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Thursday 6 sepTember 2018
Red Sox beat Braves in matchup of division leaders

By The Associated Press Chase Field since March
ATLANTA (AP) — Steve 30, his first game of 2018 —
Pearce had three hits and he'd been 0-1 in his previ-
three RBIs, Rick Porcello ous six starts at home. He
allowed two hits in five in- won back-to-back starts for
nings and the Boston Red the first time since last Sep-
Sox beat the Atlanta Braves tember.
5-1 on Tuesday night for Joey Lucchesi (7-8) gave
their second straight win in up two runs and three hits
a matchup of division lead- in five innings. He's winless
ers. in five career starts against
Porcello (16-7) gave up one Arizona. Nick Ahmed hit an
run and struck out five, im- RBI triple and scored on Ke-
proving to 10-3 on the road tel Marte's sacrifice fly for a
this year. He had been 0-2 2-0 lead in the second.
in his previous three starts PHILLIES 9, MARLINS 4
overall since an Aug. 14 win MIAMI (AP) — Carlos San-
at Philadelphia. tana homered to start a
Atlanta pitchers walked four-run first inning and
nine, including five by start- Philadelphia snapped a
er Sean Newcomb (11-8), three-game losing streak
who matched his season by beating Miami.
high. He allowed three runs Jake Arrieta (10-9) struck
and four hits in 4 1/3 innings. out a season-high 11 and
The Braves' lead over sec- earned his first win since July
ond-place Philadelphia in 31. He allowed four runs in 7
the NL East was cut to three 1/3 innings and improved
games. to 5-1 in eight career starts
Kurt Suzuki homered for the against the Marlins.
Braves. The Phillies moved within
BREWERS 11, CUBS 1 three games of first-place
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Lorenzo Atlanta in the NL East. They
Cain reached base five Atlanta Braves center fielder Ender Inciarte dives for but can't catch a ball hit for a double by Bos- have a chance to win a
times, Wade Miley pitched ton Red Sox's Jackie Bradley Jr. during the ninth inning of baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, series for the first time in a
six stingy innings and Mil- in Atlanta. Boston won 5-1. month Wednesday.
waukee romped past Chi- Associated Press J.T. Realmuto hit two solo
cago to climb within three homers off Arrieta, increas-
games of the NL Central ly four-run deficit to defeat ers overall in stopping a loaded during a five-run ing his season total to 20.
leaders. New York. three-game skid. seventh inning that carried Asdrubal Cabrera drove
Miley (3-2) allowed one Austin Barnes also hom- Right fielder Yairo Munoz Colorado past San Fran- in three runs with his 23rd
run and three hits, struck ered for the Dodgers, who robbed Ryan Zimmerman cisco. homer and a double for the
out five and walked none remained a half-game be- of a three-run homer in the David Dahl also homered Phillies. Santana knocked in
as Milwaukee won for the hind first-place Colorado bottom of the ninth, reach- and Charlie Blackmon had two runs and scored twice,
fifth time in its last six meet- in the NL West. The teams ing over the fence and three hits for the Rockies, and Cesar Hernandez hit
ings with its division rival. meet this weekend for pulling the ball back into who lead the NL West in a bases-loaded triple. The
The second-place Brewers three games at Coors Field. the field of play for a two- September or October for Phillies had totaled five
maintained a 1½-game Jay Bruce and Michael run double. the first time since 1995. It runs in their previous four
lead over St. Louis for the Conforto each hit a two- Tyson Ross (8-9) pitched 1 was the fourth straight loss games.
top NL wild card. run homer off Hill (7-5), who 1/3 innings for the win and for the Giants, who also Marlins starter Trevor Rich-
Mike Montgomery (4-5) recovered to pitch six in- Jordan Hicks got the final have dropped six in a row ards (3-8) lasted only 1 1/3
struggled with his control nings. out for his sixth save. to Colorado. innings in his shortest outing
for four innings, and the The Dodgers broke open Ozuna and Paul DeJong Rockies starter German yet. The rookie remained
Brewers had little trouble the game with six runs in the homered back-to-back to Marquez struck out 11 over winless since July 14.
with a succession of Cubs seventh. Yasmani Grandal start the sixth, breaking a 6 2/3 innings. Gorkys Her- PIRATES 7, REDS 3
relievers. capped the outburst with a 4-all tie. One out later, Pat- nandez snapped a 1-all tie PITTSBURGH (AP) — Starling
Cain had four walks and two-run double. rick Wisdom went deep to with a home run in the sev- Marte hit a two-run homer,
a double from the lead- Mets starter Jason Vargas make it 7-4. enth for the Giants. Gregory Polanco had a
off spot. Christian Yelich (5-9) gave up five runs — Making his second major Chris Rusin (2-2) got the win. two-run double and Pitts-
walked and added a two- four earned — over 3 1/3 league appearance, re- Reyes Moronta (5-2) took burgh topped Cincinnati.
run double in the seventh. innings. liever Austen Williams (0-1) the loss. Joe Musgrove (6-8) took a
The first-place Cubs com- CARDINALS 11, NATIONALS gave up all three homers. DIAMONDBACKS 6, PADRES shutout into the seventh in-
mitted two errors. First base- 8 He allowed none in 68 in- 0 ning for the Pirates, who im-
man Anthony Rizzo left the WASHINGTON (AP) — Yadi- nings this season in Double- PHOENIX (AP) — Rob- proved to 12-4 against the
game with a bruised right er Molina hit a grand slam, A and Triple-A. bie Ray struck out 10 and Reds this season. Scooter
foot. Marcell Ozuna homered The 4-hour, 10-minute pitched two-hit ball for Gennett homered twice
DODGERS 11, METS 4 twice and St. Louis defeat- game included 16 walks 6 1/3 innings as Arizona for Cincinnati. Cody Reed
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Da- ed Washington. and 20 strikeouts. blanked San Diego to end (0-2) permitted six runs and
vid Freese hit his first homer Molina provided a cush- ROCKIES 6, GIANTS 2 a four-game losing streak. nine hits in a season-high
with his new club and Rich ion for the Cardinals with DENVER (AP) — Ryan Mc- The Diamondbacks' skid five innings. The top four
Hill rebounded from a slug- his sixth career slam, which Mahon had a pinch-hit had knocked them out of batters in Pittsburgh's lineup
gish start on the mound as made it 11-5 in the ninth in- home run and Carlos Gon- first place in the NL West. went a combined 8 for 17
Los Angeles erased an ear- ning. St. Louis hit five hom- zalez tripled with the bases Ray (5-2) got his first win at and drove in five runs.q