On a day full of intriguing pitching matchups, Shohei Ohtani vs. Jared Jones might take the cake. Ohtani has allowed five earned runs all season. Jones bounced back from a rough season debut with five zeroes against the Astros in his last outing.
1. Montgomery walks off the Braves
What a debut for Braden Montgomery. One of the top prospects in the White Sox system joined the club for his first MLB game on Tuesday. The outfielder picked up his first big-league hit in his second at-bat, singling home fellow prospect Jacob Gonzalez. Montgomery then came to the plate with Chicago trailing by one in the 10th inning. With two outs and the tying run on third base, the rookie drilled a game-winning home run. Montgomery became the fifth player to hit a walk-off homer in their MLB debut. “It was something out of dreams,” Montgomery said (h/t Jesse Rogers of ESPN). “It’s something that I couldn’t draw up any better myself.”
2. Acuna leaves with a hamstring injury
Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. seems to have avoided a serious leg injury after leaving last night’s game against the White Sox. Acuna came up lame while running out a ground ball in the fourth inning. He was diagnosed with left hamstring tightness and will undergo imaging on Wednesday. It’s the same hamstring that cost Acuna a couple of weeks in early May. Manager Walt Weiss said the injury isn’t as severe this time. “It doesn’t seem as bad as the last one,” Weiss said (h/t Zach Sweet of MLB.com). “We’re not eyeing an IL [stint] on him right now, but day to day. He’s going to get an MRI, and then we’ll go from there. It’s certainly not as bad as the last one.”
3. Athletics tie franchise home run record
The fireworks at Las Vegas Ballpark continued on Tuesday night. After slugging seven home runs in a wild extra-innings loss on Monday, the Athletics hit five more yesterday. The dozen long balls tied the club’s franchise record for home runs in a two-game span (h/t Martin Gallegos of MLB.com). Outfielder Henry Bolte got in on the fun, taking lefty Robert Gasser deep in the second inning. for his first career home run. Bolte has more than held his own in his first taste of the majors, delivering a 114 wRC+ across 25 games. The A’s play four more times in Vegas this week.
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Congratulations to BM… what a way to start your ⚾️ life young man!!!
Now all 4 players from the Crochet deal have played in The MLB for the White Sox. Not bad.
Way to go, Henry Bolte! A 446-foot shot to the opposite field!
Winner winner
Getz has done a nice job of acquiring talent. First part of the job done-check. Now comes the hard part, The part that Hoyer never got and that’s adding the the missing pieces to get them to the next step and competing for the big prize. Figuring out who fits, Who you can deal to get the missing pieces here. It’s hard to believe but now the Sox are in a much better position because they utilized their young talent and didn’t waste them, Well yet anyway. It’s been pretty impressive. The Sox are on the way up and the Cubs are floundering with a bunch of horrible contracts. Shame. When Ricketts finally comes out of his coma and figures out what it’s going to cost him to fix his decision to extend Hoyer he’s not going to be happy.
I honestly think the retirement home you’re living in is giving you too much “Talk about the Cubs on the internet” time.
Shows how dumb you really are. If you ever understood anything I’ve ever written( Doubtful) You would know that I’m both a Cubs and Sox fan. I am 70 and have lived through 140 years of baseball and seen exactly 2 Championships. I’ve never felt the need morons do to be picky. The Sox have been hard to root for lately but they are definitely on the rise which makes them relevant again. They are on the way up and the other team is on the way down and it’s mostly due to the men in charge. If you’re too dumb to understand the point then go talk to somebody who cares what you think. Still I’ve seen 2 Champions something both my Grandfather and my father never saw so I consider myself lucky.
140 years of baseball. 😆😆😆
I kind of love the adding missing pieces that Hoyer never got for the big prize.
You referenced two championships…one was obviously the 2016 Cubs….do you just gloss over the acquisitions Bryant, Rizzo, Lester, Arrieta and even Chapman that got them to the big prize.
Feel feel to cherry pick one month out of the last 12-15 years.
And on here, you’re a Sox fan when convenient to your agenda and a Cub basher in the same respect.
Like I’ve told you many times and your refusal to accept the truth those were Theo acquisitions and Hoyer had little to nothing to do with it and got the job on Theo’s coat tails and then promptly they spiraled into oblivion.
Let the agenda flow…
Jed Hoyer during Cubs championship = General Manager
Chris Getz = General Manager
“Spiraled into oblivion”….obviously not in your mind. A little self awareness and taking your own advice would be greatly appreciated.
Carter Hawkins Cubs GM- Really? LMAO
I rest that nonsense.
Does that retirement home that Josh from above references have rocking chairs so we at least know your head moves forward and back?? Or should we just assume the obvious that it is stuck in neutral?
And anybody who thinks Jed Hoyer in 2015 or Jed Hawkins in 2026 is actually a GM shouldn’t be allowed to use sharp implements and should be on a leash. ROTFLMAO.
Agenda alert continues
Weren’t you the same guy who was telling everybody don’t worry the Cubs will be 10 games up by Fathers Day? Hows that working out for ya? Cubs about to be swept by he Rockies . Sox can sweep the Braves. Next time think, Then don’t post. LOL
Must feel like “GroundHog’s Day” in Atlanta w/Acuna getting hurt again.
This particular injury hopefully won’t keep him out too long, but you have to wonder if Acuna and Trout both annoyed the wrong Vodoo Witch Doctor.
It’s amazing how none of the injuries Atlanta has faced either in spring training or during the season has slowed them down one bit. They have one of the deepest benches that they’ve ever had and to still have the best record in baseball with the lightest hitting catching duo in baseball is crazy.
The Braves have the lightest hitting catching duo in baseball? Baldwin has an OPS of 0.931 which is the highest in MLB at catcher
I think they were referring to right now which is Sandy Leon and Austin Wynns who both aren’t hitting above .200.
Then kind of a useless statement. Leon and Wynns have combined for 43 PAs out of a possible 261 PAs.
Right, Baldwin has played in 48 of their 67 games so far.
Ok and Baldwin has played in 72% of their games and is a big reason why they have the best record in baseball. He has much more to do with it then their two catchers now who have played in a combined 22 games.
Its fine, it was time. Three weeks since acuna’s last injury. To be clear i am just joking but i do feel for him you can see he wants to compete. He is just a ball of energy when he sits the bench, pranks his teammates throwing seeds and putting bubble gum bubbles on their helmets and the like. He also cheers and congratulates his teammates in big spots as well. I hope he gets healthy and we can see some of the old ronald again.
This may be unfair, but it seems like he’s becoming a more talented version of Jason Heyward — amazing when healthy but hard to keep healthy.
The White Sox should join the Bears and relocate to Indiana where attendance will be better, taxes will be cheaper, and they can bring the first World Series Hoosiers have ever had.
One of the joys of Chicago baseball is you can take the El to the ballpark. Can’t say that for a government-funded sportsball palace in a s#!thole city.
The red line is not joyous. Good luck from Harrison on. I will pray for you.
Your trolling is very tiring.
The White Sox can thank Carlos Carrasco and Walt Weiss for that improbable win.
As a Braves fan if I could’ve picked one guy to walk us off it would’ve been him! congrats to him and good luck for the rest of his career!
MLBTR, try spelling Acuña correctly.
It is correct, if you are using the English language. Having worked for global companies for a long time, there is almost an infinite amount of letters, none of which show up on an English keyboard.
From one AAA launching pad to another. With the altitude, dry Las Vegas air, and dimensions of the new park being built expect more of the same one the A’s move into their new home in 2-3 years.
For anyone curious, the other four players to hit a walk-off HR in their MLB debut are Billy Parker (Angels, 1971), Josh Bard (Indians, 2002), Miguel Cabrera (Marlins, 2003), and Carlos Perez (Angels, 2015).
mlb.com/news/players-with-walk-off-home-runs-in-ml…
Heard of all of them except Cabrera.