Jameson wins in major debut, Arizona beats Padres 4-0
Drey Jameson pitched seven scoreless innings in his major league debut, and the Arizona Diamondbacks hit three home runs Thursday in a 4-0 shutout of the San Diego Padres.
Jameson, who was called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Reno, allowed two hits, both by Brandon Drury, and walked one. In addition, he struck out five, including Juan Soto twice, and had 10 groundouts on 90 pitches.
Kevin Ginkel, Joe Mantiply and Reyes Moronta completed the game with three-hit ball, and Ketel Marte, Emmanuel Rivera and Carson Kelly hit solo homers.
In his first start since Sept. 3, Sean Manaea (7-9) took the loss after giving up two homers and one hit in five innings in which he didn't walk and struck out three.
The Padres' lead over the bye Brewers for the final NL wild card shrank to 1 1/2 games.
For the Padres, the Dominicans Juan Soto 4-0; Louis Liberato 1-0.
For the Diamondbacks, the Dominicans Ketel Marte 3-2, with a run scored and an RBI; Geraldo Perdomo 3-0. Puerto Rican Emmanuel Rivera 3-1, with one run scored and one produced.
Olimpia, from Honduras, eliminated Diriangén, from Nicaragua, on Thursday by beating them 3-1 in the Concacaf League, and sealed their pass to the semifinal, in which they will face Motagua, their eternal and neighboring rival from Tegucigalpa.
ReplyDeleteThe first half was given to both teams, with a Diriangén reaching the rival area and shots from long and medium distance, but without major problems for Olimpia, who also looked for him on the counterattack.
With a slightly greater control of the ball, Olimpia shot five times at the goal of the Nicaraguan club, which did so four times, one of them accurate, with short passes and a lot of speed, beating Olimpia's defense and get ahead.
Diriangén began to dream of a comeback in the 31st minute, when Leonel Torres finished off a ball that came from the left one meter from the Olimpia goal.
Olimpia, who won the first leg by a 4-0 drubbing, arrived at the rival area with Jerry Bengtson and Brayan Moya leading the way, and José Pinto and Michael Chirinos promoted the game from midfield.
In the second half, Olimpia had more of the ball again and kept trying to at least equalize, but Diriangén's defense didn't give them much freedom.
It wasn't until the 61st minute that Jerry Bengtson tied the game 1-1 with a headed goal, beating a Diriangén defender in an early jump.
Despite the fact that they were once again at a wide disadvantage, Diriangén did not give up their offensive game and put Olimpia's defense and goalkeeper, Eduardo Menjívar, in trouble in a game that became alternate domain.
Olimpia also continued to grind and in the 80th minute they took the lead with a goal, also a header, from Jorge Benguché, who had just come on to replace Jerry Bengtson, their captain.
At 90+3, Michael Chirinos, from a penalty, put the final score 3-1 in favor of Olimpia.