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#1 Posted : Friday, October 26, 2018 2:35:26 PM(UTC)
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today:AILINGThe Yankees will see how shortstop Didi Gregorius is feeling http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-justin-morneau-jersey , a day after he bruised his left heel in a collision while beating out an infield hit. Gregorius was hurt when he tumbled over Toronto first baseman Kendrys Morales.Gregorius is batting .270 with 22 home runs and 74 RBIs, and has 48 extra-base hits this season.“It’s something that we’ll monitor over the next 24 hours, could potentially be a DL thing,” manager Aaron Boone said.CHECK HIMCubs pitcher Yu Darvish had another setback in his injury-interrupted year, increasing speculation he might be done for the season. Darvish lasted just one inning in his rehab start with Class A South Bend on Sunday.Darvish has been sidelined by triceps and elbow injuries, and shook his right arm as he left the field. The 32-year-old is 1-3 with a 4.95 ERA for Chicago and has made just eight starts since signing a $126 million, six-year contract.VICTORY LANEIndians ace Corey Kluber and Boston right-hander Rick Porcello start when Cleveland visits Fenway Park to begin a four-game matchup between AL division leaders. If either Kluber (15-6, 2.68 ERA) or Porcello (15-5, 4.04) get the victory, they would tie Washington’s Max Scherzer and the Yankees’ Luis Severino for the major league wins lead.REMEMBER ME?Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton plays at Marlins Park for the first time since Miami traded the 2017 NL MVP in December. Stanton played his first eight seasons with the Marlins, and led the majors with 59 home runs last year. Stanton has hit 32 this year for New York, giving him a career total of 299.“It’s going to be weird for sure walking in, going to the visitors’ side,” Stanton said. “But I am looking forward to it. It’s a big part of my life, my time down there. It will be a cool experience.”FIT FOR A KINGFelix Hernandez returns to Seattle’s rotation Kirby Puckett Jersey , a week after the only relief appearance of his career. The longtime Mariners ace (8-11, 5.62 ERA) was recently bumped to the bullpen after a series of shaky starts. He threw 5 2/3 innings of relief last Tuesday after James Paxton was forced to leave when he was hit in the pitching arm by a line drive. Hernandez will start in Paxton’s place when the M’s host Gerrit Cole (11-5, 2.71) and the Astros. CLEVELAND — Trevor Bauer will take the mound Friday night for the first time in more than a month as the Cleveland Indians host the Boston Red Sox in the first contest of a three-game series at Progressive Field.Both teams have clinched their respective divisions, but the game is still important for both, considering the starting pitchers: Bauer and Boston’s Chris Sale. They were leading candidates for the Cy Young Award when they went on the disabled list, almost simultaneously, six weeks ago.Bauer’s last start was Aug 11, when he was hit in the right leg and suffered a stress fracture of his fibula. Sale started the next day before being placed on the disabled list with left shoulder inflammation.Article continues below ...Friday night will be Sale’s third start since he was activated off the DL. Indians manager Terry Francona said Bauer will pitch “a couple” innings, and then be relieved by Shane Bieber. The Indians’ plan, if Bauer has no setbacks, is for him to start three of their 10 remaining games.“To give him a chance to start (in the postseason), we felt he needed to have three outings, and this was the way to do it,” Francona said.Bauer will pitch Friday, Tuesday and Sept. 30 http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-byron-buxton-jersey , the last game of the regular season.The hope is that Bauer will progress enough in the three starts so that he can be used as a starter in the postseason. If not, they haven’t ruled out using him as a reliever.“He gave himself a chance (to be a starter in the postseason),” Francona said, “by the way he attacked his rehab.”Prior to his injury, Bauer (12-6, 2.22 ERA) was having a career year. He hasn’t lost a game since June 29. In eight starts since he is 5-0 with a 1.72 ERA, while striking out 66 batters in 52 1/3 innings, and holding opposing hitters to a .199 batting average.In his last start, which he left after 6 1/3 innings after getting hit in the leg by a line drive off the bat of White Sox slugger Jose Abreu, Bauer gave up one run and two hits, with eight strikeouts and no walks.Friday will be Bauer’s first start against Boston this year. The last time he faced the Red Sox was a 13-6 win on Aug. 24, 2017, when he pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs and seven hits, with three walks and eight strikeouts.In two starts against Boston last year Ervin Santana Jersey , Bauer was 2-0 with a 5.25 ERA, having allowed seven runs and 14 hits, including four home runs, in 12 innings. In five career appearances (four starts) against Boston, Bauer is 2-2 with an 8.24 ERA.Sale has likewise struggled against Cleveland historically. In 29 career appearances (18 starts) against the Indians, he is 5-8 with a 4.78 ERA. The only team that has beaten Sale more times than the Indians is Kansas City, against whom Sale is 11-10.In 25 starts this year, the same number as Bauer, Sale is 12-4 with a 1.92 ERA. In two starts since coming off the DL Sale has pitched four scoreless innings on two hits, with three strikeouts and no walks.His last start against Cleveland was opposite Bauer on Aug. 24, 2017, when he pitched three innings, allowing seven runs and seven hits, with three strikeouts and three walks
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