“It felt good. But I don’t think it had anything to do where he hit in the order”. So did Jose Bautista.
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Neil Walker (back) missed his second straight game, while Asdrubal Cabrera (knee) was limited to a pinch-hitting appearance.
Musgrove (2-2) struck out seven, walked three and allowed three hits over 51/3 innings, and then Luke Gregerson, Pat Neshek and Brad Peacock closed things out. If you’re a fan of the rebuilding Phillies take some solace that Jake Thompson pitched pretty well.
PHILADELPHIA – Tanner Roark threw seven impressive innings, Jayson Werth hit a solo homer and Washington beat Philadelphia.
Wins game with huge home run. The right-hander yielded only two hits during a spot start for Jacob deGrom, skipped in the rotation to rest and regroup following two poor outings in a row.
“Got a fresh start to the game”, Lugo said.
“We’ve seen that a couple of times from J.T., where he takes his time”, Mattingly said.
After Yelich’s homer -the first for the Marlins in eight games – the bats were relatively silent until Realmuto homered in the ninth and the Marlins added one more run on Dee Gordon’s two-out single.
In a game that favored the Marlins about as lopsided as you could imagine, the Fish didn’t score any runs during the six innings their ace Jose Fernandez was on the hill.
The Marlins threatened by again putting two on with one out in the fifth, but Montero escaped the jam by coaxing an inning-ending double-play grounder from Marcell Ozuna. “That’s it. Make them make plays”.
It was the latest offensive flop for the slumping Marlins, who have totalled two runs while losing three straight games.
Cubs 8, Pirates 7 • Miguel Montero hit the game-winning single to score Kris Bryant from third in the bottom of the 13th inning, and Chicago rallied from a 6-2 deficit to beat Pittsburgh. He’s 17-for-38 in this stretch and has been hitting rockets all over the field.
Recalled from Double-A Binghamton before the game, Montero went five innings and worked around six walks – most by a Mets pitcher this season.
Meanwhile, of the four pitchers Collins mentioned as fill-ins for deGrom, perhaps it makes sense to just give Gabriel Ynoa a shot. You know, that senior who, outside of garbage time in blowouts, has held the clipboard for all four years but who, when that golden boy recruit who was supposed to be so special stumbles in week three vs. Tulsa or whoever, you are convinced would be a better choice. Face it, dude: he’s not that good and will likely be a graduate coaching assistant next year.
Rookie left-hander Josh Smoker (1-0) struck out two in a flawless inning for his first major league win. Alejandro De Aza had an RBI single later in the inning while Granderson hit a two-run homer in the seventh. Fouled off. Then a four-seam fastball.
“I was able to get my tossing in, but for me to get on the mound and throw a bullpen and tell them I’m ready for a game would be unrealistic in my mind”, he said.
Rockies 8, Dodgers 1: I repeat, close until the seventh inning when the home team struck for five. This time Alicides Escobar did not hit a three-run homer because he wasn’t there.
Miami broke a scoreless tie in the eighth when Ichiro Suzuki and Xavier Scruggs hit consecutive two-out doubles off Addison Reed.
Yoenis Cespedes delivered a walk-off homer against Nick Wittgren. Those rates are quite similar, but where getting ahead in counts shows up is in the 10 homers Lugo allowed for Las Vegas, with Yelich’s opposite-field blast on a full count (Lugo had fallen behind 2-1) being the first against him in the big leagues. Trout, Calhoun, Pujols and Marte all were a triple shy of the cycle.
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“Now I’m not taking anything away from Rafael Montero“, Collins said.
