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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski reached 103 mph on 10 pitches while pitching two-hit ball over six innings and Brandon Lockridge hit two RBI singles before getting carted off the field in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 6-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.
Misiorowski reached a peak velocity of 103.6 mph and struck out 12 and walked two in his second straight sensational start. Misiorowski had a no-hit bid through 5 1/3 innings before a hamstring cramp forced him out of a 6-1 victory over the Washington Nationals last week.
Lockridge left after his right knee crashed into an unpadded section of the left-field wall as he chased a foul ball from Cody Bellinger in the fourth inning.
The Brewers, who were in the American League through the 1997 season before moving over to the NL, shut out the Yankees for the first time since 1992.
Milwaukee’s Shane Drohan worked the three innings to earn his first career save.
José Caballero had two of New York’s three hits as the Yankees opened a nine-game trip.
New York’s Spencer Jones struck out twice and walked once in his MLB debut, and Kervin Jones allowed one run over two innings in his Yankees debut. Ben Rice was 0-for-4 as he returned after missing four games with a bruised hand.
Milwaukee scored four runs off Max Fried (4-2) in the second inning.
Gary Sánchez hit a leadoff single, then Fried walked Andrew Vaughn and Luis Rengifo on eight straight balls.
Lockridge and Sal Frelick hit consecutive RBI singles, and Rengifo came home when Joey Ortiz grounded into a forceout. Jackson Chourio grounded a single up the middle to score Lockridge.
None of the singles had an exit velocity that exceeded 87.2 mph.
Before the game, the Brewers inducted Hall of Famers CC Sabathia and Dave Parker into their Wall of Honor. Sabathia went 11-2 with a 1.65 ERA in 17 starts after joining Milwaukee in a July 2008 trade to lead the Brewers to their first playoff appearance since 1982. Parker won a Silver Slugger award in 1990, his lone season in Milwaukee.
Cam Schlittler (5-1, 1.52 ERA) pitches for the Yankees and Kyle Harrison (3-1, 2.12) starts for the Brewers on Saturday night.
Two things have been true about the Orioles this season: their defense is terrible, and they can’t hit lefties. Both of these issues were front and center in tonight’s loss to the Athletics. Starting pitcher Kyle Bradish was as good as he’s looked all year, but the offense managed just four hits against the A’s pitching staff. The end result, a 4-3 loss, is the Orioles’ seventh in their last nine games.
Bradish breezed through the first four innings. Three of those four innings were of the 1-2-3 variety. In the third, he hit a batter and allowed an infield single. Through four, Bradish had struck out six batters.
The only problem through four innings was that the A’s pitcher, Jacob Lopez, was giving the Orioles batters as tough a time as Bradish was giving the A’s. It was frustrating to watch as Lopez came into the game with a 6.60 ERA. The first inning started off in a promising way when Lopez walked Gunnar Henderson and gave up a single to Adley Rutschman. But with runners on the corners, neither Pete Alonso nor Tyler O’Neill could bring in a run.
The Orioles remembered that they do not hit lefties. Starting with the first-inning Alonso pop-out, Lopez retired nine straight. But when Alonso came back up in the fourth, he did not miss. On a first-pitch change up, Alonso went to the opposite field with a 107 mph laser. It just snuck inside the out of town scoreboard for his 8th home run of the year. The Orioles were up, 1-0. The lead did not last very long.
In the fifth, Bradish stumbled a little. And that, combined with the previously mentioned bad defense, was enough to put the Orioles in a hole. Jacob Wilson started the inning with a ground ball hit just 78.8 mph up the first base line. Alonso was playing well off the line and managed to get a glove on it with a diving stop, but couldn’t come up with the ball.
Ok, no big deal. Bradish has been dealing after all. The next batter, Lawrence Butler, hit another soft ball that fell into left field for another single. It was then that the defense decided to rear its ugly head. Manager Craig Albernaz called for the corners to play in to defend against the bunt. But the A’s did not bunt and Zach Gelof grounded a ball past Gunnar Henderson, who had been moving towards third base on the pitch.
That play tied the game and left runners on first and second for Jeff McNeil. McNeil grounded a ball up the middle, right to where Henderson was playing. It looked like an easy double play ball, but the ball kicked off the heel of his glove. Jeremiah Jackson grabbed the deflected ball and got the out at first, but the runners moved up to second and third.
That brought Nick Kurtz to the plate, and finally Bradish gave up a hard hit. Kurtz lined a ball into the right field corner, where it rattled around a bit. Tyler O’Neill chased it down in what I wouldn’t call an efficient manner. Kurtz landed on third base with both runners knocked in. The A’s were up, 3-1.
After the fifth inning, Bradish went right back to dominating. He struck out two more in the sixth inning and worked around a two-out walk. His final inning, the seventh, was 1-2-3. Bradish struck out one more to finish the night with double digits. His final pitching line: 7 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 10 K. I think with better defensive decisions and performance behind him, he would have allowed just one run.
Two runs down wasn’t that many, and Adley Rutschman got one back with a home run into the bullpen. His fifth homer of the year was a beaut, hit 100.9 mph off the bat. It landed 401 feet later in Yennier Cano’s glove. That cut the lead to one and drove Lopez out of the game. The Orioles got to him for just three hits and two walks, though two of those hits were homers. I had hoped for more against this pitcher.
With that, the game was turned over to the bullpens, and once again, the A’s prevailed.
For the Orioles, Trey Gibson came out of the ’pen. Gibson was just called up today when Cade Povich was placed on the injured list. He started the eighth inning and was greeted by Shea Langoliers, who smoked a ball to left field for a single. Gibson then induced a groundout back to himself. But he made a low throw to second base, which kept Henderson from being able to get the ball to first for the double play.
Brent Rooker followed with another hard hit single, then Gibson got a fly ball out and was one out from getting out of it. But Jacob Wilson slapped a ball to the right side that the diving Alonso couldn’t get. That drove in a run to make the score 4-2. Gibson followed with a scoreless ninth.
The A’s bullpen has been below average this year, but just like with Jacob Lopez, you’d never know watching tonight. Justin Sterner, and Scott Barlow followed Lopez with 2.2 perfect innings, which brought us to the bottom of the ninth. Jack Perkins was on to try for the save, scheduled to face Rutschman, Alonso, and O’Neill.
Adley continued to do Adley things. He worked a five-pitch walk. Unfortunately, Alonso did not do Alonso things. He struck out swinging. Dylan Beavers came on to pinch-hit for O’Neill and also struck out, with Rutschman moving up to second base on defensive indifference.
The Orioles were down to their final out with Samuel Basallo coming to the plate. Basallo hadn’t started the game, but pinch-hit for DH Coby Mayo in the seventh. He had a great at-bat, battling some before sending a ball back up the middle for an RBI single. Leody Taveras walked to put the winning run on base, but Jeremiah Jackson couldn’t come through.
It was an exciting ending, but a loss all the same. Orioles lose, 4-3. These two teams are back in action tomorrow at 4 p.m. with Shane Baz facing off against Aaron Civale.
Let’s do a little dive into what I think was the most important frame of the entire ballgame.
Top of the third inning, things could have gone off the rails and fast. Nick Fortes leads off with an infield single—advancing to second on a balk by Connelly Early. Taylor Walls loops a single to left field on a pitch that leaks a little back towards the middle of the plate with some cut, and Yandy Diaz gets hit on a back foot curve to load the bases.
This could have been absolute chaos.
Early said no way. Ryan Vilade, sit back down on a nice strikeout to settle things down a hair. Junior Caminero then saved Boston’s skin. First pitch, bounding bouncer to Caleb Durbin: 5-4-3 double play. The Rays frankly didn’t threaten any other time in this ballgame.
Not only did this cool off Connelly Early, it completely changed his tempo. He dialed in and got six more strikeouts after that—eight total—and ate his way through seven frames.
You don’t need a ton of offense when your starter dominates like he did. Better rebound start for him and a nice Friday night win for the Red Sox.
Nuff said above. This was an absolutely stellar start for Early.
What a needed homer for Rafaela and a good game for the center fielder overall.
Wilyer’s deadlock breaking solo shot is the longest home run of his career at 427 feet. Working two walks showcases how big a threat Abreu is at the dish.
…how is he still this good? Did he drink the Tom Brady defy father time juice?
Just an eh day but it happens! I’m starting to find a warm spot for Masa again.
The hat trick of strikeouts drops Story’s season batting average to .199, and that’s a big yikes for this lineup.
You don’t win if you don’t score!
The Freddie Freeman gauntlet weekend begins. Some lineup shuffling against tough lefty Chris Sale.
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The Atlanta Braves are about the face the biggest test of the season as they taking on the might Los Angeles Dodgers in a road game after losing their first series of the season and getting an off day.
Chris Sale will be taking the mound. Can we talk about how crazy it is that he gave up six earned runs in 4.0 innings in a game, yet still has a pristine ERA of 2.14? He has had one poor outing and every single other one he has been one of the best pitchers on planet Earth. He will be facing Emmet Sheehan, who is not exactly performing like he did last season. Sheehan currently has an ERA of 5.23 ERA. His expected ERA (xERA) of 4.31 is better than his on-field ERA, but it does give the Braves offense some hope. It also should be noted that the Braves are second in all of MLB in balls hit 95.0 MPH or higher and hard-hit rate is Sheehan’s biggest weakness.
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Get your caffeine ready as the game starts at 10:10 EDT
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Well, it wasn’t exactly the offensive explosion we’ve been waiting for but they got the win. Dylan Cease was phenomenal, taking the Angels lineup apart for seven innings without ever really getting into trouble. They needed to stop the losing streak, and they did enough tonight to do that.
Dylan Cease was exceptional tonight. He made it through three innings before allowing a base runner, picking up five K’s and three soft pop outs his first time through the order. Zach Neto lined a single to lead off the fourth, and Mike Trout crushed a grounder up the third base line that could have been a problem had Kazuma Okamoto not made a great grab to turn it into a double play ball. He gave up a single each in the fifth and sixth, but neither scored and he also racked up his sixth through eighth punch outs.
He got the first two batters in the seventh, but Jo Adell lofted a fly ball over Daulton Varsho’s head in centre that bounced over the fence for a ground rule double to give the Angels their first runner in scoring position of the night. Cease responded with his tenth strikeout. That would be the end of his night. He went seven shutout innings, scattering five hits. Importantly for him, he didn’t walk a batter and took only 97 pitches to get as deep as he did. This is the kind of outing the Jays hoped to see a dozen of a year when they paid him.
The offence was happy to wait out a wild Angels pitching staff, but when they did swing they didn’t generate a lot of hits. Reid Detmers battled his command all night, but it took the Jays offence a while to capitalize. Vladimir Guerrero jr. and Kazuma Okamoto worked back to back two out walks in the first but were stranded. In the second, Davis Schneider also walked and then stole second. He moved to third on a ground out but again was left on. Finally, in the third, they brought a couple home. George Springer lead off with a ground ball single up the middle. One batter later, Vlad won a challenge to earn his second walk of the evening. Okamoto singled up the middle himself to bring Springer around to score. Following a Varsho walk, Ernie Clement hit a sac fly that was just deep enough to get Vlad home, putting the Jays up 2-0.
Detmers’ pitch count was getting out of hand at that point. He returned to face the first four batters in the bottom of the fourth, getting two outs but walking Brandon Valenzuela and allowing Springer to reach on catcher’s interference. At that point, Kurt Suzuki called for Jose Fermin to face Vlad. Vlad hit one on a line but not that hard and right to Neto at short to end the inning. Fermin returned and struck out the first two Jays in the bottom of five. Clement hit a deep fly ball to the track in centre, but Trout was there to make the catch.
Brent Suter got two strikeouts in a clean sixth. In the seventh, after Kirby Yates got the first out pinch hitter Yohendrick Pinango lined a single into left field. A Yates balk advanced him to second. Vlad hit a one hopper that looked like it passed a few inches outside the third base bag, but it was called fair and Vlad was thrown out at third without running. Okamoto lined out to prevent them from adding the insurance run.
That looked like it might cost them in the top of the eighth. Jeff Hoffman gave up a lead off double to Vaughn Grissom, who advanced on a ground out. Hoffman pulled it together to get a pop out and a Trout K to escape.
Old friend Alek Manoah got the eighth for the Angels. In his first MLB appearance in almost two years, he got two pop ups and a strikeout to hold the margin at two.
Louis Varland picked up the save without much drama in the ninth.
Jays of the Day: Cease (0.40), Okamoto (0.10),
Less So: Nobody!
It’s a 3:07pm ET start tomorrow. Jack Kochanowicz (2-1, 3.05) will take the mount for the angels. For the Jays, Trey Yesavage (1-1, 0.96) will make his third start of the season.
It’s the start of a three-game series between the San Francisco Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hopefully it goes better than the last few series have gone.
For the Giants, lefty Robbie Ray will make his eighth start of the year. The two-time All-Star is 2-4 on the season, with a 2.95 ERA, a 4.47 FIP, and 40 strikeouts to 14 walks in 39.2 innings. He gave up three runs in 6.1 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays his last time out.
On the other side is right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski, a 27-year old in his fourth season. In seven games (six starts), Mlodzinski is 2-2 with a 4.76 ERA, a 2.49 FIP, and 40 strikeouts to 13 walks in 34 innings. After starting the season strong, he’s allowed five runs in each of his last three games.
Enjoy the game, everyone! Go Giants!
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Giants
LHP. Robbie Ray
Pirates
RHP. Carmen Mlodzinski
Who: San Francisco Giants (14-23) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (21-17)
Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California
When: 7:15 p.m. PT
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area and KNTV
National broadcast: n/a
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM
LOS ANGELES — Dodgers star Mookie Betts played five innings at shortstop and had a singled in his three at-bats for Triple-A Oklahoma City on a rehab assignment on Friday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City. The tentative plan is for Betts to play two games for the Comets then return to Los Angeles and be activated on Monday, if all goes well.
“One part is to take six or seven at-bats, and feel good with his timing. Build up some endurance in playing defense, on both sides of the ball with the running piece,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Friday at Dodger Stadium. “Hopefully he gets tested where he doesn’t feel anything.”
Saturday marks five weeks since Betts strained his right oblique in Washington D.C., and on Friday he singled in the first inning for Oklahoma City before flying out to (old friend Chris Taylor in) right field and striking out.
It’s the first minor league game Betts has played since 2015 while with the Boston Red Sox. He’s since had injured list stints in 2018 (abdominal strain), 2021 (right hip inflammation), 2022 (right rib fracture), and 2024 (broken hand), and in each of those occasions used simulated games and batting practice as his rehab assignments.
“Once he gets back with us, we’re not going to run him out there every single day. There will probably be a couple days where he can get reintroduced to playing a lot,” Roberts said. “I’m going to count on Mookie. As long as he’s healthy, we’re better with him.”
Once Betts returns, whether it’s on Monday or some other date, one infielder will need to be sent down. Alex Freeland and Hyeseong Kim have minor league options, while veteran reserve Santiago Espinal does not.
“We’re going to have some hard conversations. But fortunately, we don’t have to have those until he does come back,” Roberts said. “As we’ve seen, these things can change quickly, so we’ll be prepared.”
Brewers outfielder Brandon Lockridge exited Friday’s game against the Yankees on a cart after crashing into a low wall along the left field line.
Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger hit a high fly ball into left that tailed into foul ground, and as Lockridge gave chase, he slid along the warning track to try and make the play.
But as he slid into the dirt, his leg crashed into the jutting stands in that part of American Family Field as the ball fell to the ground. He was immediately in pain and then rolled over into fair ground onto his stomach.
After the 6-0 win over the Yankees, manager Pat Murphy told reporters that X-rays came back negative, but Lockridge did have a deep laceration on the bone.
“It’s going to be a while. It’s all the way down to his bone, the laceration. So, pretty ugly,” said Murphy, who said it was a right knee injury. “We don’t know the extent of any other damage because there’s so much swelling that we’re going to have to wait until it goes down and get an MRI at that time.”
The 29-year-old lay prone on the dirt as his teammates and the Brewers staff came out to examine him.
Lockridge was eventually helped to his fee by athletic trainer Brad Epstein and first baseman Andrew Vaughn but was carted off the field after a delay.
He was carted off the diamond and replaced in the game by Garrett Mitchell.
Brandon Lockridge was in serious pain after crashing into the wall in foul territory pic.twitter.com/tgLfCpHaIp
— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 9, 2026
Lockridge had two run-scoring singles — improving his average to .294 on the season — off Yankees starter Max Fried before the injury.
It’s game 2 for the St. Louis Cardinals in San Diego as they’ll ask Michael McGreevy (2-2, 2.52 ERA, 24SO) to lead them to a victory Friday night. Griffin Canning (0-0, 1.80 ERA, 7 SO) will make the start for the Padres. Friday night’s broadcast will be handled by Apple TV, so that 7-day trial is your friend. First pitch scheduled for 8:45pm central time.
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LOS ANGELES — Blake Snell will make his season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday against the Atlanta Braves in a matchup of National League division leaders.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner is set to rejoin the rotation sooner than anticipated after teammate Tyler Glasnow left a start early this week because of back trouble. Glasnow was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday with low back spasms, and Los Angeles recalled right-hander Paul Gervase from Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Snell missed most of the 2025 regular season because of a lingering shoulder injury, making just 11 starts after signing a $182 million, five-year contract in November 2024. But the left-hander went 3-2 in six postseason games to help the Dodgers win their second consecutive World Series title.
Snell has been on the IL since late March with left shoulder fatigue. He had been scheduled to make one more minor league rehabilitation start for Class A Ontario on Saturday, but instead will face the Braves at Dodger Stadium.
Glasnow exited after one inning against the Houston Astros on Wednesday. He had an MRI that showed “nothing really significant,” manager Dave Roberts said Friday before the opener of a three-game series against Atlanta.
The 32-year-old Glasnow is 3-0 with a 2.72 ERA in seven outings this season.
The 6-foot-10 Gervase, 25, is 2-0 with a 3.65 ERA in nine games for Oklahoma City this year. He made one appearance for the Dodgers last season, striking out two batters in two innings. He also pitched in five games for Tampa Bay, compiling a 4.26 ERA.
In: Blake Snell. Out: Tyler Glasnow. Soon: Mookie Betts.
The Dodgers took two steps forward and one step back in their quest for full strength Friday, putting Glasnow on the injured list because of back spasms while planning to activate Snell from the injured list on Saturday and Betts on Monday.
Snell’s start Saturday will be his first since the World Series. The two-time Cy Young winner opened the season on the injured list because of shoulder fatigue, as the Dodgers eased him into spring with the goal of putting him in the best possible position to succeed in October.
Glasnow left Wednesday’s game because of the injury. An MRI examination revealed “nothing really significant,” according to manager Dave Roberts, but the IL stint allows Glasnow to avoid rushing to be ready for his next start, with the bigger October picture in mind.
Glasnow never has made more than 22 starts in a season. He has been on the injured list in every full season since 2019.
With Glasnow’s status in question, the Dodgers on Thursday reconsidered their plan for Snell. They originally planned for him to make a final rehabilitation start Saturday, but Roberts said the pitcher and the team agreed he could throw the planned five innings in Los Angeles as well as he could in Ontario.
The Dodgers recalled reliever Paul Gervase to fill Glasnow's roster spot. They could return him to triple-A Oklahoma City to make room for Snell on Saturday.
Betts strained an oblique muscle April 4. The shortstop is scheduled to play two minor league rehabilitation games Oklahoma City Friday and Saturday, then return to Los Angeles for evaluation, with the hope he’ll be cleared for activation Monday.
“We’re not going to run him out there every single day,” Roberts said.
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Snell and Betts are not the only reinforcements on the way. Utilityman Kiké Hernández and reliever Brusdar Graterol began rehabilitation assignments this week.
The return of Betts would appear to allow the Dodgers to jettison infield reserve Santiago Espinal, although the team opened the season with Espinal on the roster and Hyeseong Kim at triple-A, allowing Kim to play every day and Alex Freeland and Miguel Rojas to split time at second base.
However, since rejoining the Dodgers when Betts was injured, Kim is batting .314 with an .801 OPS.
The Dodgers dropped outfielder Kyle Tucker to sixth in the lineup Friday, in a batting order Roberts said was designed to combat Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale.
In his career, Tucker is 0 for 9 with four strikeouts against Sale.
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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Brandon Lockridge slammed his legs into the concrete base of a wall pursuing a foul pop fly, and was taken from the field by cart Friday, May 8 at American Family Field.
Lockridge was chasing a foul ball hit by the New York Yankees' Cody Bellinger in the top of the fourth inning when he went into a slide and slammed into a wall that was unpadded at the base. He winced in pain and tumbled face down on the foul line for several moments.
Brandon Lockridge was in serious pain after crashing into the wall in foul territory pic.twitter.com/tgLfCpHaIp
— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 9, 2026
He was eventually helped to his feet, yet needed the assistant of a cart to exit the field. Garrett Mitchell replaced Lockridge, who had an RBI single earlier, in the outfield.
The Brewers were leading the game 5-0 when Lockridge, 29, was hurt. He's batting .294 with a .709 OPS in 85 at-bats this season.
Brewers reporter Sophia Minnaert said the injury was to Lockridge's right knee.
Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy said postgame that "Initial X-rays say it's not fractured" but added that Lockridge has "a huge laceration."
"It's going to be a while. It's all the way down to his bone, the laceration. So, pretty ugly," Murphy said.
"We don't know the extent of any other damage because there's so much swelling that we're going to have to wait until it goes down to get an MRI," he added.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Brandon Lockridge injury update, status after scary crash into wall
Location: Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA
Broadcast: KDKA AM/FM, Sportsnet
Starting Pitcher: Carmen Mlodzinski
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