The home run was calculated at 466 feet.
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Per usual, Uehara attacked the strike zone with a vengeance, getting weak contact from Davisd (flyout to left) and Machado (popup to short) before getting Trumbo to swing at strike three.
“I think there is growing confidence in our clubhouse daily”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said.
INDIANS 2, ROYALS 1 Pinch-hitter Brandon Guyer singled in a run with two outs in the ninth inning, helping host Cleveland move closer to an AL Central title with a victory over Kansas City.
Bostonians felt like the dark clouds hanging over them in 2015 would never leave, pouring tearful raindrops down hard on any chance that the Red Sox would climb out of the American League East division cellar.
Boston went up 1-0 in the third when Betts singled and scored on a grounder by Hanley Ramirez. If the Baltimore starter had not touched the ball, it would have likely been an easy double play that would have ended the threat. He tied a career high with seven strikeouts. He is 7-3 with a 2.36 ERA in 15 career games (14 starts) versus the Mets.
NEW YORK – Aaron Blair won for the first time in 13 major league starts, Freddie Freeman drove in three runs off a misfiring Noah Syndergaard and Atlanta slowed New York’s wild-card chase.
Through four innings, Eduardo Rodriguez had no-hit the Orioles, continuing his late-season turnaround. Mookie Betts hit a homer because he was playing the Orioles and he destroys them. Eight of his 36 homers this year have been against the Orioles, his most against Baltimore in any one season, and he has homered in six of his last nine games at Camden Yards. Mancini won the batting title in the Eastern League with a.359 average in Double-A Bowie previous year, and started the season as the #8 prospect in the O’s farm system.
While the Orioles’ bats were silent, Bradley provided a 2-0 lead an inning later lead when he drilled a one-out homer to straightaway center. It was his eighth home run in seven games at Camden Yards, most in a season by a Red Sox player in a visiting ballpark since Jimmie Foxx hit eight in St. Louis in 1939.
“Two runs is not quite enough to go up against that offence”, Orioles catcher Matt Wieters said.
The Blue Jays and Baltimore were left 2 ½ games clear of idle Detroit and three ahead of Seattle and Houston in wild card reckoning. J.J. Hardy singled back to the mound and Barnes didn’t have a play allowing Schoop to score the second run.
Porcello has allowed three runs or fewer in 11 straight starts and is sure to receive strong consideration for the AL Cy Young Award after going 9-15 past year. Koji Uehara threw a ideal eighth inning, as he has not allowed a run in his seven outings since returning from the disabled list on September 5th.
Boston is doing more than just hitting.
Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 28th save.
The Red Sox lead the fading Orioles by five games, and another victory will likely shift Baltimore’s focus exclusively on retaining one of the two wild-card berths.
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In their last five wins, the Red Sox have received only two quality starts, one each from Clay Buchholz and Rick Porcello.
