Baseball Capsules
September 6, 2015
MIAMI (AP) Bartolo Colon pitched a nine-hitter and made a nifty behind-the-back toss on a grounder, and the New York Mets hit three homers in a 7-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday night.
Colon (13-11) struck out two and walked none while throwing 100 pitches and extending his scoreless innings streak to 25. The 42-year-old right-hander became the oldest Mets pitcher to throw a shutout. He topped Miguel Batista, who threw one at age 40 in 2011.
It was Colon's 36th career complete game and 13th career shutout. He last accomplished both feats during the 2013 season. It was also the 12th shutout for Mets pitchers this season.
Travis d'Arnaud and Wilmer Flores hit back-to-back homers in a four-run first inning and Juan Lagares went deep in a three-run second to help the Mets win at Miami for the 10th time in the last 15 games.
Brad Hand (4-5) gave up all seven runs and six hits in 1 2/3 innings to fall to 0-5 in his career against the Mets.
BLUE JAYS 5, ORIOLES 1
TORONTO (AP) - David Price earned his 100th career victory, Jose Bautista hit his 32nd home run of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Saturday.
The AL East-leading Blue Jays bounced back from a 10-2 loss to Baltimore on Friday night. Toronto hasn't dropped two in a row since Aug. 14-15 against the Yankees.
Price (14-5) allowed one run and three hits in seven innings. He's 5-1 with a 2.15 ERA since joining Toronto in a July 30 trade with Detroit, and 100-56 overall in eight seasons.
Bautista hit a solo home run off Mike Wright (2-4) in the first and made it 2-0 with an RBI double in the third.
RAYS 3, YANKEES 2
NEW YORK (AP) - Didi Gregorius lined out with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning and whipped his bat toward the dugout, a telling sign of frustration for the Yankees during a costly loss.
Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run single and Kevin Kiermaier had an RBI single as Tampa Bay handed Nathan Eovaldi (14-3) his first loss since mid-June, snapping the right-hander's nine-game winning streak.
Rays third baseman Evan Longoria left the game with a bruised right forearm, three innings after he was hit by a pitch.
New York, which leads the AL wild-card race, fell 1 1/2 games behind first-place Toronto in the AL East. The Blue Jays beat Baltimore 5-1.
The Yankees had won three straight and six of seven - but they've dropped six of nine at home.
Xavier Cedeno (4-1) struck out four in 1 2/3 hitless innings, and Brad Boxberger got three quick outs for his AL-high 34th save in 39 chances.
BREWERS 8, REDS 6, 1st game
BREWERS 7, REDS 3, 2nd game
CINCINNATI (AP) - Rookie Shane Peterson hit his first career home run, Elian Herrera added his second homer of the day and Ariel Pena got the win in his major league debut as Milwaukee completed a sweep of their day-night doubleheader against Cincinnati.
Peterson led off the sixth inning with a 366-foot drive into the right field seats for his second RBI of the game, helping the Brewers extend their winning streak to six games with their first doubleheader sweep since taking two from the Cubs on July 30, 2013, in Chicago. Milwaukee won the opener of the day-night doubleheader 8-6.
Herrera broke the second game open in the ninth with his seventh homer of the season, a three-run shot.
Pena (1-0) allowed two runs over three innings in relief of Wily Peralta after a one-hour, 33-minute thunderstorm delay.
Keyvius Sampson (2-3) gave up three runs in three innings.
In the first game, Herrera hit a tiebreaking home run on reliever J.J. Hoover's first pitch of the eighth inning.
The Reds made it 6-all in the seventh against Jeremy Jeffress (5-0) on Skip Schumaker's bases-loaded double-play ball. Herrera then greeted Hoover (7-1) with his first homer since Aug. 9.
Will Smith pitched the eighth and Francisco Rodriguez picked up his 34th save despite allowing one-out singles by Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips, who finished with four hits.
CUBS 2, DIAMONDBACKS 0
CHICAGO (AP) - Jake Arrieta pitched eight innings of four-hit ball for his major league-best 18th win to lead the Cubs.
Arrieta also struck out seven in his first start since he threw his first career no-hitter against the Dodgers last Sunday. It was the seventh consecutive victory for the right-hander, who has allowed just two earned runs in 50 1/3 innings during his win streak.
Arrieta (18-6) allowed two hits in the first, but struck out Jarrod Saltalamacchia to end the inning. Hector Rondon yielded two hits in the ninth before finishing for his 26th save in 30 chances.
Robbie Ray (3-11) struck out eight in five innings. The left-hander allowed two runs and four hits, but dropped to 0-7 with a 5.23 ERA in 10 starts since his last victory on July 7.
RED SOX 9, PHILLIES 2
BOSTON (AP) - David Ortiz hit his 496th career home run, reaching 30 in a season for a team-record ninth time as Boston beat Philadelphia.
The 39-year-old Ortiz surpassed Hall of Famer Ted Williams' eight 30-homer seasons with the Red Sox. Big Papi set the mark with a drive that hooked around the Pesky Pole, capping an eight-run fourth inning.
Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run double during Boston's big burst.
Wade Miley (11-10) five hits in posting his first career complete game. He retired the first 12 batters in his 130th career start.
Alec Asher (0-2) was tagged for seven runs on eight hits in 3 2/3 innings in his second major league start.
CARDINALS 4, PIRATES 1
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jaime Garcia pitched seven scoreless innings, Matt Carpenter homered and St. Louis beat Pittsburgh.
Garcia (8-4) struck out a season-high nine, walked one and allowed four hits for his 50th career win to help the Cardinals push their lead over the Pirates to 6 1/2 games in the NL Central..
Kevin Siegrist followed with a scoreless eighth before Trevor Rosenthal gave up a two-out run in the ninth.
Carpenter's 21st homer was a two-run shot in the seventh and put the Cardinals ahead 4-0.
Pittsburgh starter Charlie Morton (8-7) went six innings and allowed two runs, one earned, and four hits.
TIGERS 6, INDIANS 0
DETROIT (AP) - Alfredo Simon pitched seven strong innings and J.D. Martinez homered as slumping Detroit beat Cleveland.
Simon (12-9) became the first Tigers pitcher besides Justin Verlander to win a game since his own one-hit shutout of the Rangers on Aug. 20. This time, he didn't allow a hit until the sixth and only gave up two hits while walking four.
Simon allowed 14 runs in 9 1-3 innings in two starts between his wins over Texas and Cleveland. Despite his winning record, he is tied for the major league lead with seven starts allowing six-plus runs.
The Tigers had lost seven of its previous eight games and were outscored 71-21 in that stretch.
Danny Salazar (12-8) lasted 3 2/3 innings, allowing six runs on eight hits and a walk.
TWINS 3, ASTROS 2
HOUSTON (AP) - Eddie Rosario hit a tiebreaking two-run triple in the ninth inning and Minnesota held on to beat Houston.
Ervin Santana (4-4) gave up just one run and six hits over eight innings to help the Twins bounce back after an 8-0 loss in the series opener the previous night.
With the score tied 1-1, Brian Dozier singled off Houston closer Luke Gregerson (7-3) to open the ninth, and moved to second on Joe Mauer's grounder. Trevor Plouffe was hit by a pitch with two outs, and Rosario followed with his hit to right field that a diving George Springer got a glove on but couldn't hold.
Kevin Jepsen gave up a leadoff homer to Jed Lowrie in the bottom of the ninth but finished up for his 11th save.
NATIONALS 8, BRAVES 2
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bryce Harper had three hits, including his 33rd home run, and Gio Gonzalez tossed six scoreless innings to lead Washington to its fourth straight win.
The Nationals remained five games back of the NL East-leading Mets, who beat the Marlins 7-0.
Harper's two-run blast, which doubled as his 500th career hit, capped a four-run third inning against Atlanta starter Shelby Miller (5-13). The National League batting leader also doubled twice.
Gonzalez (10-7) held the Braves hitless through five innings. He allowed two hits with 10 strikeouts and four walks for his first victory since Aug. 10.
Ryan Zimmerman also drove in two runs. Ian Desmond added three hits.
The Braves extended their season-high losing streak to 11 games. Miller, an All-Star this season, has dropped 12 straight decisions and gone 20 starts without a win.
WHITE SOX 6, ROYALS 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Jose Quintana pitched seven scoreless innings and Alexei Ramirez hit a three-run homer for Chicago.
Quintana (8-10) defeated the Royals for the first time in 17 career starts after losing his first six decisions. Quintana, who is 4-1 in nine starts since July 24, yielded five doubles - including two to Kendrys Morales. He struck out four and walked none.
Ramirez homered - his eighth hit in nine at-bats - in the fourth inning with Jose Abreu and Avisail Garcia aboard. Ramirez was down in the count 1-2 before parking a Danny Duffy curveball over the left-center wall.
Geovany Soto hit a solo homer in the seventh, his fifth home run in 21 games
Duffy (7-7) was pulled after seven innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, while striking out seven and walking two.
GIANTS 7, ROCKIES 3
DENVER (AP) - Jake Peavy doubled twice and pitched into the sixth inning, and San Francisco snapped a seven-game losing streak.
Angel Pagan and Gregor Blanco went deep for the Giants, who had 15 hits.
Nolan Arenado homered for the sixth straight game to set a Rockies franchise record. It matched the longest streak in the majors since Chris Davis did it with Baltimore in 2012.
Peavy (5-6) doubled and scored in a two-run fifth and then had an RBI double in the sixth to give the Giants a 5-1 lead. It was the 12th multi-hit game of his career and the first time he has doubled twice.
Chad Bettis (6-5) gave up four runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.
DODGERS 2, PADRES 0
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Alex Wood pitched seven strong innings, and Carl Crawford and Joc Pederson had run-scoring hits to lead the Dodgers.
Wood (10-9) gave up three hits, walked four and hit a batter while striking out four in his eighth start for the Dodgers since coming over in a trade from Atlanta.
Crawford's RBI double in the fourth was enough for Los Angeles to win for the 10th time in 12 games and improve to a season-high 19 games over .500.
Kenley Jansen got the last three outs for his 29th save in 31 chances.
Tyson Ross (10-10) gave up a run and five hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out three.
Pederson added an RBI single in the eighth.
RANGERS 2, ANGELS 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Derek Holland allowed three hits over eight innings and Rougned Odor hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth to lead Texas.
Holland (3-1) struck out five and walked two. He yielded just one hit through his last 6 1/3 innings in his fifth start of the season, six days after throwing a three-hit shutout against Baltimore and striking out 11.
The left-hander spent most of the season on the disabled list with a shoulder strain after getting injured in his season debut on April 10 against Houston.
One-out singles by Mitch Moreland and Elvis Andrus against Joe Smith (4-5) put runners at the corners and Odor followed with his scoring flyball to left-center.
Shawn Tolleson pitched a perfect ninth for his 29th save in 31 attempts.
MARINERS 8, ATHLETICS 3
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Felix Hernandez pitched eight strong innings, Robinson Cano drove in two runs, and Seattle won its fourth straight.
Logan Morrison and Shawn O'Malley each homered as the Mariners matched their season-best win streak from May 8-12, which included a three-game sweep of the A's. Mark Trumbo, Kyle Seager and Brad Miller also drove in runs.
Mark Canha hit a home run and Billy Butler had two RBIs for the A's, who lost their fourth straight. Stephen Vogt went 2 for 3 against Hernandez and is hitting .524 (11-for-21) against him.
Hernandez (16-8) allowed three runs and six hits in his eight innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out nine.
A's starter Jesse Chavez (7-14) allowed five runs on six hits in two-plus innings, his shortest outing of the year.
