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Bournemouth has sacked Scott Parker after a miserable start to life back in the Premier League.
The former midfielder helped them to gain promotion back to the English top flight from the Championship.
Their return to the competition has not gone to plan so far, with Liverpool inflicting a 9-0 defeat on them at the weekend.
They had previously lost 4-0 to Manchester City and 3-0 to Arsenal in league matches since their return. Considering the calibre of clubs they have faced so far, they shouldn’t have expected much, but the club’s executives believe they could have had a better start.
Matchplug understands that they have now relieved Parker of his duty as their manager and a search for a successor begins.
The Cherries would face Wolves in their next league game tomorrow at home and their fans would be keen to see how the team responds to Parker’s dismissal.
The Arizona Diamondbacks realized that they could potentially have a great one on their hands with Corbin Carroll. Carroll just made his Major League debut on Monday night against the Philadelphia Phillies. He instantly made an impact. Just so you get a feeling for how exciting his debut was for the organization, the entire coaching staff of both the Double-A Amarillo and the Triple-A Reno came to support him.
Carroll not only started in right field for them but he also bat eighth in the lineup. The Diamondbacks quickly fell behind early on. Falling down 7-0 early on. Carroll then got a run going as his blazing speed forced an error. This error eventually led onto a six-run inning to bring the score back down to 7-6. Unfortunately, it got recorded as an error and he wasn’t awarded his first hit in the big leagues, though he later got his chance. He smacked away a deep liner into left field to pick up that first run in the very next inning. Not only was that a huge moment, but a handful of runs went the distance off of this hit to give them the 9-7 lead.
The former 16th overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft was calm, cool and collected the entire time with tons of eyes on him in his debut. It’s not easy to deliver the biggest run in a game for your team. Especially when your group is down 7-0, against a tough pitcher. On top of that, the hit sparks the largest comeback in franchise history. Oh, and that’s not all either. This was the first time all year that an MLB team was able to score six runs in back-to-back innings. Both of which were heavily impacted by Carroll’s hits in them.
Carroll Made The Most Out Of Diamondbacks Opportunity
It turned out to be quite the decision to call him up to the majors. They didn’t’ even have to call him up either, due to them already have a handful of outfielders that have been doing well this season for Arizona. The organization just felt confidently about his improvement, and it paid off. Plus, they aren’t a team that’s going to be competing for a World Series this year, so it’s good to get some guy’s much needed experience. Their manager said, “We felt strongly that we wanted him to come up and sort of rip this band-aid off this year, for obvious reasons, both this year and going into the next.”
Carroll then got surrounded by all of his family and friends when he entered the hallway just outside of the Diamondbacks clubhouse after the game ended and his interviews wrapped up. Without a shadow of a doubt, this is going to be a game that Carroll remembers forever. It could be the first emergence of a future franchise superstar. It will also be a legendary moment in Arizona history as they rallied back from seven runs down by scoring six in back-to-back innings. Arizona fans had a lot to be excited about.
The Los Angeles Dodgers will be taking on the Miami Marlins this Sunday. The Dodgers are roughly 20 games in front of the second place San Deigo Padres in the National League West division. At some point, you have to imagine that the Dodgers will be resting their starters soon. However, this game isn’t going to be the time that happens.
The Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that they are going to talk with each player when it reaches September to see if they can cut back their workloads down the stretch of the season. For this particular game, that won’t be happening. That’s why we will be seeing Julio Urias on the mound here. Urias has compiled a 13-7 overall record with a wonderful 2.36 ERA to go along with it. Urias has done a fantastic time of putting together excellent outings. He’s recorded a quality start in 14 out of his 24 total outings this season with the Dodgers. Although, it’s worth noting that he’s played the Marlins twice this year. He’s 1-1 against them with a horrendous 6.75 ERA.
Meanwhile, the Marlins are starting Edward Cabrera. Cabrera has yet to go up against Los Angeles but has been improving as the year progresses. In 2021, he was 0-3 with a 5.81 ERA. Now, he is 4-1 on the year with a stellar 1.41 ERA. Throughout the month of August so far, he’s pitched 22 innings and has yet to allow a single run during that stretch of time. The rising star could be a ridiculously big factor in the outcome of this game as he’s been as impressive as ever.
The last few games these two teams have played against each other have been very close. On Friday, the Marlins took the Dodgers into extra innings before losing at the last second. Then, the following day, the Marlins beat them 2-1 in another wildly close contest. There’s no question that we are going to be seeing the best of each of these teams here on Sunday.
MLB Picks Today
If we are looking at the overall winner to bet on for this game, I have to say that I’m leaning with the Marlins. They are wild underdogs in this matchup due to having significantly less talent on the roster compared to the Dodgers. However, Cabrera hasn’t allowed a single run this month and is 4-1 with one of the best ERAs that the league has seen this year. Urias has been great in his own regard, but the problem lies with his time against Miami in particular. He’s posted a 6.75 ERA in those two games and has only been 1-1. The underdogs have tremendous value in this matchup.
When it comes to the over/under of seven, the under is very likely. These squads combined for just three runs in their last game on Saturday. With Cabrera and Urias being two strong pitchers, neither side will have a lot of opportunities to rack up runs. Even with Urias struggling against the Marlins, Cabrera’s dominance could keep it well below seven.
Manchester United is set to miss out on signing Frenkie De Jong as the midfielder is now prepared to reduce his salary to stay at Barcelona.
The Red Devils have pursued a deal for the Dutchman for much of this transfer window and Barca wanted to sell him.
Both clubs reached an agreement for him to move to Old Trafford, but the former Ajax star rejected United and wanted to clarify his future at Barca amidst reports of being owed salaries.
United has since moved on to sign Casemiro, but they maintained an interest in him as Erik Ten Hag longs for a reunion.
However, it seems he would now remain at Barca after agreeing to accept a pay cut from the club to stay in Catalonya, according to Matchplug.
He would now look to help Xavi Hernandez side to win La Liga this season, but they have not made the best start and there is a lot of competition for the trophy.
The San Francisco Giants and the Detroit Tigers will be lining up against one another here on Wednesday. This game will end the Tigers five game homestand. Let’s dive deeper into this matchup.
Giants Starting Logan Webb
The Giants are planning to send out Logan Webb in this game. He’s picked up two quality starts over the course of the season but it’s not really what you’re looking for out of a guy who’s started at least 17 games with his 11-6 record. He’s got a 3.08 ERA as well. Unfortunately, he has a tough game the last time he was out on the mound for San Francisco. He started against the Arizona Diamondbacks and went a little over four innings while allowing five runs and nine hits. The Giants certainly hope that he going to be capable of bounce back for this game. That game against Arizona could just have been a fluke performance though. After all, it was the first time in 70 career starts that Webb hadn’t recorded a single strikeout.
Manning Hitting The Mound For Detroit
Meanwhile, the Detroit Tigers will be rolling out Matt Manning. Manning has been playing well but the rest of his team hasn’t. He’s going to be making his fifth start for them here against the Giants. The only reason he hasn’t been on the mound more is because he was sidelined for nearly four months due to a shoulder injury. Now that he’s back, he’s helping the Tigers stay competitive. His record is sitting at just 0-1 but he’s got a strong ERA of 2.81. Manning has phenomenal potential, but the Tigers just have to get going. For example, Manning put away 13 out of the last 14 batters he faced during his last game on the mound. Want to know what happened that game? The Tigers got shut out.
Final Picks
This is going to be the second time in two days that we’ve gotten to watch the Giants take on the Tigers. Tuesday watched the Giants win 3-1 against Detroit following a huge hit from Evan Longoria. Detroit watched 13 batters get struck out that night and even had bases loaded in the ninth but couldn’t bring in anything off of it. So, let’s look at which team can win this game and how the over/under will go. First things first, I believe that the under is going to cash out in this one. The Giants and Tigers scored just four runs on Tuesday and now Manning will be coming in to shut down San Francisco. If he can perform like he has recently, then the game will result in some lower scores.
Plus, even though Webb didn’t do well in this last game out, the Tigers are notoriously bad when batting this year. Then, I feel like the Giants are going to win this game. San Francisco has beaten them two out of three times in 2022 and their team is overall better than the Tigers. The only way this goes the other direction is if Manning can play near perfect and hope that his team puts up some runs. Given how the Tigers haven’t scored over five runs in a single game since August 15th, it looks like a stretch to expect a big game there.
