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 [August 11, 2023]
Matthew Liberatore showed why he was once ranked among
baseball's top prospects, tossing eight shutout innings in the St.
Louis Cardinals' 5-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday in
St. Petersburg, Fla.
The 23-year-old Liberatore established career highs for innings and
strikeouts in a start (seven) against the team that drafted him in
the first round in 2018.
Andrew Knizner hit a two-run home run and Tommy Edman added a solo
shot for the Cardinals, who took two of three in the series.
The Rays got on the board in the ninth on Wander Franco's two-out,
RBI triple off JoJo Romero. Franco scored Tampa Bay's second run on
a wild pitch.
Orioles 5, Astros 4
Adley Rutschman and Ryan Mountcastle each had a home run and two
RBIs to lead Baltimore over visiting Houston.
Rutschman and James McCann had two hits apiece as the Orioles
salvaged the finale of the three-game series and extended their
streak to 76 straight series without getting swept. Dean Kremer
(11-4) pitched seven solid innings for his first victory since July
14.
Jose Altuve homered among four hits and Yainer Diaz also went deep
for the Astros. Starter Hunter Brown allowed five runs and eight
hits over six-plus innings. He struck out seven and walked none.
Phillies 6, Nationals 2
Trea Turner, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto each hit a two-run
home run to lift host Philadelphia Phillies past Washington.
Realmuto had two hits and two walks. The Phillies drew nine walks
overall as they took three of four in the series. Starter Aaron Nola
tossed five innings and allowed five hits and one run along with six
strikeouts and one walk.
Ildemaro Vargas hit two doubles and knocked in two runs for the
Nationals. Starter Patrick Corbin allowed one hit and one unearned
run with seven walks and two strikeouts in five-plus innings.
Pirates 7, Braves 5
Ke'Bryan Hayes drove in three runs and Liover Peguero added two RBI
singles as Pittsburgh posted a victory over visiting Atlanta to
record a split of their four-game series.
Thomas Hatch (1-0), who made his Pirates debut in relief of Bailey
Falter, scattered two hits in four scoreless innings to pick up the
win. Falter surrendered four runs on eight hits in four innings.
Colin Holderman allowed a run in the ninth before securing his
second career save.
Atlanta's Matt Olson hit his 40th homer and Orlando
Arcia also went deep. Marcell Ozuna hit an RBI double and Austin
Riley and Ronald Acuna Jr. added run-scoring singles for the Braves,
who squandered a four-run lead for the second straight game.
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Aug 10, 2023; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
USA; Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes (13) celebrates
in the dugout after scoring a run against the Atlanta Braves during
the seventh inning at PNC Park. Pittsburgh won 7-5. Mandatory
Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Guardians 4, Blue Jays 3
Cleveland warded off a seventh-inning rally to back 5 2/3 strong
innings from Noah Syndergaard en route to a victory over visiting
Toronto.
Brayan Rocchio ripped a pair of RBI doubles for the
Guardians, who were able to salvage a split of the four-game series.
Syndergaard (2-5) allowed one run on six hits while walking two and
striking out five to earn his first victory as a member of the
Guardians.
George Springer doubled and singled and Merrifield also finished
with a pair of hits for the Blue Jays, who lost for just the second
time in their last seven games.
Tigers 3, Twins 0
Reese Olson recorded his second career win after tossing six strong
innings, lifting Detroit to a shutout victory over visiting
Minnesota.
Riley Greene hit a solo home run and Zach McKinstry had a two-run
double to pace the Tigers to their third straight win. Olson (2-5)
gave up two hits and walked three batters while recording eight
strikeouts.
The American League Central-leading Twins were limited to two hits.
Minnesota starter Kenta Maeda (3-7) gave up just three hits in six
innings, but one of them was Greene's homer.
Red Sox 2, Royals 0
James Paxton tossed 5 1/3 innings and combined with four Boston
relievers to blank visiting Kansas City.
Paxton (7-3) allowed six hits, struck out six and didn't walk a
batter. Relievers John Schreiber, Josh Winckowski, Chris Martin and
Kenley Jansen helped preserve the shutout. Alex Verdugo (sacrifice
fly) and Adam Duvall (double) had the game's only RBIs.
Maikel Garcia had two hits for the Royals. His single in the first
inning extended his hitting streak to 14 games. The Royals had one
hit in each of the first seven innings -- and seven hits in the game
-- but were 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
--Field Level Media
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