Simon (11-7) walked two and struck out five.
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Wolf (0-1) allowed three earned runs and nine hits in seven innings, acquitting himself fairly well in his first major league start since June 2014.
The Texas Rangers appeared to have Saturday’s win against the Detroit Tigers wrapped up in red ribbons. It broke a run of 19 scoreless Tigers innings.NOTES: When the game’s first pitch was thrown, Texas 3B Adrian Beltre participated in the 2,528th game of his career, most ever by a native of the Dominican Republic.
The Detroit Tigers are running out of time and running out of patience.
Were supposed to produce six runs every game? “Is that how baseball works?” The netting now goes around the back of home plate and ends just before the dugout steps.
The Cubs hit five home runs, including a leadoff shot by Dexter Fowler in the first inning and a three-run drive by Miguel Montero (see full recap). I personally found it absolutely ridiculous that Beltre got tossed for arguing balls and strikes from 90 feet away and I’m glad it didn’t come back to hurt the Rangers. “I don’t know if he confused 84 with 29, we’re always wrong, the players”. “When Beltre found out he had been ejected, he continued to yell at me about being ejected”. “At this point, the ballclub will follow up with the family in the morning to get an update, check on how she’s doing”.
Prince Fielder, booed for the second straight night, made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly in the third inning that was set up when Delino DeShields reached on a bunt single and took third on Verlander’s wild pickoff attempt. It has been well documented that people sitting in these low seats are at risk of being hit during a game – thus they must pay closer attention than fans in the outfield. The two run double gave the Rangers their first lead of the afternoon, making it 3-2.
Starling Marte smashed a 416-foot walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth to power the Pirates to the dictory. “That’s baseball. Nobody’s ideal”. Rougned Odor went 2-for-4 with a home run. “Well needed, really”, Banister said pre-game of his intention to give both Fielder and SS Elvis Andrus a break. A team spokesman said she was released Saturday, and the Tigers were still trying to get in touch with her. The weakened blood vessel has caused loss of feeling in his middle finger, and he will be examined by a thoracic surgeon this week. Tigers RHP Buck Farmer, coming out of the bullpen to start Monday’s makeup game in Cincinnati, won’t be limited to minimal innings.
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Detroit reliever Guido Knudson made his major league debut in the ninth. For Tolleson, he picked up his 25th save of the season with a 1-2-3 inning in the 9th.
