Most players offer a simple greeting or share a joke with the opposing first baseman when they reach base safely.
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Reigning World Series champions the Kansas City Royals trumped the Minnesota Twins 11-5, the Washington Nationals were too good for the Atlanta Braves 6-4, the Colorado Rockies blanked the San Francisco Giants 6-0, the Boston Red Sox were beaten 2-1 by the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs saw off the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2.
The Sox couldn’t cash in on their best opportunity of the night, which started in the eighth with an Anderson walk and stolen base.
Not exactly considered on the same level he was five years ago, Justin Verlander has been incredibly consistent during a summer featuring the Tigers’ steady crawl into contention.
Avisail Garcia singled in the go-ahead run against his former team in a four-run eighth inning as the Chicago White Sox rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 7-4 at U.S. Cellular Field.
Jose Abreu and Tyler Saladino added three hits apiece as the White Sox claimed the series victory. The blast marked Upton’s 22nd home run of the season and his fourth in the past six games.
Detroit (75-64) dropped back-to-back games for the first time this month. Manager Brad Ausmus did not say who Zimmermann will replace in the rotation.
“We put ourselves in position to score runs and they didn’t let us”, Upton said.
Detroit Tigers left-hander Matt Boyd will look to maintain his recent success when he takes the mound against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night. Before the injury, Gonzalez pitched a stretch of eight starts in which he posted a 2.70 ERA, allowed 14 earned runs and 41 hits in 46 ⅔ innings of work.
Jose Abreu led off the eighth with a single for his third hit and scored on Justin Morneau’s double off Greene (3-4). The White Sox recalled OF Jason Coats and INF Leury Garcia from Triple-A Charlotte and purchased the contract of RHP Blake Smith from Charlotte.
White Sox: Manager Robin Ventura said shutting down struggling RHP James Shields (back) is possible.
White Sox star Melky Cabrera slammed into the wall to rob Cameron Maybin of a home run.
“He gets it started”, Ventura said.
“It’s probably a little ironic that we’re facing Baltimore in September, with them not in the division”, Ausmus said. He’s swinging it good, you can tell he’s patient as well. “That’s the biggest thing”. Chris Davis led Baltimore offensively with two hits, a home run and three RBIs.
Tigers right-hander Anibal Sanchez also did not factor into the decision after an up-and-down start.
Adam Wainwright drove in three runs and survived five occasionally bumpy innings to pick up his first victory since mid-July as the St. Louis Cardinals drummed the staggering Pittsburgh Pirates 12-6 on Monday. “Would have been nice to take this one today and take four out of six”. The White Sox answered with a run in the bottom of the inning, but it was not enough to extend the game. Quintana’s ERA of 3.05 ranks second in the American League, just ahead of his teammate Chris Sale (3.07) and behind Toronto’s Aaron Sanchez (2.92).
The Tigers had the tying run at the plate in the ninth after a walk by J.D. Martinez and single by Justin Upton.
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Upton’s last six home runs have either tied or given the Tigers a lead.
