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Aaron Altherr leads Phillies

past slumping Dodgers 7-5

leaguer to hit a grand slam froe’s three homers for San Panik then doubled in the
off Clayton Kershaw. Diego. third and came home on
Luis Garcia (2-4) got the The Padres, who blew a 6-2 Buster Posey’s sacrifice fly.
win despite allowing a run lead, hit five home runs and Brandon Crawford hit a
in the eighth. Hector Neris set a team record with 181 solo homer in the third to
finished for his 23rd save in this season. Renfroe had back Matt Moore (6-14),
26 chances. his first career three-homer who earned his first win
PIRATES 6, BREWERS 4 game and tied Nate Col- against Colorado after go-
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adam bert’s club mark for rookies ing 0-2 over his first three
Frazier hit a two-run homer with 24. Renfroe became outings of the year.
off Milwaukee closer Corey the first Padres rookie to hit After two straight 4-3, walk-
Knebel with two outs in the three home runs, and the off setbacks, the Rockies
ninth inning to lift Pittsburgh seventh San Diego player lost for the fifth time in sev-
to the victory. overall to do it. en games overall following
The Pirates tied it in the The Diamondbacks, who a six-game winning streak.
eighth on a throwing error have a comfortable lead They lead Milwaukee by
by Knebel then ended a in the NL wild-card race, one game for the second
seven-game losing streak hit four homers in avoid- NL wild card.
when Frazier homered into ing a three-game sweep. CARDINALS 9, REDS 2
the first row of seats in the They scored four times in CINCINNATI (AP) — Dex-
right-field stands. the sixth to tie it, including ter Fowler homered for the
Jesus Aguilar and Domingo a two-run homer by J.D. third straight game while
Santana homered for the Martinez, and went ahead Matt Carpenter and Paul
Brewers but Milwaukee in the seventh. Chris Her- DeJong also homered as
missed a chance to pull rmann singled off Craig St. Louis gained ground in
Philadelphia Phillies’ Aaron Altherr, right, reacts as he rounds the into a tie with Colorado for Stammen (2-3) and scored its playoff push with a win
bases after hitting a two-run home run off Los Angeles Dodgers the second wild-card spot the go-ahead run on Per- over Cincinnati.
relief pitcher Ross Stripling during the seventh inning of a base- in the National League. alta’s double. Tommy Pham finished with
ball game, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in Philadelphia. Philadel- Knebel (1-2) had convert- A.J. Pollock hit a three-run two doubles, a single and
phia won 7-5. ed 21 straight save oppor- homer in the four-run ninth. two RBIs and Yadier Molina
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aar- Luis Avilan (2-3) walked tunities. Milwaukee lost for Jake Lamb connected for added a two-run double as
on Altherr hit a tiebreaking, Cesar Hernandez to start just the third time in its last his 28th home run in the the third-place Cardinals
two-run single in the eighth the bottom of the eighth. 12 games. second. (79-72) gained a game on
after launching a tying, Freddy Galvis bunted and Felipe Rivero (5-2) earned Jimmie Sherfy (2-0) pitched Colorado in the wild-card
two-run homer an inning catcher Austin Barnes the victory in relief. Frazier one inning for the win. race to move within 2½
earlier, and Philadelphia made a wild throw to sec- finished 2 for 5 with four GIANTS 4, ROCKIES 0 games. St. Louis sits five
beat slumping Los Angeles. ond base for an error that RBIs. Starling Marte added SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — games behind the Cubs in
The Dodgers have lost four allowed the runners to two hits for the Pirates. Tyler Chatwood dug him- the NL Central chase.
straight and 20 of 25 and reach second and third. DIAMONDBACKS 13, PA- self an early hole and Rookie right-hander Luke
will have to wait until at Odubel Herrera struck out DRES 7 Colorado lost to last-place Weaver (7-1) retired 10
least Friday to wrap up the and Rhys Hoskins was in- SAN DIEGO (AP) — David San Francisco for its third straight batters in one
NL West. tentionally walked. Bran- Peralta hit a leadoff homer straight defeat. stretch on the way to his
The Phillies have won eight don Morrow entered and and added a go-ahead Joe Panik hit a one-out seventh straight winning
of 10 and are 32-33 since Altherr ripped a hit off the double in the seventh for triple in the first inning off start, the major leagues’
the All-Star break, climbing right-field fence. Arizona, which scored 11 Chatwood (8-13) and im- longest active streak and
out of last place in the ma- Earlier in the series, Altherr runs in the final four innings mediately scored on De- the longest by a Cardinals
jors. became the first major and overcame Hunter Ren- nard Span’s sacrifice fly. pitcher this season. q
Impact ends 1st-place Toronto’s 11-match MLS unbeaten streak

By The Associated Press Toronto had not lost since midfielder on loan from
Ignacio Piatti and An- July 1 when it dropped a Argentine side Vélez
thony Jackson-Hamel 3-1 decision at FC Dallas, Sarsfield, scored twice
scored two goals each and had eight wins and and Josef Martinez had
as the Montreal Impact three draws in that span. his 17th goal for Atlanta.
ended first-place To- It was also unbeaten at Martinez opened the
ronto FC’s 11-match un- home. scoring in the 13th min-
beaten streak in Major In the only other match ute, his seventh goal in
League Soccer. Wednesday, Atlanta seven days, to move
Toronto striker Tosaint United scored three within two goals of New
Ricketts made it close goals in seven minutes in York City’s David Villa
with goals in the 77th and the first half and extend- for the Golden Boot top
79th minutes Wednes- ed its home unbeaten goal scorer award.
day as the home side at- streak to 10 matches Jermaine Jones was giv-
tempted to recover from with a 4-0 win over the Montreal Impact midfielder Marco Donadel (33) celebrates en a straight red card for
a 5-1 deficit after 51 min- Los Angeles Galaxy. his goal against Toronto FC during the first half of a MLS soccer Los Angeles in the 39th
utes. Yamil Asad, an attacking game, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 in Toronto. minute.q
Associated Press