Boston left eight men on base and gave Tampa the opportunity to get back in the game, although the threat did not seem risky given Rodriguez’s 13 strikeouts over five and a third innings.
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DODGERS 14, ROCKIES 1: Clayton Kershaw scattered three hits over seven scoreless innings, Josh Reddick slugged a grand slam in the seventh and Los Angeles moved within a game of clinching its fourth consecutive NL West title. Rodriguez is looking for his first win against Tampa Bay and owns a 0-1 record with a 9.88 ERA in three starts.
Andriese held the Red Sox to two runs and four hits in six innings.
With the Rays trailing 6-3 in the eighth, Dickerson hit a leadoff double but later was thrown trying to advance a base when a pitch got away from Boston catcher Sandy Leon. The hit ended a string of 11 straight strikeouts. The Red Sox will conclude their regular season, when they come home to play their final three game spread against another AL East counterpart, the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Rays treated the home crowd to a display of futility at the plate never seen before in a major-league game: 11 straight strikeouts.
Boston also set a club record by striking out 21 through nine.
Pedroia hit a solo homer and Mookie Betts extended his hitting streak to 11 games with an RBI single for the Red Sox. Mahtook added two more hits, raising his average from.174 to.182.
BLUE JAYS 3, YANKEES 0: Jose Bautista hit a three-run homer off Tyler Clippard (3-5) in the eighth inning, reaching 30 homers for the seventh straight season, and Toronto beat NY.
The game last night was a low scoring, well pitched affair.
DETROIT – Salvador Perez, Cheslor Cuthbert, Raul Mondesi and Alex Gordon each hit a home run and Kansas City pounded out 19 hits in a victory over Detroit. Houston fell to three games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card. The Mariners remained 2 1/2 games behind Baltimore for the second wild card.
The 11 straight strikeouts are indeed a major-league record.
MANAGER JOHN John Farrell has not ruled out injured third baseman Pablo Sandoval returning this year should an injury replacement be required. Bundy allowed that only run in the fourth inning before the Orioles went to the bullpen in the sixth.
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There was a moment of silence before the game for Miami pitcher Jose Fernandez, who was killed in a boating accident early Sunday. Fernandez played high school baseball in nearby Tampa after defecting from Cuba.
