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SPORTS Friday 8 September 2017
Avila delivers in 9th, Cubs

top Bucs despite Cole’s gem

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alex was 14,390, smallest of the Luiz Gohara (0-1), a
Avila knocked an RBI triple year for the second night 21-year-old native of Bra-
in the ninth inning, capping in a row at Marlins Park. zil, allowed six runs in four
a duel between Jose Quin- With South Florida bracing innings in his major league
tana and Gerrit Cole and for Hurricane Irma, a head debut for Atlanta in the first
lifting Chicago over Pitts- count at first pitch put the game. Austin Bibens-Dirkx
burgh. actual crowd size at 799. (5-2) threw three scoreless
After Cole limited Chicago Dillon Peters (0-1) gave up innings in relief for Texas.
to two hits over eight in- three runs in five innings. DIAMONDBACKS 3, DODG-
nings, Avila scored pinch- RANGERS 12, BRAVES 8, 1st ERS 1
runner Leonys Martin from game LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pinch-
second base with a drive BRAVES 5, RANGERS 4, 2nd hitter Adam Rosales dou-
to the right-field corner game bled in the go-ahead run in
off reliever Daniel Hudson ATLANTA (AP) — Freddie the seventh inning and the
(2-6). The only hits against Freeman hit a two-run dou- Diamondbacks overcame
Cole were Javier Baez’s ble during Atlanta’s five-run a rare deficit to beat the
infield single in the second second inning against Cole Dodgers for their franchise-
and John Jay’s single in the Hamels and the Braves record 13th straight win.
eighth. held off a rally to beat Tex- Their winning streak is the
Wade Davis struck out two as and split a doublehead- second-longest in the ma-
during a perfect ninth for er Wednesday night. jors this season behind
his 29th save, preserving a Nomar Mazara had a two- Cleveland’s current 14 in a
win for Pedro Strop (4-4). run homer in the nightcap row. The D-backs swept the Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Jose Osuna slides under a foul
NATIONALS 8, MARLINS 1 for Texas, which won the NL West-leading Dodgers ball hit by Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant for the final out of the top
MIAMI (AP) — Gio Gonza- first game behind four hits for the second consecutive of the sixth inning in a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday,
lez and four relievers com- from Elvis Andrus. week for the first time since Sept. 6, 2017. Associated Press
bined on a six-hitter, and The Rangers are two September 2005 to keep
Washington beat Miami games behind the Twins in a comfortable lead in the record at 92-47. three in the sixth off Gsell-
for the eighth consecutive the race for the second AL wild-card race. METS 6, PHILLIES 3, 6 innings man (6-6) following Cabre-
time. wild card. Ketel Marte singled lead- NEW YORK (AP) — Robert ra’s throwing error at third
Gonzalez (14-6) pitched Julio Teheran (10-11) ing off the seventh against Gsellman pitched well in base.
five scoreless innings but earned his second straight Luis Avilan (2-2). Rosales a winning return from the Rookie Nick Pivetta (5-10)
needed 101 pitches. Ryan home win, allowing three followed with a double to minors and Travis d’Arnaud gave up six runs and 10 hits
Zimmerman hit his 31st runs, five walks and five hits deep center, scoring the homered to help New York in five innings.
homer, and Michael A. in five innings in Game 2. speedy Marte. David Peral- beat Philadelphia in a REDS 7, BREWERS 1
Taylor added his 14th. Hamels (9-3) gave up five ta singled and J.D. Martinez game shortened to six in- CINCINNATI (AP) — Rookie
The Nationals, who com- runs, four earned, in six in- was intentionally walked to nings because of rain. Luis Castillo struck out 10 in
pleted a three-game nings. After facing 10 bat- load the bases. Asdrubal Cabrera went 3 his final start of the season,
sweep, have outscored ters in the second, he al- Daniel Descalso was hit by for 3 with an RBI single and Zack Cozart and Jose Pera-
Miami 53-12 in their past lowed only one hit over his Avilan, forcing in Rosales scored twice as the Mets za homered and last-place
eight meetings. Washing- next four innings. and extending Arizona’s improved to 37-17 against Cincinnati completed a
ton increased its lead in the Arodys Vizcaino gave up lead to 3-1. Philadelphia over the past three-game sweep of Mil-
NL East to 18 games over two-out singles to Jared The Dodgers have lost a three years. waukee.
second-place Miami. Hoying and Carlos Gomez season-high six in a row and Nick Williams hit a two-run The playoff-contending
The Marlins have lost nine in the ninth. Vizcaino end- 11 of 12, with six of those homer and Cesar Hernan- Brewers have lost four of
of their past 10 to fade ed the game on Joey Gal- defeats to the second- dez was 3 for 3 with an RBI five. Neil Walker’s homer in
from the NL wild-card race. lo’s fly ball to center for his place D-backs. Los Ange- double for the Phillies, who the first inning was all Mil-
Announced attendance 10th save. les still owns baseball’s best trailed 6-0 before scoring waukee could muster.q

Red Sox star Pedroia says why such a fuss over sign stealing

By JIMMY GOLEN cerned about a Major sign-stealing scheme. “Our
AP Sports Writer League Baseball investiga- adjustment to that stuff is:
BOSTON (AP) — It was 4:30 tion into using the high-tech go out to the mound and
p.m. when Red Sox man- timepieces to steal pitch change the signs. ... It’s
ager John Farrell walked signs from the New York been around a long, long
into his pregame meeting Yankees, they aren’t show- time. We were doing that
with the media on Wednes- ing it. A day after The New at Douglas Junior High
day, a little later than usual York Times reported that School, where I played. So
because of the 19-inning the Yankees had filed a I don’t think this should be
game the night before. complaint about the prac- news to anybody.”
“Good morning,” a report- tice, the AL East leaders ex- According to the newspa-
er greeted him, prompting pressed little concern about per, the Red Sox admitted
Farrell to look at his wrist to possible punishment. to Major League Baseball
check the time. “It’s part of the game,” said Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia flips the ball to that they used an Apple
“It’s not an Apple Watch,” Boston second baseman Xander Bogaerts after fielding a ground ball single by Toronto Watch to relay signals to
he said. Dustin Pedroia, one of the Blue Jays’ Darwin Barney during the second inning of a baseball Boston players.
game at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.
If the Red Sox are con- players implicated in the Associated Press Continued on Next Page