It was the 16th long ball of Longoria’s career at Fenway Park. “I was convicted to throwing it, it just leaked back over the middle”.
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A couple years ago, Rick Porcello was a struggling member of the Detroit Tigers whom fans just didn’t want to see pitch anymore. Buchholz was able to get out of the mess with only allowing one run to score by way of a sac fly.
Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes’ walk-off home run was great, but his bat flip was even better. But, I digress. Shreve gets his first major league save in as impressive a fashion as one can imagine and the Yankees, like a vampire that keeps dodging that final stake to the heart, are still a viable playoff team, just three and a half games out of the wild card and six and a half back in the A.L. east. Jacoby Ellsbury had the hit in the top of the tenth that drove in the eventual game-winning run and Dellin Betances got the win with two innings of relief. He had two sacrifice flies Monday night. Erasmo Ramirez pitched a ideal eighth and Alex Colome the ninth for his 29th save in 31 chances. Pinch hitter Sandy Leon looked at three straight strikes to end it with runners on first and second.
The matinee started well as the Rays took an early 4-1 lead.
Sanchez allowed an unearned run and five hits with two strikeouts over six innings.
Pomeranz permitted three runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings. Longoria scored the go-ahead run on a home run, breaking a 3-3 tie, in the Rays’ 4-3 win.
Their offense, leading the majors with 5.4 runs per game this season, slowed down a bit but maintained a seventh-ranked pace of five runs per game in August. Brock Holt stroked a pinch-hit single and Hill came through to right field.
The Red Sox faced off against the Rays in hopes of making some moves. This season, however, Pedroia is not playing with any known aliments or restrictions, and as a result is playing with a conviction that celebrates his health (although he’s really got to stop with the headfirst slides into first).
Betts homered over the Green Monster, hitting a billboard with the ball bouncing onto the field.
NOTES: Pedroia returned to the Boston lineup after missing two games to attend a family funeral.
Boston Red Sox’s Hanley Ramirez, right, is congratulated teammates his solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, in Boston.
The Rays, buried in last in the AL East, have lost three of four.
The Rays open a weekend series with the Blue Jays on Friday.
Jon Gray struck out eight in six scoreless innings to reduce L.A.’s lead in the N.L. West to 11/2 games over the idle Giants. “He jumps on the first pitch”.
Elsewhere, the Cleveland Indians edged the Minnesota Twins 1-0, the Texas Rangers were too good for the Seattle Mariners 6-3, the Washington Nationals blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0, the Colorado Rockies dismantled the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-1 and the Houston Astros cruised past the Oakland Athletics 6-0.
After Boston went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh, the eighth was action-packed.
Machado’s home run was the 100th of his career. and he became the youngest Oriole to reach that mark and 24 years, 55 days.
Pearce homered in his second consecutive game.
Matt Andriese (6-6) took the loss, giving up a season-high seven runs in four-plus innings. J.A. Happ turned in a similar effort for the Blue Jays but also came away with a no-decision.
Lindor’s double off Alex Wimmers (0-1) snapped a 4-4 tie and helped the Indians maintain their lead over second-place Detroit in the AL Central.
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Baltimore wasted several early scoring chances.
