Detroit continues its meteoric rise up our list … all the way to the top spot in Week 8, bypassing two dominant NL teams.
Category: Baseball
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Crow-Armstrong’s 6-RBI night makes Cubs history
Pete Crow-Armstrong’s first career grand slam in the seventh inning of Friday’s 13-6 win over the Reds made him the first Cubs player since runs batted in became an official stat in 1920 to have two games with at least six RBIs in a calendar month.
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Skenes on trade chatter: ‘Anybody can play GM’
Paul Skenes didn’t hear Pirates GM Ben Cherington say that trading him to give the club an influx of position player talent is “not at all part of the conversation.” When someone relayed Cherington’s comments to him, the 22-year-old ace laughed.
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Red Sox slam O’s 19-5 behind Devers’ 8 RBIs
Rafael Devers had a career-high eight RBIs, hitting a three-run homer in the sixth inning and a grand slam in a 13-run eighth, to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Baltimore Orioles 19-5 on Friday in a day-night doubleheader opener.
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Braves’ Acuña homers on 1st pitch after year away
Ronald Acuña Jr. crushed his first pitch 467 feet for a home run in his dramatic return to the Braves on Friday night, almost one year after he tore his left ACL.
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Reliever Diekman, 38, retires after 13 seasons
Lefty reliever Jake Diekman is retiring after a 13-year MLB career in which he made 705 appearances for nine teams.
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Rehabbing Ohtani to face hitters for first time
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to face hitters Saturday for the first time in his recovery from right elbow surgery.
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Red Sox slam O’s 19-5 behind Devers (8 RBIs)
Rafael Devers had a career-high eight RBIs, hitting a three-run homer in the sixth inning and a grand slam in a 13-run eighth, to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Baltimore Orioles 19-5 on Friday in a day-night doubleheader opener.
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White Sox hope demotion gets Vaughn on track
The White Sox have optioned Andrew Vaughn to Triple-A in an effort to get the struggling slugger on track. Outfielders Andrew Benintendi (calf) and Mike Tauchman (hamstring) are also back from the IL.
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Red Sox’s Bregman ‘day-to-day’ with quad injury
Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman, who left Friday afternoon’s game against the Orioles with a quad injury, says he is “day-to-day.”