Urias yielded six hits and five runs while failing to get out of the fourth inning. The right-hander surrendered five hits and two walks, and he struck out two while throwing 100 pitches.
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Troy Tulowitzki had a three-run blast, and all four Toronto homers came off Chris Young, who matched Runelvys Hernandez’s unwanted team record by allowing at least one home run in 13 consecutive starts.
Baltimore Orioles’ Manny Machado, right, celebrates his three-run home run with Jonathan Schoop during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, July 5, 2016, in Los Angeles.
Luis Avilan took the mound to start the 10th inning and worked around a walk to put up another zero. I would like to be here for the rest of my career. “When they can lock in on a certain pitch it makes it that much tougher”.
Hitters are capitalizing against Maeda on their third time through the lineup. “In the offseason, we did some mechanical stuff, just some minor stuff that helped in a big way”.
The Orioles lead the majors with 129 home runs; they had 56 in June.
Gausman allowed four runs on eight hits in five innings while Norris gave up three runs on six hits in five innings. However needless to say, there’s a mental edge that’s taken off when you finally win a game to snap a losing streak of five games.
Zach Britton pitched the ninth to earn his AL-leading 24th save in as many chances. Justin Turner lined Despaigne’s next pitch to left field for a sacrifice fly. Howie Kendrick struck out swinging to end the game.
Incidentally, Machado, Brach, Britton, Wieters, and Mark Trumbo were all voted to the American League All-Star team (announced yesterday).
The Orioles once again scored in the third on a pair of singles that put runners on the corners and then a double play off the bat of Manny Machado. He scored on Gonzalez’s single, giving the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.
Later in the afternoon, the Los Angeles Zoo, which has partnered with the Dodgers on pregame flights in the past, tweeted that Chinook had been recovered outside the stadium and was headed home to the zoo. He’s the club’s second rookie shortstop to be selected, joining Bill Grabarkewitz in 1970, and the first shortstop since Rafael Furcal in 2010.
Closer Kenley Jansen joined Seager as a first-time All-Star in his seventh season and is the team’s first reliever to be named since 2010.
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has been cleared to play catch as he rehabilitates from mild disk herniation.
Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton homered twice to match his career high with five RBIs, powering the Marlins to a 5-2 victory that end the New York Mets’ five-game streak. The 23-year-old right-hander made a strong case for it, striking out seven over 2 1/3 innings of relief Wednesday. He was scheduled to be sent down earlier, but several injuries to the rotation forced an extended stay. Roberts indicated it was a normal rest day and Turner should be in the lineup in all their remaining games prior to the All-Star break.
“It was the right thing to do”, Roberts said of Showalter’s magnficent move. Matt Shoemaker (3-9, 4.40) pitches against an Oriole to be determined. Ryan Flaherty’s RBI double in the second left the Orioles training 2-1.
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Norris, a 15-game victor for the Orioles’ division champion team in 2014, struggled mightily past year and was designated for assignment at the trade deadline when the team simply could no longer keep him on the roster. His best year for the O’s was in 2014, when he posted career highs in wins (15) and ERA (3.65).
