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Julio Rodríguez smiles after finishing the game in which he was one of the heroes for the Mariners. Seattle’s first of four home runs off ace Justin Verlander, and the Mariners beat the Houston Astros 6-1 on Friday.
Rodriguez, Kyle Lewis, Ty France and Taylor Trammell homered off Verlander, who called. his worst record for home runs allowed in a start. He met with seven earned runs allowed in 51 2/3 innings this season. allowed The Mariners hit six, all on home runs.
Rodriguez got the offense going with his two-run homer in the first inning off Verlander’s opening pitch.
Chris Flexen (2-6) offered. a pitching gem. accepted one run and seven hits over seven innings, with six strikeouts.
For the Astros, Venezuelan José; Altuve 5-1. Cubans Yordan Álvarez 4-2, Yuli Gurriel 4-2 with a run scored. Dominicans Jeremy Peña 4-2, José; Siri 0-4 with an RBI. Puerto Rican Martín Maldonado 3-0.
For the Mariners, the Dominican Rodriguez 4-1 with a run scored and two RBIs. Venezuelan Eugenio Suárez 4-0.
Reds 5, Giants 1
Rookie right-hander Graham Ashcraft pocketed the ball. his first win as he covered six solid innings, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Friday.
The game included & oacute; a political protest from Giants manager Gabe Kapler as well Like an outbreak of a fight between Tommy Pham and Joc Pederson.
Kapler refused. to go out on the field to listen to the national anthem. explained He was voicing his frustration with the political direction of the country following the shooting spree this week at a Texas elementary school.
Pham of the Reds and Pederson of the Giants they staged a near fight on the field before the game. The Major Leagues reported that they are investigating what happened.
While waiting for that investigation, Cincinnati decided to Pham was excluded from the match, which began with a delay of 2 hours and 8 minutes.
Kapler starred in an embarrassing moment in the eighth episode, when he sent He put lefty Jake McGee on the mound. He had to give up, since that pitcher was not on San Francisco’s lineup card.
Twins 10
& nbsp; Kansas 7Jorge Polanco shook a home run as part of a four-run first-inning drive, while Carlos Correa homered. He hit a go-ahead homer in the fourth to give the Minnesota Twins a 10-7 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday. a double away from hitting the cycle for the Royals, who have lost seven of eight games. got it He hit a single in the first inning, a two-run triple in the third and a solo homer in the seventh for six homers on the season.
In the eighth inning, he raised a lob to right field, with two runners out on the trails.
Starter Bailey Ober covered the ball. three innings, in which he admitted three runs and five hits, without giving walks and with five strikeouts. The Twins turned to seven relievers to settle the last six innings. the triumph with a work of two chapters and two thirds. Emilio Pagán took out the last out to reach seven saves.
For the Royals, Dominican Carlos Santana 4-1. Puerto Rican Emmanuel Rivera 4-2 with an RBI.
For the Twins, Venezuelan Luis Arráez 5-2 with a run scored and an RBI. Puerto Rican Carlos Correa 5-1 with one run scored and one produced. The Dominicans Polanco 5-2 with two runs scored and two RBIs, Gary Sánchez 5-3 with a run scored. Colombian Gio Urshela 5-3 with one run scored and two produced.
