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1959 The 1959 season was filled with extra-inning games for the White Sox, including SIX against Baltimore. There were also three true marathon games, of 17, 17, and 18 innings — ALL against the Orioles. This was the first one that went at least 17 innings. In this game, Earl Torgeson’s solo home run off of Jerry […]
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Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 6, Gwinnett Stripers (Braves) 4 Trey Gibson did well on the mound, and was supported by a solid showing from the lineup to get Norfolk it’s first win of June. Gibson delivered 6.1 innings, allowing two runs on four hits, a walk, and six strikeouts. It’s possible that his next start comes […]
On March 20, 1993, Octavio Dotel signed as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic at 19-years-old. Nearly a decade later, Mark Teahan was selected with the 39th pick of the MLB draft by the Oakland Athletics in 2002. On July 2nd, 2005, Abraham Almonte had recently turned 16 and signed with the […]
Good morning, baseball fans! As the San Francisco Giants were losing Tuesday night’s game, I predicted that the Colorado Rockies would win their game and push the Giants back into fifth place. And they did just that. Now, I’m writing this before Wednesday’s games, so things might change between now and the time this publishes […]
The current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between MLB and the Major League Player’s Association (MLBPA) that governs the business of the league as a whole is set to expire at the conclusion of the 2026 season. As always, this means that both sides have started angling to increase their slice of the pie that is […]
North Carolina hosts USC in a super regional pitting UNC's stellar run prevention against USC's suddenly piping-hot bats—and the Trojans' elite arms against a rock-steady UNC lineup.
With Nebraska’s ouster in both the Women’s College World Series and the Lincoln Regional for baseball, we have officially hit the summer-time blues. There is nothing really to report on other than speculation about this, that and the other thing involving everything. It’s really a time of year like Seinfeld, it’s reporting about nothing. I […]
Today’s Reflections There may be others than myself, but I was sure the Cubs were going to have to slaughter the ball to keep the game close while the A’s batters were aiming bombs out onto Waveland and Sheffield off of Jameson Taillon. This is a perfect example why I don’t gamble. As it turns […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers took a 7-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night. In the second inning of the game, Kyle Tucker hit a two-run home run into the Chase Field pool. That home run broke a 24-game homerless streak for Tucker. Tucker would finish the night going three for five with two […] The post Dodgers’ Kyle Tucker reacts to ending long HR drought in win vs. Diamondbacks appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Boston Red Sox avoided the worst-case scenario with one of MLB‘s best pitchers, Garrett Crochet. But that doesn’t mean the news was good. Crochet has been diagnosed with a low-grade lat strain after undergoing an MRI, giving Boston a…
Josh Norris previews his upcoming trip to the Arizona Complex League with a dozen players he's excited to see in person. The post 12 MLB Prospects We Can’t Wait To See In The 2026 Arizona Complex League appeared first on College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America .
Roughly months after losing her AEW TBS Championship to Willow Nightingale, Mercedes Moné is now back again in All Elite Wrestling. On Wednesday, during the Jun. 3, 2026 episode of AEW Dynamite, fans saw Moné make her comeback. “The CEO” appeared as the wildcard opponent for Alex Windsor. Following a closely fought match, Moné emerged […] The post Former AEW women’s champion returns to Dynamite after 5 months appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The month of May has only added more intrigue when it comes to the Yankees. With two full pages of the calendar behind us, the Bombers are still fighting to reclaim first place, with the Rays playing some good baseball to wrap up the spring. Regardless of any team success or struggle, another month in […]
The Seattle Mariners had a unique response to their 7-1 loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday.
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Nick Loftin chose a really good time to hit his first home run on the season. The Royals found their resilience to go with a few desperately needed bullpen answers Wednesday night at Great American Ball Park. Nick Loftin belted his first home run of the season in a three-run ninth as the Royals claimed […]
Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (30-29) GAME ONE: SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 6, SYRACUSE 3 / 7 (BOX) Syracuse surrendered three in the third and three in the seventh, which put them in a tough 6-0 hole for the bottom of the seventh (and final) inning. They scored three — two on a Ben Rortvedt home run and one on […]
What else is there to say about Cristopher Sánchez at this point? The streak may have ended at 50.2 innings, but he’s still the record holder for the longest streak as a left handed pitcher and is one of five pitchers ever to have a scoreless streak of at least 50 innings. We will likely […]
Hello, friends. The short-lived winning streak is over. The Orioles have a remarkable talent this year of really putting up a crushing loss right after putting something positive together for a few days. They’ve yet to win more than three games in a row this season. That will continue to be the case for at […]
We may not know every team that's going to be a buyer or seller yet, but with the calendar flipped to June, #TradeSZN is upon us.
The 2018 MLB draft was headlined by right-hander Casey Mize, but it was another Detroit Tigers selection who has developed into arguably the best pitcher in baseball as Tarik Skubal was a ninth-round pick.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 6-3 (7) and L, 2-13 (7) at Syracuse Mets Game 1: 2B George Lombard Jr. 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 KCF Spencer Jones 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 KSS Oswaldo Cabrera 0-3, 1 RBI, throwing errorDH Tyler Hardman 2-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R1B Seth Brown 3-3, 1 […]
On Tuesday night, the Pittsburgh Pirates took down the Houston Astros 10-6 on the road. Third baseman Nick Gonzales was a huge part of the Bucs offensive success against Houston. Gonzales went 3-4 with 3 hits and walked once. He has done a great job getting on base and producing in the middle of the […]
Hawk and Moss become two of 14 finalists for the top reliever in college baseball.