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⚾️ The Draw: Another Stellar Outing For Skenes

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Frank Michael Smith
June 24, 2024

Afternoon! 💪 Welcome to the The Draw - 5 Card Draw’s Newsletter

In Today’s Edition: Historic season debut for Scherzer, Another stellar outing from Skenes, Pablo Lopez flirts with perfection

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  • Historic season debut for Scherzer

    • Scherzer had offseason surgery to fix a herniated disc in his back & made his season debut yesterday

    • He retired the first 13 batters he faced before a double in the fifth inning, his only hit allowed

    • His 4 strikeouts allowed him to tie Hall of Famer Greg Maddux for 11th on MLB’s all-time strikeout list

  • Another stellar outing for Skenes

    • Skenes allowed 6 hits in his 98-pitch outing while striking out eight & walking one

    • He retired his final 11 batters & pitched into the 7th, his longest start so far

    • The Rays scored twice in the eighth inning to rally for a 3-1 victory & win the series in Pittsburgh

  • Pablo Lopez flirts with perfection

    • Lopez pitched 8 innings, striking out 14 batters & pitching a perfect game into the 6th

    • Between the final 17 outs of Bailey Ober’s complete game on Saturday & the first 17 outs on Sunday, it was the first time in Twins history that pitchers retired 34 consecutive batters

    • Twins went on to shutout the A’s 3-0

Tonight’s Games (ET) ⚾️

  • 6:35pm Guardians @ Orioles

  • 6:40pm Phillies @ Tigers

  • 6:50pm Mariners @ Rays

  • 7:10pm Blue Jays @ Red Sox

  • 7:10pm Pirates @ Reds

  • 7:45pm Braves @ Cardinals

  • 8:10pm Dodgers @ White Sox

  • 8:10pm Marlins @ Royals

  • 8:10pm Rangers @ Brewers

  • 9:38pm A’s @ Angels

  • 9:40pm Nationals @ Padres

  • 9:45pm Cubs @ Giants

Tonight’s Deck 🃏

⚾️ 84 Total Players

🤕 Injured Players (in deck):

  • No GTD Players In Deck

⭐️ Top Players (Total Bases/Game):

  • Shohei Ohtani (2.51)

  • Gunnar Henderson (2.34)

  • Marcell Ozuna (2.23)

  • Bobby Witt Jr. (2.14)

  • Bryce Harper (2.08)

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⚾️ 2,034 of you played

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Tonight’s Prize 🔥

Yeezy Foam Runner ($130)

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