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SPORTS Wednesday 24 april 2019
Arizona tops Pirates

12-4; Bucs’ Burdi

exits with arm injury

By The Associated Press and two strikeouts. Matt
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pirates Andriese (3-1) picked up
reliever Nick Burdi left in the win in relief.
tears with a right arm injury, METS 5, PHILLIES 1
a chilling low point for Pitts- NEW YORK (AP) — Steven
burgh in a 12-4 loss to the Matz atoned for a dismal
Arizona Diamondbacks on start last week in Philadel-
Monday night. phia by pitching six fine
Burdi, who had Tommy innings, and Jeff McNeil
John surgery in 2017, had homered as New York dealt
already given up five runs the Phillies their fourth loss in
in a third of an inning when five games. Slugger Bryce
he fired a 96 mph fast- Harper struck out twice and
ball to Jarrod Dyson. The was ejected Mark Carlson
26-year-old Burdi shrugged four batters after being
his right arm after releasing called out on strikes. Matz
the pitch then crumpled to (2-1) allowed one run and
the ground. Surrounded by three hits. The Phillies Jake
teammates, a trainer and Arrieta (3-2) got chased in
manager Clint Hurdle, Bur- the seventh. Pete Alonso hit
di sobbed on the mound an RBI double in a two-run Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Nick Burdi, right, holds his arm after delivering a pitch during the
before standing and walk- third and was hit by a pitch eighth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Pittsburgh, Monday, April
ing off holding his arm. The with the bases loaded in 22, 2019.
team said he was dealing the seventh. McNeil hit a Associated Press
with pain in his biceps and solo home run in the fifth. a season high for runs and Adrian Houser (0-1) lost in the seventh time in eight
right elbow. Rhys Hoskins homered for won its third straight. his season debut and first games. He is the ninth
The scene came after the Phillies. Fowler had the fifth four-hit big league start, giving up Rockies player to reach
the Diamondbacks had CARDINALS 13, BREWERS 5 game of his career, his first five runs and nine hits in 1,000 hits, getting there with
already put the finishing ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dexter since June 9, 2013, against four-plus innings. a solo shot off Wander Su-
touches on a massive rally Fowler had a four-hit game San Diego. ROCKIES 7, NATIONALS 5 ero (1-2) in the seventh to
that turned a three-run def- with his first home run this Ryan Braun, Hernán Pérez, DENVER (AP) — Nolan Are- make it 6-5.
icit into their major league season and four RBIs to Yasmani Grandal and Tra- nado hit a tiebreaking Mark Reynolds and pinch-
leading ninth comeback lead St. Louis over Milwau- vis Shaw homered for Mil- homer for his 1,000th career hitter Raimel Tapia also
win of the season. kee. Paul Goldschmidt hit waukee, which has lost five hit and Colorado rallied to homered for Colorado,
Arizona starter Zack God- his ninth home run and had of six. Jack Flaherty (2-1) al- beat Washington. and Trevor Story singled
ley only lasted four-plus in- three hits and three RBIs lowed four runs and three Arenado also doubled twice and drove in a run to
nings, allowing four runs on for the Cardinals. St. Louis hits — all homers — in six in- twice and drove in two to extend his hitting streak to
seven hits, with four walks outhit Milwaukee 18-5, set nings. He struck out 10. help the Rockies win for 11 games. q

2019 MLB Payrolls

$20 million signing bonus
Continued from Page 18 — the measurement used due May 31. That lowered
for the luxury tax — payrolls his figure for the 2019 pay-
Just three teams are on went up 3 percent from roll calculation from $34.08
track to pay luxury tax. $4.415 billion to $4.545 bil- million to $18.5 million.
World Series champion Bos- lion, but remained below Others who agreed to sign-
ton projects to owe $11.8 the $4.549 billion at the ing bonuses of $10 million or
million, the Chicago Cubs start of 2017. more included Alex Breg-
$5.3 million and the New Angered over the slow man, Jacob deGrom, Paul
York Yankees just under $4 pace of free-agent sign- Goldschmidt, Clayton Ker-
million. Figures will fluctuate ings, players pushed for an shaw, Manny Machado,
during the season due to unprecedented early start and A.J. Pollock.
roster moves. to labor negotiations, and About $192 million in sign-
Payrolls totaled $4.072 bil- clubs agreed to bargain ing bonuses were agreed
lion on opening day, down over economic terms. The to during the offseason,
1.1 percent from $4.115 five-year collective bar- and that money is prorated Philadelphia Phillies’ Bryce Harper strikes out against Colorado
billion at the start of last gaining agreement runs over the length of each Rockies starting pitcher Jon Gray in the fourth inning of a
season and $4.135 billion until December 2021. contract, causing only a baseball game Sunday, April 21, 2019, in Denver.
on opening day 2017, us- Signing bonuses can im- portion to appear on 2019 Associated Press
ing the calculation of sala- pact payroll calculations. payrolls. Among all out- pitchers Craig Kimbrel ries and prorated shares
ries plus prorated shares of Trout originally was set to standing signing bonuses, and Dallas Keuchel re- of signing bonuses, down
signing bonuses. earn a $33.25 million sal- the prorated share includ- main unsigned, and play- from $4.245 billion in 2017.
Using the average annual ary this year, but his record ed this year was $121 mil- ers will earn performance The figure for average an-
values of contracts plus a $426.5 million, 12-year con- lion. and award bonuses. The nual values ended 2018 at
little over $14 million per tract dropped his salary to Payrolls will increase during 2018 payroll figure finished $4.548 billion, down from
team in benefits this year $16 million and added a the year. Top free-agent at $4.227 billion for sala- $4.663 billion.q