Hickory starter Seong-Jun Kim made his full season debut, throwing two shutout innings and striking out four. Jormy Nivar allowed four runs in 1.2 IP, walking two. Michael Trausch struck out three and walked two in two scoreless innings.
Jay McQueen was 2 for 4 with a walk. Paulino Santana doubled and walked. Marco Argudin had a HBP and a stolen base before being lifted for a pinch hitter in the fourth. Dewar Tovar had a hit. Curley Martha had a hit. Yolfran Castillo and Pablo Guerrero each had a hit. Kolby Branch was 2 for 3 with a double and a walk.
Hickory box score
Hub City played a pair.
In Game One, Connor O'Hara, a 25 year old signed out of the Atlantic League earlier this year, made his first appearance in high-A, going five shutout innings, striking out seven and walking one.

#shutout #walk

Day 2 of the Little League Baseball World Series is here. Four more teams will open tournament play Thursday in Williamsport after Bayonne's walk-off win, South Korea's shutout victory and a U.S.-bracket extra-innings thriller highlighted opening day. Weather has impacted Thursday's schedule, with all four Little League World Series games moved later into the day.
Searching for LLWS games today, Little League World Series scores, today's schedule or the updated 2026 bracket? Here's everything fans need to know heading into Thursday's slate.
The Little League Baseball World Series continues Thursday with four opening-round games in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Weather pushed all four games later into the day.
Australia vs. Mexico, 3 p.m. ET
Great Lakes vs. Mountain, 3 p.m. ET

#league #games #Baseball #weather

We continue the countdown to the start of the Arizona Cardinals' regular season. Today, Thursday, August 20, is 24 days away from the Arizona Cardinals' regular-season opener on Sept. 13 on the road against the Los Angeles Chargers.
With 24 days until Week 1, let's look back at the 1924 season for the Cardinals.
In 1924, the Cardinals went 5-4-1, starting out 3-0. They had four shutout victories. They were also shut out twice and held under 10 points five times.
They averaged 9.0 points per game and allowed 6.7. They scored 10 total touchdowns.
Paddy Driscoll was a second-team All-Pro. He threw two touchdown passes and rushed for one. John Hurlburt rushed for two scores and caught a touchdown pass.

#cardinals #season #rushed

Frankie McCabe and Winston Weaver combined to twirl seven shutout innings, and Tacoma's SoundView Little League blanked Phenix City Youth Baseball (AL), 2-0, in its Little League World Series opener Wednesday afternoon in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
SoundView second baseman Kasen Workman's single to right field snapped a scoreless tie in the seventh, plating two runs on an Alabama error.
SoundView, the Northwest's representative in a 20-team field, remains in the winner's bracket and advances to Friday's matchup with the Southwest's Boerne (TX) Little League.
McCabe delivered five stellar frames, allowing one hit and four walks with five strikeouts. Weaver earned the win (2 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 3 K) and retired Alabama's seventh inning in order.
SoundView (WA) battles the Southwest (Boerne, TX) in Williamsport at 12 p.m. PT on Friday afternoon, televised on ESPN from Howard J. Lamade Stadium.

#weaver #boerne #seventh

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PA(WBRE/WYOU)-- The 79th Little League World Series tossed the first pitch out on Wednesday in Williamsport. Both Lamade Stadium, and Volunteer Stadium hosted a doubleheader as four games highlighted the first day of competition.
The Little League World Series Opening Day Ceremonies started the morning began with the parade of stars into the stadium. Followed by first pitch from MLB World Series Champion, and 10x All-Star Steve Garvey.
The first game of the day featured two teams from the international bracket. Latin America, and the Caribbean battled on Volunteer field, with the game ended on the final play and an outfield ***** ist. Latin American won 2-1 behind a stellar pitching effort from Clemente Sevilla Pichardo. Pichardo struck out twelve batters in 5.2 innings pitched. He also helped his cause at the plate, driving in one of the two Latin American runs. He capped his afternoon with the ***** ist on the final out o the day. Pichardo gunned down the Caribbean runner trying to score from right field to end the ballgame.
Game two of the day was a pitching duel between the Southeast Region, and the Northwest Region in the U.S. bracket. Kinley Rasmus shined for the Southeast champs. She struck out eight batters, matching Mo'ne Davis mark. The game went to extra innings tied 0-0. In the top of the seventh inning, Kasen Workman drove in the game winning runs for the Northwest team. Workman hit a single to right, getting past the outfielder and going to the wall. Winston Weaver picked up the win for the Northwest, tossing two innings of relief.
International play wrapped up with a 7-0 nothing win for the Asia-Pacific region winners over Canada. AP was lead by Ji Hwan Hong and Jae Hyun Maeng. Ji Hwan Hong hit a home run, while Jae Hyun Maeng drove in two with a double. Do Yoon Kim also had a pair of doubles for Asia-Pacific in the win. Four pitchers combined for AP in the six inning shutout of Canada.

#region

Things were incredibly easy for the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.
They rolled to a dominant 22-0 win over the Seattle Mariners in what ended up being a blowout that Major League Baseball hasn't seen in well over a century.
That matched the largest shutout win in MLB history since the start of the 1888 campaign, according to MLB's Sarah Langs. A 22-0 win has only been seen twice since then, first by the Pirates in 1975 and by Cleveland in 2004, though both of those were done on the road.
A larger home blowout dates back to 1885, when the Giants picked up a 24-0 win. The Philadelphia Quakers also grabbed a 24-0 win in 1887, but that was on the road, too.
The Brewers had 22 total hits in the win on Tuesday, and had built up a 13-0 lead through seven innings. They dropped five runs in both the fifth and sixth innings, thanks in part to home runs from Christian Yelich, David Hamilton and Jake Bauers.

#brewers #tuesday #blowout #things

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Struggling offense? What struggling offense?
The Brewers poured it on the Mariners tonight with 22 hits and 22 runs in a game that became a laugher late. But even discounting the nine runs that Milwaukee scored off of a position player, the offense showed real, positive signs against Mariners starter Bryce Miller and a series of ineffective relievers. On the other side of the ball, Kyle Harrison kept the Mariners off the board for five innings and the bullpen kept it going. What resulted was a historic night: the Brewers matched the largest margin of victory in a shutout in the last 126 years.
Brendan Donovan, the first batter against Harrison tonight, smacked a ball to the base of the wall in the right-field gap for a leadoff double. But Harrison locked in, and even with a wild pitch that advanced Donovan to third, Harrison got managed a scoreless inning with a strikeout, a ground ball to second with a drawn-in infield, and another strikeout. (William Contreras, unfortunately, burned a challenge on a 2-0 pitch with two outs that was almost three inches off the plate, putting Milwaukee behind the eight ball early in that respect.)
The Brewers got some good swings on Miller in the bottom of the first. Brice Turang, playing for the first time since last Wednesday, hit a solid line drive to left but it was caught by Randy Arozarena. Jackson Chourio nearly went yard; he hit one 102 mph and 402 feet to center, but Julio Rodríguez caught it on a leap at the wall. It wasn't quite a home run robbery, but it kind of looked like it on TV. Jake Bauers was next, and he ripped a double into the right-field corner, just barely beating out Victor Robles' throw at second. Three pitches later, William Contreras blooped a soft line drive just over shortstop. Bauers looked like dead meat at the plate—Arozarena's throw beat him by a mile—but when Raleigh put a tag on the sliding Bauers, the ball was knocked loose. Bauers hadn't touched the plate and didn't immediately catch that Raleigh didn't have the ball, but he realized in time to just beat the scrambling Mariner catcher back to home plate. Christian Yelich struck out to end the inning but the Brewers had an early lead.

#harrison #offense #miller

Rookie right-hander George Klassen is beginning to figure out how to succeed at the big-league level.
The 24-year-old may never have been touted as a top-100 prospect by either MLB Pipeline or Baseball America, but he was always regarded as an intriguing prospect for his electric stuff and shaky command. In his second stint in the big leagues this season, his command has tightened up, and he's showing the type of ceiling he has.
Klassen pitched the best start of his very young big-league career Tuesday night in Houston when he tossed seven shutout innings on only one hit in the Angels' 3-1 win over the Astros.
He needed only two pitches to dominate the Astros in this one. Klassen primarily used his fastball and slider, with the slider being the biggest weapon in his ******* nal.
It didn't matter if Klassen's slider was in the strike zone or not; it was unhittable. Hitters whiffed at his slider in 12 out of 20 swings and only hit one ball hard out of five ******* put in play.

#slider #only #astros #command

In the midst of a slump, especially at the plate, the Braves were hoping that Tyler Mahle could delicer another strong start to help the Braves tie up the series in Minneapolis.
There were 5 batted ****** over 100 MPH across both teams in the first inning, but two of the three against Mahle produced two runs, on a loud Jeffers double and a mammoth Bell homer. After that, Mahle generally struggled to miss bats, but didn't give up much loud contact and was extremely efficient, needing only 76 pitches to complete 6.2 innings, keeping the Twins at just the 2 runs with a little help from Dylan Dodd to strand a batter in the seventh. Only 3 strikeouts and 8 whiffs are well off of Mahle's previous two outings, but
The offense was characteristically quiet with very few baserunners until a Drake Baldwin homer broke the shutout in the sixth.
Harris and Albies singled with two outs in the frame as well, but the Braves were unable to tie up the game, as the Twins went to their bullpen. The offense had nothing going in the seventh or eighth and Dylan Dodd gave way to Didier Fuentes in the eighth with a runner on first. Didier left a couple of pitches over the heart of the plate and the Twins took them for a single and a double, tacking on a big two insurance runs for a 4-1 lead heading into the ninth. Michael Harris led off the ninth with a double, but the Braves were unable to do anything else in the inning.
This continues a string of games during which the offense has generally not been good enough. Other than Matt Olson, none of their hitters are performing particularly up to their standards at the moment and the team is just not playing well. They built quite a cushion early in the season, but this next stretch of games is one that could turn that around quickly if they don't step it up. Join us tomorrow at 1:40 PM ET, as the Braves look to salvage this series in the first of four consecutive day games.

#runs #double #games #dylan

CINCINNATI (AP) — Masyn Winn hit a home run and doubled twice and Kyle Leahy gave up three hits and struck out six in five innings as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on Tuesday night.
Riley O'Brien pitched the ninth for his 32nd save. It was the 12th time the Reds have been shut out this season and the Cardinals' ninth shutout win.
It's the first time Winn had two doubles in a game since July 28, 2025 against the Marlins.
Cardinals left fielder Joshua Báez went 0 for 3 with an RBI on a sacrifice fly. He's now 0 for 17 with seven strikeouts since his three-homer day at Wrigley Field on Saturday.
Leahy (10-4) threw 90 pitches. It was his 10th straight start allowing two earned runs or fewer.

#winn #ninth #since

SEATTLE (AP) — Rayan Elloumi and Thomas Müller scored second-half goals and goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka wasn't tested as the Vancouver Whitecaps handed the Seattle Sounders a club-record seventh straight defeat in MLS play with a 2-0 victory on Sunday night.
The Whitecaps (11-3-4) move to the top of the Western Conference with the win, two points ahead of the Houston Dynamo.
Elloumi took a pass from Emmanuuel Sabbi in the 77th minute and scored his first goal of the season for the lead. Sabbi's **** ist was his second.
Müller used Ryan Gauld's nifty **** ist on a free kick inside the box five minutes later to score his sixth goal for the final margin. Gauld subbed into the match in the 58th minute before collecting his first **** ist in his fourth appearance of the season.
Takaoka did not have to make a save in earning his seventh clean sheet. It was his 34th career shutout in 117 starts.

#second #seventh

The No. 6-ranked TCU soccer team opened its season with a thrilling road matchup against No. 22 Wisconsin on Thursday evening. With the match scoreless late in the first half, the Horned Frogs sent in a corner kick that the Badgers own-goaled. The goal, which came in the 79th minute, allowed TCU to edge out Wisconsin 1-0 and kick off the season with a 1-0 record. The Horned Frogs won the game despite not recording a single shot on goal and being outshot by the Badgers 13-2. Olivia Geller recorded six saves and the shutout for the Horned Frogs.
Wisconsin outpaced TCU 9-4 in corner kicks. Despite that, the Horned Frogs earned their first win over the Badgers in program history, as the team had been 0-2-1 over its previous three contests. The game marked the second time that TCU opened the season against a ranked opponent under coach Eric Bell. It was the first time under Bell that the Horned Frogs opened the season against a ranked opponent on the road. Four players (Kamdyn Fuller, Cameron Patton, Zoe Cuneio and Olivia Geller) were on the field for the full 90 minutes.

#season #opened

Hickory starter Jacob Johnson continued to have success, throwing three shutout innings while fanning a pair of batters. Johnson has now thrown seven innings over three starts for Hickory without allowing a run, after throwing 25.1 innings over eight appearances in the ACL with a 2.84 ERA.
Yolfran Castillo was 1 for 3 with a walk and his 50th stolen base of the season. Jay McQueen, Paulino Santana and Pablo Guerrero all had a hit apiece. Noah Franklin had a hit and a walk. Kaden Carpenter was 2 for 4 with a double and a stolen base.
Hickory box score
Moises Morales allowed two runs in three innings, walking one and strking out one. Andrew Susac threw two shutout innings, walking one and striking out two. Case Matter struck out two and walked two in a scoreless inning.
Marcos Torres was 2 for 4 with a double. Paxton Kling had a hit, a walk and a stolen base. Gleider Figuereo had a hit, a walk and a stolen base. Maxton Martin had a double. Chandler Pollard had a pair of hits.

#innings #stolen #three

Kudos to Doug Drabek, the former Cy Young winner and Arizona Diamondbacks' Triple-A Reno pitching coach, who has helped turn starter Brandon Pfaadt into one the best pitchers in the game.
Pfaadt lost his rotation job with the D-backs after three starts, was demoted to the bullpen, and was optioned to the Reno on June 3 with a 5.92 ERA.
Pfaadt spent 3 ½ weeks in the minors with Drabek, returned to the Diamondbacks on June 30, and has become the hottest pitcher on the planet, and has pitched 32 ⅔ consecutive innings without allowing an earned run, out-dueling Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Chris Sale in his last two starts.
Pfaadt has made nine starts since his return, and is 7-1 with a 1.15 ERA, yielding a .203 batting average. He became only the third pitcher in franchise history to pitch seven shutout innings in consecutive starts while yielding two or fewer hits after his latest gem Friday night in the D-backs' 2-0 victory over Atlanta.
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#pfaadt #diamondbacks #latest #backs

Jesse Minter notched his first win as the Baltimore Ravens' head coach on Saturday night, taking down the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 24-7.
"It was a great experience," Minter said after the game. "I want to give a ton of credit to our coaching staff."
Offensive coordinator Declan Doyle led his unit to 440 yards and 31 first downs, dominating with long drives throughout the game and putting up lopsided time-of-possession and play-count numbers. On the other side of the ball, Minter and defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver oversaw a near-shutout; the Eagles' only points came with 2:24 left in the game after averaging just 4.0 yards per play and going 0-for-9 on third down.
Special teams was the Ravens' shakiest area with second-year kicker Tyler Loop missing an early 49-yard field goal and rookie punter Ryan Eckley shanking his first pro attempt for just 31 yards. Both bounced back later in the game, but their performance did little to quell questions about the team's specialists.
Minter also gave a "major shout-out" to undrafted rookie quarterback Joe ****** nano, who completed 22 of his 28 passes for 224 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. Minter even downplayed the turnover, saying that he "liked the throw that he made" and crediting Eagles cornerback Kelee Ringo for making a great play.

#down

The Baltimore Ravens earned a 24-7 win in their 2026 preseason opener, securing a wire-to-wire victory in Jesse Minter's head coaching debut.
Here is the Baltimore Beatdown staff's reaction to the win:
A very encouraging start to Jesse Minter's debut season. The offense looked smooth and got the young skill guys active early while the defense completely shut down the Eagles offense. Ja'Kobi Lane, Elijah Sarratt, and Matthew Hibner showed flashes of their potential roles in Declan Doyle's offense. A few UDFA's made strong impressions, with Joe ***** nano being the standout. Looking forward to seeing more growth in the next two games. — Mark Myers
While you can never glean much from any preseason game, there was a lot to like for the Ravens against the Eagles. Multiple young players impressed, including rookies Vega Ioane, Ja'Kobi Lane, Elijah Sarratt, Mathew Hibner, and Joe ***** nano. The defense was suffocating and nearly pitched a shutout, which makes me even more excited to see what the starting unit can do in Week 1 under Jesse Minter. The only real wart on the night for me was the missed field goal by Tyler Loop. Loop is under extreme pressure in his second season after a missed field goal ended Baltimore's playoff hopes last season, and tonight's blunder will only give more life to criticism. — Dustin *****
The Jesse Minter era got off to a great start as the Ravens secured a comfortable preseason victory, something the franchise has done plenty of times over the years. Tyler Huntley performed well in starting action at quarterback and the Ravens received promising showings from their rookie offensive class. Elijah Sarratt, Matthew Hibner and Jakobi Lane led the team in receiving, while Adam Randall rushed for 46 yards with a touchdown. On defense, cornerback Keyon Martin helped boost his stock further with a starring performance. The defense as a whole was dominant, not allowing a score until late in the fourth quarter with the game out of reach. Here's hoping this sets the stage for more stalwart defensive outings for the 2026 season. — Frank Platko

#defense #sarratt #hibner

PITTSBURGH — Red Sox' designated hitter Masataka Yoshida suffered a strained left hamstring Saturday night and was forced to leave the team's game with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
After the game, a 4-0 shutout win over the Pirates, Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said the team was unsure of the severity of the injury, but added: "I think he's going to be down for some time."
Yoshida said he felt some pain as he approached second base. He said he had experienced a hamstring strain while playing in ****** an and required him to miss "about a month."
"I haven't done any testing so we'll figure it out," he said.
With Nick Sogard at first and one out in the top of the third inning, Yoshida, batting leadoff, pulled a double into the right field corner. But as Yoshida approached second base, he seemed to stutter step and slid into the bag awkwardly.

#second

Winning finish: Baylee DeSmit struck an 89th-minute free kick to lift Sporting Club Jacksonville women's soccer to a victorious Gainbridge Super League season opener, defeating host Fort Lauderdale United 1-0 on Aug. 15 at Amerant Bank Field.
Super strike: Sporting Jax (1-0-0), which narrowly outshot the hosts 7-6, received its chance after Fort Lauderdale's Shea Moyer fouled Andrea Fernandez barely outside the penalty area. DeSmit struck the ensuing free kick off the defensive wall and into the net.
Welcome to the club: Former Spokane Zephyr defender Ginger Fontenot made her first Sporting Jax start, playing 67 minutes at right wingback.
Quick free kicks: Sporting Jax newcomers Mya Swinton, Maci Teater and Melina Descary each received their club debuts off the bench in the second half. … Jamie Gerstenberg got the start in goal, recording two saves in the shutout. … Former Ponte Vedra High School defender Maggie Mace played all 90 minutes for Fort Lauderdale.
Up next: Sporting Jax plays its home opener at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, against Tampa Bay Sun FC at the University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium.

#sporting #fort #desmit #super

In his media day press conference on Friday, Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz revealed that a pair of Hawkeyes have suffered significant injuries.
Third-year defensive back Kyler Gerardy and SMU transfer receiver Lance Beeghley are both expected to miss significant time and maybe the entire 2026 season altogether.
"Injury-wise, overall, not too bad. We have two guys right now that may miss a big part of the season if not the entire season. Kyler Gerardy unfortunately was injured Wednesday and Lance Beeghley, a receiver, was hurt about a week ago. Those two guys, we'll see how that goes. Will know more as we move forward. Otherwise, we have some camp issues like every year. Nothing really noteworthy and to comment on," Ferentz said.
Iowa also announced on Friday that transfer safety Tyler Brown is dealing with a muscle strain.
Gerardy saw action in four games last season, logging 29 defensive snaps and five special teams snaps, per Pro Football Focus. The 6-foot, 199-pound defensive back recorded his first career solo tackle during Iowa's 37-0 shutout at Wisconsin last season.

#gerardy #defensive #kyler

Aug. 15—MITCHELL — A home shutout proved to be a good way for the Mitchell High School girls soccer team to start the season, as the Kernels dominated Huron for a 9-0 win on Friday afternoon at Joe Quintal Field.
Kernel senior Taryn Thomas finished with four goals and an ****** ist, as Mitchell scored six times in the first half to control the contest against the Tigers.
Thomas scored the first two goals of the game, including the first tally 62 seconds into the contest. Emilie Ellis and Bella Husmann each added goals to put the Kernels up 4-0 in the first 20 minutes of the contest and Thomas and Ellis each scored again in the final 10 minutes of the first half to set the intermission margin at 6-0.
Mitchell padded the lead in the second half, with a goal from Addi Hubbard and another from Katie Stahl. Thomas added fourth goal of the day with 27 minutes left, setting the final score at 9-0.
Malia Reitzel started in net for Mitchell and led the Kernels' defensive clean sheet. It was the sixth straight year that the Kernel girls have won their matchup with Huron via shutout.

#mitchell #contest #minutes

GREENSBORO – Wesleyan Christian shut out Southwest Guilford 7-0 in the Beyond Sports Fusion boys' soccer showcase Thursday at Bryan Park.
Ty Larson scored four goals, while Sam Souza, Luke Little and Finley Rosser each scored one for the Trojans. Anthony Penaloza, Kaleb Lambeth, Clyde Bryant, Rylan Moody and Kiser each had an ***** ist. Sam Lester earned the shutout in goal.
Both teams will play Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bryan Park. Wesleyan (1-0) will face Ragsdale, while the Cowboys (0-1) will take on Northwest Guilford.
HIGH POINT CENTRAL, GRIMSLEY
GREENSBORO – High Point Central lost 4-0 against Grimsley in the Beyond Sports Fusion boys' soccer showcase Thursday at Bryan Park.

#bryan #high

The answer is: Power hitting, sloppy opposing defense, and iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms.
The questions is, what are three things likely to produce runs Tuesday night?
The San Francisco Giants got four runs Tuesday night, which was enough to defeat the Houston Astros, 4-1, after 7 2/3 innings from a pair of magnificent Carsons. Winning a close game where the Giants ran the bases opportunistically and the other team committed a bunch of errors? That's some weird, wild stuff.
Carson Whisenhunt had a rough start, letting six of the first nine Astros he faced reach base. But he escaped and eventually earned his third win of the season after giving up just one run in 5.2 innings. Then Carson Seymour came through with two shutout innings of relief, yielding only a single to "Late Night" LaMonte Wade, Jr.
It was a different sort of game for the Giants, who continued their hard-luck ways Monday when Andrew Susac fouled a ball off leg and fractured his kneecap, which will keep him off the field and off his scooter for the foreseeable future. But Tuesday, the breaks started to go their way.

#carson #power

Charlotte Knights 8, Rochester Red Wings 6
The Knights (63-52) took the first game of the series in Rochester against the Red Wings (67-46), who have an overall record that leads the International League.
After a streak of three consecutive quality starts by Jonathan Cannon (only three runs on nine hits in 18 innings), the right-handed pitcher returned to earth against Rochester. This time, Cannon allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits in five frames. Despite that, the Knights only trailed by three when Cannon's outing was over. Charlotte scored its three early runs on a single by Michael Turner in the first, a single by Ryan Galanie in the second, and a productive ground out by Turner in the fifth. In the sixth, the Knights trimmed the deficit on a single by Andy Weber to drive in Joey Wiemer, who singled and stole second to open the inning.
The game's biggest hit took place in the seventh. Turner led off the seventh with a single, and Junior Pérez walked to put two on with no outs. Up to the plate stepped Tim Elko, who got a pitch to his liking that he did not miss. Elko blasted a three-run homer to put the Knights ahead, and they did not look back. That was the Knights' only extra-base hit of the game, but it was enough. The bullpen combined to pitch four shutout innings to secure the victory.
MVP
Tim Elko (1B): 1-for-4, HR, BB, 3 RBI
Runners-Up
Tyler Davis (RHRP): 2 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K
Michael Turner (C): 2-for-4, BB, 2 RBI
Ryan Galanie (DH): 2-for-5, RBI

#knights #turner #elko #charlotte

NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan McMahon and Trent Grisham each hit a two-run single in the seventh inning to send the New York Yankees past the slumping Seattle Mariners 4-1 on Tuesday night.
Ryan Weathers carried a one-hit shutout into the sixth and Luis García Jr. sparked the decisive rally with his second double of the night for New York, which leads the American League wild-card race.
Randy Arozarena homered in the sixth for the fading Mariners (56-64), who have lost five in a row and 14 of 19 to fall a season-worst eight games under .500. Seattle, which opened a nine-game trip against three teams currently in playoff position, has mustered only five runs during the losing streak and nine in the past seven games.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. sent García to third with a single in the seventh, and rookie Spencer Jones drew a one-out walk. McMahon gave the Yankees a 2-1 lead with a bases-loaded single off reliever Michael Rucker (0-4), and Grisham added his two-run single off Eduard Bazardo.
Tim Hill (4-2) replaced Weathers with a runner on in the sixth and retired all four batters he faced. Brent Headrick struck out two in a perfect eighth and David Bednar got three outs for his 27th save.

#york #yankees #Seattle #weathers

The most noteworthy deadline addition for the Red Sox is set to begin a new chapter in his career tonight as Adley Rutschman debuts for Boston north of the border.
The goods news for the Red Sox is Rutschman's hit exceptionally well against the Blue Jays in his career, both at Rogers Centre and in general. In this building, Rutschman's got a career .311 average and a .966 OPS in 137 plate appearances (best numbers in any ballpark with at least 50 career plate appearances); and against the Blue Jays all time, he's got a very similar .311 average and .961 OPS in 258 plate appearances (third best against any team with at least 40 plate appearances).
Oddly enough, the only two teams Rutschman's hit better against in his career than the Jays are the A's and the Pirates, who the Red Sox just played, and are about to play later this week. Classic baseball!
The bad news for the Red Sox though is they're on a three game losing streak and facing Dylan Cease, so all the success Rutschman's had against Toronto might not apply here. Then again, Rutschman's gone 2-6 with four walks against Cease in his career, so many he's arriving just in time to a lineup that was on the wrong side of a one-hit shutout against Cease the last time they faced him back on July 25th at Fenway.
Also of note going into tonight's game, Toronto's bullpen is gassed. Here's their usage in terms of innings pitched by day over the last week:

#appearances

The Pennsylvania Little League champions from West Chester are moving on to Friday's Mid-Atlantic Region Final in Bristol, CT, after Tuesday's 10-0 shutout of Washington D.C.'s Capitol Hill team.
Ryan Donnelly hurled the shutout for East Side of West Chester in a game that was halted after four innings for the 10-run rule.
Capitol Hill meets Delaware (Naamans Little League) in Thursday's elimination bracket with the winner earning a berth in Friday's ****** le tilt vs. Pennsylvania.
The ****** le game can be seen on ESPN with first pitch set for 3 p.m. Friday. The winner Friday advances to the Little League World Series in Williamsport.
International teams have won the majority of the Little League World Series ****** les in recent years, but two Bucks County teams hold the honor of keeping the crown in the United States. The 1955 Morrisville 12 year olds took the ****** le and five years later in 1960, Levittown duplicated the feat.

#little #hill #Friday #World

There was no hangover for the Diamondbacks after their low-scoring series victory over the Dodgers. Indeed, the offense nearly matched the entire output there, in just the first four outs. That provided a nice, soft landing for Michael Soroka, in his return from the injured list, as he threw 4.1 scoreless innings, before being removed for pitch count purposes. Zack Littell made his D-backs debut, and was awarded the win for his 4.2 innings of relief. Arizona simply took care of business tonight at Chase Field, and as a result remain tied with the Phillies for the second wild-card spot, since Philadelphia also won, in St. Louis.
Before this season, the Diamondbacks had hit only five first inning grand-slams in team history – that's over a span north of 4,400 opening frames. The last came more than fifteen years ago, in April 2011, when Stephen Drew took Ryan Dempster deep. But the team has now done it twice this year, with Nolan Arenado the man responsible on both occasions. Amusingly, he has a Rockies appeal to thank for it. With two outs, Gabriel Moreno hit a triple that rattled around in the right-field corner. It looked he then scored on a wild pitch, but Colorado appealed, saying it hit Marte. A review confirmed this, so Gabi was sent back and Ketel took first. But instead of getting out of the frame, Lars Nootbaar drew a walk, which allowed Arenado to come up with the bases loaded. Just like on May 18 against Robbie Ray, this then happened.
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Arizona put up another crooked number in the second inning. With one out, Ryan Waldschmidt singled, Geraldo Perdomo walked, and Corbin Carroll doubled home Waldschmidt for a 5-0 lead. A wild pitch added another run, and Marte drove in one more with a single. Through two innings, Arizona were 7-0 up, and they had made Colorado starter Gabriel Hughes throw 63 pitches. With Soroka having allowed one walk and no hits through two, it was a bit of a surprise that it was the D-backs starter who was the first to be replaced. Part of this was the Arizona offense taking a bit of a nap for the next few innings. Also, this was Soroka's first outing in the majors since June 19. He had only one rehab start, throwing 57 pitches for the Reno Aces.
Therefore, while it would have been nice to get him through five and qualify for the victory, a fairly long fourth inning (needing 22 pitches) put the dampers on that. After getting the first out in the fifth, Soroka threw an 8-pitch walk, and Torey Lovullo decided that was enough, at a total of 77 pitches. The final line: 4.1 shutout innings, on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts. Under normal circumstances, this might have been a bit of a problem. But new guy Zack Littell had been signed for exactly this, and had no pitch count limitation. He didn't make a great first impression, walking the first batter he faced on four pitches. However, he immediately dialed up a double-play to end the fifth. The DP was Arizona's friend tonight, with four being tu

The Colorado Rockies have had a few games in recent weeks where mistakes piled up and got the best of them. They have also had their fair share of games where the bats go cold and nothing comes together offensively. On top of that, they've had some games where starting pitching puts them in an insurmountable hole.
Tonight, all three of those were true.
Michael Soroka, coming back to the Arizona Diamondbacks' rotation after a stint on the injured list, kept the Rockies' bats at bay. They couldn't get much going when he was gone, either.
Gabriel Hughes struggled with his command tonight and what could have been a clean first inning turned quickly into a disaster thanks to an early grand slam.
Wild pitches, walks, fielding miscues, and a do-nothing offense were all the recipe for the wrong end of a very forgettable shutout to start this series.

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The 10-to-12-year-old all-stars from Camels Hump are searching for a berth into the championship game of the Little League Baseball New England Region Tournament.
The Vermont state champions face off against Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in the winner's bracket semifinals at 9 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10. The winner moves into the New England final scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 13. The loser will play an elimination semifinal game on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
Camels Hump opened regional play with a 1-0 victory over New Hampshire state champion Portsmouth behind Mickey Brown's two-hit shutout. Camels Hump is playing in its first New England regional.
Camels Hump seeks to become the first Vermont team in 25 years to reach the regional championship game.
Date: Monday, Aug. 10

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The Tigers didn't need eight runs in this one. Troy Melton spun another shutout performance, and great work from Kenley Jansen and Tyler Holton carried the day late. The Tigers broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the 10th inning with a clutch knock from Hao-Yu Lee, and Holton shut the door to wrap up a 7-9 road trip.
Right-hander Troy Melton has busied himself recently by staking a claim as the Tigers #1 starter. He came into this one looking to extend his scoreless innings run. Melton last allowed a run on July 23 against the Royals. He blanked the Orioles and the Mariners each for seven innings in his last two outings. He'd have some tough competition in Logan Webb.
The two starters really did lock up in an old fashioned pitchers duel. Spencer Torkelson singled in the second inning for the game's first hit, but he was stranded. Drew Gilbert smoked a triple off of Melton with two outs in the bottom of the second, but Melton got Daniel Susac to ground out to Colt Keith at third to turn them away.
In the bottom of the fourth, Melton finally got into some trouble as Willy Adames led off with a single. Melton struck out Osleivis Basabe, but Drew Gilbert lifted a relatively shallow fly ball to Zach McKinstry in right, and the versatile utilityman cut down Basabe at the plate to end the inning. That play really took the wind out of the Giants sails.
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