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Scherzer steals, throws 5th shutout, Nats top Braves 2-0

By The Associated Press ERA to 2.25.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Max Adrian Gonzalez and Jay
Scherzer stole the first base Bruce each had an RBI
of his professional career single off Marlins ace Jose
and allowed only two sin- Urena (0-2), who allowed
gles in his fifth big league three runs in five innings.
shutout, and the Wash- DIAMONDBACKS 2, GIANTS
ington Nationals ended a 1
five-game losing skid while SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
getting back to .500 with a Zack Godley pitched sev-
2-0 victory over the Atlanta en scoreless innings and
Braves on Monday night. Paul Goldschmidt had an
Scherzer (2-1), the winner of RBI triple.
the past two NL Cy Young The Diamondbacks won
Awards, did not let the for the sixth time in seven
Braves push a runner be- games and matched the
yond first base. Kurt Suzuki best start in franchise his-
got a hit in the second, and tory through 10 games.
Nick Markakis did in the They're 8-2 for the first time
fifth, but neither advanced. since 2008.
Scherzer managed to get Godley (2-0) struck out nine
farther than that: He swiped and allowed four hits and
second after singling off re- no walks. He's allowed just
liever Peter Moylan in the one run in 14 innings this
seventh. Washington Nationals' Max Scherzer, right, stands up after stealing second base in the seventh season.
Howie Kendrick delivered inning of a baseball game against Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park, Monday, April 9, 2018, in Goldschmidt tripled to
all the offense Washing- Washington. Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies (1) looks on. right-center off Giants start-
ton needed with a two-run Associated Press er Derek Holland (0-2), high-
double. lighting a two-run first in-
Scherzer struck out 10 and Louis debut, Greg Holland the tying run in the ninth. proved to 8-1. ning. A.J. Pollock's sacrifice
walked none in his ninth walked four batters in the The Cardinals loaded the Jeurys Familia escaped a fly scored Goldschmidt.
complete game in 299 ma- 10th inning and forced bases with no outs, and jam to pitch a scoreless PHILLIES 6, REDS 5
jor league starts. And he home the go-ahead run. Dexter Fowler's sacrificed ninth and earn his fifth save, PHILADELPHIA (AP) —
needed only 102 pitches, The 32-year-old Holland, fly tied it at 4. most in the majors. Pinch-hitter Nick Williams hit
a far more efficient outing who tied for the NL lead Brewers newcomer Lorenzo The announced crowd of a tiebreaking solo homer
than his previous time on with 41 saves for Colorado Cain tripped over the foot 7,003 — most of them root- in the eighth inning to lift
the mound: He threw 110 last season, was signed as of Cardinals first baseman ing for the Mets — was by Philadelphia. Scott Kingery
over five innings in a 7-1 loss a free agent on opening Jose Martinez on a play in far the smallest in the sev- homered for the first time in
at Atlanta on April 4. day. He pitched two in- the ninth, and both exited. en-season history of Mar- his career, and Rhys Hoskins
Julio Teheran (0-1) went six nings at Class A before join- Martinez bruised his right lins Park. The Marlins now also went deep for the Phil-
innings for the Braves, and ing the Cardinals earlier in Achilles. announce attendance lies. Tucker Barnhart hit a
the only damage came the day. METS 4, MARLINS 2 based on only tickets sold, two-run homer for the Reds.
on Kendrick's shot that Holland (0-1) walked two MIAMI (AP) — Noah Synder- a change from the previ- Williams drove one deep
hugged the left-field line batters to begin the 10th. gaard allowed one earned ous ownership regime. into the right-center field
with two outs in the first in- After a sacrifice bunt, an run in six innings and New Syndergaard (2-0) had seats off Kevin Quacken-
ning. That brought home intentional walk loaded York won its sixth consecu- less than his best stuff but bush (0-1) for his first career
Anthony Rendon, who also the bases. The three-time tive game to match the stranded four runners in pinch-hit homer. Luis Gar-
had doubled, and Bryce All-Star closer then walked best start in team history. scoring position. Four reliev- cia (1-1) tossed a scoreless
Harper, who walked. Orlando Arcia and was The winning streak is the ers combined to shut out inning in relief and Hec-
BREWERS 5, CARDINALS pulled. Mets' longest since Sep- Miami over the final three tor Neris finished for his first
ST. LOUIS (AP) — In his St. Matt Albers (2-0) gave up tember 2016, and they im- innings, lowering the team save.q

BLACK PLAYERS year drew 39,728 partici- Academy," said former Los
Continued from Page 18 pants. The goal is to have Angeles Angels general
MLB launched the RBI every team eventually sup- manager Tony Reagins,
program in 1989, and the port an academy. About now MLB's executive vice
commissioner's office said 150 players who attended president of baseball and
it served about 130,000 the Compton Academy softball development.
boys and girls last year have been drafted and a Twenty percent of first-
from ages 5-18, including dozen have reached the round draft picks from
16,648 in softball. The first major leagues, including 2012-17 were African
Urban Youth Academy Aaron Hicks and Khris Da- American. In another effort
was started in Compton, vis. Pitcher Hunter Greene, to increase participation in
California, in 2006, and oth- selected by Cincinnati with more than a dozen youth
ers have since opened in the second overall pick in programs, MLB launched a
Cincinnati; Dallas; Houston; last year's amateur draft, Play Ball initiative for young
Kansas City, Missouri; New started at Compton when players three years ago,
In this Thursday, March 29, 2018, file photo, Oakland Athletics' Orleans; Philadelphia; and he was about 7 years ago. shortly after Rob Manfred
Khris Davis hits a three-run home run off Los Angeles Angels' Washington, D.C. Each "We have all these players succeeded Bud Selig as
Garrett Richards during the fifth inning of a baseball game in complex typically has two that have made it to the commissioner. "It's translat-
Oakland, Calif. full fields, a softball field major leagues on our out- ing, but it's a marathon, not
Associated Press and a youth field, and last field wall at the Compton a race," Tirado said.q