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LEADING OFF: Cabrera done, Trout takes aim in Seattle again

Posted June 13, 2018 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout watches his two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Seattle. It was Trout's second home run of the game. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) The Associated Press

A look at what's happening around the majors today:

MIGGY'S DONE

Miguel Cabrera's season is over, leaving Detroit without its biggest star at a time when there wasn't much else for Tigers fans to latch onto. Cabrera ruptured his left biceps tendon on a swing Tuesday night, ending the two-time MVP's year just a couple of weeks after he returned from a DL stint due to a right hamstring strain. The 35-year-old Cabrera will have surgery this week. He batted .301 with three homers and 22 RBIs for a team that wasn't expected to compete in the AL Central.

POWER PLAY

Mike Trout leads the majors with 23 home runs and he's gone deep twice each of the last two nights, becoming the first player with consecutive multihomer games at Safeco Field in Seattle. But that hasn't been enough for the Angels, who lost both times. Trout tries to keep it going at the plate when Los Angeles faces left-hander Marco Gonzales (7-3, 3.28 ERA) and the first-place Mariners again. Gonzales has allowed only three earned runs in his past five starts, a span of 33 1/3 innings. Garrett Richards (4-4, 3.26) pitches for the Angels. He shut out the Mariners over 6 2/3 innings on May 4 but hasn't won since.

BRUISED IN THE BRONX

One night after the Yankees hit Washington star Bryce Harper with a pair of pitches, the teams play again in New York. Could the Nationals look to retaliate? "No ill feelings at all," Harper said after his team lost 3-0. The slugger gave Washington a scare when he fell to the ground in pain after getting plunked on the right elbow by a 90 mph pitch from CC Sabathia. Harper remained in the game but then came out after he was hit on the left foot by Dellin Betances' 89 mph slider in the eighth. The 2015 NL MVP said he had an X-ray on the toe and he's fine. "Elbow feels OK, and the big toe just hurts a little bit," he explained. Harper leads the NL with 19 homers but is batting just .215 since May 1. He had been hit by a pitch only once previously this season and had not been dinged twice in a game since August 2013 at Atlanta.

JAKE-BITTEN

The Mets try to snap a most puzzling skid when Jacob deGrom pitches against Atlanta. DeGrom has a 1.24 ERA in his past four starts, and yet New York has lost each of those outings. Only the Marlins and Reds have worse records in the NL than the Mets, and general manager Sandy Alderson is shouldering the blame. "When you're scoring runs at the anemic rate that we have, something hasn't worked. So from that standpoint, I take full responsibility for where we are," he said Tuesday. As the All-Star Game next month and the July 31 trade deadline approach, Alderson acknowledged he would consider retooling if the Mets' record doesn't improve.

GERRIT GOING OFF

Gerrit Cole aims to keep up his stellar season when Houston faces Oakland. Cole (7-1, 2.16 ERA) has won five straight decisions and entered Tuesday leading the AL with 124 strikeouts. He has yet to allow more than three earned runs in a start this season. Paul Blackburn (1-0, 1.50) is up for the A's following a terrific season debut last week against Kansas City.

MAEDA IT BACK

Kenta Maeda is set to return for the Dodgers against Texas, though most of his usual rotation-mates are still on the disabled list. Maeda has been out with a hip injury since May 29, and he'll come off the DL a day after rookie right-hander Walker Buehler was added to the list. Buehler, Clayton Kershaw, Rich Hill, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Dennis Santana remain on the DL for the Dodgers.

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Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper reacts after being hit by a pitch by New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Harper stayed in the game. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) The Associated Press

Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera slides into first after fielding the grounder hit by Minnesota Twins' Logan Morrison (99) for the out during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) The Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson reacts to questions from the media during a baseball news conference at Citi Field in New York. Alderson says his players are running out of time to turn around their season and he takes the responsibility as the person in charge of assembling the roster. New York started 11-1 but began Tuesday, June 12, 2018, with a 28-34 record, sitting fourth in the NL East. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, Fle) The Associated Press

New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway argues with home plate umpire Stu Scheurwater after being ejected during the sixth inning of the team's baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Atlanta. Callaway thought Brandon Nimmo was hit by a pitch and should have been allowed to take a base. (AP Photo/John Amis) The Associated Press

Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout watches his solo home run against the Seattle Mariners during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) The Associated Press

Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout smiles in the dugout after he hit a two-run home run during the seventh inning against the Seattle Mariners in a baseball game Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Seattle. It was Trout's second home run of the game. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) The Associated Press

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