Twins Homers, Orioles Homers, Cano Injury, Pressly Streak, Trout Error
There’s Good News…
The Twins tied the MLB record for fastest team to reach 100 HRs in a season. With Miguel Sano’s home run against the White Sox on Friday, Minnesota has joined the 1999 Mariners as the only two teams in baseball history with 100 home runs in their first 50 games of the season. That’s an average of two home runs per game. Two home runs? Now the “Twins” name finally makes sense.
And There’s Bad News…
The Orioles became the fastest team ever to give up 100 homers. They did it in just 48 games and in doing so, they beat the 2000 Royals to the century mark by nine games. A major league-high 17 have come off David Hess alone, making him the front-runner for this year’s Roberto Clemente Humanitarian Award.
Careful What You Wish For…
Robinson Cano hurt his quad while running hard on a ground ball two days after apparently being benched a game for not hustling on a couple ground balls. The Mets had to put him on the Injured List for a broken irony.
Heartbreak Hotel…
Astros reliever Ryan Pressly had his Major League-record 40-game consecutive scoreless streak snapped when Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a home run in the eighth inning of a game the Astros would eventually win. 40 games in a row? They should nickname this guy “Lent.”
Gone Fishin’…
Mike Trout‘s first error in more than two years proved costly for Angels. The defensive mishap happened in the seventh inning when Trout couldn’t handle a sharp single. The ball scooted away, allowing the go-ahead run to score. All the other 29 teams said they would be willing to take this defensive liability off the Angels’ hands.
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