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Heading into the 2020 season, Nate Pearson was primed to be the Blue Jays’ No. 2 starter behind Hyun-Jin Ryu. Pearson made his big league debut on July 29, 2020 against the Washington Nationals, striking out five batters over five innings of work.
It was his best start all season; he only made three more starts the rest of the year. An elbow injury sidelined him for a month until he returned in late September, when he appeared in one regular season game and the Blue Jays’ final game of the season in the postseason.
After the 24-year-old’s latest shoulder injury, it seems like 2021 is playing out similarly as 2020 for the right-handed fireballer.
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Last week, Logan Webb’s future in the Giants’ rotation appeared murky.
With Johnny Cueto nearing a return from the injured list, Webb was viewed as a candidate to be bumped from the rotation and return to the bullpen. But an injury to right-hander Aaron Sanchez gave Webb a second chance to stick as a starter.
Webb made the most of that opportunity on Tuesday afternoon, striking out a career-high 10 over six-plus innings to help the Giants complete a two-game sweep of the Rangers with a 4-2 win at Oracle Park.
Webb recovered from a shaky first inning to hold the Rangers to two runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks in the 92-pitch effort. The 24-year-old right-hander became the youngest Giants pitcher to deliver a double-digit-strikeout game since Madison Bumgarner on Sept. 19, 2013.
Giants hit 3 HRs, Gausman solid in win over Padres
Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt and Austin Slater homered and the San Francisco Giants kept rolling at home, beating the San Diego Padres 7-1 Saturday.
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SAN FRANCISCO Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt and Austin Slater homered and the San Francisco Giants kept rolling at home, beating the San Diego Padres 7-1 Saturday.
Kevin Gausman (3-0) permitted three hits and struck out seven in six smooth innings before San Francisco’s bullpen blanked the Padres for the final three innings.
Lightly regarded when the season began, the Giants (20-13) own the National League’s best record and a 2 1/2-game lead over second-place San Diego in the West. The Giants have thrived at home, posting a 12-3 record at Oracle Park.
Past and present collide as Blue Jays lose series opener to Astros
Yuli Gurriel went 4-for-4 with four RBI as the Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 in their series opener. | May 7, 2021, 11:45 PM
May 7, 2021, 11:45 PM
TORONTO – The last time Ross Stripling pitched at Minute Maid Park, the stakes were a little different. It was Game 5 of the 2017 World Series and Stripling, then a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was called in to pitch the bottom of the eighth inning with his team down three.
Stripling did his job that night, allowing a George Springer single before inducing a double-play ball from Alex Bregman, and the Dodgers would later tie it, but the Houston Astros eventually won 13-12 in extra innings.
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