Hours after an awesome Home Run Derby got everyone buzzing even louder about monster shots and juiced balls, only a couple flew out of Progressive Field on Tuesday. Instead, Justin Verlander blazed 97 mph heat, Shane Bieber and Aroldis Chapman each struck out the side and the American League slowed
Former Nashville Predators captain Greg Johnson has died. Tom Laidlaw, his former agent, told USA Today Johnson died Monday at his home in Michigan. Johnson also played for Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago during his 12 years in the NHL, finishing with 145 goals and 224 assists in 785 games.
Cleveland’s Carlos Carrasco, sidelined while receiving treatment for a form of leukemia, was saluted in the fifth inning of the All-Star Game as part of Major League Baseball’s “Stand Up to Cancer” campaign Tuesday night.
Justin Verlander, Shane Bieber and the American League pitchers plugged power back into the mound. Instead, Verlander blazed 97 mph heat from the start, Bieber struck out the side and the AL staff combined to fan 16, topping a loaded NL lineup 4-3 for its seventh straight win. Derby champ Pete Alonso
The American League held off a late National League rally to secure its seventh straight All-Star victory.
Carlos Carrasco hopes to strike out cancer. The Indians right-hander, who was recently diagnosed with a form of leukemia, was saluted in the fifth inning of the All-Star Game during Major League Baseball’s ”Stand Up to Cancer” campaign. Carrasco held a sign that read ”
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