“This group is old enough that they just play day by day and eventually you get to where you can look back…. don’t get caught up too much in trying to pat yourself on the back”.
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Lawrie hit his third home run in three games and reached base five times Sunday to help propel the Sox to a 7-1 victory over the Orioles and a split of the four-game series at Camden Yards. The Orioles rallied to tie the game in the eighth on a clutch two-run double by Chris Davis, only to lose the game on a ninth-inning RBI single by Abreu.
ST. LOUIS – Washington broke open a pitcher’s duel in the sixth inning and played add-on from there for its first-ever road sweep of St. Louis since moving from Montreal following the 2004 season. But no, I’m not one of those guys. Hardy left in the sixth inning after fouling a ball off his left foot. He was replaced by Vance Worley. “Working hard every day and rooting for each other to win the games. Doesn’t matter if we are behind late in the game, we have confidence in ourselves that we can come back and win”.
Abreu was down on himself for his error after third baseman Todd Frazier made a nice play on what should have been the third out of the eighth.
“I don’t know if there will be a better play made the whole year, ” Showalter said. White Sox RHP Tommy Kahnle was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte to make room for RHP David Robertson, who was reinstated from the bereavement list prior to the game….
After an RBI single by Jose Abreu pulled the White Sox within a run, Adam Jones preserved the lead by throwing out Rollins, who tried to tag up from third.
“I finally got the fastball and drove it out of the park, ” Frazier said.
It was a unusual game that featured an ejection, an unsuccessful replay challenge by each team and uncharacteristically poor defense by two teams that stand atop their respective divisions. “He was a pitch or two from getting out (of the fifth)”. Sanchez came in and did his job. We have built some great camaraderie in here. The Orioles hitters did well to escalate his pitch count so that Sale was removed after 5.1 innings pitched with 112 pitches thrown.
Nolan Reimold hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 6-3 victory over Chicago White Sox on Friday night. In all, they left 12 men on base and went only 1-9 with runners in scoring position. A favorable ruling would have given the Sox their second triple play of the season.
Reimold is batting. 355 with three homers in 13 games for Baltimore, which is hitting.
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Sean Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 5-1 downing of the Cincinnati Reds, Freddy Galvis struck the go-ahead single in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 4-3 success over the Cleveland Indians and there were three RBIs each for Jackie Bradley Jr and Mookie Betts in the Boston Red Sox’s 8-0 hammering of the New York Yankees. Kershaw is 3-1 with a 1.96 ERA this season. He didn’t allow a runner past first base, earning his first win in five career starts against the Cardinals.
