Highlights from Tuesday's MLB games
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[September 21, 2016]
Sept 20 (The Sports Xchange) -
Highlights from Major League Baseball games on Tuesday:
Cardinals 10, Rockies 5
Adam Wainwright, who turned 35 three weeks ago, has shown his age
this season and was not at his best, but more than made up for any
mound shortcomings with his bat.
His career-high four RBI helped the Cardinals beat the Colorado
Rockies 10-5, which tied them with the New York Mets for the top
wild-card spot in the National League.
Wainwright doubled home two runs in the third off Jorge De La Rosa
and singled home two runs in the fifth off Eddie Butler.
Wainwright (12-9) worked 5-1/3 innings, the third time in four
starts he failed to reach the sixth.
Cubs 6, Reds 1
Jon Lester claimed his National League-leading 18th victory as
Chicago beat Cincinnati.
Lester (18-4) allowed one run on six hits while striking out five
and walking none in a seven-inning outing. His 18 wins are the most
since going 19-9 with the Red Sox in 2009.
Anthony Rizzo was 2-for-5 with three RBIs, Kris Bryant added three
hits and Dexter Fowler reached base four times.
Red Sox 5, Orioles 2
David Ortiz got his 36th home run, a three-run shot in the seventh
inning, as the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to six
games.
Boston increased their lead over Baltimore to five games in the
American League East.
Eduardo Rodriguez (3-7) picked up his first win since July 16. He
was charged with two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts over
6-1/3 innings.
Mookie Betts went 3-for-5 with two runs, while Jackie Bradley Jr.
got his 26th homer.
Phillies 7, White Sox 6
Odubel Herrera went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored, two
stolen bases and three RBIs to power Philadelphia over the White
Sox.
Over his last seven games, Herrera is now 15-for-28 (.535) with two
home runs, four doubles and six RBIs.
White Sox starter James Shields lasted 5-1/3 innings before getting
pulled after giving up seven runs (six earned) on nine hits.
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Braves 5, Mets 4
Julio Teheran allowed one run over seven strong innings as the
Braves continued to play spoiler with a 5-4 win over the New York
Mets.
The Braves (60-91) have won the first two games of the three-game
series against the National League wild card-leading Mets (80-71),
who entered Tuesday with a one-game lead over the San Francisco
Giants and St. Louis Cardinals.
Teheran (6-10) allowed just five hits and one walk while striking
out one. He exited with a 5-1 lead after retiring 15 of the final 16
batters he faced following Asdrubal Cabrera's RBI double in the
third.
Indians 2, Royals 1
Brandon Guyer's pinch-hit double with two outs in the bottom of the
ninth inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 2-1 victory over the
Kansas City Royals.
Andrew Miller (9-1) pitched 1-2/3 innings of scoreless relief to get
the win. Brian Flynn (1-2) took the loss.
The win reduced the Indians' magic number for winning the AL Central
Division to six games.
Yankees 5, Rays 3
The New York Yankees got three singles in the seventh inning to tie
the Tampa Bay Rays then a three-run home run from Gary Sanchez to
rally for a 5-3 win.
Tampa Bay had a 2-1 lead in the seventh, thanks to a strong start
from lefty Drew Smyly, who held the Yankees to four hits in six
innings.
Reliever Brad Boxberger then gave up singles to Ronald Torreyes,
Mason Williams and Brett Gardner, the last tying the game at 2-2.
With two outs, Rays pitching coach Jim Hickey visited the mound and
opted to keep Boxberger in and Sanchez crushed the next pitch for a
three-run homer.
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Marlins 1, Nationals 0
Jose Fernandez pitched eight scoreless innings and Giancarlo Stanton
hit a home run as the Miami Marlins defeated the Washington
Nationals.
Fernandez (16-8) struck out 12 and allowed just three hits and no
walks. It was his ninth double-figure strikeout game of the season
as he retired 21 consecutive batters.
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Rangers 5, Angels 4
Nomar Mazara added to his Rookie of the Year candidacy with his 20th
home run to lead Texas past Los Angeles.
Mazara leads all American League rookies in homers, RBIs, hits, runs
and total bases. He's the fourth rookie in Texas franchise history
to hit at least 20 home runs.
Tigers 8, Twins 1
Miguel Cabrera hit his 442nd career home run to back Matt Boyd's
career-high eight innings as the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota
Twins.
Boyd (6-4) gave up just three hits and one walk. He tied a career
high with seven strikeouts.
Cabrera's 34th homer of the season was a two-run liner to left in
the seventh inning to tie him with Dave Kingman for 41st in major
league history. He also passed Joe DiMaggio for 48th all time with
1,538 RBIs.
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Pirates 6, Brewers 3
Josh Bell and Jordy Mercer drove in two runs each and the Pittsburgh
Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers.
Adam Frazier finished with three hits while Andrew McCutchen,
Francisco Cervelli and Mercer recorded two each for the Pirates.
Astros 2, Athletics 1 (10 innings)
Tony Kemp hit a leadoff double in the 10th inning and scored the
go-ahead run on George Springer's single as the Houston Astros
defeated the Oakland A's.
The Astros moved within two games of the second American League
wild-card spot.
Kemp, who had a pinch-hit RBI double in the seventh inning, lined a
double off A's left-hander Sean Doolittle in the 10th, then moved to
second on a sacrifice bunt before Springer grounded a single past a
drawn-in Oakland infield.
Reliever Chris Devenski (4-4) pitched 3-2/3 innings perfect innings
for the win, striking out four.
Giants 2, Dodgers 0
Solo homers by Eduardo Nunez in the fifth and Brandon Belt in the
ninth held up for San Francisco in a 2-0 victory over the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
The Giants (80-71) managed to pull back within five games of the
Dodgers (85-66) in the National League West with 11 games left. The
New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals are also 80-71, leaving them
and the Giants in a three-way tie for the two NL wild-card spots.
The Giants came at a price with pitcher Johnny Cueto (17-5) leaving
the game in the sixth inning with a groin strain, while shortstop
Brandon Crawford exited with a fractured left pinkie finger.
Cueto is listed as day-to-day, while there was no immediate
timetable for Crawford's return.
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Blue Jays 10, Mariners 4
Toronto's J.A. Happ became baseball's second 20-game winner as the
Blue Jays used an eight-run fourth inning to rout Seattle.
Happ (20-4) pitched five innings, allowing two runs and six hits
while striking out eight, and got plenty of support as Toronto piled
up 14 hits including four home runs.
The Blue Jays (83-68) moved into first place in the American League
wild-card standings, one game ahead of Baltimore.
Seattle (79-72) is three games behind the Orioles in the race for
the second spot.
Padres 5, Diamondbacks 2
Adam Rosales drove in four runs with a pair of sacrifice flies and a
tiebreaking, two-run homer in the sixth inning to lead San Diego to
a rain-delayed victory over Arizona.
Paul Goldschmidt had two hits for the Diamondbacks, including a
two-run, sixth-inning homer.
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