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SPORTS Saturday 12 auguSt 2017

MLB: Turner, Hernandez lead

Dodgers to victory over Arizona

PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) on third to save a hit for the long scoreless streak and
— National League bat- game’s final out. rallying Cincinnati over San
ting average leader Justin Giancarlo Stanton hit his Diego.
Turner and Kike Hernandez major league-leading 39th San Diego took a 3-2 lead
drove in a combined five home run of the season for into the seventh, leaving
runs, helping Yu Darvish the Marlins. Dinelson Lamet in line for a
pick up his second win in as METS 10, PHILLIES 0 fourth straight victory. The
many starts for the Los An- PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ja- Padres’ best reliever of late
geles Dodgers in their 8-6 cob deGrom pitched bril- let it get away.
victory over the Arizona Di- liantly until leaving in the The Reds loaded the bas-
amondbacks on Thursday. seventh inning due to a es against Kirby Yates (2-
The Dodgers, with two wins contusion on his right tri- 3) and Hand, who had a
in the three-game series ceps after being hit on a streak of 24 scoreless in-
with Arizona, have won or line drive by Nick Williams, nings. Gennett’s third ca-
tied 18 straight series, not and New York homered reer grand slam made it
having lost one since June four times in a rout of Phila- 6-3, the first runs allowed by
5-7 against Washington. delphia. Hand since June 10.
They have won 15 of their DeGrom (13-5) gave up Eugenio Suarez homered
last 17 games. four hits in 6 2/3 innings two pitches later. Zack Co-
The Diamondbacks have with nine strikeouts and no zart and Joey Votto added
lost four of five. walks. He improved to 9-2 homers in the eighth, with
The Dodgers staked Darvish with a 1.82 ERA in his last 11 Votto’s solo shot extending
to a three-run lead before starts while upping his ca- his hitting streak to a sea-
he even took the mound. reer mark against Philadel- son-high 15 games.
Two singles and a two-out phia to 6-0 with a 2.10 ERA Drew Storen (3-2) escaped Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor (3) celebrates his run
walk to Logan Forsythe in 10 starts. a two-on threat in the sev- against the Arizona Diamondbacks with Cody Bellinger (35)
brought up Hernandez, The 29-year-old right-hand- enth. as Diamondbacks pitcher Jorge De La Rosa (29) pauses near
who with two strikes pulled er initially smiled when man- CARDINALS 8, ROYALS 6 home plate during the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday,
a bases-clearing double ager Terry Collins came out ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dexter Aug 10, 2017, in Phoenix.
into the left-field corner. to check on his star pitcher Fowler hit a grand slam and for the fourth consecutive Milwaukee starter Zach Da-
Darvish got out of the first after Williams’ hard shot drove in a career-high five game. vies (13-6) allowed seven
two innings with six three- drilled deGrom on the back runs to lead St. Louis over The Twins, who have won runs, six earned, a career-
ball counts, and Arizona of his right arm just above Kansas City. five straight and are 7-3 in high 11 hits and two walks
rallied as his pitch count the elbow. But deGrom The Cardinals tied a season August, had 12 hits — 11 while striking out three in 5
climbed. never threw a warmup high with their sixth straight singles and a double — to 2/3 innings.
NATIONALS 3, MARLINS 2 pitch nor appeared to pro- win and climbed within one sweep a home-and-home, The right-hander struggled
WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian test Collins’ decision to take game of the first-place Chi- four-game set with Milwau- after allowing just three
Goodwin had two hits, in- him out. The Mets got good cago Cubs in the NL Cen- kee. The Brewers are 7-17 earned runs and 19 hits
cluding a home run lead- news when X-rays were tral. since July 16 and fell into over 28 2/3 innings his past
ing off the eighth inning, negative. Kansas City has lost four in a third place in the NL Cen- four starts.
and Washington rallied Wilmer Flores hit a three- row and six of seven. tral with the loss. Mauer came into the
past Miami. run homer off Vince Velas- Fowler broke a 3-3 tie in the Rookie Alan Busenitz (1-0) game in a 1-for-20 slump.
Goodwin broke a 2-2 tie quez (2-7) and finished a seventh inning with his 15th pitched 2 2/3 innings of re- He went 3 for 5 with singles
when he connected on triple shy of the cycle. Neil homer of the season. He lief for his first major league in the third, fourth and sixth
a 1-0 fastball from Junichi Walker had four hits with a ripped the first pitch from win. innings.q
Tazawa (1-2) for his 13th homer and Michael Con- Neftali Feliz 404 feet for his
homer of the season and forto and Curtis Grander- third career slam.
second RBI of the night. son also went deep as the Tyler Lyons (1-0) picked up
Ryan Madson (2-0) pitched Mets continued their power the win in relief of Lance
a scoreless eighth inning surge at Citizens Bank Park, Lynn, who gave up two
and Sean Doolittle worked where they have launched earned runs in six innings.
around a one-out double 51 long balls in their last 23 Mike Minor (5-4) took the
by Miguel Rojas in the ninth games. loss.
for his seventh save since REDS 10, PADRES 3 TWINS 7, BREWERS 2
coming to Washington. CINCINNATI (AP) — Scoot- MILWAUKEE (AP) — Byron
Andrew Stevenson made a er Gennett hit a grand slam Buxton and Joe Mauer
diving catch along the left in the seventh inning, end- each had three singles and
field foul line with a runner ing left-hander Brad Hand’s Minnesota beat Milwaukee