In St. Petersburg, Florida, Jake Irvin pitched six innings with great efficiencyCJ Abrams opened the game with a home run and the Washington Nationals defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 8-1 on Saturdayto leave behind a streak of four defeats, reaching 39 victories so far this season. major league baseball seasonin exchange for 43 losses.
Irvin (6-6) allowed one hit (a home run by Brandon Lowe in the first inning that fell like a bucket of cold water on the spirits of the Washington team), struck out five and walked three.
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The 27-year-old right-hander has allowed two earned runs or fewer in 12 of his last 15 starts.
Derek Law, Hunter Harvey y Kyle Finnegan They got three outs each for Washington, to complete a task of only two hits.
For the third time this season, Abrams hit a home run in his first at-bat of the game, a spur-to-the-moment shot.
He also hit an RBI double off Shawn Armstrong during a six-run Washington attack in the seventh inning.
The Colombian Harold Ramírez, released by Tampa Bay just last June 13th, hit a two-run triple for Washingtona team with which he signed two days later.
For the Nationals, Mexican Joey Meneses 4-0Colombian Ramirez was 2-for-5 with one run scored and two RBIs. Venezuelan Keibert Ruiz was 2-for-4 with one RBI.
For the Rays, Cuban Yandy Díaz was 0-for-4.
Mexicans Isaac Paredes 0-3, Randy Arozarena 1-3. Dominican Jose Siri 0-3.
BREGMAN LIGHTS UP THE STARS IN NY
Alex Bregman hit a single in the eighth inning to put Houston ahead and the Stars came from behind from a five-run deficit to beat the New York Mets 9-6.
Jake Meyers homered early and Jeremy Pena began Houston’s biggest comeback of the season with a two-run double off starter Tylor Megill in the fourth, followed by an RBI single from Jon Singleton.
The Mets led 6-4 in the eighth, but the Mets’ bullpen, which has suspended closer Edwin Diaz, couldn’t hold on to the lead.
After a seven-game winning streak was snapped Friday in the series opener, the Astros (41-41) won for the 11th time in 15 games.
The Mets snapped a four-game winning streak and 16 of their last 20 games.
The series between the strongest teams in the National League (Mets) and American League (Astros) will be defined today.
By Emmanuel Campa.
GALLEN CAME BACK AND STRIKED OUT SEVEN
In Phoenix, Zac Gallen returned from a thigh injury that kept him off the mound for a month to pitch six innings in the Arizona Diamondbacks win 3-0 over Oakland Athletics.
Dominican Ketel Marte had three hits and drove in a run to help the D’backs snap a three-game losing streak.
THE GUARDIANS WIN WITH PURE WOOD
José Ramírez homered, Josh Naylor drove in a pair of runs and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-2. The Guardians took the lead 3-2 with a two-run homer by Dominican Jhonkensy Noel. Ramírez extended the lead with a double and his 23rd home run made it 7-2.
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2024-07-01 12:09:35