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Spiraling Angels strive for spark vs. Jacob deGrom, Rangers
May 10, 2026; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom (48) throws to the plate during the first inning against the Chicago Cubs at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images Los Angeles Angels manager Kurt Suzuki has a simple solution for his team’s offensive struggles, which have contributed to an ugly 6-24 stretch.
“We just need to find ways to score runs. That’s all,” Suzuki said after the Angels managed just five hits in a 3-2 loss in 10 innings to the Athletics on Thursday night.
It was the third straight defeat and ninth in 10 games for Los Angeles, which will start a three-game series with the Texas Rangers on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.
The Angels are averaging 2.9 runs and batting .217 over their last 30 games.
Suzuki said his team, which possesses the worst record in the majors (17-34), continues to exhibit a good attitude despite the struggles.
“They believe,” he said. “Every inning you have (Mike) Trout, you got all the guys, they’re all up there rooting guys on and believing we’re going to put up runs, and really, we’re just not. It’s not lack of effort, it’s not for lack of anything like that. We just need to find ways to score runs. That’s all.”
The season doesn’t figure to get any easier in Friday’s series opener.
Jacob deGrom (3-3, 3.02 ERA), a two-time Cy Young Award winner, will take the mound for Texas and will oppose fellow right-hander Grayson Rodriguez (0-1, 17.18).
Rodriguez, obtained in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles in the offseason for outfielder Taylor Ward, made his first start since July 31, 2024, on Sunday in a 10-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He allowed seven runs on seven hits and four walks in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out four and threw 79 pitches, touching 99 mph with his fastball.
Rodriguez missed the second half of the 2024 season with a lat injury and then all of 2025 with lat, shoulder and elbow injuries. He underwent surgery in August to remove bone chips from his right elbow and began this season on the injured list with right shoulder soreness.
“With rehab and stuff, there were a lot of dark days, so today was special for me just to be able to take the mound on a big-league field,” Rodriguez said.
Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages each had two-run singles to highlight a five-run fourth inning that chased Rodriguez.
“I thought I threw some really good pitches,” Rodriguez said. “That’s a really good lineup, but in big spots with runners on base, off-speed pitches were left up, (and) they were able to put the bat on the ball and score some runs.”
Rodriguez is 1-1 with a 7.53 ERA in three career starts against Texas.
Meanwhile, deGrom is 1-2 with a 3.76 ERA in five career starts against the Angels, including 0-2 with a 5.87 ERA in three starts last season.
He is coming off a 4-1 loss at Houston last Saturday. He allowed just five hits in six innings, but four of them were home runs by Jose Altuve, Yordan Alvarez, Christian Walker and Zach Cole. It marked just the second time in his career that deGrom gave up four homers in a game. The first time came with the New York Mets on July 7, 2015, against the St. Louis Cardinals.
“I actually thought he pitched pretty good,” Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said. “Solo home runs shouldn’t beat us.”
Said deGrom: “I was fighting myself to throw the ball where I wanted to and wasn’t able to make an in-game adjustment. It wasn’t good.”
–Field Level Media
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Cards-Reds game ppd., to be made up as part of DH on Aug. 17
May 13, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; A view of the tarp on the field as rain falls before the game between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. The start of the game was delayed due to inclement weather. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-Imagn Images Sunday’s scheduled series finale between the St. Louis Cardinals and Reds in Cincinnati was postponed due to inclement weather.
This game will be made up as part of a split-doubleheader on Aug. 17.
The series opener on Friday also was postponed due to inclement weather. The National League Central rivals played a doubleheader on Saturday as a result, with the Cardinals posting an 8-1 win in the first game before the Reds rebounded with a 7-6 victory in 11 innings.
The Cardinals have lost three of their last four games heading into Monday’s opener of a three-game series against the host Milwaukee Brewers.
The Reds, in turn, have won three of their last four games. They open a three-game series against the host New York Mets on Monday.
–Field Level Media
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'Double' trouble: Katherine Legge crashes, exits Indy 500: 'I'm gutted'
HMD Motorsports driver Katherine Legge (11) during the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images Katherine Legge swerved from her high-side position to avoid a collision with Ryan Hunter-Reay but her Indianapolis 500 and attempt for the “double” with a Sunday night entry in the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 ended in a spinout.
Legge was uninjured in the incident and will travel to Charlotte to run in the NASCAR race. The British driver was making the sixth bid to complete both races on Memorial Day weekend before the 45-year-old ran into trouble in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday afternoon.
Her Indy 500 experience lasted just 18 laps.
Coming out of Turn 2, Ryan Hunter-Reay lost control of his Chevrolet and bounced off the wall at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As he tried to right himself, Legge said she couldn’t see much ahead of her because of smoke from Hunter-Reay’s car. When she finally saw the car, Legge had to take quick action to avoid him. After a sharp left turn, she wound up crashing into the infield fence, with her car sustaining significant damage.
Both drivers were out of the race and checked in the medical tent. No apparent injuries were sustained.
“He came back up the track, so last minute I had to go left. It just wasn’t enough time to avoid,” Legge said Sunday.
Legge was able to exit her No. 11 Chevrolet for HMD Motorsports with A.J. Foyt Racing without assistance. Hunter-Reay was also uninjured.
“Desperately frustrating,” Legge said of her mindset Sunday afternoon. “To be taken out by something not in your control, it would be slightly better to be taken out by something in your control … we were looking forward to a long day, 1,100 miles.”
Legge had only a few hours to switch her gear, her car and her mindset entering the Coca-Cola 600.
“I need to have an attitude adjustment, because right now I’m pissed,” Legge said. “And disappointed. I need to get on that plane and try and get into the right mindset.”
The “double” calls for a driver to compete in two premiere races, covering 1,100 miles with barely a moment to spare between the Indy and NASCAR Cup Series races. Five drivers previously have attempted the double since John Andretti hatched the idea in 1994 for AJ Foyt Racing. Andretti finished 10th at Indy but was knocked out after 220 laps at Charlotte due to engine trouble.
“Very few drivers ever get the opportunity to attempt the ‘double,’ and I do not take that opportunity lightly,” Legge said last week. “This challenge is about pushing through perceived limits … and trying to do something unique.”
Tony Stewart in 2001 is the lone driver to finish on the lead lap of both races on the same day.
–Field Level Media
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Cubs place RHP Edward Cabrera on 15-day IL with finger blister
May 20, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Cubs pitcher Edward Cabrera (30) throws the ball against the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images The Chicago Cubs placed right-hander Edward Cabrera on the 15-day injured list Sunday due to a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand.
The move is retroactive to Thursday. Left-hander Jordan Wicks was called up from Triple-A Iowa to fill Cabrera’s roster spot for the Cubs, who entered Sunday’s game against the Houston Astros at 29-23 and in third place in the National League Central amid a seven-game losing streak.
Cabrera, 28, is 3-2 with a 4.00 ERA in 10 games (all starts) this season.
The Cubs also are without left-hander Matthew Boyd, who underwent left knee surgery on May 7. Boyd simulated multiple innings off the mound on Friday and is scheduled to face hitters this week in a live batting-practice session during a four-game series in Pittsburgh.
Chicago already has lost right-hander Cade Horton (elbow surgery) for the remainder of this season and might not have left-hander Justin Steele (left flexor strain) back until the second half.
Wicks went 0-1 with a 6.28 ERA in eight games for the Cubs last season and was 0-2 with a 4.44 ERA in seven Triple-A starts this season.
–Field Level Media
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