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sportsFriday 28 August 2015
Peavy shuts down Cubs as Giants earn 4-2 win
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Buster Posey followed Bran-
don Belt’s leadoff triple in
the sixth with a go-ahead
double, Jake Peavy won for
the second time in six starts,
and San Francisco stopped
Chicago’s six-game win-
ning streak.
Kelby Tomlinson added an
RBI double of his own in the
sixth against Kyle Hendricks
(6-6) as the Giants ended a
three-game slide with their
second victory in seven
games. Nori Aoki homered
for San Francisco.
With their first win in six meet- drove in four runs to help
ings this month against the
Cubs, San Francisco avoid-
ed its first six-game skid in
the series since 1993-94.
Peavy (4-6) allowed five hits
and two runs in 6 1-3 innings
to beat the Cubs for the
second time in his last six
outings against them. San-
tiago Casilla finished for his
31st save.
CARDINALS 3, DIAMOND-
BACKS 1
PHOENIX (AP) — John Lack-
ey pitched seven strong
innings and St. Louis beat
Arizona for the seventh
straight time.
Patrick Corbin limited the
Cardinals to Mark Reyn-
olds’ solo homer in six in-
nings. St. Louis quickly took
advantage after Corbin
left, scoring twice off David
Hernandez (1-4) in the sev-
Ex-NBA star Darryl Dawkins, aka ‘Chocolate Thunder’ has died
By TIM REYNOLDS
Darryl Dawkins, whose
board-shattering dunks
earned him the moniker
“Chocolate Thunder” and
helped pave the way for
breakaway rims, has died.
He was 58.
The Lehigh County, Penn-
sylvania coroner’s office
said Dawkins died Thurs-
day morning at a hospital.
Later Thursday, Dawkins’
family said a heart attack
was the cause of death.
Officials said an autopsy
was scheduled for Friday.
“Darryl touched the hearts
and spirits of so many with
his big smile and person-
ality, ferocious dunks, but
more than anything, his
huge, loving heart,” his
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enth. Kolten Wong had an
RBI double and Matt Car-
penter a run-scoring single.
Lackey (11-8) bounced
back from a shaky start,
giving up a homer to Paul
Goldschmidt in the first and
little else. Trevor Rosenthal
earned his 40th save.
St. Louis moved 36 games
over .500 (81-45), its best
mark since finishing the
2005 season plus-38. The
Cardinals have won 12 of
13 against Arizona.
PIRATES 7, MARLINS 2
MIAMI (AP) — Andrew Mc-
Cutchen homered and
the Pittsburgh Pirates to a
victory over the Miami Mar-
lins.
Jeff Locke (7-8) pitched
seven innings, allowing two
runs and five hits for the Pi-
rates, who have won four of
five.
Pittsburgh (76-49) remains
four games behind first-
place St. Louis (80-45) in the
NL Central race.
Miami’s Chris Narveson (1-
1) struggled in his first start
since April 15, 2012, while
with Milwaukee. He al-
lowed seven runs and eight
hits in 3 2-3 innings.
Martin Prado homered for
the Marlins.
McCutchen hit an RBI dou-
ble in the first inning and
helped spark a six-run sec-
ond with a three-run home
run, his 20th.
family said in a statement.
“His family, wife Janice,
children Dara, Tabitha,
Nicholas and Alexis, along
with countless family,
friends, and fans, all mourn
his loss. More than anything
Darryl accomplished in his
McCutchen is 6 for 13 with
three doubles, a home run,
and six RBIs in the first three deck in left field off Hector
games of the series
METS 9, PHILLIES 4
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Barto-
lo Colon tossed five-hit ball
and struck out eight in sev-
en sharp innings, Michael
San Francisco Giants’ Nori Aoki, right, is tagged out by
Chicago Cubs catcher Kyle Schwarber (12) while trying to
score on his triple during the seventh inning of a baseball
game in San Francisco, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015.
Cuddyer hit a long homer
and the NL East-leading
New York Mets beat the
Philadelphia Phillies.
Colon (11-11) bounced
back from a rough outing in
Colorado, helping the Mets
improve to 18-6 since July
31. They took a 6 1-2 game
lead over second-place
Washington, which lost 6-5
to San Diego.
Cuddyer had an RBI double
in the first inning off Jerad
basketball career as the in-
imitable ‘Chocolate Thun-
der,’ he was most proud of
his role and responsibility as
a husband and father.”
Dawkins spent parts of 14
seasons in the NBA with
Philadelphia, New Jersey,
Eickhoff (1-1) and hit a two- three hits and Adrian Gon-
run shot into the second
zalez chipped in a ninth-
Neris in the eighth.
The Mets have dominated inning RBI double for the
the Phillies, winning eight
straight, 11 of 12 this sea- NL West-leading Dodg-
son and 23 of the last 28
meetings. They will go for ers, have won two straight
games after a season-high,
five-game losing streak.
The Reds, who have lost
11 of their last 12 games
and slipped to 1-8 on their
10-game homestand,
reached left-hander Brett
Anderson for three un-
earned runs. Anderson (8-8)
gave up five hits with one
walk, four strikeouts and a
wild pitch.
Luis Avilan struck out Jay
Bruce with the tying runs
on base in the eighth and
Kenley Jansen pitched the
ninth for his 25th save.
PADRES 6, NATIONALS 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justin
Upton homered twice and
had three RBIs, Matt Kemp
added a two-run double

and the San Diego Padres
Associated Press
held on to beat the Wash-
ington Nationals. Tyson Ross
a four-game sweep Thurs- (9-9) allowed four runs in 6
day night with plenty of
visiting fans chanting “Let’s 1-3 innings for the Padres,
Go Mets!” in Philadelphia’s
cozy ballpark. who evened the three-
DODGERS 7, REDS 4
CINCINNATI (AP) — Scott game series and will try for
Van Slyke, A.J. Ellis and Yas-
iel Puig all homered during their fifth straight series vic-
a five-run fourth inning, and
the Los Angeles Dodgers tory in Thursday’s finale. De-
held on for a victory over
the Cincinnati Reds. nard Span doubled twice
Kike Hernandez added
for Washington in his sec-
ond game back from the
disabled list following back
spasms, but Gio Gonzalez
(9-7) failed to pitch more
than five innings for a sixth
time in seven starts.q
Utah and Detroit. He aver- Tributes poured in quickly
aged 12 points and 6.1 re- from across the league, in-
bounds in 726 career regu- cluding from the 76ers.
lar-season games. “Simply put, Darryl Dawkins
“A great man, entertainer, was beloved-by his family,
athlete and ferocious dunk- friends, former teammates
er,” former NBA guard Kev- and his fans all over the
in Johnson wrote on Twit- globe,” 76ers CEO Scott
ter. “He will be missed but O’Neil said. “His endear-
not forgotten.” ing charm, infectious smile
He was selected No. 5 and unparalleled sense of
in the 1975 NBA draft by humor will be sorely missed.
the 76ers. His “Chocolate ‘Chocolate Thunder’ will al-
Thunder” nickname, he of- ways have a special place
ten said, was given to him in our hearts. His family is in
by legendary singer Stevie our thoughts and prayers.”
Wonder — who is blind. Dawkins was as revered off
“People don’t want to the court as he was on it.
believe it. ... A guy who He remained enormously
never saw me gave me popular after his playing
the name Chocolate Thun- days were done, even dur-
der,” Dawkins said in a ing his stint as a member of
2012 interview. the Harlem Globetrotters.q