MEXICO CITY.- Roberto Osuna closed June and received July at its highest point in Japanese baseball—Pacific League—where his “rip and tear” performances projected him to the All-Star Game.
In his past four appearances, the Softbank Falcons right-hander posted two wins and two saves for 15, while trimming his ERA to a microscopic 0.36.
For that performance that brought him many votes, Osuna bordered on perfection, retiring 12 he faced, five by way of strikeout, probably sinning as demanding, the only line in which he has not been the toughest in the movie.
And it is that, contrary to his previous life on the ball—Major League Baseball, Mexican Pacific League and Mexican League—he has more innings (25) than chocolates (22).
ALEX Verdugo (.297, 5, 3, 32), who went 0-for-4 on Saturday with an RBI, has hit in 15 of his past 17 games covering the outfield for the Boston Red Sox. He’s been on fire ever since he was benched for not throwing in the extra running the bases.
Another: The red-hot Tampa Bay Rays stopped Andrés Muñoz (0-1, 1, 3.00) in Seattle, who allowed in one inning (4h, 4c) what they haven’t done to him in 12 appearances so far this year.
One more: Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez has benched Joey Meneses (.283, 2, 39) in two of the last three games. The Sinaloan is 1-for-13 with 8 strikeouts in his recent three appearances.
And, Luis Urías (.145, 1, 5) had not yet had any activity with the Nashville Sounds (AAA), where he was sent due to his surprising underperformance.
A day like today, in 1980: the strike broke out in the Mexican League when players from 11 teams expressed their solidarity with the strike started on July 1 by the Red Devils, who were dissatisfied with the definitive suspension of the Tigres catcher, Vicente Peralta.
The unprecedented movement causes the cancellation of the campaign, to resume later with an extraordinary one with only six campuses.
In 2002: In Cincinnati, the Astros and Reds play the first inning with non-regulation baseballs, the result of a mix-up by an assistant in the umpires’ locker room.
Houston pitcher Wade Miller notices the practice ball during warmup and informs umpire Mark Hirschbeck, who rules they must be used in the bottom of first before changing.
The Astros won in the tenth, 6-5. Austin Kearns had four hits and Adam Dunn homered for the Reds. Lance Berkman drives in five for Houston.
**”Life and time are the best teachers.”- Anonymous.
IN seguidillas.- Randy Arozarena, once a home run champion in the LMP, will participate in the “Home Run Derby” on July 10 in Seattle… Considering his naturalized status, he will be the third to represent Mexico, behind Vinicio Castilla (1998) and Adrián González (2009 and 2011)… The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Colombian pitcher Nabil Crismatt (0-1, 9.82) after being released by the San Diego Padres. The former Tomatero was one of the revelations of the “friars” in 2022 (5-2, 2.94).
Randy Arozarena, once LMP home run champion, will participate in the “Home Run Derby” on July 10 in Seattle… Considering his naturalized status, he will be the third to represent Mexico, behind Vinicio Castilla (1998) and Adrian Gonzalez (2009 and 2011).
2023-07-02 07:48:42
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