LEADING OFF: Baseball gets 1st 9-inning twinbills since 2019

A take a look at what’s taking place round baseball at the moment:

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18 INNINGS

Tuesday’s schedule will function two doubleheaders — the primary within the majors this season and the primary twinbills of nine-inning video games since Sept. 28, 2019.

Main League Baseball used seven-inning doubleheaders in 2020 and ’21 amid guidelines adjustments introduced on by the coronavirus pandemic, however did away with the shortened video games for this season.

There have been 31 scheduled doubleheaders on the calendar when the lockout-delayed season started, however these first two twinbills have been added due to climate. Arizona’s recreation at Washington and San Francisco’s recreation on the New York Mets have been postponed Monday due to rain.

The Diamondbacks and Nationals will play a cut up doubleheader with the primary recreation at 1:05 p.m., whereas the Giants and Mets’ standard doubleheader will begin at 3:10 p.m.

The Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox performed the newest twinbill of nine-inning video games on the penultimate day of the 2019 season. Host Chicago gained the opener 7-1 and misplaced the second recreation 4-3.

LEG WORK

Second baseman Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros are hoping for excellent news from the physician after the seven-time All-Star exited Monday night time’s 8-3 win over the Angels within the eighth inning with a strained left hamstring.

New York Yankees’ Aaron Decide walks again to the dugout after he struck out through the eighth inning of a baseball recreation in opposition to the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, April 17, 2022, in Baltimore. The Orioles gained 5-0.

Altuve, the 2017 AL MVP, beat out an infield single after which fell previous first base. He sat on the bottom and threw down his batting helmet as he winced in ache.

“We’ll have extra solutions (Tuesday),” supervisor Dusty Baker mentioned. “He’ll see the physician. I can say that.”

Altuve mentioned he would have exams finished, however wasn’t certain precisely what these can be.

“I’m really feeling higher than what I used to be anticipating, however we’ll see tomorrow,” he mentioned.

SINGLE DIGITS

The Yankees don’t have any single-digit jersey numbers left, however their scoring is caught there.

In 10 video games this season, New York has scored 6, 4, 3, 0, 4, 4, 3, 1, 5 and 0 runs.

That provides as much as 30, the Yankees’ second-lowest run whole via 10 video games because the American League adopted the designated hitter in 1973. New York has managed a 5-5 report.

The Yankees totaled 26 runs via 10 video games in 1977, however that season labored out OK for them: The crew went on to win the World Sequence.

MAX EFFORT

Maybe pitching in his hometown of Los Angeles — and in opposition to former teammate Freddie Freeman — will hearth up Atlanta lefty Max Fried, who’s looking for his first win of the season.

Fried, who wore No. 32 in highschool to honor Sandy Koufax whereas pitching at LA’s Harvard-Westlake Faculty, is 0-2 with a 5.73 ERA in two begins this season. He takes the mound for the Braves in opposition to Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler (1-0, 3.38).

Though wins by beginning pitchers get much less consideration than they used to, Fried’s report from 2019-21 was an eye-popping 38-13. He’s 40-20 in his profession with a 3.40 ERA.

Freeman hit his first house run in a Dodgers uniform — in opposition to his previous crew, no much less — to assist Los Angeles beat the Braves 7-4 on Monday night time for its seventh consecutive victory. He additionally made a superb defensive play at first base and completed 1 for 3 with two runs and two walks.

Earlier than the sport, an emotional Freeman frolicked within the Atlanta clubhouse, reliving recollections of successful final yr’s World Sequence, the franchise’s first championship since 1995. He signed a $162 million, six-year cope with the Dodgers in March, ending a 12-year run with the Braves, the one crew the Southern California native had performed for.

“It was a special occasion,” Freeman mentioned, “one I’ll at all times bear in mind.”

ACUÑA EYES RETURN

Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. is scheduled to start out an damage rehabilitation project with Triple-A Gwinnett at Jacksonville. Will probably be his first recreation since July 10, when he tore his proper ACL in opposition to Miami.

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