Alvarez hits 3-run HR vs Ray in 9th, Astros jolt M's in ALDS
Yordan Alvarez smashed a game-ending, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning off Robbie Ray, wrecking Seattleโs strategy of using a Cy Young Award winner in a rare relief role and vaulting the Houston Astros over the Mariners 8-7 in their playoff opener.
Astros' Neris, Baker suspended after flap with Mariners
Astros pitcher Hรฉctor Neris was suspended four games and Houston manager Dusty Baker was banned one game by Major League Baseball after both were ejected from a game against Seattle in which Neris plunked one hitter and nearly hit another in the head.
Reds, Braves set postseason record for scoring futility
(AP Photo/John Bazemore)ATLANTA โ The Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves are playing the longest scoreless game in postseason history. Wednesday's opening game of the NL wild-card series was the first in postseason history to be scoreless through 11 innings. The scoreless streak was extended through 12 innings. The teams combined for a postseason record 35 strikeouts through 12 innings, and every batter that has come to the plate has struck out at least once after the Reds' Nick Castellanos became strikeout victim No. For the postseason, baseball has set aside the new extra-innings rule it instituted for the pandemic-delayed regular season.
Think about just how disastrous the Eugenio Suarez trade was for the Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers traded Eugenio Suarez (left) and minor leaguer Jonathon Crawford to the Cincinnati Reds for Alfredo Simon (right) on Dec. 11, 2014. (Getty Images)DETROIT - Fans of the Detroit Tigers don't need more reasons to feel hopeless about the direction of the franchise, but the performance of one former player is pouring salt in the wounds. But one transaction that was indefensible from the very start -- trading prospect Eugenio Suarez to the Cincinnati Reds for Alfredo Simon -- has joined the growing pile of regret. Alfredo Simon #31 of the Detroit Tigers pitches in the first inning during the game against the New York Yankees at Comerica Park on April 20, 2015 in Detroit, Michigan. Suarez as a sluggerWhen he turned 25 years old, Suarez hit his stride.
Think about just how disastrous the Eugenio Suarez trade was for the Detroit Tigers
DETROIT Fans of the Detroit Tigers don't need more reasons to feel hopeless about the direction of the franchise, but the performance of one former player is pouring salt in the wounds. But one transaction that was indefensible from the very start -- trading prospect Eugenio Suarez to the Cincinnati Reds for Alfredo Simon -- has joined the growing pile of regret. Alfredo Simon #31 of the Detroit Tigers pitches in the first inning during the game against the New York Yankees at Comerica Park on April 20, 2015 in Detroit, Michigan. Suarez as a sluggerWhen he turned 25 years old, Suarez hit his stride. In 2017 and 2018 combined, Suarez hit 60 home runs, 47 doubles and drew 148 walks while posting an .860 OPS.