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Strasburg a strikeout king in Nationals win

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ste- 2), Hamilton led off the bot- sition and left 11 men on
phen Strasburg struck out tom of the inning with a base.
13 in seven innings, Bryce walk and two steals off Co- CARDINALS 4, DIAMOND-
Harper had two doubles rey Knebel (0-1). Hamilton BACKS 3
and two RBIs, and the scored on Adam Duvall’s PHOENIX (AP) — Adam
Washington Nationals beat infield single. Wainwright pitched into
the Chicago Cubs 8-4 on The game ended on an the seventh inning, Yadier
Wednesday. unusual play. With runners Molina and Jedd Gyorko
Anthony Rendon and Matt at first and third, Raisel Igle- each drove in two runs and
Wieters hit back-to-back sias fanned Jesus Aguilar St. Louis held on to beat Ari-
homers against John Lack- for the second out, and zona.
ey (5-9) during Washing- Stephen Vogt was caught Wainwright (8-5) limited the
ton’s four-run second in- trying to take second be- Diamondbacks to two runs
ning. After the Cubs pulled fore Jonathan Villar could and eight hits over 6 1/3 in-
within three at 6-3, Daniel make it home from third nings He struck out eight.
Murphy went deep in the on the back end of the at- Gyorko’s RBI double in the
fifth. tempted double steal. Igle- eighth pushed St. Louis’
It was a rough day for the sias got his 14th save in 15 lead to 4-2.
Cubs, who cut veteran chances. The Diamondbacks nearly
catcher Miguel Montero PIRATES 6, RAYS 2 tied it against Trevor Rosen-
after he criticized pitcher PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jose thal in the ninth. Brandon
Jake Arrieta for his role in Osuna doubled twice and Drury led off with a walk
the Nationals’ seven steals drove in two runs, rookie and advanced to sec-
in Tuesday’s 6-1 win over Josh Bell hit his 15th homer ond on a wild pitch. One
the World Series champi- and Pittsburgh jumped all out later, Chris Herrmann
ons. Then reigning NL MVP over Tampa Bay’s Blake walked and both runners
Kris Bryant departed in the Snell. advanced on pinch-hitter
sixth with an apparent right Osuna’s ground-rule RBI Gregor Blanco’s ground-
ankle injury. double sparked a four-run er. Drury then scored on
Strasburg (9-2) allowed Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg throws rally with two out in the first. Rosenthal’s wild pitch, with
three runs, two earned, during the third inning of the team’s baseball game against the Bell led off the fourth with a Herrmann moving up to
and four hits. Chicago Cubs, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Washington. home run and Osuna add- third.
METS 8, MARLINS 0 Associated Press ed another RBI double in After a walk to Daniel Des-
MIAMI (AP) — Steven Matz the sixth Mets starting pitch- that decided he no lon- the fifth. calso, Rosenthal got David
pitched seven innings and er to go on the disabled ger fit its rebuilding plans, Snell (0-5) walked five in Peralta on a grounder to
two relievers completed list this season. Gsellman and Billy Hamilton scored five innings in his return to pick up his fourth save.
a seven-hitter, helping the strained his left hamstring the tiebreaking run in the the starting rotation after a Zack Godley (3-2) took the
Mets to the victory. Tuesday. eighth inning for Cincinnati. stint in Triple-A. loss, allowing three runs
Asdrubal Cabrera and Jeff Locke (0-4) allowed The Brewers lost starter He was charged with six and two hits with seven
Curtis Granderson each hit three runs, all in a 32-pitch Chase Anderson to a runs and four hits. strikeouts in seven innings.
a two-run homer in support first inning, but settled strained oblique. Anderson Ivan Nova (8-5) struggled PADRES 7, BRAVES 4
of Matz (2-1), who allowed down to last 5 2/3 innings. hurt his left side while strik- with his command and SAN DIEGO (AP) — Luis Per-
six hits, all singles, and one He retired 12 in a row after ing out in the top of the failed to work into the sixth domo pitched five score-
walk while lowering his ERA his rocky start but fell to 0-3 second inning, a notable for the first time this season less innings and Hunter Ren-
to 2.67 in four starts this with a 6.20 ERA in five ca- setback to the NL Central but picked up the win de- froe and Cory Spangen-
year. reer starts against the Mets. leaders. He is second on spite allowing seven hits berg contributed two RBIs
Matz’s performance gave REDS 4, BREWERS 3 the club with six wins. and two walks in five in- apiece to lead San Diego.
the rotation a welcome CINCINNATI (AP) — Scoot- After Travis Shaw tied it at nings. Carlos Asuaje and Erick Ay-
lift hours after right-hander er Gennett hit a two-run 3 in the eighth with a solo Tampa Bay went 2 for 13 bar had three hits each for
Robert Gsellman became homer against the club homer off Drew Storen (2- with runners in scoring po- the Padres.q

Tim Tebow homers in 2nd game

with Mets’ St Lucie farm team

By BILL WHITEHEAD three hits overall. front of the pitch clock, giv-
Associated Press With former Columbia ing Tebow his second hit of
PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (AP) teammate Michael Paez the day and fourth homer
— Former NFL quarterback on first base in the bottom this year in his first minor-
Tim Tebow has a habit of of the second inning of the league season.
making a big splash in his nightcap, Tebow launched Tebow homered on the first
baseball debuts, and the a towering ball just left of pitch he faced as a pro-
newest St. Lucie Met deliv- the batter’s eye in center fessional in an instructional
ered again on Wednesday. field on a 3-1 pitch from league game on the back
In this April 6, 2017, file photo, Columbia Fireflies outfielder Playing in his first game for hard-throwing Palm Beach fields at the Mets’ complex
Tim Tebow looks out from the dugout before the team’s minor Advanced-A St. Lucie af- Cardinals right-hander Ju- last September.
league baseball game against the Augusta GreenJackets in ter being promoted Sun- nior Fernandez. He also homered in his first
Columbia, S.C. day from Columbia, Tebow Center fielder Blake Drake at-bat with the Columbia
Associated Press
homered in the second raced back and leaped Fireflies in their South Atlan-
game of the Mets’ dou- to try and catch the drive, tic League home game in
bleheader and collected but the ball disappeared in April. q