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Severino earns 12th win as Yankees beat Phillies 6-0

By The Associated Press strong innings. Jackie Brad- man (1-1). After Myers end-
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Luis ley Jr. had four RBIs and ed the Texas shutout, Chris-
Severino became the ma- three hits, including a home tian Villanueva lifted a tying
jors' first 12-game winner, run, and Christian Vazquez sacrifice fly to left before
Aaron Hicks and Didi Gre- also homered to help Bos- Renfroe's go-ahead liner.
gorius homered and the ton win for the fourth time San Diego relievers struck
New York Yankees beat in its last five games. out five straight batters,
the Philadelphia Phillies 6-0 Price (9-5) allowed five hits, starting with the second of
Tuesday night. including a solo homer to two from Matt Strahm (2-2)
Severino (12-2) struck out Chris Young, and two walks in the seventh.
nine in seven dominant in- while striking out seven ATHLETICS 9, TIGERS 7
nings, lowering his ERA to to send Los Angeles to its DETROIT (AP) — Jed Lowrie
2.10. The ace has allowed fourth straight loss. drove in the tiebreaking run
three runs or less in 16 of 17 Lamb (0-1) got just five outs. in the top of the ninth in-
starts. New York Yankees' Luis Severino pitches during the fourth inning He allowed five runs, three ning for a second straight
Jake Arrieta (5-6) had an- of the team's baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, earned, on six hits and a game, and the Athletics
other rough outing for Phil- Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Philadelphia. pair of walks. rallied from six runs down
adelphia, which had won Associated Press PADRES 3, RANGERS 2 to hand the Tigers their sev-
four consecutive series be- ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — enth straight loss.
fore losing two straight to hitter as the Rays beat Max and Daniel Murphy that Wil Myers and Hunter Ren- Detroit led 6-0 after three
the Yankees. Arrieta gave Scherzer and the Nationals. loaded the bases. froe hit run-scoring doubles innings, but Oakland came
up six runs — three earned Eovaldi (2-3) lost his no-hit Sergio Romo replaced Al- in San Diego's three-run back to tie it at 7-all in the
— and nine hits in five in- bid when Bryce Harper hit varado and got his sixth eighth inning, helping the seventh. Lowrie singled
nings. an opposite-field double save. Padres rally for a win over home Matt Joyce in the
Arrieta was 0-4 with a 6.66 off the left-field wall with Scherzer (10-4) gave up the Rangers. ninth for his fourth hit of the
ERA in five starts in June af- two outs in the sixth. one run, four hits, three Shin-Soo Choo singled with night.
ter posting a 0.90 ERA in five Rays lefty Jose Alvarado walks and struck out four in two outs in the ninth to Joyce doubled off Shane
starts last month. began the ninth by walking seven innings. extend his major league- Greene (2-5) to lead off the
RAYS 1, NATIONALS 0 Harper before moving to RED SOX 9, ANGELS 1 leading streak of reaching ninth. Lowrie also came in
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - first base when Chaz Roe BOSTON (AP) - Mookie Betts base to 39 games before to score an insurance run
Nathan Eovaldi took a no- relieved him. Roe struck homered on John Lamb's Brad Hand got Nomar Maz- on a single by pinch-hitter
hitter into the sixth inning out Anthony Rendon be- first pitch of the game, and ara to fly out with two run- Dustin Fowler.
before an unusual com- fore Alvarado returned to J.D. Martinez hit his major ners on for his 22nd save. Ryan Buchter (2-0) pitched
bination of relievers in the the mound and gave up league-leading 24th home Four of six San Diego hitters a scoreless eighth for
ninth completed a three- singles to lefties Juan Soto run to back David Price's six reached against Jake Diek- Oakland.q

Continued from Page 17 his year until two months a 74 at the Masters while
Dustin Johnson is still No. 1 in ago, Reed had a share of playing in the final group,
the world, a ranking he has the lead during the final lost a weekend lead at
held for all but four weeks. round of the U.S. Open and Wentworth and missed the
But there still isn’t a domi- looked certain to get into cut at the U.S. Open.
nant figure, except when a playoff at the Valspar Day had gone nearly two
it comes to attracting a Championship until he had years without winning until
crowd. Woods is at the a putt roll back to his feet his playoff victory at Torrey
Quicken Loans National this on the 18th green. Pines, followed by another
week, a field so weak that Johnson, meanwhile, is No. victory at the Wells Fargo
Rickie Fowler (No. 8) is the 1 for a reason. Even with Championship. That at
only player from the top 10 two victories, his year is least got him back into the
in the world, and no one shaping up as what might top 10, though he still has
from the top 15 in the FedEx have been. He shared the a long road to get back to
Cup is playing. There’s still 54-hole lead at the AT&T the top.
plenty of energy along the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and SLIDING
Potomac River, mainly be- the U.S. Open. Going back Jordan Spieth had a math-
cause of the No. 82 player to the PGA Tour season that Bubba Watson reacts after a bogey on the third hole during the ematical chance to get
in the world — Woods. began in October, he lost first round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship, Thursday, June back to No. 1 in the world
With two majors, the FedEx a six-shot lead in the HSBC 14, 2018, in Southampton, N.Y. at the U.S. Open, which
Cup, the Ryder Cup and Champions. Associated Press suggests his year isn’t all
the Race to Dubai still to MOST IMPROVED that bad.
come, here’s how golf is Bubba Watson has as another victory at Hartford Among the top players, But so far, it is.
shaping up so far: many victories in the last and another World Golf Rory McIlroy and Jason It’s not because Spieth
BEST PLAYER four months as the previous Championship at the Dell Day appear to be on the hasn’t won since the Brit-
Given the significance of three years combined. Match Play. cusp of at least having a ish Open last summer. It’s
majors, Masters champion Watson has recovered from Watson lobbied to be an chance to get back to No. because he has given him-
Patrick Reed gets the nod a health issue (he won’t say assistant captain at the last 1 in the world. self so few chances. The
going into the second half what it was) that caused Ryder Cup. He now is No. 5 McIlroy dropped out of the only time he was in the se-
of the year. him to lose 20 pounds, and in the Ryder Cup standings. top 10 until winning with a rious contention this year
Reed and Koepka each he abandoned the Volvik He was at No. 117 in the big charge at Bay Hill, his was the Masters, where he
have only one victory — colored golf balls he used world going into Riviera. first victory since Septem- made bogey on the 18th
the best kind — and while last year. The result is an- Now he’s up to No. 13. ber 2016. His momentum hole and still shot 64 to finish
Koepka didn’t really start other victory at Riviera, RISING stalled when he closed with two shots behind Reed.q