It’s the only time they’ve done it in their last 100 years.
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“He was just cruising through their lineup.” he said.
Austin Jackson and Mark Trumbo led off with singles. The first two batters of the inning reached on solid singles, with Breslow failing to handle Logan Morrison’s bunt to load the bases with no outs in the inning. Ortiz was then walked intentionally with a runner on second and Rusney Castillo followed with an infield hit. But all the strikeouts in the world do little to cover up two hanging changeups in the first inning that were blasted for back-to-back homers by Robinson Cano and Franklin Gutierrez deep into the stands. The Mariners are five home runs shy of matching their 2014 season total (136), and have 47 games left to play. Rookie first baseman Travis Shaw was 3 for 5 with an RBI.
Suzuki has 2,915 hits in the majors, 38th on the career list, to go with 1,278 hits in nine seasons for the Orix Blue Wave in Japan.
Farrell and Ventura both graduated from Oklahoma State just a few years apart from each other (Farrell left in 1984 after being drafted by the Cleveland Indians while Ventura departed when he was drafted by the White Sox in 1988).
The Mariners, after falling behind 19-2, scored eight runs over the final two innings against three Boston relievers.
Jackie Bradley Jr.is 0-for-2 against Nuno.
Bradley went to third on Brock Holt’s one-out single.
A run scored when Bogaerts grounded out. Third base coach Brian Butterfield had bigger ideas, though. Pinch-running Alejandro De Aza – the only player (a faster player) available on Boston’s bench – seemed like a viable option.
“It’s easy to say at this point we should have pinch-ran for him”, Lovullo said. Hitters have taken hardship getting to Owens and choosing his offers, certainly verifying his keenness to add along at the game’s peak intensity. “I’ll live by what I did today”.
After striking out on an 85-mph slider from Rob Rasmussen, and with the score still tied at 8-8, Ortiz let his frustration show as he snapped his bat over his knee on his way back to the dugout.
“We’re playing hard; we’re playing to win”, center fielder Mookie Betts said. “But Torey has us fighting”. Seeing that Henry Owens started the game for Boston, the team that the Red Sox fielded was among the youngest ever.
Rangers 12, Rays 4: Colby Lewis gave up one run and five hits in six innings to pick up his 13th win, and Texas used a seven-run sixth inning to cruise past Tampa Bay. Hernandez has given up 12-plus hits in a game 10 times, topped by 13 in a September 24, 2008 contest against the Angels.
“It’s been tough. It’s been an emotional 18 hours”, Lovullo said.
Lasting five innings, he surrendered seven runs while it was evident he struggled with command. “Just going to balance it as much as I possibly can”, McClendon said. But, because nothing is never easy for the Mariners, the Red Sox didn’t go away.
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Hernandez (14-7) gave up 11 or more hits for the third time in four starts, as the Mariners’ right-hander was tagged for 12 hits and three homers in his second-shortest outing of the year. It was his first since June 15.
