BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts doesn’t seem to be badly hurt
http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-jameson-taillon-jersey , so the Red Sox can focus on clinching the AL East at Yankee Stadium for the
second time in three seasons.Betts gave Boston a scare when he injured his left
side making two throws to home plate during a 4-3 win over the New York Mets on
Sunday that cut Boston’s magic number to two for a third straight division
title.“It kind of flared back up on the second throw. It’ll be fine. I’ll be
ready to play Tuesday,” Betts said. “I was just coming out for precautionary
(reasons) just to make sure it didn’t get worse. Everything checked out fine and
I’ll be ready to go.”Boston has an 11½-game lead over the second-place Yankees
and would clinch with one win during a three-game series that opens Tuesday
afternoon.“We’ve been looking at the standings and a lot of people have been
talking about it for a month-and-a-half,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “Now,
it’s right there. If it happens Tuesday, it’s going to be a fun night.”Betts,
hitting .337 with 29 homers and 72 RBIs, caught a fly ball from Jeff McNeil in
the sixth inning and threw home as Austin Jackson held at third. Wilmer Flores
followed with another drive to right, and Betts unsuccessfully threw home as
Jackson scored on the sacrifice fly.Betts went down to one knee, and the
three-time All-Star was stretching his left side and back as a team athletic
trainer and Cora jogged to the outfield. Betts walked off slowly and was
replaced. Cora said Betts will get treatment Monday.Andrew Benintendi hit a
tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning off Seth Lugo (3-4) after a
matchup of Sale and New York’s Jacob deGrom, both Cy Young Award candidates.
Brandon Workman (5-0) pitched a scoreless eighth, and Steven Wright got three
outs for his first big league save.Sale allowed one hit in three scoreless
innings, lowering his AL-best ERA to 1.92 and extending his scoreless streak to
32, the longest in the major leagues this season. He made his second start after
a pair of trips to the disabled list caused by mild left shoulder inflammation
limited him to one appearance nearly six weeks.“I feel a 100 percent and
wouldn’t be going out there if I wasn’t,” Sale said.DeGrom gave up three runs
and five hits over seven innings with 12 strikeouts and one walk, his major
league-leading ERA rising slightly to 1.78. He has gone a major league record 27
straight starts holding opponent to three or fewer runs, according the Elias
Sports Bureau.Boston took a 3-0 lead in the third on Betts’ sacrifice fly and
Brock Holt’s two-run homer. New York closed to 3-2 in the sixth on Flores’
sacrifice fly and a double by Michael Conforto that bounced off the glove of
Tzu-Wei Lin, who replaced Betts.“I knew I had good stuff
Brad Hand Jersey ,” deGrom said. “I made a couple mistakes that inning, just had to turn the page and go out there and try to keep us in the game. We tied it
up and we were in the game the whole way.”Rosario hit a tying single in the
seventh against Joe Kelly.MARQUEE MATCUPSale and deGrom became the first
starting pitchers to face each other with sub-2.00 ERAs and at least 100 innings
since the Mets’ Dwight Gooden (1.74) and the St. Louis Cardinals’ John Tudor
(1.95) on Sept. 11, 1985, according Elias.IF THEY VOTEDCora was impressed with
deGrom.“I know voting is tough and all in that,” he said. “He should win the Cy
Young in the National League.”Sale said: “He’s the best in the league. You saw
it today.”AGAINST THE BESTBoston is 4-0 in games started against NL pitchers
entering with ERAs among the league’s top four, also winning in starts by
Washington’s Max Scherzer, Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola and Atlanta’s Mike
Foltynewicz.TRAINER’S ROOMMets: Jay Bruce was the DH for the second straight
day. Callaway said it was a good way to get him off his feet during an
injury-plagued season in which Bruce has been limited to 82 games.Red Sox: Cora
rested both DH/OF J.D. Martinez and SS Xander Bogaerts. He said that INF Eduardo
Nunez (right knee soreness) likely will be back in the starting lineup
Tuesday.UP NEXTMets: RHP Zack Wheeler (11-7, 3.23 ERA) is set to start Monday’s
opener of a three-game series in Philadelphia. RHP Jake Arrieta (10-9, 3.66) is
slated to pitch for the Phillies.Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (5-7, 4.22) is
scheduled to start against his former team on Tuesday. LHP J.A. Happ (16-6,
3.75) is slated for New York. TORONTO – The Tampa Bay Rays were not about to let
their lead against the Toronto Blue Jays slip away again Friday night.After
blowing an 8-2 ninth-inning lead Thursday night as the Blue Jays scored seven
runs in the bottom of the ninth to win 9-8, the Rays kept adding to their
advantage Friday.As a result, they gained a split in the first two games of the
four-game series at the Rogers Centre with an 11-3 victory with Austin Pruitt
pitching the final three innings to earn the save.Article continues below
...“It’s yesterday, you can’t dwell on the past,” said Rays outfielder Tommy
Pham, who had two RBIs Friday and tripled for the second game in a row as his
team rebounded with 15 hits.The Rays enter Saturday’s action 6 1/2 games behind
the Oakland Athletics in the race for the American League’s second wild-card
spot.The Rays have won six of their past seven games and are 15-4 in
September.“We were able to bounce back today and put up a great game overall,”
said Rays September call-up Austin Meadows
http://www.padresfanproshop.com/authentic-chase-headley-jersey , who had three RBIs Friday.Meadows took over at designated hitter from Ji-Man
Choi in the sixth inning Friday and produced a two-run single. He added two more
hits, including a double and an RBI single.Choi left the game with a sore left
knee and has been listed as day-to-day.Tampa Bay (86-67) will start right-hander
Tyler Glasnow (2-6, 4.22 ERA) Saturday in the third game of the series at the
Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays (70-84) will counter with left-hander Thomas
Pannone (3-1, 3.77).In the first two games of the series, the Rays have employed
openers to go one-plus inning and one inning, respectively, and then have used
what is being called a primary pitcher to go multiple innings. They have used an
“opener” 51 times this season.In the game Saturday, Tampa Bay will use a more
conventional starter in Glasnow, although all of his 34 outings for the
Pittsburgh Pirates this season were in relief, and he has been converted to
starter after his trade to the Rays.In his most recent start, against the Texas
Rangers Monday, which Tampa Bay won 3-0, Glasnow did not allow a hit until Isiah
Kiner-Falefa singled with two outs in the fifth inning. Both hits that he
allowed in six innings were infield singles, and it marked the longest scoreless
outing of his career. He struck out six in recording his first win with the
Rays, and it was his second win this season and fourth of his career.Since he
was acquired as part of the deal that sent Chris Archer to the Pirates, Glasnow
is 1-4 with a 4.06 ERA and 49 strikeouts in nine starts. The deal also included
Meadows.Glasnow started against the Blue Jays Sept. 5, allowing seven runs in
two-thirds of an inning. In his other eight starts
Tyson Ross Jersey , he has allowed one or no runs five times. He has allowed three hits or fewer in six starts with the Rays.He has faced the Blue Jays twice
in his career, both since the trade and both at Rogers Centre, going 0-1 with a
12.71 ERA with his other start lasting five innings.Pannone was acquired last
season in a trade that sent Joe Smith to the Cleveland Indians.In his past two
starts, he is 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA. He is 3-1 with a 4.18 ERA in his four starts
this season. In six games as a reliever with Toronto, he has a 2.45 ERA. In two
appearances against Tampa Bay, both as a reliever, he has an ERA of 6.75 ERA.The
Blue Jays got two home runs from Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who has 11 for the season.
The Blue Jays have a franchise-high 11 players with 10 or more homers this
season.His brother, Yuli, also homered twice for the Houston Astros Friday
night. They are the first brothers to hit multiple home runs on the same
day.“Kendrys Morales told me, ‘Congratulations,'” Gurriel said. “And I just
said, ‘Thank you.’ And I thought it was because I hit two homers, but then he
told me my brother also hit two homers.”
