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Trae Young led the Hawks with 29 points (7-of-20 FGs, 12-of-13 FTs), four rebounds, 15 assists, two steals and three three-pointers in a 127-113 loss to the Trail Blazers on Tuesday.
Young did plenty of passing in the first half of this game and entered halftime with 10 assists. Though he still added to that total after the break, he ended up doing more as a scorer in the second half. 22 of his 29 points came after the break as he fell one point shy of adding another 30-point, 10-assist game to his resume. This was his sixth-straight double-double, and he is now just 12 assists away from breaking the Hawks’ franchise record for assists in a season. He has had at least 12 assists in five consecutive game, so he could certainly break the record against Dallas on Wednesday.
Riley Greene went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer on Wednesday, leading the Tigers to a 6-5 victory over the Red Sox.
Greene put Detroit on the scoreboard with a nifty swim move to avoid a tag at home plate in the second inning before crushing his 10th big fly of the season against Red Sox starter Hunter Dobbins in the sixth inning. The 24-year-old fantasy stalwart has arrived as a true middle-of-the-order force this season for the Tigers, hitting .273/.326/.497 with 25 runs scored, 10 homers, 27 RBI and one steal over 42 games.
Alex Bregman went 3-for-4 with his 11th home run of the season on Wednesday in a loss to the Tigers.
Aroldis Chapman gave up on run in the ninth inning on Wednesday and was saddled with a loss in relief against the Tigers.
Chapman got into trouble right away upon entering a tie ballgame in the bottom of the ninth inning by issuing a leadoff walk to Andy Ibáñez, who promptly swiped second base and advanced to third on a throwing error by catcher Connor Wong. He struck out Trey Sweeney and got a red-hot Javier Báez to pop out, which gave him a chance to send the contest to extra innings. Unfortunately, he left a fastball over the heart of the plate, which pinch-hitter Justyn-Henry Malloy smacked for a walk-off single.
Tarik Skubal recorded 11 strikeouts and was charged with a season-high five runs over 6 1/3 innings on Wednesday in a no-decision against the Red Sox.
It was his third double-digit strikeout performance of the season with all of them coming since April 27. He generated 21 swinging strikes, touched triple digits three times with his four-seam fastball and finished with an elite 38 percent CSW. He also issued his first walk since April 20 in this one, snapping a streak of 27 1/3 innings without handing out a free pass.
Hunter Dobbins surrendered five runs over five innings on Wednesday in a no-decision against the Tigers.
Mitchell Parker was removed from Wednesday’s start against Atlanta after taking a 107.2 mph comebacker off the left leg.
Parker was lifted from the contest at Truist Park with two outs in the fifth inning after being hit by Austin Riley’s line drive. He finished with six strikeouts and was charged with four runs over 4 2/3 innings before departing. There should be an update on his status shortly.