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Toronto Blue Jays’ Melky Cabrera drops his bat after hitting an RBI-ground out against the Oakland Athletics in the sixth inning of a baseball game on Sunday in Oakland, California.
Right-hander Jeff Samardzija made a strong first impression in his debut as he allowed just one run and four hits in seven innings, leading the A’s to a four-game series sweep over Toronto.
Samardzija, who came to the A’s from the Chicago Cubs as the centerpiece of a five-player trade, struck out five and walked one. He struck out the side in the seventh inning and left the mound to a standing ovation.
The A’s completed their first four-game series sweep of the Blue Jays since 1981 and first sweep of any length against Toronto (47-43) since 2000. Oakland (55-33) improved to a season-high 22 games above .500.
‘’First impressions are always important,’’ said Samardzija after lowering his overall ERA to 2.74.
‘’Like I said yesterday, they didn’t need me here. They were doing just fine without me. I don’t want to come in and change anything and change the atmosphere. I just want to come in and add and do my part,’’ he said
Elsewhere, left fielder David Lough started the 12th inning with a triple, and shortstop J.J. Hardy followed with a tiebreaking single that gave the Baltimore Orioles a 7-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
Closer Zach Britton threw the bottom of the 12th and recorded his 14th save as the first-place Orioles (48-40) remained on top in the American League East.
David Ortiz went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and helped the Red Sox (39-49) score five runs in the seventh inning to tie the game 6-6.
Right-hander Garrett Richards amassed a career-high 11 strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-1 victory over the Houston Astros.
Richards (10-2) permitted one run, one walk and six hits as the Angels (51-36) won their fourth consecutive game and their ninth in a row at home.
Right fielder Kole Calhoun went 3-for-4, including a home run and two runs scored.
The Astros’ (36-54) losing streak reached seven games, matching their longest this season.
The Arizona Diamondbacks got a two-run homer from Paul Goldschmidt and beat Atlanta 3-1, snapping the Braves’ nine-game winning streak.
The big first baseman went 2-for-3 and gave his team a 2-0 lead in the third inning with a two-run homer, his 16th home run of the season.
Arizona (37-53) starter Wade Miley (4-6) pitched 6 2/3 innings and allowed one run to previously red-hot Atlanta (49-39).
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