He finished hitting.282 with four home runs, 34 RBI’s, 15 stolen bases and had an OPS of.753 in 100 games this season for the Memphis Cardinals in Triple-A. The right-hander beat the White Sox twice in June but will likely be on a pitch count his first time back.
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After being named the National League (NL) Player of the Month, Nationals slugger Daniel Murphy hit his 21st homer of the season in an 8-3 win over the Diamondbacks. James McCann was slated to lead off the inning for the Tigers, and yet- there it was, the walk up music fans hadn’t heard in nearly two months.
Closer David Robertson, who gave up three solo homers the last time he faced Detroit, collected his 26th save with a scoreless ninth.
Saltalamacchia said Zimmermann’s issue was noticed while warming up in the bullpen before the game and he promptly drilled Chicago leadoff hitter Tim Anderson with a pitch to start the game. He allowed six runs on six hits in 1-2/3 innings. He had been out with a right neck strain. Ian Kinsler and Miguel Cabrera homered for the Tigers.
Zimmermann gave up his second home run of the inning, a two-run shot to left by Abreu. By snapping their three-game losing streak, they also ended the Tigers’ eight-game winning streak. On the season, Fulmer is 9-2 with an ERA of 2.50. The setback also snapped the Twins’ four-game winning streak.
Just two days after newly acquired rookie Charlie Tilson was injured and ruled out for the season, the Sox can’t afford another long-term injury. But overall he has down an excellent job of preventing home runs, and his 0.85 home runs allowed per nine innings ranks top 20 among all qualified starters.
Cleveland reliever Dan Otero (3-1) picked up the win. St. Louis which collected five hits, now trails the first-place Chicago Cubs by 9 1/2 games in the National League Central standings. Jonathan Lucroy homered in the second inning, Carlos Beltran singled in a run in the fifth and Jeremy Jeffress pitched a scoreless seventh. He pitched six innings, giving up three hits and two runs while walking six and striking out seven.
The trade deadline is now part of the past without the Tigers partaking in any of the action.
Trout and Pujols each had three hits, and Andrelton Simmons two for the Angels.
Teixeira gave the Yankees the lead for good when he homered off Steven Matz (8-8) with two outs in the second.
“It would be a little bit of a gut punch, but I don’t think it would knock us to the mat”, said Ausmus, whose team opens a three-game series with the New York Mets on Friday.
Bartolo Colon (10-6) reached double-digit wins for the 13th time in his career. Ramon Cabrera drove in three runs, and Eugenio Suarez knocked in a pair.
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Dexter Fowler hit a sacrifice fly to right-center to score Montero.
