As for Gausman, he got out of a jam in the first inning when he got Anthony Rendon to fly out to right with runners at the corners.
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The Orioles closed within two games of the AL East lead while Cleveland stretched its lead in the Central out to 7-1/2 games by shutting out Oakland. “Last time, I was pretty sore right after my start, but after feeling it today, I’d much rather just get this behind us and get out in front of it so that way we’re not anxious about it for the rest of the year”. “I made a lot of mistakes over the middle of the plate, even after the strikeouts a lot of fastballs trying to get ahead and they were just middle cut and they drove them”.
Carrasco was masterful, striking out nine, retiring the side in order five times and allowing only one runner to reach second base.
Los Angeles’ Adrian Gonzalez hit three of the Dodgers’ seven homers – driving in a career-high eight runs – and rookie Corey Seager also went long in an 18-9 win against Cincinnati.
WASHINGTON: Lopez struck out 11 while allowing just two runs (one earned) over seven innings in the Nationals 8-1 win over the Braves last Thursday.
“It’s good to be going home”.
Ledecky, a resident of Bethesda, Maryland, has thrown out the first pitch at the stadium before, for Game One of the National League Division Series in 2014.
“He wants to pitch, and he knows how badly we need him”, Baker said. Turner was called safe on steal attempts in the first and third innings, but on both occasions the call was reversed after a replay review. “Yeah, we’ll get on a bus tonight and head over to Washington and play a good team two more times”. Matt Wieters, however, responded for Baltimore later that inning with his second RBI of the game that gave the Orioles a 7-1 lead. Yusmeiro Petit then offered up a solo homer to Chris Davis in the eighth.
The Orioles added two home runs to their major league-leading total of 194 home runs as a team this season.
After Gausman left the game, the Nats got their lone run of the night in the seventh inning against Vance Worley. Nationals RHP Joe Ross (right shoulder inflammation) did not experience any setbacks with his bullpen session Tuesday. The Nationals recalled A.J. Cole from Class AAA Syracuse to start in his place.
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Nationals’ starter Reynaldo Lopez struggled on the mound in OPACY and was out early in what ended up an 8-1 loss to the Orioles. The right-hander is 4-0 in his last five starts and has lost just once since June 21. The Orioles are 20-6 when Tillman starts but have been encouraged this week by strong outings from young right-handers Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman, both of whom will be leaned on to make up for the ace’s loss.
