Last weekend’s four-game series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park was proof-positive that Houston is merely handing over victories to the opposition.
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Juan Centeno hit a first career home run as the Minnesota Twins ended an eight-game losing stretch with a 6-3 win over the Cleveland Indians. The right-hander was plagued by the long ball, surrendering a three-run homer to Luis Valbuena and a solo shot to Carlos Correa.
Cubs 8, Pirates 2: Jake Arrieta (7-0) struck out 11 in eight innings to improve to 18-0 in 20 outings since August 1.
This is how the Red Sox reacted when Ramirez got the swell idea to bunt with two outs in the ninth and Big Papi on third.
Houston Astros’ Tyler White hits an RBI single off a pitch by Boston Red Sox’s Robbie Ross Jr.in the sixth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Sunday, May 15, 2016, in Boston.
Clay Buchholz escaped with no decision, allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks while fanning five over six innings for Boston. Starting pitcher Sean O’Sullivan earned a designation for assignment following the game after letting up six runs (five earned) on five hits and two walks in 4.1 innings, striking out three.
David Ortiz doubled with two outs in the 11th inning after lining a tying triple in the ninth and earlier moving into 20th place on the career home-run list, sending the Boston Red Sox past the Houston Astros 6-5 on Saturday.
– Hanigan delivered again in the third inning with a two-out, two-RBI single that plated Ramirez and Rutledge.
Mookie Betts hit a triple to score Hanigan to put Boston up 10-9.
The Red Sox said the fan was sitting just sitting a few rows behind the protective netting and the bat went over it. The netting itself is 9-foot-8, but with the wall around the field, it extends several feet higher into the air. “We’ve got to keep taking advantage of that and keep adding wins every day”.
Correa hammered a one-out home run in the top of the third inning to cut the deficit to 6-4, however, a two-out, two-run single by Hanigan in the bottom of the inning doubled the Boston lead. Hanigan’s routine fly ball fell between center fielder Carlos Gomez and right fielder George Springer, allowing Josh Rutledge to score from first.
“We travel to all these ballparks and he’s presented gifts”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said of Ortiz’s farewell tour.
Boston wasn’t flawless Sunday, committing three errors of its own and coughing up the lead in the middle innings.
“Well, two strikes, it’s kind of hard to not take two waste pitches, which is what (catcher Jason) Castro went out to tell him”, Hinch said.
– Bogaerts (1-for-3, three RBIs) now owns a 10-game hitting streak and has seven RBIs in his last four games.
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It marks the first meeting of the year between the Astros and White Sox.
