of the season. It was good to see, because he’s looked lost at the plate. George Springer had two singles. Vlad, Clement, and Valenzuela had one […]
The time to close the opening chapter of 2026 is finally upon us. It’s safe to say that April was much kinder to the Colorado Rockies this year than in the previous couple of seasons. Dating back to 2017, here’s how the Rockies’ record fared in April: As we can see, a 13-14 record is […]
During Thursday’s game against the Detroit Tigers, the Atlanta Braves shared the news that Ed Mangan, Vice President of Field Operations, was retiring after more than 35 years with the organization. While the news might seem innocuous to those whose fandom of the Braves began after his tenure started in Atlanta, his immediate impact to […]
A bullpen game. A rain delay. A rainbow stretching over the ballpark, and two walk-offs in the same day. This was a weird one, and ultimately a happy one. All is well that ends well, and, like today’s first affair, this ended well. Tim Mayza got the ball first for the Phillies, walking one, but […]
Former Showtime Sports executive Stephen Espinoza catches up with Fight Hub TV to discuss a number of topics, and most notably touches on his thoughts on Floyd Mayweather’s lawsuit against Showtime. Obviously Espinoza was the man in charge of that side of the network during the relevant time period, and while he couldn’t go into […]
April results Ah, the joy of Opening Day, hope springing eternal and all that. Except, this poll came after the first series against Los Angeles was already in the books, and that acted as a stiff reality check. For the Diamondbacks were swept in the three-game series. There were positives: two of the games were […]
There are only 10 games left on the schedule, and as it stands now Arizona will finish with a losing record for the first time since 2014. To finish above .500 would require the Wildcats making a deep run in the Big 12 Tournament, getting into which isn’t a guarantee. Arizona (16-27, 7-14) currently sits […]
The Milwaukee Brewers are back on the road, as they’ll face their first repeat opponent of the season in the Washington Nationals. Three weekends ago, the Brewers were swept by the Nationals at home, as they stretched their losing streak to five after being outscored 18-10 over the three-game set. They’ll look to avoid a […]
The San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies are, once again, dealing with poor weather. Their scheduled game on Wednesday was postponed due to inclement weather, which led to a doubleheader on Thursday. All went smoothly for the first game (other than the Giants blowing a ninth-inning lead and getting walked off), but trouble came in […]
You could hardly get a better representation of the 2026 Orioles season than the doubleheader that they played against the Astros on Thursday. In one game, they swung the bats well and got some pretty good pitching and they blew out the Astros. Check out Paul Folkemer’s recap of the first game. That one was […]
Despite leading twice in this afternoon’s ballgame, the Royals fell behind in the bottom of the second and never again challenged the Athletics. The Royals led off the scoring in the bottom of the first on a two-out RBI single by Starling Marte, the first of his three singles of the afternoon. Maikel Garcia, who […]
In the biggest return to St. Louis Cardinals since Albert Pujols, Katie Woo made time in her Hollywood schedule to come onto Cardinals on My Time to talk the upcoming series! I know you all miss her, but she has been enjoying her well-deserved promotion to cover the most talked about team in baseball. Don’t […]
The Athletics and Kansas City Royals battled in the rubber game of their three-game series Thursday afternoon in West Sacramento. After exchanging early blows, the Athletics took the lead and never gave it back, fending off several Royals comeback attempts to win 6-3. The Royals scored first against A’s starting pitcher Jeffrey Springs. The first […]
First Pitch (CT): 6:40 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Bluebird Banter Bad news: The Twins keep losing extremely winnable games either due to offensive ineptitude, a bullpen built like it’s 2003, or a combination of the two. Good news: every other team in the AL is also bad. As I […]