A look at what’s happening around baseball today:
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The Chicago Cubs might have further word on Yu Darvish after the Japanese ace said he felt soreness in his troubled triceps tendon following a minor league
rehab start. Darvish hasn’t pitched in the majors since May 20 because of right
triceps tendinitis. He threw five sharp innings for Class A South Bend on
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”In the triceps there’s likeliness to get more fatigue there, especially if there’s a long gap between innings,” he said through a translator. ”That’s when
I feel fatigue there. Not necessarily pain, but I can’t for sure say there is
nothing going on in the tricep zone.”
NIMMO NEEDED
The Mets take a seven-game skid into their game against Pittsburgh, but at least they may get their most productive hitter back. Brandon Nimmo has a sore
right pinkie after getting hit by a pitch Sunday, but an MRI showed no broken
bones and he is day to day. He didn’t start Monday but entered as a pinch-runner
in the eighth inning and stayed in the game to play left field. The Mets have
also lost 14 of 15 at home and are 13-25 at Citi Field this season.
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Aces Luis Severino and Jake Arrieta square off as the Yankees continue a series in Philadelphia. Severino (11-2, 2.24) has never faced the Phillies, and
Arrieta (5-5, 3.42) is 3-1
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Bank Park since beating the Phillies in the 2009 World Series. The Yankees
improved to 14-14 against the Phillies, leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers as the
only team they have a losing record (6-7) against in the regular season.
ON THE SKIDS
Carlos Martinez has lost three straight decisions entering a tough test against Corey Kluber and the Indians. Martinez (3-4, 3.24) hasn’t won since May
2, and St. Louis has dropped his past five starts, a span in which he has a 7.06
ERA. Kluber (11-3, 2.10) pitched seven innings of one-hit ball in a 12-0 victory
over the White Sox in his previous outing.
COLLEGES
Oregon State and Arkansas begin the College World Series, a day after the opener in their best-of-three matchup was rained out in Omaha. Luke Heimlich
(16-2) starts for Oregon State against the Razorbacks’ Blaine Knight (13-0).
A two-time Pac-12 pitcher of the year, Heimlich was not picked in this month’s Major League Baseball draft. He wasn’t with the team at last year’s
College World Series after it was revealed he had pleaded guilty to molesting a
young relative when he was 15. He served two years’ probation and went through a
treatment program, but later denied wrongdoing in interviews with Sports
Illustrated and The New York Times.
Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon said Saturday’s sweltering conditions at Wrigley Field were the worst he’s
experienced during a major league game.
The Minnesota Twins were in no position to disagree.
Minnesota’s Eddie Rosario
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14-9.
Rosario homered in the top of the fifth inning, then was pulled from left field shortly after fielding a hit by Anthony Rizzo in the bottom half. The Cubs
said it was 96 degrees at the time with a heat index of 107 – that’s a
calculation of how hot it actually feels, with the humidity factored in.
”That was a pretty brutal day,” Maddon said. ”If you put that on AstroTurf, that would have been like the worst ever.”
There was a short break in the sixth after Wilson drew a walk. A couple of cups of water were brought out for him to sip and douse himself to cool off.
Wilson eventually scored and was replaced at catcher after the inning ended with
the score tied at 9.
”I just couldn’t catch my breath,” he said. ”My heart was fluttering. I felt dizzy. Started getting a headache. Just couldn’t even hold a conversation in the
dugout.”
All three Twins players were treated with IVs.
Jason Heyward had four of the Cubs’ 20 hits, Ben Zobrist had three RBIs and Chicago had a pair of five-run innings. The Cubs rallied from 3-0 and 7-4
deficits and have scored at least 10 runs in three straight games for the first
time since April 2003.
Albert Almora Jr. had three hits and drove in two runs as the Cubs won their third in a row. He exited in the fifth after experiencing leg cramps related to
dehydration.
Joe Mauer had two hits and three RBIs for the Twins.
Plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt worked with a towel draped around his neck and frequently left the field between innings.
”It was just tough,” Minnesota manager Paul Molitor said. ”We couldn’t keep them off base. There were a lot of singles. They kept hitting them in the right
spot.”
Chicago broke open a tie game with a five-run seventh.
David Bote led off with a walk and Ian Happ doubled off reliever Trevor Hildenberger (1-2). It was Chicago’s 15th hit to that point – and first
extra-base hit despite the wind blowing out.
”Home runs are pretty cool
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After pinch-hitter Kyle Schwarber was intentionally walked to load the bases, Heyward hit a soft liner that just scooted over the head of shortstop Ehire
Adrianza – with the infield playing in – for an RBI single and a 10-9 lead Baez
hit a grounder up the middle, just out of Adrianza’s reach with the infield
playing in, for two more runs.
Justin Wilson (2-2) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.
STRONG DEBUT
Willians Astudillo, primarily a catcher in the minors, made his major league debut – replacing Rosario – and wound up playing center field for the Twins, his
first time at that spot as a pro. He hit an RBI single in his first at-bat.
”I just went out and had fun,” Astudillo said through a translator. ”It’s just great to be here.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Twins: CF Byron Buxton (fractured left big toe) has been on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester since June 19 and there’s no timetable for
when he’ll be activated from the DL. Buxton was hitting .206 with a homer and
four RBIs in nine games with Rochester before Saturday. If he continues to
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8.
Cubs: RHP Carl Edwards Jr. (right shoulder inflammation) threw 19 pitches and got two outs during a rehab outing with Triple-A Iowa on Friday. Maddon said the
reports were positive and that his ”velocity was normal.” Edwards is expected to
pitch again either Sunday or Monday.
UP NEXT
LHP Jon Lester (10-2, 2.18 ERA) opens the July schedule after winning all five of his June starts, compiling a 1.13 ERA during that stretch. RHP Lance
Lynn (5-6, 4.81) starts the finale of the three-game series for the
Twins.
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