Red Sox waste Eduardo Rodriguez’s gem, fall to A’s: The more heartbreaking loss was perhaps Sunday’s 1-0 shutout at the hands of Oakland, a game in which Eduardo Rodriguez carried a no hitter two outs into the eighth inning before a replay overturned an out and granted Marcus Semien an infield single. It’s got me kind of skinny. He retired the side in the second and got himself out of another jam in the third.
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Rookie Ryan Schimpf snapped an 0-for-15 skid when he hit a fourth-inning homer, his 17th, to pull the Padres within 3-1.
Bogaerts scored on Ramirez’s line drive to left to make it 4-1.
Opposite fields, same result.
Cosart allowed three runs (two earned on Shaw’s homer), two hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings. Cosart faced Boston in his rookie season with Houston and yielded two runs with five walks over five innings in a no-decision August 7, 2013.WALK-OFFS1.
Before being called up Wednesday from Triple-A Nashville, Cotton went 3-1 with 2.82 ERA in six starts and came within one out of a flawless game on August 9 against Round Rock.
Justin Upton went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs to lead the Tigers.
Chris Young is 1-for-3.
Washington’s Daniel Murphy had a two-run single in the seventh off reliever Ian Krol. Manager John Farrell didn’t use him in a game the Sox led all the way.
Cashner, who was acquired July 28 from the San Diego Padres, pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks. This will be the veteran’s first career appearance against San Diego. Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-run homer off R.A. Dickey and added a third RBI to back up a shaky start but solid recovery by Masahiro Tanaka, who gave up three hits in the first inning but just one run when Jose Bautista was thrown out at the plate on a grounder.
Red Sox: RHP Rick Porcello (19-3, 3.23) opens a three-game series in Toronto on Friday. Shaw replaced Moncada, a prized Cuban prospect, at third base after Moncada struck out seven straight times.
Young’s fourth inning home run did not get more than 20-feet in the air.
Buchholz has never faced the Padres in his 10-year career. For all our sake’s, Red Sox, score some runs!
Betts has 58 multi-hit games – the most by a Red Sox since Dustin Pedroia did it in 2013. Also, since joining the Red Sox, he is just 2-for-24 when getting only one at-bat when playing in a National League park.
Buchholz ended the night with 87 total pitches – 61 of those pitches were strikes.
MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota scored two runs in the seventh inning to steal a victory over Kansas City in the finale of a three-game series at Target Field. He has a 3.00 ERA since the All-Star break.
NY starter Noah Syndergaard (13-8) was wild but effective, walking four and giving up six hits.
Clay Buchholz returned to Boston’s rotation Tuesday night in San Diego and gave the Red Sox playoff hopes a major boost, holding the Padres to one run in 6 2/3 innings as Boston defeated the Padres 5-1 to move into a tie with Toronto for the American League East lead. First pitch is set for 9:10 p.m.
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Red Sox: RHP Steve Wright got a second opinion on his sore right shoulder on Tuesday, which confirmed there was no structural damage and that he is suffering from bursitis.
