A look at what’s happening around the majors Friday:
TEXAS STORY
Colorado shortstop Trevor Story gets to play a big league game near home for the first time when the Rockies open an interleague series Friday night at the
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standout rookie season. But Story, the 45th overall pick in the 2011 draft out
of Irving High, suffered a season-ending left thumb injury about two weeks
before that series. Another Texas native starts the opener for the Rockies in
right-hander Chad Bettis (4-1)
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series when he allowed five runs in five innings.
ACES UP
Two of the National League’s top pitchers this season will face off when the Chicago Cubs open a weekend series at the St. Louis Cardinals. Jon Lester (7-2)
takes the mound for the Cubs, who are coming off two straight losses at
Milwaukee, and the left-hander is fourth in the NL in ERA (2.22). Michael Wacha,
meanwhile, is 8-1 and seventh in the league with a 2.47 ERA – providing a
much-needed boost for a Cardinals team that’s 4-5 in its last nine games against
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BACK IN TOWN
Nathan Eovaldi (1-1) takes the ball for the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium, his fourth outing since becoming the 12th pitcher to start a major league game
following multiple Tommy John surgeries. Eovaldi pitched for the Yankees from
2015-16, going 14-3 for them in 2015, but has never faced New York. ”I wish I
would have been able to finish on a healthy note. Other than that, I really
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Jonathan Loaisiga comes up from Double-A Trenton to make his big league debut for the Yankees, starting in place of injured Masahiro Tanaka. The 23-year-old
Loaisiga, from Nicaragua, returned to the mound last year from Tommy John
surgery. ”Super excited. This is a great opportunity the Yankees are giving me,”
Loaisiga said through a translator. ”It’s been a tough road for me to get here
and now it’s about enjoying this moment.”
GIO WATCH
Gio Gonzalez (6-2
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Giants last week. The Washington Nationals left-hander will return to the mound
when he makes an interleague start against the Toronto Blue Jays.
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