Three victories in a row, too.
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Robinson Cano doubled home Kyle Seager with a laser into left-center. He was asked about it after the game and said he was “saving that one for him”. We’ve just got to go game by game.
The only blemish to Walker’s outing was on one swing off the bat of Carlos Gonzalez, who blasted a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth to, at the time, even the ballgame at three runs apiece. He has hits in 20 of his last 24 games and is hitting. Feeling hot?
“I didn’t have a feel for much today”, Butler said.
“In my mind, before [the trades], I was like yeah, I need to rush it because I want to be in the field”, injured Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera (calf) said via MLB.com.
Entering his fourth NFL season, the 6-foot-2, 220-pound Floyd has been the main downfield threat for a talented group of Arizona receivers that includes Larry Fitzgerald and John Brown. They trail Toronto by six games for the American League’s final wild-card spot with 54 games left.
“When it happened, it didn’t hit me at first”, Gray said.
The Mariners are giving Vidal Nuno (0-0, 2.11 ERA) a spot start after trading J.A. Happ to Pittsburgh before Friday’s deadline.
Gray’s professional career got off to a 4-0 start with a combined nine starts for the Grand Junction Rockies of the rookie-level Pioneer League and the Single-A Advanced Modesto Nuts of the California League in 2013. It broke a string of 52 hitless at-bats for Mariners pitchers at the plate.
And some credit must go to their beleaguered bullpen. “It’s all about reaction”. He was hitting spots and making you chase around the strike zone.
He didn’t get to savor it for long. Iwakuma tossed 8 2-3 innings of one-run ball against Minnesota on Sunday.
If you factor in the combination of the Mariners’ up-and-down bullpen and hitter-friendly Coors Field, the next two games could be a similar adventure.
The Mariners blew it open with a three-run eighth. “I think he’s ready for this”. This altitude kind of got to him.
The 35-year-old Cruz, who hit a solo blast off of Rockies reliever Scott Oberg in the seventh inning, joins an impressive list comprised of Chase Utley (2008), Barry Bonds (2001), Frank Thomas (1994) and Harmon Killebrew (1970). Smith ended the inning by getting Nolan Arenado, who is the majors’ co-leader in RBIs, to ground into a double play. With the win, Seattle has now won 3 consecutive games for the first time since late May.
“Sometimes it’s tough, but just keep running forward”, he said. “It’s not easy to pinch-hit, but you have to do whatever you can”.
The Hops start a series Thursday at home against Boise. “The first inning certainly was a factor”. He is now riding an eight-game hitting streak.
Miller led off with a hustle double but was thrown out at third when Sucre attempted another sacrifice. The veteran outfielder delivered, singling up the middle to score both runners and make it 5-3.
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Charlie Blackmon, Nick Hundley and Kyle Parker hit homers for Colorado.
