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Minor MLB Transactions: 12/20/24

Catching up on some minor league moves in the past few weeks…

The Washington Nationals signed right-hander Patrick Weigel to a minor league deal. A towering 6-6 reliever, Weigel has just four games of major league experience with the Braves and Brewers, but since his last game in ’21, he’s become something of a vagabond, exploring the North American continent. Since that season, he’s spent time with the Mariners’ AAA team, the Kansas City Monarchs of the American Association, the Mexican League, and the Reds’ organization, where he pitched in the second half of last year. However, his performance in the Dominican Winter League likely impressed the Nationals. Over 18 games with the Estrellas Orientales, he has a 22-to-5 K/BB ratio and a dominating 0.95 ERA. Those walk numbers are especially notable because he’s had a rough time with command throughout his minor league career, so he looks to have figured those troubles out. It is not known if he will receive an invite to Spring Training.

The Mariners have signed converted reliever Sauryn Lao and catcher Jacob Nottingham to minor-league contracts. Lao was signed by the Dodgers in 2016 out of the Dominican Republic as a corner infielder, but after six seasons where he didn’t make it above High-A, the Dodgers converted him to a pitcher in 2023. He took off from there, with a fabulous 57-to-7 KK/B ratio over 42 1/3 innings with Rancho Cucamonga two years ago. In 2024, he made it to AAA where he struggled, but was much better at AA in 20 games. Seattle will further try to develop the right-hander, who is still just 24. Nottingham is no stranger to the Mariners, as this is now his fourth stint with the organization. He’s best known for flipping from the Brewers to the Mariners to the Brewers and back to the Mariners in rapid succession on waivers in 2021. This resulted in an added clause in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement that prevented a team from claiming the same player twice in the same season and became known as the Jacob Nottingham Rule. He spent the past three seasons in the minor leagues of four major league teams and 2024 in the Mexican League. Nottingham is a below-average hitter, but he knows the organization, and the Mariners don’t have much-catching depth behind Cal Raleigh and de facto designated hitter Mitch Garver, and top prospect Harry Ford is expected to begin the season in the minor leagues.

Right-handed reliever Enyel De Los Santos has signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves, according to his MiLB player page. EDLS is just two years removed from being a massive part of the Guardians’ bullpen in 2023. However, last season was a complete 180 following a trade to the Padres in November. His first half left something to be desired, and San Diego decided to trade him to the Yankees. That trade proved ill-fated as he put together a disastrous 14.21 ERA in just five games, capped off by a seven-run blowup against the White Sox, where he was left out to save the bullpen. That performance led to an unsurprising DFA, but the team who battered him around decided to show sympathy and claimed him off waivers. His time in Chicago went better, but the team still non-tendered him last month. The most significant change for the soon-to-be-26-year-old was his drastic increase in home runs allowed. He gave up the most home runs among all full-time relievers with 17, nearly doubling his career total (21) until this season. He’d had previously a slightly below-average groundball rate coming into 2024, but his 35.7% rate was a precipitous drop, with the league average being 44.4%. This startling decrease could be attributed to a slight pitch usage change between ’23 and ’24. In his sparkling 2023, he used a four-seamer 60.5% of the time and a slider 30.4% but altered that to utilizing the four-seamer just 49.4% of the time and bumping up the slider to 42.9%. This change negatively impacted both pitches and their run value and could explain the homer troubles he experienced. The Braves will try to get De Los Santos to return to his pre-2024 form, and if able, he can be an extremely important contributor to the back end of the bullpen.

The Phillies signed a trio of players — catcher Payton Henry and two Colombian right-handed pitchers, Nabil Crismatt and Guillo Zuñiga to minor league contracts. Henry, the 27-year-old, has just 20 games of major league experience with the Marlins between 2021 and 2022. He spent last season in the Blue Jays organization but had his season derailed in late May by a scary injury where he was struck in the head during a game by a backswing and was stretchered off the field, effectively ending his year. Henry is a decent hitter and a solid defender who should get a shot to challenge Garrett Stubbs for the backup catcher spot, but most likely will be used as depth at Triple-A. Crismatt is a veteran who’s seen action in each of the past five seasons. Between ’21 and ’22, he was an essential piece to the Padres bullpen as a multi-inning reliever, but since then, he’s bounced around from team to team, with occasional major league action. He’s been impressive in 10 starts for the Gigantes del Cibao of the Dominican Winter League to the tune of a 2.34 ERA in 50 innings. The Phillies have their rotation mostly set, but the last spot could be up for grabs after Taijuan Walker’s disappointing 2024. Zuñiga, 26, is a hard thrower who was once involved in the Atlanta Braves international signings scandal of 2017, where the team’s general manager and international scouting director resigned, and twelve players were released from their contracts. He will fortify the Phillies’ relief depth and try to reel in his homer-prone tendency that has plagued him in his limited major league action.

The Athletics signed left-hander Ben Bowden to a minor league deal. The 30-year-old’s major league experience is limited to 39 games out of the bullpen in 2021 with Colorado. Unsurprisingly, he struggled pitching at high elevations and was designated for assignment the following April. Since then, he’s had stints in the Rays, Giants, Phillies, and Braves organizations without big-league action. In 2024, he pitched in 27 games with Gwinnett, Atlanta’s Triple-A team, to a 4.03 ERA and solid strikeout results. He will join a team that does not have much stability in its bullpen outside of shutdown closer Mason Miller. Additionally, he has some history pitching at the A’s new stadium in West Sacramento. He spent time pitching for the River Cats in the second half of 2022.

The Rangers signed lefty Michael Plassmeyer to a minor league contract. The Missouri native also received an invite to Spring Training. In 2024, he pitched to a 7.93 ERA in 28 games with the Pirates Triple-A affiliate. He’s been a starter for almost all of his minor league career, but this past season was the first time he began pitching out of the bullpen. Command is the foremost part of the veteran’s game. He walked just 13 in 70 1/3 innings last year. Plassmeyer has seen major league action for just three games between 2022 and 2023. He’ll look to change that in 2025 with a solid exhibition performance.

Catcher Sebastián Rivero has signed a minor league deal with the Angels. The Venezuelan is a glove-first backstop who joins an organization that needs catching depth. Behind Logan O’Hoppe and Travis d’Arnaud are limited options aside from Rivero and recent waiver claim Chuckie Robinson. He will look to return to the major leagues in 2025 for the first time since 2022 with the Royals.

The Padres signed mashing outfielder Moisés Gómez to a minor league contract. He has yet to make his major league debut. Still, the right-handed hitter is known for leading the minor leagues in 2022 with 39 home runs between Double-A and Triple-A in the Cardinals’ organization and then hitting 30 dingers the following season. Surprisingly, in 2024, he hit just three home runs in 41 games before being released in July. This power outage may have been unrelated to an unknown injury that required Gomez to miss a month in the middle of May. The Cardinals decided to move on from the slug-less slugger, and he signed with the Kansas City Monarchs of the American Association for the final month of their season. But during the Venezuelan Winter League season, his power has returned to its normal state for the Bravos de Margarita as he has 14 homers in 43 games. This performance interested the Padres, who have been notoriously thin in the outfield and currently have Tirso Ornelas, Trenton Brooks, and Brandon Lockridge, who have a combined 41 big-league plate appearances among them, as their projected options outside of Jackson Merrill and Fernando Tatis Jr. Gómez could undoubtedly be a candidate for one of the last bench spots with a continuation of his strong winter league performance into Spring Training.

The Yankees have signed a left-handed hitting 26 year-old outfielder, unfortunately not named Juan Soto, but instead Ismael Munguia, to a minor league contract. The 5-7 Nicaraguan became a minor league free agent at the end of the season after eight years in the Giants’ organization and now lands on a new team. Munguia is a career .294 hitter with 80-grade contact skills and impressive speed, becoming very popular among fans. In Spring Training 2024, he hit .410 but didn’t make the team despite winning the Barney Nugent Award, given to the stand-out player in their first Spring Training with the Giants. It’s unknown if Munguia will receive an invite to camp, but it will provide solid outfield depth for a team plagued by injuries in recent years.

Junior Fernández and the Kansas City Royals are in agreement on a minor league contract with an invite to big league camp, according to the team. The righty was once a high-level relief prospect coming up through the Cardinals’ system but never panned out due to injuries and ineffectiveness. He signed with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the NPB in December 2023 but only pitched in two games before undergoing shoulder surgery and getting released in July. Evidently, he’s healthy now and will try to crack the Royals’ bullpen that was a liability in 2024.

Former Phillies’ first baseman Darick Hall has signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs on social media and reflected in his Instagram bio.The Iron Pigs franchise leader in home runs and RBIs moves onto a new organization after nine seasons with the Phillies. Hall, 29, is a mashing lefty with a solid eye for a power hitter whose major league career has been marked by unfortunate timing of injuries. In 2023, following Rhys Hoskins suffering a torn ACL, Hall went down with an injury of his own just six games into the season that required surgery and a two-month rehab. By the time he was back to full strength, Bryce Harper had taken over as the team’s first baseman, and Hall was sent to the minors, where he would spend nearly the rest of the season and all of 2024. The Pirates are looking for a replacement at first base for Rowdy Tellez, who disappointed the team to the point that his own fans booed him and ultimately was released before the end of the season. The candidates at the cold corner behind projected starter and recent trade acquisition Spencer Horwitz are pretty unproven. On the 40-man roster, only Jared Triolo (9 games) and Billy Cook (5 games) have any experience playing first.

Veteran left-hander Enny Romero has reportedly agreed to a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants, according to El Nacional reporter Mike Rodriguez on social media and seemingly confirmed by Romero, himself in the comments on Instagram. Romero debuted in 2013 with the Rays and last played in the major leagues in 2018 with the Royals. He’s appeared in 137 games (1 start) across five seasons spent with Tampa Bay, Washington, Pittsburgh, and Kansas City. Since his last major league action, he pitched in Japan for Chunichi and Chiba Lotte in the NPB and a brief stint back stateside with the Dodgers for Spring Training in 2021. However, since 2022, he’s only pitched in the Dominican Winter League, where he has been a mainstay for many years. In 2024, he’s been pitching for the Aguilas Cibaenas, where familiar major leaguers are omnipresent, including former Giant Johnny Cueto, who is still kicking and has started three games. Romero has shined in eight starts thus far to a 1.10 ERA and 38 strikeouts to 14 walks in 41 innings and, according to Rodriguez’s report, is a candidate to win the league’s Pitcher of the Year award. The Giants will bring in the 33-year-old Dominican and give him a chance to return to El Gran Carpa (The Big Tent) for the first time in seven years if he can keep up the good work.

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Enyel De Los Santos takes 62. Last worn by Jesse Scholtens in 2023.

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Enyel De Los Santos

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Yankees add relievers Mark Leiter Jr., Enyel De Los Santos

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterJul 30, 2024, 02:08 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. PHILADELPHIA — After weeks of scouring the trade market for bullpen help, the New York Yankees…

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Reliever Roundup: Gregory Soto, Enyel De Los Santos, and the Enduring Luis García

Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports The Phillies and Orioles consummated their second trade of the deadline period yesterday, as hard-throwing 29-year-old lefty Gregory Soto was sent to Baltimore in exchange for pitching prospects Seth Johnson and Moisés Chace. Soto has been having a pretty typical season, with a 4.08 ERA across 35.1 innings (43 appearances). He’s still throwing hard, and he’s…

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Miguel Cabrera culmina su trayectoria por las Grandes Ligas con emotiva despedida . La espectacular trayectoria de "Miggy" por Las Mayores ha llegado a su final y vaya de qué manera... tras conseguir una buena jugada defensiva."Nos vemos pronto, más tarde", dijo un Cabrera en alusión a nuevo rol como ejecutivo dentro de los Tigres de Detroit... [caption id="attachment_89444" align="aligncenter" width="719"] Cortesía Las Mayores[/caption] Manuel Gil El momento que tanto queríamos evitar, ha llegado. El fin de la carrera de Miguel Cabrera por las Grandes Ligas es una realidad, el maracayero ha dejado la bandera de Venezuela en lo más alto tras convertirse en el jugador con más historia de nuestro país. Ese muchacho que salió de La Pedrera, Maracay, ha logrado conquistar la Gran Carpa. Se lleva un montón de aplausos y lágrimas en su último juego como pelotero activo. El Comerica Park se rinde a los pies de "Miggy" en su salida del terreno de juego. Todo se detuvo por unos minutos en el octavo capítulo, luego que Cabrera hiciera una buena jugada individual a la defensiva desde la primera base, para así entregarle la mejor despedida al mejor pelotero de Venezuela. Sus hijos fueron los primeros en saltar al campo para abrazar a su padre, a esa figura ejemplar que les ha cultivado tantas enseñanzas. Entre ellos apareció Christopher Cabrera, un jovencito que promete mucho y apunta a ser el sucesor de ese gigantesco legado en Las Mayores. Su último turno ofensivo fue en la séptima entrada, allí le tocó enfrentar a Enyel De Los Santos, un serpentinero que no se atrevió a lanzarle por el medio a Cabrera y terminó otorgándole un boleto con cuatro pelotas malas consecutivas. Los compañeros de Miguel Cabrera, uno por uno, se acercaron para unirse en un mismo abrazo, un mismo sentimiento. Las lágrimas fueron inevitables, especialmente para su señora madre, Gregoria, quien fue una pieza fundamental en el éxito de ese muchacho que salió de Venezuela con una maleta repleta de sueños y metas por alcanzar. Es así como el camino de "El Tigre Mayor" por el mejor beisbol del mundo ha terminado. Este domingo, 01 de octubre del 2023, se escuchó el último rugido de Cabrera en su casa, el Comerica Park. [caption id="attachment_89443" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Cortesía Las Mayores[/caption] Para recibir en tu celular esta y otras informaciones, únete a nuestras redes sociales, síguenos en Instagram, Twitter y Facebook como @DiarioElPepazo El Pepazo/Meridiano

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Cleveland Indians-Minnesota Twins Series Preview

8.28.23-Xzavion Curry RHP (3-2) 3.51 ERA Vs. Kenta Maeda RHP (3-7) 4.22 ERA

8.29.23-Gavin Williams RHP (1-5) 3.52 ERA Vs. Pablo Lopez RHP (9-6) 3.69 ERA

8.30.23-Tanner Bibee RHP (10-3) 3.01 ERA Vs. Sonny Gray RHP (7-6) 3.06 ERA

The Indians At A Glance- The Indians have fallen off the map in August with an (8-15) record. They sit six games behind the Twins for first place in the American League Central and took two of three games from the Blue Jays in Toronto over the weekend. The offense broke out with eighteen runs against the Blue Jays. Gabriel Arias has four homers and ten RBI, but is only hitting .186 in August. Andres Gimenez has been one of their more consistent hitters with a .267 clip in August. Kole Calhoun has been a welcome addition to the ilneup with a pair of homers and nine RBI. The team even picked up Ramon Laureano to help bolster their outfield. The Indians sorta waived the white flag when they traded away Josh Bell, Aaron Civale, and Amed Rosatio at the trade deadline. Noah Syndergaard was designated for assignment on Sunday as well. The Indians starting rotation is trying to keep them in it with a 4.01 ERA, which is seventh-best in baseball. The bullpen owns a 3.53 ERA, which is fifth-best in MLB. Emmanuel Clase has been better with a 3.12 ERA in August. Enyel De Los Santos, Eli Morgan, and Trevor Stephan have become solid righty options out of the bullpen.

The Twins At A Glance- The Twins rebounded after a tough few days in Milwaukee with three wins over the Rangers. They sit six games over the Indians for first place and a series win or sweep would almost put this divisional race on ice. Donovan Solano is on fire with a .339 average in August. Ryan Jeffers has five homers and fourteen knocked in this month. Max Kepler has been hot with six homers and eleven RBI. The Twins are hitting .254 in the month of August. The team might be getting healthier. Byron Buxton will run the bases on Monday and take live at-bats in batting practice before deciding on a rehab assignment. Alex Kirilloff could begin a rehab assignment later this week. Jorge Alcala will throw a simulated game on Tuesday. Nick Gordon was shagging flyballs during batting practice on Friday. Pablo Lopez has been very good with a 1.80 ERA in four August starts. Sonny Gray has a 2.48 ERA this month. The bullpen has been shaky lately and did the job on Sunday.

What To Watch For- The Indians are (4-3) against the Twins in 2023. The Tribe won two of three in Cleveland in May then split a four-game series in early-June at Target Field. These six games are huge for the Indians with five weeks left in the season. Kenta Maeda is (3-1) with a 2.51 ERA in five starts against the Indians. Pablo Lopez is (1-0) with a 4.50 ERA in two stats versus Cleveland. Xzavion Curry has one career inning against the Twins, Gavin Williams has never faced the Twins, and Tanner Bibee allowed three runs over five innings on June 1st against the Twins. Sonny Gray is (6-5) with a 3.66 ERA in seventeen starts against the Indians. This next week of games could determine the American League Central. Unless, the Indians win both series then the Twins can take a stranglehold on the division.

-Chris Kreibich-

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Belated birthday wishes

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Bro I just cannot deal with catchers. JT Realmuto was facing his old relief pitcher Enyel De Los Santos for the first time since Enyel got traded and he winked at him before promptly hitting a 2 RBI double off him

the dommy catcher energies… they’re powerful

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NEW YORK | De Los Santos wins MLB debut, Phillies beat Mets 7-3

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NEW YORK | De Los Santos wins MLB debut, Phillies beat Mets 7-3

NEW YORK — Enyel De Los Santos Enyel De Los Santos, won his major league debut and the Philadelphia Phillies got home runs from Maikel Franco and Odubel Herrera in a 7-3 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday night.

Franco drove in four runs as the Phillies, who began the day tied with Atlanta atop the NL East, won for the 10th time in 13 games. Nick Williams had three hits and two RBIs, and Rhys Hoskins also got three hits.

De Los Santos allowed three runs and five hits over 6 1/3 effective innings. The 22-year-old right-hander was called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, where he was 9-3 with a 1.89 ERA in 16 starts, and matched against another starter making his big league debut in Drew Gagnon of the Mets.

Staked to an early lead and armed with an unorthodox and deceptive slingshot delivery that Philadelphia manager Gabe Kapler dubbed a “crossfire,” De Los Santos (1-0) cruised for most of the night against a scuffling Mets lineup that has managed only eight runs over its last five games.

De Los Santos walked three and struck out six. He threw 94 pitches, 58 for strikes.

Acquired from San Diego in December for shortstop Freddy Galvis, De Los Santos was scheduled to pitch for the International League in the Triple-A All-Star Game on Wednesday before getting called up. He also was chosen to play for the World Team in Sunday’s All-Star Futures Game.

It was the first time a Phillies starter made his debut against another starter in his first outing since Sept. 25, 1944, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Back then, Charlie Ripple faced Charlie Gassaway of the Chicago Cubs at Shibe Park.

After striking out his first batter in a 1-2-3 first inning, Gagnon (0-1) ran into trouble in the second.

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By SCOTT ORGERA,  Associated Press

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Game 18,981 (9/27) TB 6, Cle 5 (11) - 322

Shane Bieber, Trevor Stephan and the Guardians offense all stumbled in this loss.

Bieber allowed four runs on six hits in six innings. Four hits and all four runs came in the fourth as Tampa Bay took a 4-1 lead.

Stephan was inconsistent in the eleventh, allowing a walk, a wild pitch, a stolen base and finally the two-out, two-run double to former Indian Harold Ramirez for the winning runs.

The offense outhit Tampa Bay 14 to 7 but wasted a good game by going 4-for-18 with runners in scoring position.

In between Tampa Bay's scoring in the fourth and eleventh, Guardian pitchers retired 21 straight batters. Enyel De Los Santos threw an immaculate inning in the seventh. Former Indian Corey Kluber started for the Rays, allowing three runs on eight hits in four innings.

To reach 10,000 wins, the Guardians need 630 games at .511 ball, or game 136 of 2026. They need 644 games at .500 ball, or game 150 of 2026.

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Enyel De Los Santos takes 62. Last worn by Ryan Weber in 2023.

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2024 San Diego Padres Players By Nationality

American: 14 (Luis Campusano, Dylan Cease, Tom Cosgrove, Jake Cronenworth, Kyle Higashioka, Michael King, Stephen Kolek, Manny Machado, Jackson Merrill, Joe Musgrove, Glenn Otto; Jr., Brett Sullivan, Tyler Wade & Matt Waldron) Dominican: 5 (Jhony Brito, Enyel De Los Santos, Wandy Peralta, Eguy Rosario & Fernando Tatís; Jr.) Venezuelan: 3 (José Azócar, Tucupita Marcano & Robert Suárez) Japanese: 2 (Darubisshu Yū & Matsui Yūki) Aruban: 1 (Xander Bogaerts) Colombian: 1 (Luis Patiño) Cuban: 1 (Adrian Morejón) Curaçaoan: 1 (Jurickson Profar) South Korean: 1 (Ha-Seong Kim)

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I love the way enyel de los santos’s last name looks like on his jersey

me staring at my computer screen trying to make out what it looks like 👁👄👁

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Indians Edge Twins 2-1.

Indians 2 Twins 1 W-Karinchak (2-4) L-Ryan (7-3) SV-Clase (19)

The Minnesota Twins offense has been hampered by some injuries to Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa. The team gutted out two wins over the Indians and came up empty last night. The series finale was today and a pitcher’s duel broke out at Target Field. Triston McKenzie threw five shutout innings and Joe Ryan was rolling through 6 2/3 scoreless frames. Jose Ramirez started a rally in the seventh with a two-out walk. Josh naylor lined a run-scoring double to right and Andres Gimenez tripled him home. This put the Indians up by a pair in a blink of an eye. The Twins would inch closer in the eighth as Willi Castro drilled an Enyel De Los Santos fastball out to right-center for a solo home run. Minnesota was within a run going into the ninth inning. Emmanuel Clase got the first two outs of the ninth then Ryan Jeffers walked and Kyle Farmer singled to center. Willi Castro struck out swinging to end the game and the Twins split a four-game set with the Indians this weekend. 

-Final Thoughts- Joe Ryan threw a great game that didn’t end well. He went 6 2/3 innings and allowed two runs on two hits with a walk and four strikeouts. Caleb Thielbar got out of the seventh, Jose De Leon had a scoreless eighth, and Griffin Jax had a 1-2-3 ninth. Michael Taylor had three of the team’s five hits. The Twins hit 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Cole Sands was put on the injured list with a shoulder injury to make room for Caleb Thielbar, who was activated. The team will now head to St. Petersburg to play a very good Rays team this week. They have tomorrow off then Louie Varland faces Zach Eflin in Game 1 on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. 

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