Soria entered Friday’s game with a 2.34 earned-run average and had not allowed a run since June 22.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Brian Dozier hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to cap a seven-run rally and give the Minnesota Twins an 8-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.
“I wouldn’t be shocked if somebody picked him up”, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said.
The previous 1,057 teams to carry five-plus-run leads into the ninth inning in Major League Baseball were winners, but the Tigers lost from the seemingly un-losable situation – with Brian Dozier knocking in a three-run, walk-off homer to complete the comeback. LeMahieu added RBI doubles for the Rockies, who have won their last four games against the Braves, their longest streak ever against Atlanta.
Hughes lasted just five innings, allowing four runs on eight hits but got the win anyway thanks to a pair of big offensive innings early in the game.
The only run against Gibson came in the second when catcher Eric Fryer made an error throwing to second base and shortstop Danny Santana had trouble getting the ball out of his glove on a likely double play. But it ended in a different way than most imagine, he was hit by the pitch, thus driving Sano in from third.
Schoop hit a game-winning solo homer with two outs in the ninth inning, capping a rally that carried the Baltimore Orioles past the Washington Nationals 3-2. 500 this season, but they’re at the mark of mediocrity for the fourth time in the last six weeks. Thompson is 1-3 with a 5.01 ERA in 41 appearances this season.
The Detroit Tigers look for a win after splitting their last 10 games.
Overall, Simon is 8-5 with a 4.18 ERA, 1.39 WHIP and 74 strikeouts in 97 innings this season.
The Twins and Tigers will meet up again today for the second game of their three game series at 4:05 p.m. EDT.
In Los Angeles, pinch hitter Andre Ethier had a tying two-run single in the seventh inning and rookie Joc Pederson drove in the go-ahead run moments later against Milwaukee.
Cardinals (56-31) at Pirates (51-35) 7:15 p.m.: John Lackey (7-5, 3.09 ERA) faces off against A.J.
Chris Sale threw a shutout through six innings while Tyler Saladino had an RBI triple in the first inning as the Chicago White Sox handed the crosstown rival Cubs a 5-1 loss. Ausmus said before the game his closer Soria is the only reliever whose status is set. “You know they have (closer Glen) Perkins on the back end and then they tack on two runs with one swing of the bat, which kind of stinks”.
The victory was the third straight and eighth in 10 games for the White Sox.
Kinsler’s early blast gave Detroit a 1-0 lead.
It took him all of two pitches to hit his third homer of the season, turning around a 1-0 fastball from Twins right-hander Mike Pelfrey and putting it in the left-field seats.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Hunter Pence capped an eight-run explosion against Philadelphia ace Cole Hamels in the fourth inning with a grand slam, powering San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series.
