Not a great day for the home team



Not a great day for the home team

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30 May 2019 at 21:16
Atlanta Braves NewsTigers terrorize Toussaint while Florimon www.indiansfanproshop.com/authentic-b.j.-upton-jersey , Lugbauer homer in 7-6 lossTouki Toussaint got lit up allowing five runs in the first inning to the Tigers including a three-run home run by former Braves outfielder Dustin Peterson. Pedro Florimon and Drew Lugbauer homered for Atlanta in the loss. Mike Foltynewicz dealing with elbow sorenessMike Foltynewicz was scratched from his scheduled start on Friday due to soreness in his pitching elbow and won’t resume throwing until after he is examined by team doctors on Saturday. The Braves are reportedly not concerned about Foltynewicz’s condition yet.Braves’ revenue surges to $442M for 2018Liberty Media released its full-year financial results on Thursday which showed that the Braves revenue increased to $442 million in 2018. That is up 14.5 percent year over year and a huge 69 percent from their final season at Turner Field in 2016. The Braves’ Spring Training Template: 18 Easy StepsHere is your one stop shop for handling the ups and downs spring training brings year after year. MLB NewsPhillies To Sign Bryce HarperThe biggest news of the day and perhaps the entire offseason. The Bryce Harper saga finally ended on Thursday when he agreed to a record 13-year deal with the Philadelphia Phillies worth a reported $330 million. Harper’s deal with Phillies works well for both sides - Keith LawRosenthal: Harper got exactly what he wanted from the Phillies, but he’s also sacrificing something - Ken RosenthalBaseball’s owners, players making progress on rules changes; economic discussions still to comeThe Atheletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports that Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are making progress toward an agreement on a number of rule changes. There is also an understanding that the two sides will discuss some of the economic issues that are plaguing the game sometime after Opening Day. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For once, the Philadelphia Phillies relied on strong pitching to win a game.Rhys Hoskins hit a two-run homer , Zach Eflin threw seven sharp innings and the Phillies beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 Sunday.“This was an important game for the direction of our team,” Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said. “We proved we didn’t need to see a lot of pitches and score a lot of runs with our potent offense.”Eflin (2-0) allowed a leadoff homer to Max Kepler and five singles, striking out five.“It was nice to squeak out seven www.indiansfanproshop.com/authentic-b.j.-upton-jersey ,” Eflin said. “The action on my sinker and change-up were working. I didn’t have my best slider.”Jose Berrios (1-1) gave up only an infield hit before Hoskins connected. He had seven strikeouts in six innings.Bryce Harper was 0 for 2 with two walks and stole a base. Phillies left fielder Andrew McCutchen made a perfect one-hop throw to the plate to prevent Marwin Gonzalez from scoring on Ehire Adrianza’s single in the third.David Robertson got two outs in the eighth and Adam Morgan finished the inning. Hector Neris tossed a perfect ninth for his first save since last Sept. 18 against the Mets.“Hector was spectacular,” Kapler said.Neris was Philadelphia’s closer until he got demoted to the minors after struggling last season. He pitched well after returning to the majors and is part of a closer-by-committee bullpen.“I just come in and try to do my job whether it’s the ninth, eighth, sixth inning,” Neris said.Kepler gave the Twins a 1-0 lead when he drove a fastball into the seats in right-center for his first career leadoff homer. He went deep in each game of the series.Hoskins fouled off three straight 3-2 pitches in the sixth before launching his third homer into the flower bed just over the left-center field wall.“I missed a few pitches previously,” he said. “I was able to get barrel to the ball and got enough of it to get it out.”Berrios’ pitch was in a good spot, down and away.“Jose made a nice pitch Roberto Perez Jersey ,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “He’s a good hitter and he put it over the fence. Jose threw the ball really well.”After averaging 8.2 runs in their first six games, the Phillies have only scored four in the last two.SERIES WINThe Phillies took two of three to improve to 6-2. They are 2-0-1 in the first three series, their best start since 2011.CUTCH APPRECIATIONMcCutchen received a loud ovation after throwing a runner out. He got another one when he took advantage of Minnesota’s shift and went first to third on Harper’s groundout in the sixth.YARD WORKAfter hitting just one home run in the first five games, the Twins had six in the series.CRUZ HITSTwins designated hitter Nelson Cruz made his first appearance in the series as a pinch-hitter with two outs in the ninth.Cruz, who only played four games in right field for Seattle last year, struck out swinging at an 88 mph splitter.TRAINER’S ROOMTwins: RHP Matt Magill (right shoulder tendinitis) and LHP Gabriel Moya (left shoulder tendinitis) are throwing bullpen sessions in extended spring in Florida.Phillies: OF Roman Quinn (right oblique strain) was 3 for 3 with a homer in his second rehab game at Single-A Clearwater on Saturday.UP NEXTTwins: After a day off Monday, RHP Kyle Gibson (0-0 Eddie Robinson Jersey , 9.64 ERA) starts Tuesday night at New York in another interleague series. RHP Jacob deGrom (2-0, 0.00) takes the mound for the Mets.Phillies: RHP Vince Velasquez makes his first start this season in the opener of a three-game series against the Nationals on Monday night. RHP Anibal Sanchez (0-0, 9.00 ERA) goes for Washington.