and Kansas City’s Salvador Perez for the major league lead. The two-way superstar has only three homers in September, but he is just one behind Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 10, driving a solo shot off Houston’s Cristian Javier 445 feet into the elevated right field stands at the Big A. Ohtani connected for his first homer since Sept. Shohei Ohtani hit his 45th homer in the eighth inning of the Los Angeles Angels’ 10-5 loss to the Houston Astros. The White Sox have lost five of their last seven games. Daz Cameron reached base four times and scored two runs for the Tigers, who have won the first two games of the three-game series. The magic number for the White Sox to clinch the division remained at two games. Akil Baddoo and Victor Reyes drove in two runs apiece. Steven Wright recorded his first career save with a scoreless ninth.The Detroit Tigers have stalled the Chicago White Sox’s drive for the AL Central title with a 5-3 victory.
Tzu-Wei Lin, who entered when MVP candidate Mookie Betts left with a sore left side in the sixth, led off with a double, went to third on Holt's fly out and trotted home on Benintendi's sacrifice fly.īrandon Workman (6-0), the Red Sox's sixth pitcher, earned the win with a hitless eighth. The Red Sox broke the tie in the eighth against Seth Lugo (3-4). Amed Rosario laced an RBI single in the seventh. Wilmer Flores delivered a sacrifice fly in the sixth and Amed Rosario scored on a double by Michael Conforto. The Mets at least spared deGrom another hard-luck loss by rallying for two runs in sixth and the tying run in the seventh.
Brock Holt followed with a two-run homer. The Red Sox actually jumped out to a 3-0 lead against deGrom in the third, when Rafael Devers and Christian Vazquez singled with one out before Mookie Betts hit a sacrifice fly. DeGrom's record remained 8-9 while his major league-leading ERA rose from 1.71 to 1.78. It was the 27th straight start in which he allowed three runs or fewer, extending his own single-season record.
Sale, who is being eased back into action after missing much of the second half with a sore shoulder, allowed one hit and struck out one over three innings as he lowered his ERA to 1.92 in 150 innings.ĭeGrom, who is trying to become the first starting pitcher to win the Cy Young with fewer than 13 wins, allowed three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out 12 over seven innings. 26-29.Ĭy Young Award candidates Chris Sale and Jacob deGrom each pitched up to their credentials in a matchup of marquee starting pitchers, though neither one factored into the decision, The Mets have lost consecutive games for the first time since a three-game skid from Aug.
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Boston will have a chance to clinch the division at the Yankees' expense when the two rivals begin a three-game series in the Bronx on Tuesday afternoon Their magic number for winning the American League East dropped to two thanks to the New York Yankees falling to the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-2. The Red Sox (103-47) won the final two games of the series. BOSTON-Andrew Benintendi lofted the tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning on Sunday afternoon as the Boston Red Sox edged the New York Mets 4-3 in the finale of a three-game series at Fenway Park.
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