BOSTON – Chris Sale returned from the COVID-19 roster to pitch five two-hitter innings and Bobby Dalbec homered to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 on Friday night. 100 defeats in the campaign.
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One night after laying the New York Yankees down, Baltimore again helped the Red Sox in the tight race to the playoffs.
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Mexico’s Alex Verdugo had three hits and a catch by sliding into the left-field corner, and Hunter Renfroe hit a three-run RBI double for Boston, which came into the night with a virtual draw with Toronto for the two wild card spots. the American League.
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New York was half a game behind. The Yankees beat Cleveland 8-0 and Minnesota edged Toronto 7-3 on Friday, leaving Boston and New York in playoff position late in the day, with the Blue Jays half a game away.
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Baltimore became the first team with 100 losses on the season. Sale (4-0) spent the entire 2020 season and the first four and a half months of the season recovering from Tommy John surgery.
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After five starts, he tested positive for coronavirus on September 10 and was pulled from his next scheduled start. It was activated on Friday.
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For Orioles, the Mexican Ramón Urías 3-1 and the Dominicans Kelvin Gutiérrez 3-1 and Pedro Severino 3-0.
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For the Red Sox the Puerto Ricans Christian Vázquez 4-2 with two runs scored, Enrique Hernández 3-0 with one scored; the Dominican Rafael Devers of 5-1 and the Cuban José Iglesias of 3-1 with an produced.
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