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SPORTS Thursday 31 augusT 2017
Stanton ties MLB

record with 18th

home run in August

By The Associated Press with a 1.59 ERA during that
WASHINGTON (AP) — span.
Giancarlo Stanton tied a Chad Kuhl (6-10) allowed
major league record with three runs in 5 1/3 innings.
his 18th home run in August, CARDINALS 10, BREWERS 2
but Anthony Rendon had MILWAUKEE (AP) — Matt
four RBIs and the Washing- Carpenter hit a two-run
ton Nationals beat the Mi- homer and Luke Voit drove
ami Marlins 8-3 on Tuesday. in four runs, backing Luke
Stanton hit a long homer Weaver’s 10-strikeout night
in the first inning off Edwin in a 10-2 win Tuesday over
Jackson (5-3), his 51st this the Milwaukee Brewers.
season, to open the scoring Carpenter’s shot to right in
following a 26-minute rain the fifth had added impor-
delay. His August output tance for the third base-
matched the mark set by man after he had pledged
Rudy York with the Detroit $10,000 for every home run
Tigers in 1937. Sammy Sosa that he hit the rest of the
set the record for homers in season to Hurricane Harvey Miami Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton watches a solo home run off Washington Nationals starting
a month when he hit 20 in relief efforts. The Galveston, pitcher Edwin Jackson during the first inning of a baseball game at Nationals Park, Tuesday, Aug.
June 1998, and Stanton has Texas native looked up and 29, 2017, in Washington.
two games left this month pointed two fingers toward Associated Press
to catch the former Cubs the night sky as he touched before closing out his 33rd croy and Trevor Story, and centage by any NL team.
slugger. The Nationals, 16-7 the plate to extend the save. The wild card-leading a sacrifice fly by pinch- Cincinnati put it away with
since Aug. 6, had five runs Cardinals’ lead to 9-1. Diamondbacks have won hitter Carlos Gonzalez off a seven-run eighth inning
and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings DIAMODNBACKS 7, DODG- five straight. starter Michael Fulmer (10- that featured Adam Du-
against Vance Worley (2- ERS 6 Taylor hit a two-run homer 12). vall’s three-run homer. Reds
4). PHOENIX (AP) — A.J. Pol- and Yasiel Puig a solo shot Charlie Blackmon reached rookie Sal Romano (4-5)
CUBS 4, PIRATES 1 lock hit a two-run homer off Zack Godley (6-7) for on a fielder’s choice. War- made his third straight solid
CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Ar- and Arizona roughed up the NL West-leading Dodg- wick Saupold walked DJ start, allowing three runs
rieta continued his domi- Rich Hill in his follow-up to a ers, who have lost three in LeMahieu, and Arenado and six hits in six innings.
nant second half with six near no-hitter. a row for the first time since followed with his three-run PADRES 6, GIANTS 3
innings of two-hit ball, Ben Hill (9-6) pitched nine no-hit early June. drive to reach 30 homers SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manuel
Zobrist homered and Chi- innings against Pittsburgh ROCKIES 7, TIGERS 3 for the third straight season. Margot and Jabari Blash
cago beat Pittsburgh. on Wednesday, losing the DENVER (AP) — Nolan Are- He leads the majors with homered to back Luis Per-
Anthony Rizzo went 3 for 4 no-hitter and the game nado capped a four-run 111 RBIs. domo’s six innings of solid
with an RBI, Alex Avila had on Josh Harrison’s walk-off seventh inning with his 30th REDS 14, METS 4 pitching as San Diego beat
an RBI single and Jason homer in the 10th. homer, and Colorado beat CINCINNATI (AP) — Scott San Francisco.
Heyward added a sacrifice The Diamondbacks scored Detroit. Schebler hit his first career Perdomo (7-8) settled in af-
fly for NL Central-leading 11 runs to complete a Arenado’s three-run shot grand slam, and Cincinnati ter his pitch count climbed
Chicago. three-game sweep of San broke open a close game ended its 14-game losing as he wiggled from jams in
Arrieta (14-8) struck out four Francisco on Sunday and and helped the Rockies streak against New York. the first two innings. Brad
and retired the last seven kept hitting after a day off, win for the fourth time in six The Reds hadn’t beaten Hand handled the ninth for
batters he faced, leaving knocking around Hill in a tries. Colorado increased the Mets since Sept. 6, 2014. his 13th save.
after 97 pitches with a 3-0 five-run first inning. its lead to four games over They’d dropped their last Matt Moore (4-13) was
lead. He hasn’t allowed Paul Goldschmidt homered Milwaukee for the second eight to New York at Great charged with five runs and
more than two earned runs and Fernando Rodney al- NL wild card. American Ball Park, where eight hits, with a walk and
in any of his nine starts since lowed a run-scoring single Colorado went ahead 4-3 the Mets are 30-16 all-time a hit batter. He struck out
the All-Star break, going 6-1 by Chris Taylor in the ninth on singles by Jonathan Lu- — the best winning per- two.q

Froome extends Vuelta lead, Lopez wins Stage 11

CALAR ALTO, Spain (AP) — utes, 9 seconds. Froome Esteban Chaves and tion. Former champions off over the final 200 me-
Chris Froome increased his was second, 14 seconds Nicolas Roche started the Fabio Aru and Alberto ters (yards). “It was a very
lead of the Spanish Vuelta back, edging title rival Vin- day 34 seconds behind Contador also lost time. hard stage due to the rain,
on Wednesday, finishing cenzo Nibali. Froome overall but both Aru slipped to 2:57 back in which made it more de-
second in the mountain- Froome now leads sec- faded on the stage’s sec- seventh place, while Con- manding,” Lopez said. “I
ous 11th stage behind As- ond-placed Nibali by 1:19 ond category-one climb tador ended the stage al- found my best legs at the
tana rider Miguel Angel Lo- overall. that finished at the Calar most four minutes slower. end. I stayed patient and
pez. The 23-year-old Lopez On a rainy day in southern Alto Astronomical Obser- Froome and his Sky team- waited for my moment to
won his first grand stage Spain, four-time Tour de vatory. mates withstood the hard attack.” Thursday’s 12th
tour, with the Colombian France champion Froome Chaves fell to third overall pace set by Nibali’s Bah- stage is a hilly 160.1-kilo-
finishing the 187.5-kilome- took another step toward and is 2:33 behind Froome, rain-Merida team, catch- meter (99.5-mile) ride from
ter (116.5-mile) ride from improving on his three while Roche tumbled to ing the Italian on the final Montril to Los Dolmenes.
Lorca to the Calar Alto runner-up finishes at the 11th at 4:45 off the pace push. Only a daring Lopez The three-week race ends
summit in 5 hours, 5 min- Vuelta. and well out of conten- got away when he set in Madrid on Sept. 10.q