The Blue Jays dispelled the possibility of Rodriguez pushing for history again in their very first at-bat, with Devon Travis providing a leadoff single to get them in the hit column. He didn’t allow a hit until Chris Young’s one-out single to center in the fifth. The left-hander struck out five.
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The victory cuts Boston’s lead atop the AL East to just one game and also ended the Red Sox’s three game win streak. Relievers Joaquin Benoit and Jason Grilli pitched two scoreless innings while Roberto Osuna earned the save, his 31st.
NEW YORK (AP) – Gary Sanchez homered and nearly hit another while Tampa Bay was trying to intentionally walk him, leading the hard-charging Yankees to their season-best seventh straight win. Travis committed an error on Friday for the third straight game. “When you put a little extra on it, it doesn’t make things any easier”.
When Tanaka was handed his last loss, it was the day before Sanchez was called up and the Yankees were 53-53. They can blow out anybody, showing that in back-to-back 16-2 and 11-2 poundings of the weakling Oakland Athletics last week and in a 13-3 rolling in the series opener in Toronto that was so lopsided the Blue Jays felt compelled to hold a closed-door players’ meeting Saturday morning.
Sanchez has helped as much as Tanaka by hitting 13 home runs. It’s the fourth time that Upton has gone 20/20 in his career, but the first time he’s accomplished the feat since he was a member of the Rays in 2012. The Sox had a chance to get more with the bases loaded and two outs, but Leon grounded out to end the inning. They began the day one game behind Baltimore and Detroit for the second wild-card spot, with the Orioles playing the Tigers later at night. Also, since the All-Star break, Boston starting pitchers have combined for a 3.44 ERA, which means the offense should feel pressure only to outscore the opponent by one run, not 11. He tied Tommy John for the most wins at the Coliseum by a visiting pitcher. Rodriguez (2-7) is winless in nine starts but has allowed more than three earned runs just once in that stretch. Buchholz is 2-0 with a 2.31 ERA in his past four starts.
Pedroia led off the sixth with his 13th homer of the season, a drive off the foul pole in left. In games decided by a margin of 10 runs or more, the Blue Jays are 4-4. But with three earned runs in six frames of work, Rodriguez was only decent where he has generally been excellent for the Sox in the second half. “That was the pitch that made me lose the game.” . Hill had thrown 89 pitches. “You cringe when he does, no doubt about it, but he’s trying to make a play and it’s tough to stop a guy from doing that”. Brad Ziegler came out to pitch the 8th inning. The Blue Jays have a 0-3 record when opponents score that many runs or more.
Harper’s blast was his first homer since August 28 and came after he struck out in his first three at-bats Saturday.
Joe Mauer’s walk-off single in the 12th inning edged the Minnesota Twins to a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians and Whit Merrifield hit the go-ahead double in the seventh inning as the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Chicago White Sox 6-5. This time, it was Toronto’s lefty making a no-hit bid. Jhan Marinez relieved Knebel and was greeted by the two-run double from Piscotty to make it 4-1. Edwin Encarnacion then spanked a grounder right at third baseman Aaron Hill, but the ball caromed off his body into short left field, the error putting runners at first and third for Bautista. That two-run rally was all the Astros (75-67) needed to snap their three-game losing skid.
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Bregman belted his eighth homer of the season off Cubs right-hander John Lackey (9-8) immediately before Jose Altuve reached on a bunt single and subsequently scored on a squeeze bunt by Marwin Gonzalez.
