LEADING OFF: 3 Mother’s Day doubleheaders on rainy weekend
A take a look at what’s taking place across the majors right now:
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RAISING AWARENESS
Susan G. Komen and Main League Baseball are teaming up within the combat towards breast most cancers, and Komen’s “Share a Second with Mother” marketing campaign will debut a Mom’s Day video. The video can be launched on the group’s social media channels and web site. It is going to additionally seem in stadiums and have gamers corresponding to Pete Alonso, Tim Anderson, Carlos Correa, Carlos Rodón and Mike Trout with their moms.
MAKING THEM UP
After rain wreaked havoc with the baseball schedule this weekend, there are 18 video games on faucet, together with three doubleheaders.
Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies host the New York Mets, Cedric Mullins and the Baltimore Orioles host the Kansas Metropolis Royals, and Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees host the Texas Rangers within the three twinbills.
That comes after six postponements Friday and three extra Saturday. The Rangers are making their solely scheduled journey to play the Yankees this season, and the identical is true for the Royals in Baltimore. After doubleheaders Sunday, these two sequence are actually extending into Monday.
DEBUT
George Kirby, baseball’s fifth-ranked right-handed pitching prospect in accordance with MLB Pipeline, makes his massive league debut for the Seattle Mariners towards Tampa Bay.
Kirby was competing with Matt Brash for the ultimate spot within the rotation throughout spring coaching. Now Brash goes to be transformed to a reliever.
The Mariners took Kirby within the first spherical of the 2019 draft. He started the season at Double-A Arkansas, the place he’s gone 2-0 with a 1.82 ERA in 5 begins.
HELP ON THE WAY
Oakland outfielder Ramón Laureano is eligible to return from his 80-game drug suspension. Athletics supervisor Mark Kotsay stated he was touring to Minnesota on Saturday to hitch the staff. Laureano performed 10 video games with Triple-A Las Vegas.
The cellar-dwelling A’s have misplaced eight in a row heading into their recreation towards the Twins. Minnesota leads the AL Central however might need to cope with an absence of its personal after star outfielder Byron Buxton left Saturday’s game with proper hip tightness.
ON A ROLL
Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros have received six in a row — the final three by one run every over the Tigers. Houston now goes for a four-game sweep of Detroit.
Miguel Cabrera and Dusty Baker each achieved milestones Saturday. Baker received his 2,004th recreation as a supervisor, passing Bruce Bochy for eleventh on the profession listing. Cabrera doubled within the third inning, becoming a member of Hank Aaron and Albert Pujols as the one gamers with at the least 3,000 hits, 500 homers and 600 doubles.
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