The bullpens for both clubs took over once play resumed.
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Now, another major trend is beginning to emerge: bad bullpens.
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The benches and bullpens emptied, but no punches were thrown.
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Both managers have done a tremendous job using their bullpens.
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Austin charged Kelly, and both benches — and bullpens — quickly emptied.
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Both bullpens combined to hold the opposite hitters scoreless in relief.
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For example, you may wonder how the top bullpens were employed.
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But with starters throwing fewer innings, bullpens need to work more.
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This kid was back on the mound doing bullpens before that.
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The shoves led the dugouts and bullpens of both teams to empty.
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At that point, the benches cleared and relievers raced from the bullpens.
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As Girardi charged onto the field, both dugouts and bullpens emptied, too.
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Bullpens, no matter how good, often don't repeat from year to year.
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Both teams said they planned to deploy their bullpens for Game 6.
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Harper punched Strickland in the head as the benches and bullpens emptied.
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Should bullpens take on more workload to ease the pressure on starters?
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Now, with both bullpens worn down, the teams get a day to recover.
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That prompted both benches and bullpens to empty, but no punches were exchanged.
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With starters throwing fewer innings today, teams need deep bullpens of rested relievers.
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"Both starters did a good job; both bullpens pitched really well," Duffy said.
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Taxing bullpens and top relievers in the postseason in certainly not a new phenomenon.
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Both teams got into their bullpens fairly quickly and used a combined 13 pitchers.
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"The bottom line is, bullpens can be finicky from year to year," Callaway said.
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But from there it was a battle of the bullpens, settled by mere inches.
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Now the bullpens are hidden away underneath the bleachers, out of sight and sound.
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There are cameras in the bullpens with video feeds wired to each team's dugout.
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For the second contest in a row, the game would by decided by the bullpens.
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The Yankees believe their formula could work in October, when the best bullpens can dominate.
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The moves frequently worked and sometimes — such as with the bullpens last night — did not.
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Now this game is all about the bullpens, and the Dodgers have the marginal advantage.
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It is especially useful for teams with strong, deep bullpens and weaker rotations, like Oakland.
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A perfect inning for both bullpens and the game remains 6-93 in Houston's favor.
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They started to swing away and they each connected as the benches and bullpens emptied.
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Perkins previously had been throwing bullpens every fourth day and progressively is increasing his pitch count.
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Prior to the Tampa game, he was able to make his normal two bullpens in between.
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The Pirates emerged in the battle of the bullpens as their relievers pitched six scoreless innings.
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Games have been determined by late-inning hits, managerial maneuvering and the effectiveness of the bullpens.
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An entertaining duel of former Cy Young Award winners will now move on to the bullpens.
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"At first, no one really liked it, to be honest," Arrieta said of the new bullpens.
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That was probably one of the better bullpens I've had pregame before a start this year.
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Add in crafty right-hander Darren O'Day and you have one of the better bullpens in baseball.
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Modern bullpens are built around the one-inning closer, usually the team's best and highest-paid reliever.
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Perdomo fought back, tossing his glove at Arenado as the bullpens emptied and players joined in the fight.
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Both teams enter the series finale Thursday hoping to utilize their revamped bullpens to finish off a victory.
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Manager Andy Green said Ross will accompany the Padres on their upcoming road trip and continue throwing bullpens.
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First it was then the starters then the bullpens took over and a lot of our guys contributed.
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There are far more examples of great starting rotations or great offenses winning it all than great bullpens.
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Say what you want about inflated records and shaky bullpens: For the Red Sox, everything is coming together.
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The trend has been prompted by the heavier and heavier use of bullpens as starters go fewer innings.
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While younger flamethrowers increasingly dominate bullpens in the steroid-testing era, Rodney has never been implicated in scandal.
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Both bullpens are taxed after the marathon, which puts pressure on Tuesday's starters to go deep into the game.
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Houston evened the A.L.C.S. when Carlos Correa's home run in the 210th ended a long battle between two bullpens.
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The benches and bullpens then emptied as former Braves outfielder Jason Heyward tried to push Contreras toward the dugout.
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Buxton followed with his fifth home run of the season, a three-run blast over the bullpens in left-center.
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The 444-foot blast landed in the bullpens in left-center field and gave the Tigers the lead for good.
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"Both bullpens pitched well and there wasn't any scoring past the fourth, I think," said Dusty Baker, the Washington manager.
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And this comes at a time when bullpens are being used more than ever (a record 3.62 innings per game).
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Bryan Reynolds walked, and Marte followed with his 17th homer, into the bullpens in center, for a 3-0 lead.
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He has been working on building strength in his forearm and thrown had long toss sessions before a few bullpens.
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Together, they may form one of the more formidable bullpens in many decades, but not until May at the earliest.
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Alex Cobb of the Rays and Dallas Keuchel of the Astros were helped by their bullpens in holding opponents scoreless.
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Holt and Austin exchanged words and the benches and bullpens emptied, but the situation quickly cooled and the game resumed.
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Bullpens especially are stocked with hard throwers, and starters reach the majors with more weapons than Sabathia had in 2001.
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SAN FRANCISCO — In 2017 and 2.803, the Yankees featured two of the greatest bullpens in major league history: Only the Los Angeles Dodgers' relief staff in 2003 produced a better Wins Above Replacement total, and those two Yankees bullpens posted the two highest strikeout rates in history, fanning about 11 batters per nine innings.
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He got an extra day (of rest) this time, but he's going to have to figure it out in his bullpens.
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He's caught me a lot in bullpens, and he's really worked since he got here to try to learn the pitchers.
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So they spend time with pitchers not only in bullpens, but in the clubhouse, on plane rides and during nights out.
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Romine tackled Cabrera and took him to the ground as players poured out of both dugouts and sprinted from the bullpens.
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Arcia's solo blast came off Angels right-hander Joe Smith and landed in the bullpens over the left-center field fence.
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Most of the company's 2,800 employees sit in spacious bullpens lacking dividers or walls, designed to evoke the company's ethos of openess.
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That kills bullpens, and it wouldn't be a surprise if the Marlins send Nicolino back down to Triple-A New Orleans soon.
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Desmond glared at Gagnon and took a step or two towards the mound as the benches — led by Murphy — and bullpens emptied.
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Both teams needed Friday's off day to reset their bullpens after a rain delay contributed to ending both starters' nights early Thursday.
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"At this point, you might as well pitch in games instead of bullpens," Corbin said, referring to his typical between-starts routine.
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With Game 1 having been a bit of a laugher, the teams were able — for the most part — to rest their bullpens.
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The attention focused on the unending stream of flamethrowing relievers into bullpens across baseball has taken the spotlight away from starting rotations.
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As the game dragged through extra innings, both teams tore through their bullpens, with the Orioles eventually being forced to turn to Wilkerson.
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Austin slammed his bat down, fired his helmet to the ground and charged after Kelly, and soon both benches and bullpens were empty.
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Hoskins took a step toward the mound, and both dugouts and bullpens began to empty onto the field, but the situation never escalated.
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Both teams emptied their bullpens for Game 73, and the game dragged as both managers tried to carefully navigate through matchups and jams.
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Now the bullpens have moved under the bleachers, from their familiar spots down the baselines, where four new rows of seats now stand.
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The nine innings took four hours and three minutes, but out in the bullpens, it seemed to drag on for almost twice that.
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"You're beating one of the best teams in baseball and one of the best bullpens in baseball," Blue Jays Manager Charlie Montoyo said.
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In the battle of the bullpens, the Astros have the more talented options but the Nationals have performed better so far this World Series.
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Elvis Andrus singled and Mazara followed with a homer to the bullpens in left-center field for his 14th long ball of the season.
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For Pujols, the deep shot above the bullpens in left-center field was estimated at 456 feet and was the 603rd of his career.
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Before Acuna's home run, the bullpens of both teams had worked a total of 10⅓ scoreless innings after the exit of the starting pitchers.
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Mazara sent the first pitch he saw from Twins RHP Kyle Gibson deep to the bullpens in left-center field for a two-run homer.
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He threw three bullpens and one simulated game, skipping his scheduled rehab start for High Class A Stockton to start the series finale on Sunday.
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Keller drilled Anderson in the backside on the first pitch to lead off the sixth inning, resulting in both benches and bullpens rushing the field.
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Teixeira removed his shin guard and threw it in the air in disgust as both dugouts and bullpens emptied, but the incident did not escalate.
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But the most celebrated newcomer of 2018, at least for nostalgic fans over 40, can be found in the bullpens at Chase Field in Phoenix.
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Addison Reed is the Mets' setup man, the reliever who pitches the penultimate inning of the game based on the modern construction of baseball bullpens.
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The Yankees had one of the best offenses and bullpens in baseball, but their starting rotation was plagued by both poor performances and numerous injuries.
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Seven teams besides the Dodgers stood within three games of a playoff spot through Wednesday, and their bullpens could make the difference down the stretch.
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Both bullpens have struggled as St. Louis relievers have posted a 5.01 ERA, while Atlanta relievers own a 5.83 mark (worst in the National League). 3.
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Ortiz made it a one-run game with his third-inning blast, which came on a 3-2 pitch from Pelfrey and sailed over the bullpens.
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Both dugouts and bullpens emptied, and in the ensuing chaos Sanchez could be seen throwing a punch at Cabrera, who was being restrained on the ground.
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A 30 percent increase in ticket prices and the removal of the bullpens has led some to move farther from the field to more affordable tickets.
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Kipnis homers as Indians blank Royals KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When it came down to a battle of the bullpens, the Cleveland Indians had a huge advantage.
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Both teams have rickety rotations but bullpens that their managers know how to use, Buck Showalter's playoff blunder (Zach Britton is still waiting to pitch) notwithstanding.
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Even in the first World Series game in which both starting pitchers allowed four baserunners or fewer, the bullpens were busy in Game 4 on Saturday night.
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Starling Marte, fresh off the disabled list (right oblique strain), clobbered a two-out pitch 24 feet over both bullpens in center for the Pirates' only run.
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Wright put the Red Sox in an early hole, serving up Cabrera's homer into the right field bullpens on a 1-1 pitch in the first inning.
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"What's happening out there, you look back — it's turning the baseball world upside down, the way bullpens have been used lately," Blue Jays Manager John Gibbons said.
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It's unsurprising the Royals would value their best reliever so highly, given that they went to consecutive World Series behind unspectacular starting rotations redeemed by spectacular bullpens.
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She has directed extensive stadium enhancements, including wider concourses, an enlarged modern clubhouse, overlooks above the bullpens and a return of the hexagonal scoreboards in the outfield.
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"This is probably one of the most talented bullpens I've been around," said Cardinals reliever Jonathan Broxton, who got the big out on Stanton to end the sixth.
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And in turn, their efforts probably had less impact on the outcomes than that of their fellow batters and starting pitchers, who generally matter far more than bullpens.
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After Betts drew a walk, Devers belted a first-pitch changeup 417 feet to the seats behind the bullpens in right-center field, his 19th of the year.
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"Before we ever came here, I felt pretty fortunate, thinking about the bullpens I've had, whether I was a player here, a coach or a manager," Girardi said.
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The attention that has come to the bullpen may not be entirely brand new, but the way teams are using their bullpens this October is certainly turning heads.
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Both teams are into their bullpens as Lance s once again started the inning by allowing a pair of base runners and was removed after getting one out.
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An article on May 8 about the relocation of the bullpens at Wrigley Field misstated, in some editions, parts of the names of two streets surrounding the ballpark.
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RHP Jered Weaver, who has been on the disabled list since May 20 with a left hip injury, will also join the Padres on the trip and throw bullpens.
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Betts doubled home a run in the eighth before Pedroia singled in another, and Ortiz completed the scoring with a two-run homer over the bullpens in right field.
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Lester, the Chicago Cubs' veteran left-hander, said innings limits, specialized bullpens and lucrative contracts would keep anyone from getting enough opportunities (or having enough incentive) to do so.
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They've got a good team to win the Central and get to the playoffs, but that next step — let's face it, the Yankees and Houston, their bullpens are seasoned.
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The difference on Sunday was Sanchez's 447-foot, two-run, fourth-inning homer off the left-hander Tyler Skaggs that cleared both bullpens and landed in the left-field bleachers.
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Judge launched a first-pitch fastball from Porcello into the bullpens in right field for an opposite-field homer with a runner on first and nobody out in the second.
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Let's hear from the man himself: That's what Hundley had to say for himself after he, and he alone, caused both team's benches and bullpens to race onto the field.
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New patio bars will be built above the bullpens in left and right field, and the current one in center field will expanded to nearly three times its current size.
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At Fenway Park, the bullpens in right field provide some distance between the fans and the fielder, while a number of other ballparks, including Oakland's, have taller right-field walls.
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With the bullpens removed, the Cubs added four rows of premium seating, which for Sunday night's game against the Yankees were priced as high as $254 on the team's website.
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The Blue Jays did their best in that role with a win on Thursday in the series opener but could not survive a battle of the bullpens a day later.
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Miller said the Indians were only following an undeniable trend — the Red Sox of 2013 and the Royals of the next two seasons also marched through October with shutdown bullpens.
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The Yankees and Astros were planning on using openers and then relying on their bullpens for Game 4, but now will be able to use Game 1 starters on Thursday.
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Both bullpens kept the opposition scoreless over the next four innings, which included Jose Quijada striking out Harper with two outs and the winning run on first in the ninth.
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Cervelli, in his first game after coming off the seven-day concussion disabled list, had some words with Marquez and catcher Tony Wolters, and within seconds both dugouts and bullpens emptied.
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Span hit a 1-1 changeup from Porcello approximately 415 feet over the bullpens in right field with two outs in the third inning, giving Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead.
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Garver's game-winner, off Angels right-hander Noe Ramirez, ended a battle of bullpens that saw relievers from both teams put up zeroes after the seventh inning and into the 12th.
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Granderson batted for reliever Jeff Brigham and gave the Marlins a 251-22017 lead when he drove a 933-0 slider from Wheeler (10-276) onto a bridge overlooking the bullpens.
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"You welcome those comebacks when they happen, because in today's game, with the bullpens the way they are, it just seems like they're less and less frequent around the game," Molitor said.
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Dugouts and bullpens have been heated, and so were the bat racks at Yankee Stadium, but players have layered up, some even wearing balaclavas, in an effort to ward off the cold.
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Abreu led off the fourth with his 13th homer of the season, a 421-foot drive into the second deck above the bullpens in left-center, to cut it to 2-1.
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Fenway Park's right-field wall, without bullpens in those days, required a good wallop of the old dead ball to reach, and all of Ruth's home runs were hit on the road.
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On a drizzly day in Phoenix in February, when the full squad reported to spring training, Attanasio stood under a canopy near the bullpens and said the players would soon provide direction.
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That's because 12 tons of clay, silt and sand mixtures were shipped by boat from the United States to make the batter's box, pitcher's mound, base pits and bullpens feel like home.
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AROUND THE MAJORS The Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto cleared the benches and bullpens after the Blue Jays wrapped up a 3-2 win at home, ending the skirmish without throwing any punches.
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The hit off Boston reliever Matt Barnes came with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning as Mauer sent a deep shot into the wind to the left-center field bullpens.
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Bullpens are even more important in October, and the Yankees have shown a willingness to lean heavily on their star-studded bullpen, which includes Dellin Betances, Aroldis Chapman, Zach Britton and David Robertson.
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The Mets, who had one of the worst bullpens in baseball last season, could have signed one or two older relief pitchers on the free-agent market and spared their improving farm system.
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Both teams are going to use their bullpens for the entire game on Saturday instead of a traditional starter, meaning there will be a lot of mixing, matching and changes through the night.
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In the sixth inning, Martin propelled a 95 mph fastball from RHP Jose Valdez into the concrete walkway between the bullpens and the left field stands for his 19th homer of the season.
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Ramirez brought the Red Sox within a run on his two-out RBI single before Devers delivered his homer of an estimated 430 feet over the bullpens in right-center to put Boston ahead.
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Players from both benches and bullpens moved toward the commotion, but things cooled off before anything escalated — with Marisnick actually motioning to his own teammates to calm down and retreat back to the dugout.
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The bullpens took over from there and maintained the tie into the eighth when Jacob Barnes, back out for his second inning, allowed a leadoff double to Ian Happ and a single to Heyward.
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So far we've mostly seen this type of thinking only in the playoffs, but for all the reasons outlined above, we may not be far away from seeing bullpens used in a radical way.
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Relievers are fungible, we were reminded, and the bullpens worth emulating weren't those that paid a pretty penny to import Chapman and Miller, but rather ongoing thrift store operations like Oakland and Tampa Bay's.
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Cleveland's Nick Goody and Seattle's James Pazos, relievers who bounced between the Yankees and Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the last few years, are now key members of the bullpens of playoff contenders.
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The two worst bullpens in the National League lived down to their billing in the opener of a three-game series between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals, taking turns giving up late leads.
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I have images in my head of the early days of the industry in the 1930s, with artists working at bullpens, laboring over their pages to hit deadlines and turning them over to their publishers.
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Holt thought the ball went into the stands for a home run, but it instead caromed off the base of the wall and trickled along the warning track toward the bullpens in right-center field.
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An inning later, Ortiz cleared the bullpens in right field with his blast and Holt reached on an error to score another run before Bradley Jr. laced a two-run triple down the line in right.
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Chapman combined with Zack Britton, Adam Ottavino, Tommy Kahnle and Chad Green to give the Yankees one of the most formidable bullpens in the majors, even with injuries limiting Dellin Betances to one game all season.
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Bradley's solo blast over the bullpens in right field on an 43-1 pitch in the sixth brought Boston within 8-6 after the Red Sox blew a one-run lead they held through four innings.
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An extra week, he thinks, could translate into an additional five to 10 pitches and could spare managers from having to go to their bullpens too early, which in turn places strain on the relief pitchers.
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Moreover, aggressive managers can further strengthen their bullpens by using starters in relief—as Mr Roberts did with Mr Kershaw, or as the San Francisco Giants did in the 2014 World Series with the indestructible Madison Bumgarner.
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In the third, Ramirez brought the Red Sox within a run on his two-out RBI single before Devers delivered his homer of an estimated 430 feet over the bullpens in right-center to put Boston ahead.
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Sadly, though, it's hard not to suspect that if rosters were expanded, managers and general managers would only stuff more relievers/security blankets onto the teams, until bullpens start to resemble the Marx Brothers' state room scene.
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A matchup of dominant left-handed starters — both of whom had often struggled in the postseason — looked like it would be decided by the bullpens when both teams put runs on the scoreboard in the first inning.
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Benches and bullpens cleared and players congregated along the first base line after Matt Koch hit Bote with a pitch in the left shoulder in the seventh inning, following a Rizzo homer and a double by Javier Baez.
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Dodgers continue Reds' misery CINCINNATI — The Los Angeles Dodgers have one of the best bullpens in baseball, but the Cincinnati Reds pushed them to the brink on Sunday afternoon before Kenley Jansen slammed the door in the ninth.
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A lot of people will say that starting pitching wins in October, and a lot of others will point to the recent fall success of the Kansas City Royals and vouch for contact hitting, defense, and pedigreed bullpens.
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As Jayson Stark pointed out in The Athletic, bullpens combined to make 678 more relief appearances in the 212 regular season than they did in 216 — and nearly 246,238 more relief appearances than they made five years ago.
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"Our collaboration with Apple on the use of iPad Pro in dugouts and bullpens is part of our ongoing effort to introduce extraordinary technology into our game," Rob Manfred, the commissioner of MLB, said in a post on MLB.com.
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It was goose eggs from there as both bullpens kept the damage to a minimum but Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo opened the 10th with back-to-back singles off closer Corey Knebel, who was working his second inning.
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The series matches two of the worst bullpens in baseball: Cincinnati enters the series with a relievers' ERA of 6.48, while Braves' bullpen gave up 13 runs on 33 hits in the past two games, raising their ERA to 4.66.
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In what became a battle of the bullpens, the Phillies' Juan Nicasio (2-53) cleaned up the fifth with one-third of an inning, and Pittsburgh's Richard Rodriguez (3-4) gave up the go-ahead run in 1 1/3 innings.
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Cashman indicated that there was fervent interest in Chapman from a market with many contenders — the Washington Nationals, the Cleveland Indians, the San Francisco Giants and the Cubs among them — that were seeking help in the back end of their bullpens.
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The teams will decide the A.L. pennant this weekend at Minute Maid Park, with a matchup of bullpens in Game 21986 on Saturday and the Yankees' Luis Severino facing the Astros' Gerrit Cole in Game 7, if necessary, on Sunday.
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In what amounted to a battle of the bullpens, the Athletics reigned supreme, getting 1.7143 1.7133/1.7123 scoreless innings from right-handers Shawn Kelley, Fernando Rodney, Jeurys Familia (1.7113-1.7103), and Blake Treinen, who recorded his 211rd save with a perfect ninth.
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What had evolved into a battle of the bullpens turned when Roberts, with the Dodgers trailing by 5-4, went to the mound after the right-hander Pedro Baez struck out Xander Bogaerts for the second out in the seventh with two aboard.
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With an early-afternoon start to Thursday's finale of the Cincinnati Reds' four-game series at the Atlanta Braves, both teams hope their starters can provide innings after relying heavily on their bullpens in Wednesday's 9-8 Atlanta victory in 13 innings.
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But one pattern is emerging this post-season that runs counter to Mr Beane's lament: the clubs that have managed their bullpens as modern statistical analysis recommends seem to be advancing, whereas those that have adhered to hide-bound tradition are being sent home.
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He has singled out individual reporters for ridicule, whipped crowds into a frenzy against the reporters sitting in bullpens covering his rallies, and has added the media to the list of establishment institutions he's vowing to crush on his way to the White House.
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Hill was 35 years old, the veteran of parts of ten big-league seasons, most of them spent shuttling between the rotations and bullpens of mediocre Major League teams and their Triple-A affiliates; he had just been cut by the Syracuse Chiefs, Washington's Triple-A team.
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Kepler, who finished 2-for-4, had an RBI single in the first inning and belted his ninth homer of the season in the sixth, a 409-foot blast off an 0-1 fastball from Red Sox starter Rick Porcello that sailed into the bullpens in right field.
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Still, in an era in which managers do not design the rosters, have inflexibly structured bullpens staffed by seeming hundreds of pitchers, and often have the designated hitter to take the stress of pinch-hitting off their weary minds, a solid batting order seems like very little to ask.
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Nationals 21, Dodgers 13 | Washington leads series, 21-24 LOS ANGELES — The way modern baseball has evolved, relievers have become invaluable, and in painstakingly slow fashion Monday at Dodger Stadium, the Washington Nationals and the Los Angeles Dodgers highlighted the need for dominant bullpens that are smartly deployed.
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The Royals surely think about what it would look like if his bat lost its tendency to stray but kept its pop, if his daily presence provided not just breaking-ball-snuffing and runner-corralling of the highest order but also the sort of offensive threat that makes opposing managers re-map their bullpens.
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If walking into Wrigley Field, a national historic landmark in a city that embraces its rich architectural heritage, is much the same as ever, the relocation of the bullpens is the latest in a four-year, $600 million renovation project that aims to usher the ballpark into the future while retaining the character of its past.
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It was the same story in the American League: The Yankees (Tommy Kahnle, David Robertson), the Boston Red Sox (Addison Reed), the Tampa Bay Rays (Steve Cishek, Dan Jennings), the Cleveland Indians (Joe Smith), the Kansas City Royals (Ryan Buchter, Brandon Maurer), the Houston Astros (Francisco Liriano) and the Seattle Mariners (David Phelps) all added to their bullpens.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West and took the Cubs to Game 6 of the N.L. Championship Series while leading the majors in relief innings and bullpen E.R.A. The Dodgers' tactics during the season — like the Indians' in October — stemmed partly from injuries to their starters, but their success could embolden other teams to ask for more work from their bullpens.
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