Recap Roundups
May 06, 2017
Boston 11, Minnesota 1
Boston's Josh Rutledge sent a seemingly innocuous grounder to shortstop Jorge Polanco with two outs in the second inning on Saturday. Polanco fielded the ball and fumbled the exchange while trying to decide whether to record the final out of the inning at first or second base.
Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 1
Toronto manager John Gibbons has known Tampa Bay pitcher Jake Odorizzi since they were in the Kansas City Royals system together six years ago, so he's not surprised by how well he pitched Saturday in leading the Rays to a 6-1 victory over the Blue Jays at Tropicana Field.
Cleveland 3, Kansas City 1
When the Royals went to back-to-back World Series in 2014-15, their bullpen ranked second to none.
Baltimore 6, Chi. White Sox 5
The combination of power and strong starting pitching helped the Baltimore Orioles to a third consecutive victory Saturday night.
Pittsburgh 2, Milwaukee 1
On a night when the Pittsburgh Pirates offense sputtered more than it rolled, the right guy came up with the game on the line.
Washington 6, Philadelphia 2
Ryan Zimmerman was robbed in the first inning. He hit the ball too far and too hard for the Phillies to handle in his next two at-bats.
NY Mets 11, Miami 3
The New York Mets fared well without Asdrubal Cabrera for the final six innings Saturday night. Now the Mets can only hope they won't be without their leader for a far longer period of time.
Cincinnati 14, San Francisco 2
Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price tweaked his batting order at the end of April. Since then, the Reds have won six of seven and averaged more than seven runs per game.
St. Louis 5, Atlanta 3
The first homer that Mike Leake has allowed this season came too late to take away from another impressive pitching performance.
NY Yankees 11, Chi. Cubs 6
Starlin Castro had to admit he enjoyed hitting a two-run homer against his former team.
Colorado 9, Arizona 1
After six starts that were so-so or worse, Tyler Anderson finally found his 2016 rookie pitching form Saturday night for the Colorado Rockies.
LA Dodgers 10, San Diego 2
The Dodgers already had one Padre killer in Clayton Kershaw.
Oakland 6, Detroit 5
Not all walk-off wins are created equal.
LA Angels 2, Houston 1
Star outfielder Mike Trout was unavailable Saturday night, so the Los Angeles Angels made do with pitching, defense and a well-placed single.
Seattle 8, Texas 2
The Seattle bats finally came alive in Saturday night's seventh inning, when the Mariners broke through for the elusive clutch hit and just kept delivering them.