John Hicks cranked a leadoff home run in the ninth inning, and the visiting Detr...
John Hicks cranked a leadoff home run in the ninth inning, and the visiting Detroit Tigers overcame former ace Justin Verlander’s two-hit complete game with a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday.
Detroit capitalized on poor baserunning by Jose Altuve in the eighth inning and by Robinson Chirinos in the ninth, gunning both down at third. Chirinos, who had tied the game with a solo homer in the seventh, made the game’s final out trying to stretch a double into a triple.Chicago overcame a trio of deficits, clubbed three home runs and tallied 14 hits in a wild win over visiting San Francisco.
The Dodgers were two outs away from victory in the ninth inning before Toronto’s Rowdy Tellez hit a game-tying home run, his 15th of the season, off struggling Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen. Pedro Baez pitched a scoreless 10th inning to earn the victory.Mike Fiers ran his streak of consecutive starts without a loss to 19, and Liam Hendriks struck out Aaron Judge representing the potential go-ahead run to end the eighth inning, lifting Oakland past visiting New York.
Only one Rangers starter failed to get a hit. Andrus had three hits and scored two runs, Pence had two hits and three RBIs, Nick Solak had two doubles and scored three times, Delino DeShields had two hits and two RBIs, and Willie Calhoun added two hits — including a solo home run — and two runs.
Minnesota had rolled up 29 hits in the first two games of the series and had scored double-digit runs in three of its previous six games, winning five of them.Tim Melville had the game of his life while making an emergency start, earning his first major league victory while leading Colorado to a victory over Arizona in Phoenix.
Yan Gomes had a two-run double, Anthony Rendon a two-run single, and Adam Eaton and Corbin each had an RBI double for Washington. Every member of the Nationals’ starting lineup scored at least one run.Bryce Harper hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the fifth inning as Philadelphia completed a two-game sweep at Boston.
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