Tigers blow 6-zip lead and fall 8-7 to the O’s

The game was decidedly different that the two that preceded it, a 9-8 Detroit win on Thursday night and an 8-7 duel Friday in which the Orioles rallied from a six-run deficit.

Ian Kinsler singled in a first-inning run and Jefry Marte made it 2-0 with an RBI double in the second. “Usually I have a little bit of butterflies every time you go out there, but after having that appearance in Fenway it helped it a little bit,” Givens said, talking about his first game, back in Boston. “Everybody is trying to do that right now. But you want to do what’s best not just for my baseball career but for my family”.

Making his big league debut, Jose Valdez (0-1) gave up a sixth-inning homer to Machado.

The Orioles filled one of their most pressing needs by obtaining leftfielder Gerardo Parra from the Milwaukee Brewers for minor-league righthander Zach Davies. “And that probably has something to do with the second wild card, and maybe just the reality of that second wild card has sunk in, and the tightness of various races around both leagues”. Kevin Gausman was dealing, and the Orioles scored two runs in the bottom of the first. The right-hander was working on a run of 13 straight shutout innings before Nick Castellanos homered with a man on in the fifth. Farmer served up a two-run home run to Adam Jones in the fifth, his last batter of the night.

“It’s like a roller coaster right now”, Sanchez said.

The 27-year-old Leake won his last four starts, allowing only two earned runs in 30 innings overall.

Right-hander Brad Brach sealed the win with two scoreless innings of relief.

“That’s exactly what we’re hoping to do, put some guys in the middle of that lineup, where you have bats throughout that can produce some runs”, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Detroit C James McCann launched a solo homer on Friday to improve to 4-for-9 with three runs scored in the series.3. That’s what they did. He responded with a double to extend his hitting streak to 15 games. He’s 10 for 14 in the series that ends Sunday.

Over his two major-league seasons with the Mets, Wheeler holds an 18-16 record over 49 starts with a 3.50 ERA, 271 strikeouts and 125 walks.

Cespedes batted third and received a polite standing ovation when he came to the plate in the first.

Newly acquired Yoenis Cespedes loosens up before taking batting practice before the baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Citi Field on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in New York. Martinez left the game in the bottom of the third inning because of a left knee contusion. Simon pitched despite battling a painful groin condition that affected his ability to push off, although he said he would be fine for his next start. Wright got in the game but lasted only one inning before leaving with a left calf cramp that Showalter said might actually be a strain.

The 2012 AL Cy Young Award victor, traded by Detroit on Thursday, tweeted just after 10 a.m. saying he’d blown a tire. Detroit shipped Ace David Price to the Blue Jays, Closer Joakim Soria to Pittsburg and Outfield Yoenis Cespedes to the New York Mets, all in return for 6 minor league prospects – 5 of which are pitchers (3 lefties) and one OF/SS – a solid bunch of players creating much more depth at the upper levels of the farm system.