An opener, for the Rays, refers to a pitcher who starts the game but will generally face only three to nine batters, depending on matchups. Often, the pitcher who follows the opener will throw five or more innings, putting him in a de facto — though delayed — starter’s role. No team has ever done [...]
Yet none of those nights holds a candle to what the Saints did earlier this week, when they paid tribute to Animal House on the occasion of its 40th anniversary with a stadium-wide food fight, and holy crap, the park’s janitors had better have gotten a big fat bonus. KARE 11 reports that the park [...]
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The Mets offense jumped to life, scoring their most runs in a game since 2015, as they beat the Orioles, 16-5, Wednesday night in Baltimore. In the three previous games against the Orioles, the Mets managed just four runs. The Mets already had five runs on the board when they exploded for nine runs in [...]
Firsts can be few and far between deep into MLB careers. But Chicago Cubs utility player Ben Zobrist, a 16-year veteran of the League, managed to snag one. He had never been ejected, at any level of professional baseball, ever – that’s 1,562 game in the majors alone – until the ninth inning of the [...]
Jacob Rhame's numbers this year are bad. But in his last 10 games, well, they're horrible. Here's his combined line over that time frame: 10.1 IP, 18 H, 13 ER, 2 BB, 8 Ks, 5 HR That's an 11.32 ERA, a 1.213 OPS allowed and a .498 wOBA. And I know you'll be shocked but [...]