LEADING OFF: Double NY twinbill, Giants-Dodgers, Ohtani up

<p>A look at what’s happening around the majors Thursday:</p>
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<p>FOUR GAMES IN GOTHAM</p>
<p>Both the Yankees and Mets are set to host doubleheaders in New York after their games were postponed by lousy weather Wednesday night. </p>
<p>The Yankees will play Toronto twice in the Bronx, and they’ll do it without 2020 big league home run leader Luke Voit, who is headed for the injured list with a right oblique strain. Voit is hitting .182 with one homer in 12 games after missing the start of the season following surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee during spring training.</p>
<p>In addition, Yankees right-hander Corey Kluber is expected to miss at least two months after hurting his pitching shoulder Tuesday.</p>
<p>The Mets will play two games against the Rockies with a major league-high 17 players on the injured list. Fourth-string center fielder Johneshwy Fargas became the most recent player added to the IL on Wednesday after he sprained his left AC joint trying to make a catch Monday.</p>
<p>OLD RIVALS</p>
<p>Alex Wood (5-1, 1.93 ERA) pitches for the San Francisco Giants against his former team in the opener of a four-game series at Dodger Stadium. Wood spent three-plus seasons with the Dodgers from 2015-18, earning an All-Star nod, and returned last year as Los Angeles won the World Series. He faced his old teammates last Friday and lost 2-1 to Trevor Bauer as the Dodgers got started on a three-game weekend sweep in San Francisco. Both teams are near the top of the NL West standings. Los Angeles’ eight-game winning streak ended Wednesday night with a 5-2 loss in Houston. </p>
<p>THE UNICORN</p>
<p>Shohei Ohtani (1-0, 2.37 ERA) makes his seventh pitching start of the season for the Los Angeles Angels in the opener of a four-game series at Oakland. At the plate, the two-way star is batting .270 with 15 homers, 38 RBIs and six stolen bases. Chris Bassitt (4-2, 3.69) takes the ball for the Athletics. He beat the Angels on Saturday in Anaheim, allowing just two runs in 7 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>FOR STARTERS</p>
<p>Right-handers Sonny Gray (0-3, 3.96 ERA) and Stephen Strasburg (1-1, 4.11 ERA) square off when the Reds and Nationals close out their three-game series in Washington. Gray is 0-1 with a 2.78 ERA in four May starts for Cincinnati. Strasburg makes his second start since returning from right shoulder inflammation. He pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings in Washington’s 4-2 victory over Baltimore on Friday.</p>
<p>HE’S OUT</p>
<p>Former New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway has been suspended by Major League Baseball through at least the end of the 2022 season following an investigation of sexual harassment allegations.</p>
<p>Shortly after MLB’s announcement of the penalty Wednesday, the Angels said they had fired Callaway, the team’s pitching coach since October 2019. The club suspended him on Feb. 2 at the start of MLB’s investigation.</p>
<p>Commissioner Rob Manfred did not release details of what MLB’s probe determined, but said in a statement “I have concluded that Mr. Callaway violated MLB’s policies, and that placement on the ineligible list is warranted.”</p>
<p>In a report published on Feb. 1, The Athletic said Callaway “aggressively pursued” several women who work in sports media and sent three of them inappropriate photos.</p>
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