Here’s a look at what’s happening around the majors today

Many hitters got off to a smashing start in July as Cleveland socked 11 doubles Will Grier Jersey , Baltimore homered four times and the Cubs combined with Minnesota for 21 runs at Wrigley Field on Sunday. Now, we’ll see if the trend continues as the weather heats up and the balls fly.

June marked the second time in three months that strikeouts exceeded hits in the major leagues, a pattern that had never occurred until this year. About halfway through the season, there had been 21,090 strikeouts and 20,671 hits.

SLAMMIN’

The Reds try to keep socking grand slams when the White Sox come to Great American Ball Park. Cincinnati leads the majors with nine slams and has already tied the single-season franchise record set in 2002.

Jose Peraza hit one Sunday http://www.panthersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-christian-miller-jersey , and pitchers Mike Lorenzen and Anthony DeSclafani recently connected. Eight different Reds have hit grand slams – Adam Duvall is the only player with two.

James Shields, who twice has led the league in homers allowed, starts for Chicago.

MOTOWN MEMORIES

Washington ace Max Scherzer (10-4, 2.04 ERA) will face ex-Detroit teammate Rick Porcello (9-3, 3.60 ERA) in a matchup of former Cy Young Award winners when the Boston Red Sox visit Nationals Park.

HE’S BACK

Shortstop Jorge Polanco is set to rejoin the Twins after serving an 80-game drug suspension. He went 8 for 19 in six rehab games at Triple-A and Class A, and will report to the big league club for the series opener at Milwaukee. The 24-year-old Polanco was a key contributor last season when the Twins earned an AL wild-card spot.

SEATTLE SLOW

The Mariners plan to monitor Felix Hernandez and his back stiffness over the next few days. Hernandez pitched five innings Saturday night and earned the victory over Kansas City Jordan Scarlett Jersey , but struggled with back pain and wasn’t able to sit down in the dugout between innings. The six-time All-Star is 8-6 with a 5.11 ERA in 18 starts this season.

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Three years ago, Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa staged a lengthy holdout from rookie training camp. Will his kid brother Nick do the same in 2019?It’s not out of the question, and the younger Bosa, just like the older Bosa, has every right to dig in for contractual terms that he prefers.Matt Maiocco of NBCSportsBayArea.com recently explained that the 49ers decided to make Bosa the second overall pick at the Scouting Combine. If so, the 49ers could have had unofficial wink-nod discussions with Bosa’s camp regarding what it will take to ensure he’ll sign and report David Montgomery Jersey , with the not-so-subtle “or else” being that they’d take defensive tackle Quinnen Williams instead. Absent those discussions, the leverage swung to Bosa when the 49ers put his name on the card.Joey held out over two issues: Offset language for the fully-guaranteed contract and the timing of signing-bonus payments. Nick could do the same thing.The 49ers already know what it took to get Joey to sign a rookie deal. If the 49ers aren’t prepared to offer the same kind of package before camp opens, they need to be prepared for Nick to miss some time.