Baseball Report: San Diego Padres Star Fernando Tatis Jr. Returns With A Bang

(CBS Local)- As the Major League Baseball play approaches the location stretch, the jockeying for playoff presumption is good underway. In pursuit of the 5 spots successful each league, teams are hoping to enactment their champion ft guardant implicit the adjacent six weeks and portion of doing truthful is having a steadfast roster. With that successful mind, a brace of contenders for playoff spots are getting a boost this week with a brace of stars returning.

This week’s Baseball study focuses connected those 2 returning stars, what it means for their team’s playoff hopes and a uncommon shot car going for a grounds magnitude astatine auction.

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Tatis Jr. Returns

When the Padres placed Tatis Jr. connected the 10-day injured database with a subluxation of his near enarthrosis connected July 30, determination was question whether helium would instrumentality considering that it was the 3rd clip helium had injured the enarthrosis this season.

After his enactment connected the IL, Tatis Jr. was capable to marque his instrumentality to the lineup connected Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. His instrumentality was plentifulness successful.

Fernando Tatis Jr. successful his archetypal crippled backmost from the IL:

– 4-5
– 2 HR
– 4 RBI
– 3 runs

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A brace of location runs, 4 RBI and touching location 3 times successful the game, Tatis Jr. was capable to assistance pb the Padres to an 8-2 triumph implicit Arizona. The triumph ended a drawstring of 4 consecutive losses for San Diego keeping them successful the 2nd Wild Card spot successful the National League.

Tatis followed that up with a 1-4 and 1 tally scored crippled against the Rockies, but the Padres mislaid 6-5. The Padres are 1.5 games up connected the Cincinnati Reds for that last Wild Card spot. Having Tatis Jr. backmost successful the lineup for the agelong tally volition assistance their chances. But, determination is inactive a occupation that the Padres haven’t been capable to lick this season. Their grounds against teams beneath .500. San Diego is 33-30 successful games against teams beneath .500 this play portion they’ve gone 34-24 against the remainder of the league.

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However, determination is immoderate bully quality connected that front. They person 2 games near against the Colorado Rockies, 3 games against the Diamondbacks and 2 against the Los Angeles Angels. Outside of that, they look the Phillies, Dodgers, Astros, Giants, Braves and Cardinals. They are 18-12 against those teams this season.

Gerrit Cole Returns From COVID List

While the Padres spot the instrumentality of their commencement shortstop, crossed the state successful the Bronx, the New York Yankees are preparing for the instrumentality of their ace, Gerrit Cole.

The 30-year-old close handed pitcher was placed connected the COVID-19 Injured List connected August 2 aft investigating affirmative for COVID. He hasn’t pitched since July 29, but helium told reporters connected Sunday that he threw a no-hitter successful the bullpen implicit the play successful mentation for his instrumentality to the rotation.

On Monday night, helium showed that readiness, going 5.2 innings and striking retired 9 portion giving up conscionable 1 tally successful the Yankees 2-1 triumph implicit the Angels.

Cole’s instrumentality to the rotation comes with the Yanks sitting conscionable 2.5 games retired of the Wild Card. Cole has a 10-6 grounds this play with a 3.11 ERA but helium has mislaid his past 2 starts.

Rare Honus Wagner Card Sells For Record

One of the rarest shot cards successful the satellite acceptable a caller grounds successful the aboriginal greeting hours of Monday. The Honus Wagner T206, 1 of lone astir 60 successful existence, sold for $6.606 cardinal surpassing the erstwhile record to go the highest-selling sports paper of all-time.

The erstwhile grounds was $5.2 cardinal acceptable successful January by a 1952 Mickey Mantle paper and past matched by a 2003-04 Upper Deck LeBron James autographed rookie paper successful April.

The main crushed for the monolithic terms tag afforded this peculiar paper is not its rarity but its condition. The paper received a people of 3 from Sportscard Guaranty Corp. It’s 1 of lone 5 T206s that person received that people oregon higher successful the world.

“This Wagner stands retired due to the fact that of its condition,” said Brian Dwyer, president of Robert Edward Auctions, which brokered the woody told ESPN. “There’s lone astir 60 of these that we tin corroborate done assorted colonisation reports and disposable grading data. Of those 60, astir are rated poor, authentic oregon good, astatine best. This paper is 1 of the champion examples retired there, and it’s surely 1 of the champion examples available.”

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The seller and purchaser of the paper wished to stay anonymous. Prior to being sold, the paper was connected show astatine the National Sports Collectors Convention successful July.