James Karinchak squandered a 3-2 lead in the eighth inning, opening the door for the Oakland A’s to take the lead against Nick Wittgren in the tenth inning. Elvis Andrus scored the go-ahead run on a Jed Lowrie RBI double, sending the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-3 loss https://www.clevelandfanshop.com/108-Indians_Roger_Dorn_Jersey.Clinging to a 3-2 lead, Cleveland sent Karinchak to the mound in the eighth, at which point he allowed a one-out single to Starling Marte. Marte stole second, advanced to third on a Matt Olson single, and scored on an RBI groundout from Jed Lowrie.In the top of the tenth, with Andrus standing on second base to start the inning, Wittgren retired the first two batters he faced before intentionally walking Olson and giving up an RBI double off the wall in left field to Lowrie, plating the go-ahead run.Amed Rosario lined out on a 108.2 mph screamer to the third baseman to start the bottom of the tenth inning for Cleveland. Jose Ramirez grounded out to third and Bradley Zimmer struck out on three pitches, leaving Myles Straw stranded at second base.Triston McKenzie did his part to keep the Guardians in the game, delivering another solid start for Cleveland. He ran into some trouble in the top of the second inning, allowing back-to-back doubles to Josh Harrison and Sean Murphy to tie the score at 1-1 https://www.clevelandfanshop.com/152-Indians_Bryan_Shaw_Jersey. But he was able to hold serve for the next four frames once the Guardians took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the second inning. His only other blemish was a solo home run to Seth Brown in the fourth inning. McKenzie surrendered four hits, one walk, and two earned runs over six innings, racking up five punch-outs.Oakland A’s starting pitcher Sean Manaea had his worst start of the season. Cleveland was off to the races in the first inning literally, in Amed Rosario’s case. He beat Manaea to first base for a one-out infield single, eventually coming around to score on a Harold Ramirez RBI single.The Guardians had Manaea on the ropes to start the second inning, with Owen Miller singling down the first base line and Austin Hedges drawing a walk to put runners on first and second with no outs. Ernie Clement’s 10-pitch at-bat pushed Manaea’s pitch count to 59 pitches but ended up in a double play that wiped Miller and Hedges off the board. Fortunately, two outs were not enough to deter Myles Straw, who lined a double down the third base line to score Clement from the first and re-claim the lead, 2-1. Amed Rosario tacked on another run by squeezing a sharp grounder past third baseman Matt Chapman, allowing Straw to touch home.Manaea then walked Jose Ramirez and got the hook from Oakland manager Bob Melvin. His night ended after 1.2 innings, having allowed five hits, three walks, and three earned runs. Manaea’s command simply wasn’t there, as only 56% of his 69 pitches went for strikes. The Guardians put together a number of good at-bats, pushing Manaea to seven three-ball counts.Unfortunately, Cleveland’s bats went cold against the A’s bullpen Josh Naylor Jersey. Until Franmil Reyes drew a one-out walk with familiar foe Sergio Romo on the mound in the eighth inning, the Guardians had only reached base once since Manaea was pulled from the game. Bradley Zimmer took over for Reyes on the basepaths and stole second before Harold Ramirez reached on a walk Triston McKenzie Jersey. Oscar Mercado, who is riding a 1-for-18 streak at the plate, lined into a double play to end the inning.The Guardians had another scoring opportunity in the ninth inning after Owen Miller drew a four-pitch walk. But Austin Hedges bunted him over to second, Andres Gimenez grounded out to advance Miller to third, and Myles Straw popped out to leave him stranded.

After homering earlier on Friday night, Giancarlo Stanton singled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning, giving the Yankees a 4-3 walk-off win. The Bombers got another good start from Néstor Cortes Jr. and overcame an extra-inning deficit for their second victory in a row.If you like quick, fast-paced play, the first three and a half innings were for you. Working quickly, Cortes cruised through his first four innings, surrendering only two singles and a walk while striking out six batters. Unfortunately, Baltimore starting pitcher John Means was just as good, if not better. Also pitching like he had late dinner reservations, Means retired 12 of the first 13 Yankees he faced, allowing only a walk to the second batter he faced, Joey Gallo.The volume ratcheted up pretty quickly, however, with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Means threw an 83-mph changeup down and away in the zone to Stanton – which is to say, a pretty good pitch. So good in fact Connor Cannon Jersey, that he was out in front of it and got the ball a little off the end of the bat. This means, if you’re Giancarlo Stanton, the ball only goes 424 feet over the left-center-field wall:When it landed, the Yankees had themselves a 1-0 lead.After Cortes put another goose egg on the board https://www.newyorkystore.com/116-Yankees_Anthony_Rizzo_Jersey, Means decided to do the Yankees a favor: with one out, he issued a walk to number eight batter Rougned Odor, he of the 90 OPS+. Yankees catcher Gary Sánchez followed with a bloop single into center field, 68.5 mph off the bat that will certainly look like a line drive in the box score. Regardless of how it was hit, Odor advanced to third and scored shortly thereafter on a sacrifice fly from DJ LeMahieu. When the fifth inning ended, the Yankees had a 2-0 lead.Cortes dug himself a little bit of a hole by walking Ryan Mountcastle, the leadoff batter in the top of the sixth inning. Fortunately, Cortes induced a 4-6-3 ground ball double play from the next batter, Austin Hays. The double play featured a nice turn and perfect footwork from a fresh-off-the-IL Gleyber Torres at the second base bag to put two outs on the board.The double play turned out to be timely as well, as Trey Mancini followed with a moon shot into the left-field stands for a solo home run. That ended the night for Cortes, but once again, he gave the Yankees another good start with a final line of 5.2 innings pitched with seven strikeouts and only the one earned run. Jonathan Loáisiga came on in relief and ended the inning by striking out Orioles’ third baseman Ramón Urías.It didn’t go as well for Loáisiga in the top of the seventh, though. Former Yankees prospect Jorge Mateo hit a 359-foot drive down the left-field line off a Loáisiga changeup https://www.newyorkystore.com/17-Yankees_T_shirts. It was the first long ball allowed by the bullpen ace since May 7th. When it landed in the seats, the game was tied at two runs apiece, heading into the seventh-inning stretch. The game remained knotted at 2-2 through nine as Chad Green, Aroldis Chapman, and the various anonymous Orioles relievers exchanged zeroes. With the “ghost runner” in play in extras though, it wouldn’t be tied for much longer. Baltimore right fielder Ryan Mountcastle struck a one-out single into left field off Wandy Peralta, scoring pinch-runner Ryan McKenna and giving the Orioles a 3-2 lead.The Yankees, who if nothing else love their drama, came right back in their half of the 10th. A LeMahieu single to right field scored another pinch-running ghost runner Tyler Wade to tie the score at three runs apiece. DJ’s hit was right to Santander, who fielded it cleanly and unleashed a good throw, but Wade just outran the baseball and came up with a slick slide to boot:Apparently deciding that there had been enough drama, the Yankees ended it quickly in the bottom of the 11th after a relatively clean frame from Clay Holmes. Leading off against O’s reliever Dillon Tate, Stanton delivered a single up the middle to score Aaron Judge, giving the Yankees a 4-3 victory:It wasn’t the tidiest W, but it’s a W nonetheless. The walk-off hit from Stanton marked the second win in a row for the Yankees and gave them a little more space in the Wild Card race between them and the Oakland A’s, who lost earlier in a bullpen collapse against the Blue Jays https://www.newyorkystore.com/8-Yankees_Don_Mattingly_Jersey. Boston beat Cleveland and Tampa Bay took down Minnesota to each hold serve.Jordan Montgomery gets the ball tomorrow against Chris Ellis as the Yankees go for their third in a row. First pitch is at 1:05pm ET in the Bronx.

Tonight, the South side of Chicago belonged to Lance McCullers Jr. Despite giving up two hits early in the first inning Lance McCullers Jr. righted the ship quicklly, striking out 10 White Sox over 7 innings with just 94 pitches. Despite the early blemishes, Lance never seemed fazed by the White Sox and just kept throwing darts and striking guys out Yuli Gurriel Jersey. The Astros offense took care of business in the way of home runs, errant throws and timely hitting. Yuli Gurriel led off the Astros scoring attack with a double in the top of the 3rd, to make it 2-1 Astros, scoring Jose Altuve and Martin Maldonado. According to the ATT Sportsnet, Gurriel’s slash line this year is .316/.380/.477, which is a major improvement from his first 5 seasons with the ball club , It’s amazing to me why this guy wasn’t an All Star for us this year with the season he’s having. Houston’s favorite uncle Michael Brantley homered in the fifth inning to make it 3-1 Astros and the route was officially on. Kyle Tucker contributed with a single in the 7th and Myles Straw doubled down the right field line with the bases loaded to make it 7-1 Astros.In the postgame press conference, manager Dusty Baker was impressed with Lance’s performance on the mound Dusty Baker on Lance McCullers Jr: "He was nasty tonight. That’s one of the best games I’ve seen him pitch as far as command and control and just using all his pitches.”— Chandler Rome July 17 https://www.houstonstoreonline.com/84-Astros_Randy_Johnson_Jersey, 2021The Astros face the White Sox again tomorrow at 6:15 CT on Fox. The pitching matchup will be Jake Odorizzi for the Astros and Lucas Giolito for the White Sox.

An early moonshot homer from Paul Goldschmidt and a subsequent solo bonk from Harrison Bader had Wade Miley and the Cincinnati Reds in another early hole in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals. And while the Reds managed to muster some offense to make this one an entertaining watch, it was Goldschmidt who kept fending off the Reds with hammers.His 2-run blast off Miley in the Top of the 4th - a 441 foot blast after his 439 foot one to start the game - put the Reds back on the frowning side of the scoreboard at 5-4, erasing the hard work by Miley himself and Joey Votto . Miley simply wasn’t fooling much of anyone on the day, really, as he yielded those 5 ER and 12 soggy hits in just 4 IP, an impressive amount of dodging more trouble now that I look at that staggering number of baserunners. A little poor luck here, a little frustration against LHP there, and the Reds limped to yet another loss in a game that would Luis Castillo Jersey, on paper, be categorized as ‘big.’ They now sit just 1.5 games ahead of St. Louis in the standings and are a half-game behind San Diego in the Wild Card race, with the Pads set to play the Arizona Diamondbacks later this afternoon Rob Dibble Jersey.Tony GraphaninoSource: FanGraphsThe Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the GameIt was a soggy day for Miley, yet the offense swung mostly soggy bats, too. Votto’s double was the loudest hit of the day, while Miley’s was more of the slappy kind.I dunno. Lucas Sims and Tony Santillan each fired scoreless IP of relief, respectively, with 2 K apiece. They should probably share this.Other NotesDelino DeShields, Jr. made his Reds debut in this one, pinch-running for Eugenio Suarez in the Bottom of the 6th and staying in to play CF afterwards. DeShields joined Alejo Lopez as September call-ups for the Reds roster https://www.cincinnatistoreonline.com/17-Reds_Amir_Garrett_Jersey, while reliever RJ Alaniz was added as the 29th man on the roster for the doubleheader slate.Oh yeah - Geno made an appearance and poked a bloop double down the RF line, too. Remember him?This was the first of two these clubs will play today, with the back-half of the doubleheader prompted by yesterday’s rainout set to begin at 6:40 PM ET. Lefty JA Happ will toe the rubber for St. Louis in that one opposite Cincinnati starter Sonny Gray.

For the first time this season, the Colorado Rockies have been swept at home. In what was initially a pitchers dual through the first five innings, turned into another scoring fest in the late innings. The Rockies carried a one run lead into the ninth inning but still new to being a closer, Carlos Estévez could not slam the door shut and instead was responsible for the four total runs given up in the ninth. His fifth blown save of the season.The loss drops the Rockies to 63-77 overall and 45-27 at home. Meanwhile with the sweep, the Giants are now the first team in the major leagues to reach 90 wins https://www.coloradofanstore.com/87-Rockies_Matt_Adams_Jersey. Jon Gray limits the Giants through 5, drives in a runFresh off the injured list, Jon Gray came out and showed no rust at all. He breezed through his first five innings while striking out eight Giants hitters and holding them to just two hits at that point. Fatigue may have finally set in the sixth inning as he gave up three consecutive hits, one being a three run blast that forced Gray out of the game. Overall, a solid outing coming off the IL for the upcoming free agent. Jon Gray's 8 strikeouts RoxGifsVids September 8, 2021Gray also helped his team with the bat! The 29-year-old veteran came up to the plate with one out and Elias Díaz at third https://www.coloradofanstore.com/32-Rockies_Garrett_Hampson_Jersey. Gray, who came into today hitting just 4-for-39 , came up huge with a base hit through the left side of the infield that was playing up to score the game’s first run. It’s Gray’s third RBI of the season and the 13th of his career. Trevor Story 2-out RBI doubleAfter scoring their second run on a Charlie Blackmon fielder’s choice in the fifth inning, the Rockies had another opportunity to pour runs on the Giants with Trevor Story coming up to bat. Story, who came into today hitting .313 with three home runs and seven RBI’s in his last nine games, came through again with runners on the corners. Trevor Story's 32nd double of the season scores Raimel Tapia RoxGifsVids September 8, 2021The ball did come off the glove of LaMonte Wade Jr. but the official scorer ruled it a double. Regardless, the play scored the Rockies their third run and put them comfortably up 3-0 after five. Until... Crawford, the Rockies killer Brandon Crawford has been torturing the Rockies for about his entire career. Coming into today, he had 22 career home runs against the Rockies, the most against any team in the majors. When Crawford came up to bat in the sixth inning with two runners on, he tied the game up with one swing and added on to his career totals. Tied it up with No. 20 SFGiants September 8, 2021As the tweet says, it was Brandon Crawford’s 20th home run of the season. He is now just one shy of tying his career high in a season. Díaz gives Colorado a one run leadElias Díaz has cooled off a bit after tearing through the majority of the second half of the season C.J. Cron Jersey, but today he was back in similar form. He finished the game 3-for-4 with two doubles and a solo home run blast to left field in the bottom of the sixth inning that initially put the Rockies up by a run. It was Díaz’s 16th home run of the season which adds on to what has already been a career year with the long ball.Díaz Dinger! RoxGifsVids September 8, 2021Giants come from behind to winWith Daniel Bard out of the closer role indefinitely, Carlos Estévez came into the ninth inning with a one run lead to shut the door on the Giants. That was exactly what did NOT happen https://www.coloradofanstore.com/46-Rockies_Phillip_Diehl_Jersey. The sirens were beginning to go off after Estévez walked the leadoff batter Buster Posey on four straight pitches. Thairo Estrada came off the bench and knocked in a single just past the glove of Ryan McMahon. Then on what is probably the strangest defensive play in Brendan Rodgers’ young career, he fielded a ground ball from a slow Brandon Belt but got up and did not attempt a throw to first base. That decision loaded the bases with ZERO outs and a clutch young hitter in LaMonte Wade Jr. coming up to bat. Wade Jr. knocked in a pair of runs on a simple single to right field, giving the Giants the lead and giving Estévez his fifth blown save of the season. An absolutely brutal way to hand the brooms over to your division rival at home.Late Afternoon LaMonte SFGiants September 8, 2021Up nextThe Rockies head back on the road and travel east to face off with the Philadelphia Phillies for a four game series https://www.coloradofanstore.com/45-Rockies_Peter_Lambert_Jersey. The Phillies are currently chasing the Braves in the NL East. The last time these two teams faced off was way back in April when the Rockies took two of three in Denver. Antonio Senzatela will face off against Ranger Suárez with first pitch set for 5:05 PM MDT.

For their first trip north of the border since 2019, the Tigers faced the Blue Jays in the first of three in The Big Smoke. Trailing 1-0 late, they came back to tie the game and eventually push across a few runs in the tenth inning, winning 4-1 in a Friday night matchup.Robbie Ray got the start for the Blue Jays, and his 2021 has been sensational so far. But, did you know that, in the past five years, he’s led the major leagues in strikeouts per nine innings? More than Chris Sale https://www.detroitfanstore.com/56-Tigers_Jonathan_Schoop_Jersey, more than Max Scherzer, more than Jacob deGrom. He’s only a tiny bit ahead of Sale, but he is indeed ahead of The Lanky One.Facing Ray was Tyler Alexander, who’s been building up his stamina as he’s been incorporated into the rotation. He’s also been building up his moustache, and it now has some excellent volume and fullness. I’m not sure there are any advanced stats on facial hair https://www.detroitfanstore.com/108-Tigers_Julio_Teheran_Jersey, but what he’s sporting rivals Ned Flanders in terms of push-broom-ness.Alexander’s only real mistake came in the fourth inning. Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. turned a sinker around and hit it out the first row in right-centre at the ‘Dome for a solo home run. Despite missing a few spots in the middle innings, Alexander’s night was terrific, spotting his changeup on the outside to an all-righty lineup and getting plenty of swings-and-misses. When he needed a change of pace, cutters in on their hands kept the Jays honest.A solid start tonight for Tyler Alexander. Detroit Tigers August 21, 2021Ray was just as good, and arguably better he struck out 11, giving up five hits and walking none. For the first time this year, a Blue Jays starting pitcher threw a pitch into the eighth, and Ray did just that, going eight full innings.However... a quintessential Hinch-esque run was scored by the Tigers in the eighth off Ray: Zack Short singled to left, just past a diving Bo Bichette, to lead off. Grayson Greiner bunted him over to second, and Short stole third easily, without a throw. After Robbie Grossman flew out, Ray uncorked a wild pitch and Short scampered home to tie the game at 1.Jose Cisnero came on for the eighth, and got himself both into and out of trouble: Santiago Espinal led off with a single, Bichette walked, and that brought Chris Fetter to the mound. Fetter waved his magic wand, and then the dangerous Marcus Semien struck out, and the even-more-dangerous Guerrero grounded into a double play.Gregory Soto was given the ball for the ninth, on the road in a tie game, somewhat bucking convention. He walked Teoscar Hernandez to lead off the inning on a full count, and he did the same with Lourdes Gurriel Jr https://www.detroitfanstore.com/66-Tigers_Mickey_Lolich_Jersey., bringing Fetter to the mound again. Breyvic Valera pinch-hit for Alejandro Kirk, brought in solely for his bunting skills; he took a strike, then bunted a 100-mph fastball foul for strike two.Bunting on an 0-2 count, and with Jonathan Schoop about 40 feet from home , Valera bunted near the mound and Schoop made a sensational play to dive and grab the bunt Ray Boone Jersey, get up, and fire to third base to get the lead runner. Randal Grichuk then grounded into the Jays’ fourth double play of the night to get the game to extra innings, with Schoop making a great stretch at first.Willi Castro started the tenth on second base; Daz Cameron and Short struck out.

OK, quickie gamethread copy here, we’re running late at SSS today.Pregame, the White Sox made three announcements:Carlos Rodón heads to the IL with shoulder fatigueMatt Foster up from CharlotteYasmani Grandal starts a rehab assignment in BirminghamThe Rodón news is https://www.chicagowxstore.com/108-White_Sox_Gavin_Sheets_Jersey, well, troublesome. Yes, of course, it’s just shoulder fatigue, but we are at a point where he needs to be shut down for August and then even in September he should alternate starts. For as strong as Carlos has been this season, pumping triple-digits on his last pitches of outings, it’s a lot to ask him to jump from “no pitching” to a 175+ innings workload.Whether Michael Kopech himself being “babied” after TJS in 2018 and opting out of 2020 replaces Rodón in the rotation remains to be seen Jimmy Lambert Jersey. Smacks of re-using a band-aid for a cut still bleeding, but we’ll see. Jimmy Lambert, keep your day duffel packed.In further Dude, Where’s My Starting Rotation? news, today’s starter is ... Reynaldo López, spanking-fresh and back from the Where Are They Now file.

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