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Jul 1, 2021 | 6:26 PM
Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Taylor Rogers (55) gets a cap and glove check for sticky substances by umpires after throwing against the Cincinnati Reds in a baseball game, Monday, June 21, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
By Ronald Blu
NEW YORK The major league batting average jumped to .246 in June amid a crackdown by the commissioner’s office on foreign substances utilized by pitchers, raising the season average to .239.
The season average is the lowest through June since it was .233 in 1968, the Elias Sports Bureau said Thursday. That was the last season before the pitcher’s mound was lowered.