Will Benson has a four-homer game playing for the Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League. He finishes 4-for-5 with 8 RBIs in a 12 – 6 win over South Bend. His night’s work includes a grand slam in the 4th inning.
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2018 – Owners of the worst record in the majors at 3-15, the Reds fire manager Bryan Price following a 2 – 0 loss to the Brewers. Jim Riggleman will take over as skipper on an interim basis.
The Pirates are dealt a huge blow as All-Star CF Starling Marte is handed an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.
Wei-Yin Chen and relievers Brad Ziegler and Kyle Barraclough combine to one-hit the Mariners, 5 – 0. Mitch Haniger breaks the no-hit spell with a one-out double off Barraclough in the 9th. It’s the second time in three days that the Marlins take a combined no-hitter into the late innings, as on April 16th, Dan Straily and three relievers had turned the trick on the Mets until Ziegler gave up a hit with two outs in the 8th.
April 18, 2016 Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia turned five double plays in a 9-inning game on it tied the team record for most in a game by a second baseman. He tied record was set by Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr on August 8, 1946. The Red Sox will lose the game…
Aaron Harang pitches 7 no-hit innings for the Braves against the Mets, but has to leave the game after having thrown 121 pitches. David Wright hits a two-out single off Luis Avilan in the 8th for the Mets’ only hit as three pitchers combine on a one-hitter in a 6 – 0 win.
In the 6th inning of the Brewers’ game at Pittsburgh, Martin Maldonado literally knocks the cover off the ball. He smacks a ground ball to 3B Pedro Alvarez, but the stitches on the baseball come apart and Alvarez is left attempting to throw a ball with a chunk of leather flapping off. Maldonado easily beats the fluttering throw for an infield single. The Brewers win the game, 5 – 3.
Matt Wieters hits a walk-off grand slam off Brandon Gomes in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Orioles a 10 – 6 win over Tampa Bay. It is Baltimore’s 17th consecutive win in extra innings, including 16 last season.
The Yankees get some bad news when they learn that SS Derek Jeter will not be back until the second half of the year after x-rays reveal a small fracture in the surgically-repaired ankle he broke in last year’s ALCS.