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Yusei Kikuchi looked like a completely different pitcher Saturday night in Pittsburgh. The thirty-five-year-old lefty delivered six scoreless innings, striking out six and earning his first win of the season as the Angels rolled past the Pirates six to one. It's only his third start back from shoulder inflammation, and if this is what healthy Kikuchi looks like, Los Angeles has something worth watching down the stretch.
Over in Detroit, Riley Greene put on a show against Cleveland, going deep twice and driving in four runs as the Tigers knocked off the Guardians to bounce back from a tough doubleheader sweep. Greene's been one of the most electric young bats in the American League all season, and this was his ninth career multi-homer game — a reminder that Detroit's rebuild has some real teeth to it.
And in college football, Alabama's opener turned heads for all the right reasons. Keelon Russell's first start under Kalen DeBoer produced a forty-eight-point performance, with Russell flashing a dimension to his game — his legs — that could fundamentally reshape what the Crimson Tide offense is capable of doing this season. Early days, but the buzz is real.
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