If the Orioles or Jays manage to catch them before that, those three games would presumably give the Red Sox a chance to reclaim the division crown or at least determine home-field advantage for the Wild Card game. “I think it will help us keep building on our momentum and finish strong”. Boston has won 10 of 13 and stands atop the division by a season-high four games.
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Hear what Rodriguez said about his performance in the video from “Red Sox Final” above. “We’ll just put it on a track where we need to be”.
“We’re going to try”, Ortiz said.
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner, center, is pulled away by teammates after he and Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig got into a scuffle that emptied both benches after Puig was thrown out at first by Bumgarner during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in Los Angeles.
“This is an aggressive fastball hitting team”, manager John Farrell said of the Orioles.
Gausman, who tossed eight innings of shutout baseball against the Red Sox in a 1-0 win in his last start, wasn’t almost as sharp on Tuesday night, as he allowed five runs on 10 hits in the loss. When it comes down to it, yeah it’s nice when we get a win and some of the teams that we’re chasing or are chasing us lose, or visa versa. The blast was the 36th of the season for Ortiz, giving him the most home runs ever in a player’s final season. It was the 43rd home run for Trumbo, retaking the Major League lead in the category.
In Baltimore, David Ortizbroke open a tight game with a three-run homer in the seventh inning to lead Boston to its sixth straight victory.
Boston went up 1-0 in the third when Betts singled and scored on a grounder by Hanley Ramirez.
In Kansas City, Yordano Ventura picked up his first complete-game victory, Kendrys Morales hit a three-run homer and the Royals defeated Chicago.
Two of those pitchers are young arms and former first-round draft picks that the Orioles hope to build their rotation around for years to come. He’s tied for first in doubles with 47, and his 118 RBI put him in third place.
In 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 the Mets’ wild-card chase.
RHP Steven Wright (right shoulder injury) has begun a throwing program at the Red Sox spring training complex in Fort Myers, Fla. Farrell said OF Andrew Benintendi has been cleared to play in back-to-back games.
RANGERS: Rightfielder Shin-Soo Choo, out since August 15 with a fractured left forearm, could return in time for the postseason, mlb.com reported. Baltimore INF/OF Steve Pearce (right flexor mass strain) will have surgery on Wednesday in NY and is done for the season, manager Buck Showalter said Monday. LHP Wade Miley threw Monday and is feeling much better after leaving Sunday’s start with a strained muscle in his back, Showalter said.
Gausman had no trouble with the powerful Red Sox offense on Wednesday, when he scattered four hits over eight scoreless innings to outduel Porcello in a 1-0 Baltimore win.
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Late in a blowout win over the Orioles at Fenway, Ortiz took exception to three straight inside pitches from Kevin Gregg. The right-hander blanked Boston over eight innings to beat Porcello last Thursday night.
