Category: Baseball

Here’s the Tigers’ lineup:

142/162

⚾️ 6:10 PM ET
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— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) September 5, 2026

Here’s the Guardians lineup:

Trying to take the series tonight.#GuardsBallpic.twitter.com/47TnN9PDtq

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) September 5, 2026

Let’s go, Guardians!

Detroit Tigers (64-77) vs. Cleveland Guardians (72-70)

Time/Place: 6:10 p.m., Progressive Field
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Media: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network
Pitching Matchup: LHP Framber Valdez (8-10, 4.36 ERA) vs. LHP Parker Messick (11-8, 2.46 ERA)

Player	G	IP	K%	BB%	GB%	FIP	fWAR
Valdez	27	150.2	17.5	8.6	54.0	4.24	1.5
Messick	27	161.0	25.3	6.8	44.7	3.06	4.3

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— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) September 5, 2026

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— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) September 5, 2026

After a back-and-forth game last night, the Brewers are back in action as they continue their push to the playoffs. They can cut the division magic number down to 12 with a win in tonight’s game.

Dustin May is on the mound and looking for a bounce-back game. After two strong starts to begin his Brewers’ career, he’s had three outings to forget. His last one was 4 1/3 innings against the Rangers; he allowed four runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts. He faced the Reds back on July 24 with the Cardinals and allowed just one run in six innings with eight strikeouts. In his five Brewers’ starts, he has a 6.41 ERA and 5.43 FIP in 19 2/3 innings. Overall this season, he has a 4.69 ERA and 3.49 FIP.

For the Reds, Andrew Abbott makes the start. He’s been having a rough season, posting a 4.49 ERA and 4.80 FIP in 148 1/3 innings over 28 starts. The Brewers faced him back on July 1, and he allowed two runs on five hits and five walks in five innings with three strikeouts. This is his 10th career start against the Brewers. Over his previous nine starts (50 2/3 innings), he has a 3.73 ERA.

The Brewers are shifting around their lineup with the lefty on the mound. Jackson Chourio bats leadoff with Luis Lara behind him and William Contreras batting third as the DH. Andrew Vaughn and Garrett Mitchell bat fourth and fifth, and Joey Ortiz moves up to sixth in the lineup. Cooper Pratt, Gary Sánchez, and David Hamilton round out the lineup.

First pitch is at 5:40 p.m. It will be on Brewers.TV and the Brewers Radio Network.

Saturday night in Cincy

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— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) September 5, 2026

Game two of three with the Brewers.

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— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) September 5, 2026

The Milwaukee Brewers do not do very many things poorly. With 88 wins to their credit already in the 2026 regular season, they have logged 4 more wins than any other club in the sport, and they’ve done so with a precision-blend of talent evaluation and development.

Quite frankly, they’re the model franchise for every other MLB club out there.

If there’s one thing they may regret, though, it’s the acquisition at the trade deadline of one Dustin May. So far, he’s been shelled for 14 ER in just 19.2 IP for them since coming over from the St. Louis Cardinals, though perhaps the latter is all they really got him for anyway. They don’t need him for the postseason, they just need him to keep as many innings off the other arms they’ve got to get them there.

May will start for the Beers on Saturday night in Great American Ball Park as the Cincinnati Reds once again play host to their division ‘rivals’ even though said rivalry has been hilariously one-sided for quite some time. Andrew Abbott will start for Cincinnati looking to reverse course on his own awful run of form – he’s pitched to a 6.89 ERA with 24 ER in 31.1 IP since the start of August.

First pitch is set for 6:40 PM ET. Here’s how both clubs will line up to start:

The clock is officially ticking on the Dodgers to make a decision with Shohei Ohtani.

For a third straight game, the two-way star was out of the team’s lineup on Saturday as he continues to battle injuries to his left knee and right biceps — marking the first time in his Dodgers career that Ohtani hasn’t been in the lineup that long.

The question now is whether the club will finally have to relent and put Ohtani on the injured list.

Under MLB rules, injured list stints can be retroactively backdated by up to three days. That means, if Ohtani isn’t ready to play by Sunday, the Dodgers could put him on the IL and count these past three days as part of the minimum time he will be forced to miss.

For now, it has yet to be decided what will be next for the four-time MVP.

Manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani was set to hit in the batting cages on Saturday, and that the team would monitor how he feels afterward.

If all went well, Roberts said it was possible Ohtani could be back in the lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Nationals.

If not, however, the club will be left with a significantly trickier decision about how to manage him.

Because Ohtani is classified as a two-way player, he would be subject to an absence of at least 15 days if he were placed on the injured list, as opposed to the 10-day minimum stint that applies to normal position players.

Roberts acknowledged that would be “more of a deterrent” to making such a move with Ohtani. Even if he were to be put on the IL on Sunday, he wouldn’t be able to return until Sept. 18, at which point there will only be nine games remaining in their regular-season schedule.

“To not lose him for 15 days is meaningful,” Roberts said.

Roberts also added that, instead of the IL, the Dodgers could continue to rest Ohtani while keeping him on the active roster over the coming week, so long as “he’s trending in the right dircetion.”

However, Roberts said that before Dalton Rushing –– who was set to fill in for Ohtani as designated hitter on Saturday –– was scratched from Saturday’s starting lineup after a recurrence of discomfort in his right elbow, playing through a slightly torn ligament.

Rushing’s uncertain status could now also factor into the Dodgers’ overall roster decisions.

To this point, the Dodgers haven’t placed Ohtani on the injured list for two primary reasons. 

First, he has been playing through his injuries for much of the year and didn’t appear to be impacted until a 6-for-46 stretch over his last 12 games; a slump that was punctuated by a four-strikeout performance on Wednesday in which Ohtani showed visible pain after swings during his final at-bat. To this point, the team’s contention has been that his ailments aren’t severe enough to keep him from potentially playing in the next couple weeks.

Second is uncertainty about whether even a more extended break on the IL would get Ohtani back to 100% physically. After all, his injuries have lingered long enough that they are likely to remain issues over the remainder of the year. If his health isn’t certain to significantly improve, there might still be benefit in giving him the extra time to keep playing as he tries to rediscover his swing.

For now, the Dodgers’ main priority is making sure Ohtani’s condition doesn’t get worse, which is why Roberts has continued to describe his status as day-to-day.

For a third straight day, that meant keeping Ohtani out of the lineup.

When he might return remains to be seen.

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Los Angeles Angels vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, September 5, 2026, 6:40 p.m. ET

Location: PNC Park – Pittsburgh, PA

Broadcast: 93.7 The Fan (KDKA-FM), SportsNet Pittsburgh / MLB.TV

Pitching Matchup: Yusei Kikuchi (0-5, 5.65 ERA) vs. Braxton Ashcraft (14-5, 3.59 ERA)

Konnor Griffin’s effect was immediately felt in his return on Friday. Griffin scored from first on a double down the right field line by Jake Mangum. It was a play only a handful of players in baseball could make, and manager Don Kelly said Griffin may be the only one with the speed to score on the play. It’s all the offense Pittsburgh needed in the 1-0 victory. 

The Pirates (70-72) have won seven of their last 10 games and are looking to win the sixth of their last seven series, attempting to crawl back in the wild card race. Braxton Ashcraft has pitched at least five innings over his last seven starts and has found a second half groove following a very difficult July. 

Ashcraft earned a 2.13 ERA in six starts this August with 29 strikeouts compared to five walks over 38 innings. He has been the Pirates’ most consistent starter and ranks tied for fifth in baseball in wins (14). Will his success continue against Los Angeles?

The Red Sox enter tonight’s game against the Orioles with a 77-65 record, 12 games above .500. Sonny Gray, who hasn’t pitched in ten days, also enters tonight 12 games above .500 with a personal record of 16-4. It’s probably a bit strong to say the Red Sox would be a .500 team without Gray, but boy has he been a necessity in their success.

So while the Red Sox strong starting pitching has been a group effort all season, Gray is the guy who, if you had to pick one, is the biggest engine behind it. He’s the guy who’s been the most consistent, the guy who hasn’t gone on the IL, and the guy who until this most recent turn in the rotation, hasn’t really had any restrictions.

For all these reasons, Gray can be considered the high card in the Red Sox’ hand, if not their all out ace. So it should come as no surprise that the Red Sox, for better or worse, have already lined him up to start Game 1 of a likely Wild Card Series on September 29th. If you simply plot forward every fifth game the Red Sox play from tonight (with off days slated for September 10th, 14th, 21st and [if they make the playoffs] 28th) Gray is set to throw on on the 5th (tonight), 11th, 17th, 23rd, and 29th.

So with this being the first game in the runup to the momentous end of the month, it takes on a little extra meaning and comes with a bunch of questions. How will Gray look after the benefit of extra rest? (He hasn’t pitched since August 26th against the Marlins.) Does he remain the right guy for this job? How deep will the Red Sox allow him to go? Do they keep him on a limit trying to save some gas in the tank, or do they let him go a little longer given the extra rest and the bullpen being used rather heavily the last two games in back to back one run wins?

No matter how you slice it, Gray is the lead headline for tonight, but there’s other noteworthy items in the lineup below. They include: Ceddanne Rafaela getting another day off as he nurses some quad soreness (Eli White will start in centerfield), Adley Rutschman getting a day off against his former club (Wong starting at catcher), and Caleb Durbin getting a much needed day off, which leads to an interesting domino effect were Nick Sogard is starting at third, Isiah Kiner-Falefa at second, and Trevor Story at short and batting clean up. I can’t say I love putting Story’s defense at short of Kiner-Falefa’s, but I suppose we’ll have to wait and see how it plays out before getting too outraged.

⚾️ First Pitch: 7:05pm — Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD

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Phillies answer every Braves punch behind Zack Wheeler's resilient start originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Saturday at Citizens Bank Park did not look promising early, especially after an underwhelming showing against the rival Atlanta Braves in Friday’s series opener.

Zack Wheeler had backed himself into about as difficult a spot as possible in the first inning: a leadoff single, another single and a walk.

That loaded the bases with nobody out for one of baseball’s hottest hitters, Atlanta center fielder Michael Harris II.

Wheeler, coming off a bounce-back start in Anaheim, remained aggressive. He started Harris off 0-2, then induced a soft foul out.

A massive first out.

Mauricio Dubón followed and worked the count to 2-2. Wheeler fired a fastball at the top of the zone and away from Dubón. It was ruled a ball, but J.T. Realmuto, who has the best challenge rate in baseball, disagreed.

The ABS challenge system ruled it strike three.

Citizens Bank Park was roaring.

The Phillies’ right-handed ace then went right after Ozzie Albies with two outs. Albies flew out to center on the first pitch.

You could sense the sigh of relief around the ballpark. It felt like the escape relaxed the home club.

A momentum shift, per se?

It was in the Phillies’ 4-2 win over Atlanta.

In the bottom of the first, Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner drew consecutive walks against left-hander Martín Pérez, putting two on with nobody out.

Bryce Harper skied a ball to left field. Schwarber tagged and, in typical Schwarber fashion, used his wheels and baserunning savvy to slide around Austin Riley’s tag at third. Turner tagged up and advanced to second.

There’s that momentum again.

Luis Arraez, who continuously finds himself in situations to drive in runs, lined a single to right that scored Schwarber. Later in the inning, with the bases loaded and two outs, Realmuto worked a four-pitch walk.

The Phillies had their first lead, 2-0.

Bryson Stott, back in the lineup after he was a late scratch Friday for the birth of his third child, then roped a ball toward the sunny area of deep right-center field. But Ronald Acuña Jr. made a lunging catch to rob Stott of a bases-clearing extra-base hit.

The Braves’ right fielder has made his share of run-saving catches at the Phillies’ home park.

Even if Acuña’s play sucked some energy out of the stadium, it did not last long.

Derek Hill led off the second with a triple, his first of two hits, racing to third after Acuña appeared to hold onto the ball a beat too long. Schwarber then hit a hard grounder to Matt Olson at first. Olson bobbled it, and Hill aggressively broke for the plate to score the Phillies’ third run.

But the Braves’ right fielder wasn’t done.

Acuña came up in the next half-inning and greeted Wheeler with his second hit of the night, a 450-foot homer into the second deck in left field.

To the home faithful’s dismay, Acuña slowly trotted around the bases, looked toward the Phillies’ dugout as he flipped his bat and did his signature step-back on his way to third.

It may have been one of the loudest rounds of boos at Citizens Bank Park this season, but Acuña had kept Atlanta within striking distance.

The Phillies punched right back in the fourth.

Schwarber launched a rocket that left his bat at more than 108 mph and traveled 435 feet. His 41st homer of the season restored the Phillies’ three-run lead, 4-1.

That was enough for Wheeler, who was nearly spotless outside of the first three hitters he faced and the pitch to Acuña.

He again leaned heavily on his four-seamer, throwing it for a strike 73 percent of the time. He got ahead early and often with the pitch, too.

It marked the second consecutive start in which Wheeler used his four-seamer at least 10 percentage points more than his season average. Both have come after he made a mechanical adjustment following a rough stretch.

Wheeler gave the Phillies six innings of one-run baseball and racked up nine strikeouts, his most in a start since July 21.

Arguably his biggest punchout of the night, and certainly his loudest, was his eighth. Wheeler got Acuña swinging in the fifth, sending the crowd into another eruption.

Jonathan Bowlan relieved Wheeler and, for the third time in his last four outings, allowed a homer. Austin Riley launched a towering solo shot that brought Atlanta within two.

The Phillies’ bats went quiet after the fourth. When the eighth inning arrived and José Alvarado allowed the leadoff runner to reach with Acuña coming to the plate, the ballpark was filled with boos and nerves.

Once again, Acuña was involved in a major play. This time, he grounded into a double play.

Alvarado, who has rarely worked in leverage situations during a difficult season, pounded his mitt. He did it again after striking out Olson to end the inning.

That got the ball to Jhoan Duran for his seventh save opportunity since the All-Star break.

Duran closed it out for his 30th save, becoming the first Phillie to reach that mark in a decade and the first since Jeanmar Gómez in 2016.

Here are the lineups. For the Phillies:

Wheels on the mound#RingTheBellpic.twitter.com/aDzJk9UBC9

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) September 5, 2026

For the Braves:

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— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 5, 2026

Let’s talk about it.

The title tells it all, but SB has this idea that I should put something into a post, not just a title. Seems strange to me.

Jameson Taillon was put back on the IL with right elbow inflammation. Ricky Tiedemann has been called back from Buffalo. Tiedemann would have had to stay down for ten days, but the rules change when someone had to go to the IL. I’m glad Tiedemann is back (though I’m pretty sure he’ll be going back down when another pitcher is activated from the IL).

I doubt Taillon will be back this season, but you never know.

Tiedemann has pitched in two games for the Jays, 2.2 innings allowing 2 hits, 1 earned, 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. I like pitchers starting their MLB careers in the bullpen. That’s how the Jays did it back in the ‘good old days’. Jimmy Key (among others) started his career in the pen, pitching 62 games from the bullpen before becoming a starter the next year. But then, that was back when we had a surplus of pitchers (can you imagine that?).

The Jays also picked up catcher Shawn Ross off waivers from the Mets. Ross will be 27 at the end of this month. He made it to the majors this year, playing five games for the Pirates. He’s one of those ‘three true outcome’ type games, in 70 minor league games he hit 11 home runs, had 41 walks and 92 strikeouts with a .184/.333/.418 batting line. This is the second time he’s been selected off waivers this year, he was DFAed by the Pirates and picked up by the Mets back at the end of July. I always think guys with big power are worth taking a look at. He’ll be send to Buffalo.

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Tonight’s lineups. I keep hoping to see Sean Keys in left field and I keep being disappointed.

Texas Rangers lineup for September 5, 2026 against the Tampa Bay Rays: starting pitchers are Jacob deGrom for the Rangers and Drew Rasmussen for the Rays.

We have a Saturday night game at the Shed, as the Rangers look to Jacob deGrom to prevent a loss yesterday from turning into a losing streak.

The lineup:

Pederson — DH

Seager — SS

Langford — LF

Nimmo — RF

Duran — 2B

Burger — 1B

Carter — CF

Freeman — 3B

Jansen — C

6:05 p.m. Central time. The game is a pick ‘em.

Prior to Saturday's game against the San Diego Padres, the Yankees placed center fielder Trent Grisham on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain and recalled outfielder Jasson Dominguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Grisham tweaked his hamstring in Friday's game while playing the outfield when he was unable to get to a ball dumped in front of him by Xander Bogaerts in the second inning after getting a late break. He exited the game an inning later, although he said after that he initially felt something on a stolen base attempt in the top of the second.

It's the second time Grisham has landed on the IL this season after he strained the same hamstring in mid-June which cost him nearly three weeks on the shelf.

Even when healthy, the 29-year-old has struggled this season with a .211/.308/.395 slash line as New York's everyday center fielder following a career-year in which he had 34 home runs and a .812 OPS.

Defensively, it's also been a battle for Grisham who has a -7 defensive runs saved (DRS) and a -6 outs above average (OAA), tied for second-worst and worst in the league, respectively.

Meanwhile, Dominguez returns to the Yanks after a tough season of his own which includes an injury and poor performance. In just 53 games, the 23-year-old slashed .230/.270/.380 with six home runs and 14 RBI before getting optioned to Triple-A where the youngster had been playing better, hitting .283 with a .781 OPS in 54 games.

With Grisham out, Spencer Jones figures to see time in center field. The rookie has looked good in his first taste at the big-league level and has come on recently, slashing .326/.373/.630 with four home runs in his last 15 games.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Arizona Diamondbacks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

At the time of writing (during the early stages of Friday’s game in Houston), the Diamondbacks have scored a total of five runs across the last 38 innings at the plate. It’s therefore no great surprise that the results in this week’s poll focused on the team’s clutch hitting – or lack thereof – as far and away being the most important thing for the team as we negotiate our way through the final months of the season. Part of this is perhaps recency bias, with this week’s struggles being undeniable: they literally went the entire series against Philadelphia without an RISP hit. But can anything be done?

First though, here’s how you voted.

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Here’s how the team’s number with runners in scoring position have broken down over each month of the season so far, along with their rank in MLB

• April: .291/.341/.561 = .902 OPS (#1)
• May: .270/.347/.422 = .769 OPS (#8)
• June: .162/.288/.259 = .548 OPS (#29)
• July: .237/.323/.388 = .711 OPS (#21)
• August: .248/.324/.472 = .797 (#5)

As you can see, it’s all over the place. They were actually pretty good in these situations last month. All told, they are +34 points with RISP, compared to overall: .744 OPS vs. .710. Both figures are actually pretty close to average, because teams generally do hit a bit better with runners in scoring position, compared to normal. The respective figures across all of MLB were .742 and .719. So, I’d expect Arizona’s numbers to come back to that over the rest of September. If anyone has to worry about regression to the mean down the stretch, it’s probably the Phillies, who come into play this weekend almost a hundred points better with RISP (.811 vs. .713).

Personally, I’m more curious to see how the starting rotation shapes up. The return of Corbin Burnes and Michael Soroka should provide a boost, given how shaky the replacements in the rotation have been. Eduardo Rodriguez, Brandon Pfaadt and Merrill Kelly have combined for 68 starts and an ERA of 3.55, going into Friday night’s game. Discounting Soroka’s 18 starts, everyone else in the rotation has made 55 starts and a 5.54 ERA. So you don’t need Cy Young caliber pitching from Corbin to be helpful. What matters is, the bar for Burnes and Soroka to improve on who they are replacing, is not high. And that’s discounting entirely Zac Gallen and his pre-IL ERA of 6.34.

Last Sunday, there was quite a hubbub surrounding a catch/no catch call in the Yankees-Red Sox game. Ceddanne Rafaela came very close to making a catch on a Jazz Chisholm Jr. fly ball that then would’ve led to a double play. However, the call on the field was that he trapped it, and that ruling was upheld on replay. A seemingly rattled Red Sox team then gave up five runs in the innings and ended up getting crushed by the Yankees. The victory gave New York the season series over Boston, which could come into play should the teams end up tied after the regular season.

We’ll never truly know how much that call and subsequent replay ruling actually did rattle the Red Sox, but it did get me thinking. I was wondering about the time where a set of mistakes by the other teams proved the costliest. It’s hard to argue against an instance of that happening in a World Series Game 7, so I think this might be it.

Having been down 3-1 in the series, the Yankees won Game 5 and 6 against the Milwaukee Braves to force a winner-take-all finale of the 1958 World Series. The Braves struck first against Don Larsen, with a run scoring on a Wes Covington groundout in the bottom of the first inning.

Braves’ starter Lew Burdette had been the hero when the two teams met in the Fall Classic in 1957. Burdette was the winning pitcher in Games 2, 5, and 7. The last two were both shutouts as Burdette was named Series MVP. This time luck wasn’t quite on his side.

In the top of the second, Yogi Berra led off the inning with a walk. Elston Howard was up next and he laid down a bunt attempt. Milwaukee first baseman Frank Torre — brother future Yankee skipper Joe; Frank famously received a heart transplant during the 1996 World Series — fielded the bunt. However, Torre’s throw to a covering Burdette at first was poor and got away. Howard was safe and Berra ended up at third.

Next up was Yankees’ third baseman Jerry Lumpe. He too hit a soft groundedr to Torre, this one of the unintentional kind. Torre once again fielded it, but this throw to Burdette was also off. A high effort allowed everyone to be safe, loading the bases. The next two batters both hit into outs, but both were good enough to score runs, giving the Yankees a lead that was only partly of their own doing.

Now, those two plays on their own did not win the Yankees the game and the series, but the Bombers never trailed again after that. Larsen got himself into some trouble in the third, eventually making way for Bob Turley. Del Crandall did tie the game for the Braves with a sixth inning homer, but other than that, Turley was excellent, throwing 6.2 innings out of the bullpen, allowing just that one run on two hits.

Turley’s performance eventually allowed the Yankees to breakthrough in the eighth. Howard was involved again, hitting an RBI single to give the Yankees the lead. However, the big play came a couple batters later when Bill Skowron hit a massive three-run homer off Burdette. The Yankees are blessed with many clutch moments throughout history, because for many other teams, that Skowron homer would be the singular best moment in franchise history. Meanwhile, it gets lost in the shuffle a bit for the Yankees.

Obviously, there was quite a bit of crucial moments following Torre’s two errors in the third, but there’s no way to accurately predict what happens if he just makes those plays cleanly. That being said, not only did they lead to two runs immediately after, but that was a bunch more pitches Burdette had to throw in that inning. They probably added a bit of fatigue that the Yankees then took advantage of later on. They may not have been the singular difference, but it’s hard to say they weren’t one.

It’s time for the second of three games between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets, and here’s hoping it goes better than the first game did.

Taking the mound for the Giants is right-hander Anthony Molina, the 24-year old who came to the Giants in the Tyler Mahle trade. In two games with the Giants, Molina is 2-0 with a 2.89 ERA, a 3.31 FIP, and seven strikeouts to just one walk in 9.1 innings.

For the Mets, it’s left-hander Zac Thornton, a 24-year old in his first MLB season. Thornton, who was taken in the fifth round of the 2023 draft, has made 11 starts this year, and is 3-4 with a 2.93 ERA, a 3.89 FIP, and 45 strikeouts to 14 walks in 61.1 innings. In his last start, Thornton gave up two runs in five innings against the Houston Astros.

Enjoy the baseball, everyone!

Game #143

Who: San Francisco Giants (58-84) vs. New York Mets (64-77)

Where: Citi Field, Queens, New York

When: 1:10 p.m. PT

Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area

National broadcast: n/a

Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM