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SPORTS Saturday 22 July 2017

Polanco homers,

Pirates beat Brewers

4-2 for 4-game sweep

By The Associated Press lanta stopped Los Angeles’
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Grego- 11-game winning streak.
ry Polanco homered, Chris The Dodgers had won 31 of
Stewart added three hits their last 35 but could not
and the Pittsburgh Pirates overcome another shaky
completed a four-game start by Brandon McCarthy
sweep of the NL Central- (6-4), who was bothered
leading Milwaukee Brewers by a blister and could be
with a 4-2 victory on Thurs- headed to the disabled list.
day. Kurt Suzuki hit a two-run
The Pirates have won 11 of homer for the Braves, who
13 and moved within three jumped out to a 6-1 lead
games of Milwaukee in a after four innings against
division that’s tightened McCarthy. Foltynewicz (8-
up since the All-Star break. 5) allowed three runs and Pittsburgh Pirates’ Gregory Polanco hits a solo home run off Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher
Jimmy Nelson in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, July 20, 2017.
The Brewers have lost five six hits in 6 1/3 innings, strik- Associated Press
straight, cutting their lead ing out five.
to one game over the idle Rex Brothers, Arodys Viz- Jhoulys Chacin outpitched after six starts this season. pitched into the eighth in-
Chicago Cubs. caino and Jim Johnson Madison Bumgarner, and San Francisco is 0-6 in those ning during an emergency
Polanco hit a solo shot off held the Dodgers scoreless Cory Spangenberg hit a games. start, sending Arizona over
Jimmy Nelson (8-5) in the over the last 2 2/3 innings. go-ahead, two-run homer Hunter Renfroe came off Cincinnati.
fourth inning, his ninth hom- Johnson closed for his 22nd in the seventh inning that the disabled list and hit Arizona stabilized itself by
er. Stewart scored the go- save, helped by a splendid chased Bumgarner from his an early two-run homer to taking two of three in the
ahead run in the fifth on a defensive play from sec- first home start in more than help Chacin win his third series. The Diamondbacks
single by Josh Harrison. ond baseman Johan Ca- three months as San Diego straight decision. Wil Myers had dropped eight of nine
Jameson Taillon (6-3) struck margo. defeated San Francisco. added a run-scoring dou- heading into the set.
out a season-high eight in Freddie Freeman singled in Bumgarner (0-4) struck out ble as the Padres bounced Lamb homered in the first
5 1/3 innings. Felipe Rivero two runs for Atlanta. Yas- five and walked one over 6 back from an embarrassing inning off Luis Castillo (1-3)
worked a perfect ninth for mani Grandal hit a two-run 1/3 innings, taking his home 18-4 rout by the Rockies on and again in the ninth for a
his ninth save. homer for Los Angeles. mound for the first time Wednesday at Coors Field. career-high six RBIs.
BRAVES 6, DODGERS 3 The Dodgers had won 18 of since spraining his pitching DIAMONDBACKS 12, REDS 2 Scheduled starter Taijuan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike their last 19 at home. shoulder in an April 20 dirt CINCINNATI (AP) — Jake Walker was scratched af-
Foltynewicz pitched into PADRES 5, GIANTS 2 bike accident. The 2014 Lamb hit a pair of three-run ter his wife went into labor
the seventh inning and At- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — World Series MVP is winless homers and Patrick Corbin Thursday morning. q

Marlins trade RHP David Phelps to Mariners for 4 prospects

By STEVEN WINE, farm system were right- we could have avoided,” bullpen at the start of a 10- Jerry Dipoto said. “He has
AP Sports Writer handed pitching prospects president of baseball oper- game homestand that be- the physical ability to go
MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Pablo Lopez, Brandon Miller ations Michael Hill said. “As gins against the New York more than one inning, be-
Marlins’ highly touted bull- and Lukas Schiraldi. we look to the rest of the Yankees and leads into the cause he has the ability to
pen has been a bust, and Phelps is 2-4 with a 3.45 ERA season, we wanted to see trade deadline. After a 5-1 face the lefts and the rights
so the dismantling began in 44 games and 47 innings if we could get value for trip following the All-Star and he has the physical
Thursday. this season, all in relief. The certain assets. Relief pitch- break, the Mariners are 48- stuff to get strikeouts in a
A seller once again as the bullpen was expected to ing brings a lot of value.” 48 and 1½ games behind critical situation either with
non-waiver trade deadline be a strength, but it fal- Closer A.J. Ramos is also a the Yankees in the AL wild- runners on base or just get-
approaches, Miami sent tered and the Marlins ap- target of trade talk. card standings. ting through toward the
right-hander David Phelps pear destined to miss the “It has been very compa- Phelps is a versatile six-year end of the game.”
to the Seattle Mariners for playoffs for the 14th year rable to the David Phelps veteran with 64 career Phelps will join a bullpen
four prospects, including in a row, the longest such market,” Hill said. “As teams starts. that was overworked dur-
highly regarded outfielder drought in the NL. look to solidify their bullpen, “He becomes perhaps the ing the first half of the sea-
Brayan Hernandez. As a result, Miami is shed- A.J. should be someone most versatile reliever we son as the Mariners dealt
Also acquired by the Mar- ding payroll for prospects. they have interest in.” have now in some ways,” with major injuries to the ro-
lins to shore up their weak “This is something we hoped The Mariners shored up their Seattle general manager tation. q