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Tuesday 21 augusT 2018

Kershaw wins 150th, Turner 5 RBIs, Dodgers beat Seattle 12-1

By The Associated Press nings.
SEATTLE (AP) — Clayton Ker- MARLINS 12, NATIONALS 1
shaw pitched seven sharp WASHINGTON (AP) — Jose
innings for his 150th career Urena made the most of his
win, Justin Turner homered borrowed time, pitching a
and drove in five runs, and two-hitter for his first com-
Los Angeles routed Seattle. plete game in the majors
Kershaw (6-5) gave up four and leading Miami over
hits, struck out seven and Washington.
walked one. The 30-year- Urena (4-12) was suspend-
old lefty with three NL Cy ed for six games by Major
Young Awards improved to League Baseball after hit-
150-69 in the majors. ting Atlanta rookie Ronald
Turner extended his hitting Acuna Jr. on Wednesday.
streak to 13 games with a Urena was ejected from
season-high four hits, in- that start after throwing
cluding a three-run homer only one pitch and ap-
in the ninth inning with posi- pealed the penalty, keep-
tion player Andrew Romine ing him eligible to play.
on the mound. Urena, tied for the NL lead
Kike Hernandez had an in hit batters, didn’t plunk
RBI single as part of the anyone on the Nationals.
Dodgers’ five-run first inning He struck out four, walked
against Roenis Elias (2-1). two and retired the last
He added his 18th home 16 batters. It was his first
run and a bases-loaded complete game in 74 big
walk as the Dodgers won league starts.
for the third time in four DIAMONDBACKS 4, PADRES
games. 3
METS 8, PHILLIES 2 SAN DIEGO (AP) — A.J. Pol-
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — lock homered in the ninth
Amed Rosario had three inning, and Arizona beat
hits and drove in three runs, San Diego to stay on top of
and New York went from the NL West.
cheering on players in the Pollock drove a 1-2 pitch
Little League World Series from Kirby Yates (4-2) over
to impressing the young- the wall in left for his 16th
sters in a victory over Phila- homer, sending Arizona to
delphia. Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano leaps over right fielder Mitch Haniger, who its fourth win in five games.
Jeff McNeil added a two- just missed a shallow fly ball for a one-run single by Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner, in the fifth San Diego had tied it at 3
run single to back Jason inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, in Seattle. on Daniel Descalso’s solo
Vargas (3-8) as the Mets Associated Press homer off rookie Trey Wing-
claimed the second Little enter in the eighth.
League Classic and pre- double, Jhoulys Chacin homer in the 11th inning, ROCKIES 4, BRAVES 2 Archie Bradley (4-4) pitched
vented the Phillies from beat St. Louis for the first and Pittsburgh beat Chi- ATLANTA (AP) — DJ LeMa- a scoreless eighth for the
moving into first place in time in his career and Mil- cago for a split of their four- hieu homered, German win, and Brad Boxberger
the NL East. waukee edged the Cardi- game series. Marquez pitched seven retired the side in the ninth
Carlos Santana hit a two- nals. Josh Harrison grounded solid innings and the Rock- for his 28th save. The Dia-
run homer for the Phillies, Milwaukee (69-57) snapped out and Adeiny Hechavar- ies closed out their first four- mondbacks remained a
but Nick Pivetta (7-10) al- a three-game losing streak ria struck out before Fra- game sweep in Atlanta. half-game ahead of Colo-
lowed six runs in 3 2/3 in- and moved back ahead of zier drove a 3-0 pitch from Colorado improved to 30- rado, which won 4-2 at At-
nings in Philadelphia’s sev- St. Louis (68-57) for the sec- Brandon Kintzler (1-3) deep 16 since June 26, and each lanta.
enth loss in 11 games. ond National League wild to right. It was Frazier’s fifth of those 46 games came REDS 11, GIANTS 4
Players and families from card. The Cardinals lost for homer of the season. against teams with winning CINCINNATI (AP) — Eu-
the 16 teams competing in just the second time in their The Cubs had a prime scor- records at the time. genio Suarez hit a two-run
the nearby LLWS packed last 12 games. ing chance against Rich- LeMahieu put Colorado homer during Cincinnati’s
into 2,500-seat Bowman Chacin (13-4) entered the ard Rodriguez (3-2) in the in front with his third-inning seven-run third inning, and
Field, the 92-year-old home game 0-7 with a 6.90 ERA in top half of the inning, but drive to left field. He has hit the Reds swept San Fran-
of the Phillies’ Class A af- nine career games against came up empty. Addison nine of his 11 homers on the cisco.
filiate in the New York-Penn the Cardinals, but shut them Russell was picked off third road, including a tiebreak- Jose Peraza also hit a two-
League. out through six innings as by catcher Elias Diaz, and ing solo shot in the 10th in- run homer for Cincinnati,
The spotlight shined on New the Brewers avoided their Albert Almora Jr. struck ning of Saturday night’s 5-3 which outscored San Fran-
York’s Todd Frazier and Mi- first three-game sweep at out looking with the bases win. cisco 18-5 in the last two
chael Conforto and Phila- St. Louis since July 1-3, 2016. loaded with two out. Marquez (11-9) won his games of the weekend set.
delphia’s Scott Kingery, John Gant (5-5) gave up NL Central-leading Chica- fourth straight road deci- Billy Hamilton tripled twice
who are among 54 players two runs on six hits and two go managed just one run sion. He allowed two runs and drove in three runs.
who reached the majors walks in 4 1/3 innings. in each game of the series, and five hits. Reds right-hander Luis Cas-
after playing in the LLWS. PIRATES 2, CUBS 1, 11 IN- but took the first two be- Johan Camargo had two tillo (7-10) struck out nine
BREWERS 2, CARDINALS 1 NINGS hind strong pitching perfor- hits and two RBIs for At- in 6 2/3 innings. He was
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adam mances by Jon Lester and lanta. Anibal Sanchez (6-4) charged with three runs,
Moustakas hit a two-run Frazier hit a game-ending Cole Hamels. struck out eight in 6 2/3 in- one earned, and six hits.q