Chris Sale gets the start as Atlanta kicks-off three-game series against the Texas Rangers
by Battery Power
Battery Power— The Atlanta Braves will begin a nine-game homestand with a three-game series Friday night against the Texas Rangers. Atlanta is coming off a series sweep of the Astros and a 5-1 road trip. The series opener will feature a matchup of two left-handers in Atlanta’s Chris Sale and Texas’ Andrew Heaney. Sale is coming off of a start where he allowed six hits and five runs to the Marlins, but also logged seven innings while throwing over 100 pitches for the first time this season. Sale is carrying a...
Statesman Journal—Oregon State baseball gets series off to hot start with Game 1 win over rival Oregon. Aiden May struck out 14 and allowed one hit over 8.0 innings to lead No. 9 Oregon State to a 2-0 win over No. 22 Oregon in Friday's series-opener.
Lookout Landing—Series Preview: Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers. Banking five wins last week to get back to .500 on the season was exactly what the doctor ordered for the Mariners. It was even more important that they took care of business against the likes of the Reds and Rockies because Seattle’s schedule is about to get a lot harder over the next couple of weeks. They’ve got this series on the road against the Rangers, then host the Diamondbacks and Braves before starting off the month of May with a trip to Houston. If the Mariners have truly turned a...
The Monitor—Valley-founded Texas Longest Yard Sale kicks off this weekend. The Texas Longest Yard Sale, founded by former Brownsville resident Yolanda Almaguer in 2015, is here again, scheduled for May 3-6 along U.S. 281 all the way from A.V. Lopez in Brownsville to Johnson City in Blanco County.