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Brewers find another way to win as Mets drop sixth straight
William Contreras hit an insurance two-run homer immediately after his inning- ending flyout was negated by a pitch clock violation Saturday night for the host Milwaukee Brewers, who beat the skidding New York Mets 7-4. The Brewers rode the four-run seventh to their eighth win in as many games this month. Milwaukee has won 11 of its last 12 overall to improve its record to a baseball-best 72-44. Pete Alonso tied Darryl Strawberry atop the Mets franchise's all-time home run list by hitting the first of the team's three solo homers Saturday, but New York still lost its sixth straight game and for the 10th time in 11 games. Alonso's homer in the top of the second inning was his 26th of the season and the 252nd of his career. Sal Frelick hit into a game-tying RBI groundout off Ryne Stanek (2-6) in the seventh inning. Ryan Helsley relieved Stanek, and Isaac Collins delivered the two-out, go-ahead run-scoring single two batters later when his grounder skipped past Mets third baseman Ronny Mauricio. Helsley then committed a pitch clock violation on Contreras' flyout to right. Contreras followed with a 399-foot homer to left-center field. The rally made a winner of Jared Koenig (4-1), who tossed a hitless seventh. Abner Uribe struck out all three batters he faced in the eighth before Trevor Megill notched his 28th save with a one-hit ninth. Milwaukee starter Tobias Myers allowed three runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over 3 1/3 innings. Blake Perkins and Andrew Vaughn scored on a two-out error by Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor in the second, and Brice Turang hit a game-tying homer in the fourth. Starling Marte and Juan Soto also homered for the Mets while Cedric Mullins had an RBI single. Mets opener Reed Garrett tossed a perfect first inning in his first big league start before Frankie Montas gave up three runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts over three innings of bulk relief.
Hindustan Times
18 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Wrexham denied by Southampton late show on Championship return
Wrexham suffered an agonising 2-1 defeat to two late Southampton goals on their return to English football's second tier after 43 years, while Sheffield United were humbled 4-1 by Bristol City on Saturday. HT Image Backed by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, Wrexham have enjoyed a dream ascent from the National League to the Championship with three consecutive promotions. After another summer of heavy investment in the transfer market, the Welsh side looked set to make a flying start to their ambition to reach the Premier League. The visitors led 1-0 at half-time thanks to a Josh Windass penalty and could have been further in front as Windass also hit the bar. "I think when we reflect, it's a very proud day for the club playing at this level and there was a lot of positives for us," said Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson. "The new lads came in and have done really well but the existing players as well. I thought they were really good. "That gives us great heart for the season ahead." Southampton, relegated from the Premier League last season, were under the orders of Will Still for the first time and the former Lens coach had a telling hand to play in the turnaround. Still brought left-back Ryan Manning off the bench in the final quarter and the Ireland international secured a memorable three points for the Saints with a goal and assist. Manning's brilliant free-kick on 90 minutes levelled before he crossed for Jack Stephens to fire in the winner six minutes into added time. "It was crazy," said Still. "Good to show a bit of grit and determination. To bring the energy and place alive which probably helped us bundle the ball over the line is good." Ruben Selles' tenure as Blades boss got off to a nightmare start as Scott Twine's double and goals from Ross McCrorie and Anis Mehmeti gave Gerhard Struber a commanding win in his first match as Bristol City boss. Ryan Mason enjoyed a winning start as West Brom manager as Isaac Price's 15th minute goal secured a 1-0 win over Blackburn. Millwall shocked highly-fancied Norwich 2-1 at Carrow Road thanks to substitute Macaulay Langstaff's late winner. Dael Fry's first goal in more than three years ensured Rob Edwards' reign as Middlesbrough head coach got off to a winning start with a 1-0 victory over Swansea. Adrian Segecic scored on his debut to give Portsmouth a 1-0 win at Oxford. Stoke struck twice in stoppage time to beat Derby 3-1. Charlton also scored a winner in added time to beat Watford 1-0 on their return to the Championship. Coventry and Hull played out a 0-0 stalemate, while QPR and Preston shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Birmingham, bankrolled by an ownership group containing seven-time Super Bowl winning NFL quarterback Tom Brady, began their campaign with a 1-1 draw at home to Ipswich after conceding a controversial stoppage time penalty. kca/pi/pb
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Rangers' Eovaldi, one of MLB's top pitchers, not listed with league leaders and was an All-Star snub
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — One of baseball's best pitchers this season isn't even listed among the league leaders, and was left off the American League All-Star team. HT Image Nathan Eovaldi is 6-0 with a 0.47 ERA in six starts for the Texas Rangers since the beginning of July. The right-hander, coming off one-hit ball over eight innings in a 2-0 win over the New York Yankees, is 10-3 with a 1.38 ERA in 19 starts overall. 'I don't know what else I can say about him. I've run out of superlatives,' Texas manager Bruce Bochy said. 'This is one of the best runs I've seen from a pitcher. Believe me, I've enjoyed watching it.' And Bochy, also a former big league catcher, has seen a lot in 28 seasons as a manager while winning 2,231 regular-season games and four World Series titles. Eovaldi would qualify as MLB's official ERA leader, by more than a half-run better than the two All-Star starters, had he not missed most of June with elbow inflammation. Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes took an NL-best 2.02 ERA into his start Thursday night, when the wild card-chasing Rangers had only their second off day in three weeks since the All-Star break. The AL leader is reigning Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal at 2.18 for Detroit. 'It's just kind of been building off the previous outings,' Eovaldi said. 'I'm going out there trying to make sure that I'm mixing up my pitches, and trying to keep them off balance as much as I can.' Eovaldi's 111 innings pitched are five shy of qualifying as the league leader after 116 games for the Rangers — pitchers need one inning per team game. If the Rangers stick to their rotation, he could get to 120 innings in their 120th game Monday against Arizona with another complete game — he threw a four-hit shutout April 1 at Cincinnati in his second start this season. This is already his third consecutive 10-win season since joining his home state team, and last December signed a new $75 million, three-year contract through 2027. The 35-year-old Eovaldi and Hall of Fame strikeout king Nolan Ryan are the only big league players from Alvin, Texas. While Ryan was a flamethrower, Eovaldi has a mix of pitches: four-seam fastball, cutter, split-finger and curveball. 'He's probably using the mix even more than he has in the past. He's comfortable with any pitch of his four pitches, and with amazing command of all four,' Bochy said. 'He'll throw them in any count. He's got both sides covered, he's got up and down covered. He just works quadrants as well as any pitcher I've seen.' The Rangers, who still gave Eovaldi the $100,000 All-Star bonus that is in his contract, also have two-time National League Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom (10-4, 2.80) signed through at least 2027. After being Texas' only All-Star this year, deGrom has given up five runs in each of his last two starts — he allowed 30 runs combined his first 20 games. This is Eovaldi's sixth MLB team, and his 34 wins for the Rangers are his most for any of them. He joined them after five years in Boston, and was part of World Series titles in his first season with both organizations. Eovaldi has a 101-84 career record, and is 9-1 with a 3.05 ERA in 17 postseason games. 'Well, I think he's become this player long before Texas," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after Eovaldi's gem against them Tuesday. 'Great competitor, has great stuff, a really good arsenal and tremendous command. You got to earn everything against him.' All-Star slugger Aaron Judge's return from a 10-game absence due to an elbow issue came against Eovaldi. Judge was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts as the Yankees had just one baserunner in Eovaldi's second-longest outing of the season — Anthony Volpe on a hustling double in the third. 'Just uses all his pitches,' Judge said. 'Works all parts of the zone. Does a good job throwing strike-to-ball pitches. So you've really got to be disciplined when you're facing a guy like that.' ___ AP MLB:
