The Baltimore Orioles are third in the American League East and need to avoid losing games with the end of the season in sight. Orioles closer Zach Britton recorded five outs for the save. “Two swings of the bats, as they are very capable of doing at any point in the lineup, is to drive the ball out of the ballpark”. “Personal stuff aside, we’re trying to win games right now. We kind of want to create our own destiny”.
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Baltimore (79-65) pulled into a tie for second place in the AL East with the Toronto Blue Jays, who lost at home to the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. Britton is 42-for-42 on save opportunities, the longest streak to start a season by a southpaw in major league history. “You run out of things to describe what he’s done for us this year and last”, manager Buck Showalter said of Britton. The other was hardly bad, either – three earned runs over 6 2/3 innings.
It’s just like you don’t know what to expect from the Red Sox night to night. Moncada, who did not start, hit.294 with 15 home runs and 62 RBIs in 106 games between Single-A-Advanced Salem and Double-A Portland.
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“I just got in some tight spots and didn’t make pitches when I needed to”.
TWINS 8, TIGERS 1 (at Detroit) – Jorge Polanco homered and drove in four runs, and Brian Dozier added three more hits to his torrid second half for Minnesota.
The three-game series wraps up Wednesday.
The home run off the bat of Bogaerts was his 19th of the season. Left fielder Nolan Reimold would hit a two-run homer in that same inning and went 2-for-3 and second baseman Jonathan Schoop went 3-for-5 with a homer in the ninth. Pedroia, along with catcher Ryan Hanigan, also added an RBI bases-loaded walk which were back-to-back in the second inning. He promptly hit into an inning-ending double play. The reason why he only gets a B is because especially in the beginning of the season he did not pitch great which is why his era is as high as it is. Bundy (9-5) left a man on and exited the game two outs shy of a quality start. He has allowed 53 hits and has an 8.41 ERA with his new team.
“Second inning was probably one of the keys to the game, didn’t let it get away from him”. “If you look at the people he was facing, they got – there’s nothing fancy about it – they’ve got Wiffle ball numbers, most of their guys, it seems like. He got out of sync a couple of times, but he got right back in it”. O’s starter Dylan Bundy gave up all three runs on six hits and four BB over 5.1 frames to pick up the win with four relievers putting up zeros. “I haven’t pitched this far into September before and I haven’t pitched at this level for this long, so I’m just trying to learn as much as I can every day and get better every day also”. It’s frustrating for me because I wanted to give us a good chance to win. “It could have been 6-5 or something like that”.
After a 1-2-3 first inning, Pomeranz allowed five runs in the second inning, including two home runs. “Definitely feels good”, Reimold said. “I do that sometimes. We didn’t think that was going to be enough to win tonight”, said Travis Shaw, who was 3 for 4 and scored a run for Boston.
Reimold, making his first start since September 3, added a two-run shot two batters later, clanging a 3-2 Pomeranz pitch off the light tower on the Monster.
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Unlike the Orioles on Monday, the Red Sox made it a competitive game, but still fell 6-3. Lefties are now hitting.179 (5-for-28) against Hart. “Guys like David they see the kitchen sink thrown at him so I’m sure we may get him out this time but he learns from it, you got to be careful next time”, Showalter said. But the thing with Donnie, Donnie’s not going to go back to the hotel or apartment going I wish I would have trust myself. “He’s such a risky guy each time up there”.
