The Rays win a tense game thanks to a Yandy bomb and Mike Zunino being good.
Can’t win ‘em all, I suppose
Shane Bieber rebounded from his worst outing of the season and the Cleveland Indians erased a two-run deficit in the seventh to tie the game, but it was ultimately the Houston Astros who prevailed in extra innings, 4-3, thanks to a Tony Kemp walk-off home run.
Baseball continues
The big news about today’s game is that Kelvin Gutierrez will be making his big league debut, today. Gutierrez is the fifth such Royal to do so, this season. Chris Ellis made his debut as a Royal before being returned to the Cardinals organization.
The Blue Jays are the best team in baseball...against the A’s.
Hot take: Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. is the worst hitter in the Blue Jays lineup.
Okay, not really. But today, that was true.
The expected move cometh.
Down goes a short king. A tall drink of water emerges in his place. Using all 72 hours of their time allotted to activate a newly acquired player, the Mariners have...
That’s unfortunate.
The Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Jesse Winker started the season offensively just about as slow as is physically possible, a trait he shared in common with pretty much every other bat on the Cincinnati Reds not named Derek Dietrich.
The Indians are guaranteed a winning April. But wouldn’t it be better if it included just a bit more winning?
