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SPORTS Thursday 13 april 2017

NL Capsules
Cespedes hits 3 home runs runs in Mets 14-4 rout of Phillies

The Associated Press was 36,519, and that didn’t sharp innings for his first ma-
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Yoe- include a cat that ran onto jor league win and Colora-
nis Cespedes hit three of the field midway through do beat San Diego.
New York’s seven homers the game. It scurried Arenado lined a fastball
to back Matt Harvey, and along the outfield warning from reliever Miguel Diaz (1-
the Mets beat the Philadel- track, ran away from right 1) to right for his third hom-
phia Phillies 14-4 Tuesday fielder Giancarlo Stanton, er. Carlos Gonzalez and
night. crawled up the center field Charlie Blackmon also hit
Harvey (2-0) left with tight- wall and then appeared to solo shots to help Colorado
ness in his left hamstring af- get stuck in the animatron- knot the three-game series
ter allowing two runs and ic home run sculpture. with San Diego at a game
five hits and striking out six Marlins president David apiece.
in 5 2/3 innings. Samson said if Ozuna had Senzatela (1-0) and his blaz-
Phillies starter Clay Buchholz hit a third homer, the sculp- ing fastball made things
(0-1) also exited because ture would not have been difficult for the Padres. He
of an injury, a strained right activated for fear of harm- allowed two runs while strik-
forearm. He gave up six ing the cat. ing out five. The Rockies’
runs and eight hits in 2 1/3 Dan Straily (1-1) allowed reliable bullpen took it from New York Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes follows through on a three-
innings. three runs, two earned, in there, with Greg Holland run home run off Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Clay Buch-
Lucas Duda hit two homers five innings for his first vic- working his way around a holz during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 11,
and Asdrubal Cabrera and tory since joining Miami. leadoff walk in the ninth to 2017, in Philadelphia. Associated Press
Travis d’Arnaud also went Bartolo Colon (0-1) allowed earn his fifth save.
deep for New York, which six runs in four innings. DIAMONDBACKS 4, GIANTS nings. BREWERS 4, BLUE JAYS 3
has 46 homers in its last 21 NATIONALS 8, CARDINALS 3 3 REDS 6, PIRATES 2 TORONTO (AP) — Keon
games at Citizens Bank WASHINGTON (AP) — Dan- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Scoot- Broxton and Domingo San-
Park. iel Murphy homered, dou- Robbie Ray pitched shut- er Gennett homered for tana hit solo home runs,
Cespedes fell down on a bled twice and tied career out ball into the seventh the second straight night Wily Peralta pitched six in-
wild swing on the first pitch highs with five RBIs and four inning despite some con- and finished with three hits, nings for his second victory
he saw, then hit a three- hits and Washington de- trol issues, Jake Lamb hit a helping Cincinnati over- in two starts and Milwaukee
run homer to straightaway feated St. Louis. bases-loaded triple and Ar- come the early departure handed slumping Toronto
center field off Buchholz in Matt Wieters and Jayson izona beat San Francisco. of injured starter Rookie Da- its sixth straight home open-
the first inning. Werth also hit solo shots to Chris Iannetta added an vis to beat Pittsburgh for its ing loss.
He connected to deep help Washington earn a RBI single, and A.J. Pollock sixth win in seven games. Troy Tulowitzki went 2 for
left in the fourth off Adam second home series victory. singled, scored and made Davis, a rookie right-hand- 3 with 3 RBIs but the last-
Morgan and drove another Nationals left-hander Gio a stellar play in center field er, left in the fifth inning with place Blue Jays fell to 1-6,
one way out to left in the Gonzalez (1-0) allowed two to rob Aaron Hill of extra a bruised right forearm af- the worst start in franchise
fifth against Morgan. runs — one earned — over bases in the third. ter being struck by a pitch history.
MARLINS 8, BRAVES 4 seven innings. He allowed Arizona improved to 7-2, from Pittsburgh’s Jameson Three of Toronto’s six losses
MIAMI (AP) — A gray cat six hits before retiring his last matching its best start in Taillon. He worked four in- have been one-run deci-
went scrambling for cover 11 batters. franchise history. nings in his second major sions.
in the Marlins Park outfield Lance Lynn (0-1) allowed Ray (1-0) settled in after league start, allowing a Peralta (2-0) allowed
midway through Miami’s six runs — four earned — pitching out of a pair of run, two hits and four walks three runs and five hits. He
home opener, and no and five hits and four walks early jams and overcame while striking out three. walked four and struck out
wonder, given the barrage over five innings. matching his career high of Drew Storen (1-0) pitched seven. Neftali Feliz finished
off Marcell Ozuna’s bat. ROCKIES 3, PADRES 2 five walks. The lefty struck the sixth for the win and for his second save.
Ozuna homered twice and DENVER (AP) — Nolan Are- out eight and allowed four Raisel Iglesias closed up Both Milwaukee homers
had a career-high six RBIs nado hit a go-ahead hom- hits over 6 2/3 innings. shop for his third save. Juan came off left-hander J.A.
to help Miami beat Atlanta. er in the seventh, Antonio Jeff Samardzija (0-2) al- Nicasio (0-1) allowed a Happ (0-2), who gave up
Announced attendance Senzatela threw seven lowed three runs in 6 2/3 in- run in the seventh for Pitts- four runs and nine hits in 4
burgh. 2/3 innings.q