Colby Rasmus is leaving the Baltimore Orioles after struggling to play through a left hip injury for two seasons.
Baltimore placed the outfielder on the restricted list after he told the club Tuesday he was leaving. Rasmus informed manager Buck Showalter of his decision
prior to a game against the Phillies.
”Colby talked to me this afternoon and said he made the decision to go home and discontinue
playing
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him the privacy he’s due, and hope everything is for the best. Wish him well,
and we’ll see what the future brings.”
Rasmus was hitting .133 with one homer in 18 games this season after signing a one-year, $3 million deal in the offseason. A 2005 first-round pick of the
Cardinals, Rasmus left Tampa Bay in midseason last year after dealing with
similar hip problems.
He hit his only homer on June 21 on the same day he was activated from the 60-day DL with a left hip flexor strain, but he was hitless in his last 11
at-bats.
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straight loss.
Playing their 3,000th game under manager Mike Scioscia, the Angels trailed 2-1 before using three hits, three walks and a hit batter to take control
against the free-falling Orioles.
After Mychal Givens (0-6) issued a pair of one-out walks, Pujols tied it with his 632nd career double, tying David Ortiz for 10th place on the all-time list.
An intentional walk followed, and the go-ahead run scored when Chris Young hit
into a force play at third base.
Tanner Scott hit Martin Maldonado with a pitch to force in a run, and David Fletcher capped the uprising with a two-run single.
The major league-worst Orioles have five losing streaks of at least six games
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Justin Anderson (2-2) pitched 1 1/3 innings to earn the win.
REDS 12, BREWERS 3
CINCINNATI (AP) – Reliever Michael Lorenzen hit the second grand slam by a Reds pitcher in a week, and Cincinnati snapped a seven game losing streak.
Lorenzen’s pinch-hit grand slam off Jacob Barnes in the seventh inning completed an eight-run rally – Cincinnati’s biggest of the season. Lorenzen’s
fifth career homer drew a curtain call from the crowd of 24,640.
The reliever has homered in his last three at-bats. He also connected Friday during Milwaukee’s 8-2 win.
Tyler Mahle struck out a career-high 12 batters in 5 2/3 innings, three shy of the Reds’ rookie record. David Hernandez (3-0) pitched the top of the
seventh.
The Reds fanned 18 batters, a club record for a nine-inning game.
Mike Zagurski (0-1) took the loss in his first major league appearance since 2013.
Eric Thames hit his 14th home run in 22 career games against Cincinnati.
BRAVES 11, CARDINALS 4
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Nick Markakis hit a grand slam, Max Fried took a shutout into the seventh inning and Atlanta beat St. Louis.
The Braves have won the first two games of the three-game set. The Cardinals have dropped three in a row.
Fried (1-2) stymied the Cardinals on 101 pitches before being pulled with two outs in the seventh. Recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett to start the game, he
struck out 11, allowed four singles and walked three.
Luke Weaver (4-7) went 4 2/3 innings, giving up 10 runs on eight hits, walking two and striking out five. He gave up homers to Markakis in his final
inning and a two-run shot to Ronald Acuna Jr. in the second.
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