His home run, with two out in the ninth, runs the Red Sox in unexpected Los Angeles reaction
The modern version of Babe Ruth shattered dreams of a sweep in the “Bambino’s” first great house.
Shohei Ohtani, more athletic than the beefy Ruth, hit a two-run homer with two out in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Seraphim rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 out of a four-game losing streak. .
Boston closer Matt Barnes (1-1) retired the first two batters he faced in the ninth inning before allowing Mike Trout to single.
Ohtani followed up with his 12th homer of the season, tying it for the major league lead, barely cleared by Poste Pesky at the bottom of right field. It was Ohtani’s second home run in the series and incidentally snapped Boston’s streak to three wins.
Cuban Raisel Iglesias (2-2) pitched the eighth blank to score the victory and Mike Mayers made a save.
Drew Butera’s two-run single capped a four-touchdown second inning off starter Nathan Eovaldi that put the Angels up 4-0.
Rafael Devers hit a three-run homer and Kevin Plawecki had a solo homer as Boston lead 5-4.
MAIKEL FRANCO homered and drove in three runs, rookie Bryce Zimmermann came out of the bullpen to stop the Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles avoided a three-game sweep by beating New York 10-6.
Aaron Judge took the fence for the third straight game, hitting 10-6 with four homers and five RBIs in the series. He now has 12 homers and is in a quadruple tie at the top of that department.
But Jordan Montgomery couldn’t hold a 4-0 lead in the first inning and 5-2 in the third, so New York fell to 1-6 this season in games trying to complete a sweep. Baltimore is 6-15 at Camden Yards, the worst home record in the majors.
The Dominican César Valdez, without being as fine as other times, dispatched the ninth with three hits and one run, with two strikeouts, for the Orioles.
MARCUS SEMIEN and Bo Bichette hit back-to-back homers to open the inning, Randal Grichuk added a two-run double in a five-score second inning and the Toronto Blue Jays held out to beat an injury-stricken Philadelphia Phillies 10-8. Semien finished with three hits and three RBIs, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit 11 home runs, a mile-long solo hit, in the eighth of his third straight home homer game.
ERICK FEDDE pitched seven scoreless innings, Yadiel Hernandez homered from the lead and the Washington Nationals beat the Arizona Diamonds 3-0. Fedde (3-4) had his best start of the year, with 97 pitches in seven innings allowing only three hits and striking out four.
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