Sports by Kaila Renay

Coming off a short rest Justin Verlander didn’t quite get the outing he was hoping for tonight. The Rays were able to capitalize early on from his mistakes, scoring three runs in the first to come out with a 4-1 win to tie the series against the Astros. Verlander who is a notable pitcher holds the MLB record for 8 career ALDS wins. However, he threw only 3 2/3 innings in tonights’ game allowing all four runs, two of them homers, leading to his first ALDS loss. Things looked great for Ryan Yarbrough and the Rays five other pitchers as they held the Astros to no runs up until the 8th, a solo homer by Robinson Chirinos. 2018 A.L CY Young Award winner Blake Snell came in the 9th with runners in the corners and only one out. Striking out one and getting the third out by a groundout to second, he was able to grab the save. This forced a game 5 as the two head back to Houston to play on Thursday.  Game 5 Matchup:   Tyler Glasnow vs Gerrit Cole  Glasnow started Game

Hi everyone, it’s been a while… I swear, we have to stop meeting like this, I promise I’ll try to get better.  So this blog is going to be a little different from my usual. I was sitting around at home and in the mood to write but wasn’t sure what exactly I wanted to cover.  So as everyone does these days when they are looking for input, I took to my Instagram story for some ideas.  A very good friend who is studying to be an athletic trainer said I should write about  “ The Importance of Athletic Training” I have always had major respect for her career choice, and know one day she will be a damn good athletic trainer.  So instantly I thought “ Yes! I love that”  And here’s my reason why…. Athletic Trainers have the most underrated job in sports. There’s a high chance that when you’re thinking about sports, athletic trainers never really come to mind.   But in retrospect, their job is very important! It was brought to my attention that athletic trainers are basically the