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AL
EAST W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak
New York 68 39 .636 — 35-14 4-6 W 1
Tampa Bay 63 48 .568 7 29-24 7-3 W 4
Boston 59 51 .536 10½ 28-27 5-5 L 4
Toronto 44 67 .396 26 16-28 6-4 W 4
Baltimore 36 72 .333 32½ 16-31 5-5 L 1
CENTRAL W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak
Minnesota 66 42 .611 — 24-13 6-4 L 1
Cleveland 63 45 .583 3 31-19 6-4 L 1
Chicago 46 60 .434 19 23-23 2-8 L 4
Kansas City 40 70 .364 27 22-31 3-7 L 3
Detroit 32 72 .308 32 14-28 3-7 W 1
WEST W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak
Houston 70 40 .636 — 35-12 7-3 W 1
Oakland 62 48 .564 8 27-26 5-5 W 1
Los Angeles 56 54 .509 14 25-30 5-5 L 1
Texas 54 54 .500 15 26-32 4-6 W 1
Seattle 47 64 .423 23½ 23-36 7-3 L 1
NL
EAST W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak
Atlanta 65 45 .591 — 28-18 6-4 W 3
Philadelphia 57 51 .528 7 26-26 6-4 W 1
Washington 57 51 .528 7 30-22 5-5 L 2
New York 53 55 .491 11 23-24 8-2 W 7
Miami 42 65 .393 21½ 16-33 6-4 W 1
CENTRAL W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak
St. Louis 58 50 .537 — 26-20 7-3 W 1
Chicago 57 51 .528 1 22-21 3-7 L 1
Milwaukee 57 53 .518 2 27-21 5-5 L 1
Cincinnati 50 57 .467 7½ 24-28 6-4 L 1
Pittsburgh 47 61 .435 11 20-29 1-9 L 1
WEST W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak
Los Angeles 71 39 .645 — 31-16 6-4 W 2
San Francisco 55 54 .505 15½ 29-25 6-4 L 1
Arizona 54 55 .495 16½ 19-29 4-6 L 1
San Diego 50 57 .467 19½ 20-23 4-6 L 1
Colorado 50 59 .459 20½ 21-27 3-7 L 2
- — Not including late game
RESULTS
THURSDAY
Tampa Bay 9 at Boston 4 Toronto 11 at Baltimore 2
At Miami 5 (12 inn.) Minn. 4 Houston 7 at Cleveland 1
At Phil. 10 San Francisco 2 At St. Louis 8 Chi. Cubs 0
NY Mets 4 at Chi. White Sox 0 At Atlanta 4 (7 inn.)Cincinnati 1
At Oakland 5 Milwaukee 3 San Diego at LA Dodgers
WEDNESDAY
Tampa Bay 8 at Boston 5 San Francisco 5 at Phil. 1
Atlanta 5 (10 inn.) at Wash. 4 At Cleveland 10 Houston 4
At Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 1 Minnesota 7 at Miami 4
At NY Yankees 7 Arizona 5 At Texas 9 Seattle 7
Toronto 4 at Kansas City 1 NY Mets 4 at Chi. White Sox 2
LA Dodgers 5 at Colorado 1 Chi. Cubs 2 at St. Louis 0
Detroit 9 at LA Angels 1 Milwaukee 4 at Oakland 2
FRIDAY’S GAMES
......2019...... Team .....2019vs. opp..... .....Last 3 starts.....
Odds W-L ERA rec. W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA
BOSTON AT NY YANKEES, 7:05 p.m.
Rodriguez (L) +105 13-4 4.13 17-5 1-0 11.0 4.09 3-0 19.0 2.37
Paxton (L) -125 5-6 4.72 9-9 1-1 12.0 5.25 0-2 13.1 8.78
MILWAUKEE AT CHICAGO CUBS, 2:20 p.m.
Davies (R) Off 8-4 3.56 13-9 1-1 17.0 4.24 1-2 16.0 7.88
TBA Off — — 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 0.0 0.00
CHICAGO WHITE SOX AT PHILADELPHIA, 7:05 p.m.
Nova (R)Vargas (L) +160 6-9 5.23 10-12 0-0 0.0 0.00 2-1 19.2 3.20-190 6-5 4.01 10-8 0-0 0.0 0.00 3-0 17.2 3.06
NY METS AT PITTSBURGH, 7:05 p.m.
Matz (L)Williams (R) +105 3-4 4.87 8-7 0-1 7.0 3.86 0-2 17.1 5.71-125 6-6 4.32 10-9 1-0 9.0 0.00 1-0 19.0 1.89
TORONTO AT BALTIMORE, 7:05 p.m.
TBA Off — — 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 0.0 0.00
Brooks (R) Off 2-4 5.46 6-4 0-1 5.0 9.00 0-1 11.1 8.74
LA ANGELS AT CLEVELAND, 7:10 p.m.
Peters (L) Off 2-0 3.06 1-1 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-0 9.0 2.00
Clevinger (R) Off 5-2 3.28 6-3 0-0 0.0 0.00 3-0 20.0 2.25
CINCINNATI AT ATLANTA, 7:20 p.m.
Wood (L) +120 0-0 3.86 1-0 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 4.2 3.86
Gausman (R) -140 3-6 5.97 8-7 0-1 5.1 8.44 1-1 15.1 5.28
DETROIT AT TEXAS, 8:05 p.m.
Alexander (L) +190 0-1 3.86 1-2 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-1 16.1 3.86
Lynn (R) -235 13-6 3.83 14-8 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-2 19.0 4.74
KANSAS CITY AT MINNESOTA, 8:10 p.m.
Sparkman (R) +195 3-7 5.25 4-8 1-1 12.0 3.75 1-2 19.2 5.49Pérez (L) -245 8-4 4.38 10-8 0-1 11.2 6.17 0-1 16.0 5.06
SEATTLE AT HOUSTON, 8:10 p.m.
Kikuchi (L) +215 4-7 5.21 9-13 0-0 5.0 5.40 0-1 15.2 6.89
Miley (L) -265 9-4 3.06 15-7 0-0 15.0 4.20 2-0 18.1 1.47
SAN FRANCISCO AT COLORADO, 8:40 p.m.
Bumgarner (L) Off 6-7 3.74 13-10 3-0 19.0 3.32 1-0 23.0 3.13
Lambert (R) Off 2-2 5.67 2-7 0-0 6.0 3.00 0-1 16.1 3.86
WASHINGTON AT ARIZONA, 9:40 p.m.
Ross (R) +130 0-3 9.85 0-1 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-1 5.1 5.06
Ray (L) -150 9-7 3.91 12-11 0-1 6.0 7.50 2-1 18.0 4.50
SAN DIEGO AT LA DODGERS, 10:10 p.m.
Lauer (L) +160 5-8 4.52 9-10 0-0 11.0 2.45 0-1 13.0 6.92
May (R) -190 — — 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 0.0 0.00
Team rec. — Record in games started by pitcher this season.
AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING
LeMahieu, NYY...............391 74 130 .332AB R H Avg.
Devers, Bos.....................434 89 142 .327
Brantley, Hou..................403 59 129 .320
Bogaerts, Bos.................419 87 133 .317
Alberto, Bal.....................330 31 104 .315Lindor, Cle.......................374 59 114 .305
Moncada, ChW...............372 58 112 .301
Merrifield, KC .................460 75 138 .300
Polanco, Min...................432 66 129 .299Narvaez, Sea...................307 51 91 .296
HOME RUNS
Trout, Los Angeles...........................................35
Kepler, Minnesota............................................30
Encarnacion, New York...................................30
Soler, Kansas City............................................28
Bregman, Houston...........................................27
Cruz, Minnesota...............................................26
RUNS BATTED IN
Trout, Los Angeles...........................................86
Bogaerts, Boston..............................................84
Devers, Boston..................................................84
Kepler, Minnesota............................................74
JAbreu, Chicago...............................................74
Encarnacion, New York...................................74
Soler, Kansas City............................................73
Rosario, Minnesota..........................................71
LeMahieu, New York.......................................71
Gurriel, Houston...............................................68Baseball
ASTROS 7, INDIANS 1
HOUSTON AB RHBIBBSOAvg.
Springer cf-rf 231130.289
Altuve 2b 422000.303
Brantley lfBregman 3b 401200.3203 1 3 2 2 0 .265
Alvarez dh 502200 .329
Correa ss 301021 .285
Gurriel 1b 400011 .296
Reddick rfMarisnick cf 300001200001 .275.244
Maldonado c 5 1 1 0 0 3 .226
Totals 35 7 1 1787
CLEVELAND AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Lindor ss 402001 .305
Mercado cf 401000 .290Santana 1bPuig rf (^210020) 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333.277
Ramírez 3b 300101 .239
Reyes dh 401001 .250
Kipnis 2b 401000 .248
Pérez cNaquin lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .239 300001 .288
Totals 30 16135
Houston.....................100 100 230 — 7 11 0
Cleveland...................000 100 000 — 1 6 0
LOB—Houston 11, Cleveland 6.2B—Brant-
ley(29),Bregman(17),Alvarez 2 (13),Mal-
donado (16), Lindor (24), Puig (1), Kipnis (15).
HR—Springer (25), off Salazar, Bregman (27),
off Salazar.Ramírez.DP—Houston 1; Cleveland 2.SB—Puig (1).SF—Brantley,
Houston IP H R ER BB SO ERA
ColeW13-5 7411242.87
Rondón „ 2 0 0 1 0 4.24
SmithDevenski ‚00000 100001 0.004.31
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Salazar L 0-1Clippard 442232220013 4.503.03
A.Cole ‚322114.24
Olson 1 ‚233 30 4.40
Wittgren 1‚ 0 0 0 0 1 2.83
HBP—by Olson (Altuve).WP—Clippard.
NP—Cole 95, Rondón 16, Smith 2, Devenski 8,
Salazar 66, Clippard 32, A.Cole 18, Olson 39,
Wittgren 12.Umpires—Home, Vic Carapazza;
First, Hunter Wendelstedt; Second, Laz Diaz;Third, Chris Segal.T—3:10.A—21,536
(34,788).
CARDINALS 8, CUBS 0
CHICAGO AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Heyward cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .277
Happ phCastellanos rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .1433 0 1 0 1 1 .333
Bryant 3b 3 0 0 0 0 3 .288
Boteph 100000 .245
Rizzo 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .282
BáezssContreras c 3000013 00002 .283.279
Schwarber lf 200011 .222
Kemp2b 300000 .000
Lester p 2 00001 .194
AlmoraJr.ph-cf100001Totals 28 010211 .240
ST. LOUISEdman 3b AB R H BI BB SO Avg.5 1 1 0 0 1 .258
Fowler cf-rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .243
JMartínez rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .276
Ravelo ph 100000 .158
Goldschmidt 1b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .259DeJong ss 423000 .253
Muñozlf 312201 .275
Wieters c 4 12302 .238
Wong2b 403101 .269
Flaherty pThomas cf 211100000000 .156.357
Totals 36 8 1 4729
Chicago......................000 000 000 — 0 1 0
St. Louis.....................100 104 11x — 8 14 0
LOB—Chicago 3, St. Louis 8.2B—Edman
(5), DeJong (26).HR—Wieters (10), off Hol-
land.SB—JMartínez (2).S—Flaherty.SF—Mu-
ñoz.DP—Chicago 1.
ChicagoLester L 9-7 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 5 95506 3.86
Holland 1 2 1 1 0 0 5.83
Brach „ 1 1 1 1 1 6.13
Phelps ‚100010.00
Chatwood 111111 4.21
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Flaherty W 5-6 7Webb 1 0 0 0 0 2 3.79 10029 3.93
Mayers 100000 6.57
WP—Chatwood 2, Flaherty.NP—Lester 95,
Holland 13, Brach 18, Phelps 10, Chatwood 19,
Flaherty 98, Webb 12, Mayers 12.Home, Will Little; First, Joe West; Second, An-Umpires—
dy Fletcher; Third, Jansen Visconti.T—2:53.
A—46,811 (44,494).
BLUE JAYS 11, ORIOLES 2
TORONTO AB RHBIBBSOAvg.
Bichette dhBiggio 2b 502112.444622003.217
Guerrero 3b 523400 .267
Smoak1b 400011 .213
Grichuk rf 412111 .232
Fisher ph-rfGalvis ss 000000410012 .226.264
Hernández cf 320012 .219
McKinney lf 5 2 2 2 0 0 .216
Jansenc5 13300 .211
Totals 41 11 14 11 5 11
BALTIMORE AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Villar ss-2bMancini rf 400101411100 .262.282
Santander lf-cf 400001 .294
Núñez dh 401000 .252
Peterson 3b-lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .207
Sisco cAlberto 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .229 212000 .315
Martin ss 000000 .186
CDavis 1b 402001 .186
Wilkerson cf 201001 .222
Rondón ph-3bTotals 33 2 8 2 0 5 100000 .196
Toronto......................002 114 012 — 11 14 0
Baltimore...................000 010 010 — 2 8 0
(2), Guerrero (17).LOB—Toronto 9, Baltimore 6.HR—Guerrero 2 (13), off2B—Bichette
Wojciechowski, off Tate, Grichuk (18), off
Wojciechowski, McKinney (8), off Tate, Jans-
en (9), off Yacabonis, Mancini (25), off Adam.DP—Toronto 2.
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Thornton W 4-7 651102 5.23
Boshers 120002 0.00
Adam 111100 9.00
Law 100001 5.84
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Wjichwski L 2-4 4„ 6 4 4 3 5 4.15Yacabonis 144423 7.34
Tate 323302 10.80
Bleier ‚200016.12
HBP—by Thornton (Alberto), by Law (Mar-
tin), by Tate (Hernández).Boshers 24, Adam 19, Law 13, WojciechowskiNP—Thornton 87,
90, Yacabonis 47, Tate 36, Bleier 9.Umpires—
Home, Mark Ripperger; First, Jeremie Rehak;
Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Brian O'Nora.T—3:18.A—9,716 (45,971).
BRAVES 4, REDS 1
CINCINNATI AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Senzel cf 200000.283
Votto1b 301000 .262
Suárez3b 300000 .256
ErvinlfJIglesiasss 211000201000 .356.278
Aquinorf 200001 .000
Peraza2b 201100 .239
Barnhart c 2 00001 .209
DeScWinkerphlafanip1 10000100001 .1.267 47
Totals 2014104
ATLANTA AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
AcuñaJr.rf 411001.290
Albies 2b 3 12000 .2 88
Freeman 1b 311301 .305
Donaldson 3bMcCann c (^3010002) 01011.278.256
Duvalllf 311101 .480
Inciarte cf 200010 .229
Camargo ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .226
Fried pTotals 26484253 01000.205
Cincinnati.......................010 000 0 — 1 4 1
Atlanta...........................300 001 x — 4 8 1
ti 2, Atlanta 6.E—Peraza (6), McCann (1).2B—Votto (22), Acuña Jr. (15),LOB—Cincinna-
Donaldson (25).HR—Freeman (26), off DeS-
clafani, Duvall (5), off Peralta.CS—Senzel (4),
Acuña Jr. (6).DP—Atlanta 1.
CincinnatiDeSclafaniL6-6573315IP H R ER BB SO ERA4.07
Peralta „111105.12
Hernandez ‚000006.86
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Fried W 12-4 6 4 1 1 0 4 4.07
Catchers interference—McCann.NP—DeS-
clafani 92, Peralta 17, Hernandez 6, Fried 76.Umpires—Home, Roberto Ortiz; First, Dan
Iassogna; Second, Sam Holbrook; Third,
Manny Gonzalez.T—2:08 (1:46 delay).
A—28,677 (41,084).
MARLINS 5, TWINS 4
MINNESOTA AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Kepler rf 6 1 2 1 0 1 .265
Arraez 2b 611000 .349
Polanco ssRosario lf 401012401101 .299.281
Sanó 3b 511002 .246
JCastro c 5 01003 .250
Adrianza 1b 410002 .275
Buxton cfPineda p 5022022 00001 .262.000
Schoop ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .254
Cruzph 000000 .283
Gonzalez 1bTotals 43100000494115 .251
MIAMI AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
RojasssRiverass 201000100000 .290.183
Prado ph-3b 3 11001 .240
Berti 3b-ss 612102 .254
Anderson rf 400020 .243
Walker 1bSCastro 2b 502210611002 .261.249
Ramírez lf-cf 512210 .272
Puello cf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .183
CooperphAlfaroph 100000100001 .292.261
Holadayc 401011 .288
Yamamoto p 1 00000 .077
Grndrson ph-lf 2 10010 .181
Totals 44511569
Minnesota..........100 210 000 000 — 4 9 1
Miami.................010 000 003 001 — 5 11 0
13.E2B—Polanco (10).—Kepler (25), Sanó (13), Buxton (30),LOB—Minnesota 7, Miami
Berti (3), Walker (14).3B—Ramírez (1).HR—
Kepler (30), off Yamamoto, Ramírez (7), off
Stashak.SB—Buxton (14).S—Yamamoto.
SF—Rosario.DP—Miami 1.
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Pineda 6 7 1 1 1 3 4.15
Duffey 1000233.47
Romo 1000000.00
DysonRogersBS6 110013023320 -2.15
Harper 1000002.93
Stashak L 0-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.50
Miami IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Yamamoto 674408 3.94
Conley 120011 7.06
KinleyGarcía 1000024.91 100000 2.43
Quijada 1000022.95
Brigham W 1-0 2 00002 4.60
(Ramírez).IBB—off Pineda (Holaday), off RogersHBP—by Yamamoto (Adrianza),
by García (Cruz).NP—Pineda 80, Duffey 28,
Romo 14, Dyson 14, Rogers 21, Harper 16,
Stashak 14, Yamamoto 101, Conley 18, Kinley
15, García 9, Quijada 15, Brigham 35.pires—Home, Lance Barrett; First, Chris Guc-Um-
cione; Second, Bill Welke; Third, Mike Everitt.
T—4:14.A—10,390 (37,446).
PHILLIES 10, GIANTS 2
SAN FRAN. AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Belt 1bPoseyph (^4) 100000.25802101.236
Yastrzemski lf 5 02102.277
Sandoval 3b-1b 4 00012.261
Vogtc 402000.286
Crawford ssAustin ph 11 0001100000 .231.185
Green3b 100000 .143
Pillarcf 401001 .246
Panik 2bSlater rf 44 0100010002 .232.254
Rodríguez p 1 00000 .200
Solano ss 3 12000 .341
Totals 37 2 1 0229
PHILADELPHIA AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Hernández2b 512300.285
SegurassHoskins 1b 3100204 11000 .285.257
Knappph-c 100000.179
Harper rf 4 11011.252
Realmuto c-1b 5 33300.274
Kingery cf-lfHaseley lf (^4) 2 1 1 0 1 1 .27013200.276
Williams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .158
Rodríguez rf 0 00000.254
Franco 3b 4 00001.230
Arrieta pQuinn cf (^2) 1 1 1 1 1 0 .14100000.171
Totals 36 10 12 9 5 3
San Francisco...........000 020 000 — 2 10 1
Philadelphia..............032 410 00x — 10 12 3
E—Crawford (13), Hernández 2 (9), Segura
(9).LOB—S.F. 10, Philadelphia 7.2B—Pillar
(26), Hernández (22), Realmuto (22).HR—
Hernández (8), off Rodríguez, Realmuto (15),off Suarez, Quinn (2), off Selman.SB—
Kingery (8).DP—S.F. 1; Philadelphia 3.
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Rodríguez L 4-6 3 874205.32
SuarezSelman 1 2 2 2 0 2 10.66 1 111119.00
Gustave 2 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Coonrod 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.00
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Arrieta 4 421154.44
Álvarez W 2-2 1 100103.00
ParkerSuárez 1200020.002 3 0 0 0 0 3.74
Nicasio 1 000025.13
WP—Arrieta.NP—Rodríguez 68, Suarez 22,
Selman71, Álvarez 18, Parker 15, Suárez 22, Nicasio27,Gustave24,Coonrod12,Arrieta
20.Umpires—Home, Alfonso Marquez; First,
Chad Fairchild; Second, Mike Estabrook;
Third, Bruce Dreckman.(42,792). T—3:04.A—28,524
METS 4, WHITE SOX 0
NY METS AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
McNeil rf-lf 3 1 1010 .331
Conforto cf-rf 400001 .256
Alonso 1b 410002 .254
CanódhRamosc 422200302110 .239.259
JDavis lf 301001 .298
Altherr cf 100001 .067
Frazier 3bRosario ss 400001401000 .243.274
Hechavarría 2b 201011 .236
Totals 32 4 8337
CHICAGO AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
García rf 401002.292
Goins 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .293
AbreudhReed 1b (^401000) 4 0 0 0 0 4 .136.263
Jiménezlf 301000.233
Castillo c 3 0 0000.176
Anderson ss 301000.310
Sánchez 2bEngel cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .2493 0 0 0 0 1 .242
Totals 30 0 4018
NY Mets.....................010 003 000 — 4 8 0
Chicago......................000 000 000 — 0 4 1
E—Castillo (5).LOB—NY 4, Chicago 4.2B—
Canó (20).HR—Canó (10), off Cease.DP—NY
1; Chicago 2.
NY MetsWheeler W 8-6 7 4 0 0 0 7 4.45IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Avilán 1‚ 0 00105.71
Familia „000017.22
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Cease L 1-4 7 743266.11
Osich 1000105.66
Fulmer 1 100015.94
NP—Wheeler 88, Avilán 16, Familia 11,
Cease 104, Osich 18, Fulmer 18.Umpires—
Home, Greg Gibson; First, Stu Scheurwater;
Second, Nic Lentz; Third, Mark Wegner.T—2:32.A—23,477 (40,615).
ATHLETICS 5, BREWERS 3
MILWAUKEE AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Grandal c 3 0 0 0 2 0 .256
Yelich rf 5 11001 .332
Hiura2b 311011 .318
Moustakas 3bBraunlf 540110302000 .260.272
Caincf 000000 .251
Thames dh 4 11002 .248
Shaw1bArciass 300012401000 .155.231
Grisham cf-lf 3 00100 .000
Totals 34 37249
OAKLAND AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Semienss 200020 .271
Grossman lf-rf 3 10012 .246
Chapman 3bOlson1b 430000011201 .262.256
Davisdh 411000 .230
Canhacf 313010 .254
Profar 2b-lf 3 00100.209
Pinder rfMartini ph 2 1 1 1 0 1 .242 0 00010.000
Barreto pr-2b 100001.106
Taylor c 3 00001.182
Totals 28 56456
Milwaukee.................100 100 100 — 3 7 0
Oakland......................001 000 13x — 5 6 1
E—Profar (11).LOB—Milwaukee 10, Oak-
land 6.Chapman (24), off Hader, Pinder (9), off CAn-2B—Yelich (23), Canha (11).HR—
derson.SB—Braun (8), Canha 2 (2).CS—
Semien (6).SF—Grisham, Profar.DP—
Milwaukee 1.
MilwaukeeCAnderson IP H R ER BB SO ERA6211353.73
Guerra 1111104.06
Hader L 1-5 ‚122102.58
Jackson „211016.23
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Bailey 6 5 2 2 3 5 5.20
DiekmanTreinen W 6-3 1 1 1 1 1 2 4.741 1 00004.00
Hendriks S 10 1 000021.67
HBP—by CAnderson (Olson), by Diekman
(Hiura).son 92, JuGuerra 25, Hader 16, Jackson 24,WP—Guerra, Diekman.NP—CAnder-
Bailey 101, Diekman 19, Treinen 18, Hendriks
10.Umpires—Home, Cory Blaser; First, Jeff
Nelson; Second, Jim Wolf; Third, Nick Mahr-
ley.T—3:13.A—17,029 (46,847).
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1906:The “Hitless Wonder” Chicago White
Sox began their AL-record 19-game winningstreak with a 3-0 win over Boston. The record
would be tied by the 1947 New York Yankees.
1907:Walter Johnson made his major league
debut with the Washington Senators and
lost, 3-2 to the Tigers.
1940:Joe Cronin of the Red Sox hit for the cy-
cle in a 12-9 win over the Detroit Tigers. It
was
1979 New York Yankees captain Thurman
Munson died in the crash of his private planewhile practicing takeoffs and landings at the
Canton, Ohio, airport.
“We know where we are.”
The statement has become a daily
staple of Red Sox manager Alex Cora’s
media sessions, a refrain with an im-
plied sense of urgency. The season af-
fords no more time for the Red Sox to
struggle if they want to mount a push for
the postseason; Cora’s ritualistic claim of
locational awareness is meant to ac-
knowledge that fact.
Yet increasingly, the more significant
matter is not whether the Red Sox know
wherethey are but instead if this iswho
they are. Are the 2019 Red Sox destined
to be remembered as a team with ex-
traordinary talent that, one year after
emerging as one of the most unstoppa-
ble steamrollers in modern baseball his-
tory, instead sputtered its way through a
year of constant reversals?
This week confronted the Red Sox
with a stinging slap of reality. Any self-
assurance suggesting the inevitability of
a run toward October gave way quickly
with a four-game losing streak punctuat-
ed on Thursday night by a 9-4 loss to
Tampa Bay, the finale of a three-game
sweep at the hands of a Rays team that
currently has possession of the postsea-
son berth that the Red Sox are trying to
grab.
The Red Sox followed one of their
bestweeksof2019 (the5- 1 stretch
against the Rays and Yankees) with one
of their worst (four straight losses
against the same two teams). The net ef-
fect of such back-to-back stretches was
telling: A 5-5 mark that represented a
failure to move the needle.
“I think it might be probably the
most disappointing losses of the season
so far,” said Xander Bogaerts, despon-
dent even after he’d hit two homers. “It’s
a crucial time and a time when we need
awin.
“We’re not in April or May. You can
lose a couple and [say], ‘Aw, we’re going
to go on a nice run later on.’ Later on is
almost there.”
It is hard to believe that less than a
week ago, the Red Sox were embold-
ened. A third straight decisive victory
against the Yankees — the team’s fifth
win in six days against its most formida-
ble competition in the AL East — created
the impression that finally, the 2019 Red
Sox were ready to take flight.
“We proved to the world that we have
a chance to be the best team in baseball,”
said pitching coach Dana LeVangie. “We
showed everyone.”
Five days, four losses, and one inac-
tive trade deadline later, the Red Sox
showed something else. Through 110
games, they are a team that has proven
incapable of a steady, upward trajectory,
too often getting in their own way, too
often incapable of taking advantage of
the tantalizing opportunities in front of
them.
Thursday’s loss amplified those im-
pressions, a pile of ugly. Starter Andrew
Cashner and catcher Sandy Leon got in-
to a fender bender on a swinging bunt
that produced the first Rays run of the
game. Cashner crossed up Leon on a
slider for a passed ball.
Leon later looked like an over-
whelmed hockey goalie trying to keep
the comets out of the hand of Darwin-
zon Hernandez in front of him. Rafael
Devers lost a catchable foul popup in the
twilight sky and let it drop on the railing
of the Rays dugout. Michael Chavis
couldn’t turn a difficult but not impossi-
ble double play that could have ended
the sixth inning; Tampa Bay went on to
plate three runs and turn a 4-3 advan-
tage into a 7-3 romp.
“We didn’t execute,” lamented Cora.
“We’ll talk to them. We’ll address it be-
cause that can’t happen. We’ve got to be
better... The effort has to be there every
day. You’re going to go through slumps,
through struggles, but there’s a few
things you can control and it’s the effort.
There are a few things that, effort-wise,
it didn’t look good.”
Very little that the Sox have done this
year against the Rays in Fenway has
looked good. Amazingly, Tampa Bay won
for the eighth time in nine games while
visiting Boston this year — a shocking
imbalance that has done a great deal to
put the two teams in their respective po-
sitions, with Tampa Bay becoming the
first visitors since the 1966 Orioles (8-1)
to win eight games at Fenway in a sea-
son.
The Sox continued their offensive
struggles in pivotal situations, going 1
for 11 with five strikeouts with runners
in scoring position. In the nine games at
Fenway against the Rays this year, Sox
batters hit .148 with 35 strikeouts in 93
plate appearances (a 37.6 percent strike-
out rate).
But foremost, the Red Sox pitching
continued to get pounded — a recurring
theme not just against Tampa Bay but
the league. The staff has allowed 32 runs
during the four-game losing streak, des-
perate but unable to find someone to
stop the mounting embarrassment of
ugly losses. A payroll of more than $240
million and a league-best offense is be-
ing wasted by a pitching staff that has al-
lowed a shocking 570 runs (5.2 per
game) — 138 more than the Rays (3.9).
“It is concerning,” Cora said of the
team’s pitching. “I’ve been talking about
this the whole time. We need to get bet-
ter and it sounds like I’ve said the same
thing for 100 days. We trust the group,
we trust these guys, but we have to exe-
cute. We can talk about adjustments, at-
tacking guys, but at the end we have to
gooutanddoit...Itstartedasagreat
homestand and it didn’t finish that way.
We’ve got a big challenge coming up this
weekend and if we’re going to be in-
volved in whatever talk for the playoffs,
it better start [Friday].”
They will try to look forward, Mitch
Moreland said, instead of back at what
just transpired. But the missed opportu-
nity in the rearview mirror might be
nausea-inducing.
A stretch against the Yankees and
Rays that had seemed less than a week
ago like a building opportunity now feels
more like a last chance as a 14-game
stretch between the Sox and the two AL
East teams they’re chasing nears its con-
clusion. As the Red Sox head to Yankee
Stadium for a four-game weekend set,
they are clinging to the vestiges of con-
tention, their fingers slipping on a
frayed rope.
But, of course, the Red Sox don’t need
any of that said. After all, they know
where they are.
Alex Speier can be reached at
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Pittsburgh pitcher Ke-
one Kela has been suspended for 10
games, wild-swinging Cincinnati reliever
Amir Garrett for eight, and Yasiel Puig
for three after a furious brawl between
the Pirates and Reds.
Major League Baseball issued eight
suspensions Thursday, two days after the
fight at Great American Ball Park.
Three players on each team were sus-
pended, and all elected to appeal. They
will be allowed to play until the process
is complete.
Reds manager David Bell was sus-
pended six games, starting Thursday
night when Cincinnati plays at Atlanta.
Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle was pe-
nalized two games, to begin Friday night
when the Pirates host the New York
Mets.
Puig was suspended for his aggressive
actions on what turned out to be his last
day with the Reds. News broke at rough-
ly the same time that the outfielder was
traded to Cleveland, which hosts Hous-
ton on Thursday night.
Pirates infielder José Osuna was sus-
pended five games, while Pittsburgh
pitcher Kyle Crick and Reds pitcher Jar-
ed Hughes each got three.
All of the suspended players were
fined undisclosed amounts. Pirates
pitcher Trevor Williams, Reds first base-
man Joey Votto, and Reds outfielder
Phillip Ervin also were fined, as were
several players on both teams for taking
part in the brawl while on the injured
list.
The NL Central rivals have a history
of run-ins that included a fracas in April
at PNC Park.
‘‘The incidents between these two
clubs remain a source of concern, and it’s
reflected by the level of discipline we are
handing down today,’’ MLB Chief Base-
ball Officer Joe Torre said.
‘‘Everyone on the field should be
aware of the example they are setting for
fans, particularly young people. I firmly
expect these two managers and all others
to hold their players accountable for ap-
propriate conduct and to guide them in
the right direction,’’ he said.
The Reds and Pirates next play on
Aug. 23 at Pittsburgh — that game, inci-
dentally, was already billed as “Fire-
works Night.”
No doubt time
is running out
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STREAKING METS— Robinson Cano
celebrates his second-inning home run
during New York’s 4-0 win over the White
Sox on Thursday, which finished a three-
game sweep by the Mets. Zack Wheeler,
who had been thought to be a candidate
to be moved by Wednesday’s trade
deadline, threw seven scoreless innings of
four-hit ball as the Mets won their seventh
in a row and 13th in their last 17 games.
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