SHORT HOPS
May 11
Willson Contreras homers in the 15th inning to beat the Brewers, 2-1, and give the Cubs their third walk-off home run in five games — only the 12th team in history to hit three in five games, according to STATS.
Monday
Arizona P Robbie Ray strikes out six Pirates in five innings to reach 800 career strikeouts. He reaches it in his 125th career game, making him the second-fastest left-hander to reach the milestone behind Frank Tanana (120).
Tuesday
As amazing as Boston P Chris Sale striking out 17 batters vs. Colorado is the fact that the Rockies strike out 24 times overall and still win the game in 11 innings (5-4). The Red Sox are only the third team in history to lose a game in which its starting pitcher has 17-plus Ks.
Wednesday
P Edwin Jackson becomes the first player in MLB history to play for 14 teams when he starts for Toronto vs. San Francisco. Not that it was easy says Jackson: “Some of those teams have had situations that would probably make people want to go home and quit and cry.”
Players who have played for the most teams:
Tommy La Stella hits his teamhigh 11th home run in the Angels’ 8-7 loss to the Twins. As eyeopening as the fact that he leads a team that includes Mike Trout is the fact that his 11 home runs (in 38 games) are one more than he hit in his previous five seasons and 396 games with the Cubs,
Thursday
The Pirates don’t win in San Diego, but they do play foil to history. When Adam Frazier singles in the third inning, it ensures that the Padres will play a record 8,020th game since their inception without throwing a no-hitter. The previous record before a team threw its first no-hitter was 8,019 set by the Mets before Johan Santana ended it June 1, 2012.
Friday
Astros reliever Ryan Pressly registers an MLB-record 39th consecutive scoreless appearance, pitching a scoreless eighth, in a 3-1 win vs. the Red Sox.