MLB
OAKLAND, Calif. – Colby Lewis of the Texas Rangers lost his no-hit bid against Oakland on a leadoff double in the ninth inning that glanced off the glove of rookie right fielder Nomar Mazara.
Max Muncy opened the ninth with a long drive to the corner Thursday. Mazara ran a long way, reached out his glove and ball went off his mitt and he smacked into the padded wall.
Mazara looked at his glove as he went to retrieve the ball. Earlier in the game, Mazara ran hard to rob Muncy of extra bases.
Lewis was perfect until walking Yonder Alonso on four pitches with two outs in the eighth.
The 36-year-old Lewis also took a perfect game against the Athletics into the eighth inning last September. Danny Valencia broke up that bid with a leadoff double in the eighth.
The A’s have not been no-hit since four Baltimore pitchers combined to do it in 1991. That’s the longest stretch any big league team has gone without being held hitless.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Detroit Tigers outfielder J.D. Martinez left Thursday night’s game against the Kansas City Royals with a fractured right elbow that he sustained when running into the wall while chasing a fly ball.
Martinez managed to grab the ball hit by Paulo Orlando in the second inning and lobbed it to the infield, but it was clear something was wrong. He was examined by a trainer and Tigers manager Brad Ausmus before leaving the game. X-rays revealed the extent of the injury.
Martinez will have a CT scan Friday to confirm the diagnosis. It’s unclear how long he will be out.
Martinez was hitting .287 with 12 homers and 39 RBIs, and had been especially hot of late. He had hit safely in seven straight games before striking out in his only at-bat Thursday.
NEW YORK – Ken Griffey Jr. was appointed a youth ambassador as part of baseball’s effort to grow the game throughout the United States and Canada.
The former All-Star outfielder, elected to the Hall of Fame this year, participated in a news conference Thursday at Citi Field to outline several advancements in the joint endeavor between Major League Baseball and the players’ association to provide kids with better opportunities to play ball.
MLB and the MLBPA also announced monetary contributions to youth baseball projects supported by New York Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson and former All-Stars John Franco and Marquis Grissom, as well as a new partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance designed to help train coaches and administrators from the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program.
All the projects are supported by the jointly funded $30 million MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation, which was announced at last year’s All-Star Game in Cincinnati.
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After saying earlier this week that he wanted to play for the Denver Broncos “forever,” Von Miller sent a stern message about the 2016 season to the team, writing that there is “no chance” he would play under the franchise tag.
“I love my Teammates, Coaches, and My Fans,” he wrote on Instagram, “but there is ‘No Chance’ I play the 2016 season under the Franchise tag.”
If Miller and the Broncos cannot agree to a long-term deal by July 15, he will either play the season under a one-year franchise tag, earning $14.1 million, or he will not play.
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