After Bradley Jr. flied out, one of the biggest surprises on the year, Sandy Leon came up to bat.
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The Red Sox (67-52) moved into second place with this victory, which wrapped up a sweep of the two-game series with the Orioles. This season, he is hitting.383 with six homers and 23 RBIs in 43 games. He has 28 home runs and 89 RBIs on the season. The Orioles started the day atop the division by.001 over Toronto, which played a late game against the Yankees.
Boston starter Eduardo Rodriguez had a no-hitter before leaving in the fifth inning with left hamstring tightness.
Despite retiring Brock Holt and Andrew Benintendi to kick off the inning, he allowed consecutive singles to Dustin Pedroia and Xander Bogaerts, then allowed David Ortiz to reach on a walk.
Brad Brach (7-2) allowed Betts’ second homer. Then down went the AL Central-leading Indians in a one-game, road makeup in Cleveland. Boston starter David Price got the win with a run allowed over six frames. “I think the way we’ve just kind of let it roll off our back as no big deal”. Who knows; he looked bad in the second inning too.
“He feels comfortable in this ballpark and obviously sees the ball well”, Farrell said. Is he seeing something the O’s aren’t, or is he just zeroed in at the plate in Baltimore? He’s had three multi-homer games as a visitor, more than anyone in a Baltimore uniform this season.
Gallardo loaded the bases in the third with two outs. Fans clamored for a rare curtain call by a visiting player, and Utley obliged to another standing ovation.
– The Tampa Bay Rays blasted the San Diego Padres 15-1 behind 16 hits and five home runs. It was Utley’s seventh career grand slam.
Jackie Bradley Jr. homered and drove in four runs for the Red Sox, who have won six straight following a 7-13 run.
Los Angeles took sole possession of first place in the NL West for the first time since May 10. Boston’s combined no-hit bid was broken up in the seventh inning. On the first pitch, Betts easily stole second base for his 19th steal of the season.
Antonio Bastardo (1-0) retired three batters for his first win since August 7, 2015.
“I threw some good pitches and they still hit them”, Bundy said. Matt Wieters followed, and brought home both Trumbo and Pearce on an RBI single to make it a 3-2 game. Odor was hit in the shoulder on the next pitch. It was rotten timing as this was a game the Orioles really needed to win. The veteran Texan made five consecutive scoreless relief appearances before rejoining the rotation, beginning with a flawless inning against Detroit on July 27.Boyd has been sharp in seven appearances – six starts – since rejoining the team from the minors just prior to the All-Star break and is coming off his best effort in that stretch.
Matt Garza (4-5) took the loss in the first game and Jhan Martinez (0-1) lost after relieving Anderson in Game 2.
St. Louis’ Tommy Pham and Jedd Gyorko each homered to help the Cardinals beat Houston 8-5.
Happ (17-3) allowed three home runs for the second time this season and sixth time in his career. He hadn’t won since July 3.
With two outs in the eighth, Jefry Marte turned on a 97 miles per hour fastball from Arquimedes Caminero (2-3) and it drove into the stands to tie it 6-6.
Fernando Salas pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save, and Brett Oberholtzer (3-2) earned the win with a scoreless eighth.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Brad Miller hit two of Tampa Bay’s five home runs in a rout.
Four straight hits broke it open with one out in the sixth.
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Edwin Jackson (3-3) gave up eight runs on nine hits and three walks in four innings. Buchholz was limited to around 70 pitches against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday and was charged with three runs on three hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings.
