Interleague play at Dodger Stadium a good three with the Dodgers that that obviously is an important series through. Nelson Cruz, Dae-Ho Lee and Mike Zunino all walked, leaving the bases chucked with two outs for Leonys Martin.
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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz fields a ground ball hit by Seattle Mariners’ Kyle Seager, right, in time to throw Seager out at first during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in Seattle. Ironically, Lee stung Pomeranz again, four batters later, as he hit a single to center to cash in another run to tie the game.
In college, Benintendi was the only player in the nation to rank in the top 25 in batting average (.376), home runs (20), slugging percentage (.717), on base percentage (.488), and walks (50).
Ramirez said he “just slipped – and I don’t know what happened”. “They did a good job”. But three of those four hits landed in the outfield seats of Safeco Field to provide all the offense the Mariners would need.
The three home runs by Seattle accounted for the only three costly mistakes Porcello made in an otherwise strong start. Adam Lind sat on a 2-0 changeup and yanked it into the seats for his 16th homer of the season.
It’s worth noting that, along with the strikeouts, Pomeranz did induce eight groundballs to only two flyouts, demonstrating a strategy to keep the ball down in the strike zone.
“Well, unfortunately, we’ve given a couple of games away”, said Farrell. “Big night by Zunino”. “Felt like it was an opportunity for us to go to our most powerful reliever with the highest strikeout rate”.
Of the 14 other teams in the American League, no group of hitters gives Hisashi Iwakuma more trouble than the Boston Red Sox. He allowed three runs off four hits over eight innings in a complete-game effort.
Rays 12, Royals 0: Jake Odorizzi had his third consecutive scoreless start, Steven Souza Jr. homered for the first time in two months and Tampa Bay routed Kansas City.
In Chicago, Matt Szczur scored on A.J. Ramos’ wild pitch with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Cubs a comeback win over Miami.
Braves 8, Pirates 4: Ender Inciarte broke a tie with an RBI single in the fifth inning and offensively challenged Atlanta had 15 hits in its victory over Pittsburgh.
After getting leadoff hitter Mookie Betts to pop out foul, Xander Bogaerts and David Ortiz singled and Miranda walked Dustin Pedroia to load the bases.
Iwakuma exited after Andrew Benintendi’s one-out single in the eighth inning.
“I was able to command my fastball, and my fastball I think had more life than usual”, Iwakuma said through a translator. Only one runner reached second base in the first seven innings against Iwakuma.
Brock Holt then hit a grounder up the middle that ticked off O’Malley’s glove as he made a diving attempt. And now I would say tomorrow but nearly almost today an hour from now we’ll be today West Coast not.
“I had a feeling (it was gone)”, O’Malley said.
Hanley Ramirez avoided a significant injury and sustained only a sprained left wrist after slipping and falling on his way into the Red Sox clubhouse after Tuesday night’s loss to the Mariners.
“Guys came in and did an outstanding job”, Boston manager John Farrell said.
Mariners: RHP Nick Vincent (back strain) will begin a rehab assignment with Class A Everett.
The 28-year-old flamethrower from Alabama was put on the disabled list in early July for a left knee meniscus tear that was to sideline him for three to six weeks in surgical recovery.
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The Red Sox are 4-1 in their last 5 during game 4 of a series and 6-2 in their last 8 games vs. a left-handed starter. He’s been struggling of late, but produced one of those explosive swings even against the lefty Miranda, launching a no-doubter to right to give the Sox the first run of the game.
