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Saturday 3 October 2015

Eickhoff WELCOME
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dominates
Yankees grab wild card spot in 10,000TH win
Mets, Phils
New York Yankees catcher John Ryan Murphy, left and Yankees
win 3-0 relief pitcher Dellin Betances celebrate after the Yankees
clinched a wild-card berth in the playoffs by defeating the
The Associated Press Boston Red Sox 4-1 in a baseball game in New York, Thursday,
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Oct. 1, 2015.
Jerad Eickhoff struck out
10 batters in seven innings Associated Press
and Darin Ruf hit a two-run Page 19
homer as the Phillies beat
the NL East champions to
complete a three-game
sweep.
The Mets have a one-
game lead over the Dodg-
ers for home-field advan-
tage in their division series
next week.
Eickhoff (3-3) gave up two
infield singles, two doubles
and no walks. Luis Garcia
got for his second save in
four tries.
Rookie Sean Gilmartin (3-2)
made his first career start
for the Mets after 49 relief
appearances. He allowed
two runs and three hits in
five innings.
CUBS 5, REDS 3
CINCINNATI (AP) — Aus-
tin Jackson hit a three-run
homer and Anthony Rizzo
added an RBI double as
Chicago kept alive its slim
hopes for home-field ad-
vantage in the NL wild-
card game.
The Reds lost their 12th in a
row.
The Cubs moved within two
games of idle Pittsburgh in
the race for home field in
Wednesday’s NL wild-card
playoff game.
Joey Votto singled to
reach base for the 47th
straight game, the longest
since Kevin Millar’s 52-
game stretch in 2007. Pete
Rose holds the record with
a 48-game string in 1978.
Jason Hammel (10-7)
threw five shutout innings
to match his career high
in wins. Hector Rondon got
his 29th save.
John Lamb (1-5) took the
loss.

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