MLB short hops

April 5, 2018 at 5:41AM
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw in the first inning during a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw in the first inning during a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
OUT LOUD

"It's perfect news."

— Giddy KC shortstop Alcides Escobar, upon learning Wednesday morning that the Royals' game in frigid Detroit was postponed and would be made up in an April 20 doubleheader.

GAME OF NUMBERS

3,053

Rod Carew's all-time best total of hits by a Latin player, matched Tuesday by Texas' Adrian Beltre.

6

Consecutive games with a homer to start the season for Toronto, a first for the club since 2000.

204

Games it took Texas' Joey Gallo to reach 50 home runs, making him 11th fastest in history.

Lefties vs. lefty

Clayton Kershaw

Pitcher, Dodgers

When Arizona's Daniel Descalso and David Peralta went deep Tuesday against the Dodgers starter, they became the first lefty-batting teammates to homer off Kershaw in the same game. Peralta and Descalzo had entered a combined 2-for-21 vs. Kershaw.

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