News about Zac Gallen

The Yankees are now 5-1 following their heavy 7-0 loss in Arizona earlier this week and a 5-2 victory over the D'Backs on Monday. This season was the first time in franchise history that the pinstripes won their five games of the season on the road. What's more, this season is the fifth time in franchise history that the Yankees have started with a 5-0 record. The Yankees' last season in which they had five straight victories was 32 years ago, when they opened the season with a 6-0 record.

During the Philadelphia Eagles' 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies held a special birthday celebration. Harper blasted a solo home run to right-center field off Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen in the first inning to give Philadelphia a two-run lead. Harper took three fingers on his left hand and one on his right, then proceeded to blow them out like candles on a cake. On Monday, his 31st birthday was played in a video.

Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout both shot solo, but it was Mickey Moniak's three-run homer in the second inning that was the big one as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 despite 12 strikeouts by Zac Gallen. When Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout go deep in a game together, it usually bodes well for Los Angeles. It helped snap the Halos' four-game losing streak on Sunday. It was the 30th time in six seasons that Ohtani and Trout had homered in a joint game, and the eighth this year. When it comes, the Angels are 21-9, with 7-1 this season.

Will Brennan only attempted to hit the ball? What happened after that wasn't by design? During Cleveland's 3-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night, Cleveland's rookie outfielder accidentally killed a bird wandering on the infield grass. Brennan, a left-handed hitter at first base, went the other way with a 92.6 mph fastball from Chicago's Jesse Scholtens.

Zac Gallen, a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, channeled Randy Johnson for a deadly pitch before the game against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. Gallen was warming up for the final match of the teams' three-game series when he killed a duck with an unfortunate toss. Gallen threw a curveball that struck a bird in midflight, evidently killing the animal while warming up in the outfield. The throw was caught on camera by Diamondbacks' broadcaster Bally Sports Arizona.