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Carpenter hammers Cubs; 2 HRs, 7 RBIs in Yanks' 18-4 rout

By RONALD BLUM in front of the plate for an
AP Baseball Writer error, and Joey Gallo chased
NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Thompson with a two-run
Carpenter homered twice double that made it 5-1.
and tied his career high with MOVES
seven RBIs, powering the Cubs RHP Michael Rucker
New York Yankees to com- was optioned to Triple-A
plete a weekend sweep of the Iowa and Newcomb, out
Chicago Cubs with a 18-4 since May 7, was activated
rout on Sunday for their 11th from the 15-day IL after re-
win in 12 games. covering from a sprained left
The 36-year-old was signed ankle that he sustained while
on May 26 after spending shagging in the outfield.
the first seven weeks at Tex- TRAINER'S ROOM
as' Triple-A Round Rock. Cubs: OF Seiya Suzuki, side-
A three-time All-Star with lined since May 26 with a
St. Louis coming off three sprained left ring finger, still
straight seasons of decline, has swelling and won't par-
Carpenter became the sec- ticipate in baseball activities
ond player since 1900 to hit for at least five days.
six home runs in his first 10 Yankees: Trevino's back start-
games for a team after Colo- ed to bother him Saturday.
rado's Trevor Story in 2016. ... With Torres out, DJ Le-
Carpenter drew a tying bas- Mahieu moved from third
es-loaded walk as New York assists in his first big league 23-36. league save. to second, and Carpenter
chased Keegan Thompson game in the field this year. New York opened a 10-1 lead Thompson (6-2) left the played third, his first time
in a five-run first and hit a Kyle Higashioka added his in the third, batted around mound feeling as blue as his in the field since May 17 at
three-run homer off Daniel first two home runs of the twice and swept its seventh unusually colored glove. He first base for Triple-A Round
Norris for an 8-1 lead in the season, after hitting seven in series this season. The Yan- allowed five runs — three Rock. His only time at third
second. He added a two-run spring training. He was given kees outscored Chicago 28-5 earned — three hits and three this year had been for the
drive against Alec Mills in the the silent treatment when he in the three-game series and walks while getting two outs final five innings on May 8
sixth for his first multihomer got back to the dugout after improved to 15-4 against the and throwing 19 of 37 pitches against Reno. .. RHP Esteban
game in four years and an his third-inning drive off Cubs, 23-4 including World for strikes. His ERA has risen Loaisiga, out since May 22
RBI double in the seventh Norris, then homered in the Series sweeps in 1932 and '38. from 1.99 to 3.67 in his last with right shoulder infam-
against Sean Newcomb. eighth off Frank Schwindel, The Cubs have been wiped two starts. mation, is to start a throwing
Carpenter is hitting .333 with usually a first baseman. out in the Bronx, going 0-12. Thompson and Norris program Monday ... LHP Ar-
13 RBIs, quickly becoming Carpenter and Higashioka New York is a major league- walked six in the first two in- oldis Chapman (left Achilles
a clubhouse and fan favorite were late additions to the best 44-16 and has won 11 nings, and all six scored. tendinitis) is to throw on flat
known for a gritty look with lineup because second base- straight home games, one shy Ian Happ, who was a double ground Tuesday.
thick eye black. Carpenter man Gleyber Torres felt nau- of its most since new Yankee shy of a cycle, put the Cubs UP NEXT
shaved his longtime beard sea and catcher Jose Trevino Stadium opened in 2009. The with a first-inning home run Cubs: LHP Justin Steele (1-
to comply with Yankees had back pain. Yankees have allowed a big into the right field second 5, 4.79) is to be on the mound
rules on facial hair but kept a Giancarlo Stanton and Isiah league-low 180 runs, their deck, for Monday's homestand
mustache — joining pitcher Kiner-Falefa had three RBIs fewest through 60 games Carpenter drove in the ty- opener against San Diego and
Nestor Cortes. Their style each as the Yankees scored Jameson Taillon (7-1) re- ing run when he took a low Yu Darvish (5-3, 3.61).
inspired Marwin Gonza- their most runs since beat- mained unbeaten in his last fastball for Thompson's third Yankees: RHP Gerrit Cole
lez and Lucas Luetge to give ing Toronto 20-6 on Sept. 11 starts, giving up three runs straight walk, and Kiner- (5-1, 3.63) starts Tuesday's
mustaches a try. 15, 2020. New York had a and seven hits in five innings. Falefa followed with an op- series opener against Tampa
His matched his seven RBIs season-high 17 hits. He escaped a bases-loaded posite-field, two-run double Bay after allowing a career-
against the Cubs in July 2018, Chicago's six-game losing jam by getting Schwindel on down the right-field line. high five home runs last
when he had his only three- streak is its longest this year, a flyout that ended the fifth. Third baseman Patrick Wis- week at Minnesota. Former
homer game. He played flaw- dropping the Cubs a season- Manny Bañuelos pitched dom allowed Gonzalez's pop- Yankee Corey Kluber (3-2,
lessly at third base with two worst 13 games under .500 at three innings for his first big up to drop out of his glove 3.88) starts for the Rays.

Toyota dominates again to win 5th straight 24 Hours Le Mans

LE MANS, France (AP) after his first victory with when No. 7 won last year to 16-year-old Matt McMurry ing an Oreca 07 with Oliver
— Toyota won the 24 Hours Porsche in 2017. Both had underline how Toyota has was in 2014. Jarvis and Alex Lynn, finish-
Le Mans in the classic endur- modest Formula One ca- broken the stranglehold of Pierson drove 97 laps as he ing sixth in the LM P2 cat-
ance race for the fifth straight reers. Audi and Porsche. shared duties on the United egory.
time, with the No. 8 car fin- Dane Tom Kristensen holds After a calm night, Toyota Autosports USA team driv-
ishing ahead of the No. 7 in the records with nine wins. experienced a rare blip when
another dominant perfor- Hirakawa secured his first the No. 8 punctured with
mance on Sunday. victory to join Japanese coun- Buemi at the wheel at around
New Zealander Brendan trymen Kazuki Nakajima (3 7:30 a.m. and 15 minutes lat-
Hartley had clinched pole wins) and Kamui Kobayashi er Lopez stalled and needed
position and was at the wheel (1) as winners in the famed an electrical reset, costing
as Toyota Gazoo's No. 8 race, which was first held in one lap.
completed the race in sunny 1923. Ryan Briscoe closed out the
and warm conditions, with Jose Maria Lopez of Argenti- race as the Glickenhaus 007
teammates Sebastien Buemi na followed a couple of min- car finished in third place,
and Ryo Hirakawa watching utes behind for Toyota's No. five laps behind the winners.
from the team garage. 7 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in American Josh Pierson be-
Swiss driver Buemi has won northwestern France. came the youngest driver to
the race four times while Lopez was joined by Ko- participate at 16 years old,
Hartley clinched his third bayashi and British driver 188 days — making him
win, and second for Toyota Mike Conway, his teammates slightly younger than fellow