Baltimore Orioles’ Chris Davis breaks his bat over his leg after striking out swinging in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Baltimore, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. Last year’s World Series runner up has their eyes set on making it far into the Fall this year and their stars have begun to show signs of just that.
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Baltimore hit three homers in this game.
Before Tuesday’s game, manager John Gibbons said the fact his team won the division last season and advanced to the American League championship helps them at this time of year as they prepare to defend their title in what figures to be a month-long dogfight against both the Orioles and Red Sox.
“You never want to walk anybody”, he said. “He’s one of the top dogs out there”. Machado is hitting.278 with one homer in 18 career at-bats against Happ.
The Chicago Cubs have the biggest divisional lead of them all, standing at 14 games in the National League Central after a shutout win against Pittsburgh, while Washington maintained its nine-game advantage in the NL East by edging Philadelphia. “At least I was able to pitch fairly deep into the ball game”.
The right-hander said he felt much better with his changeup and throwing strikes earlier in the count to jump ahead of the Orioles, and it might have been a key.
MILWAUKEE – Randal Grichuk’s 10th-inning RBI single to shallow right right drove in the go-ahead run as St. Louis beat Milwaukee at Miller Park.
Estrada (8-6) kept the strong Baltimore offense quiet after he struggled in his last two starts.
“We’ve had trouble with him for a while”, Hardy said. Wieters then crushed the first pitch for a two-run homer to right that snapped a 3-3 tie. He can elevate it.
Jimenez allowed three runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings and enjoyed facing Toronto ace J.A. Happ despite coming into the game with a 5-11 record and a 6.62 ERA. He has lost three of six starts since being acquired from Seattle on July 31. “It was really good, everything was down, and we got a lot of guys hitting ground balls”. It’s in our own hands.
After giving up the RBI single, Jimenez went on to retire the next eight batters he faced.
Houston’s Collin McHugh threw six scoreless innings to lead the Astros past Oakland 3-1.
Bautista provided a two-run cushion when he led off the sixth with his 16th homer, and that was all the support Estrada needed.
“He was like his old self”, Gibbons said. “Good changeup, he was hitting his spots”.
Kevin Pillar gave the Jays a 1-0 lead in the second with a two-out bloop single to center.
Joe Biagini came on to finish the eighth while Joaquin Benoit took care of the ninth.
Well, Saunders did just what we feared he would: he hit a game-tying home run. Navarro played with Toronto in 2013-14 before signing with the White Sox in December. They were so close a year ago but couldn’t find what was needed, but with some late season trades, management is doing whatever they can to bring the best team to the post-season.
To make room, C Josh Thole was designated for assignment.
Orioles: CF Adam Jones was out of the starting lineup for the third straight game with a left hamstring strain. Tillman (right shoulder bursitis) could potentially throw off a mound this weekend. A rubber game will be played Wednesday at 7:00 PM/ET. Aaron Sanchez will have 10 days of rest between starts for the Blue Jays, who sent him to Class A Dunedin while skipping a turn in an attempt to manage his innings.
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Orioles: Yovani Gallardo (4-6, 5.59 ERA) has lost his past three decisions.
