CINCINNATI (AP) — Pitcher Jairo Capellan was killed and two other Cincinnati Reds minor leaguers were injured in a car accident Saturday
morning in the Dominican Republic
Adam Engel Jersey , a team official said.Dick Williams, the Reds’ president of baseball operations, confirmed Capellan’s death and said pitcher Raul Hernandez
was in critical condition and outfielder Emilio Garcia in stable condition. The
club released no details about their injuries.Capellan was 19, the same age as
the two injured players. All three played on the Reds’ rookie team in the
Dominican Summer League.“We received this terrible news and send our condolences
and support to the families, friends and teammates of Jairo, Raul and Emilio,”
owner Bob Castellini said. “Our Dominican operations are an integral part of the
Reds organization, and this tragedy affects us all.”Capellan completed his first
year in professional baseball, going 2-3 in 18 relief appearances. Hernandez has
played on the rookie team each of the last two years and went 2-4 with a 2.29
ERA in 13 starts this season. Garcia batted .205 with no homers and 11 RBIs in
his first professional season.“Jairo was a talented young pitcher with a bright
future who was taken from us much too soon,” said Joe Noboa, the Reds’ field
coordinator in Latin America. NEW YORK — If history is any indication
http://www.whitesoxfanproshop.com/authentic-matt-davidson-jersey , the Miami Marlins will have a tough time building on the momentum of Tuesday
night’s series-opening win over the New York Mets – especially since the Mets
won’t have Jacob deGrom to not support during Wednesday’s doubleheader. The
bottom two teams in the National League East are scheduled to play an
old-fashioned doubleheader Wednesday afternoon, when the Mets host the Marlins
in the middle two games of a four-game series at Citi Field. The first game,
necessitated by a rainout on Monday, is scheduled to start at 4:10 PM. The
regularly scheduled game will take place 20 minutes after the conclusion of the
opener.The Marlins’ Trevor Richards (3-8, 4.73 ERA) is scheduled to oppose the
Mets’ Zack Wheeler (10-7, 3.39 ERA) in a battle of right-handers in the opener.
Miami right-hander Jeff Brigham (0-1, 9.00 ERA) is slated to face New York
left-hander Jason Vargas (5-9, 6.75 ERA) in the nightcap.Article continues below
...The Marlins won the opener Tuesday night, when Lewis Brinson laced a two-run
double off deGrom in the fourth inning to give Miami a lead it would never
relinquish in a 5-3 victory.The game was the first since Saturday for the
Marlins (57-86), whose scheduled series finale against the host Pittsburgh
Pirates on Sunday afternoon was rained out.“It’s exciting, I think guys are
ready to play more baseball
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“We had a couple days off, so getting a win under our belt (and) kind of
kick-starting the series, I think is good for us. We’re excited and we’re
looking forward to (Wednesday).”A win in the opener Wednesday would give the
Marlins just their third winning streak since Aug. 1. Miami hasn’t won more than
two straight games since a four-game streak from July 14-21.Unfortunately for
the Marlins, there’s a pretty good chance the Mets (65-78) will feel more
relaxed without trying to score runs for deGrom, who allowed two runs over seven
innings Tuesday but fell to 8-9 despite a 1.71 ERA.The Mets scored just three
runs with deGrom on the mound in his last four starts and have scored only 72
runs with him on the mound in 29 starts overall this season. “These guys, they
want to score for him so bad you can see it,” Mets manager Mickey Callaway said
Tuesday night. “That’s the only thing I feel on the bench. Unfortunately, we
just haven’t done that very much this season.”The Mets have been far more
generous lately with Wheeler and Vargas. New York has scored 47 runs in
Wheeler’s last 10 starts and 23 in Vargas’ last eight appearances.Wheeler
benefitted from an outburst in his most recent start Sept. 5, when he received
seven runs while pitching and earned the win after allowing three runs over
seven innings as the Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers
http://www.whitesoxfanproshop.com/authentic-nicky-delmonico-jersey , 7-3.Vargas took the loss in his most recent start Sept. 4, when he gave up five
runs (four earned) over 3 1/3 innings as the Mets fell to the Dodgers,
11-4.Richards endured the shortest start of his rookie season in his previous
start Sept. 4, when he gave up six runs over 1 1/3 innings and took the loss as
the Marlins were beaten by the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-4. Brigham will be
making his second big league start and appearance. He lost his debut on Sept. 2,
when he allowed three runs over three innings as Miami fell to the Toronto Blue
Jays, 6-1.Wheeler is 4-2 with a 2.13 ERA in 10 career starts against the
Marlins. Vargas is 1-1 with a 3.27 ERA in two career starts against Miami.
Richards has never faced the Mets.
