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Hernandez single

in 9th lifts Dodgers

over Blue Jays 3-2

By The Associated Press Central. Syndergaard (9-6)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kiké struck out five and walked
Hernandez capped a none. Paul Sewald got his
three-run ninth inning by third career save. Rookie
blooping an RBI single and Aaron Civale (1-3) took the
Los Angeles rallied after be- loss.
ing one-hit through eight in- CUBS 1, GIANTS 0
nings. CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Hen-
Shut down by rookie Jacob dricks pitched seven sharp
Waguespack, the Dodgers innings as the Cubs won
rallied with three straight their fifth straight despite
hits against Derek Law (0- getting only two hits.
2). Anthony Rizzo hit an RBI sin- Los Angeles Dodgers’ Corey Seager, center, scores the winning run on a single by Enrique
Casey Sadler (3-0) got the gle to help the NL Central Hernandez, as Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen, right, misses the throw during the ninth
win for the NL West leaders. leaders complete a three- inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Los Angeles. The Dodgers won 3-2.
Los Angeles has won five in game sweep. The Giants Associated Press
a row at Dodger Stadium lost their fourth in a row. The three-time Cy Young Fowler’s 15th home run outs.
going into this weekend’s A day after the Cubs won Award winner, who was of the season, off of a 97 BRAVES 3, MARLINS 2
big series against the New 12-11 in a game with seven put on the IL on July 26 mph fastball from Yency Al- ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald
York Yankees. home runs, there was a with a strain in his upper monte (0-1) in the seventh, Acuña Jr. hit an RBI single
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hom- brisk breeze blowing in at back, struck out three and capped the comeback. with two outs in the ninth in-
ered for Toronto. Wrigley Field and the teams walked one. The Nationals Matt Carpenter set it up by ning as the Atlanta Braves
METS 2, INDIANS 0 combined for just six hits. hadn’t set a pitch count working a walk in an eight- won their fifth straight.
NEW YORK (AP) — Noah Hendricks (9-9) allowed for Scherzer but said they pitch, pinch hitting appear- Freddie Freeman hit a tying
Syndergaard retired the first three hits, struck out seven would closely monitor him. ance to lead off the frame. homer in the eighth and
16 hitters and allowed two and walked none. Relievers He threw 71 pitches, 48 for Dominic Leone (1-0), who the Braves sent Miami to its
hits over six dominant in- Brandon Kintzler, Kyle Ryan strikes. was recalled from Triple-A 12th road loss in a row, the
nings before a heavy storm and Rowan Wick each got Anthony Rendon and How- Memphis before the game, longest streak in the majors
interrupted him, and New two outs to complete the ie Kendrick homered for got the win. Giovanny Gal- this year.
York won a rain-shortened four-hitter. Wick finished for Washington, which leads legos and Andrew Miller The NL East-leading Braves
game for its fifth straight his second save as Cubs the NL wild-card race and pitched a scoreless eighth went 15-4 against the Mar-
victory. pitchers combined for 10 won for the ninth time in 11 and Carlos Martínez picked lins this year.
The game was called with strikeouts without a walk. games. Kendrick singled, up his 15th save in 18 op- Adeiny Hechavarría
New York batting in the Jeff Samardzija (9-10) gave doubled and hit his 14th portunities. opened the Atlanta ninth
eighth inning after a sec- up one run on two hits in homer, a two-run drive in Ozuna’s blast into the up- with a double and later
ond rain delay. seven innings against his the eighth that made it 4-1. per deck in left field in the scored on Acuña’s single
The Mets completed former team. Rendon hit his 28th home fourth came after Paul off Ryne Stanek (0-3).
a three-game sweep. San Francisco’s best scor- run in the ninth. Goldschmidt singled to tie Freeman’s 34th homer, an
They’ve won 13 of their last ing chance came in the The Pirates fell to 8-30 since the game 2-2. Ozuna has opposite-field drive to left,
14 home games, helping eighth. Crawford tripled off the All-Star break. Steven hit safely in 13 of his last 16 came off Stanek, who lost
them get into the NL wild- the right field wall with two Brault (3-3) allowed two games. his first decision since being
card mix. outs against Kintzler. Ryan, runs in six innings. DeJong drilled a German acquired from Tampa Bay.
Cleveland’s first visit to Citi a left-hander, then came Scherzer is 7-0 in his past 11 Márquez curve 423 feet Mark Melancon (5-2) faced
Field was a flop and its on to strike out pinch-hitter starts. Hunter Strickland (2- into the left-center bleach- four batters in the ninth to
seven-game trip through Austin Slater to end the in- 1) allowed one hit in two in- ers in the sixth to cut it to earn the win.
New York that began at ning. nings for the win. 5-4. DeJong’s two-run hom- Braves starter Mike Soroka
Yankee Stadium ended NATIONALS 7, PIRATES 1 CARDINALS 6, ROCKIES 5 er extended his RBI streak hasn’t won a decision in
with a 2-5 record. The Indi- PITTSBURGH (AP) — Max ST. LOUIS (AP) — Marcell to four games, one shy of seven straight starts. Soro-
ans also lost for the seventh Scherzer pitched four in- Ozuna, Paul DeJong and his career high. ka, tied for the second-best
time in nine games overall nings in his return from the Dexter Fowler each hit two- Márquez allowed four runs ERA in the majors at 2.41, al-
and dropped 3 1/2 games injured list, giving up one run homers to pace the in six innings, on six hits, a lowed no walks and struck
behind Minnesota in the AL run and four hits. Cardinals. pair of walks and four strike- out five in seven innings.q

Rangers righty Farrell returns after broken jaw, concussion

By MATT CARLSON son rehabbing since suffer- feel great and happy to conversation, just really zona League team. He was
Associated Press ing a non-displaced jaw join the team.” taxing. I can think of times assigned on Aug. 6 to Dou-
CHICAGO (AP) — Texas re- fracture and concussion Farrell, the son of former I was trying maybe to tip at ble-A Frisco, where he was
liever Luke Farrell, out since when he was struck by a Red Sox manager John Far- a restaurant or something 0-0 with a 1.04 ERA in five
being hit in the face by line comebacker off the bat of rell, said he was unable to and the brain just doesn’t games. Farrell is 3-4 with a
drive in spring training, was San Francisco’s Jalen Miller return to baseball activities work, doesn’t fire.” 5.28 ERA in 30 games with
activated from the 60-day in a March 2 game in Scott- for weeks after the grue- Farrell spent most of the three major league teams.
injured list by the Rangers sdale, Arizona. some incident. season recovering at the He last pitched in the ma-
before their game Friday “It’s been a long road to “It was, honestly, a mi- Rangers’ training facility in jors for the Chicago Cubs
against the White Sox. get back here and bounce graine for two months,” Surprise, Arizona. He began on July 23, 2018, when he
The 28-year-old right-hand- back from the injury and he said. “Really unable to a rehab assignment on July allowed six runs in 3½ in-
er has spent the entire sea- everything,” Farrell said. “I handle light, noise, direct 23 with Texas’ Rookie Ari- nings against Arizona.q