DETROIT – Justin Upton hit a pair of three-run homers, J.D. Martinez squibbed a two-run double and Justin Verlander held Boston to one run in six innings to help Detroit gain a split of a four-game series. “I’ve faced them already this year, so I’ll go back and look at the type of things I did well and what they did well against me”.
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The last time the Giants played the Dodgers, on a Sunday Night Baseball telecast in mid-June, Jake Peavy pitched them to a one-run win that left them five games up in the National League West. Before that victory August 16th, Syndergaard hadn’t won a game since July 3rd.
The batboy seldom has to perform any work after Bartolo Colon stands in the box. He walked 1 batter and struck out 7.
The Giants did not need to read the fine print on the scouting reports to know they could run on Syndergaard; opponents had been successful in an incredible 40 of 44 stolen-base attempts. Reyes hit a ball to the right of shortstop Brandon Crawford to start the game, who managed to throw out Reyes even after diving for the ball. He struck out five and issued one walk. Addison Reed gave up a run, but finished off the win.
“I’ve been working really hard in my side work, just trying to get more fluid and get more rhythm to home plate, and to try not to be too predictable with runners on base”, Syndergaard said. Cespedes’ blast was his third in the last two games. The Giants Hall of Famer won 243 games in his career. Osuna also gave up a tying homer to Jose Ramirez on Friday, but pitched a flawless ninth Saturday for his 28th save (see full recap). “He got that one right there”.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Logan Forsythe hit a three-run homer in his return to the lineup to lead Tampa Bay over Texas.
“I’m not getting ahead of the hitters and then I’m losing them”, he said. “I’m getting a little exhausted, ‘” Collins said. “All I can say is I am going to go out and give the best of myself every time I go out and play”.
The slugger clearly not only feels like he can give 100%, but also that he is now finally feeling 100%. Transitioning to the San Francisco defense and pitching staff, teams routinely struggle to score runs against the Giants, who allow only 4.1 runs per game.
Granderson slapped a 95 miles per hour fastball down the left field line for a double, and Cespedes, a good low-ball hitter, took an ambitious rip at a 1-0 splitter as if he needed to carry a formidable water hazard.
Steven Matz, who had been scratched from Friday’s start against the Giants, is due to be examined for shoulder discomfort in NY by team doctors on Monday. Forsythe came up with two on and sent a 2-1 offering from Rangers starter Martin Perez over the wall in left center. Cespedes followed with his third homer in two days and his 25 of the season.
“It was his show”, Mets second baseman Neil Walker said. The home run was Span’s seventh and his second “splash” hit this season. He scored easily on Asdrubal Cabrera’s sacrifice fly to left. Kelley (1-2) hung his head and walked toward the dugout as soon as Peterson made contact with his seventh homer. The three-run shot to right field was just his fourth homer of the season.
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As a outcome, the Mets blew open a one-run game in the sixth inning and the Giants temporarily fell back into a virtual tie for first place in the NL West – with the Dodgers potentially reclaiming a half-game edge, pending their night result at Cincinnati. Colon hustled to try and cover but momentum carried him off the bag. Pagan threw it to the ball dude.
