In Chicago, pitcher Jon Lester drove in Jason Heyward with a two-strike squeeze bunt in the 12th inning.
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Neil Walker hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning that rallied the New York Mets past the Colorado Rockies 6-4 on Sunday and prevented a season sweep. Of Toronto’s remaining 57 games, 31 will be against AL East opponents.
Cain (3-6) struck out five and walked four on 93 pitches. NY suffered another costly injury, this one to shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, but snapped a four-game skid that matched its longest this season. “I’m not going to save him around for a close [situation] that may not happen”.
Addison Russell hit an RBI single and Willson Contreras drove in another run when he hustled down the line to beat the throw to first on a potential double-play.
Toronto Blue Jays Troy Tulowitzki grimaces after being hit by a pitch in the sixth inning against the Baltimore Orioles in a 6-2 loss.
Happ has won each of his past eight decisions and, in 11 of his 21 starts, has held the opposition to one earned run or less.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Drew Smyly struck out Alex Rodriguez three times en route to stopping an 11-start winless streak, and Tampa Bay sent NY to its third straight loss.
A seven-run fifth inning sealed the triumph for Toronto, now 16-6 in its past 22 games, and provided more than enough support for starter J.A. Happ, who pitched a gem. A sacrifice bunt by Zobrist moved the runners to second and third base with one out for Javier Baez.
That changed quickly after the Jays mustered three hits through four innings. In an extra innings game, little things like that can make a difference.
Mike Napoli hit a two-run homer for Cleveland, which stayed 4-1/2 games clear atop the AL Central.
Hours after trading away reliever Andrew Miller to the Indians, New York’s struggles continued, as last-place Tampa Bay completed a three-game sweep.
There is nothing like a watching a no doubter explode off of a bat, and that’s exactly what we got to see in today’s play of the game.
Walker also had an RBI triple, but NY sustained another costly injury when shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera strained the patellar tendon in his left knee – the same injury that sidelined him for a little more than two weeks during spring training this year.
Rays rookie Blake Snell (3-4) struck out nine in 5 1/3 innings, and the deciding runs came on a two-out, two-run single from catcher Luke Maile after the Yankees intentionally walked the No. 8 hitter in the Rays’ lineup.
Dodgers 14, Diamondbacks 3: Yasmani Grandal and Corey Seager hit three-run home runs and Joc Pederson added a two-run shot for Los Angeles. The actual trade deadline is at 4 PM this afternoon, so the O’s could still swing another deal if they wanted. Wade Miley (7-8) took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning before allowing Kris Bryant’s single.
Clay Buchholz (4-9) pitched three scoreless innings, and Brad Ziegler got three outs for his 20th save.
REDS 3, PADRES 2 (at San Diego) – Homer Bailey threw 5 2/3 solid innings in his first start this season for Cincinnati.
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They were particularly ineffective against the Blue Jays, as righties Kevin Gausman and Yovani Gallardo combined to cough up 11 earned runs in 7.1 innings July 29 and 30. Toronto occupied first place briefly over the weekend, after winning the first two games of the series, but surrendered the position back to the Orioles with Sunday’s loss.
