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                                                                                                       SPORTS Thursday 1 augusT 2019
            Duvall homers twice, Braves beat Nats 11-8




            By The Associated Press                                                                                             The Phillies scored twice off
            WASHINGTON       (AP)    —                                                                                          Giants  starter  Tyler  Beede
            Adam  Duvall  had  two                                                                                              (3-5)  in  the  fourth  inning
            home  runs  and  four  hits,                                                                                        and then chased him after
            Josh  Donaldson  added  a                                                                                           with  two  more  runs  in  the
            three-run  homer  and  the                                                                                          fifth.  Beede  walked  Bryce
            Atlanta  beat  Washington                                                                                           Harper,  and  Hoskins  fol-
            to reopen a 5½-game lead                                                                                            lowed with a shot to center
            in the NL East.                                                                                                     for  his  23rd  homer  of  the
            Julio Teheran (6-7) allowed                                                                                         year and a 4-0 lead.
            two runs and seven hits in 6                                                                                        ORIOLES 8, PADRES 5
            2/3 innings for Atlanta.                                                                                            SAN  DIEGO  (AP)  —  Chris
            Erick  Fedde  (1-2)  allowed                                                                                        Davis hit a go-ahead home
            nine runs, nine hits and four                                                                                       run  in  the  eighth  inning  to
            walks in 3 2/3 innings.                                                                                             snap  an  0-for-18  slump,
            Ozzie  Albies  and  Ender  In-                                                                                      and  Baltimore  rallied  from
            ciarte  each  had  three  hits                                                                                      a four-run deficit.
            for Atlanta.                                                                                                        Davis  connected  off  Matt
            Yan  Gomes,  Trea  Turner                                                                                           Strahm (4-8) with one out in
            and Juan Soto homered for                                                                                           the eighth for just his eighth
            the Nationals.                                                                                                      home run this season.
            PIRATES 11, REDS 4                                                                                                  Baltimore added on with a
            CINCINNATI  (AP)  —  Reds                                                                                           two-run single by Trey Man-
            reliever Amir Garrett rushed                                                                                        cini  off  Michel  Báez,  sad-
            the  Pirates'  dugout  and                                                                                          dling  Strahm  with  five  runs
            threw punches in the ninth                                                                                          in  1  2/3  innings.  Strahm  al-
            inning,  starting  a  brawl                                                                                         lowed five hits while striking
            prolonged  by  Cincinnati                                                                                           out four and walking one.
            outfielder  Yasiel  Puig,  and                                                                                      Miguel Castro (1-1) pitched
            Pittsburgh ended its longest                                                                                        the  seventh  for  the  win,
            losing streak in eight years                                                                                        and  Shawn  Armstrong  got
            Reds  manager  David  Bell                                                                                          six outs for his third save.
            ran onto the field to join the                                                                                      The  comeback  spoiled  a
            fracas after being ejected                                                                                          milestone  day  for  Padres
            an inning earlier. In all, five                                                                                     rookie  Fernando  Tatis  Jr.,
            Reds were ejected.                                                                                                  who  at  20  years,  209  days
            The  dust-up  was  sparked                                                                                          became     the   youngest
            when  Pittsburgh's  Keone                                                                                           player in major league his-
            Kela  threw  up-and-in  to                                                                                          tory to hit leadoff homers in
            Derek  Dietrich  in  the  sev-  Atlanta Braves right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr., right, high-fives Ozzie Albies after the team's base-  consecutive  games.  Man-
            enth.  After  the  inning,   ball game against the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Washington. Atlanta won   ny Machado also homered
            first  baseman  Joey  Votto   11-8.                                                                                 for the Padres.
            walked  toward  the  Pirates                                                                       Associated Press   TWINS 2, MARLINS 1
            dugout  and  exchanged                                                                                              MIAMI (AP) — Byron Buxton
            words with Kela.             DODGERS 9, ROCKIES 4         Urias to get the win.        and six hits in six innings with  homered  and  Jake  Odor-
            The ejections started in the  DENVER  (AP)  —  Kristopher  CARDINALS 2, CUBS 1         nine  strikeouts,  no  walks,  izzi  followed  his  worst  big
            eighth, when Josh Bell was  Negron homered in his first  ST.  LOUIS  (AP)  —  Paul  a  hit  batter  and  two  wild  league  start  by  pitching
            tossed  for  arguing  a  strike  at-bat  with  Los  Angeles,  Goldschmidt  homered  for  pitches. Darvish has 10 wild  one-run  ball  into  the  sixth
            call.  Reds  reliever  Jared  one of four home runs in a  the  seventh  time  in  eight  pitches this season.       inning,  leading  Minnesota
            Hughes  was  ejected  in  win over Colorado.              games,  a  go-ahead  drive  PHILLIES 4, GIANTS 2          past Miami.
            the ninth for hitting Starling  A.J.  Pollock,  Russell  Martin  off Yu Darvish in the sixth in-  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Drew  Odorizzi  (12-5)  allowed  a
            Marte.                       and Justin Turner also went  ning that lifted St. Louis into  Smyly tossed seven shutout  run  and  four  hits  in  5  2/3
            The  Pirates  ended  a  nine-  deep  for  Los  Angeles.  The  sole  possession  of  the  NL  innings  and  Rhys  Hoskins  innings.  He  struck  out  five
            game  losing  streak  be-    Dodgers  became  the  first  Central lead.                homered  to  lead  Philadel-  and walked one.
            hind Corey Dickerson, who  team in the majors to reach  Goldschmidt  hit  a  fastball  phia over San Francisco.     Tyler Duffey relieved Odor-
            drove in a career-high five  70 wins and increased their  from Darvish (3-5) to center  The Giants had won 12 of 15  izzi and struck out two in 1
            runs  with  a  pair  of  homers  lead  in  the  NL  West  to  15  for  his  25th  home  run  this  and 19 of 24 to jump back  1/3  innings.  Sergio  Romo,
            and a single.                games over San Francisco.    season.                      into the playoff picture, but  acquired  from  Miami  on
            Bell  doubled  home  a  pair  Rockies  starter  Kyle  Free-  St.  Louis  (57-49)  dropped  couldn't solve Smyly (2-5) in  Saturday, pitched a score-
            of  runs  in  the  first  inning,  land (2-9) struggled again.   out  of  first  place  on  May  his second start for the Phil-  less  eight  and  Taylor  Rog-
            giving  him  an  NL-leading  Colorado  fell  to  6-18  in  7  but  has  held  at  least  a  lies.                   ers retired the three batters
            88  RBIs.  Dickerson  singled  July  and  has  lost  24  of  34  share  of  the  lead  since  Smyly  scattered  four  hits  he faced in the ninth for his
            home two more in the third,  since late June to fall eight  Thursday  and  moved  one  and struck out five, helping  16th save.
            and connected on a two-      games below .500.            game  ahead  of  the  Cubs  send the Giants to their sev-  Buxton  homered  in  the
            run shot and solo homer.     Colorado  got  RBI  doubles  (56-50).                     enth straight loss in Philadel-  third.  Miguel  Sano  added
            Joe  Musgrove  (8-9)  set  a  by Nolan Arenado, Ian Des-  Giovanny  Gallegos  (3-1)  phia.  Hector  Neris  picked  an RBI double in the fourth.
            career high with his eighth  mond  and  Garrett  Hamp-    earned  the  win  in  relief  of  up his 19th save.       Gallen (1-3) went seven in-
            win.                         son,  and  a  run-scoring  sin-  Adam Wainwright, who al-  San Francisco got pinch-hit  nings and allowed two runs
            Tanner  Roark  (6-7)  lasted  gle by Daniel Murphy.       lowed one run and five hits  homers  from  Brandon  Belt  and  four  hits,  striking  out
            only 3 1/3 innings and gave  Casey Sadler (1-0) tossed 2  in 5 2/3 innings.            and  Stephen  Vogt  in  the  eight and walking three.
            up five runs.                1/3  innings  in  relief  of  Julio  Darvish  gave  up  two  runs  eighth.             Curtis  Granderson  had  an
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