Benintendi was the #7 prospect in all of Baseball. “It came back a little toward the plate, and he was able to get the bat on it. Just kind of poked it through”.
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The three home runs by Seattle accounted for the only three costly mistakes Porcello made in an otherwise strong start.
Both Andrew Benintendi and Yoan Moncada were the subject of intense trade speculation prior to the August 1 deadline, reportedly requested by a number of teams including the Chicago White Sox as the Red Sox explored trading for Chicago ace Chris Sale.
SEATTLE: The Mariners have only lost once in Iwakuma’s last six starts, which occurred in his last outing (an ugly loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field). They’ve got a very good offense.
Holt hit a ball up the middle and Shawn O’Malley tried to knock it down, but slowed it up just enough to let Shaw score and give Boston a 3-2 lead.
If they can’t get on a roll, get hot and pile up wins, they’re going to come home from one of these road trips and discover that somebody changed the locks.
Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano hits a a three-run home run against the Boston Red Sox during the eighth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in Seattle.
In Cleveland, Joe Mauer had four hits and four RBIs, Brian Dozier belted a three-run homer for Minnesota. And no matter how confident the manager, coaches and players are about going on a tear one of these days, until they do, a team that walks, swims and squeaks like an average duck is, well, an average duck.
The Mariners got the tying run to third base later in the inning against Brad Ziegler but no farther. “It’s not me. I’ll go back and do whatever it takes to get ready”.
Shaw had led off the top of the 11th with a single to the opposite field and Sandy Leon bunted him over to second, setting up Holt’s RBI single.
This week I will be guiding you through the latest round of prospect call ups, including the much-anticipated call ups of top prospects Andrew Benintendi and Orlando Arcia.
– David Ortiz (1-for-5) singled in the first inning but otherwise was held hitless in his final game in Seattle.
“I was feeling great”.
Cruz belted his 27th homer of the season leading off the second inning, Zunino hit his fifth leading off the sixth and Lind capped the Mariners’ scoring with his 16th of the season with two outs in the seventh.
The Mariners had three hits off Price through seven innings and trailed 4-0.
Shaw opened the second with his 13th homer and the Red Sox added a run in the fifth on consecutive doubles by Bryce Brentz and Mookie Betts.
Lee’s clutch hit ensured Pomeranz wouldn’t earn his first win with Boston, as he exited after six innings with two runs allowed on four hits. Did that get Farrell to pull Price from the game?
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SHORT HOPS: The Mariners fell to 6-7 in extra innings and to 18-21 in one-run games…Boston finished with a 4-3 edge in the season series…Mariners starters have pitched at least six innings in 12 of the last 15 games, but the Mariners are just 8-7 in that span.
