ATLANTA (AP) — Steve Pearce had three hits and three RBIs
Billy Williams Jersey , Rick Porcello allowed two hits in five innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Tuesday night for their
second straight win in a matchup of division leaders.Porcello (16-7) gave up one
run and struck out five, improving to 10-3 on the road this year. He had been
0-2 in his previous three starts overall since an Aug. 14 win at
Philadelphia.Atlanta pitchers walked nine, including five by starter Sean
Newcomb (11-8), who matched his season high. He allowed three runs and four hits
in 4 1/3 innings.The Braves’ lead over second-place Philadelphia in the NL East
was cut to three games.Kurt Suzuki homered for the Braves.BREWERS 11, CUBS
1MILWAUKEE (AP) — Lorenzo Cain reached base five times, Wade Miley pitched six
stingy innings and Milwaukee romped past Chicago to climb within three games of
the NL Central leaders.Miley (3-2) allowed one run and three hits, struck out
five and walked none as Milwaukee won for the fifth time in its last six
meetings with its division rival. The second-place Brewers maintained a 1½-game
lead over St. Louis for the top NL wild card.Mike Montgomery (4-5) struggled
with his control for four innings, and the Brewers had little trouble with a
succession of Cubs relievers.Cain had four walks and a double from the leadoff
spot. Christian Yelich walked and added a two-run double in the seventh.The
first-place Cubs committed two errors. First baseman Anthony Rizzo left the game
with a bruised right foot.YANKEES 5, ATHLETICS 1OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Luke Voit
hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the eighth inning, Adeiny Hechavarria also
went deep and New York beat Oakland.Brett Gardner singled twice and scored a
pair of runs for the Yankees. Aaron Hicks added two RBIs.The Yankees didn’t have
a baserunner until the fifth inning and didn’t get their first hit until the
sixth. But they scored late off the normally reliable A’s bullpen to even a
series between the top two teams in the AL wild-card race.New York increased its
lead over Oakland to 4½ games for the first wild card.Four pitchers combined on
a two-hitter for the Yankees. David Robertson (8-3) retired three batters to
earn the win.Voit connected off Fernando Rodney (4-3) for his seventh home run
in 12 games.Hicks, who drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game in the seventh,
added a two-out RBI single later in the eighth.Hechavarria homered in the
ninth
http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-jon-lester-jersey , his first with the Yankees after being acquired from Pittsburgh last
week.Stephen Piscotty hit his 22nd home run for Oakland.ORIOLES 5, MARINERS
3SEATTLE (AP) — A rough day for the Seattle Mariners that began with a clubhouse
brawl ended with Baltimore rookie Renato Nunez and the Orioles rallying to
win.Mariners shortstop Jean Segura and teammate Dee Gordon tangled, while
catcher Mike Zunino and others tried to break it up. The skirmish occurred four
hours before the game at Safeco Field. Moments after Gordon politely asked
reporters to leave the locker room, the double doors burst open with players
shoving and shouting.The Orioles had 15 hits and scored all five runs in the
final three innings. Nunez had three hits, including a home run off Adam Warren
(2-2) to start a four-run seventh.Mariners starter Wade LeBlanc pitched six
shutout innings, but the Orioles got five hits off three relievers in the
seventh to take a 4-1 lead.Alex Cobb (5-15) gave up a homer to Robinson Cano in
the first before shutting out the Mariners for the next five innings. Mychal
Givens earned his sixth save.DODGERS 11, METS 4LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Freese
hit his first homer with his new club and Rich Hill rebounded from a sluggish
start on the mound as Los Angeles erased an early four-run deficit to defeat New
York.Austin Barnes also homered for the Dodgers, who remained a half-game behind
first-place Colorado in the NL West. The teams meet this weekend for three games
at Coors Field.Jay Bruce and Michael Conforto each hit a two-run homer off Hill
(7-5), who recovered to pitch six innings.The Dodgers broke open the game with
six runs in the seventh. Yasmani Grandal capped the outburst with a two-run
double.Mets starter Jason Vargas (5-9) gave up five runs — four earned — over 3
1/3 innings.CARDINALS 11, NATIONALS 8WASHINGTON (AP) — Yadier Molina hit a grand
slam, Marcell Ozuna homered twice and St. Louis defeated Washington.Molina
provided a cushion for the Cardinals with his sixth career slam, which made it
11-5 in the ninth inning. St. Louis hit five homers overall in stopping a
three-game skid.Right fielder Yairo Munoz robbed Ryan Zimmerman of a three-run
homer in the bottom of the ninth, reaching over the fence and pulling the ball
back into the field of play for a two-run double.Tyson Ross (8-9) pitched 1 1/3
innings for the win and Jordan Hicks got the final out for his sixth save.Ozuna
and Paul DeJong homered back-to-back to start the sixth
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reliever Austen Williams (0-1) gave up all three homers. He allowed none in 68
innings this season in Double-A and Triple-A.The 4-hour, 10-minute game included
16 walks and 20 strikeouts.ROCKIES 6, GIANTS 2DENVER (AP) — Ryan McMahon had a
pinch-hit home run and Carlos Gonzalez tripled with the bases loaded during a
five-run seventh inning that carried Colorado past San Francisco.David Dahl also
homered and Charlie Blackmon had three hits for the Rockies, who lead the NL
West in September or October for the first time since 1995. It was the fourth
straight loss for the Giants, who also have dropped six in a row to
Colorado.Rockies starter German Marquez struck out 11 over 6 2/3 innings. Gorkys
Hernandez snapped a 1-all tie with a home run in the seventh for the
Giants.Chris Rusin (2-2) got the win. Reyes Moronta (5-2) took the
loss.DIAMONDBACKS 6, PADRES 0PHOENIX (AP) — Robbie Ray struck out 10 and pitched
two-hit ball for 6 1/3 innings as Arizona blanked San Diego to end a four-game
losing streak.The Diamondbacks‘ skid had knocked them out of first place in the
NL West.Ray (5-2) got his first win at Chase Field since March 30, his first
game of 2018 — he’d been 0-1 in his previous six starts at home. He won
back-to-back starts for the first time since last September.Joey Lucchesi (7-8)
gave up two runs and three hits in five innings. He’s winless in five career
starts against Arizona.Nick Ahmed hit an RBI triple and scored on Ketel Marte’s
sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead in the second.PHILLIES 9, MARLINS 4MIAMI (AP) —
Carlos Santana homered to start a four-run first inning and Philadelphia snapped
a three-game losing streak by beating Miami.Jake Arrieta (10-9) struck out a
season-high 11 and earned his first win since July 31. He allowed four runs in 7
1/3 innings and improved to 5-1 in eight career starts against the Marlins.The
Phillies moved within three games of first-place Atlanta in the NL East. They
have a chance to win a series for the first time in a month Wednesday.J.T.
Realmuto hit two solo homers off Arrieta, increasing his season total to
20.Asdrubal Cabrera drove in three runs with his 23rd homer and a double for the
Phillies. Santana knocked in two runs and scored twice, and Cesar Hernandez hit
a bases-loaded triple. The Phillies had totaled five runs in their previous four
games.Marlins starter Trevor Richards (3-8) lasted only 1 1/3 innings in his
shortest outing yet. The rookie remained winless since July 14.ASTROS 5, TWINS
2HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Bregman hit three doubles and Yuli Gurriel homered for the
second game in a row
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yielded one run and three hits while fanning eight over seven innings. Roberto
Osuna got his 13th save.Gurriel’s homer capped a four-run first off Trevor May
(3-1).Minnesota designated hitter Miguel Sano was carted off the field in the
second after injuring his surgically repaired left leg sliding into second base.
He was listed as day-to-day.TIGERS 8, WHITE SOX 3CHICAGO (AP) — A fan was hit in
the face by a foul ball and bled profusely before walking to the first aid
station, causing a brief delay during Detroit’s win.The middle-aged male fan was
sitting in the first row on the first base side of Guaranteed Rate Field — well
beyond where the netting extends to end of the dugout — when he was struck by
Jeimer Candelario’s foul leading off the Tigers ninth. The game was held up for
a couple minutes while he was treated, and the man eventually walked away under
his own power, escorted by stadium personnel.Francisco Liriano (4-9) had been
0-8 since late April. Lucas Giolito (10-10) gave up four earned runs in 1 1/3
innings.INDIANS 9, ROYALS 3CLEVELAND (AP) — Mike Clevinger struck out 10,
Francisco Lindor hit another leadoff homer and Cleveland ended a three-game
losing streak.Clevinger (11-7) allowed just three hits in six innings and
remained unbeaten in his last seven starts.Kansas City had its season-high
winning streak stopped at six, and lost starting pitcher Danny Duffy and rookie
right fielder Brett Phillips to injuries.Following the game, Duffy said his
season is over. He’s been sidelined this year with shoulder issues. Phillips
bruised his right shoulder crashed into the wall chasing a flyball.RANGERS 4,
ANGELS 2ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adrian Beltre and Elvis Andrus each hit solo
home runs in the fourth inning to lead Texas.Andrus hit the first pitch of the
fourth against Andrew Heaney (8-9) to tie it at 1. Two batters later, Beltre
went deep for the ninth time this season and 471st time in his career.Shohei
Ohtani hit his 16th homer for Los Angeles, a leadoff shot in the sixth that
chased Texas starter Mike Minor (11-7). It was Ohtani’s first major league homer
off a left-handed pitcher.Jose Leclerc struck out two in a perfect ninth for his
ninth save.RAYS 4
Carlos Zambrano Jersey , BLUE JAYS 0TORONTO (AP) — Ryne Stanek became the first rookie pitcher in 75 years to start consecutive games and combined with
six relievers on a three-hitter as Tampa Bay won its fourth in a row.A night
after throwing one inning and 16 pitches, Stanek worked one inning. He became
first rookie to start back-to-back games since the St. Louis Cardinals’ Red
Munger got one out in a loss to Philadelphia on July 28, 1943, then pitched a
complete-game victory over the Phillies the following day, according to the
Elias Sports Bureau.Hunter Wood (1-1) pitched two hitless innings and Sergio
Romo got his 19th save. Rookie Ryan Borucki (3-4) took the loss.PIRATES 7, REDS
3PITTSBURGH (AP) — Starling Marte hit a two-run homer, Gregory Polanco had a
two-run double and Pittsburgh topped Cincinnati.Joe Musgrove (6-8) took a
shutout into the seventh inning for the Pirates, who improved to 12-4 against
the Reds this season.Scooter Gennett homered twice for Cincinnati. Cody Reed
(0-2) permitted six runs and nine hits in a season-high five innings.The top
four batters in Pittsburgh’s lineup went a combined 8 for 17 and drove in five
runs. Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman trolled Boston Red Sox pitcher
Nathan Eovaldi on Instagram Monday, but the Game 3 starter isn't letting it get
to him."I still have a job to do," Eovaldi said, per Bob Nightengale of USA
Today. "I've got to go out there and pitch my game, and I can't have any
distractions."Bregman created an Instagram story that featured the Astros
hitting back-to-back-to-back home runs against the pitcher earlier this year
when Eovaldi was with the Tampa Bay Rays, although the post has since been
deleted.The pitcher remains focused on the upcoming game
http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-mark-grace-jersey , while Boston manager Alex Cora questioned the need for extra trash talk."If you
need motivation in Game 3 of the ALCS you better check yourself, because you win
three more games, you go to The Show," Cora said. "And that's what should
motivate you. Alex has different ways of motivating himself. And whatever. I'll
leave it at that."The teams have split the first two games of the American
League Championship Series in Boston, and the series will now shift to Houston
for Game 3 Tuesday. Dallas Keuchel will get the ball for the Astros against
Eovaldi, who shut down the New York Yankees with seven innings of one-run ball
the last round.The 28-year-old produced a 3.33 ERA during the regular season
with Boston after just a 4.29 ERA with the Rays.Meanwhile, Bregman will just
hope to see good pitches next game after going 0-for-3 with six walks to start
the series.
