Knuckleball Pioneer Eri Yoshida Seeks Major Leagues
81-year-old Japanese knuckleball pitcher Eri Yoshida travels to upstate New York to play in the Empire League for two months while pursuing a dream of reaching the big leagues. She has pitched in Japan the United States and Canada and remains determined despite the era’s analytics and injury setbacks.
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California
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Tokyo
Beeks seals Rays’ win as Cubs nearly pull sweep
Jalen Beeks earned the save after entering with the bases loaded in the ninth, preserving a 4-3 Rays victory over the Cubs. Brandon Lowe and Jose Siri homered late, giving Tampa Bay the lead in the seventh and eighth innings, while starter Zach Eflin allowed three runs.
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Siri
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Pete Fairbanks
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Edwin Rios
Isaac Paredes
Patrick Wisdom
Zach Eflin
Seiya Suzuki
Eflin
Trey Mancini
Colin Poche
Mancini
Taylor Walls
Simi
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Manuel Margot
Trainer's Room
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Boston
Jameson Taillon
San Diego
Taillon
Quinn Harris
Tampa Bay Rays
Guardians’ power surge beats Orioles 12-8 with Naylor star
John Naylor homered and drove in six as Cleveland racked up 17 hits and 12 runs breaking a long homer drought. Josh Bell and Gabriel Arias also homered, Steven Kwan collected three hits, and Cleveland snapped a 264 at-bat homerless run in a 12-8 win over Baltimore.
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Cleveland
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Baltimore
St. Louis
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Aaron Hicks
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Santander
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Arias
Xtavion Curry
José Ramirez
Ken Keltner
Hicks
Reynolds drives Pirates past Giants with 3 RBIs and leaping catch
Bryan Reynolds drove in three and made a wall-leaping catch as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 9-4 to climb above .500. Andrew McCutchen and Connor Joe each went 3 for 4 with an RBI as Pittsburgh outhit San Francisco 14-12 and improved to 28-27 while the Giants fell to 28-28. Keller earned the win, Jackson debuting for the Giants with a silent seventh.
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Giants
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McCutchen
Rodolfo Castro
Ke’Bryan Hayes
Wilmer Flores
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