Sentences with phrase «one's major league debut»

Cleveland Indians showed championship form, were close behind Red Sox thanks to top - notch pitching of veteran Bob Lemon, who tossed pair of five - hitters, beat Chicago White Sox, 5 - 1, 4 - 2, and Herb Score, talented rookie lefthander, who made major league debut with 7 - 3 win over Detroit Tigers.

Fernando Romero kept Toronto scoreless while pitching into the sixth inning of his major league debut for Minnesota, giving the Twins a badly needed boost in a 4 - 0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.

There's a lot riding on health (Wright's back, d'Arnaud's everything), and there's a strong potential for regression for Granderson, but if you have to drop down to the No. 7 spot in a lineup to find the 23 - year - old who slugged.506 in his major league debut, the lineup is probably a quality one.

Not so coincidentally, 20 - year - old third baseman Rafael Devers made his major league debut on July 25, and has solidified the hot corner for Boston, hitting.284 /.339 /.482 with 10 home runs in 57 games.

After Raburn hit his seventh home run on the season, and also breaking up the no - hitter by Tigers starter Jose Alvarez's carried in his major league debut, Cabrera playfully threw gum at the ex-Tiger as he ran by third base.

In his Major League Debut, Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig pulled off the heroic 9 - 3 double play to save Los Angeles» 2 - 1 victory over the San Diego Padres.

There was the shot the burly Braves catcher hit in his major league debut, on April 3, a towering fly off Phillies righthander and two - time Cy Young winner Roy Halladay.

Rookie Noah Syndergaard, who made his major league debut on May 12, has a whole lot of pressure on him in his first - ever World Series start.

Max remembers his major league debut in 1946: «They had 80,000 people in Municipal Stadium for my first game.

What that article didn't include, though, was the bounty from the Troy Tulowitzki trade (Jeff Hoffman) making his major league debut after navigating the sludgy waters of the Pacific Coast League well enough, and it also didn't include German Marquez, an underrated component of the Corey Dickerson / McGee trade, who is absolutely thriving in the upper minors, doing it in a way that makes you think he'll be in the rotation by next spring, if not sooner.

When Todd Van Poppel made his major league debut at age 19 in 1991, he was sporting a $ 1.2 million contract, which had been a record for a draft choice the year before, and had the weight of unrealistic expectations on his shoulders.

The first pick of the 1999 draft didn't make his Major League debut until 2007.

Billy Butler leads the inning off against a rookie making his major league debut: fastball, fastball, single on a fastball.

In fact many believed that Harper, who left high school early to play for Southern Nevada Junior College before being drafted with the first overall pick in 2010, was not expected to make his major league debut until the beginning of the 2013 season.

He also made his major league debut with the Nationals last year, with a 4.91 ERA, 42 strikeouts and 22 walks in 44 innings.

Although Shohei Ohtani has yet to make his major league debut, the excellence he displayed in the batter's box and on the mound while in Japan was enough to make you believe his arrival in the United States could be a game - changer.

RHP Merandy Gonzalez was recalled from Double - A Jacksonville and made his major league debut in relief to start the seventh.

Curtis, 24, also made his major league debut in 2016, pitching 21 games in relief for the Diamondbacks, posting a 6.75 ERA with more walks (13) than strikeouts (10).

Haniger, who turns 26 in December, made his major league debut in 2016 for Arizona, hitting.229 /.309 /.404 in 34 games.

On Aug. 22, 1986, Mark McGwire made his major league debut in an Oakland Athletics lineup that included another 22 - year - old slugger, Jose Canseco.

In his Major League Debut, Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig pulled off the heroic 9 - 3 double play to save Los Angeles» 2 - 1...

It wasn't a trend when the Tampa Bay Rays signed Evan Longoria to an absurdly owner - friendly deal just a few days after he made his major league debut.

In that time, the Warriors» manager, now entering his 29th season, has seen enough that he's well familiar with some the most famous words ever uttered by Paige, the Hall of Fame pitcher noted for being a legend in the Negro Leagues, for making his major league debut at 41 and appearing for the A's (Kansas City version) at age 58.

Kratz was a pleasant surprise and made his major league debut this year, Monroe played poorly for the big league club, Hinske was a jerk and requested a trade, which he indeed got

The slow panning of the camera over your player as he stands in awe of the crowd at his major league debut was fantastic and reminded me of great baseball movies.