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Jon Lester pitches

Cubs past Brewers

4-1 for series win

By The Associated Press St. Louis.
CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Les- Paul Goldschmidt and José
ter pitched 6 2/3 gutsy in- Martínez homered for the
nings, Kris Bryant hit a two- Cardinals, who have lost
run homer and Chicago five of six and nine of 11.
beat Milwaukee to take a Chris Stratton (1-2), ac-
weekend series between quired from the Los Ange-
the top teams in the NL les Angels on Saturday,
Central. pitched a scoreless sixth.
Lester (3-1) gave Chicago ROCKIES 10, PADRES 7
exactly what it needed DENVER (AP) — Charlie
a day after it used seven Blackmon homered twice,
relievers during a 2-1 vic- Antonio Senzatela pitched
tory in 15 innings. Taking effectively into the seventh Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester (34) throws the ball against the Milwaukee Brewers dur-
the mound on a rainy, cold inning and Colorado held ing the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May, 12, 2019, in Chicago.
night at Wrigley Field, the on to beat San Diego. Associated Press
ace left-hander allowed Raimel Tapia had three
an unearned run and nine hits, including a two-run Nationals newcomer Ge- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Smith struck out two in a
hits while throwing a sea- homer, and pinch-hitter rardo Parra, who hit a Pablo Sandoval homered perfect ninth for his 10th
son-high 116 pitches. Daniel Murphy hit a three- grand slam Saturday night, and doubled in his second save in as many attempts,
Bryant had three hits and run double for the Rockies, played spoiler at Dodger three-hit game this season, and the Giants avoided a
scored three times, reach- who took two of three from Stadium again by break- scoring the go-ahead run three-game sweep.
ing safely for a career-best San Diego. ing up Ryu's no-hit bid with on Kevin Pillar's two-out sin- BRAVES 5, DIAMONDBACKS
22nd straight game and Greg Garcia singled twice one out in the eighth. Par- gle in the eighth inning to 3
helping the division-lead- to drive in a pair of runs for ra drove the left-hander's lift San Francisco over Cin- PHOENIX (AP) — Max Fried
ing Cubs close out an 8-2 the Padres, who lost a road 105th pitch deep to left- cinnati. (1-2) pitched five effective
homestand. series for the first time this center, where it bounced Sandoval hit a two-run, op- innings after leaving his last
Milwaukee wasted a solid season. on the warning track and posite-field homer to left in start early, Johan Camargo
start by Jhoulys Chacín (3- Senzatela (3-2) gave up over the wall for a ground- the first off Tyler Mahle that hit an early two-run single
4), who permitted two runs, three runs on four hits in 6 rule double that ended up tied the score 2-2, his fourth and Atlanta beat Arizona.
one earned, and six hits in 2/3 innings. being Washington's only hit home run this season. He Tyler Flowers had two RBIs,
six innings. Both of Blackmon's homers of the day. singled in the sixth. including a run-scoring tri-
PIRATES 10, CARDINALS 6 came off Nick Margevicius Ryu (5-1) struck out nine in San Francisco trailed 5-4 ple in the eighth inning.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Josh Bell (2-4), who allowed five runs eight innings and threw a when Evan Longoria sin- Luke Jackson allowed two
hit a tying three-run hom- on eight hits in five innings. career-high 116 pitches, 79 gled off David Hernández hits in two innings for his
er off John Brebbia (1-2) DODGERS 6, NATIONALS 0 for strikes. (0-2) leading off the eighth. fourth save.
in the seventh and drove LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hyun- Seager broke the game After a run-scoring ground- Arizona's Zack Godley (1-
in a career-high five runs, Jin Ryu took a no-hitter into open in the bottom of the out, Pillar later singled for his 3) gave up three hits in the
and Adam Frazier hit a tie- the eighth inning, Corey eighth with his second ca- team-leading 22nd RBI. second inning, including
breaking, pinch-hit double. Seager hit a grand slam reer slam. Tony Watson (2-0) won Ender Inciarte's RBI bloop
Pittsburgh scored five times and Los Angeles split a four- Stephen Strasburg (3-3) despite forcing in the go- single to left, and fellow
in the seventh inning and game series with Washing- yielded two runs and four ahead run with a bases- starting pitcher Zack Gre-
twice in the eighth to rally ton that featured three hits in six innings. loaded walk to Tucker inke pinch-hit for him in the
from a 6-3 deficit and beat shutouts. GIANTS 6, REDS 5 Barnhart in the eighth. Will bottom half.q

Dylan Larkin lifts U.S. to 3-2 OT

win over Finland at worlds

KOSICE, Slovakia (AP) — The Finns complained and Niko Ojamaki's goal
Dylan Larkin scored with about an open-ice hit midway through the sec-
1:13 left in overtime and that wasn't ruled a pen- ond.
Cory Schneider stopped alty against the U.S. shortly The matchup in Group A
24 shots, lifting the United before Larkin scored the featured American center
States to a 3-2 win over game-winning goal. Jack Hughes and Finnish
Finland on Monday at the Brady Skjei scored in the winger Kaapo Kakko, who
world hockey champion- opening minute and are expected to be picked
ship. Johnny Gaudreau put the No. 1 and 2 overall, respec-
Larkin ended the 3-on-3 Americans up 2-0 midway tively, in the NHL draft next Finland's goaltender Veini Vehvilainen, left, makes a save
overtime, carrying the puck through the third period. month. against Dylan Larkin of the US, right, during the Ice Hockey World
inside the right circle and The Finns rallied to tie the Russia stayed undefeated Championships group A match between the United States and
scoring on a wrist shot that game 2-all with Harri Pe- in Group B and handed the Finland at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Monday, May 13,
2019.
got past Veini Vehvilainen's sonen's goal in the last min- Czech Republic its first loss, Associated Press
blocker. ute of the opening period winning 3-0 in Bratislava.q