Tyler Stephenson hit his first career grand slam in the first inning, Stuart Fairchild drove in two runs and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night to take the first two games of the three-game interleague series. Graham Ashcraft pitched into the sixth inning for the Reds, who were coming off a 7-1 win over the Angels on Friday night. The 26-year-old right-hander allowed all five Angels runs and five hits with four strikeouts and three walks.
Elly De La Cruz was front and center with a home run and three stolen bases in the 7-1 victory over the Angels in the series opener
Matt Moore recalled glancing up at a clubhouse television and seeing the words “Tommy John epidemic.” The 34-year-old Angels left-hander, who has been in the major leagues since 2011, was making the point that the current public discourse about pitching injuries is nothing new. “It's too case-by-case to say why each person has gotten hurt,” Moore said. The recent spike in significant injuries to prominent pitchers — Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Guardians, Spencer Strider of the Atlanta Braves and Gerrit Cole of the New York Yankees among them – prompted the Major League Baseball Players' Association to release a statement blaming the pitch timer for the injuries.
No | Player | P |
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31 | P | |
40 | P | |
47 | P | |
90 | P | |
67 | P | |
48 | P | |
53 | P | |
41 | P | |
66 | P | |
55 | P | |
65 | P | |
43 | P | |
63 | P | |
59 | P | |
24 | P | |
61 | P | |
54 | P | |
49 | P |
No | Player | P |
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14 | C | |
21 | C |
No | Player | P |
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13 | 2B | |
23 | 2B | |
9 | SS | |
6 | 3B | |
2 | 2B | |
22 | 1B | |
18 | 1B | |
38 | 2B |
No | Player | P |
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7 | RF | |
12 | RF | |
16 | CF | |
27 | CF | |
3 | LF |