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Cubs sweep Blue Jays with wild 6-5 victory in 10 innings

By JAY COHEN stranded at third when Zo-
AP Sports Writer brist and Anthony Rizzo hit
CHICAGO (AP) — Alex harmless grounders to sec-
Avila capped Chicago’s ond.
three-run 10th inning with Toronto responded with
a two-run single, and the single runs run in the fourth,
Cubs swept the Toronto fifth and sixth, capped by
Blue Jays with a wild 6-5 Miguel Montero’s second
victory on Sunday. homer since the Cubs trad-
With two outs and the ed the catcher to the Blue
bases loaded, Avila lined Jays. After Bautista flied out
a base hit into right field to begin the sixth, Montero
against Roberto Osuna (3- drove Hendricks’ next pitch
4). Ben Zobrist scored easily over the wall in left-center.
and Javier Baez slid in safe- Montero helped Chicago
ly just ahead of the throw win the World Series last
from Jose Bautista. year, but was designated
Avila threw his arms in the for assignment on June 28
air when it was over, then after he blamed pitcher
was mobbed by hap- Jake Arrieta for allowing
py teammates near first seven stolen bases in a
base. The improbable rally loss to Washington. Mon-
also included two batters tero and Arrieta quickly
reaching on swing-and- patched things up, and Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson, left, scores as Chicago Cubs’ Alex Avila, right, is unable to tag
miss strikeouts, and Kyle each side has said every- him during the tenth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, in Chicago.
Schwarber scoring on a thing is fine.q (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)
wild pitch.
Toronto grabbed the lead
with two runs in the top of Red Sox beat Yankees 5-1, move 5 up in AL East
the inning on Kevin Pillar’s
RBI single off Koji Uehara,
and Norichika Aoki’s bas- “Jackie’s been phenom- hits, striking out four and
es-loaded loaded walk enal, swinging the bat to- walking three to win his
against Justin Wilson (4-4). day, and doing what he fourth straight start. Three
Pillar also robbed Kris Bry- did with 3 RBIs,” said Bos- relievers provided a per-
ant of extra bases with a ton starter Rick Porcello, fect inning apiece.
spectacular leaping catch who pitched six innings of Porcello has allowed two
against the ivy-covered a combined three-hitter. runs or fewer in all six ca-
wall in center in the sev- “He’s the best I’ve seen in reer starts against the Yan-
enth. center field. Very fortunate kees in Fenway Park. That’s
Albert Almora Jr. hit a to have him behind me the longest such stretch
three-run double for NL when I’m pitching.” for a Red Sox pitcher since
Central-leading Chicago, The Red Sox won for the at least 1913, the ballclub
which has won four of five. 14th time in 17 games, tak- said. Sonny Gray (7-8) al-
Kyle Hendricks allowed ing two out of three from lowed two runs on seven
three runs and six hits in six New York for the second hits and two walks in five in-
innings. Boston Red Sox’s Xander Bogaerts, left, celebrates on the field weekend in a row. The nings. He lost for the fourth
Chicago jumped in front in with Jackie Bradley Jr., right, after the Red Sox defeated the archrivals meet again in time in five starts to fall to
the third. With no outs and New York Yankees 5-1 in a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 20, the first week of September 1-6 in nine road starts this
runners on first and second, 2017, in Boston. for a four-game series at season. Brett Gardner hom-
Hendricks popped up a (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Yankee Stadium. ered near the Pesky Pole for
bunt that landed in front of By JIMMY GOLEN into second, that his Yan- “It’s not what you want,” the Yankees, who had won
a charging Marco Estrada, AP Sports Writer kees counterpart had just New York manager Joe Gi- five of their last six. Xander
and the pitcher made an BOSTON (AP) — Jackie picked up the ball, Bradley rardi. Obviously, we need Bogaerts reached with one
errant throw to first. Hen- Bradley Jr. knows all about sped off for third. The two- to continue to play well out in the second on a flare
dricks was awarded an in- the Fenway Park triangle, run triple was all Boston so when they come to to right, then Mitch More-
field hit, loading the bases. and how long it can take needed, but Bradley add- our place it means some- land was retired on a div-
Almora then drove Es- to get the ball back to the ed an RBI single in the sixth thing. We probably had a ing catch by center fielder
trada’s next pitch into the infield from the 420-foot to help the Red Sox beat chance to win four of the Aaron Hicks. After Sandy
corner in left, giving the marker. the Yankees 5-1 on Sunday six and we end up winning Leon singled to left, Brad-
Cubs a 3-0 lead. Almora So when the Red Sox cen- and extend their margin in two of the six — and that’s ley lined one to the triangle
advanced on Schwarber’s ter fielder saw, as he pulled the AL East to five games. frustrating.” Porcello (8-14) in center, scoring two and
bouncer to first, but was allowed all three New York standing up into third. q