The Seattle Mariners beat the Atlanta Braves on Monday night, 2-1, thanks to a walk-off home run from slugger Mitch Garver.
While the walk-off homer was excellent, as was the pitchers duel between Max Fried and Bryce Miller, what happened before the game was also interesting as Braves’ outfielder Jarred Kelenic addressed the Seattle media for the first time since being traded from the Mariners this offseason.
The 24-year-old Kelenic was acquired by the Mariners after the 2018 season in the deal that sent Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz to the New York Mets and he was supposed to join Julio Rodriguez as the next great stars of the organization. Unfortunately, it just didn’t happen for Kelenic in Seattle and he was dealt to Atlanta this past offseason.
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The Texas Rangers scored four runs but the Oakland Athletics scored nine runs. It’s not that Oakland catcher Shea Langeliers has had a particularly good season so far this year, but you would not even conceive that as a possibility if you’d watched him play against the Rangers. After a three-homer game against Texas in April, Langeliers finished a…
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The Washington Nationals are a pretty classic team that has won the World Series. Older and more established than the majority of baseball clubs, they persevere in winning despite improbable odds. Additionally, there is a rally animal. That’s why I’m still interested in the manager: this felt like a classic World Series. His baseball career…
Last Friday, Ryan Helsley could have said nothing. A 25-year-old rookie pitcher in the relief rotation for the St. Louis Cardinals, Helsley is currently playing in his first-ever Major League Baseball playoff series, against the Atlanta Braves. After the Cardinals claimed Game 1 last Thursday night in Atlanta, Helsley could have put his head down and just receded into the…
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