CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device The Oakland A’s will be without one of their best players for the rest of the season. Platinum Glove third baseman Matt Chapman will undergo surgery on his right hip Monday that will sideline him for the rest of a…
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Dominic Smith hit his first career grand slam and Wilson Ramos had a three-run double in a 10-run fourth inning.
DeGrom, In NYPD Hat, Backed By 10-Run 4th, Mets Rout Jays — CBS New York
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jacob deGrom, wearing an NYPD cap in honor of first responders on the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, pitched six strong innings and the New York Mets backed him in a big way, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 18-1 Friday night.
In addition to the police department, caps for the fire department, Port Authority police, Department of Sanitation and Office of Emergency Management were worn by the Mets.
“Everybody remembers that day and exactly where they were, how much that stopped the world and witnessed how many great men rose to that occasion,” Mets manager Luis Rojas, who wore an FDNY hat, said before the game. “It’s special for me that to be wearing this. For the people who were directly involved that day. I’m proud and honored just to be representing.”
DeGrom (4-1) struck out nine and held the Blue Jays to three hits, two walks and a first-inning run, his 13th straight start allowing no more than two earned runs, the most by a Mets pitcher since Johan Santana in 2008-09.
The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner lowered his ERA to a league-leading 1.67 on a night where the gametime temperature was 61 degrees and fell to the mid-50s by the end.
“Run support is always a plus,” said deGrom, who hasn’t always gotten a lot of offensive backing. “I wanted them to score as many runs as they could. I did the best I did to stay loose in the dugout. I knew it was cool, so I continued to move around. But there wasn’t a time where I thought, ‘OK this is enough.’”
Rojas was also glad to see deGrom working at his peak.
“This is the best version of Jake deGrom that I’ve seen,” Rojas said. “Stuff-wise, demeanor-wise, confidence-wise, he wants the ball and he’s pushing for this team to keep winning and get into playoff position. He’s in a good spot.”
BUFFALO, NY – SEPTEMBER 11: Dominic Smith #2 of the New York Mets runs the bases after hitting a grand slam home run during the fourth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Sahlen Field on September 11, 2020 in Buffalo, United States. (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)
Dominic Smith hit his first career grand slam and Wilson Ramos had a three-run double in a 10-run fourth inning. Ramos hit a late solo homer.
“I was just trying to get the runner in from third,” Smith said. “I got a good swing on it and it left the ballpark.”
Michael Conforto hit a three-run homer as the Mets scored four times in the third.
Erasmo Ramírez worked the final three innings and was credited with his first save since 2017.
Chase Anderson (0-1) allowed four runs in 2 2/3 innings. Former Mets prospect Anthony Kay was tagged four six runs while recording two outs as Toronto had its hold on second place in the AL East trimmed to a half-game over the Yankees, who swept their doubleheader against Baltimore.
“When they’re hard fought and tooth-and-nail, extra-inning games and you lose by a run, that might be a little bit tougher to swallow,” Anderson said. “This one kind of stings while it happens, but you get to kind of watch it, come back tomorrow and try to even the series up.”
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in the Toronto run on a sharp single that Conforto couldn’t wrangle against the right field wall.
Conforto, who along with Ramos scored four times, hit his ninth homer to give the Mets a 3-1 lead.
Smith struck for his eighth homer to make it 11-1 and Ramos’ double gave the Mets their first 10-run inning since they scored 10 at Philadelphia in the fifth inning of a 24-4 win on Aug. 16, 2018. Ramos added a leadoff homer in the eighth off Toronto reliever Ken Giles, who was activated from the injured list before the game.
TAKE AND GIVE
Toronto, which put up a 10-run inning on Monday against the New York Yankees, became the third team in the expansion era to score and allow 10 or more runs in an inning in a four-game span, according to STATS. The other two occurred in August 2003, when St. Louis and Pittsburgh did it against each other in back-to-back games.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mets: LHP Steven Matz (left shoulder discomfort) threw a side session and is expected to be activated soon. … Rojas said RHP Dellin Betances (right lat tightness) was responding well to his workout progression.
Blue Jays: SS Bo Bichette (right knee sprain) played in a seven-inning intrasquad game Friday at Toronto’s alternate training site and could be activated soon, according to GM Ross Atkins. “The next day depends on his recovery and how he’s feeling,” Atkins said. … OF Teoscar Hernández (strained oblique) did some rotational work and will soon resume baseball activities barring any setbacks.
UP NEXT
Mets RHP Seth Lugo (2-2, 2.05 ERA), who has a 1.54 ERA in his three starts this season with 20 strikeouts, will take the mound on Saturday in the middle-game of the three-game series against Blue Jays LHP Robbie Ray (1-4, 7.51), who was acquired from Arizona at the trade deadline.
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The game between San Francisco and the San Diego Padres was postponed minutes before the scheduled first pitch Friday night after someone in the Giants organization tested positive for COVID-19.
Two Giants-Padres games postponed after positive SF virus test — MLB | NBC Sports
Associated PressSep 12, 2020, 12:22 AM EDT
The game between San Francisco and the San Diego Padres was postponed minutes before the scheduled first pitch Friday night after someone in the Giants organization tested positive for COVID-19.
Saturday night’s game at Petco Park also was called off. The teams were scheduled to play through Sunday.
This was the first postponement due to COVID-19 for both teams. There have been 45 major league games postponed this season because of coronavirus concerns.
Both teams lined up for a moment of silence for the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and then the national anthem. But the Padres didn’t take the field and the team announced the game had been postponed.
Players from both teams lingered in and around the dugouts well after Garrett Richards was scheduled to throw the first pitch.
About a half-hour after the game was to have started, the Padres announced the reason for the postponement. A few minutes after that, the Padres filed into the stands for a team meeting.
Deivi Garcia made waves on social media Wednesday for reasons beyond his seven-inning, two-run performance in the New York Yankees’ 7-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Garcia, one of the Yankees’ top prospects, was spotted wearing a belt featuring the No. 45 while making his third career start. This was interesting because 1) Garcia […]
How Yankees Prospect Deivi Garcia Honors Pedro Martinez While Pitching — NESN.com
Deivi Garcia made waves on social media Wednesday for reasons beyond his seven-inning, two-run performance in the New York Yankees’ 7-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Garcia, one of the Yankees’ top prospects, was spotted wearing a belt featuring the No. 45 while making his third career start. This was interesting because 1) Garcia has worn No. 83 since being called up by New York, and 2) Yankees ace Gerrit Cole currently rocks No. 45 for the Bronx Bombers.
Turns out this wasn’t a wardrobe mishap, though.
Garcia, who hails from the Dominican Republic, revealed after Wednesday’s game the belt is his way of honoring Boston Red Sox legend Pedro Martinez, a hero in his native country.
“It’s actually that when we started spring training back in February, I asked for a belt. But I asked for a belt with the No. 45 and that’s in honor of Pedro Martinez,” Garcia said through a translator, per NJ.com. “It’s just a number that I carry around. I have it in my glove, in some of my gloves. That’s really the reason why.”
Garcia, now 21, was born in 1999. So, it’s not like he can recall Martinez’s peak days with Boston.
But Martinez’s baseball influence continues to be felt in the D.R. and across Major League Baseball, especially with the former hurler so quick to pass on knowledge to the next generation.
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After winning 14 of their last 19 games, the Giants have climbed above .500 and are increasingly considered a legitimate threat to sneak into the postseason. With the club in the midst of a playoff push, president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi made a surprising addition to the team’s player pool on Wednesday by signing…Justin Smoak
Giants make a surprising free agent signing, add veteran slugger on minor league deal — Times-Standard
Smoak will report to the team’s alternate site in Sacramento and isn’t yet a member of the 40-man roster, but he’ll need to be added to the club by Sept. 15 to become eligible to participate in the postseason.
Smoak began the season with the Milwaukee Brewers and hit .186 with five home runs in 113 at-bats before being released on Sunday. The switch-hitter posted above-average numbers in 2017, 2018 and 2019 with the Toronto Blue Jays, but struggled to provide the Brewers with any production this year and was ultimately let go after striking out in more than 30% of his plate appearances.
The timing of Smoak’s signing with the Giants is curious because it’s not immediately clear how he fits the team’s roster.
First baseman Brandon Belt has emerged as a down-ballot MVP candidate and is still in contention to win the batting title. When Belt isn’t in the lineup, infielders Wilmer Flores and Pablo Sandoval have also proven capable of playing at first base.
Smoak doesn’t have much positional versatility as he’s likely limited to first base and designated hitter at this point in his career, so it’s uncertain whether the Giants will end up adding him to the roster. It’s possible Zaidi pursued Smoak with the idea that he could provide some insurance in the event Belt, Flores or Sandoval is injured down the stretch.
The Giants have also had several other players including Evan Longoria and Brandon Crawford miss games over the last week due to nagging injuries, so the front office may have viewed the opportunity to add a veteran on a low-risk deal as a move it couldn’t pass up.
Smoak was an All-Star in 2017 with the Blue Jays and is a close friend of former Giants outfielder Kevin Pillar, who won the 2019 Willie Mac Award and is currently trying to help the Rockies push past San Francisco in the postseason race.
The New York Yankees lost 2-1 to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday evening, with JA Happ on the mound. Lasting 6.1 innings and logging two earned runs, Happ actually had a fantastic outing. He racked up 10 strikeouts over 113 pitches, giving Michael King and Zack Britton a smooth ride the rest of the […]
Yankees’ Luke Voit lashes out after fifth-straight loss — Empire Sports Media
he New York Yankees lost 2-1 to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday evening, with JA Happ on the mound. Lasting 6.1 innings and logging two earned runs, Happ actually had a fantastic outing. He racked up 10 strikeouts over 113 pitches, giving Michael King and Zack Britton a smooth ride the rest of the way. However, the offense couldn’t pick up the slack, despite a solid start from Happ.
Things are seemingly ripping apart at the seams, as the Yankees posted seven runs on Monday but followed it up with a one-run performance on Tuesday. They recorded five hits on the night, with youngster Miguel Andujar furthering his momentum as of late.
Andujar now hosts a .240 batting average, which is much better than it was just two weeks ago. Increased at-bats have given him more time and comfort at the plate, and it is proving to be beneficial. Leadoff hitter DJ LeMahieu has struggled, and I believe he is still dealing with a thumb issue, but it’s simply playing through it.
Nonetheless, the Yankees have lost five straight, including two to the Toronto Blue Jays and three to the Baltimore Orioles. Slugger Luke Voit was angry after the game, and rightfully so.
“We’ve got to get back to what the New York Yankees are. I feel like teams aren’t even scared of us now. … We’ve been playing like crap.”“I almost feel like it’s embarrassing for us right now.
Voit is having a solid season, hitting .273 with 14 homers and 29 RBIs. He was the only Yankees to cross home plate and put them on the board on Tuesday, but it simply wasn’t enough. The Yankees are now .500 on the season at 21-21, and desperately need their star players in Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton back. Manager Aaron Boone stated that they might not gain the two sluggers until late in the regular season and possibly the postseason, which means the Yankees will have to find a way to win immediately without their help.
BUFFALO — The vaunted but struggling New York Yankees came here for the first time on Monday night and didn’t like what they saw, apparently. Read More
YANKEE BOO HOOS? Bronx Bombers gripe about lighting, tipped pitches after getting rocked by Blue Jays — Toronto Sun
BUFFALO — The vaunted but struggling New York Yankees came here for the first time on Monday night and didn’t like what they saw, apparently.
From a 10-run sixth inning inflicted on them by the Blue Jays to what they hinted was a minor league experience at Sahlen Field, the 12-7 defeat in Buffalo didn’t sit well with the visitors.
The Bronx Bombers didn’t like the temporary lighting — which certainly isn’t up to Yankee Stadium standards and those of other parks around Major League Baseball — and they openly questioned whether Jays hitters had an idea about what pitchers were coming as they batted around in an explosive sixth.
“A lot of it had to do with he had a tough time seeing the signs,” Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka said on a Zoom call, when asked following the game about his pitchers’ struggles. “It’s pretty dark there. Once it really got dark, yeah.
“I had the stickers on my fingers but it still seemed like it didn’t help much.”
In a stadium where lighting is an issue, catchers often wear bright stickers on their fingers to help the pitchers see the signs, something Jays backstop Danny Jansen has been employing most of the season.https://www.youtube.com/embed/MMTn0g6a48o?embed_config={%27relatedChannels%27:%20[],%27autonav%27:true}&autoplay=0&playsinline=1
“I know, (pitcher Jonathan) Holder when he came in was having a hard time seeing the signs, lighting wise,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
Then there was the issue of the lengthy, savvy Jays at bats, which had more than one Yankee wondering what was up.
“Um, I mean, I’m not sure,” Higashioka said. “I guess I’ll have to take a look to see if they were maybe tipping, or something. We were a little erratic that inning.”
Ottavito, the biggest victim of the Jays’ 10-run sixth, the most runs they scored in an inning since 2010, acknowledged it didn’t make sense to him.
“It’s just bizarre,” Ottavito said. “Myself and (fellow reliever Chad Green) didn’t get any swing and misses that whole inning and we’re both well above average swing and miss pitchers.
“Not getting swing and misses, it’s either and indication that my stuff wasn’t good, my location wasn’t good or that they had something on me. They either had a great approach or they knew what was coming, any of that.”https://www.youtube.com/embed/q4lJqB7Ogo8?embed_config={%27relatedChannels%27:%20[],%27autonav%27:true}&autoplay=0&playsinline=1
Originally, several Jays players griped about having to play in Buffalo, where the home of the triple-A Bisons is decidedly minor league. But the team spent some serious coin on upgrades, the players feel mostly comfortable, and the Jays have certainly forged a noticeable home-field advantage in Buffalo.
They are now 9-5 at Sahlen Field, where their 6.1 runs per game average at home leads the major leagues.
The lighting, meanwhile, was always going to be a potential issue, even though the team upgraded the existing system prior to their home opener. It’s still darker than most major league stadiums, but few will feel sorry for the Yankees, as a witty Tweet from Jays pitching prospect Adam Kloffenstein suggests.
Reports are saying the lighting was at its worst in the 6th inning https://t.co/GqpkmUpA3q— Adam Kloffenstein (@KingKloff) September 8, 2020
“Reports are saying the lighting was at its worst in the sixth inning,” Kloffenstein (@KingKloff) tweeted.
Ouch.
CLICK HERE if you’re having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device. No Giants players or coaches have tested positive for COVID-19 since the season began on July 23, but infielder Pablo Sandoval revealed Monday his wife, Yuli, spent time in the emergency room in August as she dealt with coronavirus symptoms. Sandoval…
Giants’ Pablo Sandoval says coronavirus sent his wife to emergency room — Times-Standard
Now that he has a new multiyear contract, Nationals GM Mike Rizzo says his top priority is working out a long-term deal for manager Dave Martinez.
Nationals GM Rizzo says new deal for Martinez is ‘priority one’ — MLB | NBC Sports
Associated PressSep 6, 2020, 8:49 PM EDTLeave a comment
ATLANTA — Now that he has a new multiyear contract, Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo says his top priority is working out a long-term deal for manager Dave Martinez.
The Nationals have a club option for Martinez for 2021. Rizzo said Sunday his preference is “just to disregard that” club option and instead work out a new contract for the manager.
“That’s priority one to get Davey taken care of,” Rizzo said. “My plan is and my preference is to not pick up the option and go well beyond that.”
Rizzo’s multiyear extension was announced by the team on Saturday.
Martinez said Saturday he wants to remain in Washington.
“Mike’s is done. Mine should be coming around the corner pretty soon,” Martinez said when asked about his contract status. “We’ll see what happens.”
Rizzo and Martinez led the Nationals to the 2019 World Series title. This year, Washington is in last place in the NL East.
“Going through what we’re going on the field, it’s kind of hard to celebrate a personal achievement,” Rizzo said, referring to his new contract.
Rizzo said negotiations on his deal began about one week ago.
Asked if he became frustrated the extension did not come sooner, Rizzo said the deal allows those who work around him to relax.
“People run into a little bit of anxiety as you get closer to the end of the season,” he said. “It feels good for everyone around us. Now we can do what we need to do and take care of what we need to for the rest of the season and the offseason.”
Rizzo said he didn’t let his uncertain status affect his work.
“I was never going to mention it to the ownership and never did,” he said. “… They knew I wanted to be here and also knew this negotiation wouldn’t take long once we got into it.”
Negotiations with shortstop Trea Turner may be another priority for Rizzo, who said there were discussions of an extension in spring training.
Turner has a one-year, $7.45 million deal this season. He can be eligible for free agency in 2023.Tags: Dave Martinez, Mike Rizzo, Nationals, Washington Nationals, Trea TurnerLeave a comment
BOSTON — The injury woes that have plagued the Blue Jays in this crammed 2020 season has claimed another of its star players, the Toronto Sun has learned. Read More
BREAKING: Blue Jays star Teoscar Hernandez headed to injury list with suspected rib injury — Toronto Sun
BOSTON — The injury woes that have plagued the Blue Jays in this crammed 2020 season has claimed another of its star players, the Toronto Sun has learned.
A source in Boston said that outfielder Teoscar Hernandez will be out of the lineup for a lengthy but undisclosed time after suffering an apparent rib injury here on Saturday night.
Hernandez, who earlier in the game had hit his team-leading 14th home run of the season, has been spectacular for the Jays in their playoff push. It’s almost certain he will spend extended time on the injury list.
An MRI is scheduled for later Sunday to determine the severity of the injury. The team is already without star shortstop Bo Bichette and closer Ken Giles and is wearing down from a gruelling 28 games in 27 days stretch. Hernandez was batting .306 and also leads the Jays in RBI with 27.
After finishing a five-game series with the Red Sox here on Sunday afternoon, the Jays return to Buffalo for what is seen as a crucial three-game set vs. The New York Yankees.
Just win baby. That seems to the Rays mantra as they play their way through the 60 game season. It doesn’t seem to matter who goes down with an injury, its the next man up philosophy, and the Rays just keep winning. Josh Fleming became the first Rays pitcher in history to win his first […] first three consecutive starts as he got the decision in the Rays 5-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Friday night.
The Rays just keep winning — Tampa Bay Pro Sports
A’s pitcher Daniel Mengden tested positive for the coronavirus on Aug. 29, general manager David Forst told reporters Thursday morning. Mengden was the lone Athletic to test positive in the team’s traveling party, prompting the postponement of the A’s final game against the Houston Astros and three-game series against the Seattle Mariners. Per MLB, no…
A’s Daniel Mengden placed on coronavirus IL following positive test — Times-Standard
The view from left field 