Leading off the April 15th card we have the Red Sox falling again to the A’s. This time by a score of 6-5. Marcus Semien goes 4 for 5 with an RBI in this one.
The Yankees get the best of the Rangers 4-2. Masahiro Tanaka pitches 7 1/3 giving up 2 runs and fanning 6. Joey Gallo brings a bottle of Kahlua to the game for his special sombrero.
Jonathan Schoop keeps up the power by stroking his 6th over the fence. That 3-run shot was more than enough to put the Tigers away 4-1. Casey Mize winning his first in the bigs.
The Cubs forgot to show up today. Their lone hit coming off the bat of Kyle Schwarber. John Means pitched the first 6 1/3 of this one as the O’s beat the Cubs 7-0.
The Twins put up two touchdowns and a field goal as the Blue Jays can only score a safety. Every Minnesota batter had at least 1 hit while Willians Astudillo was the lone Twin batter without an RBI. Jorge Polanco with 5 RBI on the day.
Tampa Bay scores 4 in the 9th, but it wasn’t enough to beat Houston. Tampa drops this one 7-6. Jose Martinez led off the 9th with a solo shot followed by Willy Adames’ 3-run blast, but the rally ended there.
The Royals walk off in the 10th as they beat the White Sox 5-4. Big news in this one was Luis Robert hitting his first career home run.
Mike Trout flexes his muscle in an Angels 6-3 victory over the Marlins. Trout goes 3 for 5 with his 5th bomb and 3 RBI.
The Reds beat up on the Giants 7-3. Akiyama and Freddy Galvis going yard in this one. Trevor Bauer improving to 2 and 0 on for the year.
The Braves take out the Mets by a score of 5-2. Ronald Acuna hits his 6th of the season and Kyle Wright pitches 6 1/3 giving up 2 unearned runs.
Keston Hiura goes 2 for 4 with his 6th home run as the Brewers beat the Phils 3-1. Adrian Houser picking up his second win.
The Pirates score 2 in the top of the 9th and Arizona couldn’t match it. This one ends 7-6. Bryan Reynolds helping out with his 3rd long ball.
Zach Davies pitches 7 1/3 giving up 2 with 8 K’s to move to 3 and 0 as the Padres beat the Rockies 3-2.
Joc Pederson is creeping up on the home run list. He knocks 2 more out today and drives in 4 as the Dodgers come out with a win 10-7 over the Cardinals.
That’s it for This Wednesday In Baseball! TWIB! TWIB Notes was always my favorite segment. Anyone else hearing Mel Allen’s voice right now? Time to go see if I can find some old episodes on YouTube.
Till next time.
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