LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Houston Astros placed starting pitcher Lance McCullers on the 10-day disabled list Sunday with right elbow discomfort
and activated right-handed reliever Roberto Osuna.Osuna was acquired from the
Toronto Blue Jays in a trade-deadline deal last week and is coming off a 75-day
MLB-imposed suspension for violation of the league’s domestic violence
policy.McCullers pitched four scoreless innings Saturday against the Dodgers but
left as he warmed up for the fifth inning.Astros manager A.J. Hinch said he will
take advantage of some upcoming days off and go with a four-man rotation through
the middle of August.McCullers returned to Houston on Sunday morning to get a
more detailed examination from team doctors.McCullers is 10-6 for the World
Series champion Astros with a 3.93 ERA in 22 starts. NEW YORK (AP) — Angel
Hernandez hit .250 in Game 3 of the AL Division Series. That’s a mediocre
batting average for a player and awful replay average for an umpire.Hernandez
was overruled on three of four video reviews of his decisions at first base
during Boston’s 16-1 rout of the New York Yankees on Monday night.“There were
several very close calls at first base tonight
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Baseball said in a statement.The Red Sox, Yankees and fans around the country
will see plenty of Hernandez on Tuesday night, when he’s scheduled to work the
plate in Game 4.The 57-year-old Hernandez was born in Havana, joined the major
league staff in 1993 and worked the World Series in 2002 and 2005. He sued MLB
in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati in July 2017, alleging race discrimination
and citing his lack of World Series assignments in the past decade and baseball
not promoting him to crew chief. The suit alleges MLB chief baseball officer Joe
Torre “has a history of animosity towards Hernandez stemming from Torre’s time
as manager of the New York Yankees.”MLB moved to dismiss the case, but U.S.
District Judge Michael Barrett transferred it to federal court in Manhattan in
Sept. 30 without ruling on the motion to dismiss.“Angel was horrible
http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-andrew-benintendi-jersey ,” Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez said on TBS’ postgame show. “Major League Baseball
needs to do something about Angel. It doesn’t matter how many times he sues
Major League Baseball. He’s as bad as there is. That’s the main reason we’re
sitting here so late.”Hernandez’s troubles started in the second inning, when
Didi Gregorius bunted with Giancarlo Stanton on first and the umpire ruled
Gregorius beat the throw from pitcher Nathan Eovaldi . The call was overturned,
giving New York a runner on second with one out. When Gleyber Torres hit a
three-hopper off the mound in the third with the Yankees trailing 3-0, shortstop
Xander Bogaerts gloved the ball, continued onto the second-base side of the dirt
and threw to first, when Hernandez signaled safe . That, too
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Series.New York trailed 10-0 in the fourth when Luke Voit hit a comebacker off
the bare hand of Eovaldi, and Hernandez signaled Voit beat the throw from second
baseman Brock Holt for an infield hit . That was upheld by the replay room
umpires.Stanton then singled to put runners at the corners, and Gregorius
grounded to Holt. The second baseman made a backhand flip to Bogaerts covering
second for a forceout, and Bogaerts threw to first
http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-mitch-moreland-jersey , where Hernandez signaled out for a double play . That led to Hernandez’s third
reversal.Expanded video review in the major leagues began in 2014.Hernandez has
had first-base calls overturned in 14 of 18 video reviews during the last three
regular seasons, according to Sports Info Solutions, and his 78 percent overturn
rate was above the 60 percent overall figure for first-base calls during that
span, the company said.“The guy’s had a long career and a good career. You know
he’s going to get it right,” Voit said. “It happens, man. I mean, so many
bang-bang plays consistently. You get it
Tony Conigliaro Jersey , and you just hope he makes the right calls.”Former Yankees catcher John Flaherty took issue with Hernandez on the
postgame broadcast of the Yankees’ YES Network.“I think back to the replay of
the Luke Voit play at first base, that Angel Hernandez actually got right. And
when he came back, next to Voit, he made a little comment to him and smiled a
little bit, almost like, you know, ‘I got one right
Rafael Devers Jersey ,'” Flaherty said. “It’s not that funny, Angel. These are playoff games. These are big deals. And replay bails him out — the play
eventually is going to be right. But you got to be thinking at first base, maybe
take a little more pride in what you’re doing.”
