SWING AND A MISS! MORE STRIKEOUTS
NEW YORK >> Strikeouts exceeded hits during a full calendar month for the first time in the Major League Baseball history.
There were 6,656 strikeouts and 6,360 hits in a cold and wet April, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Baseball has increasingly become a game of long balls and long walks — back to the dugout. Nearly one-third of plate appearances this season have ended without the ball being put in play
— a walk, strikeout or hit batter.
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said in an email that “one month is a rather small sample and we are hoping that the phenomenon of strikeouts exceeding hits is an anomaly that will not persist over the course of the season.” 1-2), 1:10 p.m.
Texas (Moore 1-3) at Cleveland (Kluber 4-1), 1:10 p.m.
Toronto (Stroman 0-3) at Minnesota (Romero 0-0), 1:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 1-3) at St. Louis (Martinez 2-1), 1:15 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Severino 4-1) at Houston (Keuchel 1-4), 8:10 p.m. Baltimore (Bundy 1-3) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 0-1), 10:07 p.m.
Oakland (Manaea 4-2) at Seattle (Paxton 1-1), 10:10 p.m. New York Atlanta Philadelphia Washington Miami Chicago Pittsburgh Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Arizona San Francisco Colorado Los Angeles San Diego
Monday’s games
Chicago Cubs 3, Colorado 2 Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2 Miami 8, Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 5 Arizona 8, L.A. Dodgers 5 San Francisco 6, San Diego 5
Tuesday’s games
Pittsburgh at Washington Atlanta at N.Y. Mets Milwaukee at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Miami Colorado at Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox at St. Louis L.A. Dodgers at Arizona San Diego at San Francisco
Wednesday’s games
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 1-3) at St. Louis (Martinez 2-1), 1:15 p.m. Colorado (Anderson 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Darvish 0-2), 2:20 p.m.
San Diego (Richard 1-3) at San Francisco (Holland 0-3), 3:45 p.m. Pittsburgh (Nova 2-1) at Washington (Strasburg 2-3), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Teheran 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-0), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Miley 0-0) at Cincinnati (Castillo 1-3), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 3-1) at Miami (Urena 0-4), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 3-0) at Arizona (Godley 4-1), 9:40 p.m.