David Price, with his 11-strikeout performance in the Rays’ 5-1 victory over the Pirates, has whiffed at least ten batters in five straight games, marking the 22nd time a pitcher has accomplished the feat in major league history. The 28 year-old southpaw joins an impressive group of hurlers that includes Pedro Martinez (6), Randy Johnson (8), Nolan Ryan (3), Curt Schilling (1), J.R. Richard (1), Dwight Gooden (1), and Johan Santana, who, in 2004, was the last to accomplished the deed.

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On June 25, 2014 David Price, with his 11-strikeout performance in the Rays’ 5-1 victory over the Pirates, has whiffed at least ten batters in five straight games, marking the 22nd time a pitcher has accomplished the feat in major league history. The 28 year-old southpaw joins an impressive group of hurlers that includes Pedro…

2014 – The Blue Jays erase an eight-run deficit to defeat the Reds, 14 – 9. The Reds score 8 runs in the 2nd inning to knock out Liam Hendriks. Edwin Encarnacion starts the comeback with a three-run homer off Mat Latos in the 3rd, but the Jays are still down, 9 – 3, in the 6th inning, when they begin scoring in earnest. The score is tied at 9 in the 9th when they jump on closer Aroldis Chapman to take their first lead, capped by another three-run homer by Encarnacion, off Sam LeCure, for the final score.

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On June 20, 2014 – The Blue Jays erase an eight-run deficit to defeat the Reds, 14 – 9. The Reds score 8 runs in the 2nd inning to knock out Liam Hendriks. Edwin Encarnacion starts the comeback with a three-run homer off Mat Latos in the 3rd, but the Jays are still down, 9 – 3, in the 6th inning, when they begin…

kershaw no hitter

Clayton Kershaw strikesout 15 no hitting the Rockies – it is the shortest span of no hitters between team mates – Josh Beckett fired a no hitter 24 days earlier

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On June 18, 2014 At Dodger Stadium Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws the second no-hitter of the year, shutting out the Colorado Rockies, 8 – 0. It comes less than a month after his teammate Josh Beckett had pitched a no-hitter on May 26th. With Beckett’s no-hitter just 24 days ago, it…

Dustin Pedroia becomes the second player in Red Sox history to steal 100 bases and hit 100 homeruns
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Dustin Pedroia becomes the second player in Red Sox history to steal 100 bases and hit 100 homeruns

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On May 2, 2014, At Fenway Park in the 6th inning, Dustin Pedroia hit his one-hundredth career home run, a grand slam on-off Ryan Cook of the Oakland A’s, in a 7-1 victory. He became only the second Boston Red Sox player in franchise history with at least one-hundred home runs and one-hundred stolen bases….

Angels commit 3 errors on 1 play

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Ian Kinsler scores from first on a base-on-balls as the result of the Angels committing three errors on the same play in the first inning of the Tigers’ 2-1 victory over the Angels at Comerica Park. The unusual route to home begins when backstop Hank Conger, to thwart Kinsler’s potential theft of second base, throws a called ball four to batter Miguel Cabrera into centerfield, where Mike Trout makes an error on his throw to third trying to nail the base runner now advancing to third, who will score when pitcher Hector Santiago makes an errant toss to the plate.

Charlie Blackmon ties a team record established by Andres Galarraga in 1995, collecting six hits in the Rockies’ 12-2 rout of Arizona in the team’s home opener at Coors Field. The 27 year-old platoon outfielder is the first major leaguer to collect three doubles, two singles, and a home run in a major league game.

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Charlie Blackmon ties a team record established by Andres Galarraga in 1995, collecting six hits in the Rockies’ 12-2 rout of Arizona in the team’s home opener at Coors Field. The 27 year-old platoon outfielder is the first major leaguer to collect three doubles, two singles, and a home run in a major league game.

MLB opens its season stateside

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Major League Baseball opens its season stateside, one week after playing a two-game series in Sydney, Australia. The Dodgers, who won both games in Sydney, are again involved, visiting San Diego where they lose, 3 – 1, in front of the biggest crowd in Petco Park history – 45,567. Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu holds the Padres scoreless for 7 innings, but Seth Smith ties the game with a pinch homer off Brian Wilson to lead off the 8th. Yasmani Grandal scores the winning run later that inning after stealing the first base of his professional career.

Mlb is back in Montrealfor the first time since 2004 as the Blue Jays play exhibition games against the Mets

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Major league baseball is back in Montreal, QC for the first time since 2004 as the Blue Jays play the first of two exhibition games against the Mets. More than 46,000 fans, most sporting the colors of the defunct Montreal Expos, pack Stade Olympique to pay tribute to Hall of Famer Gary Carter and to their beloved former team. The Jays win, 5 – 4, on minor league veteran Ricardo Nanita’s run-scoring single with two outs in the 9th. Tomorrow, over 50,000 fans will be at the game in what will become an annual tradition to close out the Jays’ schedule of pre-season exhibition games.