According to the Los Angeles Times, Sweetin-as-Stephanie “called out to Giants outfielder Hunter Pence, then sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”.
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Affeldt pitched on his retirement day, relieving Hudson with one out in the third inning and permitting two inherited runners to score.
“I like pitching here”. Peavy, whose prime in behind him, is a gamer who thrives in big games and viewed this one as such, “I love to be in situations like tonight against a team you have to beat”, Peavy said. “I think anyone would give you the same answer”. He limited them to two runs on five hits with four strikeouts and a walk in seven innings.
Machado hit a two-run homer in the first inning and added a solo shot in the sixth, finishing 3-for-4 with three RBIs.
“It’s something I didn’t expect, but I’m very grateful” Hudson said in his signature southern drawl to Amy Gutierrez regarding the ovation he received. He entered the game with a 2-2 record and 2.36 ERA in his last four starts at Dodger stadium.
The veteran and the kid, players going in the opposite directions in their careers, brought together by a team searching for its first championship in 27 years. Kelly, who missed the entire 2013 season and much of the 2014 campaign after undergoing Tommy John surgery, started for only the second time this season.
Utley started at third base for just the third time in his career, and the neophyte looked like he’d been playing the hot corner all his life. “They did square up a few fastballs pretty good. They got down to business on the field and that was a good feeling for me”. Harvey and agent Scott Boras have instituted an innings limit, following his 2013 Tommy John surgery, and New York will be limited in how they can use their star pitcher. “There were flashes of showing he could be successful”.
Howie Kendrick went 2-for-4 with a run scored and appears to be close to 100 percent since returning from a hamstring injury last week.
“I really don’t have any expectations now other than I want to play and I’d like a chance to start and I still feel I can take the ball for 32 starts in a season”, he said.
In Phoenix, Welington Castillo had a go-ahead two-run double with two outs during Arizona’s four-run seventh.
Andre Ethier’s ground out made it a 3-0 game, Corey Seager’s RBI-single drove in the fourth run, and before it was all said and done, A.J. The special event ticket package included a ticket to the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, access to the pre-game Oktoberfest in Seals Plaza, and an awesome, special-edition Giants World Series 2014 Oktoberfest stein.
The NL East champion Mets (89-70) finish at home with three games against the Washington Nationals. Whether interim manager Pat Murphy returns next season is up to the Padres.
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Tim Hudson and Jeremy Affeeldt will be honored by the San Francisco Giants later this weekend as the wrap up their season at home against the Colorado Rockies.
