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July 1, 2021: Braves beat Mets as Jacob deGrom’s ERA rises to 0.95
After suffering a 20-2 beatdown to the Atlanta Braves at Truist…
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July 8, 2021: Rookie reliever Daniel Camarena’s grand slam powers Padres’ comeback
With two aces taking the mound, it was a safe prediction that…
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July 10, 2021: Dodgers hit 8 home runs and score 22 runs in blowout of Diamondbacks
A crowd of 44,645 came to Dodger Stadium on a picture-perfect…
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July 11, 2021: NL stars win Futures Game as Rachel Balkovec makes historic coaching appearance for AL
After a one-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, MLB…
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July 18, 2021: Alcides Escobar caps Nationals comeback with homer and walk-off single
Prospect: “A minor-league player who appears to have enough…
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July 19, 2021: Jon Lester hits a high note, and a homer, as Nationals rout Marlins
Left-hander Jon Lester had enjoyed one of the best careers of…
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July 26, 2021: Shohei Ohtani sets records as Angels beat Rockies
The 22,751 fans attending the opener of the Los Angeles Angels’…
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July 30, 2021: Blue Jays play first home game in Canada in nearly two years
Although the COVID-19 pandemic impacted all 30 major-league baseball…
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August 7, 2021: Josiah Gray’s pitching, Riley Adams’s first homer end Nationals’ losing streak
Atlanta Braves fans, 38,300 of them, packed Truist Park for the…
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August 12, 2021: Romine brothers form rare battery for Cubs in blowout game
Major-league brothers are relatively rare. Brothers playing in…
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August 14, 2021: Tyler Gilbert throws a no-hitter in his first major-league start
Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Tyler Gilbert (0-1, 0.00 ERA1)…
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August 18, 2021: Braves’ Freddie Freeman hits for his second career cycle
As the 2021 trade deadline passed at the end of July, the Atlanta…
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September 6, 2021: Nelson Cruz’s ‘Little League’ grand slam helps Rays beat Boston
If you needed to check some baseball oddities off your lifetime…
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September 19, 2021: Braves’ Eddie Rosario hits for the cycle on four consecutive pitches
Entering the 2022 season, only one player had hit more than 14…
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September 20, 2021: Jon Lester earns 200th and final career win
At the beginning of the 2021 season, left-hander Jon Lester was…
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October 3, 2021: Red Sox beat Nationals in Ryan Zimmerman’s last game
When the regular season ends on a Sunday afternoon in late September…
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October 5, 2021: Red Sox win AL Wild Card Game over rival Yankees
The 2021 season was a weird one for the Boston Red Sox. Most…
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October 11, 2021: Red Sox advance with second straight walk-off win over Rays in ALDS
The evening after catcher Christian Vazquéz homered to give…
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October 21, 2021: Chris Taylor hits three home runs to propel Dodgers to crucial win in NLCS
The Los Angeles Dodgers had every reason to feel confident…
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April 5, 2022: Arkansas’ Dylan Leach hits for the cycle, homers from each side of the plate
Baseball fans love to say when they go to the ballpark that…
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April 8, 2022: Rachel Balkovec guides Tampa Tarpons to win as first woman to manage affiliated minor-league team
Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, in Lakeland, Florida,…
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April 11, 2022: Twins Tyler and Taylor Rogers pitch in the same game as Padres beat Giants
Ah, opening week in San Francisco – Monday night, 51 degrees…
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April 12, 2022: Giants’ Alyssa Nakken makes history as first woman on-field coach in major leagues
Alyssa Nakken was prepared for the possibility that she would…
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April 20, 2022: Shohei Ohtani makes history by batting twice before throwing a pitch as Angels blank Astros
The 29,049 fans who came to Minute Maid Park to cheer for the…