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NL Capsules

Granderson homers twice off bench, Mets beat Marlins 7-4

NEW YORK (AP) — Cur-             ered in the Cubs’ 21st vic-      New York Mets pinch-hitter Curtis Granderson watches his sixth-inning home run off Miami Marlins
tis Granderson came off          tory in August.                  starting pitcher Tom Koehler in a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, in New York. 
the bench and homered            Hendricks (13-7) allowed
twice, powering the Mets         three hits and walked one.                                                                                                                           Associated Press
to the victory.                  Carl Edwards Jr. worked
Asdrubal Cabrera ex-             the eighth and Aroldis           Dansby Swanson drove in     used a rare offensive out-     son (3-5) was charged with
tended his recent tear at        Chapman finished the four-       three runs.                 burst by Atlanta to earn his   five runs and seven hits in 2
the plate, hitting a two-        hitter for his 31st save as the  Teheran began the night     first home victory since last  2/3 innings.
run homer in his return to       Cubs improved to 21-6 this       with the lowest run sup-    Oct. 2, a span of 14 starts.   Teheran (4-9) allowed two
the lineup after missing         month, one win shy of the        port in the major leagues,  Oswaldo Arcia homered          runs and struck out eight in
one start due to a sore left     best August in franchise his-    but the two-time All-Star   for San Diego. Edwin Jack-     seven innings.q
knee. Rookie right-hander        tory set in 1932.
Seth Lugo (2-2) pitched six      Rizzo belted a two-run
effective innings and Jeu-       homer off Chad Kuhl (3-2)
rys Familia earned his major     in the first and Miguel Mon-
league-leading 43rd save         tero added an RBI single as
as the Mets won for the          the Cubs improved to 84-
eighth time in 10 games.         47.
By taking the first two          Kuhl allowed four hits in five
games of the four-game           innings as the Pirates lost
series, New York (68-64)         their second straight after
moved ahead of slumping          winning four in a row.
Miami for second place in        CARDINALS 2, BREWERS 1,
the NL East.                     10 INNINGS
Christian Yelich hit a two-      MILWAUKEE (AP) — Zach
run homer for the Marlins,       Duke stranded the bases
who have dropped four            loaded with a strikeout
straight and six of eight        in the 10th after Randal
overall. Tom Koehler (9-10)      Grichuk hit an RBI single in
got the loss.                    the top half of the inning,
NATIONALS 3, PHILLIES 2          lifting St. Louis to the road
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Max          win.
Scherzer struck out 11           Seung Hwan Oh (4-2)
in eight innings, helping        pitched out of a jam in the
Washington to the road           ninth to get the win. Duke
win.                             got his first save with the
Scherzer (15-7) allowed          Cardinals by striking out
two runs and three hits.         pinch-hitter Manny Pina af-
Mark Melancon pitched a          ter Matt Bowman walked
scoreless ninth for his 37th     three batters.
save.                            The Cardinals’ Jhonny Per-
Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff  alta led off the 10th with
(9-13), who had walked just      a single off Corey Knebel
six batters in his last eight    (0-2) and moved to third
starts, issued three walks       on Yadier Molina’s ground-
and yielded five hits and        rule double.
three runs through six in-       Jeremy Hazelbaker, who
nings.                           ran for Peralta, scored the
Ryan Howard hit a two-run        winning run on Grichuk’s
homer in the seventh for         flare to right.
Philadelphia, which has          St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright
dropped six of eight to fall     and Milwaukee’s Wily Per-
12 games below .500.             alta dueled for seven in-
CUBS 3, PIRATES 0                nings, leaving a 1-1 game
CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle              for the bullpens.
Hendricks threw seven            BRAVES 7, PADRES 3
dominant innings to lower        ATLANTA (AP) — Julio Tehe-
the majors’ best ERA to 2.09     ran won for the first time in
and Anthony Rizzo hom-           10 starts, and Braves rookie
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