The St Louis Cardinals used a four-run second inning to see off the Washington Nationals 9-4, the New York Yankees fell 9-5 to the Tampa Bay Rays, the Oakland Athletics trounced the Detroit Tigers 12-3, the Texas Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 in Yu Darvish’s first game since Tommy John surgery and the Cleveland Indians trumped the Baltimore Orioles 11-4. “I was able to put a good swing on it and the ball was in the gap”.
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Dickey hit Hanley Ramirez with a pitch to force in the tying run and was replaced by Chad Girodo, who walked Jackie Bradley Jr.to bring home Boston’s third run. “At some point, we’re going to struggle offensively. Whatever has to happen we just try to go and do it”, Ross said.
Toronto Blue Jays’ Ezequiel Carrera, bottom, steals second base under Boston Red Sox second base …
Josh Donaldson hit two home runs and drove in five runs Friday night as the Toronto Blue Jays opened a six-game home stand with a 7-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
Kansas City hit back from 7-1 down as Brett Eibner’s single put the finishing touch on an astonishing ninth inning, in which the Royals bludgeoned seven runs to stun the Chicago White Sox and walk away with a narrow 8-7 win.
“He handled it very well”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. The next batter, Shaw, walked to load the bases with one out.
An MRI before Saturday’s game against the Boston Red Sox revealed a low-grade strain, and Tulowitzki will receive treatment on the leg before resuming baseball activities.
Bradley Jr., led off the sixth inning with a double and scored on Shaw’s seventh home run of the season.
Toronto’s R.A. Dickey is still looking for his first home win of the season.
Travis followed with a double that scored Smoak and a wild pitch to pinch-hitter Jimmy Paredes allowed Martin to score. Price has allowed three or fewer runs in seven of his 11 starts, but he has also posted four starts of five or more runs allowed.
Price (7-1, 5.34) began his Red Sox tenure with a 6.75 ERA through seven starts but is 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA over his past three. Before the game, the Blue Jays placed shortstop Troy Tulowitzki on the 15-day disabled list due to a quadriceps strain and activated pitcher Aaron Loup. Wearing a No. 76 “Subbanator” shirt corresponding with his uniform number in the National Hockey League, the former Norris Trophy victor took batting tips from slugger Jose Bautista, although the speed of the ball off his bat was a long way behind the 100 miles per hour slapshots he takes in his day job. 204 this season with eight home runs and 23 RBIs, had sat out two games this week with the injury. Home plate umpire Mike DiMuro left the game in the second inning after he was struck in the face mask by a foul ball. It was Toronto’s eighth home sellout of the season….
Toronto right-hander Gavin Floyd (2-4) walked Blake Swihart with one out in the 11th.
Price’s stay in Toronto was short but highly successful, with the five-time All-Star amassing a 9-1 record and a 2.30 ERA in 11 regular-season starts after being acquired from Detroit in late July to help the Blue Jays end a 22-year postseason drought. But those hopes started to unravel in the eighth, as Martin, Travis and Jose Bautista drove in runs off the bullpen, combined with another on a wild pitch from Junichi Tazawa, and the game was tied.
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In the top of the fourth, Dickey took a line shot off the left foot from Travis Shaw, but walked off the field showing no ill effects. The top hitting team in the AL are the Red Sox, who average 10.5 hits per game. He also played first base for the first time since August of 2014.
