EUGENIO SUAREZ

Ty France hit a two-run homer in the third inning, George Kirby pitched six solid innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 to open a doubleheader.

Astros pitcher Héctor 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.

Adam Frazier and the Seattle Mariners argued the first of this year’s delayed salary arbitration cases, with the second baseman/outfielder asking for a raise from $4.3 million to $8 million and the team arguing for $6.7 million.

Many familiar faces with impressive resumes are in new places following one of major league baseball’s wildest free agent frenzies.

Matthew Stafford and Justin Verlander aren't the only former Detroit athletes thriving. Here are 13 players who have left the city in the last decade and found greater success with other teams.

Joey Votto and Nick Castellanos combined to drive in nine runs to propel the Cincinnati Reds to a 13-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the make up of Wednesday’s rain out with fading hopes of a playoff entry.

Rookie Max Schrock went 5 for 5 with a home run while giving All-Star Joey Votto a break, leading fellow newcomer Vladimir Gutierrez and the Cincinnati Reds over the New York Mets 7-1.

(AP Photo/John Bazemore)ATLANTA – 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.

Twenty players who were once part of the Detroit Tigers system will play for 13 of the 16 teams participating in the 2020 MLB playoffs. Oakland Athletics pitcher Joakim Soria throws against the Minnesota Twins in a baseball game Friday, July 19, 2019, in Minneapolis. In 2020, he’s posted a career-low 3.32 ERA in 21 2/3 innings. Minnesota Twins catcher Alex Avila plays during a summer camp intrasquad baseball game Friday, July 16, 2020 in Minneapolis. Detroit Tigers' Trevor Rosenthal throws to the Texas Rangers in a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019.

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.

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.