The pitch wasn’t even in the zone, and the contact off the bat wasn’t all that loud, but Bradley’s deceptive power came into play once again, as he went the other way with plenty of height and distance for the shot that got the Sox runs two, three, and four.
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The 36-year-old Teixeira drove Kevin Jepsen’s 94 miles per hour fastball into the Yankees’ bullpen in right-center for his 12th home run this season, the 406th of his career, and his 11th big league slam and helped the Yankees closed within one game of Baltimore and Detroit for the second AL wild card. There was one fewer run on base, but three was plenty for the Red Sox, who took the 10-8 lead into the bottom of the sixth.
TORONTO J.A. Happ got his 18th win, Melvin Upton Jr. hit a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Boston 3-2 on Saturday, closing within one game of the AL East-leading Red Sox.
Edwin Encarnacion homered twice and Troy Tulowitzki hit his third career grand slam, but the Blue Jays couldn’t force a tie in the standings. Toronto and Baltimore are tied for the lead in the wild-card race.
“It’s just important to get runs in general”, said Upton. “There’s a lot of time left”.
Porcello went seven innings, allowing two earned runs on six hits, one walk, and seven strikeouts for his major-league leading 20th victory of the season. He struck out two and walked four.
“I thought we nearly might be able to catch it, but then it fell short”, Rory Kerr, Ella’s 11-year-old brother, explained. “I think we’re somewhat in awe of what David is doing in this final run”. “Today was ugly. Obviously (the blister) didn’t help”.
Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz (34) celebrates with teammates in the dugout following his three-run homer in the 6th inning during American League baseball action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016. “But he’s still our guy”. Lonnie Chisenhall doubled home a pair in the Indians’ four-run third, two innings before Mike Napoli (NAP’-oh-lee) broke a 4-4 stalemate with his 32nd home run of the year.
“A little bit”, Ortiz said. “It’s always a pleasure to come here”.
With three RBIs, Ortiz (110) moved past Dave Winfield (108) for the most RBIs in a season by a player 40 years or older.
Red Sox: OF Andrew Benintendi (left knee) is to try sliding in a simulated game Tuesday at Fenway Park, manager John Farrell said.
“I’m not the one that called the meeting, but I’m glad we had it”, said catcher Russell Martin.
Through his first 57 games this season, Travis was only charged with three errors while patrolling second base. “We had a general good feeling about it”. “Some wins can get you some momentum”.
Toronto’s pitching has to step up. That fact, coupled with Toronto’s ability to blister southpaws, makes us lean toward those who call the Great White North home. Martin later struck out.
Philadelphia’s Cameron Rupp, who had two hits, tied the game at 4 with a three-run homer with one out in the eighth on an 0-2 pitch from rookie reliever Koda Glover.
“It was amusing, I was in line watching the home run (on a TV), but the way the camera followed the home run it didn’t really show (where it landed), it showed him turning around the bases”, Rob Kerr recalled.
The home run makes it the fourth time in Upton’s career that he’s had 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases. Tyler Chatwood laced a two-run triple and held the Padres to a run and five hits over 6 2/3s for his 11th victory.
The key, on this afternoon, was a three-run shot from Ortiz off Joaquin Benoit that gave Boston a 10-8 lead in the sixth inning.
Iwakuma (15-11) ended his career-high tying four-game losing streak and had his fourth quality start in his past five outings. The Red Sox had just taken the one-game lead two nights ago; was it too soon to praise the opposition?
Estrada is 3-5 with a 5.32 ERA in nine starts since being named an All-Star for the first time.
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Liriano will be making his first start since August 26.
