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Lindor powers Indians to 9-4 win over Blue Jays

By The Associated Press in the ninth for the Braves,
TORONTO (AP) — Francisco who increased their division
Lindor had two solo homers lead to 3½ games over Phil-
and four RBIs, rookie Shane adelphia.
Bieber pitched into the sev- Arizona has lost five of six to
enth inning to remain un- fall 2½ games behind first-
beaten in nine road starts place Colorado in the NL
and the Cleveland Indians West.
beat the Toronto Blue Jays Nick Ahmed hit a three-run
9-4 on Thursday night for double for the Diamond-
their third straight win. backs. CUBS 6, NATIONALS
Cleveland trimmed its 4, 10 INNINGS
magic number to seven for WASHINGTON (AP) —
clinching a third consecu- Pinch-hitter David Bote had
tive AL Central champion- an RBI double and scored
ship. in the 10th inning as Chi-
Lindor connected on Sam cago came back to beat
Gaviglio's third pitch for his Washington in the opener
10th career leadoff homer of a four-game series.
and seventh this season. Bote, who hit a two-out
He went deep to right off grand slam in the bottom of
Gaviglio again in the third the ninth to give the Cubs
for his eighth career mul- a 4-3 win over the Nation-
tihomer game. Lindor has als on Aug. 12 in Chicago,
33 home runs, matching knocked a 100 mph fastball
his total from last year. He from Jimmy Cordero (1-2)
added a two-run single in Cleveland Indians' Francisco Lindor hits a broken-bat single to drive in two runs against the To- into right field to score Al-
the fifth and singled again ronto Blue Jays during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in Toronto. bert Almora Jr. Bote came
in the ninth. Associated Press home on a single by pinch-
Toronto's Rowdy Tellez hitter Taylor Davis.
doubled in the second seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. 10th inning, and Atlanta Goldschmidt tied it with a Daniel Murphy went 1 for
and fourth after getting a He improved to 5-0 away regrouped to beat Arizona homer off winner Jesse Bid- 5 with a strikeout in his first
pinch-hit double in his de- from home. after blowing a two-run dle (5-1). return to Washington since
but Wednesday, making Gaviglio (3-8) gave up five lead in the ninth. The Braves loaded the bas- the Nationals traded him to
him the first player in major runs in 4 1/3 innings to lose Coming off a three-game es against Brad Boxberger the Cubs on Aug 21.
league history with extra- for the fourth time in five sweep by Boston, the (2-6) in the 10th before Hi- Chicago leads the NL Cen-
base hits in each of his first starts. NL East-leading Braves rano uncorked a wild pitch tral by 4½ games over Mil-
three plate appearances. BRAVES 7, DIAMONDBACKS jumped on Zack Greinke that scored Swanson. waukee. Washington has
Jason Kipnis hit a three-run 6, 10 INNINGS with homers by Kurt Suzuki Brad Bach worked around lost three straight to fall to
homer off Blue Jays reliever PHOENIX (AP) — Dansby and Johan Camargo to a walk for his first save with 69-72. Pedro Strop (5-1)
Mark Leiter Jr. in the ninth. Swanson scored the go- lead 6-4 heading into the Atlanta. pitched a scoreless ninth,
Bieber (9-3) allowed four ahead run on Yoshihisa ninth. But then A.J. Pollock Nick Markakis had four hits and Jesse Chavez earned
runs, three earned, and Hirano's wild pitch in the hit a sacrifice fly and Paul and a run-scoring single his third save.q

Shapiro will 'shed no tears' for Indians' Chief Wahoo logo

TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays feather in his headdress. pionship Series. During the
president and CEO Mark "I never said it when I was in playoffs, a lawsuit was filed
Shapiro spent more than Cleveland, but I struggled while the club was playing
two decades working for with Chief Wahoo from the in Toronto to get the logo
the Cleveland Indians. He'll day I got there in 1992 to and team name banned
"shed no tears" when the the day I left," said Shapiro, from Canadian TV. A judge
Chief Wahoo logo disap- who joined Toronto in No- dismissed the case.
pears from Indians uniforms vember, 2015. "I was happy Shapiro said he wasn't es-
next season. to see it consistently get di- pecially moved by getting
The Indians are wearing minished, and I will shed no a first glimpse at how the In-
grey road uniforms without tears when it's gone com- dians will look full-time next
the controversial logo on pletely." year.
the left sleeve during their In January, the Indians an- "I'm focused on the Blue
current four game series at nounced plans to remove Jays," Shapiro said. "I guess
Toronto. the logo from their uniforms there's a small part of me
During his time with the Indi- next year. The move came that kind of says 'Good, it's
ans, Shapiro played a lead after decades of protests Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Shane Bieber throws to a To- about time.'"
ronto Blue Jays batter during the first inning of a baseball game
role in establishing a block and complaints that the Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in Toronto. Cleveland will host the All-
"C'' as Cleveland's logo. It grinning, red-faced carica- Associated Press Star Game next season.
replaced the cartoonish ture used in one version or The Indians will return to
image of a big-toothed another since 1947 is racist. Toronto was partly driven they played north of the their regular uniforms when
American Indian with a That decision not to wear by a failed legal challenge border during the 2016 they visit Tampa Bay next
scarlet face and a single the controversial logo in against the Indians when American League Cham- week.q