Joseph, Machado HRs Help Orioles Defeat Tigers 6

Unfortunately, Chen did not last long enough to benefit from the Orioles’ offensive explosion in the team’s 8-7 win over the Detroit Tigers at home.

“I was prepared for it”, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. They jumped to a 5-0 lead in the fourth inning this time while Gausman retired the first 11 Tigers and earned his first win.

The Orioles lineup had a different look to it as deadline-acquisition Gerardo Parra made his first start with his new team, playing left field and batting second.

Detroit, on the other hand, will have to hope its decimated squad can win in spite of the recent roster subtractions. “I feel the pitching simply must be higher”.

The Mets owe Cespedes $3,729,508 for the rest of this season.

Ian Kinsler: Three more hits for Kinsler tonight, marking his 39th multi-hit game of the season. General manager Sandy Alderson said the trades underscore that the Mets are not fooling around in their pursuit of a playoff spot, although he declined to suggest it would be a “failure” if the club came up short. “The guy won a Gold Glove in left and right and is having a big year offensively. And that’s the kind of starting pitching we need to make a run here”. “That is why once we get down, there is no give up on this staff”. The Tigers were not willing to fetch the hefty price that Price was looking to resign for at the end of the season. Through 102 games with the Tigers this season, he notched 18 home runs (four in the last six games) and 62 RBIs. It was the most runs he had given up since yielding eight against Boston on August 27, 2013. “He played in Oakland, which is probably one of the most hard places to hit and it didn’t bother him at all”. The right-hander worked around a hit by pitch and a single in the first and a pair of singles in the third, taking a shut out into the fourth.

Baltimore knocked Farmer out of the sport in a four-run fifth. And Manny Machado’s two-run blast off reliever Jose Valdez (0-1) completed the comeback in the sixth, giving the Orioles a 7-6 lead. He hit an RBI single in the second and a two-out, two-run home run in the fourth.

Darren O’Day stranded a runner at second in the eighth, getting Rajai Davis to pop up to the catcher after Anthony Gose hit a two-out double. “That appears to be the issue up to now in our season”. “I don’t know. They’re really aggressive today”. Martinez remained in the game for another inning, but was replaced by recently recalled outfielder Tyler Collins in the bottom of the third. The Toronto Blue Jays have kept up their postseason push by acquiring veteran reliever Mark Lowe from the Seattle Mariners and outfielder Ben Revere from the Philadelphia Phillies. The Orioles are working with a thin minor league system and do not have a lot of chips to bring to the table. 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 Orioles also dealt right-handed reliever Tommy Hunter to the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Junior Lake and designated struggling starter Bud Norris and first baseman Chris Parmelee for assignment.

Tigers: Anibal Sanchez (10-8, 4.61 ERA) beat the Orioles on July 17 and will seek an encore on Saturday night.

His lead-off double in the first sparked a two-run rally that gave the Orioles (53-50) a lead they never lost. He has had 12 appearances since then, including five starts.