In the 8th inning, Pedro Alvarez hit a solo shot to increase the lead. In fact, Bogaerts and Bradley are just the third pair of teammates in the last 75 years to have hit streaks of at least 25 games in the same season.
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Home runs by Young and Betts tied it in the top of the second. (If the names don’t make it hard enough to distinguish between the two, then their pictures should do the trick.) They’re now playing for the Greenville Drive, the Red Sox’s Class A affiliate.
Before the Red Sox pitching staff threw some stellar batting practice in Thursday’s 12-7 loss to the Orioles, there was a play at second base that opened the door for the Birds, a play the Sox were still baffled by as they packed up for the return trip to Boston.
Mychal Givens (4-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the Orioles, who next host the AL East rival Yankees for three games. So the series ended up being split two games each. They pushed only two runners into scoring position against Greinke.
Porcello finished his outing giving up five runs over six innings, striking out three and not walking a batter.
Kelly continued his struggles in the bottom of the second, yielding a walk to third baseman Ryan Flaherty and a ground rule double to Kim before an RBI sacrifice fly by Machado helped Baltimore regain a 5-4 lead.
NATIONALS 7, PHILLIES 2 Max Scherzer had 11 strikeouts in eight sharp innings, Wilson Ramos hit a three-run home run and visiting Washington beat Philadelphia to complete a three-game sweep.
The homer by Bumgarner, a long blast into the left-field seats, was his second of the season and 13th of his career – the most by an active pitcher. Ortiz followed with a three-run shot into the right-field stands. Santana’s hit was bobbled by right fielder Paulo Orlando, with the error allowing Santana to go to second. The 33-year old had a 1-0 record with 2.70 ERA with two saves overall in 15 games in Triple-A this year.
Pedroia’s miscue came in the sixth inning with the score tied at 8.
This will be game four of the set. All but McCutchen were hit by pitches.
Scott Kazmir and two relievers combined on a one-hitter, matching zeros with Cubs ace Jake Arrieta before Los Angeles got to Chicago’s bullpen.
The game was a makeup of an April 10 postponement. Addison Russell and Javier Baez each hit two-run doubles against Silvino Bracho.
New York Yankees’ leadoff hitter Jacoby Ellsbury racked up three RBIs in the 5-4 victory against the Detroit Tigers. Chapman then retired Miguel Cabrera on a groundout.
Besides being unusual for this year’s O’s – who were expected to challenge the Major League Baseball record for most dingers in a season – it was the first time since 2004 that the Birds plated at least a baker’s dozen without a home run. Ramirez rebounded from a recent slump to notch just his third multiple-hit game since May 17.
Baltimore starter Mike Wright yielded a career-high four home runs before being pulled with two outs in the third. It put that agonizing stretch behind it and won their first road series of the season by pounding Colorado.
Ortiz bagged a solo homer in Wednesday’s game.
The Reds hit four homers. “It’s the first home run in the big leagues”.
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BRAVES 5, GIANTS 4 (11) Freddie Freeman homered leading off the 11th inning to give host Atlanta a victory over the San Francisco. Last week, the All-Star ace made his first start since August 2014 and Tommy John surgery, allowing one run and three hits over five innings to beat Pittsburgh.
