Red Sox reach 100 Ws for 1st time since 1946
Odorizzi, Twins stymie Yankees • A’s extend winning streak to 6 • Dodgers finally top Reds
David price pitched seven strong innings, boston scored a run on a wild pitch, and the Red sox earned their 100th win of the season Wednesday night with a 1-0 victory over the visiting toronto blue jays.
It is the fourth time the Red sox – who clinched a postseason berth tuesday – have won 100 or more games in a season and the first time since 1946.
price (15-6) allowed three hits and no walks while striking out seven.
Craig Kimbrel pitched around a walk and struck out two in the ninth to earn his 39th save of the season.
Twins 3, Yankees 1
jake odorizzi came within five outs of producing the first no-hitter in target Field history as minnesota beat visiting New Yorks.
In the 722nd regular-season game since the twins moved to their current stadium in 2010, odorizzi (6-10) lost his no-hit bid when Greg bird roped the 120th pitch into the left-centerfield gap for an RbI double.
odorizzi left immediately after allowing bird’s hit. In 71/3 innings, he allowed one run, issued three walks, struck out five and tied a career high with 120 pitches. It nearly was the first no-hitter for the twins since Francisco liriano had one on may 3, 2011, in Chicago against the White sox.
A’s 10, Orioles 0
matt olson belted a three-run homer that proved to be the big hit in a 10-run third inning, and five pitchers combined for a one-hitter as oakland cruised to a victory at baltimore.
the A’s won their sixth consecutive game thanks to that big inning, handing the orioles their sixth loss in a row. oakland now has won the first two games of this series and is 5-0 against baltimore in 2018.
In addition to olson’s big blast, matt Chapman twice drove in runs in the crucial inning. he finished with three RbIs in the third, starting the scoring with a two-run double and ending it with an RbI single.
Dodgers 8, Reds 1
joc pederson hit a home run, and justin turner and Yasmani Grandal each drove in three runs as visiting los Angeles finally beat Cincinnati on its last try this season.
the last-place Reds had won all six of the previous matchups, including a four-game sweep at los Angeles in may. the Dodgers avoided being the first team in baseball history to follow a season-series sweep in one year (6-0 in 2017 versus Cincinnati) by getting swept in the season series the following year.
the Dodgers took control of the game with a four-run fifth inning.
Astros 5, Tigers 4
Alex bregman drove in three runs, including two during a four-run, fifth-inning outburst, and houston completed a three-game series sweep at Detroit.
bregman became the first third baseman in major league history to record 50 doubles and 30 homers in a single season. he also scored a run and was one of four Astros with two hits. marwin Gonzalez had two hits and an RbI while George springer and jake marisnick each supplied two hits and a run.
Gerrit Cole (14-5) gave up two runs on three hits and struck out nine in five innings to notch the victory. Ryan pressly pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save as houston won each game in the series by a single run.
Braves 2, Giants 1
tyler Flowers’ ninth-inning infield single scored the decisive run, and visiting Atlanta completed a three-game sweep of san Francisco.
the braves earned their fifth win a row and stretched their lead in the National league east to 7½ games over philadelphia.
the Giants, who scored one run in each of the series’ three games, absorbed their 11th consecutive loss.
Mets 13, Marlins 0
Zack Wheeler tossed eight scoreless innings for New York, which cruised past visiting miami.
the two teams, whose scheduled
series opener monday was rained out, were supposed to play a doubleheader Wednesday. however, rains arrived shortly before 4 p.m. scheduled first pitch and continued even as the tarp was pulled off around 9 p.m.
the game finally got under way at 9:45 p.m., and the mets announced less than an hour later the second game would be made up as part of a single-gate doubleheader on thursday.
Brewers 5, Cubs 1
Curtis Granderson went 3-for-4 with a triple, a homer and three runs, and milwaukee pulled away for a win at Chicago.
the brewers won the series’ rubber match and moved within one game of the Cubs for first place in the Nl Central. mike moustakas finished with a pair of RbIs for milwaukee.
Kris bryant had the lone RbI for the Cubs, who have lost seven of their last 10 against milwaukee. (Reuters)