The Athletics announced on Friday that they designated rookie right-handed reliever Noah Murdock for assignment. The team promoted righty Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas to replace Murdock, who the A’s selected No. 4 overall in the 2024 Rule 5 Draft in December.
The Athletics have recalled right-handed pitcher Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas and designated right-handed pitcher Noah Murdock for assignment.
Murdock, 6-foot-8 and 205 pounds, struggled to find a command correlating with his intimidating frame. He carried a 13.24 ERA over 14 games during the 2025 MLB season and allowed 26 hits, 25 runs and 20 walks to 21 strikeouts collected.
Murdock’s statistical woes undoubtedly peaked on April 29. In a 15-2 loss to the Texas Rangers, the 26-year-old allowed four hits, three walks and seven runs without earning a single out.
But, besides the steep ERA, the likely needle-mover for A’s manager Mark Kotsay and the team’s management was Murdock’s final outing – a 6-5 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday, where he gave up a 5-4 lead in the eighth inning, leading to a crucial slide in the competitive AL West.
Alvarado, 6-foot-4 and 183 pounds, is someone the A’s are looking to for middle-relief stability. Over 14 games with Triple-A Las Vegas, the 26-year-old posted a 3.45 ERA through 15 2/3 frames with 22 strikeouts, to just four walks, and a perfect 5-for-5 record on save attempts.
Alvarado’s opportunity will be his first in the majors after he spent his first seven years paving his way through the minors. He could debut as early as Friday night as the A’s begin their weekend series against the AL East-leading New York Yankees at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento.
Its Friday, May 9 and the Marlins (14-22) are in Chicago to take on the White Sox (10-28). Max Meyer is slated to take the mound for Miami against Bryse Wilson for Chicago.
The Marlins are coming off a 10-1 loss to the Dodgers. They are last in the NL East and have only won four of their 14 away games.
The White Sox have a similar standing in the AL Central. With a 10-28 record on the season, they are last in the division.
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Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 7:40PM EST
Site: Rate Field
City: Chicago, IL
Network/Streaming: CHSN, FanDuel Sports Network
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Odds for the Marlins at the White Sox
The latest odds as of Friday:
Moneyline: Marlins (-148), White Sox (+124)
Spread: Marlins -1.5
Total: 8.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Marlins at White Sox
Pitching matchup for May 9, 2025: Max Meyer vs. Bryse Wilson
Marlins: Max Meyer, (2-3, 3.92 ERA) Last outing (Athletics, 5/3): 5.0 Innings Pitched, 5 Earned Runs Allowed, 10 Hits Allowed, 2 Walks, and 0 Strikeouts
White Sox: Bryse Wilson, (0-1, 5.56 ERA) Last outing (Houston Astros, 5/4): 4.2 Innings Pitched, 4 Earned Runs Allowed, 9 9 Hits Allowed, 2 Walks, and 4 Strikeouts
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The Marlins are 2-8 in their last 10 games
The White Sox are 3-7 in their last 10
The Marlins are 7-3 to the OVER in their last 10 games
The White Sox are 6-4 to the OVER in their last 10 games
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Its Friday, May 9 and the Cardinals (19-19) are in Washington to take on the Nationals (17-21). Erick Fedde is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Mitchell Parker for Washington.
The Cardinals have won five straight games and are coming off a series sweep against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Sony Gray was phenomenal. He struck out eight batters in 7.0 innings and did not give up a single run.
The Nationals lost the series against the Guardians but hope to bounce back against the Cardinals.
With the night off last night, the Nationals should be fresh heading into the weekend.
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Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 6:45PM EST
Site: Nationals Park
City: Washington, DC
Network/Streaming: AppleTV+
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The latest odds as of Friday:
Moneyline: Cardinals (-104), Nationals (-115)
Spread: Nationals 1.5
Total: 8.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Cardinals at Nationals
Pitching matchup for May 9, 2025: Erick Fedde vs. Mitchell Parker
Cardinals: Erick Fedde, (2-3, 4.78 ERA) Last outing (New York Mets, 5/4): 5.0 Innings Pitched, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 6 Hits Allowed, 5 Walks, and 4 Strikeouts
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The Cardinals are 8-2 in their last 10 games
The Nationals are 4-6 in their last 10 games
The Cardinals total is 7-3 to the OVER in the last 10 games
The Nationals total is 7-3 to the OVER in the last 10 games
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Its Friday, May 9 and the Brewers (19-19) are in Tampa to open a series against the Rays (16-21).
Jose Quintana is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Zack Littell for Tampa Bay.
Milwaukee was off yesterday. They come to town after winning two of three against Houston. While the Brewers gave up nine runs in their last outing, they had given up just four runs in the previous three games. The Rays begin this series after having been swept by the Phillies in their last series. They lost in ten innings yesterday, 7-6. They led 5-1 after seven innings but gave up six runs in the final three frames.
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Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 7:05PM EST
Site: George M. Steinbrenner Field
City: Tampa, FL
Network/Streaming: FDSNWI, FDSNSUN, MLBN
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Moneyline: Brewers (-109), Rays (-110)
Spread: Rays 1.5
Total: 9.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Brewers at Rays
Pitching matchup for May 9, 2025: Jose Quintana vs. Zack Littell
Brewers: Jose Quintana (4-1, 2.83 ERA) Last outing: 5/3 vs. Cubs - 5IP, 6ER, 7H, 1BB, 6Ks
Rays: Zack Littell (2-5, 4.61 ERA) Last outing: 5/3 at Yankees - 7IP, 2ER, 3H, 0BB, 3Ks
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Tampa Bay is 16-21 for the season overall and 16-21 on the Run Line
4 of Milwaukee's last 5 games have cashed to the UNDER
Jackson Chourio is 5-32 (.156) over his last 8 games
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Its Friday, May 9 and the Padres (23-13) are in Denver to open a series against the Rockies (6-31).
Randy Vásquez is slated to take the mound for San Diego against Antonio Senzatela for Colorado.
The historically bad Rockies have lost six in a row. Yesterday they lost both ends of a doubleheader to the Tigers. Colorado was outscored 21-3 in the losses. San Diego lost two of three in the Bronx to the Yankees.
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Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 8:40PM EST
Site: Coors Field
City: Denver, CO
Network/Streaming: SDPA, COLR
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The latest odds as of Friday:
Moneyline: Padres (-177), Rockies (+148)
Spread: Padres -1.5
Total: 11.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Padres at Rockies
Pitching matchup for May 9, 2025: Randy Vásquez vs. Antonio Senzatela
Padres: Randy Vásquez (1-3, 3.90 ERA) Last outing: 5/3 at Pittsburgh - 5IP, 1ER, 6H, 5BB, 3Ks
Rockies: Antonio Senzatela (1-5, 5.51 ERA) Last outing: 5/2 at San Francisco - 5IP, 4ER, 7H, 2BB, 4Ks
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The Rockies have scored the fewest runs (115) and have the fewest hits (256) in all of baseball this season
Padres' pitchers own the 4th-best ERA in baseball (3.00)
Rockies' pitchers own the 3rd-worst ERA in baseball (5.47)
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Its Friday, May 9 and the Reds (19-20) are in Houston to take on the Astros (18-18).
Nick Martinez is slated to take the mound for Cincinnati against Hunter Brown for Houston.
The Reds limp into town having lost five of their last six. Yesterday they lost 5-4 in eleven innings in Atlanta. Jose Trevino went 3-4 and drove in a run in the loss. The Astros are not exactly setting the world on fire either having lost four of their last six games. They did win Wednesday in Milwaukee, 9-1. Framber Valdez tossed seven innings of one run ball and Jeremy Pena drove in four runs for Houston in the win.
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Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 8:10PM EST
Site: Minute Maid Park
City: Houston, TX
Network/Streaming: FDSNOH, SCHN
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Odds for the Reds at the Astros
The latest odds as of Friday:
Moneyline: Reds (+146), Astros (-174)
Spread: Astros -1.5
Total: 7.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Reds at Astros
Pitching matchup for May 9, 2025: Nick Martinez vs. Hunter Brown
Reds: Nick Martinez (1-3, 4.19 ERA) Last outing: 5/4 vs. Washington - 6IP, 1ER, 4H, 0BB, 6Ks
Astros: Hunter Brown (5-1, 1.67 ERA) Last outing: 5/3 at White Sox - 6IP, 3ER, 4H, 3BB, 9Ks
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Jeremy Pena has hit safely in 10 of the last 11 games (16-46)
Game Totals in the Astros' last 10 games are 8-2 to the OVER
Elly De La Cruz is 5-30 (.167) in his last 8 games
Gavin Lux is 4-30 over his last 8 games (.133)
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Its Friday, May 9 and the Braves (18-19) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (12-26).
Bryce Elder is slated to take the mound for Atlanta against Bailey Falter for Pittsburgh.
The Braves come to the Steel City fresh off taking three of four from the Cincinnati Reds. Yesterday they won 5-4 in eleven innings thanks to a walk off RBI single from Drake Baldwin. The Pirates have yet to win in May. Their seventh straight loss was Wednesday in St. Louis, 5-0. The Bucs managed just four hits and seven of the nine hitters in the lineup struck out at least once in the loss.
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Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 6:40PM EST
Site: PNC Park
City: Pittsburgh, PA
Network/Streaming: FDSNSO, SNP
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Odds for the Braves at the Pirates
The latest odds as of Friday:
Moneyline: Braves (-148), Pirates (+124)
Spread: Braves -1.5
Total: 9.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Braves at Pirates
Pitching matchup for May 9, 2025: Bryce Elder vs. Bailey Falter
Braves: Bryce Elder (2-1, 5.06 ERA) Last outing: 5/4 vs. Dodgers - 5IP, 2ER, 4H, 2BB, 6Ks
Pirates: Bailey Falter (1-3, 5.06 ERA) Last outing: 5/3 vs. San Diego - 7IP, 1ER, 2H, 2BB, 6Ks
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The Pirates are 2-5 on the Run Line during their 7-game losing streak
The Game Total in the Braves' last 10 games are 8-2 to the UNDER
Bryan Reynolds is 4-28 (.143) during the losing streak
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Mets Notes
Juan Soto is heating up (as expected). In seven games in May, he's got four home runs and is batting .346 with a 1.339 OPS as his season average rebounds to .261 and OPS to .863 (153 OPS+).
Pete Alonso had his 18-game on-base streak snapped in the finale in Arizona, but is still leading the league in OBP (.450) as well as OPS+ (210), doubles (13), and RBI (34).
Former reliever Clay Holmes is finding a rhythm, as two of his last three starts went six frames. He's pitched to a 2.95 ERA (2.21 FIP) and 1.282 WHIP in 36.2 innings over seven starts with 39 strikeouts to 13 walks.
Holmes will face off against another ex-Yankee in right-hander Jameson Taillon for Chicago. He's pitched to a 3.86 ERA (4.11 FIP) and 1.034 WHIP in 39.2 innings over seven starts. Taillon has good numbers against Mets batters, but Alonso, Brandon Nimmo, and Francisco Alvarez have all taken him deep in the past.
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Its Friday, May 9 and the Dodgers (25-13) are in Phoenix for Game 2 of their series against the Diamondbacks (20-18).
Roki Sasaki is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Eduardo Rodriguez for Arizona.
The Diamondbacks took the series opener last night, 5-3. Gabriel Moreno cracked a grand slam off Yoshinobu Yamamoto which more than offset Shohei Ohtani's eleventh home run of the season.
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Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 9:40PM EST
Site: Chase Field
City: Phoenix, AZ
Network/Streaming: SNLA, ARID
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Odds for the Dodgers at the Diamondbacks
The latest odds as of Friday:
Moneyline: Dodgers (-132), Diamondbacks (+111)
Spread: Dodgers -1.5
Total: 9.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Dodgers at Diamondbacks
Pitching matchup for May 9, 2025: Roki Sasaki vs. Eduardo Rodriguez
Dodgers: Roki Sasaki (1-1, 3.86 ERA) Last outing: 5/3 at Atlanta - 5IP, 3ER, 6H, 2BB, 4Ks
Diamondbacks: Eduardo Rodriguez (1-3, 5.92 ERA) Last outing: 5/4 at Philadelphia - 5.1IP, 3ER, 5H, 4BB, 10Ks
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Shohei Ohtani has hits in 6 straight games (9-23) including 4 HRs
Freddie Freeman is riding a 13-game hitting streak (23-49)
Only the Cubs (223) and the Tigers (208) have scored more runs than the Dodgers (206) this season
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Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Arizona Diamondbacks at +1.5.
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Its Friday, May 9 and the Red Sox (19-19) are in Kansas City to take on the Royals (22-16).
Hunter Dobbins is slated to take the mound for Boston against Michael Lorenzen for Kansas City.
Brayan Bello and three Sox relievers shut out the Rangers yesterday, 5-0. Rafael Devers smacked his sixth home run of the season and drove in two runs to pace the offense. Royals' pitching was also exceptional yesterday. Kris Bubic went seven innings and struck out seven as KC rolled the White Sox 10-0. Bobby Witt Jr. went 4-5 and drove in two runs in the win.
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Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 7:40PM EST
Site: Kauffman Stadium
City: Kansas City, MO
Network/Streaming: NESN, FDSNKC
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Odds for the Red Sox at the Royals
The latest odds as of Friday:
Moneyline: Red Sox (-114), Royals (-105)
Spread: Red Sox -1.5
Total: 9.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Red Sox at Royals
Pitching matchup for May 9, 2025: Hunter Dobbins vs. Michael Lorenzen
Red Sox: Hunter Dobbins (2-1, 3.78 ERA) Last outing: 5/3 vs. Minnesota - 5.2IP, 4ER, 7H, 2BB, 2Ks
Royals: Michael Lorenzen (3-3, 4.23 ERA) Last outing: 5/4 at Baltimore - 4.2IP, 5ER, 7H, 1BB, 5Ks
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Rafael Devers is 10-25 in May (7 games)
Bobby Witt Jr. is riding a 5-game hitting streak (10-22)
Despite scoring 10 runs yesterday, Royals' games are still 25-13-1 to the UNDER this season
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Breslow and Co. could scour the free-agent or trade markets for a stopgap first baseman, but the pickings are slim (a 35-year-old Anthony Rizzo, anyone?). If you ask manager Alex Cora, the more sensible path is promoting from within.
“We’ve got some capable guys in Triple-A that can play the position,” Cora told reporters Thursday afternoon. “We’ll just go to the next guy. That’s the way it works.”
The traditional first base options in Triple-A don’t inspire much confidence, however. Worcester’s current first baseman, Nathan Hickey, is a converted catcher who’s hitting .237 this season, while Vaughn Grissom (six games at first base to date) hit .190 at the MLB level last season before suffering an injury.
That leads us to the “less traditional” option: Marcelo Mayer.
One of the top prospects in baseball, Mayer is a shortstop by trade, playing all but 12 games at the position over five minor league seasons. But ESPN’s Buster Olney spoke to a number of MLB staffers who could see the Red Sox trying Mayer out at first base to get him up to the major-league level.
“He’s athletic enough to do it, and he’d hold down the position offensively,” one staffer told Olney. “You’d have some growing pains on defense, but he’s played on the right side of the infield before [at second] and he would hit enough to make it work.”
There’s an obvious risk in having one of your top prospects switch positions — especially a shortstop. But the Red Sox did something similar with Xander Bogaerts in 2013, starting him out at third base to get him to the majors before moving him to shortstop in 2014.
“That’s the thing — they need offense from that position,” the staffer added to Olney. “If they weren’t trying to win, you wouldn’t think about it. But they are trying to win and it’s something you consider.”
Boston currently is relying on the platoon of Abraham Toro and Romy Gonzalez, which doesn’t seem sustainable for a team with playoff aspirations. If they’re serious about playing in October, then getting Mayer’s bat to the majors — even if it means playing first base — should be on the table.
TAMPA, Fla. – When Brandon Marsh stepped to the plate against Diamondbacks right-hander Brandon Pfaadt last Saturday, it had been 2½ weeks since his last major-league at-bat and 34 days since his last hit.
Marsh had gone 0-for-31 from March 31 through April 16 before landing on the injured list with a mild hamstring strain.
He returned over the weekend and in his first at-bat against Pfaadt Saturday, Marsh smoked an RBI double. That hit enabled the Phillies to put up an early crooked number against the Diamondbacks but it wasn’t as big a knock as he delivered Thursday night at Steinbrenner Field, when he hit an RBI double to left-center in the 10th inning that helped the Phillies to a 7-6 win.
“For sure, I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t,” Marsh said Thursday when asked if that first double against the D-backs felt like the release he’d been seeking. “But if something else would have happened, it would have happened, that’s baseball. That was a big weight off the shoulders and now we go.”
Marsh is 5-for-11 since returning and the Phillies are finally getting some offensive production out of center field. Johan Rojas, who scored the tying run in the ninth inning Thursday as a pinch-runner for Kyle Schwarber after advancing two bases on an errant pickoff throw, is hitting .299 for the season.
“Personally, it was a big moment, it felt good coming through for the guys,” Marsh said. “But it took all of us tonight. Almost everyone was in the game at one point. That was a huge, huge win for us in the last game of a series.”
The Phillies arrived in Cleveland around 2 a.m. Friday fresh off a sweep of the Rays. They’re 22-15 and one of the hottest teams in baseball, having won nine of 11. They’ve scored at least seven runs in eight of those games.
Manager Rob Thomson plans to split the playing time of Marsh and Rojas during this long run for the Phillies of games against right-handed starting pitchers. They’re three games into a stretch of facing a righty in eight out of nine. Thomson wants to get both back-to-back starts toward the end of those nine games. The arrangement might be Rojas on Friday, Marsh on Saturday and Sunday, then Rojas on Monday against lefty Matthew Liberatore.
Either way, the Phillies are in a better place now in center field than they were in April.
“I don’t know if freer is the word. Maybe a little more light on my feet, feel my normal weight again,” Marsh said with a smile and shimmy.
“… It feels good to contribute and help the boys out a little bit. I just take it day by day, at-bat by at-bat and just ride with my guys here. They’ve all got my back and I’ve got theirs so we’ll just keep stepping that way.”
Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto struggled Thursday in a 5-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, giving up five runs and six hits. (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press)
It’s much too early to call it 2021 yet.
But, just like the last time the Dodgers tried to defend a World Series title, the National League West isn’t presenting the easiest of paths.
Entering Thursday night, the division was home to the best team in baseball, the 25-win Dodgers. But, based on overall league records, it also included the clubs ranked third (San Diego at 23-13), fifth (San Francisco at 24-14) and 13th (Arizona at 19-18) in the majors, too.
“I think we’re the best division in baseball,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “I don’t think anyone is gonna run away with it.”
In 2021, of course, the Dodgers faced a similar test in the NL West. That year, the division wasn’t as deep, the bottom three teams all finishing below .500. But at the top, the Dodgers and Giants duked it out to the end. The Dodgers finished with 106 wins. The Giants topped them with 107. It forced the Dodgers to settle for a wild-card berth in the playoffs, and down an elongated October path that saw them run out of steam in the NL Championship Series.
While this season isn’t even at its quarter-point yet, a similar threat is starting to brew.
In a 5-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night, the Dodgers got their first taste of the challenge that might lie ahead. Over the next several weeks, plenty more intradivision tests loom.
After playing just one division foe over the first six weeks of the season — a three-game sweep of the utterly helpless Colorado Rockies last month — the Dodgers are finally getting into the meat of their division schedule. Starting with this weekend’s four-game set at Chase Field, five of their next 12 series will be against the Diamondbacks, Padres and Giants.
The Diamondbacks were supposed to be the weakest link of that group, starting the season slowly amid a couple of key injuries and repeated late-game collapses from their bullpen.
But on Thursday, they thrilled a lively crowd of 40,319, besting the Dodgers in every phase for a thorough series-opening victory.
While Arizona starter Brandon Pfaadt cruised through 6 ⅓ scoreless innings, Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto was knocked around for five runs in five innings; the first four scoring on Gabriel Moreno’s grand slam in the fourth.
Struggling with his command all night, Yamamoto’s fourth-inning jam was largely of his own creation. He walked leadoff batter Pavin Smith. He hit Eugenio Suárez with a 0-and-2 slider to load the bases following an infield single. Then, after falling behind Moreno in a 2-and-0 count, he threw an elevated cutter that the Arizona catcher smashed to right field.
The following inning, Ketel Marte hit a solo home run to an almost identical spot.
Hyeseong Kim, left, reacts to striking out as Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno pauses at home plate during the seventh inning Thursday. (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press)
The five runs were tied for the most Yamamoto has allowed in an MLB game, and it doubled his ERA from an MLB-best 0.90 to 1.80 — on a night he was pitching on five days’ rest (as opposed to six) for the first time this season.
“Those are great hitters, so tip my hat to them. However, I allowed the walks and the hit by pitch,” Yamamoto said through interpreter Yoshihiro Sonoda. “Overall, my stuff wasn’t too bad. But the grand slam, that cost the game.”
While Shohei Ohtani hit a solo home run with two outs in the ninth, the Dodgers’ best chance to come back was in the eighth.
Max Muncy smoked a ground-rule double for their first run. Andy Pages hit an RBI single that brought the tying run to the plate. But, with one out, Michael Conforto hit a rocket ground ball for an inning-ending double play, finishing his night 0 for three despite hitting the ball hard all three times. Over his last 12 games, he is one for 40.
“I’m definitely frustrated,” Conforto said. “Happy with a couple hard-hit balls today. Frustrated to be in position to keep a rally going and not being able to beat that ball out. It’s frustrating. It makes me sick.”
Thursday, of course, was just one game. There’s a long way to go before any real 2021 deja vu begins setting in.
Ahead of this week’s series, Roberts downplayed concerns that the division race could exhaust his team like it did four years ago, when the Dodgers and Giants went down to the last day.
“You don’t win the World Series, or the division, in May,” Roberts said. “I think it’s still just kind of making sure we stay the course and protect guys and play good baseball. So that’s what is more front of mind for me.”
Still, the longer the Dodgers’ division rivals hang around, the more pressure it will put on their regular-season performance. The last thing they want, in a year they’ve already dealt with an early wave of pitching injuries, is to be grinding through a division race during the stretch run of the season, or be in any danger of falling to a wild-card place. The way the division has played to this point, however, keeps those outcomes as real possibilities.
“I think the records show there’s a lot of great teams in this division,” Conforto said. “It’s going to be competitive right down to the end.”
The Rangers (18-20) are in Detroit Friday to open a series against the Tigers (23-13).
Patrick Corbin is slated to take the mound for Texas against Tarik Skubal for Detroit.
The Rangers were blanked Thursday in Boston, 5-0. Tucker Barnhart went 3-3 for Texas but the rest of the lineup was just 2-27 against Brayan Bello and three Red Sox relievers.
Detroit enters the weekend series having won five in a row. Thursday, they swept a pair from the Rockies outscoring Colorado 21-3. Casey Mize won his sixth game of the year in the opener allowing just one run over six innings in a 10-2 win. Keider Montero pitched eight innings of five-hit, one run ball in the nightcap, an 11-1 win for the Tigers.
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Game details & how to watch Rangers at Tigers
Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 6:40PM EST
Site: Comerica Park
City: Detroit, MI
Network/Streaming: RSN, FDSNDT
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Odds for the Rangers at the Tigers
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Moneyline: Rangers (+219), Tigers (-270)
Spread: Tigers -1.5
Total: 7.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Rangers at Tigers
Pitching matchup for May 9, 2025: Patrick Corbin vs. Tarik Skubal
Rangers: Patrick Corbin (2-1, 3.28 ERA) Last outing: 5/3 vs. Seattle - 5.2IP, 1ER, 5H, 2BB, 2Ks
Tigers: Tarik Skubal (3-2, 2.21 ERA) Last outing: 5/2 at Angels - 6IP, 1ER, 4H, 0BB, 8Ks
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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Rangers at Tigers
Detroit is now 27-13 on the Run Line
Game Totals in Texas games are now 26-12 to the UNDER
Spencer Torkelson has 30 hits this season and 21 of them are either doubles (11) or home runs (10)
Only the Pirates (118) and the Rockies (115) have scored fewer runs than the Rangers (123) this season
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One of the more highly anticipated series of the young season begins Friday when the Chicago Cubs (22-16) take on the New York Mets (24-14) at Citi Field.
Jameson Taillon is slated to start for Chicago against Clay Holmes for New York.
The Cubs come to town after an off-day Thursday. They lost Wednesday, 3-1, in the series finale to San Francisco. Chicago could muster but four hits off of Robbie Ray and the Giants. Nico Hoerner had two of the four hits. The Mets traveled home Thursday following a three-game series in Arizona. Juan Soto blasted two home runs in a 7-1 Mets' win Wednesday.
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Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 7:10PM EST
Site: Citi Field
City: Queens, NY
Network/Streaming: MARQ, SNY, MLBN
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Odds for the Cubs at the Mets
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Moneyline: Cubs (+138), Mets (-164)
Spread: Mets -1.5
Total: 7.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Cubs at Mets
Pitching matchup for May 9, 2025: Jameson Taillon vs. Clay Holmes
Cubs: Jameson Taillon (2-1, 3.86 ERA) Last outing: 5/3 at Milwaukee - 6IP, 2ER, 3H, 1BB, 5Ks
Mets: Clay Holmes (4-1, 2.95 ERA) Last outing: 5/2 at St. Louis - 6IP, 3ER, 8H, 0BB, 3Ks
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The Cubs lead all of baseball with 223 runs scored
Only the Yankees (62) and the Dodgers (59) have more home runs than the Cubs (55)
Juan Soto is 9-26 with 4 HRs in May (7 games)
Pete Alonso is 0-8 over his last 2 games
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