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Toronto Sun
3 days ago
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Reds outfielder TJ Friedl gets hit by pitch 3 times against Mets, tying MLB record
Published Jul 19, 2025 • 1 minute read Cincinnati Reds' TJ Friedl celebrates his home run against the Colorado Rockies run during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Cincinnati. Photo by Jay LaPrete / AP Photo NEW YORK — Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Cincinnati Reds outfielder TJ Friedl tied a major league record Friday night when he was hit by a pitch three times — by three different New York Mets hurlers. The 5-foot-8 Friedl was plunked on the left forearm by a 91 mph fastball from left-hander Sean Manaea in the third inning and on the left foot by an 85 mph slider from right-handed reliever Alex Carrillo in the fifth. Mets lefty Brandon Waddell then drilled Friedl on the left hand with a 91 mph sinker in the eighth. 'The lefties, it makes more sense because everything is away and I'm trying to stick my nose in there,' Friedl said. 'The last one, that one stung!' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account It was the 39th time in the modern era (since 1901) that a hitter got nailed three times in one game. It's happened to 34 different players — the only previous Reds batter was Derek Dietrich at Milwaukee on June 21, 2019. Two other major leaguers have been plunked three times in a game this season: Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams on May 31 at Arizona, and Colorado's Tyler Freeman on June 17 at Washington. Batting leadoff, Friedl finished 0 for 2 but scored twice in an 8-4 victory over the Mets. He expects to be in the lineup Saturday and joked that he didn't want a day off anyway. Toronto & GTA MMA Toronto & GTA Tennis Letters
Indian Express
13-07-2025
- Climate
- Indian Express
Infantino promises retractable roofs for 2026 FIFA World Cup, but can they douse the heat
Complaints of excessive heat have been soaring as much as the temperature itself at the Club World Cup, FIFA boss Gianni Infantino assured that stadiums with roofs will be used to ease concerns over severe weather at the World Cup in 2026. In a media conference at FIFA's new office in New York, he said: 'Every criticism we receive is a source for us to study and analyse what can do better.' 'Of course the heat is an issue. Last year, at the Olympic Games in Paris, games during the day, in all sports, took place in very hot conditions. Cooling breaks are very important and we will see what we can do, but we have stadiums with roofs and we will definitely use these stadiums during the day next year,' he added. But there are two roadblocks. A) Only four of the stadiums in the US have retractable roofs. B) Many of them are NFL stadiums designed for winter—to retain the heat rather than out. Add the heavy watering of grass laid over the artificial turn and the humidity inside the stadium could rise. So the purpose of hosting games in indoor facilities could turn counterproductive, unless they are air-conditioned as it was in early stages of the Qatar World Cup in 2022. From more frequent breaks to rescheduling games to suit the weather than broadcast schedules, there has been a war-cry from players to coaches and officials to tame the heat that could potentially affect the marquee event next year. Not just football, baseball too was affected by stifling heat, triggered by a heat dome, which occurs when a large area of high pressure in the upper atmosphere acts as a reservoir that traps heat and humidity. A fortnight ago, Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz and Seattle Mariners' Trent Thornton fell ill. De La Cruz vomited on the field with two outs in the fourth inning of Cincinnati's extra-inning loss at the St Louis Cardinals. 'I actually watched him. He drank a bunch of water. I mean a bunch,' Reds manager Terry Francona said. 'And then he went right out and got rid of it.' FIFPRO, the global representative organisation for 65,000 professional footballers have been repeatedly requesting FIFA to put commercial ambitions behind for players' safety. 'We clearly believe that from a health and safety perspective, this [extreme heat] is something that must take priority over commercial interests with regards to the safety of the players,' Alexander Bielefeld, director of policy and strategic relations, said on a conference call about extreme heat at the Club World Cup. 'Heat conditions are not happening in a vacuum. The debate on extreme heat is not happening in a vacuum. It's actually quite foreseeable.' he said. The organisation has been urging FIFA to lower the temperature at which cooling breaks are mandated to 78.8F on the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature gauge (WBGT) and set a limit at which games are to be delayed or postponed at 82.4F. Some climatologists want to lower the threshold, taking into account the players' safety. Christopher Tyler, a reader in Environmental Physiology at the University of Roehampton, recently told The Athletic: 'FIFA would argue that it works because they haven't seen enough medical complications at that temperature or above, but the argument against that is that players are probably slowing down and changing how they are playing, so they're not getting ill. 32°C/89.6F is high compared to many other sports as a threshold from a safety point of view, but also, it will eventually compromise the quality of the game as well.' he said.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
All-Stars Abbott, De La Cruz help Reds beat Marlins 7-2, halt Miami's 11-game road winning streak
Cincinnati Reds' Noelvi Marte celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two-run homer during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Cincinnati Reds' Will Benson celebrates as he crosses home plate after hitting a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Miami Marlins pitcher Valente Bellozo throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz celebrated in the dugout after Will Benson hit a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Cincinnati Reds pitcher Andrew Abbott throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Cincinnati Reds pitcher Andrew Abbott throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Cincinnati Reds' Noelvi Marte celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two-run homer during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Cincinnati Reds' Will Benson celebrates as he crosses home plate after hitting a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Miami Marlins pitcher Valente Bellozo throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz celebrated in the dugout after Will Benson hit a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Cincinnati Reds pitcher Andrew Abbott throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) CINCINNATI (AP) — Andrew Abbott pitched seven innings of shutout ball a day after being named an All-Star, Elly De La Cruz hit a pair of RBI doubles and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Marlins 7-2 on Wednesday night, snapping Miami's franchise-record 11-game road winning streak. Abbott (8-1) was named to the NL All-Star team on Tuesday, replacing Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Advertisement Against Miami, Abbott allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out five. The 26-year-old left-hander lost his shutout bid and left the game when Heriberto Hernández hit a two-out RBI single in the eighth. The Reds ended a four-game skid. The Reds scored three runs in the first and fourth innings with De La Cruz hitting RBI doubles in each. Noelvi Marte hit a two-run homer, his fourth of the season, in the fourth. Will Benson added his eighth homer in the eighth. Reds manager Terry Francona moved within three wins of his 2,000th career victory as a manager. Miami's Sandy Alcantara (4-9) gave up nine hits and six runs over five innings. Connor Norby hit his sixth homer of the year off Emilio Pagán in the ninth. Advertisement Key moment De La Cruz sparked a three-run first inning with an RBI double to get the Reds on the board. Austin Hays and Tyler Stephenson added RBI hits, and the Reds never looked back. Key stat Abbott has given up more than one earned run in just three of his 16 starts this season. Up next Miami's Cal Quantrill (3-7, 5.40) pitches against Cincinnati's Nick Lodolo (5-6, 3.58) on Thursday. ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Not worth the wait: Cincinnati Reds blow lead, lose suspended game to Red Sox
BOSTON – The Cincinnati Reds' recent run of late-inning magic ran out in the middle game of a three-game series against the Red Sox – even after an extra day to locate the pixie dust. In the resumption of the Tuesday, July 1, suspended game at Fenway Park, the Reds quickly took a lead 15 hours after the game was suspended but blew the slim margin in the sixth and then lost on a pair of eighth-inning Red Sox runs against Lyon Richardson in a 5-3 loss. Advertisement RBI hits by Wilyer Abreu and Trevor Story put the Red Sox in position to play for a sweep in Wednesday night's regularly scheduled game. Adding potential injury to insult, Spencer Steer, last week's NL Player of the Week, whose home run gave the Reds the lead, was hit on the hand by a pitch in the seventh and looked like a day-to-day game decision going forward. 'He's pretty puffy and already turning colors,' manager Terry Francona said shortly after the game. Steer was back in the original lineup Wednesday night but scratched just before game time. It was not immediately clear how severe the issue might be. The Reds called the injury a bruise. Advertisement The team has a scheduled day off before opening a weekend series in Philadelphia. Embedded content: Jarren Duran slides past Reds second baseman Matt McLain with a double in the first inning Tuesday night. The Reds, who have lost three of their last four games, have not been swept all season. The suspended game was the Reds' second of the season. They beat the Diamondbacks at home in the other one four weeks ago. Former Reds All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman got the final three outs for the Red Sox for his 15th save of the season. It was the 350th of his career. The teams waited out a delay of more than an hour Tuesday night before resuming in the top of the fourth Wednesday afternoon. Advertisement The Red Sox elected to use starter Brayan Bello for the restart in place of Tuesday's starter Richard Fitts. The Reds went with a bullpen day for the rest of the resumed game, starting with left-hander Sam Moll in place of Brady Singer. It took all of three batters into the resumption of play for the Reds to take the lead, on a one-out walk by Gavin Lux followed by Steer's 10th home run of the season, a high fly just over the Green Monster in left. That made it 3-2, which is where it stayed through Moll's two perfect innings of work (including four strikeouts). 'With Steer's swing, it gave us a chance,' manager Terry Francona said, 'and with Moll going two, and really crisp, it got us a little excited.' Advertisement Abraham Toro's leadoff double against Moll's replacement, Scott Barlow, came within a fraction of an inch of being an out when shortstop Elly De La Cruz just missed making an over-the-shoulder catch as the ball caromed off his glove. That led to the tying run when Toro advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly. (This story was updated to add a photo gallery.) This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Reds blow lead, lose suspended game to Red Sox at Fenway
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Hunter Greene 'strong' in simulated action on injury comeback trail for Reds
BOSTON – Hunter Greene, the Cincinnati Reds' Opening Day starter, took a big step in his rehab Wednesday when he threw 20 pitches to live hitters (and bullpen coach Matt Tracy) Wednesday afternoon at Fenway Park before the resumption of Tuesday night's suspended game. "I felt good, felt strong," said Greene, who has been on the injured list since aggravating a groin injury June 3 in his third start back from a first IL stint. "Felt like all my pitches were pretty solid today. I had a lot of focus on trying to execute and get as game-ready as possible." Advertisement Greene induced a lot of swing-and-miss among the 20 pitches to teammates Rece Hinds, Ryan Vilade and late add Tracy. Hunter Greene throws 20 pitches in simulated game action Wednesday at Fenway Park as part of his rehab from a groin injury. He's expected to throw one more sim game over the weekend in Philadelphia and, barring a setback, could be sent on a brief minor-league rehab assignment at that time – putting him on a track for a potential return from the IL just after the All-Star break. "Taking it day by day," he said. "When you're coming off rehab or IL, No. 1, it's obviously about feeling in whatever area you're injured or trying to come back from, and then it's about feel and making sure you're stuff is sharp and polished." Advertisement Greene, who followed a similarly good 20-pitch sim game Wednesday by reliever Graham Ashcraft (groin), felt good enough that toward the end that he called the left-handed-hitting Tracy to the box after Tracy managed a seeing-eye grounder for an alleged hit off Ashcraft. "It was funny to see him in the box," Greene said. "I think he got a little squabbler off of Graham, so it was cool to see that. Good win for him today. That was fun. I wanted him to get in there. I don't think he was going to get in at first. I just wanted to see a body in the left-handed batter's box to get my eyes accustomed to that again." Tracy did not put the ball in play against Hunter. Greene missed two weeks in May after suffering a Grade 1 groin strain May 7 in Atlanta. Advertisement Ashcraft could be on a quicker timeline than Greene, barring setback, because he requires less buildup. Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona gives Hunter Greene encouragement before a rehab simulated inning by Greene Wednesday at Fenway Park. Greene is on the IL with a groin injury. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Hunter Greene Reds injury update: 'Strong' in simulated game
