He delivered. Hazelbaker hit a leadoff homer for the St. Louis Cardinals’ only run Monday night in a 4-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
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There will be no celebration on the Busch Stadium turf for the Cubs, and Addison Russell seemed happy just for the opportunity to clinch the National League Central title perhaps as soon as Thursday night at Wrigley Field.
Hendricks, who barely breaks 90 on pitch-speed meters in an era when 95 is standard issue for pitchers, had his no-hit bid broken up with no one out in the ninth, as if we needed more excitement than just reducing the division-clinching magic number to three. The St. Louis Cardinals offense has been hot the last couple of weeks, and they’ve won seven of their last eight games when scoring more than three runs. NY lost 8-1 at Washington.
RED SOX 12, ORIOLES 2: David Ortiz hit his 536th homer to tie Mickey Mantle for 17th on baseball’s career list, and former Ray David Price allowed just two solo homers as host Boston protected its AL East lead.
At Houston, Jurickson Profar hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth, and the Texas Rangers handed the Astros another hard loss by rallying for a win.
John Axford (6-4) pitched one inning.
DETROIT – Ian Kinsler drove in two runs and Daniel Norris recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts, leading Detroit to a win over Minnesota at Comerica Park.
In Toronto, the Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays cleared the benches and bullpens after the hosts wrapped up a 3-2 win, ending the skirmish without throwing any punches.
Brian Dozier became the first Twins batter with a 40-plus home run season since Harmon Killebrew in 1970.
Kansas City remained four games behind for the second AL wild-card spot.
Left-hander Daniel Coulombe (3-1) struck out five in two flawless innings to pick up the victory. He began the night with a 2.07 ERA, lowest in the majors. The 30-year-old’s days as a starter in 2016 could be over. Sep.
PHILLIES 6, PIRATES 2 Roman Quinn had two hits, two RBI and a stolen base in his second major league game, leading host Philadelphia over Pittsburgh.
Nick Markakis belted a solo homer and Tyler Flower delivered a pair of two-run singles in the Braves’ 12-7 win against the Marlins. The way they reacted to Kyle coming to the plate (in the seventh inning), I’m certain that had he pitched a no-hitter, they really would have given him like a St. Louis reception.
The teams combined for 34 hits.
Reyes threw a 97 miles per hour fastball past Bryant for strike three to keep the score at 2-0. Brian Ellington (2-2) took the loss. Now that we’re pounding out our 21st century game stories on all manner of portable devices, there is a decent chance the bitter foes will clash again in the National League Division Series.
REDS 3, BREWERS 0: Scott Schebler hit a two-run single in a three-run first and four pitchers teamed up for the host Reds’ eighth shutout this year. Diaz started for the first time since July 31, when the All-Star shortstop broke his thumb.
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Martinez is 4-0 with a 1.85 ERA over his last five outings and has recorded six straight quality starts, beginning with his no-decision against the Cubs on August 11.
