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Friday 5 July 2019
Strasburg immaculate as surging Nationals beat Marlins 3-1

line-drive homer to left field
in the sixth. It was his 200th
career homer and 1,000th
career hit. According to
the Phillies, it marked the
first time in major league
history a player reached
milestones in hits and hom-
ers on the same swing.
PIRATES 6, CUBS 5
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jung
Ho Kang scored on Corey
Dickerson’s sacrifice fly in
the ninth inning to cap a
frantic rally and lift Pitts-
burgh over Chicago.
Josh Bell hit his 26th home
of the season and fourth
of the series and added a
double to give him 59 ex-
tra-base hits, the most ever
by a National League play-
er before the All-Star break.
The Cubs turned to recently
signed closer Craig Kimbrel
(0-1) to protect a one-run
lead in the ninth and the Pi-
rates pounced.
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg follows through on a pitch to the Miami Marlins in the second inning of a The Pirates have won three
baseball game, Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Washington. straight and 12 of 17 to pull
Associated Press within one game of .500
By The Associated Press BACKS 4, 10 INNINGS Germán pitched six sharp last two seasons, but he suf- (42-43). Richard Rodriguez
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ste- LOS ANGELES (AP) — All- innings in his return from fered a severe injury to the (3-3) earned the win after
phen Strasburg struck out Star Cody Bellinger hit a tie- injury, Didi Gregorius and other side of his groin dur- pitching a scoreless ninth.
14 in 7 1/3 shutout innings, breaking homer, giving Los Gio Urshela hit consecutive ing spring training and had ASTROS 4, ROCKIES 2
Brian Dozier and Matt Ad- Angeles a fifth consecutive homers, and the Yankees been sidelined until last DENVER (AP) — Wade Mi-
ams homered, and the walk-off victory at home, beat the Mets. week. He has two singles in ley tossed six strong innings
Washington Nationals over Arizona. Germán (10-2) allowed a 19 at-bats over five games. and Yuli Gurriel and Alex
continued their midsea- Bellinger hit a solo shot in run over six innings, giving Sonny Gray (5-5) beat the Bregman homered to lead
son surge with a 3-1 win the second and his 29 hom- up five hits and no walks. Brewers for the second Houston over Colorado.
over the Miami Marlins on ers are the most in franchise The 26-year-old right-hand- time in three starts this sea- Miley (7-4) struck out six and
Wednesday night. history before the All-Star er struck out six and threw son, matching his career retired 11 of the last 12 bat-
Washington has won seven break. He broke a tie with 80 pitches in a tidy return high with 12 strikeouts in ters he faced. He walked
of its last eight and is 25-10 Gil Hodges and Duke Snid- from a strained left hip flex- eight innings. Raisel Igle- the first two Rockies he
since May 24. The Nationals er, who had 28. or, which had sidelined him sias pitched the ninth for his faced but settled down to
improved to 44-41, the first After Chris Taylor struck out since June 8. 15th save in 17 chances. get out of the inning after
time they’ve been three to open the 10th, Bellinger The AL East-leading Yan- Puig connected in the sec- Ian Desmond’s RBI single.
games over .500 this sea- crushed a high-arching kees have won 14 of 16 ond inning off Jhoulys Cha- Roberto Osuna pitched the
son. Strasburg (10-4) was, pitch from Yoan Lòpez (1- overall and forced a four- cin (3-9), who hasn’t won ninth for his 19th save.
as usual, brilliant against 2) into right field, triggering game split in this year’s since April. The right-hander Charlie Blackmon had two
the Marlins. He allowed two a raucous celebration and Subway Series. The Mets is 0-6 in his last nine games hits, including an RBI single
hits and two walks while chants of “MVP! MVP!” haven’t won the season se- with a 5.93 ERA. He struck in the seventh, for Colo-
extending his personal win- Joe Kelly (3-3) got the win ries since 2013. out a season-high eight rado. Rookie right-hander
ning streak against Miami to after retiring the side in the Mets starter Jason Vargas and allowed seven hits. Peter Lambert (2-1) went
11. The right-hander is 20-7 10th. (3-4) settled after a rocky BRAVES 9, PHILLIES 2 five innings in his first major
with a 2.86 ERA in 34 career The Dodgers had a chance first inning, pitching three- ATLANTA (AP) — Josh Don- league loss.
starts against the Marlins, to win it in the ninth when run ball into the sixth. aldson and Austin Riley hit GIANTS 7, PADRES 5
who didn’t get a man past Arizona closer Greg Hol- REDS 3, BREWERS 0 three-run homers off Nick SAN DIEGO (AP) — Evan
first until the eighth. land stumbled for the sec- CINCINNATI (AP) — Yasiel Pivetta and Atlanta so- Longoria and Alex Dicker-
Strasburg’s gem included ond straight night. Puig homered for the sec- lidified its NL East lead by son hit consecutive home
the first immaculate inning Enriquè Hernàndez opened ond consecutive game beating Philadelphia. runs in the third inning and
of his career. Strasburg the inning with a double to and Cincinnati overcame Donaldson’s homer gave San Francisco scored four
needed just nine pitches to deep right. Holland issued the loss of second base- Atlanta a 3-0 lead in the runs during an unusual rally
strike out Garrett Cooper, four of Arizona’s five walks man Scooter Gennett to a fourth. Following Riley’s in the sixth to beat San Di-
Neil Walker and Starlin Cas- with two outs in the ninth groin injury, holding on for a blast, Matt Joyce added ego for its first three-game
tro in the fourth. Tuesday. victory over Milwaukee. a pinch-hit, two-run homer sweep of the season.
Miami’s Sandy Alcantara Matt Beaty’s RBI single tied Gennett left after two at- off Juan Nicasio in Atlanta’s The Giants were held to sin-
(4-8), making his first start the game 4-all. He took bats because of tightness six-run sixth. Atlanta leads gle-digits in runs for the first
since earning an All-Star second on Holland’s wild in the left side of his groin. second-place Philadelphia time in four games. They
nod Sunday, allowed two pitch. Gennett was an All-Star last by 5 ½ games after splitting had amassed 33 runs on 44
runs in 5 2/3 innings. YANKEES 5, METS 1 year and the Reds’ most the first two games of the hits in their previous three
DODGERS 5, DIAMOND- NEW YORK (AP) — Domingo productive hitter over the series. Bryce Harper hit a games.q