Tag: Matt Barnes
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Seung-Hwan Oh struggling; Matt Bush to get the first look in Texas
April 18, 2017 St. Louis Cardinals – Finally, in their 13th game of the season, Seung Hwan Oh notched his first save for the Cardinals. But he struggled in doing so, giving back half of the Cardinals’ two-run lead before and letting the tying run reach second before inducing a hard groundout from John Jaso to…
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Joaquin Benoit blows a save; Rangers bullpen still a mess
April 17, 2017 Philadelphia Phillies – Joaquin Benoit allowed his first runs of the season on Sunday, blowing the save when Bryce Harper hit a 3-run walkoff against him in Washington. Benoit had been great to this point, allowing only one hit in five innings previously, but given that the wasn’t the person that most…
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Justin Haley may win you Closer Monkey Premium!
April 14, 2017 Minnesota Twins — We are offering free Closer Monkey Premium to the first person who sends a screenshot of their fantasy team starting Justin Haley for his beautiful, 3.1 IP save Thursday for the Twins. Email [email protected]. Pics or it didn’t happen! Hierarchy remains: Kintzler | Pressly | Belisle. Boston Red Sox – Those…
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Jeanmar Gomez could lose his job by the time you finish reading this
April 10, 2017 Philadelphia Phillies – After four Phillies pitchers combined to shut out the Nationals for eight innings, Jeanmar Gomez came in and surrendered a three-run, game-tying homer. He earned the win when the Phillies walked off, but after the game, Pete Mackanin told reporters he was going to have a talk with Gomez,…
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Nationals blow leads in 8th and 9th innings
April 7, 2017 Washington Nationals – Nationals manager Dusty Baker had to give the dreaded vote of confidence Thursday after his bullpen gave up slim leads in the eighth and ninth innings before losing the game in extras: “I mean, my bullpen — I love my bullpen,” Baker said. “These guys are going to be…