The Chicago Cubs rallied past the Seattle Mariners 7-6 through 12 innings and the New York Mets got past the Colorado Rockies 6-4.
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Schoop, one of several slumping Orioles hitters, had three hits Sunday after going 1-for-20 in his previous five games.
“He’s a veteran guy, that’s always big”, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.
Newly-acquired reliever Joaquin Benoit, Roberto Osuna, Jason Grilli and Brett Cecil pitched four scoreless innings for Toronto (59-46), but Morales struggled out of the gate in the 12th.
“A little sore, it obviously got me pretty good”, he told Shi Davidi of Sportsnet after the 12-inning loss”, it’s blown up.
With a 9-1 romp over the Baltimore Orioles this afternoon, the Toronto Blue Jays are now in first place of the American League Eastern Division standings.
Following the hit-by-pitch, Tulowitzki returned to the field but left the game prior to his next plate appearance as he was not able to properly grip the bat.
J.A. Happ on Saturday won his eighth straight decision and Devon Travis homered as the Toronto Blue Jays used a seven-run fifth inning to beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-1 and take sole possession of the AL East lead for the first time since early April.
“When you are playing for something such as first place against a team we consider a bit of a rivalry … the atmosphere definitely feels like post-season”, Pillar said. “It’s going to be tough”.
Tillman, who had previously halted Orioles’ losing streaks of five and four games this season, held Toronto to two runs on five hits.
Moreland’s two-run homer in the fourth off Dillon Gee (3-5) gave the Rangers a 4-1 lead and enough cushion for Lucas Harrell (3-2) and the Texas bullpen to get the job done. Alvarez scored when Schoop singled to left with one out. JJ Hardy then walked and Jesse Chavez replaced Morales.
First pitch at 6:10pm.
Unfortunately, the Orioles were going up against Toronto’s own Cy Young contender, Aaron Sanchez, who just so happens to be the AL leader in ERA. Davis scored on an RBI groundout by Alvarez and Trumbo plated after a Matt Wieters sacrifice fly to tie the game at 2-2. Sanchez is likely to pass the most innings he has ever pitched in a season, 133 1/3 in 2014, in his scheduled start on Sunday.
Pinch hitter Ichiro Suzuki finished 0-for-1 to remain two hits away from his 3,000th in the majors. Toronto intends to reduce Sanchez’s workload by moving him to the bullpen at some point.
“I thought there was a couple questionable calls all night, maybe one or two that at bat, that changes my approach to Davis there”, said Sanchez. “I haven’t felt tired all year”. Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin says Happ’s fastball has been “explosive” lately, and that the left-hander (who threw his four-seamer 56 percent of the time in July) is doing a great job of locating it all over the zone. The same thing that’s haunted Baltimore all season: poor pitching from the starting rotation.Yovani Gallardo got the start against the Blue Jays and stunk it up, giving up five runs in less than five innings pitched.
BREWERS 4, PIRATES 2: Keon Broxton and Chris Carter hit solo home runs as Milwaukee completed a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh in Milwaukee.
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Brian Dozier homered twice as the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4, the Atlanta Braves were 2-1 winners over the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays claimed a 5-3 victory over the New York Yankees.
