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Đã gửi: Thứ 5 21/03/19 11:18A look at what’s happening around the majors Sunday:SCIOSCIA’S FUTURELos Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia might address a report that he plans to step down at the end of the season. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the 59-year-old is expected to leave.The 59-year-old Scioscia has managed the Angels since 2000 and is the longest-tenured manager in the majors. The Angels are 55-57 as their series wraps up in Cleveland.GETTING HOT IN WASHINGTONNationals star Bryce Harper might be hobbled for a bit after getting hit by a curveball in the right knee Saturday night. Harper struggled initially to put weight on the leg http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-yasiel-puig-jersey , but eventually made his way to first base. A half-inning later, he was replaced in right field by Adam Eaton. Washington reliever Ryan Madson hit Reds star Joey Votto with a pitch later, and an infuriated Votto yelled at Madson throughout the rest of the inning. That tension might spill over when the teams conclude their four-game series.OSUNA RETURNSReliever Robert Osuna joins the Astros, ending his 75-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. The World Series champs acquired the 2017 All-Star from Toronto on July 31 for Ken Giles in a swap of closers. The 23-year-old Osuna had a 2.93 ERA in 15 games for the Blue Jays this season when he was penalized.Osuna is expected to talk to the team before the game at Dodger Stadium. The right-hander has been working out with Double-A Corpus Christi.RUNAWAY RED SOXDavid Price and the Red Sox try for a surprising sweep of the Yankees when they wrap a four-game series at Fenway Park. With Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez on the disabled list, New York’s bats have been bottled up by Boston’s pitchers, with Rick Porcello and Nathan Eovaldi throwing gems the past two games.Price (11-6, 3.97) hopes to follow suit and make up for a miserable outing the last time he faced the Yankees, when he allowed a career-worst five homers in an 11-1 loss July 1. Masahiro Tanaka (9-2 Hyun-Jin Ryu Jersey , 3.84) starts the night game for the Yankees, who have lost a season-high four in a row.Boston is 8 1/2 games ahead of New York for the AL East. The teams play six more times in September.A HISTORY OF SUCCESSWith the Braves in a tight race atop the NL East, right-hander Julio Teheran (8-7) tries to stifle the Mets again when he starts the finale of a four-game series at Citi Field. Teheran is 9-6 with a 2.33 ERA in his career against New York and has permitted just two runs on 11 hits in 21 innings (0.86 ERA) vs. the Mets this season. Rookie righty Corey Oswalt (1-2) pitches for New York in place of injured Steven Matz. Oswalt beat San Diego in his last major league start July 25 for his first career win. CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians will use another mix-and-match lineup Wednesday night when they host the Chicago White Sox at Progressive Field in the second game of a three-game series.With Cleveland having already clinched the American League Central Division title, manager Terry Francona is using the remaining games of the regular season to give some veteran players some days off while getting playing time for some of the September minor league callups.“Regardless of who plays, we want to make sure we show up and play the right way,” Francona said. “There’s no magic pill you can swallow. 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In a 9-7 victory, he pitched seven scoreless innings on three hits, with nine strikeouts and no walks.Carrasco has started two games against Chicago this year and the White Sox have yet to score off him. He has pitched 14 scoreless innings, allowing five hits, with 20 strikeouts and one walk, while holding Chicago’s hitters to a .104 batting average. In 23 career appearances against the White Sox, all but one of them starts, Carrasco is 8-9 with a 4.04 ERA.Carrasco won’t have to worry about facing White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu Wei-Yin Chen Jersey , who will miss the Cleveland series due to a right thigh infection. The White Sox, who lost the first game of the series 5-3 on Tuesday night, are 3-11 vs. Cleveland this year, 0-7 at Progressive Field.
