Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila receives a hug from Placido Polanco after Polanco threw out the first pitch before the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Saturday, August 8, 2015, in Detroit.
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2011 – Florida’s Dan Uggla extended his hitting streak to 30 games and Martin Prado hit a go-ahead single in the 11th inning for Atlanta to give the Braves a 4-3 win over the Marlins.
Ian Krol: In the top of the eighth inning, the Tigers were only down one run. Before this year, Napoli was a. 279 hitter in his career against left-handers. Right-hander Justin Verlander (1-5) took the loss for Detroit despite allowing just a pair of unearned runs.
Junichi Tazawa pitched for the first time in almost a week, and the results were similar to his previous outing. 207 with 14 homers and 40 RBIs in 98 games this season. He’ll try to go deeper into the game in his next start at home against the Mariners.
The Rangers have Mitch Moreland and Prince Fielder splitting time at first base and DH, though they’ve been looking for a righty to spell Moreland against lefties. “Today, he got two strikes with Hardy and he battled until he got a pitch he could hit”.
The one run Owens did allow came in the third, when Victor Martinez drove in Rajai Davis after a leadoff walk and Davis’ usual antics on the basepaths left the outfielder at third. There has been a long stretch of games in which his bat path might not be as consistent.
After beginning his career with the Angels, Napoli spent two seasons with the Rangers where he became a huge fan favorite.
In his debut last Tuesday, against the New York Yankees, Owens departed the contest in the sixth with a 2-1 lead. They only scored six runs total in the three games in New York.
Wilson didn’t seem overly concerned when he spoke to reporters after the game.
So that leaves us with Steven Wright’s start on Wednesday night against the Yanks – and that performance amazingly allows Steve Wright to strut for the first time this season. It was his 43 multi-hit game of the season. Hampton’s seventh homer matched the NL mark shared by Don Drysdale (1958, 1965) and Don Newcombe (1955).
Martinez made it 5-2 in the fourth with a two-run homer into the bullpen but Bogaerts restored Kelly’s five-run lead with a sixth-inning double off reliever Buck Farmer.
The 22-year-old shortstop has come through in the clutch when the Red Sox have needed him as he has two walk-off hits, including Friday’s walk-off single against Detroit. J.Martinez doubled to left, Kinsler scored. David Ortiz just missed a solo home run but doubled off the wall to straightaway center to lead off the inning.
With the rating 5-Four and the bases loaded with two outs within the seventh, Hardy changed Detroit starter Alfredo Simon.
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Teheran gave up three runs and six hits with one walk and three strikeouts in 6 2-3 innings. Carlos Santana drew a one-out walk and pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn singled with two outs, but Jerry Sands struck out on three pitches to end the game.
