Juan Uribe’s solo homer in the seventh made it 1-1. After Boxberger retired third baseman Juan Uribe on a pop fly, left fielder Michael Conforto doubled to left to drive in Duda and tie the game at 3-3. The Nationals entered the eighth inning of their game against the Rockies with a four-run lead. Sizemore tracked it down, reached over the wall and snagged it to save a run.
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The Mets, who tied it earlier in the ninth on rookie Michael Conforto’s RBI double, have won seven in a row. “No starting pitcher wants to come out of the game”. Sunday’s 5-2 win against Washington marked the second straight outing in which he fanned nine over eight innings. The Mets opened a 2 1/2-game lead on the Nationals, who lost Friday night. “We have been down 3 times within the recreation and by no means gave up”. It was Loney’s fourth this year and 99th in his major league career.
The Pirates loaded the bases with no outs against Jim Johnson (2-4). DeGrom was removed later in the inning, after Asdrubal Cabrera doubled off the right-field fence.
This one would go to extra innings where Jose Bautista blasts one to left and the Blue Jays win 2-1. When the Mets hit at least one homer, they have a 36-18 record. He allowed six hits and four walks while throwing 109 pitches. This is the kind of hitting that is really winning them ball games.
Schwarber, who homered the previous two games, also scored two runs to help put the Cubs 1 1/2 games ahead of San Francisco for the second wild card.
One thing that is making the drop-off in his production look even bigger is the number of great third basemen in the game today. 500 for the first time since the 2008 NL Central championship season.
Dexter Fowler homered and had three of Chicago’s 12 hits. He allowed two runs, six hits and had seven strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings. Ryan Vogelsong (7-8) was the loser.
J.D. Martinez hit his 30th homer for the Tigers.
He gave the Mets a 4-3 lead as the Flores love affair continues. On the road, he’s 0-4 with a 4.34 mark. It was his 13th home run of the season.
The bottom of the ninth wasn’t without its own adventures, though.
Cash ultimately opted for Sizemore, and the decision paid off when Sizemore robbed the Mets of a home run in the sixth inning. On Wednesday, he delivered a three-run blast in Miami that contributed to the team’s 8-6 victory.
Typically, the Rays gameplan is to get as much out of a player’s first contract that they can and then trade him before he can get to free agency or get the draft pick when they sign elsewhere.
“We’ve been battling back nearly every game the past few weeks”. David Peralta drove in Ender Inciarte with a one-out single off Raisel Iglesias (2-4) in the first. Both were game-tying shots, with Murphy’s coming in the eighth inning to tie it at 2. Castillo has hit 12 of his 14 homers this season since being acquired from Seattle on June 3.
Longoria is used to being the team’s go-to person for power, as he could be counted on to hit 20 home runs and drive in 85 runs a season. The blast was only the second surrendered by deGrom over his past five starts.
Longoria’s 11th home run of the season came off Tyler Clippard (1-0). For the third time, the Rays led by one run. The right-hander struck out six and walked one.
Luis Valbuena hit his 21st home run for the Astros.
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Twins 10, Indians 9 – Torii Hunter’s ninth-inning homer gave Minnesota a victory over host Cleveland and ended a five-game losing streak.
