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Three days removed from the sudden death of his father, Miguel Rojas was business as usual at Dodger Stadium on Friday.

The veteran infielder could’ve stepped away from the team, of course. He could have gone on the bereavement list this weekend amid his family’s loss.

However, Rojas said he was going to stay with the team for its series against the Rangers and expressed more gratitude for all the support he has received from the club and his teammates over the last several days.

“There’s a lot going on [with his family] in Venezuela, and his family is kind of dispersed all over the world,” manager Dave Roberts said. “He just feels they’ve got a handle on it down there, so he’s gonna stay with us.”

Rojas missed the Dodgers’ Tuesday game in Toronto after learning only 45 minutes before first pitch that his father, Miguel Rojas Sr., had suffered a heart attack.

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The funeral was the next day in Rojas’ native Venezuela. However, with the Dodgers already on the road in another country, Rojas said it was too short notice for him to make it home in time. So, he instead started in that afternoon’s game, writing his dad’s nickname, “Mickey,” on his hat.

Starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani had “MR” written on his cap during the game, too.

“I’m sure it’s been a tough day for Miggy,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton after the game. “He showed up today, made some really good plays. We just want to make sure that he’s well-supported.”

Mookie Betts, Blake Snell making progress

Less than a week after suffering an oblique strain, Mookie Betts is already “symptom-free,” Roberts said.

“He feels good,” the manager added. “He’s not feeling anything.”

That’s good news for the Dodgers, who have replaced Betts at shortstop over the last week with a combination of Rojas and Hyeseong Kim. Roberts said Betts is unlikely to return when his 10-day injured list stint is up next Wednesday but sounded optimistic the former MVP would return soon after.

Another injured star making progress this week: Blake Snell, the two-time Cy Young Award winner who has been sidelined by shoulder fatigue to start the year.

Snell said he is scheduled to face hitters for the first time this year on Saturday, a key step in his recovery that should keep him on pace to return sometime in May.

The Dodgers are also hoping to get right-handed reliever Brock Stewart back before even then. Stewart has been facing batters in Arizona the last few weeks and is expected to go on a rehab assignment soon.

Slower progress

On the other end of the injury spectrum, Tommy Edman still isn’t on the verge of returning from his offseason ankle surgery, as he hasn’t yet begun running at 100%.

“He’s a ways from running full speed,” Roberts said. “And then also, I think that when you’re coming back from surgery, the next part is the recovery. So being able to run full speed, when he gets to that point, [he also needs] the next couple days after to feel no symptoms. That’s the thing that we haven’t really got to yet.”

Roberts said Edman is further behind schedule than Kike Hernandez, who won’t be eligible to come off the 60-day injured list until mid-May after undergoing offseason elbow surgery.

Two other players who remain on a slow recovery timeline: pitchers Gavin Stone and Brusdar Graterol.

Stone was shut down after one start this spring when his surgically repaired shoulder flared up on him. Graterol, meanwhile, was put on the IL to begin the season when his own surgically repaired shoulder gave him velocity issues earlier in camp.

Roberts said Graterol’s velocity has ticked up in recent bullpens but didn’t say how close he was to facing batters. With Stone, he said “it’s slow,” unsure of exactly where he is at in his rehab process.

The Dodgers (9-3) open a three-game series against the Rangers (7-5) Friday night at Dodger Stadium.

Tyler Glasnow (1-0, 3.00 ERA, 0.92 WHIP) takes the ball for the series opener.

Kumar Rocker (0-1, 3.60 ERA, 5 IP) makes his  first career appearance against the Dodgers. 

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Lineups

Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Rangers: pic.twitter.com/I91PlGPN2T

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 10, 2026

Out West for 10 games. #AllForTXpic.twitter.com/nYNWcxl778

— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) April 10, 2026

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Friday game info

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Rangers
• Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
• Time: 7:10 p.m.
• TV: SportsNet LA, MLB Network (out of market)
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

Well. Not great. It started off well though!

Slade pitched today. Gave up a bloop RBI liner to Acuna in the third. In the 4th, Manzardo absolutely obliterated a first pitch sinker 454 feet to center.

Ummm, hello, Kyle.#GuardsBallpic.twitter.com/EGTWf9dM9M

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) April 11, 2026

Kwan, in the fifth, hit a liner to left that was mishandled by Mike Yastrzemski, leading to the go-ahead run scoring.

Steve puts us ahead!#GuardsBallpic.twitter.com/Gw3pY01DoR

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) April 11, 2026

It was basically all Braves from this point on. Vogt brought out Cecconi for the 6th to face the top of the Braves’ order for the third time, and they took advantage of that miscue. Cecconi has an 8.39 ERA the third time through. After 3 runs had scored, Vogt brought in Guardians’ favorite Matt Festa, who gave up another 3 runs (only 2 credited to him). Pallette gave up another 2 runs in the 7th.

The Guardians fought back in the 8th, scoring 3 runs off a Hoskins RBI double (scoring DeLauter, who doubled to lead off the inning) and an Angel Martinez 2-RBI single (scoring Brito and Hoskins, who both hit their way on).

Allard came on for the 8th and gave up two more runs.

That’s all, see you tomorrow. It’s Messick vs. former White Sock Martin Perez.

As the Braves debuted their blue City Connect 2.0 jerseys, they hoped for more quality innings from Bryce Elder in the first game of a homestand against the Guardians.

Elder walked Jose Ramirez in the first, but struck the next batter out to start the game with a scoreless frame. Ronald Acuna nearly made my prediction true in his first at-bat, hitting a ball that might have been a homer in another park, on another night, or (perhaps most importantly) with a different ball, but instead fell for a flyout. The second inning was a quiet one and Elder worked around a Kwan single in the third before the Braves drew first blood with singles from Dominic Smith and Michael Harris before a broken bat single from Acuna brought Smith home. Baldwin unfortunately grounded into an inning-inning double-play, limiting the scoring to one run in the frame, which Elder gave back with a solo homer from Kyle Manzardo in the fourth.

The Guardians went single-walk-single with one out in the fifth, taking a 2-1 lead ahead of Cleveland’s two msot dangerous hitters in DeLauter and Ramirez. Elder walked DeLauter to load the bases for Jose Ramirez, which is exactly the type of situation you want to avoid against the Guardians. Bryce struck out Jose Ramirez, ending his outing on a high note, before Walt Weiss pulled him for Aaron Bummer to face the lefty Manzardo. That worked, as he got Manzardo to pop out, ending the inning. Tyler Kinley got the sixth and worked a 1-2-3 frame on contact outs. In the home frame, Ronald finally hit his first homer of the season, on a moonshot to left field, tying the game up at 2 runs, making my pregame prediction come true.

Ronald Acuña Jr.'s first homer of the season comes in the new @Braves City Connect threads! pic.twitter.com/MMOewaJCwO

— MLB (@MLB) April 11, 2026

Drake Baldwin followed Ronald’s solo shot with a line drive single, still with no outs. Matt Olson made good on that situation with a 111.6 MPH moonshot of his own over the Chop House on a 3-0 count, as 3 batters turned a 1-2 deficit into a 4-2 lead against Cecconi.

MATT OLSON'S TURN!

The @Braves jump in front! pic.twitter.com/8J4EZMC7Ck

— MLB (@MLB) April 11, 2026

Austin Riley made for the fourth straight 104+ MPH batter ball with another single, as it was clearly a mistake for the Guardians to let Cecconi face the Braves’ lineup a third time through. Austin took second and third on groundouts against the Guardians’ reliever Festa and Dominic Smith singled him home before Michael Harris launched another homer to give the Braves a commanding 7-2 lead.

The @Braves are MASHING!

3 homers and 6 runs in the 6th 🔥 pic.twitter.com/hmYAPV4lUp

— MLB (@MLB) April 11, 2026

Dubon hit a ringing double and Acuna laced a lineout to end the inning. Dylan Lee handled the seventh in 1-2-3 fashion with one strikeout, and the Braves got some small ball insurance with walks from Olson and Yaz followed by singles from Albies and Smith to make it a 9-2 ballgame. Jose Suarez got the eighth and allowed some hard contact, lost his command, and allowed three runs, failing to complete the eighth inning of a 9-3 game and handing a two on, two out situation to Joel Payamps with a 4 run lead. Payamps got a deep flyout to end the inning with a nice play from Michael Harris.

The Braves’ bats once again added some insurance in the eighth, on a bloop from Dubon and a double from the still-scorching-hot Drake Baldwin. Matt Olson just missed what would have been a two-run oppo shot before Austin Riley brought Drake home on a line drive single. Osvaldo Bido got the ninth and walked the leadoff hitter, but got a double play and ended the game with a Jose Ramirez flyout.

Join us again for game 2 tomorrow night, same time and place.

The Mets' offensive struggles continued on Friday night, managing just six hits in their 4-0 loss to the Athletics.

New York has now lost three straight games and hasn't scored in 17 straight innings.

Here are the takeaways... 

-- Clay Holmes was solid through 5.1 innings, allowing just one run on five hits, but left the game early with left hamstring tightness in the sixth inning.

The one run came in the third inning when Shea Langeliers singled with runners on the corners to put the Athletics up 1-0. New York should have turned a double play on the previous at-bat, but Nick Kurtz beat Francisco Lindor's throw to first.

Holmes avoided further damage in the fourth inning after former Met Jeff McNeil doubled and again in the fifth inning after a wild pitch moved Kurtz to second base with two outs. Overall, Holmes threw 81 pitches before walking off the field with trainers after allowing a single to Jacob Wilson.

-- The Mets bats couldn't figure out former prospect J.T. Ginn, who retired the first seven batters before walking Francisco Alvarez in the bottom of the third inning. New York failed to capitalize on its first baserunner as Carson Benge struck out and Lindor flied out to center to end the inning.

Jared Young dropped a bunt down the third base line in the fourth inning and the ball somehow stayed fair for New York's first hit of the game. Although he was left stranded, Ginn got the next two outs to get through the fourth inning. Ginn's day ended after 4.0 IP, allowing just the bunt single, striking out four, and walking one.

-- Pitching changes didn't help New York turn things around. Their best scoring chance came in the bottom of the sixth inning when Lindor and Bichette both singled against Jack Perkins, giving the team runners on first and third base with no outs. Young hit a hard line drive to Kurtz at first base and the reigning AL Rookie of the Year caught Lindor in between third and home, zipping a throw across the diamond to get him sliding back to third base. Luis Robert Jr. then grounded into the inning-ending double play.

-- McNeil was honored with a tribute video in his first game back in Queens and had a strong night against his old squad. In the third inning, McNeil bobbled a sharp grounder from Bo Bichette but was able to get him out at first in time (thanks to an overturned call). He flashed his glove again in the fifth inning, robbing Carson Benge of a single. At the plate, McNeil went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

-- Tobias Myers retired eight straight A's to keep it a 1-0 game heading into the ninth inning, but then things fell apart. Wilson singled and advanced to second base on Benge's fielding error. Myers then gave up an RBI single to McNeil, and after a double to Max Muncy, he let up another RBI single to Denzel Clarke as the A's took a 4-0 lead. Richard Lovelady came in and forced a double play to stop the bleeding.

Robert singled in the bottom of the ninth, but that's all the Mets could rally with, as Brett Baty and Marcus Semien both flied out to end the game.

Highlights

Semien ➡️ Lindor ➡️ Young for the double play! pic.twitter.com/5fGdld79mw

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 10, 2026

Jared Young's bunt stays fair and the Mets have their first hit of the night! pic.twitter.com/RAsmVdXKRF

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 11, 2026

Clay Holmes is leaving the game with a Mets athletic trainer pic.twitter.com/JFPbShQnwb

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 11, 2026

What's next

The Mets continue their three-game series against the Athletics on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. on SNY.

Kodai Senga (0-1, 3.09 ERA) takes the mound and faces left-hander Jacob Lopez (0-1, 6.48 ERA).

The story of tonight’s game is unequivocally Kris Bubic. The long-time Royals carved up the White Sox all night. He struggled in the first inning compared to the rest of the outing again, but even then, he looked good, striking out a pair and walking one in a scoreless first. Scoreless was the name of the thing for Bubic, who ultimately pitched seven shutout innings with a career high eleven strikeouts. It was the best start the Royals have gotten among a number of pretty good starts to start the season.

That first inning saw Bubic throw over 20 pitches, but at the end of 7, he’d thrown only 88 total. Just to remind you that strikeouts don’t always mean high pitch counts. The first-inning walk was the only one he would allow, and he didn’t give up his first hit of only two allowed until Lenyn Sosa led off the top of the fifth with a double. Bubic responded by getting a soft lineout, a popout, and a strikeout to end the threat. In the sixth, he allowed a single to number nine hitter Derek Hill, but a strikeout, groundout, and strikeout ended that threat.

Matt Strahm and Lucas Erceg each pitched clean innings to finish the win off, though neither earned their own strikeout.

The Royals’ offense started in the bottom of the fourth. Maikel Garcia led off with a double and, shortly after the Artemis II mission’s Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific, Bobby splashed his third double in as many games off the left field wall to drive Maikel home. Bobby advanced to third on a Vinnie Pasquantino flyout but the team couldn’t get him home.

After Bubic finished off the White Sox in the seventh, it seemed like the Royals could use an insurance run. Carter Jensen delivered.

Carter now has twice as many home runs as anyone else on the team. Ever since the sleep-in incident, Carter has looked like a brand new guy. Before that, he was slashing .125/.167/.313/.480. Since then, he’s slashing .316/.371/.842/1.223 with three of his home runs in seven games. Michael Massey followed with a double, advanced to third on a wild pitch, but the Royals couldn’t get him in, either.

Still, Kris Bubic put the team on his back and carried them to a series-evening victory in under two hours. One really fun thing is that he got four strikeouts with the fastball, four with the slider, and three with the sweeper. His changeup is usually considered his best pitch, and he didn’t even need to use it to get his Ks. Just a truly phenomenal start.

The Royals have a late afternoon start tomorrow as they try to guarantee at least a split. Michael Wacha (0.69 ERA, 3.98 SIERA) will face off against Erick Fedde (4.09 ERA, 3.60 SIERA). The game will start at 3:10 Royals time and be aired on Royals.TV. See you then!

The A’s just keep winning! In New York for their fourth straight game the A’s took the first game of the weekend series against the Mets, winning 4-0 thanks to some late-game insurance that they ended up not really needing. Still love the foot on the gas pedal late though!

Ginn dominates in first start

We had a new starting pitcher outside of the season-opening rotation on the mound for our Athletics for the first time this season. Right-hander JT Ginn was tabbed tonight for his first start of the 2026 season after beginning the year as the team’s long man in the bullpen, taking the spot of Luis Morales.

Ginn hadn’t really pitched deep into any games this year. The longest he’d gone was in his first outing of the season when he took over after a short Morales start in the first series of the season. He’d reached 45 pitches in that outing and that was the goal the coaching staff probably had in mind for their young righty tonight.

Ginn began his night hot, striking out Francisco Lindor and Bo Bichette to start tonight’s contest. He issued a walk in the second and allowed a single in the fourth but outside of those two batters Ginn sat down every Mets hitter he faced tonight. It was a dominant outing against a Mets lineup missing their biggest bat in Juan Soto, but it was still a great sight to see the 26-year-old absolutely control the team that drafted then traded him to the A’s way back in 2022.

• J.T. Ginn: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 68 pitches

It felt like a bit of a gamble to have him face the top of the order for a second time but Mark Kotsay’s roll of the dice worked out in his favor in this one. It had to have felt good for Ginn to show up his former organization in this one.

Bats mostly silent…. Mostly

Meanwhile the Mets had right-hander Clay Holmes on the mound for them tonight. The A’s were having a bit better luck early on against the former reliever but they weren’t able to cash in on those early chances.

That is, until the third inning. Backup outfielder Carlos Cortes, who looks likely to get more playing time with Brent Rooker out due to injury, singled to kick off the top of the third inning. A strikeout and walk put him in scoring position with one down but a force out seemingly killed the rally before it got started. Well Shea Langeliers had something else to say about that, collecting his first hit of the night to bring around the runner at second for the game’s first run of the game:

Shea gettin' us started! pic.twitter.com/Cf5dJmgIMn

— Athletics (@Athletics) April 10, 2026

Maybe it wasn’t such a bad idea to have him hitting at the top of the lineup. Worked out in this situation, that’s for sure. Now if only we can get Nick Kurtz going…

Then things got quite. Real quiet. Neither team was able to get much of any type of rally going at all through the middle frames. The biggest moment from these innings came in the bottom of the sixth. Right-hander Jack Perkins, only called up today, came on in relief of Mark Leiter Jr. and was immediately greeted with singles off the bats of Lindor and Bichette with no one out. Tough spot to be in, but the defense came up huge behind him. A groundball to Nick Kurtz was fielded by last year’s ROTY and the first baseman made the decision to go for the runner at third. It was risky but ended up being the smart decision as he nabbed the runner at the hot corner, and that was immediately followed by a groundball double play that squashed the Mets’ rally in its place:

The A's TURN TWO to exit the sixth unscathed 😤 pic.twitter.com/09W1QsRrDw

— Athletics on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) April 11, 2026

That might have been the biggest moment of the game. If the Mets get on the board then things could have snowballed and tonight’s recap would sound a lot different.

Perkins ended up pitching the next inning as well, and then got the first out of the eighth before making way for Scott Barlow, who did his job by getting the next two out to set up a save situation for the Athletics. Perkins ended up pitching 2 1/3 innings and allowing just three hits while collecting three punchouts. A successful first big league appearance of the season, and Barlow looks like he’s slowly getting himself on track as well.

Insurance time!

Clinging to a 1-0 lead the A’s were desperate for some cushion. Anything, even one run, would help take some pressure off the man in the ninth to be perfect. Well the A’s gave him that and more. It all started with Jacob Wilson collecting his third hit of the night (he’d finish 3-for-4 on the evening), and he was able to advance to second thanks to an error in left field by rookie outfielder Carson Benge. That was then followed by a Jeff McNeil single against his former team that brought home that much-needed insurance run:

Jeff McNeil brings Jacob Wilson home 🙌 pic.twitter.com/1J0OoD5Prz

— Athletics on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) April 11, 2026

The club wasn’t done there, either. Third baseman Max Muncy followed McNeil with a double than put two more runners in scoring position, and after a groundout from Cortes the A’s got the biggest hit of the night, a two-run single off the bat of center fielder Denzel Clarke:

Denzel Clarke knocks in two more ✌️ pic.twitter.com/gXyUR19YM8

— Athletics on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) April 11, 2026

So good to see Clarke find some success with the bat. We all know about the amazing glove he has on the grass in center field but it’s going to be his bat that keeps in him the lineup on a regular basis. Clarke spoke after the game with the guys about that ninth inning:

Denzel Clarke discusses the A's big ninth inning 👏 pic.twitter.com/vY9TPJfMqo

— Athletics on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) April 11, 2026

That rally all but sealed tonight’s outcome. Righty Elvis Alvarado came on for the ninth and pitched a clean inning, ending the game by getting old friend Marcus Semien to fly out to Soderstrom in left. Another win for the good guys!

Things broke the A’s way tonight. Ginn was fantastic and likely earned himself another start next week (which lines up to be against the Texas Rangers at home). The bats were quiet for most of the game but came through when it mattered most. Jeff McNeil had two hits and a huge RBI against his former squad. The bullpen did its job and then some with five shutout frames. The pitching staff has now gone 26 straight innings without allowing a run, and the team is coming off back-to-back wins against both New York teams. The Athletics are now 6-7 and are starting to play like the team A’s fans expected.

The A's last three games just serve to underscore the fact that the team's level of success this season will largely depend on the quality of pitching they get.

— Bill Moriarity – A's Farm (@AthleticsFarm) April 11, 2026

The series continues tomorrow afternoon with Game 2 of the series. It’s going to be left-hander Jacob Lopez on the bump for the good guys in what’ll be his third start of the season. His first two outings weren’t horrible, but he’s yet to give the team much length after only going 4 1/3 and 4 innings in both starts this year. The club could be taking things easy with him considering his injury that ended his campaign last season but it’d still be nice to get some more length out of him for the bullpen’s sake. The Mets meanwhile will send righty Kodai Senga out there tomorrow afternoon. He’s off to a quick start this year after missing essentially all of last season due to injury. In two career starts against the A’s he’s only allowed four runs spanning 11 2/3 frames. Not an easy test for the bats but four wins in a row should be plenty of motivation. But great win all around tonight!

Law’s still hungry 👀 pic.twitter.com/6WTUJMP8Em

— Athletics (@Athletics) April 11, 2026

The Phillies gazed upon their scoreless streak and said: no more. And so it was, in the bottom of the first inning on April 10th, 2026, that Trea Turner singled to left, and Kyle Schwarber walked, and Bryce Harper hit one to right to score Turner. The scoreless streak thus passed away at the age of twenty innings. It loved strikeouts and weakly hit fly balls, and its recipe for GIDPs was the envy of the neighborhood. It will be mourned by few who knew it. Brandon Marsh, not inclined to let said streak pass gracefully, proceeded to dance on its grave by blasting an opposite-field homer to give the Phillies a 4-0 lead.

Speaking of Marsh, he was occupying an unusual role: that of cleanup hitter. It’s not entirely new to him (he did it five times last year), but it is a less typical spot for the hirsute hero. But he had 11 hits in nine games coming into tonight, and he was playing against a team that offers so few lefty pitchers that they might really believe the old fiction about lefties being agents of evil, and so putting him at the four spot seemed like smart dealing.

Smart dealing was what Jesús Luzardo was doing, too, at least for a while. He had little trouble handling the Diamondbacks allowing no hits through four, along with six K’s. Michael Soroka accrued one more strikeout than that through four, but accompanied them with a significantly less clean line. It seemed obvious that Soroka’s start would be the lesser one.

José Fernandez’ single, slapped one past a diving Turner, ended the no-hit bid but gave little reason to doubt the overall shape of the game. But a subsequent walk allowed to the alliterative Tim Tawa put two on, and then that endangered species, the bunt, emerged from the underbrush (courtesy of Alek Thomas) to load the bases with none out. Luzardo needed to find his form again, and fast. For a moment, it looked like he had: Jorge Barrossa went down swinging helplessly at a sweeper well outside the zone. But Ketel Marte singled to score two, and Ildemaro Vargas singled to score another, and a game that began swimmingly became less so. A break for the Phillies occurred when Luzardo struck out Geraldo Perdomo, and survived a challenge on the final strike. Then a break of the bad variety: a James McCann double scored two, gave the Diamondbacks the lead, and chased a suddenly mortal Luzardo. Jonathan Bowlan came in and quickly ended the unfortunate frame.

Any hope for an immediate response from the Phillies was thwarted by Soroka, who ended his day mid-sixth. The Phillies entered the seventh still down by one, with Brad Keller tasked with keeping things there; he did. But the Phillies bats, tasked with making something happen, did not. All was quiet. Somewhere beneath the earth, the scoreless streak began to stir.

Orion Kerkering came out for the eighth; his second appearance of the year. He allowed a hit on a hard luck single, with a lightly hit ball bouncing perfectly up the third base line, giving Perdomo just enough time to dash to first. A steal put him on second, and a sacrifice bunt (it was a banner day for bunt buffs) advanced him to third. But Kerkering induced a popup to end the inning, and gave the Philadelphia offense another chance to redeem themselves, to stop the resurrection of the streak.

Immediate Ks from Harper and Marsh seemed to put the kibosh on that redemption, though a single from Stott kept the hope alive, if flickering. But Adolís Garcia struck out, giving the home club a whopping, woeful 16 strikeouts.

Tanner Banks took the ninth. He was successful in thwarting the Snakes, but he did allow another bunt for a single. The bunt is alive and well, deep in the deserts of Arizona.

So is the scoreless streak, unfortunately, deep in the heart of South Philly. Bohm flew to shallow center to start the bottom ninth, and J.T. Realmuto hit a sharp liner that found a glove. That brought Justin Crawford to the plate. He shrugged off his tendency to hit the ball on the ground, sending a Paul Sewald pitch flying towards right, and over the head of a leaping Snake, and off the wall, and before anyone had time to blink, he was on third base. But Turner flew out, and the young man’s heroism was for naught. The scoreless streak has emerged from its grave, zombie-like ,and is now at a healthy eight innings. It craves flyouts like Audrey II craved human flesh.

The Phillies are 6-7. They continue the series against the Diamondbacks tomorrow at 1:05.

The Houston Astros (6-7) travel to the Mariners (4-9) this evening in Seattle in the first game of a three game series.

Astros game three starterRHP Tatsuya Imai will make his thirdstart of the season for the Astros, this time opposite RHP Emerson Hancock and the Mariners.

Friday’s TILT: The Astros and Mariners will play the first game of their three-game series this evening as the Astros look to end their four game losing streak

ON THE HUNT: RHP Tatsuya Imai is making his third career start after hurling 5.2 hutout innings in Sacramento. He carries a 1-0 record with a 4.32 ERA with thirteen strikeouts and seven walks in his first two starts.

ASTROS VS. Hancock: The Astros are facing Hancock for the third time in his career. He has a 1-0 record against the Astros with a 3.38 ERA in eight innings. Both outings were starts.

RIVALRY VS. THE MARINERS: The Astros hold a commanding 132-97 record lifetime against the Mariners and that doesn’t include their three game sweep in the 2022 ALDS. The Astros were 5-8 against the Mariners last season including the decisive three game sweep the Mariners laid on the Astros late in September last season.

TODAY’S ROSTER MOVES: The Astros placed RHP Cristian Javier on the 15-day IL (retro 4/9) due to a grade two right shoulder strain and OF Jake Meyers on the 10-day IL (retro (4/9) due to a grade two right oblique strain…to take their spots on the active roster, the Astros have selected RHP J.P. France and OF Taylor Trammell from the Triple A Sugar Land…to make room on the 40-man roster, the Astros transferred RHP Ronel Blanco to the 60-day IL.

Game Info

Game Date/Time: Friday, April 10, 8:40 p.m. CST

Location: Seattle, WA

TV: Space City Home Network

Streaming: SCHN

Radio: KBME 790 AM; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)

Astros Lineup

SS Jeremy Pena

LF Yordan Alvarez

DH Jose Altuve

2B Isaac Paredes

3B Carlos Correa

1B Christian Walker

RF Cam Smith

DH Yainer Diaz

CF Joey Loperfido

C Christian Vazquez

Mariners Lineup

SS J.P. Crawford

C Cal Raleigh

CF Julio Rodriguez

1B Josh Naylor

LF Randy Arozorena

RF Luke Raley

2B Cole Young

DH Domonic Canzone

3B Leo Rivas

CF Denzel Clarke

Texas Rangers @ Los Angeles Dodgers

Friday, April 10, 2026, 9:10 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / CW33)

UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium

RHP Kumar Rocker vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow

Go Rangers!