ATLANTA (AP) — Colorado snapped Ronald Acuna Jr.’s home run streak and Atlanta’s five-game winning streak
Carlton Fisk Jersey , rallying for three unearned runs in the ninth inning to beat the Braves 5-3 on Thursday night.David Dahl homered in the third and
capped the winning rally with a two-out, two-run single off Brad Brach (1-3).
The Rockies took advantage of an error by shortstop Danby Swanson leading off
the ninth to win for the fifth time in six games.One night after being plunked
in the left arm by Miami’s Jose Urena, Acuna was back in the lineup looking to
extend his homer streak to six games. Wearing a red protective guard, the
20-year-old slugger received a standing ovation his first time up and lined the
second pitch — one more than he saw the previous game — into center field for a
single, extending his hitting streak to nine games.That was the highlight of his
night. Acuna finished 1 for 4, lining out to right in the eighth in his last
chance to become the first player in Braves franchise history to homer in six
straight games.Seunghwan Oh (5-3) earned the win and Wade Davis worked a
scoreless ninth for his 33rd save.RANGERS 8, ANGELS 6ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
Jurickson Profar started an especially rare triple play and homered to help
Texas rally from an early five-run deficit for a victory over Los
Angeles.Rougned Odor singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth after an out
call that would have ended the inning was reversed. Nomar Mazara went deep in
his return from the disabled list, and Joey Gallo also homered for the
Rangers.Texas turned the sixth triple play in franchise history in the fourth.
With the bases loaded, David Fletcher hit a low liner toward third base that
Profar picked on a short hop. Playing near the bag, Profar stepped on third to
force out Eric Young Jr. and then tagged Taylor Ward, who had stumbled off the
base into foul territory. Profar then threw to Odor, and the second baseman
tagged Kole Calhoun between first and second.It was the majors’ first triple
play without retiring the batter since June 3, 1912, when the Brooklyn Dodgers
turned the trick against the Cincinnati Reds.NATIONALS 5, CARDINALS 4ST. LOUIS
(AP) — Bryce Harper had three hits and drove in three runs, and a beleaguered
bullpen held on as Washington snapped a four-game losing streak.The Nationals
won for just the third time in their last 10 games and snapped the Cardinals‘
season-high, eight-game winning streak.Tanner Roark (8-12) gave up four runs,
three earned, in six innings.A bullpen that had blown two leads to start the
losing streak took care of the rest. Justin Miller pitched two scoreless innings
and Koda Glover earned the save in the first opportunity since Ryan Madson was
placed on the disabled list on Tuesday.Just two of the four runs Luke Weaver
(6-11) allowed in his 3 2/3 innings were earned. He gave up seven hits,
including two to Roark, who scored both times.METS 24, PHILLIES 4
http://www.whitesoxfanproshop.com/authentic-jose-abreu-jersey , 1ST GAMEPHILLIES 9, METS 6, 2ND GAMEPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rhys Hoskins hit a
three-run homer, Scott Kingery had a solo shot and Philadelphia beat New York to
split their doubleheader.In the first game, Jose Bautista hit a grand slam and
had a career-high seven RBIs as the Mets set a franchise record for runs,
prompting the Phillies to use two position players to pitch the final three
innings of a 24-4 rout.The Mets kept on hitting in the nightcap with three
straight doubles on Zach Eflin’s first four pitches. Michael Conforto’s two-run
double made it 2-0.But then Hoskins crushed one high off the foul pole to give
the Phillies a 3-2 lead in the bottom half against Steven Matz (5-10), just
activated from the disabled list. Hoskins, who went deep in both ends of the
twinbill, has 11 of his 25 homers since the All-Star break — and three in the
last four games.In the opener, Corey Oswalt (2-2) allowed four solo homers in
six innings, Amed Rosario hit a leadoff homer and had three RBIs and the Mets
took advantage of four errors to score 11 unearned runs.CUBS 1, PIRATES
0PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jon Lester pitched six innings to win for the first time in
just over a month and Ian Happ homered as Chicago beat Pittsburgh.Lester (13-5)
allowed five hits, struck out eight and had no walks while improving to 3-1
against the Pirates this season. His previous victory came July 15 at San Diego
and he had gone 0-3 with a 10.32 ERA in five starts since the All-Star
break.Steve Cishek, Carl Edwards Jr. and Pedro Strop each pitched one inning to
complete the six-hitter. Strop hit David Freese with a pitch with two outs in
the ninth but converted his 10th save in 13 opportunities.Happ connected with
one out in the fourth inning off Ivan Nova (7-7) for his 13th home run, a drive
deep into the right-center seats that was the game’s only extra-base hit. There
was a fair share of cheers while Happ rounded the bases as he is from suburban
Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania.RAYS 3, YANKEES 1NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie left-hander
Adam Kolarek pitched out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth inning to
lift Tampa Bay over New York to win its first series at Yankee Stadium since
2014.Tampa Bay had lost 12 straight series in the Bronx, a record since the
ballpark opened in 2009.The Rays‘ bullpen mostly cruised following Blake Snell’s
five sharp innings until Sergio Romo allowed consecutive singles to Didi
Gregorius and Gleyber Torres in the ninth — Torres’ bloop ended his 0-for-17
skid. Romo walked Neil Walker on four pitches, then was replaced by Kolarek, a
side-arming lefty who earned his first career save.Tommy Pham helped the Rays
jump on Masahiro Tanaka (9-3) with an RBI double during a two-run first inning,
and Snell (14-5) and the bullpen took over from there.TWINS 15, TIGERS
8MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Logan Forsythe had a career-high five hits and Jorge Polanco
drove in four runs as Minnesota outslugged Detroit.The teams combined for seven
homers
Melky Cabrera Jersey , with Polanco’s three-run shot accounting for one of three by the Twins. Miguel Sano and Ehire Adrianza also went deep for
Minnesota, which broke the game open with a seven-run sixth inning.Forsythe
raised his batting average to .449 (22 for 49) since joining the Twins in a
trade that sent Brian Dozier to the Dodgers.Minnesota chased Tigers lefty
Francisco Liriano (3-8) in the second. A two-run, opposite-field homer by Sano
ended Liriano’s night after he allowed eight runs, four earned.DIAMONDBACKS 5,
PADRES 1SAN DIEGO (AP) — Clay Buchholz pitched a five-hitter, David Peralta hit
a three-run homer and Arizona beat San Diego in the opener of a four-game
series.Buchholz (6-2) allowed a leadoff double to Travis Jankowski but retired
the next 13 batters he faced. Hunter Renfroe homered in the eighth inning before
Buchholz retired the side in the ninth en route to his 10th career complete
game.Buchholz struck out six and did not walk a batter in improving to 3-0 in
three career starts at Petco Park. He has won five of his last six
starts.Peralta belted a 3-0 pitch from Jacob Nix (1-1) into the left-field seats
as part of a five-run first. Alex Avila added a two-run single in the
inning.ROYALS 6, BLUE JAYS 2KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lucas Duda homered, Rosell
Herrera had three hits and Kansas City beat Toronto after a long rain delay to
split their four-game series.Royals relievers Brian Flynn, Kevin McCarthy,
Brandon Maurer and Wily Peralta shut down the Blue Jays on three hits over the
final five innings. Flynn (3-3) picked up the win with a scoreless inning.Kansas
City took the lead with a three-run fourth highlighted by Jorge Bonifacio’s RBI
triple.Toronto starter Sam Gaviglio (2-6) failed to make it through five innings
for the eighth time in his past 13 starts. He allowed five runs and eight hits
in 4 1/3 innings. DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers didn’t solve all their
offensive problems against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.After scoring
eight runs on a 0-6 road trip, the Tigers got three hits against Ervin Santana
and the Minnesota bullpen in their first game back at home.Somehow, they turned
that into enough for a 5-3 victory. Two of the hits were two-run home runs by
Niko Goodrum and Jose Iglesias and the third was a JaCoby Jones triple that led
to Detroit’s first run.“Three hits isn’t ideal, but we got a lot out of them,”
Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said. “We made some great defensive plays and we
got a lot of pitching. We needed this.”It was the second time in franchise
history the Tigers had gotten three or more hits in a game without a single or
double. They beat the Washington Senators 3-1 on May 22, 1971 in a game when
they also had a triple and two homers as their only hits.Detroit only scored
eight runs while being swept in a pair of three-game road series against the
Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels.“We had a day off yesterday, and I
think we were all able to put that road trip behind us,” Goodrum said. “I know I
was able to work with the hitting coaches and make some adjustments that I
needed.”Jordan Zimmermann (5-4) gave up two unearned runs on eight hits in 6 1/3
innings. He struck out one batter and didn’t issue a walk.“I didn’t have my best
stuff, but I felt like I was able to locate all four of my pitches,” he said.
“The fastball was good, the slider was really good, and I yanked a couple
curveballs but also had some good ones. I even played with a baby split that I
threw a few times.”Shane Greene allowed an RBI double to Ehire Adrianza with two
out in the ninth before retiring Joe Mauer for his 24th save.Ervin Santana (0-1)
took the loss in his fourth start of the season. He allowed five runs on three
hits and two walks in six innings, striking out two.“Some of the time you give
up seven hits
http://www.whitesoxfanproshop.com/authentic-jeff-keppinger-jersey , eight hits, even 10 hits and still win the game,” he said. “Sometimes you pitch
good and lose. It’s a weird game. Nothing you can do.”The Twins had scoring
chances in the first two innings but couldn’t take advantage.In the first,
Tigers right fielder Nicholas Castellanos made a lunging grab of Logan
Forsythe’s single down the line, forcing Jorge Polanco to hold at third.In the
next inning, Nick Cave wiped out rounding second on what should have been an
easy triple and Zimmermann escaped the inning. Cave made up for it in the bottom
of the inning, making a running catch of Goodrum’s 419-foot liner to the
center-field wall.“We had baserunners, but we didn’t get the hits we needed to
score,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “I thought Ervin pitched better, but
the two two-run homers were the difference at the end of the day.”The Twins did
take a 1-0 lead in the third. After Polanco’s double in the third, Forsythe
singled off Zimmermann’s glove. Goodrum’s belated throw to first was too high,
allowing the runner to score.Jones led off the bottom of the inning with a
heads-up triple. On an apparent double, he took a long turn and stopped. When
left fielder Eddie Rosario threw behind him, Jones took third and scored the
tying run on Mike Gerber’s sacrifice fly.“I never know what Jonesy is doing out
there,” Gardenhire said with a smile. “We didn’t know where he was going and
neither did they, so he got away with it. He’s always entertaining.”Goodrum
added a two-run homer in the fourth to put the Tigers up 3-1, and Iglesias made
it 5-1 with his own two-run shot in the fifth. Mitch Garver’s sacrifice fly made
it 5-2 in the sixth.TRAINER’S ROOMTwins: RHP Aaron Slegers was removed from his
rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester when he experienced discomfort in his
pitching shoulder. He’s been on the disabled list since July 15 with
inflammation in the shoulder.SANTANA SOUNDS OFFSantana wasn’t pleased with the
front office’s decision to trade closer Fernando Rodney this week.“We are only
10 games out and we have two months to left. It seems like they gave up,” he
said. “We’re not giving up but they did. They take our pieces away and it is
difficult to play without our good pieces.”NEW TIGERS PITCHERThe Tigers signed
free-agent pitcher Zach McAllister to a major-league contract on Friday.
McCallister went 1-2 with a 4.97 ERA in 41 relief outings for the Cleveland
Indians before being released on Aug. 7. McCallister will pitch out of Detroit’s
bullpen. To make room for him on the roster, the Tigers designated Jacob Turner
for assignment.UP NEXTThe teams play the second game of their weekend series on
Saturday, with Detroit’s Francisco Liriano (3-6, 4.37) facing Minnesota’s Kyle
Gibson (5-9, 3.60).
