Nationals 5, Rockies 4: Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos homered, and Bryce Harper doubled in the go-ahead run in the seventh. “It’s kind of tough but it’s even tougher just to win a game because it’s getting to that time of the year where everything starts to get insane”.
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I suppose it would be nice of the Tigers to move their game to accommodate the Red Sox.
“Yeah he’s not a confident pitcher right now”, Farrell said when Hembree was demoted. “By no means was there any plan for him not to be in today’s lineup”. Boston’s most used No. 9 hitters and their batting averages: OF Jackie Bradley Jr.
“I’m not going to walk guys, I’m going to challenge them, but I’m trying to avoid the crooked numbers (on the scoreboard) as much as I can”, Tomlin said.
Time to put on your hardhat O’s, and of the words of the late Al Davis… “I have to limit the traffic on the bases in order to limit the damage for myself and my team”. Closer Craig Kimbrel (2-3, 3.41 ERA, 19 SV) was activated off the disabled list August 1st and is starting to return to his dominant form, as he is 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA since that activation.
Seattle ace Felix Hernandez steered the Mariners to a 3-2 win against the Los Angeles Angels, sending them to an 11th consecutive defeat to match a franchise record.
Selected by Cleveland with the fifth overall pick in the 2011 amateur draft, Pomeranz gave up Rajai Davis’ leadoff homer in the fourth and RBI double in the eighth.
Craig Kimbrel, the sixth Boston pitcher, worked a ideal ninth for his 21st save. After Mike Napoli drew a walk, Kimbrel struck out unsafe Carlos Santana on a 98 miles per hour fastball, fanned pinch-hitting Kipnis with a 96 miles per hour heater and got Abraham Almonte to pop out.
Tomlin (11-6, 4.14) allowed three runs on seven hits in 7 2/3 innings.
Boston played one game in Cleveland on Monday to make up for a rain out earlier in the season, before traveling to Baltimore for a two-game set against the Orioles on Tuesday and Wednesday and then onto Detroit for a four-game series Thursday through Sunday. “Like anybody, he needs a little bit of a day to get some fresh legs”, Boston manager John Farrell said of Bogaerts, who is 3-for-16 on the team’s homestand and batting.159 (7-for-44) in August. This is why they are 25-27 in one- and two-run games.
Baltimore and Boston both enter this series holding on to a wild card spot and in contention for the AL East title behind Toronto, adding plenty of stakes to this two-game swing.
“Who doesn’t?”, Ortiz said.
Ortiz was given a loud ovation during each at-bat. David Ortiz led off the eighth with a single against Brad Brach (7-2) and Betts lined an 0-1 pitch into the front row of seats beyond the left-field wall.
Ramirez attempted to steal third and was initially called out before a four-minute and 20-second review took place just to have the call stay in place despite Ramirez looking safe.
Before the game, Cleveland presented a check for $10,000 in Ortiz’s name to a local recreation center.
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Off days are few and precious during the Major League Baseball season, and one of the worst things that can happen to a team is having to forfeit one of them.
