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Rich Hill might be inspired to get out some aggressions Tuesd

in News 17.05.2019 04:36
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LOS ANGELES —ay and the Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander could unleash his venom on the New York Mets.It is not that Hill has anything against the Mets in particular Juan Samuel Jersey , they just happen to be the team in his way now after he took the loss on Thursday in the opener of a showdown series with the club’s National League West rival Arizona Diamondbacks.The Dodgers won three of four games in the previous series against the Diamondbacks to regain first place in the division. Hill’s day to pitch was the only one that did not go to plan.Article continues below ...Further inspiring Hill on Tuesday is the fact that the Dodgers fell out of first place with a 4-2 defeat to the Mets on Monday. The Dodgers now trail the Colorado Rockies in the National League West by a half game.The Dodgers still got a strong start from Alex Wood on Monday and Hill figures to follow the game plan of a fellow left-hander.“This past weekend against Arizona it felt like playoffs, like it’s time to go,” Wood said. “We’ve been playing well lately, and it was a tough one (Monday). Sometimes you have to tip your cap and come back tomorrow and get the (victory).”Standing in the way of both Hill and the Dodgers will be Mets starter Jason Vargas (5-8, 6.56 ERA), who has finally turned a corner after a season that had not met his standards.Vargas is 3-0 with a 1.99 ERA over his last four starts and appears to finally be at full strength after spending over a month on the disabled list with a calf strain. Vargas was supposed to start against the Dodgers in June, but he injured himself preparing for that start and hit the DL.At long last, Vargas is finally looking like the pitcher the Mets expected when they signed him to a two-year, $16 million deal in February. Before he went on the DL, he was 2-6 with an 8.60 ERA and a 1.83 WHIP in his first 37 2/3 innings.Finally having all his pitches in sync has not only made Vargas better on the mound, but he has also become the master of the obvious.“It’s a lot easier when you’re able to go at them with three pitches that you know you have command of and you have the ability to make the guys swing and miss with,” Vargas said. “Pitching well is definitely better than pitching bad.”Vargas has suddenly given the much-improved Mets an intimidating 1-2 punch with fellow starter Jacob deGrom, who gave up just one run and two hits over six innings Monday to help set up New York’s series-opening victory over the Dodgers.Hill (6-5, 3.59) has faced the Mets seven times in his career, with five of those as a starter. He is 1-2 against New York with a hefty 7.83 ERA over 23 innings.In four career starts against the Dodgers http://www.philliesfanproshop.com/authentic-pat-neshek-jersey , Vargas is 2-2 with a 4.39 ERA. He hasn’t faced them since 2013, though, giving up two runs over seven innings as a member of the Los Angeles Angels. ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Albert Pujols was humbled after he caught and passed Babe Ruth for fifth place on baseball’s career RBI chart.Yet even the Los Angeles Angels slugger’s 636th homer was no match for the Seattle Mariners’ latest power display.Pujols passed Ruth with an early RBI double and a late solo homer, but the Mariners added four more homers to their major league-leading total in a 6-5 victory over the Angels on Saturday night.Pujols tied Ruth when he drove in Andrelton Simmons in the third inning, and passed the Babe by hitting the third homer of his 19th big league season in the ninth. Pujols has 1,993 RBIs, surpassing Ruth’s total from the portion of his career after RBIs became an official statistic in 1920.“It’s pretty special,” Pujols said. “You’re talking about — if not the best, then one of the best — hitters to ever play this game. … It would have been even sweeter if we would have come out with a win, but unfortunately it didn’t happen.”The Angels couldn’t follow up Pujols’ one-out homer off Anthony Swarzak, who finished off his third save and Los Angeles’ sixth consecutive defeat after the Mariners’ power hitters staked them to an early lead.Mitch Haniger and Daniel Vogelbach homered in the first inning off Trevor Cahill (1-2) before Edwin Encarnacion and Domingo Santana connected later, giving the Mariners 53 homers already this season.“Cahill threw the ball really well against us back at our place,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “We’re seeing a lot of pitches and really making the pitchers work, and tonight we got to him.”Yusei Kikuchi earned his first major league win for the Mariners Robin Roberts Jersey , persevering through five innings of 10-hit ball with plenty of help from his homer-happy teammates.Kikuchi (1-1), who attended the same high school as injured Angels star Shohei Ohtani, finally won in his sixth start since joining Seattle in the offseason. His teammates doused him with a postgame beer shower to celebrate.“For him to get that first win, it’s huge for his confidence,” Dee Gordon said. “He’s pitched so well these last three or four games, and for him to come out tonight and lock in against a tough lineup, it’s pretty cool.”Gordon delivered a two-run single for his 1,000th career hit in the fourth inning for the Mariners, who improved to 11-1 on the road with their third straight win in Anaheim. Seattle has scored 97 runs in those 12 road games while winning nine in a row to match the third-longest road winning streak in team history.The Mariners already have the second-most homers in March and April in big league history, albeit with a head start from their March 20-21 series in Japan against Oakland and the March 28 start to the rest of the season. Only Mark McGwire’s 2000 St. Louis Cardinals hit more homers before May, pounding out 55 in just 25 games — but those Cardinals hit 53 in their first 24 games, the same number as these improbable Mariners.Seattle already set the franchise record for most homers in March and April by hitting four on Friday night, and promptly hit two more in the first inning.Haniger connected on the third pitch from Cahill for the fourth leadoff homer of his career. Encarnacion chased Cahill in the fifth with his sixth homer.Simmons had three hits, but the Angels couldn’t keep up with Seattle’s bats. Mike Trout went 0 for 4 with a walk and three strikeouts.ALBERT’S ADVANCERuth’s career began in 1914, but baseball’s official records don’t count his RBIs with the Boston Red Sox before 1920. Pujols also is closing in on Lou Gehrig (1 Tug McGraw Jersey ,994) and Barry Bonds (1,996) on the career RBI chart. Hank Aaron (2,297) and Alex Rodriguez (2,086) lead the list.CAHILL’S DINGERSCahill once was a difficult pitcher to take deep, but that has changed since he pulled on a Halos cap. He has served up eight homers this season, matching the total he allowed in 2018 with Oakland. “I feel like I’ve made maybe a handful of mistakes that they haven’t missed this year,” Cahill said. “I feel like I’ve actually thrown less bad pitches, but I’ve got hurt on them. That’s baseball.”TRAINER’S ROOMAngels: LHP Andrew Heaney is expected to throw a bullpen next week in his return from elbow inflammation. … LHP Tyler Skaggs threw off a mound for the first time since spraining his ankle last week.UP NEXTJaime Barria (1-1, 5.87 ERA) makes his first home start of the season after coming up from the minors Monday to take a loss in Texas. Seattle sends out Mike Leake (2-1, 3.86), who is coming off a hard-luck loss after throwing six innings of two-run ball Tuesday.

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