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Friday 30 august 2019
Phillies pound out 17 hits, rout Pirates 12-3

By The Associated Press dicey 3-0 count against
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — J.T. red-hot Amed Rosario with
Realmuto had three hits, a fielder's choice, struck
including a homer and a out Juan Lagares and got
triple, Corey Dickerson also Todd Frazier to fly out for his
went deep and the Phila- 12th save.
delphia Phillies got 17 hits in Chicago climbed within
a 12-3 victory over the Pitts- two games of the NL Cen-
burgh Pirates on Wednes- tral-leading Cardinals, who
day night. lost 4-1 to the Brewers.
Cesar Hernandez contrib- New York has dropped five
uted three hits and three straight, all at home.
RBIs. Rhys Hoskins doubled, Kyle Ryan (4-2) got the win.
tripled and drove in a run to REDS 5, MARLINS 0
help the Phillies stay close in MIAMI (AP) — Aristides
the NL wild-card race. Aquino tied a National
Every position player who League rookie mark with his
started for the Phillies had 13th home run this month,
at least one hit and RBI. powering Anthony DeScla-
Starling Marte homered fani and Cincinnati Reds
and had three hits for Pitts- over Miami.
burgh, and Josh Bell hit a Eugenio Suarez hit his 38th
two-run shot. homer, connecting in the
Pirates rookie Bryan Reyn- fourth straight game for the
olds, who began the day Reds. Aquino hit a three-run
leading the NL in batting, shot in the first. The 24-year-
went 0 for 3 to snap his sev- old outfielder matched the
en-game hitting streak and NL homer mark for rook-
drop his average to .330. ies in a month set by Cody
Vince Velasquez (6-7) went Bellinger of the Dodgers in
five innings and allowed June 2017.
two runs on five hits with The major league rookie re-
five strikeouts and no walks. cord for homers in a month
Mitch Keller (1-3), a 23-year- is 18 by Rudy York of Detroit
old rookie making his sev- in August 1937. Aquino, who
enth career start, pitched got one at-bat in the ma-
into the fifth for Pittsburgh jors last year, also doubled
and gave up eight runs on as the Reds beat Miami for
11 hits with eight strikeouts the third straight day. DeS-
and a walk. clafani (9-7) had his lon-
BREWERS 4, CARDINALS 1 gest outing of the season,
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kes- throwing seven innings of
ton Hiura homered and two-hit ball. He struck out
drove in three runs, Jor- Philadelphia Phillies' Rhys Hoskins runs to third base after hitting a triple off Pittsburgh Pirates start- eight and walked one.
dan Lyles turned in another ing pitcher Mitch Keller during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, Sandy Alcantara (4-12)
strong start and Milwaukee in Philadelphia. gave up four runs and six
snapped St. Louis' six-game Associated Press hits, struck out eight and
winning streak. walked one in six innings.
The NL Central-leading DODGERS 6, PADRES 4, 10 stole second. Urias made NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle NATIONALS 8, ORIOLES 4
Cardinals had won 15 of 18 INNINGS a tough, short-hop pickup Schwarber hit one of WASHINGTON (AP) — Max
and were trying for a three- SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kiké of a ball hit sharply by Rus- Chicago's three homers Scherzer struck out eight to
game sweep. The Brewers Hernández scored the tie- sell Martin, but then over- against a stunned Noah reach the 200 mark for an
ended a three-game skid. breaking run on shortstop threw first base for an error Syndergaard, and the eighth straight season, Kurt
Hiura hit a solo home run Luis Urias' throwing error that allowed Hernández to Cubs built an early nine-run Suzuki homered and drove
in the fourth, sending a 3-0 with two outs in the 10th in- score. A.J. Pollock added lead before closer Craig in four runs and Washington
fastball from Flaherty into ning and Los Angeles beat an RBI single. Kimbrel held off New York beat Baltimore.
the left-field seats. Hiura San Diego after Kenley Jan- The Dodgers took a 4-3 in the ninth. Scherzer allowed two runs
added an RBI double in the sen blew his seventh save lead into the ninth and Jan- Nicholas Castellanos and and six hits over 4 1/3 in-
eighth. on a wild pitch in the ninth. sen (4-3) was trying for his Ian Happ also took Syn- nings. Wander Suero (5-7)
Lyles (9-8) struck out five The Dodgers' magic num- 28th save. But he allowed dergaard (9-7) deep in the followed Scherzer as the
of the first seven Cardinals ber for clinching their sev- Francisco Mejia's leadoff worst start of the 2016 All- National won for the sixth
he faced. He fanned nine enth straight NL West title double to left field that fell Star's career. Syndergaard time in seven games.
in 5 1/3 innings. Josh Had- is down to nine. They took just in front of a sliding Chris allowed 10 runs and three The Nationals scored five
er struck out three in two two of three from the Pa- Taylor. Mejia advanced homers — both his most runs on five hits in the
scoreless innings to earn his dres after losing two of on Urias' flyout to right and in the majors — and was first inning against Asher
26th save. three to the New York Yan- scored on Jansen's wild pulled after three miser- Wojciechowski (2-7).
Jack Flaherty (8-7) allowed kees at Dodger Stadium pitch. able innings. Chance Sisco and Chris
five hits and three runs, two last weekend. Casey Sadler pitched Kimbrel entered with a Davis homered for the Ori-
earned, in six innings. He Kirby Yates (0-5) got two the 10th for his first major three-run lead and let his oles, who settled for a split
struck out seven, walked outs in the 10th before league save. first two batters reach in of the four-game season
one and took the loss. walking Hernández, who CUBS 10, METS 7 the ninth. He escaped a series.q