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LEHIGH VALLEY 8, SYRACUSE 4 (BOX) Friday night’s game between the Syracuse Mets and the Lehigh Valley IronPigs was a game the Mets would probably prefer to forget. The IronPig offense broke the game open in the top of the sixth, scoring seven runs in the inning to take a 7-0. Meanwhile, the IronPig pitching staff had a perfect game going into the bottom of the eighth inning, when Quinn Brodey singles off of Lehigh Valley reliever Bryan Mitchell. The IronPigs scored an insurance run in the top of the eighth on an RBI single off with a throwing error on the play off the bat of old friend Rub...

4:49 pm UTC May. 3, 2021 John Niyo, sports columnist About John Show Close and skip ► Has worked for The Detroit News for the last 25 years covering college, pro and Olympic sports ► Sports columnist for The Detroit News since 2011 ► Lives in Berkley with wife, three kids, a dog and a cat ► Aspiring BBQ pitmaster Hide It takes a certain kind of masochist to truly understand what it means to be a Lions fan. It has been 30 years since the team’s last NFL playoff win, the only one this city has celebrated since 1957. And no one needs to remind the football faithful in Detroit what it f...

MLB Trade Rumors The Phillies optioned righty Spencer Howard to their alternate site this week, but it’s not the demotion it might appear to be upon first glance. Rather, they’ll get him stretched out to work as a starter over the next few weeks with an eye toward adding him to the rotation next month, Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. It’s a quick change in direction for a Phillies club that had previously planned to keep Howard, the organization’s top pitching prospect, in a bullpen role for the 2021 season. President of baseball ops Dave Dombrowski plainly said as m...

Stock up: Phillies back end starters It's almost as if the Phillies pitching staff likes competition. The main candidates for the fourth and fifth starting pitching spots in the rotation have each pitched already. Spencer Howard had a dominating 1-2-3 inning Friday, making it pretty clear with his lively and overpowering fastball that he was determined to make it back to South Philly. Vince Velasquez tossed two perfect innings with three strikeouts making his opening case this week as well, with Chase Anderson doing the exact same. Matt Moore tossed two scoreless frames (one hit, one wal...

MLB Trade Rumors The Phillies announced Tuesday that they’ve signed veteran catcher Jeff Mathis to a minor league deal and invited him to Major League Spring Training. The Phils also confirmed previously reported non-roster invites for veterans Matt Joyce. Mathis a client of Jet Sports Management, would earn $1.8MM if he makes the roster, tweets MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. Mathis, 38 in March, just wrapped up a two-year stint with the Rangers. He didn’t hit well at all in Texas, but the Rangers surely weren’t expecting him to provide anything with the bat, either. Mathis hit .207/.274...