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Bryant's 3-run HR gives

Cubs 5-2 win over Marlins

immediately turned to ar- shot to the first row of seats
gue with plate umpire CB in right-center off Adrian
Bucknor. Rendon pointed Sampson (0-2) in the fifth,
with his bat to a spot in the his first since dislocating his
dirt off the plate before be- left shoulder in an awkward
ing ejected. slide last September. Melky
Houser, making his second Cabrera added a pinch-hit
spot start of the season, two-run double off Samp-
pitched two innings before son as the Pirates won for
giving way to Freddy Per- the fifth time in six games.
alta (2-1), who didn't allow Brault, filling in for injured
a run over five innings. Jameson Taillon, gave up
Stephen Strasburg (3-2) two runs in four innings in his
struck out 11 before the first start since April 27, 2018.
Brewers struck for six runs in Michael Feliz (2-0) pitched
the seventh. a scoreless fifth. Felipe
GIANTS 14, ROCKIES 4 Vázquez worked a perfect
DENVER (AP) — Mac Wil- ninth for his 10th save.
liamson wasted no time Hunter Pence drove in all
after being promoted from four runs for Texas, doubling
Triple-A Sacramento, hom- twice and adding his fourth
ering and driving in four home run.
runs to help San Francisco DODGERS 9, BRAVES 0
beat Colorado. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hyun-
It was just the Giants' third Jin Ryu tossed a four-hit
win in the team's last 21 shutout, Justin Turner hom-
games at Coors Field. ered three times and Los
Evan Longoria and Kevin Angeles routed Atlanta
Pillar also homered in sup- for its ninth straight win at
port of Madison Bumgarner home.
(2-4), who went six innings Tyler Flowers singled to left
and allowed three runs on leading off the sixth for
eight hits. Ryu's first baserunner of
Charlie Blackmon homered the game. Former Dodger
to lead off Colorado's first Charlie Culberson ground-
inning. Chris Iannetta also ed into a double play that
homered for Colorado and quickly cleared the base
Chicago Cubs' Kris Bryant watches his walk-off, three-run home run during the ninth inning of a Ian Desmond tripled twice. paths.
baseball game to defeat the Miami Marlins 5-2, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Chicago. Williamson's return to the Turner's three homers and
Associated Press Giants culminated an ar- six RBIs were career highs.
duous, yearlong come- His last blast came in the
By The Associated Press two errors and two walks as hits and four RBIs. back that included being eighth, a three-run shot into
CHICAGO (AP) — Kris Bry- all six runs were unearned. Alonso's homer gave the designated for assignment the left field pavilion that
ant hit a tiebreaking, three- Aaron Nola (3-0) allowed Mets a 7-5 lead. San Diego by the Giants after a disap- extended the lead to 9-0.
run homer with two outs in three hits in six innings, giv- rallied for one run against pointing showing in spring He went 4 for 5 with a strike-
the ninth inning, lifting the ing up one run. St. Louis Edwin Diaz in the bottom training. He had begun out and scored three runs.
Chicago Cubs over Miami. starter Dakota Hudson (2-3) of the inning before he got last season as the Giants' Ryu (4-1) struck out five and
With runners on the corners, gave up eight runs in five Hunter Renfroe to ground left fielder but in late April walked none in his second
Bryant drove a 1-2 pitch innings. out with the bases loaded tripped over a bullpen career complete game.
from Adam Conley (1-4) METS 7, PADRES 6 to earn his ninth save. mound while going for a His first came on May 28,
through a strong wind and SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Seth Lugo (3-0) pitched two foul ball and crashed head 2013, at home against the
into the bleachers in left- Pete Alonso got his re- innings for the win. first into the padded rail- Angels.
center for his third career venge against San Diego BREWERS 6, NATIONALS 0 ing. Lingering concussion The Dodgers have hom-
game-ending homer. by hitting a 449-foot, two- MILWAUKEE (AP) — Loren- symptoms forced him to ered in 16 of 18 at Chavez
Albert Almora Jr. also con- run home run with no outs zo Cain's three-run double miss much of the rest of the Ravine, smashing 33 out of
nected as the Cubs won in the ninth inning to lift the with two outs in the seventh season. the park.
for the eighth time in nine Mets to a victory over the inning broke a scoreless tie Antonio Senzatela (2-2) al- Braves starter Max Fried (4-
games. Steve Cishek (1-1) Padres. and Milwaukee won its fifth lowed seven runs in 4 2/3 2) left the game after get-
worked a scoreless ninth for Alonso celebrated his mon- in a row. innings. In six previous starts ting hit in the left hand by
the victory. ster homer with a big bat Washington star Anthony against the Giants, he had a comebacker in the sec-
PHILLIES 11, CARDINALS 1 flip. The shot, his 11th, came Rendon returned to the line- gone 5-0 with 3.16 ERA. ond. The team said X-rays
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bryce a night after Alonso struck up after missing 14 games PIRATES 5, RANGERS 4 were negative and Fried
Harper hit a grand slam, out twice against Padres because of a bruised left PITTSBURGH (AP) — Grego- was day-to-day with a con-
his first with the Phillies, and rookie Chris Paddack, who elbow caused when he ry Polanco hit his first home tusion on his hand.
Rhys Hoskins added four said he was "coming for" was hit by a pitch. His first run in eight months, and Fried gave up four runs and
hits, including a homer, to the Mets first baseman be- time up, he was plunked in spot starter Steven Brault four hits in one-plus innings,
spark Philadelphia. cause he had won the NL's the upper ribcage. and six relievers did just struck out one and walked
Harper's homer capped a Player of the Month Award With two on and two outs enough to help Pittsburgh one.
six-run second inning. Phila- for March and April. in the seventh, Rendon was edge Texas. He had two wild pitches in
delphia took advantage of Alonso finished with three called out on strikes and Polanco sent a two-run the first.q