Happy Getaway Day to a handful of teams. You know what that means: Day baseball! That's never a bad thing. Here is everything you need to know about the day in baseball Wednesday.

As for the games that actually got played, we'll have you covered below with the best storylines of the day. Select games can be streamed regionally via fuboTV (Try for free). For more on what channel each game is on, click here.

Baseball schedule, scores for Wednesday, April 10

Archer trade paying off big for Rays

Another day, another win for the first place Rays. They finished a three-game sweep on Chicago's south side Wednesday and are now 10-3 on the young season, tying the 2010 team for the best record through 13 games in franchise history. Wednesday's win was made possible by Austin Meadows and Tyler Glasnow, two of the three players acquired from the Pirates in last year's Chris Archer trade.

Glasnow, in his third start of the season, struck out 11 batters in six shutout innings. He allowed two hits and walked one, and, as usual, his had video game stuff working. Look at this:

A 97 mph cutter (!) and a hammer, mid-80s curveball is no joke. There's a reason Glasnow was so highly regarded during his prospect days. He's now sitting on an 0.53 ERA with 21 strikeouts and only three walks in 17 innings so far this season.

As for Meadows, he had three hits and a walk from the leadoff spot, and fell a triple short of the cycle. The home run was already his fourth of the season and part of back-to-back homers with Tommy Pham, who reached base for the 45th consecutive game, extending his franchise record. Meadows is hitting .341/.420/.659 through 13 games.

Archer has been pretty good for the Pirates, especially this season, but wow is this trade shaping up to be an all-time heist for the Rays. Even with the expected returning to normalcy -- I like Meadows and Glasnow, but I doubt their true talent level is a 1.079 OPS and a 0.53 ERA, respectively -- they look like impact players for Tampa.

Mariners tie home run record

For the 14th time in 14 games this season, the Mariners hit a home run Wednesday night. It was a big one, too. Mitch Haniger swatted a go-ahead ninth-inning blast to lead Seattle to its 12th win in 14 games. The Mariners have the best record in baseball.

Here is Haniger's blast:

Hitting a home run in 14 straight games to begin the season ties the MLB record set by the 2002 Indians. Here are the five longest such streaks in history:

  1. 2019 Mariners: 14 games and counting
  2. 2002 Indians: 14 games
  3. 2017 Tigers: 13 games
  4. 1954 Cubs: 13 games
  5. Several teams tied at 12 games (most recently the 2013 Mets)

The Mariners lead baseball with 34 home runs this season. The Athletics are second with 27 home runs. (Those two clubs played the Japan Series, remember, so they've played two more games than everyone else.) Seattle will look to set a new MLB record by homering in their 15th straight game against Royals righty Jorge Lopez on Thursday. Lopez has a career 0.9 HR/9.

Merrifield sets Royals' hitting streak record

With a picture perfect squeeze bunt to score the game-tying run Wednesday night, Royals professional pest Whit Merrifield set a new franchise record with a 31-game hitting streak. It dates back to September 10th of last season.

Here is Merrifield's record breaking hit:

Merrifield broke the record held by Hall of Famer George Brett. Here are the five longest hitting streaks in Royals history:

  1. Whit Merrifield: 31 games and counting (2018-19)
  2. George Brett: 30 games (1980)
  3. Jose Offerman: 27 games (1998)
  4. George Brett: 25 games (1982-83)
  5. Mike Sweeney: 25 games (1999)

A number of fans and observers don't consider hit streaks to be legitimate unless they occur within a single season, but MLB's listing of the longest hit streaks indeed includes those that cross offseasons, including the second-longest streak ever.

Davis extends hitless streak to 50 at-bats

Although he did not start Wednesday night, Chris Davis still managed to extend his record hitless streak. Davis pinch-hit in the ninth inning Wednesday and flied out to center field. He is now hitless in his last 50 at-bats. There's also this:

To really rub it in, Davis's namesake Khris Davis swatted two home runs in Wednesday's game, including his 200th career homer. A good night for one Davis and another bad night for the other Davis.

Davis -- Chris, not Khris -- has not recorded a base hit since last September 14, when he doubled against then-White Sox righty James Shields. 

Twins melt down against Mets

Two weeks into 2019, we have a strong contender for the worst inning of the year. You can thank the Twins for that. Three Twins pitchers (Jake Odorizzi, Andrew Vasquez, Trevor Hildenberger) combined to allow seven consecutive Mets to reach base without putting a ball in play in the fifth inning. It was brutal. Here's the play-by-play:

  • Wilson Ramos: Ground out
  • Jeff McNeil: Single to center
  • Amed Rosario: Six-pitch walk
  • J.D. Davis: Six-pitch walk (McNeil thrown out at home on wild pitch)
  • Noah Syndergaard: Six-pitch walk (Odorizzi replaced by Vasquez)
  • Brandon Nimmo: Hit-by-pitch to force in a run
  • Pete Alonso: Six-pitch walk to force in a run
  • Robinson Cano: Four-pitch walk to force in a run (Vasquez replaced by Hildenberger)
  • Michael Conforto: Four-pitch walk to force in a run
  • Wilson Ramos: Single to right to score two runs
  • Jeff McNeil: Strikeout to end the inning

Odorizzi went into that fifth inning with a no-hitter intact and a 1-0 lead, believe it or not. Eleven batters later, the Twins had used two relievers and the Mets had scored six runs, and only needed two hits to do it. A hit-by-pitch and three walks to force in runs is just ugly. 

Baseball is very hard and I don't like the use the word embarrassing, but gosh, that inning was embarrassing for Minnesota.

Tigers snap Indians' five-game winning streak

Through the Indians came into Wednesday with a five-game winning streak and a lead in the AL Central, there were reasons for concern. Specifically, almost the entire offense. It's been brutal, ranking near the bottom or at the bottom of the entire American League in most important categories. 

They didn't do much to alleviate any concerns on Wednesday, losing 4-1 to the (upstart?) Tigers. The Indians were gifted five walks, but managed only five hits and the one run. 

Meanwhile, the Tigers had more home runs than the Indians did runs, as Niko Goodrum and John Hicks both went deep. The Tigers tagged All-Star Trevor Bauer for four runs on 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings. 

Tigers starter Matt Boyd looked good, allowing just one run on four hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked two. It's hard to go crazy here, however, because we're already noted the punchless Indians' offense. A brief summary of the lineup on Wednesday would be that Tyler Naquin pinch hit for Jordan Luplow in the eighth inning. Luplow was hitting in the three-hole. 

Also of note here is Shane Greene picking up his MLB-best eighth save. A year after posting a 5.12 ERA, Greene has yet to allow a run in eight innings this season. 

Big picture takeaway here is just how small the margin is for Indians pitchers. During the five-game winning streak they allowed a total of eight runs. That's a tall order to keep that line moving. 

Rosenthal finally gets an out

It took 11 batters, but Nationals setup man Trevor Rosenthal finally recorded his first out of 2019 on Wednesday night. Rosenthal struck out Phillies catcher Andrew Knapp after the first 10 batters he faced this year reached base (four hits, five walks, one hit-by-pitch). He did eventually complete the inning to lower his season ERA to, uh, 72.00. Ouch. Going to take a while to knock that one down.

Rosenthal, who did not pitch at all last season as he rehabbed from Tommy John surgery, is the first pitcher in history to record his first out of the season in his fifth appearance. Including his final appearance in 2017, the one in which his elbow ligament gave out, Rosenthal did not retire a batter in any of his five previous appearances prior to Wednesday night. That tied Trever Miller's and Joey Eischen's MLB record. At least now Rosenthal's ERA is no longer infinity.

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