A pitch to Orioles’ slugger Manny Machado that Shields meant to keep off the plate instead caught too much of it. So Machado was watching intently Sunday morning as A-Rod announced he was ending his career. Gallardo’s line: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 3 K. Gallardo pitched-to-contact, which induced a lot of balls being put in play.
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He became only the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, matching Carl Reynolds, who previously accomplished the feat on July 2, 1930.
“He’s a mentor to me”, Machado said of Rodriguez. To see him go up there and talk and leave it there, it’s tough.
Not only did Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia hurl eight scoreless innings, scattering three hits with 11 strikeouts, but the pitcher plated the only St. Louis run in a win over the Braves.
Now batting.309 with 25 home runs, 67 RBI and a.368 on-base percentage through 105 appearances this season, the veteran infielder has registered the eighth multi-homer game of his career as well on Sunday. Right fielder Adam Eaton prevented a Matt Wieters home run with a leaping catch at the wall.Machado also became the first White Sox opponent to hit three home runs at U.S. Cellular Field since Justin Morneau did so with the Twins in 2007. “It’s pretty awesome, I’m not going to lie”. Two of those were inside-the-park homers.
Machado wasn’t alone in the home run department for the Orioles. In his 26 games (four starts) and 4-3 record, Bundy has managed a 3.05 ERA With a 1.29 WHIP in 59 innings.
Ubaldo Jimenez struck out three in three innings for his first save.
In each of his first three at-bats, Machado hit a home run.
Marlins 10, Rockies 7 • Ichiro Suzuki collected his 3,000th big-league hit, Giancarlo Stanton hit his 24th homer and Christian Yelich and Jeff Mathis had three hits and three RBIs each for visiting Miami.
When this Orioles’ offense is really cooking I believe that it’s best aspect is that everyone seems to find a way to contribute.
The Orioles, who sat home run leader Mark Trumbo (31) for the first time this season, showed the depth of their power as they opened a one-game lead over Toronto in the AL East.
And some of the worst stuff the Sox have seen from Shields, who since the start of 2015 has permitted 57 home runs, tied for most in baseball with the Royals’ Ian Kennedy. “I wasn’t hitting my spots”. “But in that situation, you try to keep him a little unbalanced and luckily for me I was able to do that”. Jose Abreu holds 114 hits with 39 runs, 13 homers and 59 RBI. In his previous two starts, the rookie took a no-hitter into the sixth inning. “I’ll take that any day”. “But like I said, today – there’s no excuse for that”.
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Hardy also drove in Baltimore’s second run, tying it 2-2 in the sixth with a sacrifice fly that scored Machado. He received a cortisone shot and was wearing a brace on his left forearm after the game.
