The Detroit Tigers moved into an Major League Baseball wildcard place as the Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the Baltimore Orioles.
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The Red Sox, who won the first three of the series, have just 10 games left in the season.
Well, to mark Big Papi’s final regular-season game in Baltimore, the Orioles on Thursday night presented the Boston Red Sox designated hitter with the remains of the phone, missing half of its cover and mounted on a piece of wood. His current six-game hitting streak has also given Red Sox manager John Farrell thoughts about moving him up in the order.
Worley came in for Tillman and did a pretty nice job if we wanna talk about something good.
Price had a string of seven straight wins come to an end against the New York Yankees on Saturday, when he was reached for five runs and nine hits in six innings without factoring in the decision.
Baltimore fell seven games out and dropped below Detroit for the second AL wild card. Toronto is a game ahead of the Orioles in the top wild-card position, and Baltimore is a game ahead of both the Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros. He was selected in the All Star game ten times, and has, to date, recorded 2462 hits, with 539 home runs – and looks certain to be heading to the Baseball Hall of Fame. “I think we have a good club house, good team”.
Boston took a 1-0 lead with a two-out rally in the first.
In the second inning, Jackie Bradley Jr. led off with a triple to the right field corner. “Probably a ball I could’ve stayed back on and just gone to the bag, but I just reacted and when I went to throw, it just kind of stuck in my hand”. I just couldn’t hit on a consistent basis.
Benintendi hit the next pitch over the wall in right field. NY went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position.
“It was better than my ideas that I was thinking”. A home run would give the Mets the win but Ender Inciarte leaped, reached, and snow-coned a catch in the webbing of his glove, robbing Cespedes of a game-winning walk-off and delivering a collective gut-punch to the Mets fans, who have now seen their team get swept three in a row by the last place Braves at the worst possible time. They’ve also posted an incredible 32-18 clip since the beginning of August.
Speaking of fun, Benintendi showed off some dance moves during the Red Sox’ outfielders’ celebratory victory dance.
Hanley Ramirez #13 of the Boston Red Sox prepares to bat in the first inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on September 22, 2016 in Baltimore. His last loss came on August 7. It was the second homer of his career and his first hit when swinging on the first pitch. “For a young kid that steps into this pennant race, he’s responded very well”, Farrell said.
Red Sox: 2B Dustin Pedroia was back in the lineup after being held out Tuesday to get treatment on his left knee. He could throw a bullpen session this weekend.
In a ceremony before the Red Sox faced the Orioles on Thursday night, Ortiz was given the phone box he destroyed inside the visitor’s dugout during a tirade on July 27, 2013.
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With Toronto idle on Thursday, the Red Sox need a combination of five wins and Toronto losses the rest of the way to secure the American League East and avoid the wild-card game.
