Iglesias, who came to the Tigers as part of a three-way trade with the White Sox and Red Sox in 2013, erased the 1-0 deficit with a two-run home run to left. Justin Verlander picked up his tenth win of the season for the Tigers, while Drew Pomeranz fell to an even 8-8 on the season.
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The Indians lost, so the Tigers are now 2 1/2 games behind for the Wild Card, and 4 1/2 for first place in the American League Central. The Red Sox will be heading west in rough shape indeed. They’re also 1-4 in Rodriguez’s last five starts when he pitches the third game of a series and are 0-4 in his last four outings when he’s coming off four days of rest.
Paul and Tim look at what has been driving the Red Sox hot July – hint: the starting pitching has been better than the month prior.
Cardinals 3, Mets 2, 1st Game; Mets 3, Cardinals 1, 2nd Game: Bartolo Colon pitched three-hit ball for seven sharp innings, and NY overcame another home run by Jedd Gyorko to beat St. Louis for a doubleheader split.
The offense, despite their many hits, had little to show for it.
This will be game three of the matchup.
He had a successful one-two-three inning.
However, in the sixth inning, the Tigers offense finally made their mark. Pomeranz, a lefty, allowed two runs on four hits over six innings for the Red Sox. (1-2), allowing Justin Upton to trot home from third. Pomeranz drops to 8-8 with the loss. The Valley Cats unleashed a fourteen hit attack and rolled over the Monsters 13-1 in Troy, New York.
It wasn’t until the top of the seventh that the Sox began to wake up.
Victor Martinez and James McCann also drove in runs for the Tigers.
In the eighth, another former starter Clay Buchholz took over and ran into more trouble.
The Rays were swept in a three-game series at Chavez Ravine in 2013, the only other time they’ve visited the Dodgers’ hallowed home turf. Buchholz’s terrible season continues, as his ERA remains over six at 6.06. He made his lone appearance against Detroit last season, allowing just one run and three hits over seven innings.
The Red Sox chased him in the eighth, tying it on Betts’ triple when centre fielder Tyler Collins took a bad route before missing a diving attempt.
Miguel Cabrera’s homer was his 18th go-ahead hit this season, and his 10th go-ahead home run this year.
It was more of the same Monday night when the Sox loaded the bases in the ninth – and managed just one run. In the second, Travis Shaw lined a double into the right-field corner, scoring Jackie Bradley Jr. Sandy Leon followed and came through to continue his impressive 2016 season. Manager John Farrell was immediately criticized after the game, as Aaron Hill was left on the bench with the bases loaded and one away. Holt now has a.130 average in 23 at-bats against southpaws this season.
Detroit Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez hits a 2-run single against the Boston Red Sox in the third inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in Boston.
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Dustin Pedroia had a hit to extend his on-base streak to 29 games, tied for the longest active streak in the majors with Washington’s Jayson Werth.
