DENVER — Just when it seemed the Padres were not up to making Thursday afternoon a full-fledged Coors Field thrill ride, they put together a five-run ninth inning and beat the Rockies, 10-8 ....
In the world of classical music, there is a superstition called the “Curse of the Ninth”. The idea that a ninth symphony is destined to be a composer’s last.
Gavin Sheets' three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning Thursday capped a five-run rally enabling the San Diego Padres to outslug the host Colorado Rockies 10-8 in Denver... .
Ike Irish’s sharp single to center in the bottom of the ninth scored a pair of runs and lifted the Frederick Keys to a 10-9 victory over the Wilmington Blue Rocks on Thursday night at Nymeo Field... .
Carlos Mendoza said there was a misunderstanding and Brazobán was told he would start the ninth if the game was tied, but that Williams would come in if the Mets scored in the bottom of the eighth — which they did.
Related...Good news ... And yet another injury bit the Cubs’ pitching staff, this time with lefty reliever Caleb Thielbar — one of the team’s most leaned-on players to this point — having to exit the game in the ninth with tightness in his left hamstring.