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Yu Darvish Has More 14-Strikeout Games Than the Rest of MLB
Leading baseball in strikeouts and strikeouts per inning, Yu Darvish is enjoying quite an exciting second season in Major League Baseball, having four 14 or more strikeout games so far this season, while the rest of MLB has only three.
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Gerrit Cole Picks His Nose and Eats What He Finds
Having a good rookie season doesn’t mean you can get away with everything, and Gerrit Cole of the Pittsburgh Pirates apparently forgot he was being watched. The pitcher, sitting in the dugout, decided to pick his nose on camera and then went on to eat the booger that he found.
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Max Scherzer Isn’t Stopping Anytime Soon (Tigers vs Blue Jays)
Beating the Toronto Blue Jays isn’t the most exciting piece of news these days, but when it comes with another fantastic performance on the mound for Max Scherzer, improving to 13-0 for the Detroit Tigers this season, there’s a little bit more to it.
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Bryce Harper & the Perfect Return (Brewers vs Nationals)
After missing over a month of Baseball, Bryce Harper is back, and he needed only one swing to put the Washington Nationals back on track, hitting a home run that set the stage for a 10-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Michael Cuddyer Hitting Streak Now at 27 (Giants vs Rockies)
While Michael Cuddyer extends his league-best hitting streak to 27, the Colorado Rockies aren’t exactly buoyed by his sudden excellence in hitting, losing for the fourth time in six games, dropping once again below .500 as the San Francisco Giants, enjoying some excellent pitching from Madison Bumgarner.
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New York Yankees – Alex Rodriguez Is Looking More Ridiculous By the Minute
In this day of age, twitter creates the news, and Alex Rodriguez, who is adding more haters to a very large camp, including some of those next to him on the New York Yankees, keeps taking shots from every possible direction, no matter what he does.
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A Rainy Sweep To Cleanse the Past (Rangers vs Cardinals)
The Texas Rangers haven’t played at Busch stadium since dropping the final two games of the 2011 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, but they didn’t seem daunted by the venue over the three game series, completing a three-game sweep thanks to a clutch hit from Ian Kinsler, bringing home Lenoys Martin and the 2-1 victory.
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Max Scherzer Can’t Stop Winning & Striking Out Batters (Red Sox vs Tigers)
The Max Scherzer mystery tour just won’t stop, as the Detroit Tigers enjoyed another great day from their undefeated starting pitcher, while Victor Martinez became the first player to hit a grand slam home run against the Boston Red Sox this season, en route to a 10-3 win.
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Chris Davis Can’t Stop Hitting Home Runs (Orioles vs Tigers)
As brutal as it was watching the Baltimore Orioles batter the Detroit Tigers and the team’s pitchers into the ground, while winning their second game in a row in this series, Chris Davis emerged as the current star of the 2013 baseball season with a two-home run game, looking like the hardest player to throw against at the moment in both leagues.
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Matt Harvey & Zack Wheeler are the Real Deal (Mets vs Braves)
The day began with Matt Harvey striking out 13 and carrying a no-hitter performance into the seventh inning; it continued with Zack Wheeler making his major league debut, making it an unforgettable one, as the New York Mets swept their doubleheader with the Atlanta Braves, and also got an optimistic look of what their rotation future might look like.