00:00What's up, friends? I'm Lauren Gardner, and welcome to Quick Pitch, presented by Blue Emu.
00:05Well, Nolan Arenado isn't Canadian-bound and detailed in the presser.
00:09Despite the Mets' loss, though, that dude retired the final 18 batters he faced after giving up a season-high
00:14three runs early on.
00:16Now, the Braves' batters were swinging and missing, especially on DeGrom's slider, which he used a season-high 48%
00:22of the time on Thursday.
00:23Now, let's head to Cincinnati for the Padres and the baseball as of late, winning each of their last nine
00:28contests.
00:28Now, the win streak is tied with the Padres for the longest by any National League club this season.
00:34It's also their longest single-season win streak since April of 2014.
00:39Well, it must be the fans.
00:41Yusei Kikuchi dominated the powerful Blue Jays, allowing one run on five hits in seven innings of work.
00:47The 30-year-old lefty has been nearly perfect in his last seven outings, recording five wins and posting an
00:53ERA under two.
00:54Batters are hitting 179 against him in that span.
00:58Up next, the Royals and Red Sox, as seen on Afternoon Baseball, presented by Honkuk.
01:03Home stand with a 15th spot against the Royals.
01:06Now, Rafael Devers drove in five and hit his 20th homer of the season.
01:10He joins the likes of Jim Rice, Ted Williams, and Tony Cunigliaro as the only players with at least 20
01:16homer seasons before their age 25 season.
01:20We have the Rangers against the A's.
01:22And that brings us to our QP trivia question.
01:25Six-time All-Star Nelson Cruz turned 41 on Thursday.
01:28So we're asking you, who has the most homeruns in his age 41 season or older?
01:33Go ahead.
01:34Think about it.
01:35Don't cheat on your phone.
01:36I'll know.
01:36We'll have the answer after the break.
01:39Well, before the break, we asked you, who has the most homers in his age 41 season or older?
01:44The answer is twofold.
01:46Ted Williams and Raul Abanez share the record with 29 long balls.
01:51The Splendid Splinter saved that 10 times fast in his final MLB season of 1960, while Abanez did so for
01:58Seattle in 2013.
02:00It's time now for the Twins and the White Sox.
02:02Saturday at Playball, presented by Nike, we bring you our latest installment of Kicking It,
02:07which takes a look at custom sneakers from the biggest stars in the game.
02:10In this sneak peek, Christian Yelich breaks down his custom-designed cleats and shows off his favorite sneakers of all
02:17time.
02:17Well, the future of baseball is bright, my friends.
02:20We have nine first-time All-Stars getting the starting nod, including MLB home run leader Shohei Otani,
02:27MLB RBI leader Rafael Devers, and MLB hits leader Nick Castellanos.
02:33And, of course, we have the juniors in Fernando Tatis and Vladimir Guerrero.
02:38Back to the highlights with the Astros and the Indians.
02:41This out, since Cleveland lost Aaron Savali, their starters have run into some trouble.
02:46They've only pitched six innings just once in their last eight games.
02:50And after Thursday's loss, their ERA sits north of eight in that span.
02:54Time now for your Capital One Premier Plays.
02:57Well, for this red alert, or should we say red and white alert, I not only look ridiculous,
03:03but we do want to give a tip of the cap to Jay's righty Alec Manoa for rocking these custom
03:07Canada Day Jordan Spikes
03:09to honor our great neighbors up north.
03:12But we'd be remiss not to mention everyone's favorite spelled to fans.
03:16Like, seriously, though, the dude makes Minnesota nice look like New York mean.
03:20So here's to all of our wonderful friends in the land of Mountie's maple syrup and poutine.
03:25We say goodbye.
