The morning after his throwing error led to his crew’s dropping a sport to the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland’s Yu Chang tweeted on Tuesday about racist messages he had obtained on social media in response to the error.
“Exercise your freedom of speech in a right way,” Chang said of the messages. “I accept all comments, positive or negative but DEFINITELY NOT RACIST ONES. Thank you all and love you all.”
The tweet included screenshots of hateful messages and the hashtag #StopAsianHate. Two of the accounts Chang highlighted seem to have been deleted, and a 3rd was made non-public.
The play in query got here within the ninth inning of a sport that was tied at 3-3. Chang, who has primarily performed third base, fielded a one-out grounder from Nick Williams and tried to pressure Yasmani Grandal out at second base. Chang’s throw glanced off Grandal’s helmet and left out to the left aspect of the infield, permitting Nick Madrigal, who had entered the sport as a pinch-runner for Chicago, to attain from second.
Mets Rally to Win First Game of Doubleheader
Pete Alonso and Jonathan Villar every hit an R.B.I. single within the eighth inning to offer the Mets a 4-Three victory over the Philadelphia Phillies within the first sport of their doubleheader Tuesday at Citi Field.
Dominic Smith socked an early two-run homer for the Mets, who took the opener of a four-game collection between the N.L. East rivals in additional innings. Both video games of the single-admission doubleheader, booked to make up Monday night time’s rainout, had been scheduled for seven innings in step with a guidelines change launched in the course of the pandemic-shortened 2020 common season.
With the Mets down a run, Alonso opened the underside of the eighth with a pointy single off Hector Neris (0-1) that scored placement runner Francisco Lindor from second. It was the Mets’ first hit because the second inning.
Jeff McNeil beat out a possible double-play ball, Michael Conforto walked and James McCann’s infield single loaded the bases with one out.
Villar, who entered as a pinch-runner within the seventh inning and remained within the sport to play third base, lofted a full-count pitch to left-center discipline over the pinnacle of left fielder Andrew McCutchen, who had been enjoying shallow within the hopes of slicing off the successful run.
Helped a handed ball by McCann that allowed runners to advance, the Phillies went forward by 3-2 within the high of the eighth in opposition to Trevor May when McCutchen scored from third on Didi Gregorius’ two-out infield single.
May (1-1) struck out Jean Segura with two runners in scoring place and ended up together with his first win for the Mets.
The right-hander Taijuan Walker struck out eight over 4 and a 3rd innings in his second begin with the Mets, once more displaying some elevated velocity on a number of pitches in his repertoire.
Walker was pulled following consecutive walks within the fifth, and the Mets escaped the inning with a one-run lead due to a terrific defensive play by substitute third baseman Luis Guillorme to thwart a double steal. (AP)
Devers Continues to Roll as Red Sox Top Twins
Rafael Devers homered for the fourth straight sport and the streaking Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-2, on a snowy Tuesday afternoon in a collection opener moved again following the deadly police taking pictures of a Black man in a close-by suburb.
Hunter Renfroe hit a solo homer and Bobby Dalbec added a pair of R.B.I. doubles as Boston received its seventh in a row after dropping its first three video games of the season.
Monday’s sport was postponed due to security and sensitivity considerations within the Twin Cities after the police taking pictures a day earlier of Daunte Wright throughout a site visitors cease. The Twins held a second of silence for Wright earlier than Tuesday’s sport.
Snow flurries fell for many of the sport and it was 33 levels for the primary pitch. That made for the third-coldest begin at Target Field — the document being 27 levels on April 7, 2018.
Adam Ottavino (1-0) earned the win with a scoreless inning of aid. Matt Barnes pitched an ideal ninth for his first save of the season.
Randy Dobnak (0-2) took the loss for Minnesota, which has misplaced three in a row.
Christian Arroyo led off the eighth in opposition to Dobnak with a double and scored on Dalbec’s second double of the sport to proper discipline to interrupt a 2-all tie. Arroyo had two hits and scored on each of Dalbec’s doubles.
Devers hit an extended residence run within the ninth off Jorge Alcala. Devers began the season Zero for 13 however is 9 for 22 (.409) since — he has 5 residence runs and 10 R.B.I. in his final 4 video games. (AP)
