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SPORTS Friday 26 May 2017
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Leake leads Cardinals to 6-1 win over Dodgers

The Associated Press BLUE JAYS 8, BREWERS 4 the ninth to tie it at 5.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan After Ngoepe’s double, the
Leake allowed four hits Goins hit his first career Pirates put the game away
over eight innings as St. grand slam, one of four with Josh Harrison’s two-run
Louis beat Los Angeles. homers for Toronto as it single, followed by homers
Jedd Gyorko had three swept two-game inter- from David Freese, Osuna
hits and drew a walk in the league series and won and Jordy Mercer — all
two-run second inning that three straight to finish a sev- off Josh Collmenter (0-2).
gave the Cardinals the en-game trip. Freese’s homer was a two-
lead for good. Kevin Pillar, Devon Travis run shot.
Yadier Molina hit a solo and Jose Bautista hit solo ROCKIES 7, PHILLIES 2
home run in the seventh shots for the Blue Jays, PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ty-
inning to extend his hit- who have homered in four ler Chatwood allowed just
ting streak to 13 games. straight games. Bautista’s one hit in seven scoreless
Molina’s streak ties Kolten towering shot caromed innings while Carlos Gonza-
Wong for the Cardinals’ off the Miller Lite sign high lez homered as Colorado
longest this season. above the center-field wall beat Philadelphia.
Leake (5-2) struck out five 400 feet from the plate. Chatwood befuddled the
and walked none. He main- Marcus Stroman (5-2) al- Phillies, striking out a sea-
tained a National League- lowed four hits and a sea- son-high eight batters and
leading 1.91 ERA. son-high four walks but won only allowing a single by
DIAMONDBACKS 8, WHITE his fourth straight game, Andrew Knapp in the fifth
SOX 6 pitching into the sixth be- inning.
PHOENIX (AP) — Jake Lamb fore Domingo Santana’s It was the third time Chat-
homered off a left-hander two-out, three-run homer wood (4-6) earned a win
for only the second time this cut Toronto’s lead to four. in his career while allowing
season while five Diamond- NATIONALS 5, MARINERS 1 just one hit.
backs drove in at least one WASHINGTON (AP) — An- Gonzalez hit a three-run
run as Arizona completed thony Rendon hit a three- Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal, left, fails to homer for the Rockies, who
a three-game sweep and run homer for his eighth catch the ball thrown from right field, as St. Louis Cardinals’ Jedd have won four straight. It
won for the eighth time in of the season and Tanner Gyorko (3) scores on a sacrifice fly by Yadier Molina during the was their major league-
nine games. Roark allowed a run over fifth inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May best 18th win on the road.
24, 2017.
The Diamondbacks scored seven innings to lead Wash- Associated Press The Rockies pounded start-
six runs in the fifth inning, ington. Mariners rookie Sam Gavi- epe doubled to drive in er Jeremy Hellickson (5-2)
chasing starter Jose Quin- Rendon has three homers glio (0-1) allowed all five Andrew McCutchen for for seven runs in the third.
tana (2-6) and building a and eight RBIs in the Nation- runs — one earned — over the go-ahead run before
six-run lead, but they had als’ two victories to open six innings as the Mariners Pittsburgh Pirates hit three CUBS 5, GIANTS 4
to hold off a White Sox rally. this three-game series. lost their fifth straight. straight homers during a CHICAGO (AP) — Antho-
Jose Abreu and Leury Gar- Roark (4-2) completed sev- Seattle’s Robinson Cano seven-run 10th inning to ny Rizzo hit two home runs
cia homered for the White en innings for the first time went 3 for 4. beat Atlanta. and Kyle Hendricks tossed
Sox, who were swept for in seven starts and held the PIRATES 12, BRAVES 5, 10 IN- Pittsburgh’s Jose Osuna hit seven strong innings as Chi-
the second time on a 3-7 Mariners to 1 for 7 with run- NINGS a bases-loaded, two-run cago held on to beat San
road trip. ners in scoring position. ATLANTA (AP) — Gift Ngo- single off Jose Ramirez in Francisco.q
Chapman may be cleared

to start throwing Saturday

NEW YORK (AP) — Injured back to the eighth inning We try to pitch him multiple
All-Star closer Aroldis Chap- and Adam Warren to the innings but in doing that we
man may be cleared by seventh. have to give him a couple
the New York Yankees to Warren wasted a seventh- days off.
start a throwing program inning lead in Tuesday’s Masahiro Tanaka has not
on Saturday. 6-2 loss to Kansas City, the been sent for scans. New
Yankees manager Joe second blown lead in five York’s ace starter has al-
Girardi said the reliever is games for New York’s bull- lowed 14 runs and seven
scheduled to see a doctor pen. homers over 4 2/3 innings
Friday and the team hopes Chad Green has been in his last two starts, raising In this Monday, May 8, 2017, file photo, New York Yankees relief
he will be given the go- used in long relief his ERA to 6.56. He is sched- pitcher Aroldis Chapman sits in the dugout in the ninth inning of
ahead. “The loss of Chapman has uled to start Thursday’s se- a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati.
Chapman has not pitched really changed Adam’s ries finale. Associated Press
since May 12 because of role the most,” Girardi said. “We don’t want to turn him “We have to do that at the slated to head to Tampa,
what Girardi has called “In having Chad Green, into Spider-Man or Super- airport, and none of us like Florida, on Sunday, play
tendinitis and bursitis in his you have to be somewhat man or something like that. that.” one game at extended
left shoulder. careful because he’s a Radiation is something you First baseman Greg Bird, spring training and then
Dellin Betances has closed starter. have to deal with, so, no, who hasn’t played since start an injury rehabilitation
in Chapman’s absence, He’s not a guy that’s used you just don’t scan people May 1 because of a bone assignment with Class A
with Tyler Clippard moved to going back to back. to scan them,” Girardi said. bruise in his right ankle, is Tampa.q