The Yankees look like the Orioles
When the Yankees showed up at Camden Yards on Monday night, they had shown a hint that a turnaround was possible. New York opened the season 5-10, the franchise’s worst start since 1997. But after winning three of four games against the Cleveland Indians, the Baltimore Orioles dropped the Yankees back to last place in the American League East on Monday night.
Entering the season, New York was considered one of the World Series challengers, with starting pitcher Gerrit Cole and outfielders Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton as dominant stars. The Yankees still could be, but the pieces haven’t aligned yet. Entering Tuesday night, the Bronx Bombers held a .348 slugging percentage the worst in the league and led only the Detroit Tigers with an OPS of .650.
Tommy Pham exits Padres game with apparent leg injury
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Padres rally, edge Dodgers in 11 innings
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Padres rally from six-run deficit, beat Dodgers
Fernando Tatís Jr. scored on Eric Hosmer s sacrifice fly in the 11th inning, and the San Diego Padres rallied from a late six-run deficit for an 8-7 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night.
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LOS ANGELES Although the Padres and the Dodgers know it s only spring, every remarkable thing that happened in their seven games over the past 10 days proved this matchup was far more important than your average April baseball.
When a distinctly autumnal chill settled in Chavez Ravine while their seventh exhausting meeting stretched into extra innings Sunday night, both teams and their fans could be forgiven for thinking ahead to the bigger, colder nights possibly on the way.
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Tommy Pham came up limping after grounding out in the second inning of tonight’s Padres game in Los Angeles, per AJ Cassavell of MLB.com (via Twitter). Pham stopped running about halfway down the baseline, clearly uncomfortable. Pham’s reaction, while muted, also suggested that he knew something was off as he reached for his ankle. An Achilles injury is the fear, but the injury appears to be left calf tightness, per Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune (via Twitter). As for tonight,
Jorge Mateo took over in left for Pham. Elsewhere…
Johnny Cueto is likely to miss a third start before returning from the injured list, per Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (via Twitter). Cueto was placed on the injured list ten days ago with a grade 1 lat strain. The expectation at the time was that he would miss two starts, so it sounds like he’ll miss that target. That said, there was no indication that the injury was any more severe than origin