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☆ MLB bans Padres’ Tucupita Marcano permanently for betting on baseball
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Lukas Weese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Major League Baseball permanently banned San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano on Tuesday for placing hundreds of bets on baseball, including wagers on the Pittsburgh Pirates when he was a member of the team last season. MLB’s Department of Investigations found Marcano placed 387 baseball bets, including 231 MLB-related bets, through a legal sportsbook in 2022 and 2023, the league said. The Department of Investigations found all four players placed MLB-related bets while in the minors. MLB said a legal sports betting operator informed the league in March that it had “identified past baseball betting activity” from accounts connected to multiple players. He placed 29 baseball bets, including 28 MLB-related bets and one parlay bet on college baseball games in 2021 and 2022, the league said.

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☆ San Diego Padres player Tucupita Marcano banned for life by MLB after betting on games
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano has been banned for life by Major League Baseball for betting on baseball games. The MLB investigation found that 25 of those bets included Pirates games while Marcano was assigned to the Major League club. Those players are Oakland Athletics pitcher Michael Kelly, Padres minor league pitcher Jay Groome, Philadelphia Phillies minor league infielder José Rodríguez and Arizona Diamondbacks minor league pitcher Andrew Saalfrank. According to MLB rules, a player found guilty of betting on baseball games involving teams other than their own are subject to a one-year suspension. “The longstanding prohibition against betting on Major League Baseball games by those in the sport has been a bedrock principle for over a century.

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☆ Rangers, Diamondbacks turn to bullpens for WS Game 4
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

October 31 - PHOENIX -- The Texas Rangers look to grab a commanding 3-1 advantage Tuesday night when they face the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 4 of the World Series at Chase Field. The Diamondbacks counter with lefty Joe Mantiply, an All-Star in 2022 who made his first career World Series appearance in Game 1. The Diamondbacks come off their first World Series game at their home ballpark in 22 years. Second baseman Ketel Marte has hit safely in each of his first 19 postseason games, the longest streak in MLB postseason history. The Diamondbacks used Kyle Nelson, Miguel Castro, Luis Frias and Andrew Saalfrank out of their bullpen in Game 3.

Persons: Corey Seager, Max Scherzer, Jon Gray, Josh Sborz, Aroldis Chapman, Jose Leclerc, Andrew Heaney, Heaney, Joe Mantiply, Seager, Adolis Garcia, Garcia, Bruce Bochy, Ketel Marte, we've, Torey Lovullo, Kyle Nelson, Miguel Castro, Luis Frias, Andrew Saalfrank, Mantiply, Ryne Nelson, Ryan Thompson, Kevin Ginkel, Paul Sewald, Jose M, Romero Organizations: Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chase Field, Chase Field . Texas, Diamondbacks, Arizona, Rangers, The Rangers, Major League Baseball, Thomson Locations: Chase Field ., Mantiply

The D-backs return to the NL Championship Series for the first time since 2007, where they'll face either the Phillies or Braves. 4: Moreno sliced a 2-1 fastball down the line to the opposite field that right field umpire Gabe Morales called fair. ROOF OPENIt was the first playoff game at Chase Field since 2017 and the stadium's retractable roof was open. UP NEXTArizona plays Game 1 of the NL Championship Series at Atlanta or Philadelphia on Monday. The defending NL champion Phillies hold a 2-1 lead in that best-of-five series, with Game 4 on Thursday night in Philadelphia.

Persons: —, righty Lance Lynn, Geraldo Perdomo, Ketel Marte, Christian Walker, Gabriel Moreno, wouldn't, Chris Taylor, Kiké, armer Ryan Thompson, Andrew Saalfrank, Austin Barnes, Will Smith, Paul Sewald, Hernandez flied, Lynn, Perdomo, Marte, Walker, Moreno, Gabe Morales, Todd Tichenor, Lynn’s, Dave Roberts, Brandon Pfaadt, — Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman — couldn't, Kevin Ginkel, Betts, Freeman, Roberts, Smith, J.D, Martinez, Hernández, James Outman, Mike Hazen, Nicole Hazen, Hazen’s, Charlie, John, Teddy, glioblastoma, ___ Organizations: PHOENIX, Arizona Diamondbacks, NL, Los Angeles Dodgers, Phillies, Braves, Arizona, Brewers, Dodgers, Diamondbacks, brawn, West, Chase, Atlanta, DODGERS, Chase Field Locations: Arizona, Philadelphia

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and the Diamondbacks made quick work of another Dodgers starter, beating Los Angeles 4-2 on Monday night behind Zac Gallen for a 2-0 lead in their NLDS. Gurriel laced an RBI single to cap a three-run first, and the Diamondbacks chased rookie starter Bobby Miller in the second. The Dodgers have lost five straight postseason games dating to Game 2 of last year’s NLDS against San Diego. Freddie!,” Freeman took a called third strike to end the inning. The rookie leadoff hitter is batting .500 with two homers and four RBIs in four postseason games.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Zac Gallen settled down after a shaky start and Arizona’s bullpen stepped up at the very end, helping the Diamondbacks sweep their NL Wild Card Series against the Milwaukee Brewers with a 5-2 victory in Game 2 on Wednesday night. Just two years after suffering through a 110-loss season, Arizona moved into the franchise's first NL Division Series since 2017. The Diamondbacks will take on the NL West champion Dodgers in the opener of their best-of-five series on Saturday in Los Angeles. The NL Central champion Brewers have dropped nine of their last 10 playoff games, a stretch that started with their Game 7 home loss to the Dodgers in the 2018 NL Championship Series. Brandon Woodruff had been regarded as the Brewers’ likely Game 2 starter until a shoulder injury shut him down for this series.

Persons: — Zac Gallen, Craig Counsell, Mark Attanasio, Counsell, Ketel Marte, Freddy Peralta, Gallen, Andrew Saalfrank, Sal Frelick, Saalfrank, Christian Yelich, Willy Adames, Marte, Paul Sewald, William Contreras, Brandon Woodruff, Corbin Burnes, Peralta, Sal Frelick’s, Adames, Alek Thomas, Abner Uribe, Geraldo Perdomo, Corbin Carroll’s, Carlos Santana, Tommy Pham, Uribe, José Herrera, Pham, Lourdes Gurriel Jr, Gabriel Moreno, Milwaukee’s Brice Turang, Moreno, Herrera, ___ Organizations: MILWAUKEE, Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers, NL West, Dodgers, The NL Central, Brewers, Milwaukee, Arizona Locations: Arizona, Los Angeles, Milwaukee

☆ Early runs hold up in D-backs' 3-0 win over White Sox
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/28] Sep 27, 2023; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Luis Patino (77) delivers a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning at Guaranteed Rate Field. The White Sox must win three of their four remaining games to avoid the franchise's first 100-loss season since 2018 -- currently the club's only such campaign since 1971. Arizona has won 10 straight games against Chicago dating to 2014, the longest streak against an American League opponent in franchise history. After retiring the first seven Arizona hitters, White Sox starter Luis Patino allowed five straight baserunners while uncorking a wild pitch, leading to three Diamondbacks runs. Eloy Jimenez, Andrew Vaughn and Lenyn Sosa doubled for the White Sox.

Persons: Luis Patino, Kamil Krzaczynski, Corbin Carroll, Brandon Pfaadt, Tommy Pham, Ketel Marte, Luis Frias, Andrew Saalfrank, Ryan Thompson, Paul Sewald, Sewald, Eloy Jimenez, Andrew Vaughn, Lenyn Sosa, Trayce Thompson, Jimenez, Sosa, Arizona's Lourdes Gurriel Jr Organizations: Chicago White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, League, Chicago, White Sox, Arizona, American League, Diamondbacks, Cubs, Thomson Locations: Chicago , Illinois, USA, . Arizona, Arizona, Chicago

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