May 27, 2015

Quite the Afternoon

The nine early afternoon games produced plenty of action. Felix Hernandez and Chris Archer lived up to the hype, neither allowing a run. King Felix came out on top, however, as he pitched more efficiently. Archer threw 95 pitches in eight innings, striking out 12 without a walk. Hernandez struck out eight with one walk, but the strikeouts came later in the game, five in the last three innings. That allowed Hernandez to use just 101 pitches to go the distance. Brad Boxberger gave up three runs in the ninth on Nelson Cruz‘s 18th home run, and Seattle gets the win.

The Yankees swept the Royals with a 4-2 win. Michael Pineda rebounded from two bad starts, and Alex Rodriguez homered and drove in three runs, leaving him five RBI short of 2000.

Nolan Arenado picked up his third multi-hit game in the last four as Colorado beat the Reds 6-4. Four of his last nine hits went for extra bases.

Noah Syndergaard out-scored the Phillies as he pitched 7 1/3 shutout innings and hit his first home run. The Mets beat the Phillies 7-0.

Dee Gordon took back the major league lead in batting average as he went three for four to raise his average to .376 in a 5-2 Miami loss to the Pirates, while Prince Fielder fell to .368, going 1 for 4 in a 12-3 Indians win over Texas.

Dustin Pedroia hit two home runs, but that was not enough as the Twins beat the Red Sox 6-4. The White Sox beat Toronto 5-3 in extra innings, and San Francisco beat Milwaukee 3-1.

Update: Alex Rodriguez set the AL record with 1995 RBI.

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