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Giants score three in ninth to beat Braves 4-3

By The Associated Press York rallied from deficits
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — three times to beat Wash-
Joe Panik hit a game-end- ington.
ing two-run single off Atlan- Edwin Díaz (1-2) worked
ta closer Luke Jackson with around a ninth-inning sin-
two outs in the ninth to lift gle for his first win with the
San Francisco. Mets. Washington lost its
Brandon Crawford be- third straight.
gan the comeback with Mets starter Zack Wheeler
a one-out single. With two gave up three runs and four
out, Kevin Pillar singled in hits in seven innings, while
Crawford. Pillar stole sec- Washington's Erick Fedde
ond, and moved to third on allowed one run and four
Pablo Sandoval's pinch-hit hits in five innings.
infield single. Pinch-runner John Soto and Brian Dozier
Mac Williamson stole sec- homered for Washington.
ond before Panik slapped J.D. Davis's three-run pinch
a 3-2 pitch from Jackson homer for the Mets.
into right field to cap the ROCKIES 5, PIRATES 0
three-run rally. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ger-
It's the fourth blown save man Márquez struck out
this season for Jackson (2- seven over eight dominant
1). Atlanta had won four San Francisco Giants' Joe Panik watches his two-run single in front of Atlanta Braves catcher Brian innings and Trevor Story hit
straight against San Fran- McCann during the ninth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. The his 11th home run as Colo-
cisco and allowed one run Giants won 4-3. rado cooled off surging
in all four. Associated Press Pittsburgh. Márquez (5-2)
Trevor Gott (2-0) retired gave up three hits, walked
three batters to win. two hits apiece for Atlanta. 2/3 innings. homer in the eighth inning, one and didn’t allow a
Josh Donaldson, Nick Braves starter Julio Teheran METS 6, NATIONALS 5 Amed Rosario had a win- runner to third base as the
Markakis, Ronald Acuña Jr. struck out six and gave up NEW YORK (AP) — Pete ning infield single with two Rockies snapped a four-
and Dansby Swanson had three hits and one run in 5 Alonso hit a long tying outs in the ninth and New game losing streak.q

LONDON kee Stadium for May 30 to Oval, a London cricket
Continued from Page 17 June 2. New York holds a ground opened in 1845,
Turface Athletics near 1,191-991 edge with 14 ties, for games between Boston
Chicago provides the soil plus a 12-11 advantage in and New York Mets minor
conditioner, while mound postseason matchups. leaguers in October 1993 —
tamps, infield drags and Boston is the home team for the first of two was rained
nail drags are from Beacon both games in London, but out.
Athletics in Middleton, Wis- the Yankees and Red Sox Olympic Stadium also will
consin. The U.S. materials, will both wear their white be the site of major league
including 345 tons of dirt in home uniforms. When the games in 2020 — a series
18 40-foot containers, left Yankees last played over- between the Chicago
Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, seas in an opening-two Cubs and St. Louis Cardi-
during the third week of game series at the Tokyo nals is the leading candi-
April and arrived on May Dome in 2004, New York date.
18 at Port of Felixstowe wore home pinstripes and "This way we've got a syn-
in Suffolk, about 95 miles the Devil Rays road grays, thetic turf system that's got
(150 kilometers) from Lon- In this Aug. 3, 2012, file photo, Olympic Stadium is viewed dur- even though Tampa Bay two games on this year,
don. Fence padding was ing the Summer Olympics at Olympic Park in London. was the home team and two games on it next year
manufactured at Cover- Associated Press batted last. and then the commissioner
master outside Toronto and Foul poles, a batter's eye, can do what he wants to
shipped from Montreal. and Tropicana Field in St. Yankees manager Aaron a backstop and fencing do with the system, whether
"We looked really hard at Petersburg, Florida, have Boone said. will be erected, along with he wants to have another
doing a natural grass sys- never had grass. Arizona Toronto has played on As- two dugouts — Red Sox on event somewhere, sell it or
tem," Cook said. "We're go- switched this season from troTurf 3D Xtreme since the first base side and the donate it or whatever they
ing with a synthetic system grass to turf, as will Tex- 2016 and Tampa Bay on Yankees on third. Tempo- want to do," Cook said.
and it helps us a couple as when its new ballpark Shaw Sports Turf since 2017. rary clubhouses will be built Field dimensions will be 330
ways. It's a little more sus- opens next spring. Arizona switched from on the warmup track un- feet down each foul line,
tainable, because we're Olympic Stadium, like the grass to Shaw Sports B1K der the stands — the soc- but just 385 feet to center
going back next year. If we regular ballparks, will have this year, and Texas will use cer locker rooms are too with a 16-foot wall.
went with a natural grass full dirt infields rather than Shaw Sports Turf when it small — along with batting "We've done all the home
system, we'd have to bull- the square dirt patches moves into new Globe Life cages. Because holes can- run trajectory studies,"
doze it all up, throw it away popular during artificial Field next year. not be made in the running Cook said. "We get com-
and then buy it again, turf's height — there was a "If we had never played on track, weights will secure parable distances."
build it all up, throw it away high of 10 synthetic fields turf, it would be different, the fences, similar to what Red Sox left fielder Andrew
again." in the major leagues from but we've played on turf," was installed when the Benintendi figured the best
Only three of the 30 major 1977-78 and again from Red Sox shortstop Xander Los Angeles Dodgers and way for Boston pitchers to
league teams play on ar- 1982-94. Bogaerts said. Diamondbacks played in keep the Yankees from hit-
tificial surfaces — Toronto, "I'm assuming it's like To- New York and Boston have 2014 at the Sydney Cricket ting home runs. "Just got
Tampa Bay and Arizona. ronto's or Tampa's, so it played 2,196 times, with Ground in Australia. to keep the ball on the
Rogers Centre in Toronto shouldn't be an issue," four more games at Yan- Cook helped convert The ground, I guess," he said.q