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Friday 2 June 2017
Padres win 2-1 to send slumping Cubs to 6th straight loss

NL Capsules Ahmed hit a solo shot in the ning. Against the Brewers,
The Associated Press 11th but Jordy Mercer tied he allowed seven runs,
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie the score in the bottom half eight hits and five walks in
Franchy Cordero tripled in with a home run of his own four innings, raising his ERA
the eighth and scored on as steady showers began to from 3.23 to 3.97. The right-
Yangervis Solarte’s fielder’s fall. The game was delayed hander has given up mul-
choice as San Diego hand- by rain after the 11th inning tiple homers in four starts,
ed Chicago its season-high for 1 hour, 33 minutes. double his 2016 total.
sixth straight loss. David Peralta singled off MARLINS 10, PHILLIES 2
Luis Perdomo and two re- Jhan Marinez (0-3) to start MIAMI (AP) — Justin Bour hit
lievers combined to hold the 14th and advanced to two home runs, increasing
the struggling Cubs to three second on Goldschmidt’s his season total to 15, and
hits. The rebuilding Pa- groundout. Jake Lamb was Miami completed its first se-
dres won their season-high intentionally walked, and ries sweep of the season by
fourth straight game and Peralta scored when Ow- beating Philadelphia be-
swept the Cubs for the first ings singled to right field. fore a sparse crowd.
time since Aug. 6-8, 2012. Marinez, the last man in the Marcell Ozuna hit his 14th
The defending World Series Pirates’ bullpen, worked homer for the Marlins, who
champion Cubs, who were three innings in a game have won four games in a
swept at the Dodgers dur- that lasted 4 hours, 40 min- row, their longest winning
ing the weekend, finished San Diego Padres’ Franchy Cordero, right, slides under the tag utes. streak since last July.
by Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras to score during the
their first winless trip of at eighth inning of a baseball game in San Diego, Wednesday, BREWERS 7, METS 1 Dan Straily (4-3) struck out
least six games since Aug. May 31, 2017. NEW YORK (AP) — Eric 10, allowed one earned run
3-8, 2012, when they also Associated Press Thames hit his first home run in 6 2/3 innings, and bene-
lost three at Los Angeles in three weeks, Keon Brox- fited from the offensive sup-
and three at San Diego. Fowler hit a tiebreaking scoreless ninth for his 12th ton also went deep against port to win his third start in
Overall the Cubs have lost homer in the eighth inning save in 14 chances. an ineffective Jacob de- a row.
seven in a row on the road. to back Carlos Martinez DIAMONDBACKS 6, PIRATES Grom, and Milwaukee beat The Phillies (17-34), off to
Cordero, who made his and give St. Louis a victory 5, 14 INNINGS New York for just its third win their worst start since 1961,
big league debut on Satur- over Los Angeles. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris in 10 games. went 6-22 in May. That’s
day, tripled to right-center Martinez (4-4) allowed one Owings singled home the Released by the Mets fol- their fewest wins in a month
off Koji Uehara (1-3) lead- run and four hits while strik- go-ahead run in the 14th in- lowing a 50-game minor since June 1997. Aaron
ing off the eighth. Solarte ing out nine as he pitched ning and Arizona outlasted league drug suspension in Nola (2-3) lost his third start
hit a grounder to second eight innings to help St. Lou- Pittsburgh in a game that 2009, Junior Guerra (1-0) in a row. He gave up four
baseman Ian Happ, whose is snap a three-game losing took more than 4½ hours defeated New York for the runs and needed 73 pitch-
throw home wasn’t in time streak. to play — plus a 93-minute first time. He allowed four es to get through three in-
to get Cordero. Ross Stripling (0-3) lost for rain delay. hits in six scoreless innings, nings — his shortest outing
Brad Hand (1-3) pitched the first time since April 26 Paul Goldschmidt and Nick struck out four and walked of the year.
a perfect eighth for the as he allowed Fowler’s sev- Ahmed homered for the three, baffling batters with The Marlins were contend-
win and Brandon Mau- enth home run of the sea- Diamondbacks, who led in his splitter. In his previous ing for the worst record in
rer pitched the ninth for his son, a 429-foot shot to right- the ninth and 11th before outing, deGrom (4-2) threw the majors before their re-
eighth save. center field. The Dodgers finally putting away the Pi- 118 pitches and became cent turnaround, and plen-
CARDINALS 2, DODGERS 1 had their six-game winning rates. T.J. McFarland (3-0) the first Mets starter this ty of room remains on the
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dexter streak end. pitched three hitless innings year to reach the ninth in- bandwagon. q
Seung-Hwan Oh pitched a for the win.

Mr. Met gives fan the finger,

employee out as team mascot

ers, and the team says the who wore it Wednesday slugger Yoenis Cespedes.
employee who did it won’t night will not work in the After a win over Miami on
work in the costume again. costume again. The Mets May 5, the Mets tweeted
A person tweeted video of official spoke on condition a photograph of T.J. Ri-
the incident, which soon of anonymity because the vera wearing the star-of-
went viral online, and the statement from the organi- the-game crown in their
club quickly issued a state- zation was the team’s only clubhouse, and the back-
ment. authorized comment. ground included the locker
“We apologize for the inap- Mr. Met, known for an of backup catcher Kevin
propriate action of this em- oversized head with base- Plawecki and a clearly vis-
ployee,” the Mets said in ball seams, is among the ible sex toy.
an email attributed to the sport’s most recognized Plawecki attributed the in-
In this April 11, 2005, file photo, New York Mets mascot Mr. Met organization. “We do not mascots. Technically, he cident to clubhouse prank-
reacts with the crowd during the Mets home opener against the condone this type of be- has only four digits on his sters.
Houston Astros at Shea Stadium in New York. havior. We are dealing with hand — three fingers and a In another flap, Mets pitch-
Associated Press this matter internally.” thumb. er Matt Harvey didn’t show
RONALD BLUM New York’s funny-looking A Mets official told The As- Expected to contend for a up for the next day’s game
Associated Press mascot flashed his “mid- sociated Press more than playoff spot, the Mets are after a late night on the
NEW YORK (AP) — Even Mr. dle” finger at a fan during one person wears the Mr. 23-28, hurt by injuries to ace town, causing the team
Met is frustrated with the Wednesday night’s 7-1 loss Met costume during each starter Noah Syndergaard, to suspend him for three
team’s disappointing start. to the Milwaukee Brew- season, and the person closer Jeurys Familia and days.q