Betts hit three home runs and drove in a career-best eight runs, joining Hall of Famer Ted Williams as the only Red Sox players in over 100 years with a pair of three-home run games in a season and powering Boston over the Arizona Diamondbacks 16-2 Sunday.
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Betts also added a single and scored to finish 4-for-6 with four runs scored. Meanwhile, the Marlins are discussing whether to contact former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, a team official said Sunday.
Boston’s Mookie Betts is all smiles nearing the dugout after his three-run shot in the fifth inning.
“Guys swung the bats tremendous today against one of the best pitchers in the game”, Porsaid after giving up a run on three hits with four strikeouts in seven innings.
TIGERS 7, RANGERS 0 Michael Fulmer pitched a four-hitter in visiting Detroit’s second consecutive shutout of Texas, and Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez homered for the Tigers.
INDIANS 5, ANGELS 4 Abraham Almonte singled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and host Cleveland beat Los Angeles. He homered into the first row of the Monster seats in the second inning against Greinke, then clocked a 356-foot shot that hooked inside the foul pole atop the Monster and was estimated at 382 feet.
They also placed first baseman Hanley Ramirez on the three-day bereavement list and sent left-hander Roenis Elias to Triple-A Pawtucket.
“We play the game to win a World Series”, he said. Greinke would only last three more batters before being chased from the game.
Boston Red Sox’s Mookie Betts hits a three-run home run off a pitch by Arizona Diamondbacks’ Adam Loewen in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, in Boston.
Jimmy Paredes was a triple away from the cycle as the Philadelphia Phillies hung on for a 7-6 win over the Colorado Rockies, who scored twice in the ninth before Jeanmar Gomez escaped with his 31st save of the season.
It was Braun’s fourth multihomer game of the season and the 26th of his career. Greinke allowed nine runs on 11 hits. Piscotty hit his 17th homer off setup man Hector Rondon (2-3), who entered with a 3-1 lead in his first appearance since August 2 because of a triceps injury. With one out, Betts worked another 2-0 count and this time belted a slider, just clearing the Monster for a three-run blast and a 7-0 lead. I believe he has the qualities to do so, but it will take a deep postseason run by the Red Sox to become this years MVP.
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Former National League Cy Young Award victor Zack Greinke had his second career start at Fenway Park spoiled by Betts, who took him deep in each of the first two innings before Greinke was pulled with two outs in the second to finish the worst start of his career. He gave up 11 in a start for Kansas City, against the Diamondbacks on June 10, 2005. Baltimore trailed, 7-1, after six innings, but got two runs in each of the seventh and eighth. The righty is looking to become the first Red Sox pitcher since Dave “Boo” Ferriss in 1946 to win his first 12 decisions in a season at home. Chris Young pitched three scoreless innings for his first save. Orlando is hitting.368 (39 for 106) since the All-Star break.
