Despite the huge difference in talent between the New York Yankees and the Orioles, the latter caused an upset by defeating their rivals 9-6 Thursday afternoon in Baltimore.
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The crowd favorites thus ended the visitors’ four-game winning streak, in addition to curbing their own slide, which was to six consecutive defeats. They also avoided being swept away by their opponents in the East section of the American.
Trailing by one run at the start of the ninth inning, Major League Baseball’s first-ranked team was able to tie their turn at bat. However, Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander ended the game with a single swing, when he kicked Lucas Luetge’s offering out of bounds, with Trey Mancini and Austin Hays already on the line. trails.
Santander had quite the game, hitting the ball for safety three times, in addition to producing as many runs and crossing the plate himself three times. He was also awarded a walk.
Giancarlo Stanton will not have to be ashamed of his performance in the loss, he who also drove in three runs, including one with a long ball, hitting two hits in addition to benefiting from two walks.
Padres shut out Phillies
In Philadelphia, the San Diego Padres pitchers allowed eight hits but no runs to opposing batters, allowing their team to defeat the Phillies 2-0.
California starting pitcher Yu Darvish (4-1) earned the win. He was retired after seven innings of work, having left five opponents in the dust. Luis Garcia and Taylor Rogers then completed the job, with the latter picking up his 15th save of the season.
The visitors scored all of their points on the fourth assault, at the expense of starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (3-2). Robinson Cano, acquired by the Padres as a free agent days after being released by the Mets in early May, produced his first run in his new uniform. His single pushed Jurickson Profar home. Shortly after, Ha-Seong Kim hit a sacrifice fly, producing the other point of his own.
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