A look at five statistical storylines for today's doubleheader between the Dodgers and Yankees in the Bronx (1 p.m. ET; 7 p.m. ET, ESPN/Watch ESPN). The Dodgers finally come to New York These will be the Dodgers' first regular-season games in New York after a pair of interleague series in Los Angeles, in which the teams split six games.
Our weekly edition of notable and interesting facts has a one-topic subject this week. Theme of the Week: Grand-Slam Barrage It was a grand (slam) week for notable tidbits on grand slams and we're not just talking about Matt Holliday's on Sunday Night Baseball.
Remember the great first impressions made by the likes of Yoenis Cespedes, Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and Matt Harvey, among others, last season? Yasiel Puig has done pretty well for himself in his first two games as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The underachieving Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers open up a four-game set on Monday, with two games at Dodgers Stadium followed immediately by two games in Anaheim. The Angels are nine games behind in the AL West and four games under .
(The Boston Red Sox host the Minnesota Twins, Wednesday at 7 ET on ESPN and WatchESPN.) A pair of rookie starting pitchers take the mound at Fenway Park. Pedro Hernandez and Allen Webster were acquired by the Twins and Red Sox, respectively, in midseason trades.
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When Matt Harvey climbs the mound tonight against the Dodgers (7 ET on ESPN), he'll attempt to become the third pitcher in Mets history to go 5-0 or better in the month of April. The company he'll attempt to join has four Cy Young awards and more than 5,400 career strikeouts between them: Dwight Gooden, who did it in 1988, and Pedro Martinez (2006).
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San Diego Padres slugger Carlos Quentin rushed the mound and wrestled Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke to the ground after getting hit by a pitch Thursday night. A bench-clearing brawl ensued, but in the melee Greinke suffered a fractured collarbone.
