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Saturday 1 September 2018
NL West-leading D-backs beat Dodgers 3-1 in series opener

By The Associated Press Gant (6-5) pitched out of
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David a bases-loaded situation in
Peralta hit a three-run hom- the first and a two-on, no-
er in the fifth inning and NL out jam in the third to win
West-leading Arizona de- for the third time in his last
feated Los Angeles in the four tries. He struck out six
opener of a pivotal series. in 5 2/3 innings and has al-
The loss snapped the Dodg- lowed one earned run in his
ers' five-game winning last 12 2/3 innings.
streak, which they had put Pirates starter Joe Mus-
together against last-place grove (5-8) opened the
San Diego and Texas. They game with 21 consecutive
struck out 15 times, includ- strikes, a first in the majors
ing four by Chris Taylor. since pitch tracking began
Robbie Ray (4-2) gave up in 1988, according to Stats.
one run and four hits in 5 That control didn't do him
1/3 innings. Brad Boxberger much good, though. He
got the final two outs in the gave up five runs in six in-
ninth to earn his 31st save in nings.
37 chances. CUBS 5, BRAVES 4
Peralta sent his 26th homer ATLANTA (AP) — Tommy La
into right field on the first Stella hit the first pinch-hit
pitch from Rich Hill with two homer of his career against
outs, giving Arizona a 3-0 his former team, carrying
lead. Chicago over Atlanta in
Hill (6-5) allowed three runs a matchup of NL division
and six hits in five innings. Arizona Diamondbacks' David Peralta follows through on a three-run home run against the Los leaders.
The left-hander struck out Angeles Dodgers during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Los Ange- After Atlanta went ahead
seven and walked none. les. with a three-run fifth, La
BREWERS 2, REDS 1, 11 IN- Associated Press Stella launched a two-run
NINGS shot off Mike Foltynewicz
CINCINNATI (AP) — Lorenzo day night, he went 6 for 6 called from Triple-A Louis- Bader and John Gant hit (10-9) that nearly reached
Cain hit a home run off the and hit for the cycle as the ville before the game, left back-to-back home runs, the Chop House restaurant
top of the left field fence in Brewers outlasted Cincin- with an apparent injury one Gant pitched into the sixth above the right-field seats .
the 11th inning and Milwau- nati 13-12 in 10 innings. out into the 11th. inning and St. Louis beat It was also La Stella's first
kee, a day after winning a The playoff-contending Joakim Soria (1-0) allowed Pittsburgh. homer of the season. Fred-
slugfest that went extras, Brewers totaled just six hits a hit with two strikeouts in The Cardinals have won die Freeman had three RBIs
edged Cincinnati. in their latest victory. Cain a scoreless 10th to get the 17 of 21 and took their for the Braves.Brandon Kint-
NL batting leader Christian hit the first pitch from Austin win. Josh Hader pitched tenth consecutive series, zler (2-3) claimed the win by
Yelich went 0 for 4 with Brice (2-3) that hit the wall the 11th for his 11th save. their longest series winning getting the final out of the
a bases-loaded walk for and bounced over for his CARDINALS 5, PIRATES 0 streak since 2009, when fifth. Pedro Strop worked
Milwaukee. On Wednes- 10th home run. Brice, re- ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harrison they also won ten in a row. the ninth for his 11th save.q

The Sho goes on! Ohtani set for pitching return Sunday night

HOUSTON (AP) — Shohei jection and an injection of fore his injury.
Ohtani is a two-way player stem cells. He returned to Ohtani was excellent over
again. hitting in early July and has nine starts before getting
Angels manager Mike Sci- 15 home runs and an .897 hurt, going 4-1 with a 3.10
oscia announced Thursday OPS as a part-time des- ERA.
the Japanese rookie sensa- ignated hitter. He's been "Very excited," Scioscia
tion will start for Los Ange- slowly working back on the said about seeing Ohtani
les on Sunday night for the mound and could make as back on the mound, "but
first time since spraining the many as five starts the rest obviously, I don't know if
ulnar collateral ligament of the season if the Angels we could put those ex-
in his right pitching elbow continue to use him once pectations that we had for
nearly three months ago. per week, as they were pri- Shohei when he really hit
Ohtani will make his re- or to the injury. stride, have those expec-
turn on national televi- "This is going to be fluid," tations what he's going to
sion against the defend- Scioscia said. come out and do for Sun-
ing World Series champion Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani, of Japan, sits in the dugout "This is going to be directed day. Hopefully, he's going
Houston Astros. Ohtani has prior to a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Mon- from a lot of input from our to get back to that."
thrown up to 50 pitches in day, Aug. 27, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. medical staff. From how The Angels want to deter-
the bullpen as he attempts Associated Press he's evaluated after every mine as soon as possible if
to work back from the UCL outing, we will see the fre- Ohtani's UCL will require sur-
injury that many feared "We will monitor that very see how the game is go- quency he's going to get gery. If he waits to test the
might require Tommy John closely," Scioscia said. "We ing." out more." elbow in spring training next
surgery and keep him out will have a range, but we Ohtani was diagnosed fol- Scioscia added that Ohtani year and still needs Tommy
of action through the 2019 are going to wait and talk lowing a start on June 6 would likely not hit the day John surgery, he would like-
season. He'll be on a limited internally to see what he is and has been treated with before or after pitching, as ly miss time during the 2020
pitch count. going to be able to do and a platelet-rich plasma in- had been the practice be- season as well.q