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Anne Rogers writes about the series loss against the Orioles.
“I would evaluate it as competitive but not where we want to be,” first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, who extended his hitting streak to 10 games, said. “These are the series you really want. It’s tough to do that. … It sucks losing this series. We’re not happy with it at all. We’re happy with how we played, but we’re not happy with the results.”
Jaylon Thompson writes about the offense getting blanked.
“We had a couple of chances there where we just didn’t capitalize,” Quatraro said. “But, overall, when a team shuts you out, you’ve got to tip your cap. “We couldn’t execute (today). But the rest of the games were really competitive.”
Anne writes about a rare rough performance from Cole Ragans on Saturday.
“I’ve got to flush it,” Ragans said. “Got to give us a chance to win next time and go from there. It’s early in the season, but obviously that’s not what I want to do, what I did today. That’s not good.”
Matt Quatraro on Kyle Isbel’s baserunning mistake in the seventh inning, getting thrown out at third on a ball hit to LF: “We’d like to have that back, for sure. Izzy would, too. That’s a little bit overaggressive with the ball right in front of you and a guy you know can throw.”
— Anne Rogers (@anne__rogers) April 21, 2024
Jaylon writes about Saturday’s comeback effort.
“(We) got down by seven in the second inning and you never give up,” Perez said. “You know, we are going to compete and we are going to fight to the last out like we did tonight.”
Anne writes that Alec Marsh became the second-fastest Royals pitcher ever to reach 100 strikeouts.
With six strikeouts against the Orioles in a 9-4 victory on Friday night, Marsh became the second-fastest Royal to reach 100 career strikeouts. The milestone came on his fifth strikeout of the night, on a curveball that Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson swung through for strike three.
Marsh reached 100 strikeouts in his 21st appearance. Singer was the fastest to reach the milestone, doing so in his 20th game, which came on May 21, 2021, against White Sox first baseman José Abreu.
Jake Brentz began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha.
“We’ll just have to see how it goes,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “It’s been two years since real competitive action. We’re excited for him to be out there. We don’t want to put any emphasis on, ‘You need to be here by this time,’ or, ‘You need to accomplish these things.’ We really have to take it one outing at a time.”
Ryan Lefebvre had a pretty funny reaction to a terrible call by home plate umpire Ryan Blakney.
The baseball used for Craig Kimbrel’s historic save had to be fished out of the Kauffman Stadium fountains.
Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez needs surgery on his thumb.
Astros pitcher Cristian Javier lands on the Injured List.
The Giants acquire pitcher Mitch White from the Blue Jays.
Why is Aaron Judge struggling?
The Yankees are told that Nestor Cortes’ pump-fake pitch is illegal.
Dan Szymborski argues the Pirates should promote Paul Skenes.
Yusei Kikuchi introduces his teammates to fine Japanese whisky.
A’s fans are still fighting the relocation of their franchise.
Korea has an automated ball-strike controversy after some slow wi-fi and a hot mic.
The Coachella social media account mistakenly tags former MLB first baseman Will Clark.
Did you know soccer goalkeepers put Vaseline on their gloves?
Max Verstappen is as dominant as ever at the F1 Chinese Grand Prix.
Why did the costs associated with cars get so expensive?
Deepfake romance scams are exploding.
Every Guy Ritchie movie, ranked.
Your song of the day is Marvin Gaye with Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)