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Musgrove beats Cubs on the mound, angers them on the bases

By The Associated Press three-game skid. Derek up a run and four hits to win
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Holland (3-6) pitched five his third straight start and
Musgrove pitched seven innings for the win, and lower his ERA as a starter to
strong innings for Pittsburgh, Hunter Strickland worked 2.18, with a 1.68 mark over-
and his hard slide led to the ninth for his 11th save. all.
both teams emptying their Nolan Arenado hit a three- Kemp had an RBI double
benches in another tense run homer for Colorado. in the first inning, a two-run
moment in the series be- Harrison Musgrave (0-1) got home run in the third and a
tween NL Central rivals. the loss. sacrifice fly in the eighth as
Musgrove (2-0) helped stop REDS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4 he recorded his team-lead-
the Pirates’ four-game los- PHOENIX (AP) — Adam Du- ing 16th multi-hit game and
ing streak, permitting one vall’s grand slam erased an second in two nights. His
run and seven hits. He also early four-run deficit, and two hits moved him into the
slid hard into second base- Cincinnati rallied for the National League lead with
man Javier Baez to break victory. a .345 batting average.
up a potential double play Scott Schebler added a Phillies starter Zach Eflin (1-2)
in the third inning. tiebreaking two-run drive lasted just four innings, giv-
No punches were thrown as in the sixth, helping the last- ing up five runs and seven
both teams milled around place Reds salvage the fi- hits. Nick Williams homered
the infield and there were nale of the three-game set. for Philadelphia, his sixth of
no ejections. Joey Votto and Eugenio the season and second in
The Cubs had won three Suarez each had three hits. two games.
in a row. Chicago’s Kyle Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras, right, tags out Both of Cincinnati’s homers PADRES 3, MARLINS 2
Hendricks (4-4) surrendered Pittsburgh Pirates’ Corey Dickerson, who was attempting to came off Patrick Corbin (5- SAN DIEGO (AP) — Pinch-
two runs and seven hits in score on a single to right field by Colin Moran during the fourth 2), who gave up a season- hitter Hunter Renfroe’s in-
five innings. inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, May 30, high six runs and eight hits in field single in the ninth in-
BREWERS 3, CARDINALS 2 2018. six innings. ning led to two runs when
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Alex Associated Press Paul Goldschmidt and third baseman Miguel Ro-
Reyes pitched four score- his fifth save. one-half game behind John Ryan Murphy went jas followed with a throw-
less innings for St. Louis in Christian Yelich homered Washington. The Nationals deep for the Diamond- ing error, lifting San Diego
his return from Tommy John for the Brewers, and Erik and Braves begin a four- backs, who have dropped past Miami.
surgery, but Orlando Arcia Kratz had two hits and game series at SunTrust 16 of 20 overall. Closer Brad Ziegler (0-5)
hit a tiebreaking RBI single scored a run. Park on Thursday. Sal Romano (3-6) pitched coughed up a one-run
in Milwaukee’s two-run sev- Harrison Bader homered for Braves starter Julio Teheran five innings in his first win lead when he loaded the
enth St. Louis, and Dexter Fowler (4-3) pitched seven innings since May 4, and Raisel bases with one out. Renfroe
Making his first major had three singles. of two-run ball. Iglesias got four outs for his hit a chopper to Rojas, who
league appearance since METS 4, BRAVES 1 GIANTS 7, ROCKIES 4 ninth save. was charging. He double-
Sept. 29, 2016, Reyes al- ATLANTA (AP) — Brandon DENVER (AP) — Brandon DODGERS 8, PHILLIES 2 clutched his throw, which
lowed three hits, struck out Nimmo and Adrian Gonza- Crawford kept up his May LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ross was low to first baseman
two and walked two. lez each drove in two runs, hitting surge by lining a pair Stripling struck out nine over Justin Bour. When the ball
With two out and runners leading the Mets to a sorely of singles, Gorkys Hernan- seven strong innings, Matt skipped away from Bour,
on first and second, Arcia needed victory. dez had a diving catch in Kemp homered and drove Freddy Galvis came home
stopped a 0-for-15 slide Jason Vargas (2-3) pitched center field to thwart a ral- in four runs, and Los Ange- with the winning run.
with a base hit against Sam five scoreless innings for ly, and the Giants avoided les beat Philadelphia. Matt Strahm (1-2) got the
Tuivailala (1-1). New York, which had lost being swept. Stripling, who pitched out of win for working the final
Jeremy Jeffress (5-0) got seven of nine. Robert Gsell- Crawford was 2 for 5 with the bullpen the first month two innings. The Marlins lost
the win despite allowing man worked the ninth for an RBI. He’s hitting .412 this of the season, has 28 strike- for the 14th straight start
two runs in the top of the his second save. month, raising his season outs and two earned runs by Jose Urena, a franchise
seventh. Corey Knebel Atlanta dropped into sec- average from .189 to .307. allowed over his last three record, which included 12
struck out Jose Martinez for ond place in the NL East, The Giants snapped a outings. Stripling (3-1) gave from this year.q
2-time French Open champ reminds: ‘There is also Sharapova’

By HOWARD FENDRICH forget who you’re talking into a match. I think you When on-target, her strokes Sharapova said. “And take
AP Tennis Writer to here. The 31-year-old always have to feel that are among the best in the care of the return. But that
PARIS (AP) — The topic Russian has, after all, been you’re improving and there game. So is her grit. side of the game, I feel,
was the location of Maria ranked No. 1. She does, af- are things that you’re work- Those could both be tested has improved in the last
Sharapova’s upcoming ter all, own five major titles. ing on, because that will Saturday against Pliskova, few months.” Pliskova is on
third-round match at the And that total does, after always make you better,” who is seeded No. 6 and pace to lead the WTA in
French Open, and a re- all, include a pair from Ro- the 28th-seeded Sharapo- was a semifinalist in Paris aces for the fourth consec-
porter noted it likely will be land Garros. va said. “There are a lot of last year. Her top skill is her utive season.
at one of the tournament’s She is playing in the clay- things I feel I could have serve, which Sharapova And she wasn’t at all shy
main arenas, given that court Grand Slam tourna- done better (in) the last knows will provide a test. about sizing things up
it involves 2016 U.S. Open ment for the first time since two matches and I hope I “I don’t expect extremely against Sharapova, saying:
runner-up Karolina Pliskova. 2015, though, and she ad- will.” She missed the 2016 long rallies against an op- “I believe I have (a) bet-
“Well,” came the rejoinder, vanced Wednesday by French Open while serving ponent like that. But some- ter serve than she (does),
“there is also Sharapova.” beating 50th-ranked Don- a doping suspension, then times (that’s) not what it so I think that can be the
This was delivered with na Vekic of Croatia 7-5, 6-4 was denied a wild-card takes to win a match, and deciding key.” Then there
Sharapova’s chin resting to improve to 13-0 in the entry by the French tennis I think you have to kind of was this remark: “She can
on her right hand and was second round. federation last year, when take care of your service do a lot of mistakes ... a lot
followed by a bit of a stare- “I don’t think there is ever, her ranking was too low games, and I have to serve of free points from double-
down, as if to say: Let’s not like, a perfect way to go to earn automatic entry. better than I have been,” faults.”q