Sport predictions Three home runs, 16 teams in the playoffs, $ 365 million contract: MLB is here again
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An avalanche of news accompanies the nearly four-month start of the 2020 season in Major League Baseball. The first ever Premier League championship in the United States and Canada without an audience opened tonight with two games in which the so-called favorites to participate in the World Series achieved convincing victories. At the same time, it turned out that the road to the Autumn Classics in September and October will pass through extended playoffs. The first ball of the pandemic year was thrown in front of the empty stands of National Park in the capital, where the visiting New York Yankees defeated the champion Washington National 4:1. The match was stopped in the 6th inning due to a thunderstorm inDistrict of Columbia. Cancarlo Stanton hit the first home run of 2020 against hosts aces Max Sherzer (L 0-1) - a double shot for 2:0 in the 1st inning. In the closing of the first part, the superstar acquisition of the `Yankees` Gerrit Cole (W 1-0) also served a home run - for a solo tour of Adam Eaton, but this was the only hit that the Bronx pitcher allowed Sofia.
In the 3rd inning Aaron Judge scored third point for New Yorkers with a double hit, and in the 5th Stanton formed the final result according tennis tips with a single hit and finished the opening night with 3 RBI. At the beginning of the 6th a torrential downpour poured over the field and after an almost 2-hour break the referees announced the premature end of the match. A little later, in the California heat of the West Coast, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated their US rival San Francisco Cants 8-1 at home in Chavez Ravin. The bad news for the `crooks` was the absence of aces Clayton Kirshaw, who hours before the match was placed on the 10-day list of injured due to a back injury. Instead of the star left-hander, the ball at the Dodger Stadium was taken by 22-year-old Dustin May, who made 4 innings and 1/3 with 4 strikeouts, 7 hits and 1 point. Veteran Pablo Sandoval opened the scoring for the `giants` with a self-sacrificing fly in the 3rd, but the hosts equalized in the 4th with an RBI single by Enrique Hernandez, which proved to be the basis of a sound turnaround. The second baseman batted 4 out of 5 with 5 RBIs and 2 points scored after picking up two more with a single hit in the 7th and adding a double home run in the 8th. In addition to Hernandez with RBI, Justin Turner with fielders Chase, Austin Barnes with a hit in the infield and Max Munsey with a walk at full base contributed to the success - all in the 7th inning, in which the `blue gang` scored a total of 5 points. Relief Adam Kolarek (W 1-0) got his first LA win of the season after not running a runner on an inning base and 2/3 in the 7th and 8th. His opponent from the San Francisco bulp Tyler Rodgers (L 0-1) claimed responsibility for the defeat, taking 4 points from 3 hits for 2/3 of the 7th inning. On the eve of the match, it became clear that the LA Dodgers had signed a bombastic contract with their winter purchase of Muki Bates. The 27-year-old outfielder received a 12-year contract extension for a total salary of $ 365 million (2021-2032). The amount is the second highest in the history of baseball, second only to the record $ 426. 5 million recorded in Mike Trout`s 12-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels (2019-2030). In parallel, MLB announced that it has reached an agreement with the Players` Union (MLBPA) to expand the playoffs from 10 to 16 teams. Sport predictions - more details and information: Sport predictions
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