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BOSTON (AP) — Now that he’s rebuilt his pitch count Aaron Sanchez Jersey , Chris Sale has to fix his mechanics before his next start in the AL Division Series.Sale struck out eight over 4 2/3 innings in his final tuneup before the Baltimore Orioles salvaged a split of Wednesday’s day-night doubleheader with a 10-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.“This is what these starts have been for — building blocks,” Sale said. “I feel like I’ve gotten enough work in and gotten my pitch count up enough to where I’ll be ready for it.”But the lefty needs to correct his delivery and the drop-off in his command and velocity, which mostly was in the low 90 mph range.“As soon I took him out, he was up in the video room,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “It seems like there’s something mechanically going on. He’s not flying his hips the way he usually does. We don’t have too much time.”Boston won the opener 19-3, dealing the Orioles a franchise-record 112th loss. The Red Sox were 16-3 against Baltimore this year.“That was an ugly game,” Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. “I wish we scored nine more runs and beat them 19-3. It’s a crazy game. It’s a great club over there.”A major league-best 107-52, Boston opens the Division Series at home Oct. 5 against the New York Yankees or Oakland.Sale left after giving up Adam Jones‘ go-ahead, RBI double that made it 3-2 in the fifth. He threw 92 pitches, allowing three runs and four hits.Sale was limited to one start in six weeks because of left shoulder inflammation but has gradually built up his pitch count in four outings. He had control trouble early, hitting two batters on sliders in the first inning as he allowed two runs.Trey Mancini had a tiebreaking two-run single off Matt Barnes (6-4) in a three-run seventh and drove in three runs. Tanner Scott (3-2) worked 2 2/3 innings of one-run relief, and Paul Fry pitched three hitless innings for his second save.In the opener, J.D. Martinez had three of Boston’s season-high 22 hits, including a three-run homer that brought his major league-leading RBIs total to 127. The Orioles (46-112) broke the franchise loss mark set by the 1939 St. Louis Browns went 43-111.“Man, he doesn’t leave anyone for no one,” Xander Bogaerts said in mock anger after driving in four runs to reach 100 RBIs for the first time in his career and lead Boston to a 19-3 win.The Red Sox had five homers and nine doubles and matched their biggest scoring output this season. The 14 extra-base hits were the most in the majors this year and the most for Boston since 1950.In the makeup of Tuesday’s rainout, David Price (16-7) settled down after an early stumble in his final start before the playoffs. He allowed three runs — all in the second inning — six hits and three walks, striking out six before leaving with a 10-3 lead after five.“Probably I was one pitch from getting taken out of that game,” said Price Kevin Pillar Jersey , who is expected to start Game 2 of the AL Division Series against the New York Yankees or Oakland. “To reel it back in … was big.”Rafael Devers had four hits and six RBIs, including two homers, and Mookie Betts had two hits to raise his major league-best batting average to .346. Betts also stole a base, making him the second player in Red Sox history with at least 30 homers and 30 stolen bases in a season.Ryan Meisinger (2-1) got just one out in his first start since he was a sophomore at Radford University, allowing five runs and four hits.SURPRISE VISITORRed Sox TV color analyst Jerry Remy visited the booth and was on the air briefly because “he wanted to thank the fans” for the cards and letters as he undergoes cancer treatment again.The 65-year-old Remy has had numerous reoccurrences with the disease. He was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 2008.He plans to return in a limited role next season.“I think the best way to describe it is: I’m not retiring,” he said. “But, they’ll be limitations. I’m not going to travel anymore.”MILESTONESBogaerts’ 22 homers also is a personal best. … Martinez’s previous career high for RBIs was 104, last year. … Martinez’s 42d homer tied Dick Stuart (1963) for the most by a player in his first year with the Red Sox. … Devers’ six RBIs was a career high.EMERGENCY PITCHEROrioles infielder Jace Peterson pitched the eighth in the first game, throwing mostly in the 90 mph range. He gave up four runs and six hits, but he could have gotten out of it with less damage if he had remembered to cover first on a grounder to the right side. Two other hits barely eluded the fielders, including one that went off second baseman Corban Joseph’s glove.Peterson struck out Christian Vazquez to end the inning.TRAINER’S ROOMRed Sox: INF Eduardo Nunez, who hasn’t played since Sept. 19 due to hamstring soreness, ran in the outfield with a team athletic trainer watching between games. Cora said he’ll DH Friday and play third on Sunday.UP NEXTOrioles: RHP David Hess (3-10, 5.14 ERA) is slated to start the opener against Houston Thursday. RHP Gerrit Cole (15-5, 2.92) is set to go for the AL West champs.Red Sox: After an off-day, RHP Rick Porcello (17-7, 4.33) is scheduled to pitch the first of three games Friday against the Yankees. NEW YORK (AP) Sonny Gray was chased in the third inning by the team with worst record in the majors, big league-loss leader Alex Cobb ended a nine-start winless streak and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 7-5 on Wednesday.Despite what appeared to be a midgame lecture in the dugout by third base coach Phil Nevin during a rain delay, New York (68-3 dropped 5 1/2 games behind Boston (75-34) heading into a four-game series at Fenway Park starting Thursday.Gray (8- allowed seven runs http://www.bluejaysfanproshop.com/authentic-russell-martin-jersey , eight hits and two walks in 2 2/3 innings, raising his ERA to 5.56. He was booed as he walked off the mound and was replaced by Lance Lynn.Cobb (3-14) had been 0-7 since winning at the New York Mets on June 5, losing his last five outings. He breezed against the Yankees with an early 7-1 lead, allowing one run and seven hits in six innings and stopping Baltimore’s streak of 11 consecutive road losses.Gleyber Torres homered twice for New York, a solo drive in the second and a three-run shot in the ninth.ASTROS 8, MARINERS 3SEATTLE (AP) – Marwin Gonzalez hit two of Houston’s four home runs, and the Astros knocked Seattle Mariners from the lead for the second wild card in the American League.After a five-game losing streak, the Astros rebounded to win the final two games of the series. Houston has a five-game cushion over Seattle in the AL West and dropped the Mariners into a tie with surging Oakland for the second AL wild-card spot. Seattle led the A’s by 11 games in the middle of June, but has seen the entire lead disappear over the past six weeks.Gonzalez hit a solo home run off Wade LeBlanc (6-2) with two outs in the second inning and added a two-run shot in the fourth. Jake Marisnick, recalled from the minors before the game, added a two-run shot off LeBlanc and Max Stassi greeted reliever Nick Vincent with a three-run homer in the fifth.Dallas Keuchel (9-9) improved to 6-1 in his past nine starts, throwing seven innings.CUBS 9, PIRATES 2PITTSBURGH (AP) – Cole Hamels had little trouble in his return to the National League, keeping Pittsburgh in check over five innings to lead Chicago.Hamels (6-9), acquired in a trade with Texas last week, gave up one unearned run on three hits. The four-time All-Star struck out nine and walked two to pick up his first win for a National League team in more than three years.Willson Contreras went 3 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs for the Cubs. Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist had three hits apiece while Kyle Schwarber and Javy Baez each added two hits and an RBI for Chicago.The Cubs wasted little time jumping on Pittsburgh rookie Nick Kingham (5-6), touching him for four runs in the first inning to give Hamels plenty of breathing room. Kingham needed 51 pitches to get through the first and didn’t come out for the second.NATIONALS 5, METS 3WASHINGTON (AP) – Tommy Milone worked seven strong innings to get his first win in more than a year, Anthony Rendon homered and Washington beat New York to move back above .500.The Nationals followed their 25-4 blowout of the Mets on Tuesday night by jumping on Noah Syndergaard (6-2) early. Bryce Harper singled in the first inning to drive in Trea Turner Josh Donaldson Jersey , who had stolen second. In the third, Rendon got hold of a hanging curveball for his 16th homer this season, scoring Turner.Rendon has six RBIs in two games since returning after the birth of his first child.Filling in for the injured Stephen Strasburg, Milone (1-0) mixed his pitches effectively and faced little stress in the second start of his second stint with Washington. Kelvin Herrera got the save after allowing Wilmer Flores’s ninth-inning homer. Jose Reyes homered from both sides of the plate for the Mets, his 11th career multihomer game and his first since Sept. 8.INDIANS 2, TWINS 0MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Carlos Carrasco struck out 10 in 7 1/3 innings, winning his fourth straight start since returning from the disabled list to carry Cleveland past Minnesota.Brad Hand got the last five outs for his 26th save of the season and second for Cleveland. The Indians stretched their lead over the Twins in the AL Central to 10 games.Carrasco (13-5), who missed three weeks with a bruised elbow before his reinstatement July 6, has 63 strikeouts in his last eight starts.Matt Magill (2-2) was the loser.ATHLETICS 8, BLUE JAYS 3OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Sean Manaea pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Jonathan Lucroy drove in four runs and Oakland completed a season sweep of Toronto.Manaea (10-7) allowed five hits, struck out five and walked two. The A’s won all seven games between the two teams for their first season sweep of the Blue Jays.Franklin Barreto homered and had three RBIs for the Athletics. Lucroy added three hits.Toronto starter Marcus Stroman (4- allowed seven runs and 11 hits in five innings. Russell Martin homered for the Blue Jays.TIGERS 7, REDS 4DETROIT (AP) – Jose Iglesias drove in three runs, Jim Adduci homered and Detroit survived the loss of pitcher Mike Fiers to an early injury to beat Cincinnati.Fiers left after the second with a bruised left shin, sustained on Mason Williams‘ comebacker. X-rays on Fiers’ shin were negative, and it was unclear whether he will make his next scheduled start.Drew VerHagen (2-2) followed as the first of six relievers and pitched three scoreless innings. Shane Greene worked the ninth for his 23rd save in 26 chances.Sal Romano (6-9) allowed four runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.RAYS 7, ANGELS 2ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Willy Adames homered and drove in two on the day Tampa Bay gave him the regular shortstop job.Adames drove in a run with a two-out single off starter Nick Tropeano (4-6) in the fourth inning Joe Carter Jersey , then scored on Mallex Smith’s triple. Adames led off the sixth with his fourth home run to make it 4-2.Jake Bauers added a two-run homer in the ninth for the Rays, his ninth of the season and third in three games.Jake Faria, pitching for the first time since going on the disabled list with a left oblique strain June 22, got the win in the third relief appearance of his career. Faria (4-3) gave up one run on four hits in 3 2/3 innings.ROYALS 10, WHITE SOX 5CHICAGO (AP) – Alex Gordon hit a two-run homer and drove in four, helping Kansas City pound sloppy Chicago.Jakob Junis (6-11) pitched 5 2/3 innings of four-run ball in his first win since May 18. The 24-year-old right-hander was 0-8 with a 6.67 ERA in his previous 10 starts.Chicago lost for the sixth time in seven games. Yoan Moncada broke out of a slump with his fifth career leadoff homer, two hits and two walks, but he also committed one of two costly errors for the White Sox.Dylan Covey (4-7) was charged with seven runs, four earned, and five hits in 4 1/3 innings, dropping to 1-5 with an 8.89 ERA in his last six starts.DODGERS 6, BREWERS 4, 10 INNINGSLOS ANGELES (AP) – Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run homer – his second of the game – in the 10th inning, rallying the Dodgers past the Brewers to snap a three-game skid.The win was also highlighted by Brian Dozier’s homer in his Dodgers’ debut after arriving from Minnesota on Tuesday.All-Star Matt Kemp ended an 0-for-26 skid with a single leading off the inning against Matt Albers (3-3). Grandal followed with his 19th homer after the Dodgers had blown a 4-2 lead.The Brewers tied it 4-all in the eighth. Mike Moustakas doubled off reliever Scott Alexander, who gave up three walks – one intentional – before Manny Pina singled in Ryan Braun.Dylan Floro (4-2) got the win after retiring the side in the 10th.—
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