News about Alejandro Kirk

In the Tigers' 4-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night, right pitcher Matt Manning was injured on the bat of Giancarlo Stanton. The 25-year-old right-hander will miss the remainder of the season. He missed 2 1/2 months earlier this year after being struck on the foot by a comebacker off the bat of Toronto's Alejandro Kirk. I was just annoyed that it was the same foot, same spot basically,' Manning said. 'There are definitely no positives out of this.' It's unfortunate. It's happened. I guess it's pretty cool to be beaten by an MVP. I'm not sure.'

Keith Hernandez, a Mets broadcaster, had an odd choice of phrasing when speaking at a batting match on Friday night. Hernandez was talking about hitting when he gave some strange advice as the Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk was at the plate in the second inning. 'You want to always be erect when you first speak to someone,' the two-time World Series champion said.

On Saturday, DJ 'LeMachieu' LeMahieu had the walk-off hit for the Yankees, but it was rookie shortstop Anthony Volpe who stole the show in the Bronx as New York pulled out a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Volpe (Italian for 'fox') hit a two-run homer in the eighth off the board of Yimi Garca, his second of his young career, but Danny Jansen of the Jays hit a two-run home run against Wandy Perfo, tying the game.

As tempers erupted between the AL East rivals on Sunday night, Toronto starter Alek Manoah angered New York Yankees' ace Gerrit Cole by hitting star man Aaron Judge in the elbow with a sinker. Aaron Boone's side won a game they so desperately needed after defeating the Blue Jays 4-2 on Sunday night. When Manoah plunked a major league home run leader Judge in the left elbow in the fifth inning, he did his best to shock the AL East leaders.