The Red Sox broke through for two runs against Archer during the third inning.
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But the real highlight from the Red Sox win last night emerged from the bottom of the 8th with the Sox up 3-0 and a man on, when Steven Souza launched a bomb deep to left field, a sure home run that cleared the low wall at Tropicana Field and seemingly turned a 3-0 game into a tight one run affair. “David was outstanding. But in a three-run game, that late, take away a two-run homer, it’s a huge difference in the ball game”. Evan Longoria stopped the streak with a two-run homer off Matt Barnes in the ninth. “To get into the seventh inning was an outstanding job on his part”.
The Red Sox won 2-1 to improve to 7-2 on their current road trip through Cleveland (1-0), Baltimore (2-0), Detroit (2-2) and Tampa Bay (2-0 so far in this four-game series).
Miller struck out the side in the ninth for his 11th save.
MARINERS 7, YANKEES 5: Mike Zunino and Kyle Seager each hit a three-run homer and Nelson Cruz added a solo shot as Seattle rallied to beat NY.
When leading after seven innings, Boston is 35-25, while Tampa Bay is 22-33.
Nova (10-6) struck out six, walked one and threw 69 of his 98 pitches for strikes while improving to 3-0 in four starts since being acquired from the New York Yankees in an August 1 trade.
Zach Britton worked a ideal ninth for his 38th save. Boston is in the final stretch of a run of 43 games in 44 days, going 20-15.
The Orioles did all their scoring against A.J. Cole (0-1) in his season debut.
Strasburg: Prior to the game, the Nationals placed ace pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the disabled list with right elbow soreness.
When they outhit their opponents, the Rays are 35-10. “But it was a bad throw and it cost us a run”. The first baseman also had a solo shot in the fifth, when the Dodgers connected four times overall.
Joey Votto singled home a run off reliever Jesse Chavez (1-0), one of his four RBIs.
Is Owens the next coming of Jon Lester, like many hoped for?
Bryant’s solo shot in the fifth inning was his 32nd of the year, tying him with Colorado’s Nolan Arenado for the National League lead.
Buchholz let the leadoff hitter reach in five of six innings.
CINCINNATI (AP) – Dan Straily extended his surge since the All-Star break by pitching six innings and Joey Votto drove in a pair of runs to lead Cincinnati over Texas.
Alex Bregman, another Astros rookie, hit his fourth homer in the ninth inning off Neftali Feliz.
Benintendi checked another box in his breakout month Monday night, robbing his first major league home run.
There’s the possibility Owens might be needed for spot starts over the next six weeks.
The Rockies got a run in the first when David Dahl scored on a wild pitch by Nelson. In 2015, he posted a 4-4 record with a 4.57 ERA for the Red Sox.
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Bundy gave up two runs, walked four and struck out four.
