Porcello struck out a career-high 13, the most by a Red Sox pitcher since Jon Lester had 15 against the Oakland Athletics on May 5, 2013.
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Sandoval went to third on a fly out by shortstop Xander Bogaerts.
““I felt when I was mechanically sound I could command the fastball on both sides of the plate the first inning and a little bit of the second“, Owens said”.
Professional golfer Jordan Spieth throws out the first pitch before the game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on September 1, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts.
That it did. The Red Sox had a stretch of 30 games during which the starter went at least five innings – the longest streak in the AL this season – snapped.
Henry Owens finished the night with seven earned runs on six hits with two walks, two strikeouts and two home runs over 1 2/3 innings.
Left-hander Andrew Miller, another former Boston player, struck out three in the ninth inning for his 29th save. Houston is 19-19 versus the rest of the AL West. Drew and Young scored, chasing Owens from the game. Andrus stole home to cap the Rangers’ four-run seventh. Cook yielded a two-run shot to right fielder Carlos Beltran immediately upon entering the game with one out in the second inning.
Sure, the Red Sox are in last place.
The Yankees picked up two unearned runs in the fifth after Didi Gregorius hit a grounder that got past Travis Shaw at first base.
In Toronto, R.A. Dickey pitched a four-hitter to win his seventh straight decision, and Josh Donaldson had three hits.
Standing Ovation: The fans appreciated Betts after his home run in the home opener.
Still, it seemed like a smooth road to victory before the Yankees bullpen, and the quirks of Fenway Park, began conspiring to chip away at the lead.
Brewers 7, Pirates 4: Host Milwaukee tagged Pittsburgh ace Gerrit Cole for five early runs on the way to the victory. Pedro Alvarez, Aramis Ramirez and Jung-Ho Kang homered for the Bucs, who are six games behind the NL Central-leading Cardinals.
8 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. A single and a deep double allowed for another run to score before Owens issued a walk to Brett Gardner. He guided the Marlins for one year and is in his eighth season with New York.
David Ortiz swung and missed, and Yankees catcher Brian McCann threw the ball to third, which appeared not to come in time. Chicago enjoys a 6 ½-game lead over the Giants for the second NL wild-card slot.
BALTIMORE (AP) – J.P. Arencibia homered and drove in six runs to back an impressive pitching performance by Drew Smyly, and Tampa Bay cruised past Baltimore. Drew has nine hits in the last 20 at-bats.
Trailing 3-1 in the nightcap, Arizona rallied against reliever Scott Oberg (3-4). He had three RBIs on the day and now leads the league with 98. Hours later, the Diamondbacks completed the sweep by scoring four times in the eighth to beat the Rockies 5-3.
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His defensive WAR, a sabermetric, offset his offensive WAR, leaving his WAR (wins above replacement player) as a negative number. “I think any other stadium except this because it’s like 380 (feet) to right field”.
