Mike Yastrzemski hit TWO balls into the river on Wednesday, while Lucas Giolito, Sonny Gray, and Max Scherzer were some of the aces in the league that showed exactly why. Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani joined the HR club while Toronto’s top prospect SP Nate Pearson had a debut to remember.
Enjoy the best highlights from Wednesday’s MLB action all in one place:
Mike Yastrzemski splashed a couple balls into the Bay with one of them being the walk-off dinger against San Francisco’s division rival. What a night for the grandson of Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski!
Majestic. Beautiful. Amazing.
@mikeyaz18 | #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/Vx40FG9KrE— SFGiants (@SFGiants) July 30, 2020
This one’s for all the kayakers out there 💥
@mikeyaz18 | #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/YtQ87LQArV— SFGiants (@SFGiants) July 30, 2020
And that opportunity wouldn’t have been possible without this clutch bomb in the 8th.
Bye, bye, baby! 👋
@DonovanSolano17 | #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/vxsAmliKjO— SFGiants (@SFGiants) July 30, 2020
Justin Turner is one of the best 3B in baseball, but he might not be in LA for long. The 35-year-old is a pending free agent and this top prospect Edwin Rios is continuing to make noise as he’s poised to take over the hot corner in LA in near future. Especially if he keeps hitting game-changing dingers like this.
Edwin Ríos in the 13th.
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— MLB (@MLB) July 30, 2020
Toronto Blue Jays top prospect SP Nate Pearson made his big league debut against the reigning champs in a “home” game played in DC. Pearson didn’t seem fazed by the fake home game or by making his MLB debut as he showed his nasty stuff and was lights out during his introduction to the show.
Down 2 runs in the 8th inning with one man on base, Joey Gallo didn’t waste the opportunity to tie the game as he blasted a 2-run shot against Andrew Chafin to make it 4-4 a piece before his team rallied back for the lead later in the inning. The D-Backs had some highlights of their own, helping this earn the Game of the Day over some worthy contenders.
Max Scherzer, Lucas Giolito, Sonny Gray, Brandon Woodruff, and Lance Lynn dominated opposing hitters during their second starts of the season. Now that they’ve gotten acclimated to the new environment that 2020 brings, they all showed how impressive their stuff is and proved why these pitchers were named the Opening Day starter for their squads.
Max Scherzer told the kids to get off his lawn.#Scherzday // #NATITUDE pic.twitter.com/Tyssm3VazD
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) July 30, 2020
LucACE Giolito. pic.twitter.com/eNdxv6BARr
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) July 30, 2020
Good luck making contact against Lance.@Whataburger | #TogetherWe pic.twitter.com/DQry7og1zE
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) July 30, 2020
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Brandon Woodruff is flat out dealing.#ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/oRQgynTfTA— FOX Sports Wisconsin (@fswisconsin) July 30, 2020
Sonny Gray was DOMINANT against the Cubs: 6.2 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 11 K https://t.co/NiK9yrTSZL via @MLB
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) July 30, 2020
Nick Castellanos was not even considered a top-50 NL MVP candidate entering the season by BetMGM, but the new Red has impressed heavily at the plate with a newly-lofted swing that has paid dividends for Cincy and added 4 runs with 1 swing of the bat against his former team.
From one side of the infield to the other, Eduardo Escobar made the nice defensive play to start it and Jake Lamb made the great scoop at first. Lamb started his MLB career at the hot corner, so he knows to help out his fellow 3B on throws like this.
.@TheJudge44 with an absolute moonshot. pic.twitter.com/fPnpd4WCiA
— MLB (@MLB) July 30, 2020
Shohei Ohtani had one of the worst debuts of the 2020 season so far (if not the worst) on the mound, and he’s also struggled at the plate through 3 GP. However, a player with his talent was due to turn it around and that came true with two runners on base and a low breaking ball offering that the Japanese sensation golfed to the stands.
Freddie Freeman suffered what has been reported to be the most severe case of COVID-19 so far, as his 104 fever even influenced Nick Markakis to opt out (before he opted back in earlier in the day). With Markakis back in uniform, Freeman was back to his usual self with a 4-hit game including this rocket.
Don’t think this ball landed yet. 😱 pic.twitter.com/lEB1ci0d2P
— MLB (@MLB) July 29, 2020
Glad to have you back, @LilSenzii! #TakeTheCentral pic.twitter.com/EbnurANXV6
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) July 30, 2020
Full game highlights of today’s close games will be posted here once they conclude.
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