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SPORTS Friday 6 april 2018

Sandoval hits 3-run homer, Giants rout Mariners

PHOENIX (AP) — Patrick their strong start in a game
Corbin shut out Los Ange- that started 97 minutes late
les on one hit over 7 1/3 in- due to rain. Converted
nings, striking out a career- starter Robert Gsellman
high 12 for Arizona. (1-0) threw two perfect in-
The Diamondbacks swept nings. Hansel Robles struck
the three-game series and out the side in his first ap-
won their ninth straight reg- pearance this season. A.J.
ular-season game against Ramos pitched a scoreless
the Dodgers, going back to eighth and closer Jeurys Fa-
a pair of three-game series milia earned his third save
sweeps last season. in three chances. Mets re-
Corbin (2-0) retired 14 bat- lievers have allowed three
ters in a row to start the runs in 20 1/3 innings (1.33
game, eight on strikeouts. ERA), and the pitching staff
The Dodgers struggled to as a whole has 61 strikeouts
make solid contact, and through the season's first
it took Matt Kemp's bloop five games.
double with two outs in the TWINS 7, PIRATES 3.
fifth to break up Corbin's PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brian
no-hit bid. Kemp had the Dozier homered for the
Dodgers' only hit of the third straight game, Miguel
game. Corbin was taken Sano drove in a pair of runs San Francisco Giants' Pablo Sandoval drops his bat after hitting a three-run home run against
out after walking Kemp with in frigid conditions and Min- the Seattle Mariners during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in San
one out in the eighth inning. nesota handed Pittsburgh Francisco.
Brad Boxberger earned his its first loss of the season. Associated Press
second save with a score- Dozier hit a drive off the
less ninth. The Dodgers had top of the left-field wall in Pablo Sandoval splashed with a drive to left. Sando- Scherzer (1-1) gave up six
only four base runners, two the third inning for his fourth a three-run homer into Mc- val's drive into the water hits, two walks and five runs
in the ninth on Boxberger home run in four days. Sano Covey Cove while making three batters later chased — two earned — in five in-
walks. The Diamondbacks finished 3 for 5 and started a rare start, Johnny Cueto Hernandez, and Crawford nings. The three-time Cy
scored a run in each of the Minnesota's four-run rally in earned his first win of the followed with his first homer. Young Award winner struck
first three innings. the sixth with an RBI single. season and San Francisco It was the first time the Gi- out seven.
METS 4, PHILLIES 2. He added another run- jumped all over Seattle ants hit three homers in one The Braves, with three
NEW YORK (AP) — Yoenis scoring single in the sev- ace Felix Hernandez. inning since June 2, 2016, at straight seasons of at least
Cespedes homered, Amed enth. Eduardo Escobar also Brandon Belt, Brandon Atlanta — also in the fifth. 90 losses, improved to 4-2
Rosario hit a two-run triple drove in two runs for the Crawford and Gorkys Her- They last did it at home on and are two games over
and New York's bullpen Twins. nandez also homered as May 7, 2007, in the fifth in- .500 for the first time since
faced the minimum batters Taylor Rogers (1-0) got two the Giants got their bats ning as well, against the April 22, 2015.
over five scoreless innings. outs in the fifth to pick up going at last to back Cueto Mets. CARDINALS 6, BREWERS 0
New York swept the weath- the win. (1-0). BRAVES 7, NATIONALS 1 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Carlos
er-shortened two-game Josh Bell hit a 432-foot San Francisco rebounded ATLANTA (AP) — Mike Martinez pitched into the
series. With runners at the home run through the snow quickly after losing its home Foltynewicz outpitched ninth inning and struck out
corners and two outs in the flurries in the first inning for opener a day earlier. San- Max Scherzer, Preston Tuck- 10, Yadier Molina homered
sixth, Rosario cleared the Pittsburgh. Corey Dicker- doval drew a bases-load- er hit a three-run homer and St. Louis beat error-
bases with a liner over the son added two hits for the ed walk to put the Giants and Atlanta beat Washing- prone Milwaukee.
head of shallow-playing Pirates, but Pittsburgh's at- ahead against Hernandez ton. Leadoff batter Dexter
right fielder Nick Williams to tempt to start 5-0 for the (1-1) in the first, when they Foltynewicz (1-0) allowed Fowler scored twice in the
chase reliever Drew Hutchi- first time since 1983 ended also scored runs on a wild four hits, one run and two first three innings for the
son (1-1) and snap a 2-2 when the Twins jumped on pitch and Crawford's sacri- walks and had eight strike- Cardinals. A 4-0 lead after
tie. The 22-year-old Rosario Ivan Nova (0-1) and the fice fly. outs in 5 1/3 innings. He four innings was more than
has driven in five runs in as bullpen in the sixth. Gorkys Hernandez con- snapped an eight-start skid enough cushion for the
many games. GIANTS 10, MARINERS 1 nected leading off the sec- during which he went 0-7 hard-throwing Martinez (1-
Mets relievers continued SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — ond. Belt started the fifth with a 7.34 ERA. 1).q