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Reyes’ error helps Phillies beat scuffling Mets 6-2 in 10

The Associated Press run against closer Blake
NEW YORK (AP) — Cam- Treinen and had the bases
eron Rupp drove in the loaded with one out. But
tiebreaking run with a sac- Shawn Kelley came on for
rifice fly and Philadelphia his first save, getting Emilio
scored four times in the Bonifacio to fly out to short
10th inning to beat strug- right and striking out Chase
gling New York. d’Arnaud — twice, actu-
Odubel Herrera homered ally — to end the game.
early for the Phillies, who D’Arnaud clearly missed
took advantage of a piv- a pitch in the dirt, but the
otal error by third baseman umpires gave him a sec-
Jose Reyes and hand- ond chance by inexpli-
ed the Mets their fourth cably ruling it a foul tip.
straight defeat. Reyes D’Arnaud made it a moot
dropped a two-out popup point, swinging and missing
in the eighth inning before again.
Andres Blanco tied it at 2 Scherzer (2-1) got an in-
with an RBI double. ning-ending double play
Luis Garcia (1-0) pitched a to work around his only se-
scoreless ninth for Philadel- rious trouble in the fourth.
phia. The 2016 NL Cy Young
With All-Star closer Jeu- Award winner allowed only
rys Familia set to return Philadelphia Phillies’ Tommy Joseph scores in the 10th inning as the ball gets away from New York one other runner as far as
from a domestic violence Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud during a baseball game Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in New York. second base, finishing with
suspension Thursday, the Associated Press seven strikeouts.
Mets’ bullpen was beaten CARDINALS 2, PIRATES 1
again after Zack Wheeler With runners at first and scoring hits in a four-run lowing seven runs and nine ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dexter
pitched five solid innings. second, Adrian Gonzalez sixth inning and Chicago hits in 5 1/3 innings. Reliever Fowler tripled and scored,
Rafael Montero (0-2) took grounded out to end it. rallied from five down in a Jared Hughes (1-1) took Mike Leake pitched into
the loss. Arenado hit a two-run hom- win over Milwaukee. the loss. the seventh inning and St.
New York’s last five games er into the left-field bleach- Brewers slugger Eric Thames Brett Anderson pitched 3 Louis beat Pittsburgh after
have been decided in the ers off Hyun-Jin Ryu (0-3) in had two doubles and three 2/3 innings and allowed Pirates outfielder Starling
winning team’s final at- the first. The slugger added hits but ended his franchise six runs and eight hits. Jus- Marte was suspended 80
bat, including three losses his sixth of the season in the record-tying homer streak tin Grimm (1-0) worked a games for a banned sub-
at Miami last weekend. fifth. at five games. scoreless sixth for the win. stance earlier in the day.
ROCKIES 4, DODGERS 3 Chris Rusin (2-0) pitched 1 Wade Davis got his third NATIONALS 3, BRAVES 1 Seung Hwan Oh allowed
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nolan 1/3 perfect innings for Col- save and the bullpen re- ATLANTA (AP) — Max three hits in the ninth but
Arenado homered twice, orado. tired 15 of its final 16 bat- Scherzer pitched two-hit escaped a one-out, bases-
Trevor Story also connect- CUBS 9, BREWERS 7 ters as the Cubs snapped a ball over seven scoreless loaded jam for his second
ed and Colorado held off CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle four-game skid. innings and Washington save. Leake (2-1) allowed
Los Angeles. Schwarber and Miguel The Brewers staked Jimmy handed Atlanta its first loss seven hits and only struck
Greg Holland gave up two Montero each hit a two- Nelson to a 5-0 lead in the at SunTrust Park, escaping out one, but he held the
runs in the ninth inning but run homer, Albert Almora third, but the right-hander a major jam in the ninth Pirates to a run over 6 1/3
earned his eighth save. Jr. and Jon Jay added run- couldn’t make it hold, al- to win.Atlanta scored a innings.q
Giants manager Bruce Bochy

undergoes minor heart procedure

Bochy, who has a history spoke to him was Sunday,” to have a procedure,” Wo-
of heart issues, had been Wotus said. “I knew he was tus said. “All I know is we
complaining of discom- going in to get checked expect him to be back
fort in recent days. He told out, and we knew this was in Colorado.” The proce-
bench coach Ron Wotus a possibility. He’s had the dure was considered minor
on Sunday night that he (atrial fibrillation) and he’s enough that some of the
was planning to go in for dealt with that before.” players were barely aware
an exam Monday, and Bochy underwent a heart of it, even asking mem-
wound up having a proce- procedure in February bers of the media how Bo-
dure called an ablation to 2015, just a few months af- chy was doing. “He’s had
fix a heart rhythm problem. ter beating the Royals in a little bit of a tough time
The 62-year-old Bochy is a dramatic seven-game the last few years with his
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, right, smiles as he
celebrates a run scored by Giants’ Eduardo Nunez (10) during resting at home and ex- World Series, to insert two health,” said pitcher Madi-
the second inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Dia- pects to rejoin the club in stents. Bochy also was hos- son Bumgarner, the star of
mondbacks on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in Phoenix. Colorado on Friday. In a pitalized last summer with that World Series triumph
Associated Press text message to The Asso- an undisclosed illness that three years ago and due to
ciated Press he said: “All forced him to miss a game start Wednesday night.
DAVE SKRETTA underwent a minor heart good. ... Ready to roll.” in Miami. “Hopefully it’s all taken
AP Sports Writer procedure in San Diego Wotus will handle the “I don’t know all the de- care of and he gets back
KANSAS CITY, Missouri on Tuesday, forcing him to managerial duties against tails that led him to get in to normal, everyday life
(AP) — San Francisco Gi- miss the team’s two-game
ants manager Bruce Bochy series against the Royals. the Royals. “The last time I and get checked out and pretty quickly.”q