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Dodgers clinch NL West crown with shutout win vs. Giants
Continued from Page 19 game winner in 18 years. lowed three runs and eight and hit a batter. in the inning. A.J. Pollock,
CUBS 4, REDS 1 hits in five innings for his DIAMONDBACKS 4, ROCK- Goldschmidt and David
The Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Miguel first loss to the Phillies since IES 3 (11 INNINGS) Peralta reached base af-
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Montero doubled home Aug. 30, 2014. He beat PHOENIX (AP) — Pinch-hit- ter Brown threw 11 straight
Clayton Kershaw pitched a pair of runs during Chi- them four times this season. ter Phil Gosselin singled in balls.
the big-money Dodgers to cago’s four-run first inning, Adam Loewen (1-0) retired the winning run after Colo- Christian Friedrich gave
their third straight NL West and Dan Haren pitched the only batter he faced rado reliever Brooks Brown up the winning hit. Randall
title, tossing a 1-hitter as Los into the eighth following a in relief of starter David Bu- walked the bases loaded Delgado (7-4) pitched a
Angeles beat the San Fran- long rain delay. chanan to earn his first win in the 11th inning. scoreless top of the 11th.
cisco Giants 8-0 on Tues- The Cubs already have since 2007 with Baltimore. Gosselin knocked in Paul BREWERS 4, PADRES 3
day night. clinched a spot in the NL The lefty struck out Duda Goldschmidt from third SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jean
Kershaw allowed just a wild-card game for their with runners on second base with one out after Segura hit a go-ahead,
third-inning single and first playoff berth since and third to end the fifth. Brown (1-3), the eighth of two-run homer in the sixth
struck out 13, and the 2008. They trail Pittsburgh BRAVES 2, NATIONALS 1 nine pitchers for the Rock- inning to help Jorge Lo-
Dodgers (88-69) advance by three games for home- ATLANTA (AP) — A.J. Pier- ies on the night, walked pez win his major league
to face the NL East cham- field advantage. The Pi- zynski hit two home runs the three batters he faced debut.q
pion New York Mets in the rates’ game against first- and rookie Matt Wisler
best-of-five NL Division Se- place St. Louis was rained threw seven strong innings
Los Angeles Dodgers players celebrate after beating the San Francisco Giants in a baseball
game in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The Dodgers won 8-0 to clinch the National
League West division.
Associated Press
NL Capsules
ries. out on Tuesday. as Atlanta beat Washing-
Kershaw (16-7) finally got The Reds lost their season- ton for just its fourth win in
the best of his 2015 nem- high 10th in a row, their 17 tries against the Nats.
esis in their fourth matchup longest slump since they Wisler (7-8) picked up the
of the year, striking out the dropped 11 straight in victory, giving up one run
side in order three times 1998. while striking out four and
and retiring the final 19 PHILLIES 4, METS 3 walking two.
batters as the Dodgers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rookie Arodys Vizcaino re-
snapped a four-game los- Darin Ruf hit a three-run corded his eighth save in
ing streak. homer, Odubel Herrera nine chances. With runners
Don Mattingly’s Dodg- had four hits and Philadel- on first and second and no
ers earned a third straight phia snapped New York’s outs in the ninth, Ian Des-
playoff berth for the first franchise-record 11-game mond bunted into a 2-5-4
time in franchise history, road winning streak. double play. Vizcaino then
and did so by snapping a Lucas Duda hit two hom- struck out Matt den Dekker
seven-game losing streak ers for the NL East cham- to end it.
at AT&T Park this year. It’s pion Mets, who hadn’t lost Tanner Roark (4-7), who re-
also their sixth postseason away from home since joined the Nationals’ rota-
berth in 10 years. Sept. 6, at Miami. tion in September, took the
Justin Ruggiano and A.J. Duda hit a two-run shot off loss. He handled everyone
Ellis hit back-to-back home Ken Giles on an 0-2 pitch in in the Braves’ lineup except
runs in the sixth to chase the ninth before Giles re- Pierzynski, who was 3 for 3,
World Series MVP Madison tired Travis d’Arnaud for his giving up just five hits and
Bumgarner (18-9), deny- 14th save in 18 chances. two runs in 6 2-3 innings. He
ing the Giants their first 19- Bartolo Colon (14-13) al- struck out four, walked one
