“I thought I made some pitches”.
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After only giving up two runs in his past four starts combined, Koehler gave up two in the first inning Sunday. I don’t think we’ve been able to replace that. “Sometimes it’s out of your control but it’s nice to have one tonight”. He threw a career-high 122 pitches. “But it was a blooper, and he charged it hard and made a flawless throw”.
The Marlins’ bullpen has been inconsistent of late, but is there anything the Marlins can do to get the unit back on track?
After posting winning records in each of the first four months of a season for the first time in their history, the Miami Marlins have hit their first serious skid in August.
Alex Rodriguez reacts while running out to third base in the ninth inning of his last game as a player with the Yankees. Saladino hit a leadoff single, stole second and scored when a ground ball by Abreu deflected off bottom of the third-base bag for an RBI double.Miami went up 5-3 in the seventh. At least one of the AL East teams looks to have a Wild Card locked up, but with the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, and Houston Astros very much alive and even the New York Yankees planning to stir up trouble, the Orioles are going to need every win they can get.
J.T. Realmuto’s hit cut the Marlins’ deficit to 3-1.
Tim Anderson’s sacrifice fly pushed the Chicago lead to 4-1 in the fifth. “If not, we’ve got to do what we’ve got to do”.
The Marlins have struggled at the plate this season, only scoring 4.27 runs per game, the tenth worst in the league.
“When I go out there and don’t get the job done, I’m going to be frustrated”, Sale said. “. We don’t see that collective battle”.
It looks as if Ichiro Suzuki will take over the everyday right field duties with Marcel Ozuna and Christian Yelich staying in their normal spots in center field and left field, respectively.
The Boston Red Sox will put knuckleballer Steven Wright on the 15-day disabled list and first baseman Hanley Ramirez on the bereavement list, Manager John Farrell said. “I was looking at (my teammates) and they were pumped, and I said, ‘This is pretty sweet'”. “He has been our best pitcher since the All-Star break, ” Mattingly said. “I feel like we’ve gone backwards.”. This makes him unlikely to be back this season unless the Marlins make it to the playoffs.
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White Sox: RHP James Shields (5-14, 5.43 ERA) starts the second game of the series on Saturday night. Jose Quintana (9-8, 2.85 ERA) will take on Corey Kluber (12-8, 3.21 ERA).
