DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander made a teary farewell, accompanied by his 7-year-old daughter as he left a major league mound for the final time in the Detroit Tigers’ 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
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he → make → Saturday
Eduardo Valencia hit a game-ending, two-run homer off Mason Montgomery (6-4) in a three-run ninth that included Kevin McGonigle’s RBI groundout.
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that → hit → groundout
Verlander allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings with one walk and six strikeouts in his 91-pitch outing.
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Verlander → allow → outing
The 43-year-old right-hander was making his second start of the year and first since March 30 in a season derailed by a sore hip and hamstring injury.
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hander → make → injury
After Brandon Lowe hit a foul popup starting the sixth, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch walked from the dugout toward the plate and pointed toward the seats.
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Hinch → hit → seats
Genevieve Verlander, wearing a Tigers jersey with her dad’s name and number, sprinted to the mound and hugged her father, who reached down to embrace her and started shaking and sobbing.
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who → wear → her
Verlander finished 266-159 in 557 starts with a 3.33 ERA and 3,560 strikeouts, eighth on the career list.
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Verlander → finish → list
Pittsburgh took a 2-0 lead on solo homers by Brandon Lowe in the fourth and Nick Gonzales.
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Pittsburgh → take → fourth
Javier Báez hit an RBI double in the sixth, and Bryan Reynolds extended Pittsburgh’s lead to 3-1 with a run-scoring triple in the eighth.
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Reynolds → hit → eighth
METS 7, NATIONALS 1
WASHINGTON (AP) — A.J. Ewing hit a go-ahead, three-run homer, Ronny Mauricio went deep from both sides of the plate for his first career multi-homer game and New York defeated Washington.
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York → hit → Washington
New York left fielder Juan Soto left the game in the ninth inning after he was hit on the right hand by a 91.7 mph sinker from Richard Lovelady.
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he → leave → Lovelady
Mets manager Andy Green said X-rays were negative.
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rays → say → ?
Mets rookie Carson Benge had three hits for his 44th multihit game and 13th with three hits or more.
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Benge → have → hits
Benge also made a sprawling, backhand catch in right field with two on in the third on Abimelec Ortiz’s sacrifice fly, a grab reminiscent of Ron Swoboda’s against Baltimore’s Brooks Robinson in Game 4 of the 1969 World Series.
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Benge → make → Series
Ortiz’s fly gave Washington a lead that stood until McEwing homered in the seventh on an 0-2 curveball from Jake Irvin (2-10), ending an 0-or-10 slide and putting the Mets ahead 3-1.
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McEwing → give → Mets
Mauricio connected on a fastball three pitches later for his first home run since May 1.
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Mauricio → connect → May
Mets Nos. 8 and 9 hitters hit consecutive home runs for the third time this year.
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hitters → hit → time
Mauricio added a two-run homer in the ninth.
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Mauricio → add → ninth
REDS 5, BLUE JAYS 1
TORONTO (AP) — JJ Bleday hit a solo home run, Héctor Rodríguez added a two-run triple and Cincinnati beat Toronto/
Rhett Lowder (7-12) allowed three hits in six scoreless innings to win for the first time since August 28, stopping a four-start losing streak.
Cincinnati improved to 29-18 against AL opponents.
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Cincinnati → hit → opponents
Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts and was booed by some in the sellout crowd of 42,482.
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Jr. → go → 42,482
Guerrero, who has slumped this season while playing with injuries, apologized Friday for comments that this $500 million, 14-year contract was for past accomplishments.
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contract → slump → accomplishments
Blue Jays right-hander Trey Yesavage (5-6) allowed one run and two hits in two innings.
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Yesavage → allow → innings
The 23-year-old rookie right-hander returned last Monday after missing 42 games because of left knee surgery and finished with a 3.69 ERA in 20 starts, striking out 97 in 97 2/3 innings.
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hander → return → innings
Bleday led off the second inning with his 24th home run, a 413-foot drive to center.
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Bleday → lead → center
DODGERS 4, GIANTS 3
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kiké Hernández hit a tiebreaking home run leading off the ninth inning, Mookie Betts also homered and Los Angeles beat San Francisco.
Bo Davidson hit a tying sacrifice fly off Evan Phillips (3-2) with two outs in the eighth for San Francisco before Hernández answered against Trent Harris (0-1) for his fourth homer.
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Hernández → hit → homer
Tanner Scott closed out a second straight game, earning his 25th save.
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Scott → close → save
Betts homered with two outs in the third inning for his team’s first hit before Miguel Rojas and Tommy Edman added RBI singles the next two innings.
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Rojas → homer → singles
Betts’ blast to the bleachers in left-center sent the large contingent of Dodgers fans in the sellout crowd of 40,124 at Oracle Park into a frenzy on a beautiful sunny afternoon in the Bay Area.
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blast → send → Area
The Giants lost their fourth straight, seventh of eight and seventh in a row to the rival Dodgers after taking four of five in the series to start the year.
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Giants → lose → year
RANGERS 6, TWINS 2
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Danny Jansen homered and drove in two runs as Texas pushed the AL West race to the final day of the regular season with a rain-delayed victory over Minnesota.
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Texas → homer → Minnesota
Jake Burger also went deep for the Rangers (80-81), who moved a half-game ahead of Houston atop the division standings — with the Astros scheduled to play later at the Athletics.
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Astros → go → Athletics
Houston holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over Texas, so the AL West champion won’t be decided until Sunday.
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champion → hold → Sunday
Following a 10-2 loss Friday, the Rangers scored four runs with two outs in the second inning and never looked back.
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Rangers → follow → inning
After the first two batters struck out, Nicky Lopez hit a two-out double off Twins starter Bailey Ober (7-7).
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Lopez → strike → Ober
Jansen’s blooper dropped in for an RBI single, and a throwing error allowed Jansen to reach second.
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Jansen → drop → second
Evan Carter, Alejandro Osuna and Brandon Nimmo all followed with RBI doubles to put Texas ahead 4-1.
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Carter → follow → Texas
Jansen added a leadoff homer in the fourth, and Burger hit his team-leading 28th homer in the fifth.
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Burger → add → fifth
MIAMI (AP) — Michael Harris II had two doubles and a pair of singles, leading Atlanta to a win that assured Miami of their third straight losing season and 15th in 17 years.
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that → have → years
Drake Baldwin homered and had two singles while Dominic Smith also went deep for the NL East champions.
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Smith → homer → champions
Atlanta (94-67) will host a Wild Card Series starting Tuesday.
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Atlanta → host → Tuesday
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