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SPORTS Thursday 14 June 2018

Dodgers batter Colon for 8 runs in 12-5 win over Rangers

By The Associated Press Richards (1-3) allowed two
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joc hits in his seventh major
Pederson, Max Muncy and league start. The 25-year-
Yasiel Puig homered off old right-hander struck out
Bartolo Colon, sending the two and walked three.
Dodgers to the victory. Brandon Crawford's
The 45-year-old Colon (3- groundout in the first inning
4) has allowed 19 homers drove in the only run for the
this season. He recorded Giants, who had just three
his 2,500th career strikeout hits.
against Muncy in the first. Kyle Barraclough pitched a
The Dodgers pounded out perfect ninth for his fourth
16 hits in winning their sec- save in six chances.
ond straight game. JT Riddle had a two-run
Edward Paredes (1-0) got double for Miami, and Star-
the win with a scoreless in- lin Castro had two hits and
ning of relief. Daniel Corci- knocked in a run.
no pitched three innings for San Francisco right-hander
his first save. Chris Stratton (7-4) permit-
PHILLIES 5, ROCKIES 4 ted three runs and four hits
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aar- in seven innings.
on Nola struck out 10 in PADRES 4, CARDINALS 2
another dominant perfor- ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eric Hos-
mance and Scott Kingery mer homered for San Di-
hit a three-run homer, lead- ego, and the Padres car-
ing Philadelphia to the win. ried a perfect game into
Nola (8-2) allowed one run the sixth inning of their 10th
and four hits in 6 2/3 innings, win in 14 games.
lowering his ERA to 2.27. Se- Matt Strahm started the
ranthony Dominguez es- bullpen game and retired
caped a bases-loaded, nine batters on 36 pitches,
no-out jam in the ninth for including four strikeouts. It
his third save. was the team's third bull-
Kingery drove a 1-2 pitch pen start this season while
from Jon Gray (6-7) out to left-hander Joey Lucchesi
left-center to give the Phil- recovers from a right hip
lies a 3-0 lead in the first. He Flanked by Texas Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos, second from left, and Ronald Guzman, strain.
starting pitcher Bartolo Colon, center, hands the ball to manager Jeff Banister during the fourth
added a sacrifice fly in the inning of the team's baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Adam Cimber (3-2) retired
third. Los Angeles. the next six with two strike-
The Phillies have won two in Associated Press outs before Harrison Bader
a row for the first time since broke up the perfect game
a three-game winning Coast trip, when it lost four earned. last five games. They've with an infield single in the
streak May 13-17. of six. The Braves moved Jay, acquired Thursday in won 11 of 14 and lead the sixth. Brad Hand pitched
The Rockies have lost five ahead of Washington for a trade with Kansas City, NL West by three games the ninth for his 20th save.
straight and nine of 11. first in the NL East by beat- was hitless in 12 at-bats for over the surging Dodgers. Cardinals starter Miles Miko-
BRAVES 8, METS 2 ing a Mets team that has the Diamondbacks be- The Pirates have lost six of las (7-2) allowed three runs
ATLANTA (AP) — Ozzie Al- lost nine of 10 and 16 of 20. fore his leadoff single in eight. and six hits in six innings.q
bies hit a grand slam and New York's Zack Wheeler Arizona's six-run first inning. Arizona jumped on Trevor
Freddie Freeman homered (2-5) was charged with six His opposite-field homer in Williams (5-4) in the first with
during Atlanta's six-run sixth runs in 5 2/3 innings. the eighth broke the game six runs, two on Ketel Mar-
inning. DIAMONDBACKS 13, PI- open after the Pirates had te's seventh triple. Five runs
Braves starter Mike Foltyne- RATES 8 rallied from an 8-0 deficit to were unearned thanks to
wicz pitched five score- PHOENIX (AP) — Jon Jay trail 10-8. three Pirates errors, two on
less innings before depart- got his first three hits for Ari- Starling Marte hit a three- one play.
ing with triceps tightness. zona, including a three-run run homer, doubled and MARLINS 3, GIANTS 1
Shane Carle (4-1) got two homer, and the Diamond- made a diving grab in cen- MIAMI (AP) — Trevor Rich-
outs for the win. backs won their fifth game ter field for the Pirates. ards pitched six effective
Ender Inciarte added a in a row with a sloppy vic- Fernando Salas (4-4) got innings for his first major
pair of RBI singles to help tory over Pittsburgh. the win. The Diamondbacks league win, helping the
Atlanta shake a rough West Nine of the runs were un- have scored 51 runs in the Marlins top the Giants.