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SPORTS Saturday 25 May 2019
Gómez HR sinks Nats after

Martinez ejection, Mets sweep

By The Associated Press Starling Marte homered in three of four. Rizzo finished
NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos the seventh inning to lead with four hits and three RBIs,
Gómez hit a go-ahead, Pittsburgh past Colorado. but the NL Central-leading
three-run homer in the The Pirates jumped on Cubs were unable to over-
eighth inning that helped Rockies starter Antonio Sen- come a second consecu-
New York overcome a zatela (3-4) for eight runs tive shaky performance by
Washington comeback over 3 1/3 innings, but Col- Lester (3-3).
that started after Nationals orado stormed back in the Lester was charged with
manager Dave Martinez's sixth, plating six runs that four earned runs and seven
heated ejection. were charged to Pittsburgh hits in his second straight
Gómez's first homer of the starter Jordan Lyles (5-1). loss. He had an 8-0 record
season came off Wander Pittsburgh quickly fought and a 1.49 ERA in 10 career
Suero (1-4) as the Mets back with three homers. starts against the Phillies be-
completed a four-game Gregory Polanco homered fore Thursday.
sweep. in the first for Pittsburgh. Segura also doubled in the
The Nationals came to The Pirates had scored just third to extend his hitting
life after Martinez's ejec- two runs while dropping streak to 14 games.
tion in the eighth. Juan their first two games of the BRAVES 5, GIANTS 4, 13 IN-
Soto walked against Rob- series before setting a new NINGS
ert Gsellman (1-0), Victor season high with 14 on SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Robles singled, and Yan Thursday. Austin Riley hit a game-ty-
Gomes brought in Soto with PHILLIES 9, CUBS 7 ing home run in the eighth
a double. Gerardo Parra CHICAGO (AP) — Jean inning and then drove in
followed with a pinch-hit, Segura and J.T. Realmuto the go-ahead run in the
two-run single for a 4-3 homered off Jon Lester, 13th with a two-out single
Washington lead. and Philadelphia beat Chi- off Reyes Moronta, lifting
The Nationals have lost five cago for a split of the four- Atlanta past San Francisco.
straight and six of seven. game series between divi- Riley and Ozzie Albies each New York Mets' Carlos Gomez gestures while running the bases
after hitting a three-run home run off Washington Nationals relief
Edwin Díaz picked up his sion leaders. had three hits for Atlanta pitcher Wander Suero during the eighth inning of a baseball
12th save. Mets starter Ste- Andrew McCutchen add- and Tyler Flowers homered. game, Thursday, May 23, 2019, in New York.
ven Matz allowed 10 hits ed two hits and two RBIs as The Braves have won 10 of Associated Press
over six innings of one-run Philadelphia won for the 13.
ball. fifth time in seven games. Luke Jackson (3-1), who cisco. shadowed a strong outing
Washington starter Stephen Aaron Nola (5-0) pitched 5 blew his fourth save on Riley already had one hit by Giants starter Madison
Strasburg allowed two runs 1/3 innings of three-run ball Tuesday, retired six batters before his two-run homer Bumgarner, who allowed
and five hits over seven in- in his second straight vic- to win. off Tony Watson with two two runs on six hits, walked
nings. tory. Tyler Austin hit his first ca- outs in the eighth. It was the two and left with a 4-2 lead.
PIRATES 14, ROCKIES 6 Anthony Rizzo and Kyle reer pinch-hit home run, 22-year-old's third home Braves starter Kevin Gaus-
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Schwarber hit homers for and Brandon Belt scored run of the series and fifth man allowed three runs in
Bell, Bryan Reynolds and Chicago, which had won on a wild pitch for San Fran- overall. Atlanta's win over- six innings.q

Deaths from brain, heart problems higher for NFL than MLB

By LINDSEY TANNER cific diseases and death. the differences they found.
AP Medical Writer Some studies have suggest- Their study was published
CHICAGO (AP) — Pro foot- ed NFL players may live lon- Friday in JAMA Network
ball players may be more ger than the general popu- Open.
likely to die from degen- lation, but the researchers Zachary Kerr, a sports injury
erative brain diseases and said comparing athletes researcher at the University
heart problems than base- from two elite sports pro- of North Carolina, called
ball players but the reasons vides a better perspective the study important but
are unclear, a new study on risks that may be inher- said it leaves many ques-
suggests. ent to football or baseball. tions unanswered, includ-
The differences may seem They focused on 6,100 ath- ing whether young ama-
obvious. Repeated head letes born before 1965 who teur athletes face similar
blows have been linked competed for at least five risks. Kerr co-authored a
with a wasting brain dis- seasons in the NFL or Ma- journal editorial.
ease in football players. jor League Baseball and Brain diseases caused
Also, girth can contribute who died between 1979 This Sept. 28, 2018 photo shows batting helmets in a rack before or contributed to 39 NFL
to heart problems, and through 2013. Among NFL a Major League Baseball game in New York. deaths compared with 16
football players are gen- players, there were 517 Associated Press deaths among baseball
erally bigger and heavier deaths at an average age players. That amounts to a
than baseball players. of 60. That compares with vard's public health school, characteristics over time, nearly three times greater
But the researchers em- 431 deaths at age 67 on wrote that their results may such as helmet use, train- risk for NFL players, results
phasized that they lacked average among baseball be "limited to NFL players in ing regimen, and smok- that echo an earlier study
information on family his- players. the playing years consid- ing prevalence." They said comparing brain disease
tory, genetics and lifestyle The researchers, led by ered because there have more studies are needed deaths in NFL players with
that all affect risks for spe- Marc Weisskopf from Har- been changes in sports to determine reasons for the general population. q