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SPORTS Thursday 19 april 2018

Belt’s check-swing ruins Corbin’s no-no, Dbacks 1-hit Giants

PHOENIX (AP) — Patrick with two outs.
Corbin lost his no-hit bid Scott Alexander (1-0) got
on a checked-swing infield the win.
single with two outs in the The Padres struck out 20
eighth inning but finished a times, tying the club record
one-hitter to lift Arizona. for an extra-inning game
Corbin (3-0) walked one CARDINALS 5, CUBS 3
but otherwise was cruis- CHICAGO (AP) — Adam
ing toward what would Wainwright (1-2) out-
have been the franchise’s pitched Tyler Chatwood in
third no-hitter. Brandon Belt frigid conditions at Wrigley
ended it with a softly hit Field, where the gametime
ball to the left side of Ari- temperature was 35 de-
zona’s shifted infield, beat- grees and a 10 mph wind
ing shortstop Nick Ahmed’s made it feel like 29.
throw by a step to send a Wainwright allowed an un-
groan across Chase Field. earned run and four hits as
Corbin struck out eight and St. Louis won its fifth straight,
threw 100 pitches in his first and he improved to 11-2 in
career complete-game 24 games at Wrigley. Matt
shutout. The Diamond- Carpenter had two hits
backs have tied the best and three RBIs.
start in franchise history Chatwood (0-3) issued sev-
(with 2000, 2008) at 12-4. en walks in 4 2/3 innings,
David Peralta lined a run- one off his career high, and
scoring single off Tony Wat- yielded two runs and one
son (1-1) in the bottom of hit.
the eighth, the deciding ROCKIES 2, PIRATES 0
blow in a duel between PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chad
Corbin and San Francisco’s Bettis (3-0) allowed five hits
Johnny Cueto. in 7 1/3 innings and com- Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin throws in the first inning during a baseball game
DODGERS 7, PADRES 3, 12 bined with three relievers against the San Francisco Giants, Tuesday, April 17, 2018, in Phoenix.
INNINGS on a five-hitter on a snowy Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yasmani night with a first-pitch tem- NEW YORK (AP) — Gio eighth base. Sean Doolittle added another two-run
Grandal hit a go-ahead, perature of 34 degrees. The Gonzalez (2-1) allowed two closed for his third save. double.
two-run double with one announced attendance runs in 5 1/3 innings and im- Zack Wheeler (1-1) gave Hector Neris (1-1) pitched
out in the 12th inning and was 8,869, but there ap- proved to 11-1 at Citi Field,. up three runs in six innings. a scoreless ninth before
Los Angeles overcame peared to be fewer than A day after Washington BREWERS 2, REDS 0 17,913, the second-smallest
Kenley Jansen’s blown 2,000 fans at PNC Park. topped the Mets with an MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eric crowd at 2-year-old Sun-
save to beat San Diego for Wade Davis pitched a per- eighth-inning rally that Thames hit a two-run hom- Trust Park, ahead of only
its season-high third straight fect ninth for his NL-leading overcame a five-run defi- er in the sixth off Sal Roma- Monday’s 17,812.q
win. eighth save and the Rock- cit, Bryce Harper put the no (0-2).
Grandal, who hit a grand ies improved to 5-1 on a Nationals ahead early Dan Jennings (2-0) got one
slam in a 10-3 victory Mon- seven-game trip that start- with a sacrifice fly. The out in the relief of starter
day night, doubled into ed in Washington. Mets, whose 12-3 start had Junior Guerra. Josh Hader
the left-field corner off Ty- Trevor Williams (3-1) gave matched the best in team pitched two innings for his
ler Webb (0-1), who was up two runs and four hits in history, lost back-to-back second save, completing a
called up earlier in the day six innings, pitching in short games for the first time un- four-pitcher three-hitter.
from Triple-A El Paso. Corey sleeves. Carlos Gonzalez hit der new manager Mickey PHILLIES 5, BRAVES 1
Seager was aboard on a into a run-scoring forceout Callaway. ATLANTA (AP) — Rhys
leadoff single and Enrique in the first and rookie Ryan Trea Turner doubled twice, Hoskins hit a tiebreaking,
Hernandez on a walk. Kyle McMahon had an RBI sin- singled and walked, scor- two-out, two-run double
Farmer added a two-run gle in the fourth. ing two runs and stealing off Jose Ramirez (0-2) in
double off Kazuhisa Makita NATIONALS 5, METS 2 his major league-leading the 10th and Maikel Franco