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Diamars 1 september 2020

Marlins get outfielder Starling Marte in trade with D-backs

By DAVID BRANDT team and on their World Se-
AP Sports Writer ries championship teams in
PHOENIX (AP) — Miami 1997 and 2003.
acquired outfielder Starling Griffin Conine was a second-
Marte in a trade with the round draft pick by the Blue
Arizona Diamondbacks on Jays in 2018.
Monday, giving the Marlins Villar became more expend-
a versatile hitter and defender able when second baseman
as they try to make a surpris- Isan Díaz, who opted out for
ing push for the playoffs. the season, changed his mind
The Diamondbacks received and applied for reinstate-
pitchers Caleb Smith, Hum- ment. Diaz is working him-
berto Mejia and a player to be self into shape at the Marlins'
named. complex in Jupiter, Florida.
The 31-year-old Marte The Marlins are in the run-
played most of his career ning for a playoff spot in this
with the Pittsburgh Pirates, year's expanded 16-team for-
where he was an All-Star in mat. They had a COVID-19
2016. The two-time Gold outbreak early in the year that
Glove winner in left field was kept them off the field for
traded to the Diamondbacks more than a week but have
during the offseason and bounced back and their 15-
played well, batting .311 with 15 record is good for second
two homers, eight doubles in the NL East.
and five stolen bases while "Our club has fought so hard
playing center. Arizona Diamondbacks' Starling Marte flips his bat after striking out against the San Francisco for the first 30 games for what
"We just get another solid, Giants during the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. they endured," Hill said. "We
everyday bat," Marlins presi- Associated Press want to do everything on our
dent of baseball operations part to put us in a position to
Michael Hill said. "Young for next season. He went the Blue Jays and closer Ar- "For this season, it hasn't make it to the playoffs."
players are going to have their through personal tragedy in chie Bradley to the Reds. been there. I feel like pivot- The 29-year-old Smith has
growing pains. It's a challenge May when his wife, Noelia, Arizona expected to be a con- ing at this moment in time is pitched just once this year,
when you're trying to make it died of a heart attack. tender in the NL West this what's most appropriate." giving up one run in three
to the playoffs. We're adding The Diamondbacks turned season but currently sits in The Marlins also traded in- innings on July 25. He was
a bat that can take some pres- into sellers at the trade dead- last place with a 14-21 record. fielder-outfielder Jonathan 10-11 with a 4.52 ERA in 28
sure off our young guys and line after losing 10 of their "There are moments in time Villar for outfield prospect starts in 2019. The 23-year-
provide support to our exist- past 11 games. you can't go chasing some- Griffin Conine, son of Jeff old Mejia made his big league
ing core players." They also traded All-Star left- thing that isn't there," Ari- Conine, who played on the debut earlier this year and has
Marte has a team option handed starter Robbie Ray to zona GM Mike Hazen said. Marlins' 1993 expansion a 5.40 ERA in three starts.q

Ewan slaloms to sprint win;

Alaphilippe leads Tour de France

“I found my way through the behind. land over a 198-kilometer
wheels,” Ewan said. “Com- “We had a really good day. (123-mile) route to Sisteron,
ing from behind, it’s a bit of The team really controlled which is labeled the “Gate-
a risk, but I found my way everything. We tried to go for way to Provence.”
along the barrier and I came the sprint and Sam got sec- The route featured four mi-
with a lot of speed and it ond today. You can’t see, but nor climbs before a flat finish
worked.” I’m smiling,” Alaphilippe said suited to sprinters.
Living up to his nickname behind a mask. “We defended Three French riders -- An-
of “Pocket Rocket,” the (the yellow jersey) today and thony Perez, Jérôme Cousin
1.65-meter (5-foot-5) Ewan we’ll do it again tomorrow.” and Benoît Cosnefroy --
reached a top speed of 68.8 Ewan, who rides for the Lot- broke away at the start and

Australia's Caleb Ewan celebrates as he crosses the finish line kph (42.7 mph) in the finale. to-Soudal team, won three established an advantage of
to win the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over It was a perfectly timed accel- stages last year, including nearly three minutes.
198 kilometers (123 miles), with start in Nice and finish in eration. the coveted final leg on the Cousin then launched a solo
“In the last k (kilometer) I Champs-Élysées in Paris. He attack midway through the
Sisteron, southern France, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. was a bit too far forward so said this win proved “that last stage and created a lead of
Associated Press I dropped back a bit into the year wasn’t just a fluke.” more than four minutes.
wheels,” Ewan said. “That Ewan had a difficult start Cousin was finally caught by
SISTERON, France (AP) with a dramatic stage victory gave me time to rest the legs to this race with a crash in the main pack with 16 kilo-
— A basketball player weav- a day earlier. just a little before the last hit Stage 1 and a last-place fin- meters remaining.
ing through the defense. A With about 100 meters to out,” ish in Stage 2. His team was Perez, meanwhile, crashed
skier dancing between the go, Ewan trailed five other Irish champion Bennett, a hurting, too, with Philippe into his team car on a high-
gates. A soccer player drib- riders before slinging him- teammate of Alaphilippe’s Gilbert and John Degenkolb speed descent after punctur-
bling zig-zag toward the goal. self through a narrow slice at Deceuninck–Quick-Step, forced to withdraw after also ing a tire and broke his left
Australian rider Caleb Ewan of road near the advertising crossed second and European crashing in the rain-slicked collarbone -- forcing him to
borrowed the playbook from barriers on the right side of champion Giacomo Nizzolo opening leg. abandon the race.
other sports as he slalomed the street. Then -- after more came third -- both with the “We need to take every sprint Stage 4 on Tuesday features
through the bunch to win a than five hours in the saddle same time as Ewan. opportunity that we can be- the race’s first uphill finish
sprint finish and claim the -- Ewan darted to the left to Alaphilippe crossed with the cause they’re quite rare this with a climb to Orcières-
third stage of the Tour de overcome Sam Bennett and main pack and retained a year,” Ewan said. Merlette that should force
France on Monday, while Ju- claim his fourth career stage four-second lead over Adam After the opening two stages the overall favorites -- such
lian Alaphilippe held onto the win in the Tour by more than Yates, with Marc Hirschi still in the Mediterranean city as defending champion Egan
yellow jersey that he claimed a wheel. third overall, seven seconds of Nice, the race veered in- Bernal -- into action.q