“Regardless of the role, it’s a part of the game, and whenever my name is called, I try to go out there and give the team the best chance I can to win”. Tampa lost the first three games, and in the finale Sunday Tampa Bay avoided the sweep with a victory. He is 1-1 with a 4.26 in three starts against the Orioles this season. “What, 20 games left?” A lot of things can happen.
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“Obviously we can’t sit back and relax”, Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia said. “We would’ve liked to have won the series but unfortunately we didn’t but we’ll move on”.
Porcello has worked at least seven innings and held opponents to three earned runs or fewer in nine consecutive starts, the longest streak by a Red Sox pitcher since Pedro Martinez did it in 11 straight in 2000. That would bring Fernando Abad into the game which.well, the combination of a bobbled ball and a bad throw from Travis Shaw was certainly not his fault, but it still required Matt Barnes to come into the game.
Robbie Ross Jr. (3-2) got two outs for the win. The Blue Jays turned to Benoit, who is pitching for his third team since leaving the Tigers. They may publicly claim everything is okay – and Sanchez was extremely convincing when saying “we’re fine” – but it’s not.
“That was exciting, I guess – I don’t know that much about it”, Rory admitted while discussing Foxx, who played for the Red Sox from 1936 to 1942 (a bit before Rory’s time) and was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1951.
J.A. Happ (18-4) pitched six innings, giving up two runs on four hits while striking out five.
David Ortiz’s sixth-inning home run off Blue Jays reliever Joaquin Benoit – his 32nd of the season – gave him 110 RBI (and counting) in this, his final season at age-40.
Schultz was charged with the loss, his first of the season. The fourth series of September begins Monday night against the Rays. The middle finger of Sanchez: the blister, which the Jays have been dealing with, working with, trying to prevent nearly all of a season, now becomes central to everything that is Blue Jays as the final month of the season meanders on unsuccessfully.
There’s still questions also about this team’s intangibles and ability to make winning plays in key situations, that along with winning on the road are extremely important to winning a World Series. “We understand what we’ve got to do”.
Whit Merrifield delivered a two-run go-ahead single in the seventh inning as Kansas City claimed a come-from-behind victory over Chicago. Roberto Perez added two hits, including a triple, and drove in a run for the Indians, who increased their lead in the AL Central to seven games over Detroit.
Alex Bregman went deep and Marwin Gonzalez added an RBI single in the Houston Astros’ 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs and Nelson Cruz had three RBIs as the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 14-3. He walked reigning league MVP Josh Donaldson, and surrendered the second home run of the game from Encarnacion to give Toronto an 8-6 advantage. Ramirez replied in the next inning, with his homer making it 8-7.
Encarnacion fired right back with a solo shot in the bottom of the first, putting a 2-2 pitch from Buchholz over the left-centre field wall.
The Angels fell for the third time in four games.
After he struck out in the eighth inning in what could be his final appearance at Rogers Centre, he was given an ovation.
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Blue Jays manager John Gibbons was ejected in the ninth after the umpires ruled Russell Martin’s double into the right field corner, initially ruled fair, had landed foul.
