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Kuwait Times
4 days ago
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- Kuwait Times
Shohei Ohtani's 2 HRs lift Dodgers over Yanks in Series rematch
Carlos Correa's 10th-inning blast lifts Twins over Mariners LOS ANGELES: Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs, including one in a four-run sixth inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for an 8-5 victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Friday in a World Series rematch that resembled an October contest. Freddie Freeman added an RBI double in the sixth, Andy Pages hit a game-tying single and Michael Conforto walked with the bases loaded for the go-ahead score. Pages finished with two hits and three RBIs. Freeman had three hits, while Ohtani now has five home runs in his past five games, with three of those coming as he led off the first inning. Two of them, including a blast Friday, came on the opposition's first pitch of the game. Aaron Judge hit a first-inning home run for the Yankees, whose five-game winning streak ended. Austin Wells, Trent Grisham and Paul Goldschmidt also hit home runs for New York. Yankees starter Max Fried (7-1) permitted a season-high six earned runs on eight hits in five-plus innings while losing for the first time in 12 starts this year. He fanned three without issuing a walk. Dodgers starter Tony Gonsolin (3-1) prevailed despite allowing five runs on six hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked three. Alex Vesia earned his second save with a scoreless ninth inning. Ohtani hit his 21st and 22nd home run to increase his major-league-leading total, while Judge now has 19. The first-inning blasts were the first time in major league history a pair of reigning MVPs hit homers in the opening inning of the same game. The Yankees broke the 1-1 tie in a three-run second inning when Wells hit his ninth homer of the season and Grisham added his 13th, a two-run shot. The Dodgers pulled within 4-2 in the bottom of the second on an RBI groundout from Enrique Hernandez. New York made it 5-2 in the third inning on Goldschmidt's sixth homer of the season. Ohtani's second home run of the game came in the sixth, a towering shot that just cleared the right-field wall. Freeman, Pages and Conforto all added RBIs in an inning that looked similar to Los Angeles' five-run rally in the fifth inning of the clinching Game 5 of the World Series. The Dodgers made it 8-5 in the seventh on a two-run single from Pages. Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts was a late scratch due to a toe injury. Twins beat Mariners In Seattle, Carlos Correa homered leading off the 10th inning as the Minnesota Twins pulled off an improbable comeback to defeat the host Seattle Mariners 12-6 on Friday. Willi Castro hit two homers and Trevor Larnach also went deep for the Twins, who rallied from a four-run deficit. Seattle's Cal Raleigh hit two homers to become the first catcher in major league history to hit 20 by the end of May. He ended the night with 21 on the year. Teammate Randy Arozarena also homered. Correa hit the first pitch of the 10th from reliever Casey Legumina (4-3) over the wall in left-center field to also score automatic runner DaShawn Keirsey Jr. The Twins then loaded the bases with two outs and got a two-run single from Byron Buxton and a two-run double from Larnach to pull away. Twins closer Jhoan Duran (4-1) pitched one scoreless inning for the victory. Minnesota scored three runs with two outs in the ninth off Mariners closer Andres Munoz to tie it at 6-6. They were the first earned runs this season allowed by Munoz, who leads the AL with 17 saves. Former Mariner Ty France led off the ninth with a single to right. After Munoz struck out the next two batters, Castro hit a two-run shot to right to pull the Twins within 6-5. Buxton, who was making his return from the injured list (concussion), grounded a single to left, stole second and scored on Larnach's single to center to tie it. Raleigh broke a tie with the New York Yankees' Aaron Judge for the AL lead in homers with a three-run shot, his 20th of the season, off Twins right-hander Zebby Matthews in the first. Matthews graduated from the same school as Raleigh - Smoky Mountain High in Sylva, NC. Raleigh added a two-run shot in the eighth, his 21st, off Twins reliever Cole Sands, who was his teammate at Florida State. Seattle scored four times in the first inning. J.P. Crawford led off with an infield hit and Jorge Polanco lined a single to right. With one out, Raleigh hit a ball just inside the right field foul pole. Arozarena followed with a blast into the Twins' bullpen in left-center field. Larnach led off the fourth with a homer to right. Ryan Jeffers followed with a double to left, took third on a flyout and scored on Brooks Lee's grounder to second as the Twins halved their deficit. Castro went deep to right-center with two outs in the seventh to make it 4-3. Raleigh curled another homer around the right field foul pole in the eighth after Julio Rodriguez singled with two outs. Matthews settled down after the first and went seven innings. He gave up four runs on six hits with one walk and seven strikeouts. Mariners starter Bryan Woo went 6 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on six hits with one walk and three strikeouts. — Reuters
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Dodgers Dave Roberts Updates Andy Pages Playing Time Status
It has not gone under the radar that the Los Angeles Dodgers have had to endure various injuries to start this season. However, due to so many moving parts in the infield and outfield, other players have had the opportunity to make a name for themselves. A great example of this is Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages. After a slow start to the season, some questioned whether he would even remain part of the team for much longer. Advertisement With a couple of key injuries, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts continued giving Pages chances, considering they needed him to patrol center field while Tommy Edman was dealing with an ankle injury. Roberts clarified yesterday that Pages is "an everyday player" and that even with Teoscar Hernández returning from the injured list, that won't take away at-bats from Pages. Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages (44) takes live batting practice during spring training workouts at Camelback Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The 24-year-old outfielder has put together a solid campaign to start this season and has been a big reason the Dodgers have been able to continue their success despite key injuries. Pages 2.2 WAR in 2025 ranks third on the team, just behind Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani. A big reason for that is a couple of stellar plays on defense and timely hitting. Advertisement He's hitting .280 with nine home runs and a .494 slugging percentage in 164 at-bats. Pages has played almost every day for the entirety of the season to this point, and Roberts made it clear that he is here to stay. After the Dodgers optioned James Outman, it has become apparent that Pages is the center field option for the future. Related: Dodgers Make Teoscar Hernandez Announcement Before Diamondbacks Series
Yahoo
20-05-2025
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Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts Makes Andy Pages Announcement
The defending-champion Los Angeles Dodgers (29-19) are presently in a rut, having dropped a season-high four consecutive contests. After being swept at home in the Freeway Series over the weekend, the Dodgers re-called slugging outfielder Teoscar Hernandez back to the big leagues. Naturally, the move jettisoned James Outman in lieu of Andy Pages. Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages celebrates after hitting a three-run home run at Dodger Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Pages — who is shining behind a .827 OPS over 44 games in 2025 — is not going anywhere under the current plans, but Dodger fans and others noticed his absence on Monday night versus the Arizona Diamondbacks. Advertisement In Monday's series opener at Dodger Stadium, Pages was given the evening off. From left to right, Los Angeles started Michael Conforto, Hyeseong Kim and the aforementioned Hernandez in the outfield. Still, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was sure to voice support for Pages after the loss. Following the game in LA, Roberts expressed to the Dodgers beat that Pages, 24, is "an everyday player" who will need time to rest here and there. Given Los Angeles' many multi-positional athletes like Kim, Tommy Edman and Mookie Betts, Pages will still see significant time in either left or center field. Entering May 20, Pages' 2.2 WAR ranks second best on the team this year, trailing only Shohei Ohtani (2.7 WAR). The Cuban outfielder is also tied for second on the Dodgers in home runs (9) and third in hits (46). Advertisement In just his second MLB campaign, Pages has proven his productivity all around the diamond. He's even done well to cut down his strikeouts, going from 24.4 K% in 2024 to 23.2%. Related: Angels Predicted to Trade All-Star Pitcher to Rival Dodgers Pages is undoubtedly one of the best three options in the outfield for Los Angeles right now, and that's of course considering Hernandez' recent return. For reference, Conforto is slashing just .168/.304/.273. Tuesday's game at Chavez Ravine between the Dodgers and D-backs is scheduled for 10:10 p.m. ET. Probable pitchers are Ryne Nelson and Yoshinobu Yamamoto—expect to see Pages out there.
New York Times
08-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Andy Pages embraces his ‘superpower' thanks to mentors like Raúl Ibañez
MIAMI — Andy Pages' season was about to slide out from under him before it really began. Or so he thought. The Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder won the starting center-field job but had been worrying about his standing with the big-league club for months. Then, he struggled enough that the organization spurred a series of conversations with the 24-year-old who flashed as a rookie for the World Series champions. Advertisement In the weeks since, Pages has surged. He's hitting .279 with an .827 OPS, moving from the fringes of the roster to an integral piece of the Dodgers' star-laden lineup. Pages credited the voices that helped him along the way, including former All-Star outfielder Raúl Ibañez, who returned to the organization last January as vice president of baseball development and special products. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts urged Pages to stop thinking and trust himself. For much of the opening weeks of the season, Pages said he got too passive. He wasn't used to hitting in the bottom of the order, and with reigning National League MVP Shohei Ohtani hitting in front of him, he felt he had to take pitches and work counts to get on base. Roberts encouraged Pages to be who he's always been, trusting that the slugger, who put up eye-popping power numbers throughout the minors and managed to return from labrum surgery in 2023 with virtually no drop-off in production, was good enough. 'Hitting is not hard for him,' Roberts said. 'It's his superpower.' Next, Pages met with president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, who echoed the organization's faith in him. The Dodgers did not add a center fielder this winter, allowing Pages and Korean signee Hyeseong Kim to essentially battle for the at-bats Tommy Edman wouldn't take between second base and center field. Kim's swing overhaul led the Dodgers to start him in the minors. Pages, despite feeling good about his swing, started the season in a 4-for-34 rut. That, paired with a series of defensive and base-running lapses, led Roberts to sit Pages for a game during the Dodgers' opening trip. 'Andy's a really talented player,' Friedman said. 'The path for a young player finding his footing in Major League Baseball is not always linear. He's had some ups and downs. But everyone's belief in him and what he's capable of never wavered.' Advertisement Through it all, Pages has leaned on Teoscar Hernández. He and the two-time All-Star have what Roberts has called a 'little brother, big brother' relationship, with the two retreating to the club's hitting lab in spring training for hours after games to continue refining their swings. Hernández's reinforcement was frequent. 'It was thinking too much, trying everything he's trying to do in the cage, trying to do it here in the game,' Hernández said of Pages' early struggles. 'That's not going to work. But he's learning that routines and everything he does in the cage, the preparation for the game, you come here and react, not overthink it.' Perhaps the biggest influence arrived in winter. Ibañez became a frequent confidant. Ibañez's role with the organization allows him flexibility, and he's frequently consulted by the team's hitting staff when it comes to certain players on the roster. 'Raúl is invaluable,' hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc said. 'You can't explain how much he helps.' '(He) comes in and is just a good resource to reiterate anything that we want to say to him or get through to him,' the Dodgers' other hitting coach, Aaron Bates, said. Ibañez downplayed his role with Pages, citing the work Van Scoyoc and Bates have put in with the young outfielder. The Dodgers made tweaks to Pages' swing in recent weeks. They'd noticed that in addition to falling behind often in counts, Pages struggled to catch up to fastballs. So they opened up his shoulders slightly at the plate and reduced how much the barrel of his bat wrapped around his head before he loaded up to swing. That 'freed him up,' Bates said, allowing him to take a more direct path to the baseball. But Pages said the changes have been more mental than anything with his swing. Bates described Pages' time with Hernández and Ibañez as 'a mentorship.' Advertisement Pages said Ibañez has helped him 'a lot,' echoing the positive reinforcement as he looked to make his mark. 'He's told me that there are times where everything is good with the swing and the hits don't fall,' Pages said in Spanish. 'So most players, when that happens, they try to change something, and that never works. He's always telling me to have confidence in the work I'm doing because the hits will fall. The moment will be there, and I'm seeing the results now.' It comes at a good time. Since Roberts first sat Pages against the Washington Nationals on April 7, he has proceeded to hit .337 with a 1.002 OPS over the ensuing month's worth of games. His defensive metrics have graded out positively in center field, according to Statcast's Outs Above Average. Hernández is expected to miss at least two weeks with a Grade 1 left adductor strain. Edman is already on the injured list with a right ankle issue. Pages has emerged as a complementary piece for a Dodgers team that has found its footing offensively, trailing only the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees with 5.36 runs per game entering Wednesday. This is the version of Pages the Dodgers have always hoped they could get. 'It was helpful to him to hear from so many different people in the organization just how much we believe in him, for him to exhale and go out and have fun playing the game,' Friedman said. 'He's a really gifted natural hitter. There aren't a ton of those guys on planet Earth.' (Top photo of Andy Pages: Megan Briggs / Getty Images)
Yahoo
05-05-2025
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Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Andy Pages is suddenly unstoppable
Just in case you have a fantasy baseball team with needs to address, we're pleased to offer a list of under-rostered players for your consideration. Let's patch up those damaged squads, people. Ten days ago, Pages was barely clinging to his job, hitting just .159/.274/.270 for the season. From that point forward, he's basically been the best hitter in baseball — possibly ever. Pages has simply been blisteringly hot over his last eight games, going 18-for-33 with four homers, seven extra-base hits, nine RBI and three steals. He managed to raise his season batting average to .292 during the binge. On Wednesday, he was hitting fifth in the Dodgers batting order. It should go without saying that no player — not prime Barry Bonds, not Ted Williams — could possibly sustain the level of elite play we've seen from Pages over the last week and a half. He's certainly solidified his everyday role for L.A., however. Pages showcased significant power in the minors and he obliterated Triple-A pitching last season (.356/.421/.663), so there's a lot to like in his profile. Goodman is the regular cleanup hitter for Colorado, which is something we used to find appealing in fantasy back in the day. He's homered five times already this season, he's scored 16 runs and he's getting on base at a respectable .355 clip. Goodman is a fixture in the lineup for the Rockies, serving as the designated hitter when he isn't behind the plate. In fantasy, a catcher who never takes a day off is pretty much a cheat code. Goodman homered 34 times in the minors in 2023 and 36 times the year before, so his power is legit. Add him wherever you can use a top-eight fantasy backstop. Scott has swiped 10 bags in as many attempts so far this year — hardly a surprise, since this man stole an outrageous 94 bases in the minors just two seasons ago. Also not surprising: Scott possesses 99th percentile sprint speed. The race to lead the N.L. in stolen bases this season is gonna be fun, and Scott is very much in the thick of it. He's an obvious fantasy asset, a player who belongs on someone's roster in nearly every league. Scott is hitting a respectable .271 at the moment with 14 runs scored, so it's not as if he's a complete liability outside his key category. Shaw was understandably mass-dropped when he was demoted to Triple-A for additional seasoning. Let's just please note that he's a lock to return to the big league roster at some point and he's been feasting recently at Iowa. He's gone 10-for-19 over his last four games with one homer, three doubles and only one strikeout. [Smarter waivers, better trades, optimized lineups — Yahoo Fantasy Plus unlocks it all] We'll remind you that Shaw is only 23 years old and he's coming off a monster season in the high minors. Last year, he hit .284/.379/.488 with 21 homers and 31 steals across two levels. He remains the best option for the Cubs at third in the current season and beyond. Expect a return to the big leagues before too long. If you happen to have an unoccupied NA spot on your fantasy roster … well, that's poor management by you. Scoop up Shaw today. If you've ever found yourself chasing after K-rate in a fantasy league, then you are surely familiar with Cruz. He's piled up 27 Ks already this season in just 16.1 innings; his career K/9 is a ridiculous 13.99. He's leaning on his splitter more than ever this year — a great decision, because it's an evil and unhittable pitch: Fernando Cruz, Wicked 82mph Splitter. 🤢 — Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 17, 2025 Cruz picked up two saves in April, emerging as an essential piece of the end-game plan for the Yankees with Devin Williams temporarily removed from the closer's role. Luke Weaver is the favorite for saves in New York at the moment, but he's long gone in most leagues (59% rostered). Cruz is worth adding simply for the K potential. Can you possibly find a use for a quality starting pitcher on a team that might win 120 games this season? If so, Gonsolin is your guy. He passed the eye test in his season debut on Wednesday, striking out nine Marlins over 6.0 innings and earning a win. He'll get Miami again next week, an obviously favorable assignment. Add him today, ahead of the streamers.
