Wednesday, July 5

by | Jul 5, 2023 | Quick Hits

Position players finished on the mound in Miami’s 15-2 win over visiting St. Louis on Tuesday. Marlins catcher Jacob Stallings (UNC) yielded two runs in the ninth. Cardinals outfielder Alec Burleson (East Carolina) pitched the last two-thirds of an inning without allowing a run in the bottom of the eighth. … Host Cleveland ended Atlanta’s 9-game winning streak with a 6-5 win in 10 innings as David Fry drove in the game-ending run. … Joey Chestnutt consumed 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the July 4th contest at Coney Island for the 16th time. Miki Sudo won the women’s competition for the ninth time with 39.5 hot dogs. The event was delayed for two hours by rainy weather. … The Los Angeles Angels have placed Mike Trout on the 10-day injured list with a fracture in his left wrist. Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani left Tuesday night’s 8-5 loss at San Diego with a blister after yielding back-to-back home runs to Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth. Ohtani said he doesn’t expect to pitch in the All-Star game in Seattle on July 11.

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