He was not sharp allowing the inherited runner to score plus one run that was charged to him as the Blue Jays tied the game at 3-3.
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A sweep-averting 5-3 comeback win Sunday afternoon eased the tension after 24 innings of frustration at Tropicana Field, sending them off the Bronx for a Labour Day date with old nemesis Masahiro Tanaka in a much better frame of mind. Jays’ Manager John Gibbons was tossed in the top of the fourth inning for arguing from the bench.
Kiermaier had a two-run home run off reliever Joe Blagini in the seventh to push the Rays’ lead to 7-1.
After retiring Encarnacion on a ground ball to third and Michael Saunders on a fly out to center, Cobb finished up a flawless third by getting Russell Martin to look at a fastball.
Martin hit his 17th homer on a 3-0 pitch from Jepsen (2-6). It landed about 10 rows deep in left field for his 17th homer of the year to make it 5-3 and that’s the way it stayed.
At the end of the day, Roberto Osuna got his 30th save of the season but on this day, the true save might have gone to John Gibbons. Remarkably, he was able to hold the Rays to three runs and the bullpen picked him up. The 33-year-old Northwestern product held Tampa Bay to four hits over six scoreless innings to win on August 10 and is 3-3 lifetime with a 4.87 ERA in 13 games (12 starts) versus the Rays.
“That last inning, a bloop hit, I couldn’t make the play on a bunt, next thing you know it’s 5-1”, Estrada said. Logan Forsythe and Kevin Kiermaier opened with singles.
METS 5, NATIONALS 1: Rookie Seth Lugo allowed one run and six hits over seven innings, and Curtis Granderson and Jay Bruce each hit a two-run homer as NY won at home. “We didn’t have too many last night and we didn’t get too many tonight”. Once again, he squandered a lot of pitches and needed 61 to get the first six outs.
Steven Souza Jr’s base hit in the bottom of the the third inning ended a 0-for-12 skid. He got two fly ball outs to start, then yielded three consecutive singles, with Corey Dickerson driving in Duffy for Tampa’s third run, signalling the end of Happ’s day. Prior to his recall he sported an ERA of 6.75 while striking out just 10 batters in 10.1-innings of work. It looked like it could be a long night for the fans and the Rays’ bullpen, but once Cobb settled down, he only threw 31 during the final three innings. Barnes came on in relief and pitched 2.1 innings of one-hit relief.
The Jays lost their first three Happ starts against the Rays, including a May 16 outing in which he lasted only two innings and gave up eight earned runs. Forsythe followed with a ground single between short and third.
“The performance was outstanding”, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
DODGERS 7, PADRES 4: Jose De Leon struck out nine while winning his major league debut, and pinch-hitter Yasmani Grandal drove in three runs as Los Angeles rallied to win at home and increase its NL West lead to three games over the Giants.
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After jubilantly claiming two out of three over the threatening Baltimore Orioles, the Toronto Blue Jays (76-59) have slipped right back into neutral.
