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                    Saturday 13 april 2019
            Wieters leads Cards over Dodgers 11-7 for 4-game sweep




            By The Associated Press                                                                                             Rockies starter Jon Gray to
            ST.  LOUIS  (AP)  —  Matt  Wi-                                                                                      win for the first time in near-
            eters drove in a three runs                                                                                         ly a year. Colorado has lost
            and stole a base for just the                                                                                       six straight and 10 of 11.
            third time in six years, lead-                                                                                      The  Rockies  were  shut  out
            ing St. Louis over Los Ange-                                                                                        for  the  second  time  this
            les for a four-game sweep                                                                                           season and have not held
            of the NL champions.                                                                                                a  lead  since  Chris  Iannet-
            Making his first start this sea-                                                                                    ta’s  11th-inning  homer  on
            son,  the  32-year-old  Wiet-                                                                                       April 3 at Tampa Bay.
            ers  hit  a  sacrifice  fly  in  the                                                                                Samardzija permitted three
            second  inning  and  a  two-                                                                                        hits,  one  walk  and  had  a
            run double in the fifth that                                                                                        season-high  seven  strike-
            put  the  Cardinals  ahead                                                                                          outs.  Tony  Watson  retired
            8-7. With runners at the cor-                                                                                       three batters and Will Smith
            ners in the fifth, Wieters stole                                                                                    worked  the  ninth  for  his
            second as Matt Carpenter                                                                                            fourth save.
            struck out, his first steal since                                                                                   Gray  (0-3)  was  almost  as
            April 27, 2017, and just the                                                                                        sharp  but  tied  a  National
            ninth  of  his  major  league                                                                                       League  record  by  allow-
            career.                                                                                                             ing  a  home  run  in  his  15th
            St. Louis’ bullpen combined                                                                                         consecutive start. That was
            for  5  1/3  scoreless  innings                                                                                     the only blemish on an oth-
            in  the  series  finale  and  al-                                                                                   erwise crisp night for Gray,
            lowed  one  run  in  the  four                                                                                      who gave up five hits and
            games.                                                                                                              three  walks  with  six  strike-
            Harrison  Bader  was  hit  by                                                                                       outs.
            pitches  with  the  bases    St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Andrew Miller, right, and catcher Matt Wieters celebrate an 11-7   PADRES 7, DIAMONDBACKS
            loaded in both the second    victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers after a baseball game Thursday, April 11, 2019, in St. Louis.   6
            and  fifth  innings.  He  was                                                                      Associated Press  PHOENIX  (AP)  —  Manuel
            the  first  player  to  force  in  game sweep of Miami.   METS 6, BRAVES 3             Gausman  (1-1)  allowed  Margot  hit  a  tiebreaking
            runs twice in a game while  The  Reds  entered  the  se-  ATLANTA  (AP)  —  Amed  four  runs,  three  walks  and  homer in the eighth inning
            getting  hit  since  Toronto’s  ries  with  eight  straight  loss-  Rosario  drove  in  a  career-  struck out five.  and  San  Diego  bounced
            Reed  Johnson  on  April  16,  es and the worst record in  high  four  runs,  rookie  Pete  CUBS 2, PIRATES 0       back  after  blowing  a  late
            2005, according to the Elias  the  NL.  They  came  away  Alonso  rocketed  his  latest  CHICAGO  (AP)  —  Jose  five-run lead to Arizona.
            Sports Bureau.               with  their  first  three-game  homer into a terrace foun-  Quintana  struck  out  11  in  Padres  right-hander  Pedro
            José  Martinez  matched  a  sweep  of  the  Marlins  at  tain far beyond the center  seven  innings  of  four-hit  Avila was sharp in his major
            career  high  with  four  hits,  Great  American  Ball  Park  field  fence  as  New  York  ball and Chicago blanked  league  debut,  allowing  a
            including an RBI double off  since 2010.                  beat Atlanta.                Pittsburgh. Daniel Descalso  run and four hits while strik-
            Yimi  García  in  a  two-run  Puig had most of the 11,192  Steven  Matz  (1-0)  pitched  and  Victor  Caratini  each  ing out five in 5 1/3 innings.
            sixth. St. Louis set a season  fans chanting his name af-  six  innings  and  snapped  had two hits and an RBI in  Franmil  Reyes  hit  a  solo
            high for runs and swept the  ter he ran into the outfield  the  longest  streak  of  no-  a game that was delayed  homer  off  Zack  Godley  in
            Dodgers in a four-game se-   wall  unsuccessfully  trying  decisions  in  Mets  history.  69  minutes  by  rain  before  the fourth and Austin Hedg-
            ries  for  the  first  time  since  to grab a foul in the first in-  He had gone eight straight  the  eighth.  Quintana  (1-1)  es  capped  a  five-run  sixth
            July 15-18, 2010.            ning, and again in the fifth  starts without a decision, a  bounced  back  after  be-  with a three-run shot to put
            David  Freese  and  Walker  when  his  double  off  Pablo  streak  that  began  Sept.  1.  ing  roughed  up  for  eight  San Diego up 6-1.
            Buehler  hit  solo  home  runs  Lopez (1-2) put the Reds up  He  allowed  two  runs  and  runs and eight hits in three  But  the  bullpen  couldn’t
            in the second inning for Los  4-0. He also got his first sto-  four hits with one walk and  innings  against  Milwaukee  hold the lead.
            Angeles, and Kiké Hernán-    len base.                    eight strikeouts.            in his first start of the season  Arizona  loaded  the  bases
            dez  homered  to  cap  a  Puig  missed  the  first  two  Rosario  hit  an  early  three-  last  Friday.  It  was  the  lon-  against Robert Stock in the
            four-run third.              games of the series as pun-  run  homer  and  New  York  gest  outing  by  a  Chicago  seventh,  scoring  two  runs
            Giovanny  Gallegos  (1-0)  ishment  for  his  role  in  an  ended   Atlanta’s   three-  starter this season.        on  David  Peralta’s  single.
            pitched  1  1/3  scoreless  in-  on-field  confrontation  with  game  winning  streak  in  Steve  Cishek  pitched  the  Brad  Wieck  entered  and
            nings  in  his  first  appear-  the Pirates at PNC Park on  the opener of a four-game  eighth and Pedro Strop got  Eduardo  Escobar  hit  a
            ance of the season for the  Sunday.                       series. Alonso hit a two-run  three  outs  for  his  first  save.  three-run homer off the top
            Cardinals to win in relief of  Eugenio  Suarez  had  three  homer in the seventh off re-  The Cubs took two of three  of the left field wall to tie it
            Michael  Wacha,  who  al-    hits, including a solo homer,  liever Jonny Venters, a 454-  in their first home series af-  6-all.
            lowed seven runs and eight  as the Reds got the better  foot  laser  with  a  118  mph  ter opening with a 2-7 road  Archie  Bradley  (0-1)  struck
            hits  in  3  2/3  innings.  It  was  of  a  matchup  two  of  the  exit  velocity  that  wound  trip. Pirates starter Joe Mus-  out  the  first  two  batters  in
            the  first  Major  League  win  NL’s  worst  offenses.  The  up floating in the water be-  grove (1-1) allowed two un-  the  eighth  before  Margot
            for Gallegos in 23 appear-   Marlins  have  scored  the  yond  straightaway  center.  earned runs and four hits in  hit his first homer of the sea-
            ances.                       fewest  runs  in  the  league  The only players to hit a ball  6 1/3 innings.          son out to left.
            Pedro  Báez  (0-1)  gave  up  (34). The Reds came in with  harder  since  the  inception  GIANTS 1, ROCKIES 0       Craig  Stammen  (1-0)  al-
            four runs — three earned —  the  worst  batting  average  of  Statcast  are  Giancarlo  SAN  FRANCISCO  (AP)  —  lowed  a  hit  before  closing
            and four hits in one inning.  (.194) despite a 14-0 win in  Stanton, Aaron Judge and  Jeff  Samardzija  and  two  out the seventh inning and
            REDS 5, MARLINS 0            the  second  game  of  the  Mike Trout.                   relievers  combined  on  a  Trey Wingenter walked two
            CINCINNATI  (AP)  —  Yasiel  series.                      Ronald Acuña Jr. homered  three-hitter and Kevin Pillar  in  the  ninth  before  striking
            Puig  returned  from  a  two-  Robert Stephenson (1-0) got  off  New  York  reliever  Luis  homered as San Francisco  out Nick Ahmed for his first
            game suspension and dou-     the victory in relief of starter  Avilán in the eighth, his fifth  squeezed  past  slumping  career save.
            bled  home  a  pair  of  runs,  Sonny Gray, who finally got  homer sailing 462 feet over  Colorado.                 The  Padres  have  won  six
            and  Cincinnati  completed  a run but still couldn’t get a  the  left  field  wall  and  into  Samardzija  (1-0)  went  sev-  of  eight  to  move  into  first
            a    reinvigorating   three-  win because of an injury.   the second level of stands.  en innings and outpitched  place in the NL West.q
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