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The Giants Brandon Belt owned the stage Sunday, not only for his historic 21-pitch at-bat during a 4-2 win over the Angels, but also for hitting a home run in his fourth consecutive game played....
HR leader Trouts Space Jam-inspired secret...
Comeback wins were a Dodgers trademark last year (47 of them) and they pulled one off in their series finale with the Nationals after getting shut down for five innings by Jeremy Hellickson. Yasmani Grandal and Cody Bellinger hit run-scoring doubles in a game-tying three-run sixth, Corey Seager plated the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh and Kenley Jansen worked around two singles for the save in the ninth. Michael A. Taylor went 3-for-3 with a homer for Washington....
The series finale in Colorado started on a scary note, as Kris Bryant took a pitch to the helmet in the first inning of Sundays finale vs. the Rockies and had to leave the game. Bryant was examined upon exiting the game and passed all tests. He has a small laceration above his left eye from his sunglasses, but he shows no signs of a concussion. He was still being evaluated after the game and will be monitored carefully as he travels with the team to Cleveland....
Johnny Cueto held the Angels to no runs on two hits after carrying a no-hitter into the sixth inning and lowered his ERA to 0.35 in the Giants 4-2 win....
There was a moment in Spring Training, a month ago in Tampa, Fla., almost exactly, when Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees newbie, was telling the media that he was ready for the scrutiny he would face when he came north with his new team....