(Yahoo! Sports) Former Florida baseball pitcher Philip Abner called up by Arizona Diamondbacks
Former Florida pitcher Philip Abner was promoted to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday, Sept. 18.
Abner, 23, registered 70 strikeouts, 16 walks, and recorded a 3.07 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP in 58.2 innings.
The left-handed reliever climbed the system quickly, registering just 8.1 innings, 11 strikeouts, three walks, while not allowing any runs for Triple-A Reno.
(AZ Central) The Diamondbacks’ best trade-deadline move was holding on to this player
Of course, the club’s decision to keep right-hander Zac Gallen rather than trade him — like they did with most of their other impending free agents — was mostly a byproduct of how he was pitching. Gallen had a rough first half, ranking among the worst pitchers in the National League at the end of July.
But he has righted the ship over the past six weeks, and he has played an outsized role in helping the Diamondbacks surge back into the playoff race. They entered the off day on Thursday, Sept. 18, just 1 1/2 games back of the New York Mets for the final wild-card spot in the NL.
(SI.com) Diamondbacks’ Torey Lovullo Gives Strong Geraldo Perdomo Statement
Lovullo said his shortstop deserves recognition around the league, including consideration for the NL MVP award.
“He leads the National League in WAR in some publications. … that absolutely should give him some consideration for sure. I know it’s weighted differently because I get to watch him work every day, but I know the league is taking notice of him.”
But with the Mets (79-74) fighting to nail down the third and final National League Wild Card spot, their Fab Four, as owner Steve Cohen calls them, are coming together at the right time.
Nimmo, Soto, Lindor and Alonso came up big in Thursday afternoon’s 6-1 win over the San Diego Padres at Citi Field, combining to drive in each of the Mets’ runs while scoring all but one of them.
(SF Chronicle) Giants fail to take advantage of 10 walks, fall to Dodgers in series opener in L.A.
But a slip up, with an unlucky defensive play, in the sixth inning cost him big in the Giants’ 2-1 loss. The loss puts San Francisco three games back of the New York Mets — who hold the tiebreaker — for the third-wild card spot with the Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks ahead.
(MLB.com) Greene takes no-hit bid into 7th, shuts out playoff-bound Cubs on one hit
There’s finishing what you start. There’s finishing with a kick. Then there’s what Hunter Greene pulled off Thursday night against one of the best offenses in baseball when his teammates needed him the most.
The Cincinnati right-hander overpowered and overmatched the Cubs for nine innings, registering the first nine-inning complete-game shutout of his career, a 1-0 Reds win that keeps them two games off the pace of the Mets for the third and final National League Wild Card spot.