But after the last Blue Jays out had been recorded, Utley went out on the field to join the congratulations march, then tipped his hat at chanting fans as he stepped back into the dugout and out of the Phillies’ lives. While he’s not your typical speedy leadoff man, he’s scored enough runs to justify having him in that spot, plus it’s tantalizing for the club to have opposing pitchers to start a game facing Tulo-Donaldson-Bautista-Encarnacion. Revere was traded to Toronto on the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline.
NOTES: Phillies LF Aaron Altherr turned the primary Phillie to report his first profession hit, residence run, RBI, double and stroll in a recreation since Denny Southern on September 10, 1926, towards the Chicago Cubs.
The Mariners scored three times off Texas rookie Chi Chi Gonzalez in the first. If he makes each of his remaining scheduled starts, which total seven, that would mean one less start for someone like Buehrle or Dickey.
“I’m a pretty die-hard fan”, he said. I felt good bringing Sanchez in. “It’s what makes this game insane”. He looked at a third strike.
BREWERS 8, MARLINS 7: Ryan Braun became the Brewers’ all-time home run leader with his 252nd home run and Khris Davis hit two home runs to help host Milwaukee avoid a sweep. “I had a nasty begin, however I used to be making my pitches”. Thus, they were left mainly with players stemming from their farm system. “Hopefully, I can get my first hit out of the way pretty soon”. “This game is frustrating”. He connected for an RBI double off Mark Buehrle in the first, part of a three-run inning by the Phillies.
It quickly all fell apart in the first. Buehrle walked a pair in that outing, matching his total from his previous seven starts. The fourth 97-mph heater went out of the park, over the right-field fence, faster than it came to the plate, and the three-run blast provided the final score in the the Yankees’ 4-3 victory at the Rogers Centre.
The Minnesota Twins – the face of Target in the Major League Baseball – were simply giving away wins to the New York Yankees this week, getting swept out of town on three straight loses.
Over his 101 games Martin has certainly done that, posting a slash line of.244/.326/.436 with 15 homers and 51 RBIs, but he doesn’t have an extra base hit in August and his drive isn’t there off the bat, a possible indicator his legs aren’t helping him the way they usually do.
With the Royals trailing 1-0, Zobrist ended Chapman’s home saves streak at 56 games when he launched a 2-1 pitch into the left field seats leading off the ninth.
“Location-wise and stuff-wise, I thought I had better today than I had my last four outings”, he said, having completing a video review of every hit he gave up.
As the Toronto Blue Jays’ season heats up, so too does the market for tickets to their games – be they real or fake.
With those two deals, Anthopoulos was basically saying it’s now or never for the Blue Jays, who haven’t made the playoffs since 1993, the year they won their second consecutive World Series championship.
Dickey left after the Phillies loaded the bases on three straight hits, including two infield singles to first base. “We did all right swinging the bats with who we had in there”. The Cubs’ Carlos Rondon owned the longest streak in the majors this season at 12 /3 innings.