Hear what Rodriguez said about his performance in the video from “Red Sox Final” above. The homer for Ortiz sets the Major League Baseball record for most home runs in a player’s final season, and the blast was his 30th at Camden Yards in his storied career. “It’s just a number, man”.
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Orioles manager Buck Showalter was asked Monday if he is beginning to think about a possible pitcher if Baltimore is involved in the American League wild-card playoff game.
On Sunday night in Boston, Hanley Ramirez slugged two home runs, including the go-ahead solo shot in the seventh inning, and had four RBIs to help the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 5-4.
Red Sox starter Drew Pomeranz stumbled through a 3 2/3-inning no-decision, allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks with three strikeouts. I don’t care about personal numbers.
Red Sox RF Mookie Betts (201) became the first player in the majors to reach 200 hits this season on Wednesday and the franchise’s first since Jacoby Ellsbury and Adrian Gonzalez in 2011.2.
The Red Sox are 11-3 in their past 14 games and a major-league-best 13-5 in September.
“We have to win and everything else will take care of itself”. Boston has won 10 of 13 and stands atop the division by a season-high four games.
The Red Sox improved to 20-9 against AL East opposition since July 1.
Betts started the third inning with another single to center field, which gave him 200 hits on the season and moved him ahead of Houston’s Jose Altuve for the AL lead in hits. The right-hander was dominant in his last outing against the Yankees, when he picked up the win after allowing two runs on seven hits over six innings.
Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 28th save. “We’ll just put it on a track where we need to be”.
They’ve won five in a row, and they’re doing it without consistency from their starting pitching. I didn’t say this before the game, but my grandfather was a 20-year season ticket holder here for the Orioles and today would’ve been his 79th birthday. “I’m glad it could spark the offense a little bit there but the most important thing about tonight is that we lost the game and we’ve got to comeback these next two days and find a way to split this series because it’s a big one”.
The Camden Yards crowd showed their appreciation, giving Mancini a standing ovation as he disappeared into the dugout.
Betts put Boston up 2-0 with his 31st homer in the third.
“I was just leaving a couple of pitches too good early on”, he said.
Porcello retired the first 11 batters before hitting Machado with a pitch in the fourth.
Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia was out of the lineup Tuesday to get treatment on his sore left knee.
Showalter said the team now plans to fly back to Baltimore after that game – though of course it could end up flying to another city for a possible wild-card game.
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The Chicago Cubs routed the Cincinnati Reds 6-1 to cut their magic number for securing home-field advantage in the National League post-season to three, given the East-leading Washington Nationals suffered a 1-0 loss to the Miami Marlins.
