Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. hit just his second home run of the season on Wednesday, but he made it count. Tatis belted a hanging slider from Chase Petty over the left-field wall to walk off the Reds.
1. Giants cap comeback with walk-off grand slam
The Giants seemed to be heading toward getting swept by the Nationals through seven innings on Wednesday. San Francisco entered the bottom of the eighth inning trailing 9-1. The Giants then put together a five-run inning with the help of solo homers from Rafael Devers and Matt Chapman. Washington scored once in the ninth inning to extend the lead back to four runs. The first three batters reached base against reliever Gus Varland in the bottom of the ninth inning, cutting the deficit to three. Jung Hoo Lee singled to load the bases, setting the stage for Bryce Eldridge. The rookie yanked a 2-0 slider from Mitchell Parker into the right field seats to finish the wild comeback.
2. Callihan gets on the board
Pirates outfielder Tyler Callihan joined the big-league club at the end of May. He’s played sparsely since being promoted, but put together a huge game against the Dodgers yesterday. Callihan took Shohei Ohtani deep in the fourth inning for the first homer of his career. He then erased a two-run deficit in the eighth inning with a three-run shot off Kyle Hurt. Pittsburgh entered the seventh inning down five runs, but scored eight times in their final two trips to the plate.
3. Scherzer climbs the strikeout list
Blue Jays righty Max Scherzer made his return to the mound on Wednesday against the Phillies. The veteran had been sidelined since late April with forearm and ankle injuries. Scherzer wasn’t at his best against Philadelphia, allowing five earned runs over 3 1/3 innings. He did pick up four strikeouts, bringing him to 3,503 for his career. Scherzer is the 11th pitcher to reach 3,500 punchouts. He needs just seven strikeouts to move past Walter Johnson and into the top 10 on the all-time leaderboard.
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Eldridge is one of the only bright spots for the Giants right now.
it is nice that he is living up to expectations.
The giants have a few bright spots- but nowhere near what they need to be the contender they thought they would be.
I refuse to be start believing the Giants’ bats are coming alive. I’ve been fooled before. But every time they score well in a game or 2, they fall back into over-aggressive bad habits. This is a team gifting one-pitch outs, and 5, 6, or 7 pitch innings to the opposing pitcher.
I have no problem with swinging at the first pitch if it’s a meatball. But too many guys are hacking at marginal strikes on the first pitch. Guys like Gilbert, and Susac, even Schmitt have a reputation for offering at the first pitch and pitchers use that knowledge to their advantage.
I wanted to be wrong about Schmitt, but unfortunately I don’t think I was. His BA has been in steady decline, his OPS has dropped 91 points in the last 31 days, and he’s chasing again. A little over a month ago Statcast had his chase rate in the 29th percentile, which wasn’t good, but represented a big improvement. Today it’s in the 14th percentile. Not sure why he’s still leading off.
Chapman too. On fire lately and typical stellar glove
@ balk Chapman also with his typical high WAR. Other than that the Giants are a disappointment for sure
Jung Hoo Lee and Arraez. Been stellar.
Congrats Max!!
The World Cup begins today and we are all privileged to be able to witness such a spectacle on our own shores. Spain will be lifting it and the 18-year-old phenom will cement his legacy as the greatest football player of all time
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Why are you talking about soccer on a sports forum?
The biggest sport in the world you mean?
I think you meant gayest.
@bob so literally billions of fans are wrong and your homophobic self is right. Cool
@Bob it *is* Pride month…
Slider, no one cements their legacy at the age of 18, unless they do it again and again. Legacy is not a moment, it’s a career. So easy does it.
Legacy can be built in a day- Look at Gordon Beckham- one decent season (his partial rookie season), and they still talk about bending it like beckham.
Michael Owen limps into the chat.
Do you mean David Beckham is he still married to Victoria former spice girl
Odd baseball Freudian slip there of Chi Sox legend Beckham.
I thought it was about the Rays #1 draft pick when he got popped for PEDs.
Yep. You idiots even managed to fark up hosting the World Cup.
Callihan looks like he could be a great add by BC. If nothing else, he could be a valuable off-the-bench bat when Griffin gets back. But I think there’s a chance he could be more. Has a really good swing. Such an exciting game last night.
Callihan had a game last night. Looks like a solid bat.
Ward came through for the Dodgers as well.
The young bats are looking good.
Hate to say it, but Scherzer looks cooked. I hope it’s not the end, but a mid-season retirement is starting to look possible.
It is likely Vad, that he is gone once Bieber is activated….Jays may keep him as a depth piece or even offer him a position on the coaching staff….
He could instead sign with Cleveland and get “fixed” Rich Hill style, then pitch for another 5 years.
yeah, he could but his daughter likes the Jays…..that is important….
he is at the “money does not matter” phase of his career. So he is only going to play where he wants to play. I could see him try to latch on to a contender to maybe have one last magic moment- but is it worth it for the sure fire HOF.
Maybe the Diamondbacks if they still find themselves in the hunt. Detroit needs another 2024 run, and any confidence I had in the Nationals was absolutely destroyed yesterday.
I think now that Max got his 3500th he will stick around to see if we make the playoffs. If we miss I bet he calls it a career
That Pirates/Dodgers game was a great watch last night. In a game full of great moments, the Callihan homeruns and Reynolds robbing Ohtani of a Homer are my top three.
Yeah just like Tuesdays game as soon as Shenes came out of the game the Dodgers scored 10 run in the 7th and blew out the Pirates and btw has anyone looked at the standings today the White Sox are in first place in the AL Central and have to face those same Dodgers this weekend
The Dodgers are a great team, and you’re not wrong they really showed it on Tuesday! I’m looking forward to today’s rubbermatch.
It was an excellent game.
Great night for MLB
What a night for the Knicks!
It must’ve been National Comeback Day.
Good for the Giants, but an MLB team blowing an 8-run lead with 6 outs to go is Little League and the amateur hour combined.
Great to see that out of Callahan. Pittsburgh already got more out of him than the Reds got out of Nicholas.
I’m sure the idol worshippers will have some excuse while Rome continues to burn.