“It was huge. It didn’t go the way I wanted it to, but that’s part of it”. Here Jay Bruce hit a walkoff triple. When these players announced in spring training that they would be retiring after the season, they did so hoping they could avoid questions about when they would hang up the cletes.
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The Red Sox surprised their star slugger by having his 15-year-old daughter, Alex, sing the national anthem before the game, leaving the 40-year-old father fighting back his emotions.
Former Met Daniel Murphy hit a two-run shot off Norris in the first.
But Ortiz grounded into a double play, and Hanley Ramirez struck out to end the game.
Cardinals 12, Braves 7: Here are the real candidates for worst team in baseball. The Orioles are allowing an average of two runs and gave up a season high in a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday while Manny Machado paced the offense by going 4-for-4 with a home run. I want to make sure before we get there, they get comfortable with their tickets and stuff.
Entering Monday’s game, there was no team hotter than the Baltimore Orioles in baseball.
PHILADELPHIA – Alexi Amarista’s safety squeeze in the seventh scored the go-ahead run in Philadelphia’s home opener. He got what the game needs right now, you know what I’m saying? Bryce Harper did Bryce Harper things.
NEW YORK – Giancarlo Stanton’s two-run homer capped a seven-run second inning for Miami, which went on to rout New York. Not hating or anything.
Shockingly short outings from Clay Buchholz (four innings) and Joe Kelly (three) were mollified somewhat by yesterday’s 62⁄3-inning stint by Steven Wright. Price’s issues began in the third inning as Davis drove in a pair of runs on a single and Mark Trumbo belted a three-run homer to right-center. Keuchel walked four in seven innings in the opener against the Yankees too. The lefty struck out eight and walked two. Not triple exciting, but still pretty cool. That had to hurt Twins fans, though not as much as their boys blowing a two-run lead in the ninth.
The Orioles have Yovani Gallardo on the mound to face David Price of the Red Sox.
The Red Sox are now 3-3 on the season, looking up at the undefeated Orioles in the AL East standings. Take your radar gun and dip it in the elephant ear batter. Davis came up and on an 0-1 pitch, rocketed the ball onto the tarp in center for a three-run homer.
Rockies 6, Padres 3: Trevor Story is getting a little ridiculous. “Life is based on different chapters, and I think I’m ready to experience the next one in my life”.
Farrell made a point of saying three times that he loves the way this 2016 team battles back.
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Lewis (1-0) allowed a first-inning run on Nelson Cruz’s two-out RBI double, then retired 13 straight before allowing an infield single to open the sixth when he failed to cover on Leonys Martin’s bouncer to first. Before today, Price had allowed 16 earned runs in 74 innings and Monday he allowed five earned runs in the first three innings. For Trumbo, who is now 8 for 22 with two home runs and seven RBI against Price, it was his first home run and RBI of the season.
