Still, after Wednesday’s wacky win, and despite getting manhandled in the first two games of the series, Baltimore has a chance to salvage a split on Thursday and pull back within a game of Boston.
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Meanwhile, the Orioles are 8-3 in their last 11 Thursday games and 1-5 in their last six game fours of a series.
“That’s when you know it’s Twilight Zone night”, Showalter said.
MIAMI – Christian Yelich hit a two-out, walk-off double in the 12th inning to lead Miami over Pittsburgh at Marlins Park.
The final Trumbo homer spoiled a spirited Red Sox comeback earlier in the sixth inning when Xander Bogaerts drove home two with a bases-loaded single, and then was followed by David Ortiz’s three-run homer.
Kris Bryant came up next and sent a Urias first pitch to left for his 13th home run of the season and second in two days.
“We’ve got to do some things differently as far as our attack plan from the mound”, Farrell said. “Hopefully, we just continue to swing the bats and the pitching will take care of itself”.
After the Yankees used three home runs to build a 5-2 lead, Baltimore turned it around against Nathan Eovaldi and the NY bullpen.
In the seventh, Robbie Ross (0-1) walked Ryan Flaherty and gave up a single to Pena before retiring the next two batters.
The homer by Bumgarner, a long blast into the left-field seats, was his second of the season and 13th of his career – the most by an active pitcher. Bogaerts went 2 for 5 with a run scored and three RBIs on Thursday.
The Red Sox (32-21) hit five homers after banging out four in Tuesday’s win.
Boston manager John Farrell said his pitchers simply did not make enough good pitches against a team that’s got plenty of power. “Yet, the inability to locate consistently is the difference in the last two ball games, compared to the first two of the series”.
Mychal Givens (4-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the Orioles, who next host the AL East rival Yankees for three games.
Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts are on a tear for the Boston Red Sox in Baltimore.
Orioles: Ubaldo Jimenez (2-6, 6.36) could lose his spot in the rotation if he can’t turn around a skid of three starts in which he’s gone 0-3 with an 11.57 ERA.
Taijuan Walker (2-6) allowed six runs and nine hits in five innings.
The ball squirted through Pedroia’s legs and into right field, letting Chris Davis score and snap an 8-8 tie.
“It’s a function of two just poor pitch selections”, Porcello said. “They say you have to throw it so I guess you have to”. That last one, I’m trying to stay out of a damage situation to throw a fastball down and away and avoid damage and it just sneaked back over the middle. In the first five innings, everything was down. We have got to find ways to navigate innings where we have men on base.
Boston rallied for three runs in the ninth, but Roberto Osuna ultimately preserved the win for Estrada. Garciaparra hit safely in 30 straight in 1997.
CLEVELAND – Cleveland scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning on an RBI triple by Francisco Lindor and a sacrifice fly by Mike Napoli to beat Kansas City at Progressive Field. Ortiz tied the game with a one-out solo homer in the third off Wright, and the right-hander gave up four homers in only two innings.
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Porcello (7-2, 3.68 ERA) was 4-4 entering June last year and fell to 4-9 with a 6.08 ERA by July 1 before ending the year 9-15 with a 4.92 mark.
