A look at what’s happening around the majors Thursday:
CLUTCH CITY
Alex Bregman is red-hot at the plate as the Astros travel to Tampa Bay for a four-game series, and he’s been especially good late in games. Bregman has
homered in three straight, including a game-ending two-run shot Wednesday to cap
Houston’s rally from five runs down against Toronto. That was the second
walk-off hit this month for Bregman Youth Josh Allen Jersey , who also had a game-ending single in Game 5 of last year’s World Series. Bregman is 9 for 17 with three homers and five doubles
since shaving his mustache midway through a game Sunday.
TAKE TWO
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw looks to sharpen his stuff against the Cubs in his second start since ending a DL stint for a lower back strain. Kershaw
stumbled through three innings against the Mets last Saturday after surprisingly
nixing a scheduled minor league rehab assignment, though Los Angeles beat New
York 8-3 that day behind stellar relief work from rookie Caleb Ferguson. The
21-year-old left-hander is set to follow Kershaw again against Chicago. Kershaw
acknowledged feeling some rust at Citi Field, when he was limited to 55 pitches.
He’s hoping to go deeper and pitch more effectively this time at Dodger
Stadium.
BOSIO FIRED
The Tigers fired pitching coach Chris Bosio on Wednesday Titans Game Jerseys , saying he made insensitive comments to another employee of the team. General manager Al Avila said Bosio made the comments
recently and they were brought to Avila’s attention Tuesday. Avila decided
Wednesday to terminate Bosio’s contract after the team investigated the
situation and spoke to all of the people involved. Detroit promoted bullpen
coach Rick Anderson to replace Bosio. Roving pitching instructor A.J. Sager will
be the team’s bullpen coach until Triple-A Toledo pitching coach Jeff Pico takes
his place next week. The Tigers are set to wrap a four-game series against
Oakland.
ANOTHER SHOT AT NOLA
The Nationals try to solve the Phillies’ Aaron Nola five days after the right-hander won a 5-3 decision in Washington. Nola (9-2, 2.58) allowed two
runs, four hits and three walks over six innings while striking out five in that
game. Nola is fifth in the NL in ERA Alex Wood Los Angeles Dodgers Jersey , and only Mets ace Jacob deGrom has allowed fewer home runs per nine innings than Nola (0.53) among qualified NL
starters.
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