Today, the Royals took on the Rangers in Texas, hoping to come away with a sweep to get back on track after their worst week of the season. The Royals are coming off a 0-6 stretch where they were swept by the Yankees and the Athletics and needed a bounce-back series to get the season … Read more
Captain Sciver-Brunt leads charge to victory That winning feeling: New skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt lifts the trophy to cap a clinical performance over six white-ball games ENGLAND’S WOMEN beat the weather and the Windies at Taunton to rack up a 6-0 scoreline in their white ball series. Elsewhere, it was announced that talismanic spinner Sophie Ecclestone … Read more
Mike Asti is an experienced media personality and journalist with a vast resume and skillset, most notably from time with TribLIVE Radio and WPXI-TV. Asti now serves as the Managing Editor of WV Sports Now, where he leads the coverage of WVU sports. He has also covered the Steelers, Penguins, Pirates and other teams within … Read more
The Kansas City Royals avoided a sweep in Minnesota, by rallying late to secure a 2-1 win in extra innings. In a stadium, where they had lost 21 of their last 25, it looked like another typical performance from the Royals in Minnesota, but they got enough hits late with runners in scoring position. Kris … Read more
Sometimes your team loses because the offense is stifled, and sometimes your team loses because the pitching isn’t great. Today I’d say both offense and pitching were meh. The Rays pitchers, together, gave up four runs, with two fourth inning solo homeruns off of Drew Rasmussen the difference makers. It’s still amazing to me that … Read more
Today, the Royals took on the White Sox in the last game of a four game series and looked to land the sweep and carry their win streak to six games. The Royals have displayed dominant pitching over the last few weeks and the bats have managed to do enough to get them wins in … Read more
At least it’s the last game against the Los Angeles Dodgers until maybe October. The downside is that it’s being started by Bryce Elder. The nearly 26-year-old sports a 5.33 ERA, and while his xERA and his xFIP are both around a run lower, that’s still not inspiring against the 4th best team in baseball … Read more
In a classic Thursday 12:10 game, the Royals took on the Rays in game three of their series looking for a sweep. Kansas City came into the game having won eight of their last nine and finished the month of May one game above .500. Kansas City remained hot, getting the win and the sweep … Read more
The Padres are heavily considered to be one of the hottest teams in baseball this season, but between dropping two of three to the Detroit Tigers during the week, then losing the first two games of the series to the Rays, they’re not quite living up to the hype they were generating a couple weeks … Read more
To paraphrase a wise fictional man, three wins in a row “is called a winning streak. It has happened before.” Now, it’s finally happened for the Atlanta Braves, who have returned home and swept the Minnesota Twins out of town. The three-game winning streak is now their longest run of good form all season and … Read more