With his 535th career homer, Ortiz moved past Jimmie Foxx into possession of 18th place on baseball’s career list. He also increased his RBI total to 110, the most by a player age 40 or above since Dave Winfield had 108 for Toronto in 1992. “So you’ve got to bring your best every time you play them”.
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And don’t look now, but the Baltimore Orioles, with a 3-1 win over the Tigers in Detroit, have pulled into a second-place tie with the Blue Jays.
Red Sox: OF Andrew Benintendi (left knee) is to try sliding in a simulated game Tuesday at Fenway Park, manager John Farrell said.
Blue Jays: Martin returned after leaving Wednesday’s game and sitting out Friday with a sore left knee. He hadn’t pitched since August 20 because of right shoulder bursitis.
Moore (10-11) gave up two runs and eight hits.
Evan Longoria homered on Liriano’s first pitch in the seventh and Brad Miller followed by homering on a 1-0 slider.
“It was one of those games that was back and forth, it was really a slugfest”.
STRASBURG’S STATUS: Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg said he isn’t sure whether he will pitch again this season. Wade Davis worked the ninth for his 24th save.
The offense showed up on a day that Clay Buchholz fell back to earth.
Ortiz hit a changeup, as he did for his grand slam in 2013.
The Mets have won seven of eight and are 16-5 since August 20.
Now knotted up with the Orioles (78-64 also) for the two wild-card positions in the American League, Toronto still has their work cut out for them since both the Detroit Tigers and Yankees trail them by only two games.
Hembree allowed two runs, while the other Boston relievers did not give up runs. Sox 4-1. Buchholz pitched a scoreless 2nd, but then he found a boatload of trouble in the bottom of the 3rd inning. He joined the rotation on August 19. “It’s hard to win one game in the big leagues, let alone 20”.
GIANTS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3 (at Phoenix) – Matt Moore struck out 11 in seven innings helping San Francisco to the series sweep. The ball flew over Pillar’s head, falling for a double and letting Ortiz score from first base.
The Cubs’ magic number to win the NL Central is down to five after Addison Russell went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and three runs scored in a 9-5 rout of Houston.
Smoak, who had just four at-bats this month coming into the game Saturday, struck out twice in three empty at-bats.
“I’m not here to make excuses”, Sanchez said. Dickey has struggled of late, most significantly giving up five runs in four innings of work against the Yankees last week. He allowed one hit while striking out one.
Mark Melancon pitched the ninth for his 41st save.
Jonathan Lucroy hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning, helping Texas knock off Los Angeles.
Tyler Holt’s three hits and three RBIs highlighted the Reds’ 13-hit attack in an 8-0 romp over Pittsburgh. As Ortiz trotted around the bases and polite applause surprisingly rang out from the stands for the soon-to-be retiring slugger, who was likely playing his last game in Toronto. The last time Estrada failed to finish three innings was June 30, 2015, also a home loss to Boston. Estrada’s earned-run average for 2016 as a whole stands at a very different 3.68. Bogaerts hit a leadoff drive off Scott Feldman, his 18th. Six earned runs matched his career-high for the fourth time.
Chris Young is 2-for-5 with 1 double and 2 strikeouts.
Going into the 8th inning on Saturday the Sox trailed 3-2 and had six outs to find a way to manufacture a run.
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The Mariners are 3 1/2 games back in the AL wild-card race.
