You probably can’t pronounce Foltynewicz. But if the Atlanta starter keeps pitching like he did in outdueling Stephen Strasburg, he could become a household name.
Mike Foltynewicz dominated the Nationals in his first career complete-game shutout. He fanned 11 and allowed just two hits and a walk. Foltynewicz was matched by Stephen Strasburg until the seventh, when the Braves scored four runs, capped by Dansby Swanson’s three-run homer.
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Chris Taylor slugged a three-run homer, tripled and drove in four runs to power the Dodgers to an 11-8 comeback win over the Rockies on Friday night in a game that featured Scott Alexander’s four-out debut as a starting pitcher and Dennis Santana’s busy debut as a Major Leaguer. The Dodgers trail first-place Colorado by three games, their smallest deficit since April 3.
Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson was fined $25,000 for failing to leave the court in a timely manner and shoving a ball into the face of the Warriors’ Draymond Green in Thursday night’s Game 1 of the NBA Finals after being ejected.
The Cavaliers basically snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Game 1 of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. It was one that LeBron James, who dropped an incredible playoff career-high 51 points, truly deserved to win. The wildest game-changing moments included when the referees reversed a call from a charge on Kevin Durant to a block on James when the Cavs were leading by two with 36 seconds left in regulation, and when J.R. Smith appeared to not know the score was tied and dribbled out the last four seconds of regulation. While there were many jokes about what Kobe Bryant would’ve done after that painful loss, the Laker great didn’t have much to say about it on Twitter the next day. He only
Washington looks to hold serve at home, while Vegas aims to bounce back after dropping Game 2.
Johnny Manziel played most effectively when throwing from outside the pocket in his preseason debut for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday. He finished 9-of-11 for 80 yards overall.
When the game is close and late, the Cubs have a secret weapon: pinch hitter extraordinaire Tommy La Stella. Here’s what allows him to shine with the game on the line.
White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar, who suffered a brain hemorrhage in the dugout during a game on April 20, returned to the mound Friday night when he threw out the first pitch before Chicago hosted the Milwaukee Brewers.
