The Orioles feel the division will be close for the rest of the season, but a sweep, even a two-game one at home is particularly hard to digest because they have played so well here. With two men on base and two outs, there was a bit of hope that something offensive would happen, but Betts sure answered any prayers from Red Sox Nation with the very next pitch. At 9:20 the game was put into delay and mercifully put out of its misery at about 10:35.
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Dylan Bundy has been a revelation for the most part, but tonight he just did not have it. The Sox have seen some shaky injuries from the pitchers this season, and it would be smart to give the starts a break from time to time. Right now with the bats so hot it could lead to a little more time going to the pitchers in terms of rest or at least the starters going fewer innings in the games.
“I threw some good pitches and they still hit them”, Bundy said. Garcia gave up five runs and seven hits in five innings, including three home runs.
Boston Red Sox’s Mookie Betts, right, comes home to score after he hit a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game as Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters, left, looks on, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, in Baltimore. This time, though, it came noticeably after Bundy had taken a tumble off the mound trying to field a weak ground ball from David Ortiz, bringing out the trainers. Was it because of the ankle?
Colorado’s D.J. LeMahieu had three hits and reached base for the ninth straight plate appearance as the Rockies downed Washington 6-2.
CHICAGO – Jason Hammel threw seven innings of two-hit ball, Anthony Rizzo jumped onto a wall to make a remarkable catch of a foul ball and Chicago beat banged-up Milwaukee to sweep a day-night doubleheader.
Betts has 28 home runs and 87 RBI, both career highs.
Manny Machado in June hit an outside fastball from Price to right field, just around Pesky’s Pole. He would finish the night with a no-decision pitching five innings, giving up three runs on four hits while walking five (one in each inning he pitched) and striking out two.
Brock Holt is 1-for-1. Tyler Wilson came in and closed out the inning. I don’t think so. Sometimes you need all the muscle and everything, but it’s just about connecting and gliding with that baseball.
“I’m going to continue to say I don’t know why”, Betts said. But the skipper said they’ll have a better idea about things on Wednesday.
Betts, who had three homers and eight RBIs on Sunday, again led the Red Sox to victory, hitting a three-run drive in the fifth inning and a tiebreaking two-run shot in the seventh. That aggression was on display in that home-run swing. Stay tuned for a new plaque! More stakes were. Are you tonight is you get to 89 runs batted in and what Joseph an hour talking about during the broadcast tonight move the I said if we showed up in Fort Myers this past Franken I told you there on the sixteenth of August.
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BOSTON: The Red Sox have now won five straight games and are 4-0 in their last four games when they face a right-handed starter. Naturally that resulted in three runs, but luckily for the Orioles, after Bradley hit his double he ran into an out at third. That trend continued as the Red Sox picked up their 6th consecutive victory in a weather shortened 8-1 win at Baltimore. And finally it was called. And it rained. There was thunder and lightning.
