Cy Young candidate Zach Britton worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his 42rd save in 42 attempts this season.
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Baltimore Orioles’ J.J. Hardy (2) is congratulated by Manny Machado (13) after his three run, home run off Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz in the second inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Boston.
With the win, the Orioles (79-65) pick up ground on both teams ahead of them in Major League Baseball’s American League East standings, moving into a tie for second with the Toronto Blue Jays and two games back of the division-leading Red Sox with 18 games left in the regular season.
Evan Longoria and the Tampa Bay Rays will head to PNC Park for a three-game series from June 27-29, while the Pirates will travel to Toronto to take on former Pirate Russell Martin and the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre from August 11-13. The Red Sox were 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position and left nine runners on base.
The 2017 season has the Orioles making just one trip to the West Coast, a 10-day trip to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Aug. 7-9), Oakland (Aug. 11-13) and Seattle (Aug. 14-16).
Scully said if he stayed on the air, he would be “saying goodbye like in grand opera, where you say goodbye 12 different times”.
Orioles rookie Dylan Bundy survived a rocky second inning and pitched into the sixth.
Kyle Gibson (6-9) dominated, allowing one run and five hits in eight innings. Boston was unable to get more than one runner on base during the first five innings of play, with just four baserunners on two hits, one walk, and one error by catcher Matt Wieters. In tonight’s second of a three game series the Orioles hoped to bounce back from a 12-2 beating in game one which they did by winning 6-3.
Padres 6, Giants 4: Ryan Schimpf hit a go-ahead three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, and San Francisco’s bullpen blew a chance to gain ground on the division-leading Dodgers.
RAYS 6, BLUE JAYS 2 (at Toronto) – Drew Smyly (7-11) pitched 5 2/3 innings to remain unbeaten at Rogers Centre and Alexei Ramirez and Steven Souza Jr. hit home runs for Tampa Bay. “That’s about how it went”, Pomeranz said.
“I just got in some tight spots and didn’t make pitches when I needed to”.
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“It could have been a lot worse”, Bundy said. Jonathan Schoop was 3-for-5 and socked his 24th homer, a solo shot in the ninth. The move came a day early because INF/OF Brock Holt has a sore shoulder. Baltimore outfielder Steve Pearce, who a rough night in the field, was similarly unsure of himself as Betts appeared to stop at third base. The Pirates will travel to take on the Boston Red Sox in a three-game interleague series. They trail the Red Sox (81-64) by one, and will play them four more times in Baltimore beginning Monday.
