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Saturday 15 September 2018
Arenado, Story homer to help Rockies beat D-backs 10-3

By The Associated Press the second inning to tie it at
DENVER (AP) — Nolan 2. Peter O'Brien and Isaac
Arenado and Trevor Story Galloway went deep in the
homered, Kyle Freeland top of the second against
pitched effectively into Matz.
the seventh, and Colorado In the second game, rook-
beat Arizona to extend its ie Tomas Nido got New
NL West lead. York on the board in the
David Dahl had three hits fifth with his first big league
and two RBIs to help Col- homer, a solo shot off Jeff
orado take a two-game Brigham (0-2). Vargas (6-9)
lead over Los Angeles and allowed two runs on three
a 4 1/2-game advantage hits, and Robert Gsellman
over the third-place Dia- worked around a two-out
mondbacks. Los Angeles walk in the ninth for his 11th
played Thursday night at St. save.
Louis. CUBS 4, NATIONALS 3, 10 IN-
Diamondbacks right- NINGS
hander Clay Buchholz was WASHINGTON (AP) — Ja-
scratched from the start vier Baez drove in the go
because of tightness in his ahead run with a bunt sin-
right elbow. Matt Koch (5- gle in the 10th inning, and
5) started in his place and Chicago beat Washington
allowed four runs on eight in a makeup of a game
hits in three innings. Colorado Rockies' Nolan Arenado follows the flight of his solo home run off Arizona Diamond- postponed earlier in the
backs starting pitcher Matt Koch in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in
A.J. Pollock homered for Ar- Denver. week.
izona. The Diamondbacks Associated Press Kris Bryant doubled with
are 3-12 in September. one out in the 10th against
They lost 5-4 on Wednes- five-game losing streak enth traveled 417 feet to pinch-hitter Dominic Smith Sean Doolittle (3-3) and
day night when DJ LeMa- against the Cardinals and center. before Conforto lined a 1-0 moved to third on ex-Na-
hieu hit a two-run homer off moved within one game of METS 4, MARLINS 3, 1ST changeup into the second tional Daniel Murphy's in-
Yoshihisa Hirano in the ninth St. Louis for the final NL wild- GAME deck in right to tie it. Frazier field single. Baez, who hom-
inning. card spot. The Cardinals, METS 5, MARLINS 2, 2ND then hit a 1-1 pitch to left ered in the sixth and drove
Freeland (15-7) allowed who went 22-6 in August, GAME center field for his first walk- in three on the day, bunted
only two hits and one run lost their second straight NEW YORK (AP) — Michael off homer since June 2015 just to the right of first base-
through six innings before game and fell to 5-7 in Sep- Conforto and Todd Frazier for Cincinnati. man Ryan Zimmerman to
giving up a triple to Steven tember. hit back-to-back homers Barraclough (0-6) blew a score Bryant.
Souza Jr. and a double to Kershaw (8-5), pitching at with two outs in the ninth in- save for the seventh time Baez has 31 homers and
Nick Ahmed in the seventh. Busch Stadium for the first ning, and New York stunned in 17 opportunities. Jerry leads the NL with 103 RBIs.
DODGERS 9, CARDINALS 7 time since taking the loss in Miami in the first game of a Blevins (3-2) pitched a Chicago stretched its
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Manny Game 4 of the 2014 NL divi- doubleheader sweep. scoreless ninth for the win. lead in the NL Central to
Machado homered and sion series, struck out eight Conforto drove in three Rookie starter Sandy Al- 1 1/2 games over idle Mil-
drove in three runs to back in six innings, allowing four more runs in the second cantara befuddled the waukee. Pedro Strop (6-
Clayton Kershaw, and Los runs — three earned — on game, and Jason Vargas Mets, permitting just two 1) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless
Angeles beat St. Louis in the eight hits and two walks. pitched six effective innings hits, with his only real blem- innings for Chicago, and
opener of a four-game se- Austin Gomber (5-1) was to help the Mets win again. ish coming off the bat of Randy Rosario worked the
ries between playoff con- the loser. In the opener, Kyle Barra- the opposing pitcher. Ste- 10th for his first career save.
tenders. Machado went 3 for 4, and clough entered with one ven Matz hit his first career Spencer Kieboom hom-
The Dodgers snapped a his solo homer in the sev- out in the ninth and retired homer, a two-run shot in ered for the Nationals.q

Anchor who called Trump a white supremacist leaving ESPN

By PAT EATON-ROBB She also targeted Dallas wrote. "However, the time
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Out- Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has come for me to begin
spoken ESPN personality after he stated that play- a new chapter in my life."
Jemele Hill announced Fri- ers who disrespect the flag Hill became a rising star at
day that she is leaving the would not play for his team. ESPN while hosting the opin-
company after 12 years as Her suspension came after ion-based talk show "His &
a commentator, anchor, she tweeted that fans who Hers" with Michael Smith.
reporter and writer. disagree with Jones should Smith and Hill were later
Hill attracted attention last target the team's advertis- tapped to host a person-
year and was briefly sus- ers and not buy the team's ality-driven 6 p.m. edition
pended for opinionated merchandise. of the network's signature
messages on social media, Hill posted on social media "SportsCenter" program.
including a tweet that ref- that Friday would be her She left that role in Janu-
erenced President Donald last day at ESPN. ary and went to work pri-
Trump as a "white suprem- "This was the place where marily for The Undefeated,
acist who has largely sur- I became the best version a company website that
In this is a Feb. 3, 2017, file photo Jemele Hill attends ESPN: The rounded himself w/ other of myself, both personally concentrates on issues of
Party 2017 in Houston, Texas. white supremacists." and professionally," she sports, race and culture.q
Associated Press