Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reported late Wednesday night that according to a source, the New York Mets have signed outfielder Josh Reddick to a minor league deal. Reddick, a veteran outfielder from Savannah, Georgia has spent time with the Boston Red Sox (2009-2011), Oakland Athletics (2012-2015, 2016), Los Angeles Dodgers (2016), Houston Astros (2017-2020), and most recently the Arizona...
Houston Astros (O-2) at Washington Nationals (2-O) WORLD SERIES GAME 3: RHP ZACK GREINKE (0-2, 6.43) VS. RHP ANÍBAL SÁNCHEZ (1-0, 0.71) FRIDAY, OCT. 25, 2019 • NATIONALS PARK • WASHINGTON, D.C. The Nationals took a 2-0 series lead after trouncing the Astros, 11-3 on Wednesday night in Houston. Nats look to take a commanding 3-0 series lead as they host the first World Series game being played...
Washington Nationals (0-0) at Houston Astros (0-0) World Series Game 1 • Minute Maid Park RHP Max Scherzer (11-7, 2.92 ERA) vs RHP Gerrit Cole (20-5, 2.50 ERA) After the Nationals dominated the Cardinals in the NLCS, clinching a series sweep last Tuesday, Jose Altuve and the Astros walked off the Yankees on Saturday night to make it to the World Series for the second time in the last three...
The New York Mets end up ending the game with a 3-3 tie against the Houston Astros on Monday afternoon in West Palm Beach. Pitching Noah Syndergaard made his first spring start today against the Houston Astros. Noah pitched two clean innings, struck out two batters while giving up only two hits to George Springer and Josh Reddick. Drew Smith pitched one inning. He gave up two hits, no earned...
Squaring off on Sunday Night Baseball, Bartolo Colon and Justin Verlander were engaged in the best pitcher’s duel of the year so far. Verlander allowed just one run on a solo shot from Robinson Chirinos in the third inning. That would prove to be the only hit Verlander would allow through eight innings. He struck out 11 batters, but 44-year-old Colon was better. Colon took a perfect game...
The New York Mets get their second chance at a win on Friday as they travel to West Palm to play the Houston Astros at 6:05 p.m. with Robert Gsellman on the mound. Right-hander Gerrit Cole will get the start for the Astros. The game can be seen on MLB TV via the Astros feed if you have the subscription. Mets Lineup Brandon Nimmo, CF Yoenis Cespedes, LF Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B Todd Frazier, 3B...
When Justin Turner walloped a walk-off home run in the National League Divisional Series 29 years to the day of Kirk Gibson’s famous dinger it felt like a sign that the Dodgers were the team fated to hoist the Fall Classic Trophy. But Los Angeles was competing against a team from Houston whose destiny was etched in metal the moment their city was leveled by a devastating storm. Wednesday night,...
In a dire Game 6 of the World Series, what a difference a day of rest did for the Dodgers bullpen. Dave Roberts made the unpopular decision to pull his starter Rich Hill after 58 pitches, but this time it paid dividends as Los Angeles evened the series with a 3-1 victory over Houston for a winner take all seventh game. On a misty Halloween night with the heartbreaking extra inning loss hovering...
In a raucous Game 5 of the World Series, a walk in the park was good for a run. Seven batters given free passes crossed the plate in Houston’s dramatic 10th inning walk off win against the Dodgers to go up 3-2 heading back to Los Angeles. For the better part of five hours and 17 minutes, the camera captured a cavalcade of dejected opposing pitchers sitting in the dugout after squandering...
Houston starting pitchers are paying it forward this postseason with clutch multiple inning saves for their teammates who toed the rubber before them. Brad Peacock did it for Lance McCullers Friday night, and McCullers for his pal Charlie Morton in Game 7 of the ALCS. “The ovation I got when I was in the bullpen — I got chills,” McCullers said. “I’ll probably never...
One manager pulled his starter too soon, the other saw his perfect closer cough up the lead and the blue crew bullpen that banked a streak of 28 scoreless innings succumbed to an Astros’ team that’s not buying into the hoopla of the Dodgers destiny. Wednesday night at Chavez Ravine Houston’s stars staged a stunning comeback to beat Los Angeles 7-6 in an 11-inning slugfest that may go...
The Houston Astros advance to their first ever ALCS, as starting pitchers were the new relievers in the playoffs at Fenway Park Monday afternoon. It was a heartbreaking 5-4 loss for a Boston team all too familiar with a big comeback when on the brink of elimination. A day after David Price saved the Red Sox season with four scoreless innings, Chris Sale looked to mimic his pitching pal until...
