Highlights from MLB games on Thursday
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[September 23, 2016]
Sept 22 (The Sports Xchange) -
Highlights from Major League Baseball games on Thursday:
Red Sox 5, Orioles 3
Andrew Benintendi lined a tiebreaking single in the fifth, Hanley
Ramirez added a solo homer, and David Price threw seven solid
innings as the Boston Red Sox completed a four-game sweep of the
Baltimore Orioles.
The Red Sox (89-64) improved their American League East lead over
the idle Toronto Blue Jays to 5-1/2 games while Baltimore (82-71)
fell seven games back and are in a tight battle with the Detroit
Tigers and Houston Astros for the second AL wild card.
Indians 5, Royals 2
Carlos Santana's three-run home run in the sixth inning broke a tie
and lifted the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Kansas
City Royals.
The Indians reduced their magic number for clinching the American
League Central Division title to four.
Reliever Dan Otero (5-1) pitched two scoreless innings of one-hit
relief with two strikeouts to get the win. Closer Cody Allen pitched
the ninth inning to earn his 29th save.
Tigers 9, Twins 2 (1st game)
Justin Upton hit his 26th home run of the year and Victor Martinez
hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the Detroit Tigers beat
the Minnesota Twins 9-2 in the first game of a doubleheader.
The game was a makeup of Wednesday's rain-shortened game, which was
postponed in the bottom of the third inning. There was no score
before it was called.
Upton's seventh inning homer came off Twins reliever Alex Wimmers
and broke a 1-1 tie. Detroit then scored six runs in the ninth.
Tigers 4, Twins 2 (2nd game)
Justin Verlander pitched six strong innings as the Detroit Tigers
completed a doubleheader of the Minnesota Twins with a 4-2 victory.
The Tigers (82-70) swept the three-game series and thanks to the
Baltimore Orioles getting swept by the Boston Red Sox, they now own
sole possession of the second American League wild-card spot with a
half-game lead on the Orioles.
Toronto (83-69) are 1-1/2 games in front of Detroit.
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Giants 2, Padres 1
Jeff Samardzija threw seven scoreless innings and the San Francisco
Giants scored twice in the eighth to beat the San Diego Padres.
Samardzija (12-10) surrendered four hits and tied a season high with
nine strikeouts with zero walks.
San Francisco kept pace with the New York Mets for the National
League wild-card lead, one-half game ahead of St. Louis.
Angel Pagan and Hunter Pence drove in San Francisco's runs.
Dodgers 7, Rockies 4
Yasmani Grandal homered twice, including a go-ahead grand slam, and
the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 7-4 victory over the Colorado
Rockies.
Grandal ripped a slam in the seventh off reliever Boone Logan (2-4),
who served up four runs and three walks.
Grandal went 4-for-4 with five RBIs as the first-place Dodgers
(87-66) remained five games ahead of the second-place San Francisco
Giants in the National League West.
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Luis Avilan (3-0) pitched a scoreless seventh for the win. Closer
Kenley Jansen struck out two and recorded his 46th save with a
perfect ninth.
The Dodgers' magic number to win the division is four games.
Rays 2, Yankees 0
The Tampa Bay Rays avoided a sweep with a 2-0 win over the New York
Yankees, who are trying to keep their postseason hopes alive in a
wild-card logjam.
Rays rookie Blake Snell (6-8) threw five shutout innings, and former
Yankees pitcher Chase Whitley threw 2-2/3 innings of scoreless
relief.
The Yankees (79-73) went into the game 2-1/2 games behind the
Baltimore Orioles for the second American League wild card.
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Mets 9, Phillies 8 (11 innings)
Asdrubal Cabrera's three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning
Thursday night capped a wild back-and-forth game and lifted the New
York Mets to a dramatic 9-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
The win ensured the Mets remained at least tied for the top National
League wild-card standings.
New York entered Thursday in a three-way tie for the two wild cards
with the San Francisco Giants, who played the San Diego Padres and
the idle St. Louis Cardinals.
Angels 2, Astros 0
Ricky Nolasco worked seven shutout innings and Albert Pujols'
first-inning home run stood as the Los Angeles Angels beat the
Houston Astros.
Nolasco (7-14) produced his third scoreless outing for the Angels
(67-86) since being acquired from the Twins on Aug. 1.
He allowed five hits and one walk with five strikeouts to follow the
six scoreless innings he tossed at the Blue Jays on Saturday.
Pujols blasted his 31st home run off Astros right-hander Mike Fiers
(11-8) with one out in the first inning.
Brewers 3, Pirates 1
Scooter Gennett and Chris Carter homered while Chase Anderson struck
out six as the Milwaukee Brewers avoided a sweep with a 3-1 victory
over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Anderson (9-11) worked into the sixth inning and held the Pirates to
a run on four hits with a walk, with the only run from a solo home
run by Francisco Cervelli in the fifth inning.
Braves 6, Marlins 3
Matt Kemp slugged two home runs and had three RBIs as the Atlanta
Braves won their sixth game in a row, defeating the Miami Marlins.
Kemp, acquired from the San Diego Padres on July 30, leads the
Braves with 33 homers and 104 RBIs.
Atlanta's Freddie Freeman, who drove in two runs, extended his hit
streak to 26 games. It's the longest active hit streak in the majors
and the longest by a Braves player since Dan Uggla had a run of 33
in 2011.
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