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Bumgarner gets 2nd

win since return as

Giants top Cubs 3-1

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — the Diamondbacks, mak-
Madison Bumgarner al- ing the Dodgers the sixth
lowed four hits over seven team since 1913 to reach
innings to win for the sec- 80 wins in their first 113
ond time since returning games.
from a dirt bike accident, Puig’s hit was the third off
helping the San Francisco Diamondbacks ace Zack
Giants defeat the Chicago Greinke in the seventh, af-
Cubs 3-1 Wednesday and ter Greinke had allowed
complete a winning home- only one hit through six in-
stand for only the second nings. Cody Bellinger hom-
time this season. ered, doubled and scored
Bumgarner (2-5) struck out twice for the Dodgers.
seven, walked one and Greinke (13-5) lost for the
gave up five hits — includ- first time in 13 starts at
ing a third-inning home run home this season. He is 10-1 San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner works in the second inning of a baseball
by Albert Almora Jr. Hunter at Chase Field. He allowed game against the Chicago Cubs, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, in San Francisco. Associated Press
Strickland pitched a one- three runs on four hits in 6
hit eighth and Sam Dyson 2-3 innings, but lost the lead and ran toward the center drive into the upper deck three runs.
completed the six-hitter by surrendering two runs in field wall. in right, his 11th home run Major League home run
with a perfect ninth for his the seventh on Bellinger’s On the next pitch, Mo- since the All-Star break. leader Giancarlo Stanton
eighth save. double, a two-out dou- lina drilled his 14th homer NATIONALS 10, MARLINS 1 went hitless for Miami after
San Francisco won two of ble for Joc Pederson and of the season into the left WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan homering twice this series.
three against the NL Cen- Puig’s single. Greinke struck field seats for his fifth career Zimmerman had four run- REDS 8, PADRES 3
tral-leading Cubs and has out eight and walked four. slam. scoring hits, including two CINCINNATI (AP) — Joey
won consecutive home Dodgers starter Alex Wood Melky Cabrera hit his 15th solo home runs, drove in Votto extended his longest
series for the first time since pitched six innings for the home run, a two-run shot, five runs and became the hitting streak of the season
May. win. Wood (14-1) allowed that had given the Royals a franchise’s all-time RBI to 14 games, Stuart Turner
Joe Panik hit an RBI single two runs on six hits with four 5-4 lead in the fifth. leader as the Nationals de- hit his first major league
in the second, Jarrett Park- strikeouts and a walk. RANGERS 5, METS 1 feated the Marlins. homer, and the Reds beat
er had a tiebreaking single CARDINALS 8, ROYALS 5 NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Gio Gonzalez (10-5) al- the Padres.
in the seventh against Brian ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Mo- Perez (6-10) allowed three lowed one run over seven Votto had a double and a
Duensing (0-1) and Hunter lina hit a grand slam one hits over eight innings, Joey innings after nearly tossing single off left-hander Travis
Pence hit an opposite-field pitch after a cat ran onto Gallo hit his 32nd home run a no-hitter against the Mar- Wood (2-4),
homer to right-center in the the field in the sixth inning, and Texas gained a two- lins in his previous start. In who made his third start
eighth against Pedro Strop. helping the Cardinals rally game split. between, he missed a turn since San Diego acquired
DODGERS 3, DIAMOND- to beat the Royals. Texas took a 3-0 lead in the to be with his wife for the him in a trade with Kansas
BACKS 2 The Cardinals loaded the first against Rafael Mon- birth of their second child. City. Turner and Eugenio
PHOENIX (AP) — Yasiel bases off Royals relievers tero (1-8) when the pitcher Bryce Harper had two hits Suarez each had a two-
Puig’s two-out single drove Brandon Maurer and Peter balked with Shin-Soo Choo and two RBIs for Washing- run homer, and Jose Per-
in the go-ahead run in the Moylan. Molina was at the taking a sizable and dis- ton while Howie Kendrick aza singled with the bases
seventh inning and Los An- plate, with two outs, when tracting lead off of third, added three hits, including loaded off Wood, who last-
geles held on for a win over the cat came onto the field and Gallo hit a two-run two doubles, and drove in ed five innings.q
Earnhardt calls Harvick’s comments ‘hurtful’

By NOAH TRISTER Series.”I’m super proud of our most successful driver,”
AP Sports Writer what I’ve been able to ac- Harvick said.
DETROIT (AP) — Dale Earn- complish, and I hope that I Harvick mentioned football
hardt Jr. said Thursday brought something to the and basketball as exam-
he’s proud of his accom- table and left a good im- ples of sports in which the
plishments after Kevin Har- pact,” Earnhardt added. most popular athletes are
vick suggested NASCAR’s Harvick said on SiriusXM this also among the most suc-
growth has been hindered week that he felt the sport’s cessful.
because Earnhardt hasn’t growth “has not reached “I believe that Dale Jr.
won enough. the levels that it should has had a big part in kind
“I put a lot into this sport, have because our most of stunting the growth of
and I know that I might not popular driver hasn’t been NASCAR because he’s got
have met everyone’s ex- our most successful driver.” these legions of fans, and
pectations, but I certainly “Dale Earnhardt Jr. has this huge outreach of be-
exceeded my own,” Earn- won the most popular driv- ing able to reach different
hardt said while appear- er for however many years places that none of us have
ing at Chevrolet’s event in a row, and he has been the possibility to reach, but
introducing the Camaro our sport’s most popular he’s won nine races in ten Dale Earnhardt Jr. looks over his car after practice for Sunday’s
ZL1, a new race car for driver, but he hasn’t been years at Hendrick Motors- NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in Wat-
next year’s NASCAR Cup anywhere close to being ports.” kins Glen, N.Y.