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SPORTS Thursday 27 sepTember 2018

A Dahl's house: Dahl homers,

Rox take 2nd wild-card spot

By The Associated Press The Cardinals (87-71) fell up five runs and seven hits,
DENVER (AP) — David Dahl one-half game behind and the Cubs got shut out
homered for a second the Colorado Rockies (87- for the 11th time this sea-
straight night, a three-run 70), who beat Philadel- son.
shot in the third, and the phia 10-3, for the second NATIONALS 9, MARLINS 4
Colorado Rockies vaulted NL wild card. Milwaukee WASHINGTON (AP) — Max
into the final NL wild-card (91-67) leads Colorado by Scherzer became the 17th
spot by beating the Phila- 3½ games for the top wild pitcher since 1900 to strike
delphia Phillies 10-3 on card. out 300 batters in a season,
Tuesday night. Milwaukee scored each of reaching that milestone by
The Rockies' fifth straight its first six runs with two outs. fanning 10 in seven innings
win moved them a half- Aguilar and Braun hit back- during Washington's other-
game in front of St. Louis to-back homers in the first wise meaningless win over
for the second wild-card off rookie Austin Gomber Miami.
after the Cardinals lost 12-4 (6-2), and Gonzalez chased Scherzer (18-7) lowered his
to Milwaukee. Colorado the left-hander with his hit in ERA to 2.53 by allowing one
trailed the NL West-leading the fourth. run in seven innings as he
Los Angeles Dodgers by 1½ Gonzalez lasted four in- bids for a third consecutive
games entering the night nings. Taylor Williams (1-3), NL Cy Young Award; he
and still has a chance to the third of seven Milwau- also won the 2013 honor in
win its first division title. The kee pitchers, got three outs the AL for Detroit.
Rockies have five games for the win. The righty reached the
remaining. PIRATES 6, CUBS 0 300-strikeout mark by get-
The game-changing hit CHICAGO (AP) — Slug- ting Austin Dean to whiff on
was delivered by Dahl, who ger Kris Bryant exited with an 85-mph slider at the end
lined a fastball from Vince a bruised left wrist, Mike of a 10-pitch at-bat for the
Velasquez (9-12) to left for Montgomery got hit hard second out of the seventh.
his 12th homer — nearly to over four-plus innings and Washington's Anthony Ren-
the same spot where Dahl the Chicago Cubs stum- don hit a three-run shot
hit a two-run homer the bled again in their playoff in the first inning off Jeff
previous night. Dahl also run by losing to Pittsburgh. Brigham (0-4), increasing Colorado Rockies' David Dahl (26) points to the sky as he
crosses home plate after hitting a three run home run against
added a run-scoring single The Cubs missed a chance his season totals to 24 hom- the Philadelphia Phillies during the third inning of a baseball
as part of a 3-for-5, 4-RBI to clinch a franchise-record ers and 90 RBIs and extend- game on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in Denver.
evening. fourth straight trip to the ing his streak of reaching Associated Press
The Rockies used seven postseason for the second base to 33 straight games.
relievers, with DJ Johnson time in as many nights. And BRAVES 7, METS 3 the game but did not play ing two wins in its last five
(1-0) getting one out in their lead in the NL Central NEW YORK (AP) — Ronald even though he was avail- games to avoid tying the
the third to earn his first big over Milwaukee shrunk to a Acuna Jr. hit a go-ahead able off the bench. franchise record of 106 loss-
league win. half game, with the Brewers single in the seventh inning, Kurt Suzuki drove in two runs es in a season, set in 2005.
BREWERS 12, CARDINALS 4 beating St. Louis 12-4. Ozzie Albies homered in the for the Braves, who trailed Kevin McCarthy (5-4)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Christian Chicago needed a win plus eighth and NL East champi- 3-0 before rallying against worked out of a bases-
Yelich homered and drove a loss by Colorado to Phila- on Atlanta rallied past New Robert Gsellman (6-3) in loaded, no-out jam in the
in six runs, and surging Mil- delphia to secure a playoff York for its sixth straight vic- the seventh. Acuna's two- eighth and earned the win.
waukee hurt St. Louis' play- spot and extend a run that tory. Atlanta shortstop Dan- run single off Drew Smith The Reds loaded the bases
off chances. includes a drought-ending sby Swanson exited early gave Atlanta a 4-3 lead. again in the ninth with two
Ryan Braun went deep World Series championship with a sore left hand, and Dan Winkler (4-0) allowed outs against Wily Peralta.
twice and Jesus Aguilar in 2016. But the Cubs lost the Braves were held score- a run in one inning for the But Joey Votto grounded
also connected as Milwau- for the fourth time in sixth less by Noah Syndergaard win. out and Peralta earned his
kee won for the fifth time in games while the Rockies for six innings. But they ROYALS 4, REDS 3 14th save.
six games and moved with- won 10-3. jumped all over the Mets' CINCINNATI (AP) — Hunter DIAMONDBACKS 4, DODG-
in one-half game of the NL Bryant got struck by a pitch bullpen for seven runs in the Dozier led off the ninth in- ERS 3
Central-leading Chicago from Chris Archer (3-3) in next two innings to match ning with a tie-breaking PHOENIX (AP) — Eduardo
Cubs. Manny Pina had two the fourth inning and was their longest winning streak home run, lifting Kansas Escobar homered off Ken-
hits and drove in a run, and replaced at third base in of the season. City over Cincinnati. ta Maeda leading off the
pitcher Gio Gonzalez con- the sixth by Ian Happ, who Mets captain David Wright Dozier's 11th homer of the ninth inning, and the Ari-
tributed an RBI single for just had pinch hit in the fifth. was reinstated from the season, off Raisel Iglesias zona Diamondbacks tight-
his fourth hit of the season. Montgomery (5-6) gave 60-day disabled list before (2-5), left Kansas City need- ened the NL West race.q