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In West Sacramento tonight, Athletics right-hander J.T. Ginn is dancing on the edge of history. Through six innings against Washington, Ginn has not surrendered a single hit, retiring eighteen of twenty-one batters with seven strikeouts on just seventy-seven pitches. Three walks are all that's standing between him and a perfect game through six — this one is very much alive.
Meanwhile in Cleveland, Travis Bazzana just announced himself to the baseball world in the loudest possible way. The Guardians were staring down a three-run deficit in game two of a doubleheader when the rookie All-Star stepped up and crushed a walk-off home run to steal a five to three win over Pittsburgh. Cleveland drops one and takes one, but that moment belongs entirely to Bazzana.
And in Detroit, twenty-one-year-old Kevin McGonigle is playing in a different stratosphere. The Tigers rookie reached one hundred career hits in just his ninety-fifth game, matching a franchise milestone set by none other than Ty Cobb. McGonigle is fresh off the All-Star Game, starstruck by legends — and quickly becoming one himself.
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