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MLB roundup: Red Sox sink Yanks

[September 17, 2016] The Sports Xchange

EditorsNote: final version MLB roundup: Red Sox sink Yanks

BOSTON -- Hanley Ramirez and Jackie Bradley Jr. homered, Clay Buchholz tossed six innings of two-run ball and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 7-4 Friday night at Fenway Park.

Ramirez's homer was his 26th of the season and Bradley blasted his 25th, giving the Red Sox four players with 25 or more long balls in 2016 (also David Ortiz and Mookie Betts).

Ramirez drove in two runs total while Ortiz, Travis Shaw and Sandy Leon each had an RBI for the Red Sox.

Buchholz allowed seven hits and two walks while striking out a pair and Craig Kimbrel converted a two-out save for his 26th of the year.

Mets 3, Twins 0

NEW YORK -- Ageless right-hander Bartolo Colon picked up a win by throwing seven scoreless innings and Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera provided all the offense he needed with back-to-back homers in the third inning of New York's victory over Minnesota at Citi Field.

The Twins have lost eight of 12 and need to go 8-6 the rest of the way to avoid the franchise's first 100-loss season since 1982.

The 43-year-old Colon allowed three hits and two walks while striking out six in lowering his ERA to 3.14, a mark bettered by only four pitchers age 43 or older -- Cy Young (2.53 in 1910), Jack Quinn (2.90 in 1928), Nolan Ryan (2.91 in 1991) and Phil Niekro (3.09 in 1984).

Orioles 5, Rays 4

BALTIMORE -- Michael Bourn hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning that capped a late rally from an early four-run deficit and gave Baltimore a victory over Tampa Bay.

The Rays used a pair of two-run homers for a 4-0 lead in the second inning but the Orioles bounced back thanks to homers from Pedro Alvarez and Chris Davis.

Cubs 5, Brewers 4 (10 innings)

CHICAGO -- Miguel Montero launched a walk-off solo home run in the 10th inning as Chicago rallied for a victory over Milwaukee.

Montero's blast to left came off Brewers reliever Blaine Boyer for his third career walk-off home run and gave the National League Central champions their seventh walk-off win of the season.

Cubs reliever Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the 10th for the victory while Boyer took the loss after facing just one batter.

Indians 11, Tigers 4

CLEVELAND -- Mike Napoli had a single, double, home run and four RBIs and Corey Kluber won his 17th game as Cleveland beat Detroit at Progressive Field.

In the first game of a three-game series between the top two teams in the American League's Central Division, the Indians improved their season record vs. Detroit to 12-1, outscoring the Tigers 90-40. The first place Indians also extended their division lead over the second place Tigers to seven games.

Kluber pitched seven innings, giving up four runs on five hits with seven strikeouts and three walks.

Rangers 7, Athletics 6

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Jonathan Lucroy's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth lifted Texas over Oakland.

The win dropped the magic number for the Rangers to clinch the American League West title to seven games.

A's reliever Ryan Madson gave up a one-out double to Carlos Beltran and then walked Adrian Beltre. After a strikeout of Rougned Odor and a stolen base by pinch runner Joey Gallo, Lucroy delivered the seventh walk-off win for the Rangers this year.

The rally from a 6-2 deficit took starter Cole Hamels off the hook and gave a win to Sam Dyson, who pitched a scoreless ninth.

White Sox 7, Royals 4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Chris Sale picked up his 16th victory with a complete game and Carlos Sanchez homered for the first time in nearly a year as Chicago beat reeling Kansas City.

Sanchez hit a three-run homer -- his first in 141 at-bats since Sept. 21, 2015 -- in a four-run eighth inning to rally Chicago.

Sale struck out 10, walked one and held Kansas City to four runs (three earned) and eight hits for his big league leading eighth complete-game, throwing 119 pitches. Kelvin Herrera took the loss, giving up the homer to Sanchez.

Nationals 7, Braves 2

ATLANTA -- Washington's Max Scherzer beat Atlanta for the fourth time this season, and rookie Trea Turner had four hits, including a two-run homer.

Scherzer allowed seven hits and two runs over seven innings, keeping his ERA at 2.78. The right-hander struck out eight and walked two, leaving after 104 pitches. His 259 strikeouts lead the majors.

Turner was 4-for-5 with his ninth homer, a double, two stolen bases and four runs scored. The 23-year-old's third four-hit game raised his average to .349 in 58 games.

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Pirates 9, Reds 7 (10 innings)

CINCINNATI -- Jordy Mercer singled with the bases loaded to drive home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and Jung Ho Kang hit a game-tying two-run homer in the seventh, lifting Pittsburgh to a victory over Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park.

Gregory Polanco also homered for Pittsburgh, which has won three of four after losing 12 of 14 to drop out of serious postseason contention.

Antonio Bastardo earned the victory. Tony Watson notched his 13th save.

Phillies 4, Marlins 3 (13 innings)

PHILADELPHIA -- In Philadelphia's longest game this season, pinch-hitter Jimmy Paredes played hero in the 13th inning with an RBI single to deliver a win over Miami.

Miami's Derek Dietrich played spoiler for the home crowd, tying the score at 3 in the top of the eighth with his first career pinch-homer, a shot to right field off Phillies reliever Edubray Ramos.

That undid the sixth-inning momentum of the Phillies, who had gotten some much-needed juice from slugging first baseman Ryan Howard's 22nd home run.

Blue Jays 5, Angels 0

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Troy Tulowitzki and Edwin Encarnacion homered and Toronto beat Los Angeles at Angel Stadium.

The win kept the Blue Jays tied with the Baltimore Orioles for the top wild-card spot and two games back of the American League East-leading Boston Red Sox.

The Angels, last in the AL West, have lost five straight and nine of their last 10 games.

Giants 8, Cardinals 2

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scorinf six unearned runs in the third inning, San Francisco coasted over St. Louis for a second consecutive win in a key four-game series.

Buster Posey ended a 185 at-bat drought with his first home run in two months, helping the Giants open a three-game gap over the Cardinals in the National League wild-card race.

The Giants also were able to keep pace with the Los Angeles Dodgers atop the NL West. The loss dropped the Cardinals two games behind the New York Mets, who currently hold the second wild-card spot in the NL.

Astros 6, Mariners 0

SEATTLE -- Home runs from Evan Gattis and Marwin Gonzalez helped Houston chase Seattle starter Felix Hernandez in the fifth inning on the way to a win.

The Astros remained four games behind co-wild-card leaders Baltimore and Toronto in the American League, while Seattle fell to three games back.

Astros starter Collin McHugh beat the Mariners for the fourth time this season by throwing seven scoreless innings. He allowed just two hits and brought his season ERA against Seattle to 1.36.

Dodgers 3, Diamondbacks 2

PHOENIX -- Los Angeles took advantage of two unearned runs and rode Kenta Maeda's pitching to a victory over Arizona.

Maeda wobbled at times, walking three, including back-to-back free passes in the second but got stronger as the game went on. In five innings, he allowed one run, three hits and struck out six.

Arizona's Jean Segura singled and doubled, and needs 16 hits in the final 15 games to reach 200.

Chase Utley had two of the Dodgers' five hits.

Rockies 8, Padres 7

DENVER -- Pinch-hitter Daniel Descalso singled off the wall in center field with two outs in the ninth inning to give Colorado a win over San Diego.

The walk-off win was the Rockies' second straight at Coors Field and came after a disappointing 2-5 road trip that ended with three straight losses at Arizona.

Padres closer Brandon Maurer came on in the ninth and gave up three runs and five hits. He allowed a one-out double to DJ LeMahieu and a two-out single to Carlos Gonzalez to make it a one-run game.

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