San Diego is 57-80 overall, 31-34 at home and 70-63-4 with the over.
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Don Orsillo ready to move on from Red Sox: “It was good to see everybody – Now it’s like another series”: Don Orsillo’s time with the Red Sox came to an unexpected end last summer when NESN elected to replace the well-liked Orsillo with Dave O’Brien, but the broadcaster is adjusting well to his new life in southern California and appreciated the opportunity to see a lot of familiar faces while the team was in town. Boston has their eyes set on the postseason in any capacity but obviously taking down top spot in the division and avoiding a wild card show down would be ideal but they certainly have company with the Jays, Orioles, and even the Yankees still in the fold.
Good luck convincing your friends of that one. Boston is a big time favourite and rightfully so as they should have no issues building on last night’s effort. 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. He will be available on Tuesday, Farrell said. He followed that up with an inning of work in relief of starter Drew Pomeranz Monday, with the Red Sox trailing 2-0 at the time.
Boston’s best chance against Jackson came in the seventh.
Paul Clemens (2-5) took the loss as he failed to complete five innings for the fourth time in eight starts as a Padre.
Young grounded out to third, but was able to push Betts across the plate to break the game open, 5-1. On Sunday against Oakland and on Monday against the Padres, however, the Sox’ bats went cold as they scored just one run in the two outings.
After Sandy Leon singled to lead off the fourth inning, Bradley Jr. sailed his 23rd home run over the right field wall to give the visiting team a 2-0 lead.
NOTES: Boston RHP Koji Uehara, who has been out since July 20 with a right pectoral strain, is OK after his simulated game and could be activated after another session or two, Red Sox manager John Farrell said.
Padres: CF Jon Jay (right forearm) will be added to the roster on Tuesday after playing in three minor league games.
In a matchup of teams fighting for playoff berths as the season passed Labor Day, Masahiro Tanaka (12-4) settled down after a shaky first to win his fifth straight decision. He retired 25 of 26 – the lone baserunner coming on a fourth-inning walk – after giving up Logan Morrison’s three-run homer in the first. Price has a five-start winning streak and has allowed but eight runs in 35 innings over that span. Buchholz re-affirmed the idea that he’s in a place where he can competently replace Steven Wright at the moment.
ROYALS 11, TWINS 5: In Minneapolis, Brian Dozier hit three home runs for Minnesota, but the Royals used homers by Kendrys Morales and Eric Hosmer to get the road win. Through 117 1/3 innings (33 appearances, 17 starts), the veteran right-hander has pitched to a 4.99 ERA and 1.36 WHIP. Sep. In his last 36.2 innings of work, Buchholz has a 3-1 record with a 2.95 ERA. He needed 82 pitches to negotiate the three innings. In the first two games of their current nine game road trip, the Sox scored twenty-seven runs, crossing the plate seemingly at will. Altogether this season, he’s 5-10 with a 5.20 ERA. Young homered in the game.
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With one out, the left-handed-hitting Travis Jankowski dragged his second bunt single off Pomeranz – making the center fielder the only player in the majors with two bunt singles in back-to-back games this season.
