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Camargo’s pinch-hit HR in 10th lifts Braves past Nats 4-3

By The Associated Press en hits in four innings. CUBS 5, METS 3 Hamels. Pedro Strop tossed on three hits and a walk.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jo- BREWERS 7, REDS 5 CHICAGO (AP) — Javier a perfect ninth for his ninth DIAMONDBACKS 3, GIANTS
han Camargo had a two- 2, 10 INNINGS
run, pinch-hit homer in the PHOENIX (AP) — Tim Locas-
10th inning, and the Atlanta tro’s single with the bases
Braves beat the Washing- loaded in the 10th inning
ton Nationals 4-3 Sunday to ended Arizona’s season-
win their fifth straight series. high six-game losing streak.
Overcoming an injury to Locastro line drive to left
standout rookie starting field scored Nick Ahmed.
pitcher Mike Soroka, the Giants reliever Mark Melan-
Braves used the long ball con (3-2) uncorked a wild
and their bullpen to win pitch to put runners at sec-
the deciding matchup of ond and third with one out,
a three-game set between and Carson Kelly was inten-
NL East rivals. tionally walked to bring up
Camargo connected off Locastro. Matt Andriese (4-
Tanner Rainey (1-2) after 4) pitched a scoreless top
Ozzie Albies drew a one- of the 10th to earn the win.
out walk, and Atlanta held Christian Walker had three
on for its seventh victory hits for Arizona.
in 10 extra-inning games Kevin Pillar homered for
this season. Josh Donald- the Giants, his 10th of the
son and Ronald Acuña Jr. season, but San Francisco
also went deep for the first- was held to four hits for the
place Braves. game.
Juan Soto homered for the DODGERS 6, ROCKIES 3
Nationals, who have lost LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hours
two in a row following a after being called up from
five-game win streak. the minors, Will Smith con-
A.J. Minter (2-4) worked nected for a pinch-hit,
the ninth and Luke Jackson three-run homer with two
earned his 11th save de- outs in the ninth inning to
spite giving up a run, two lead Los Angeles.
hits and a walk. It was the third straight day
MARLINS 6, PHILLIES 4 a Dodgers rookie hit a walk-
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jor- off homer — all against the
dan Yamamoto won for Atlanta Braves’ Johan Camargo, right, and Ozzie Albies celebrate after Camargo batted Albies in Rockies — the first time that
the third time in three ca- on a two-run home run in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, has happened in major
reer starts, Garrett Cooper Sunday, June 23, 2019, in Washington. league history. Matt Beaty
and Brian Anderson hit con- Associated Press hit a two-run shot in the
secutive homers, and Mi- ninth inning on Friday and
ami handed Philadelphia MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bran- Baez hit the 100th homer of save. Alex Verdugo did it in the
its seventh straight loss. don Woodruff struck out a his career, a three-run drive PIRATES 11, PADRES 10 11th on Saturday.
JT Riddle homered, dou- career-high 12, Travis Shaw in the eighth inning as the PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kevin Smith, a 24-year-old catch-
bled and drove in two for homered and Milwaukee Cubs overcame another Newman walked with the er playing his seventh game
Miami, which swept three beat Cincinnati. home run by Pete Alonso bases loaded in the 11th in the big leagues, hit a
games in Philadelphia for Woodruff (9-2) cruised to beat New York. inning to cap a four-run slider from Scott Oberg (5-
the first time since August through the first five innings, Alonso hit his 27th home rally as Pittsburgh finished a 1) over the wall in center.
2009. The Marlins outhit the allowed Joey Votto’s three- run, breaking the Mets’ re- three-game sweep. Beaty singled to lead off
Phillies 16-4. run homer in the sixth and cord for most by a rookie in The Pirates rallied from the inning and advanced
Jean Segura had two RBIs struck out two to finish the an entire season set by Dar- three-run deficits in the on a wild pitch, and Rus-
for Philadelphia, which has seventh. Milwaukee im- ryl Strawberry in 1983. ninth and 11th innings to sell Martin was intention-
dropped 16 of 22 games to proved to 13-1 in the right- With the Mets clinging win their fifth straight. ally walked with two outs to
fall well behind the Braves hander’s 17 starts this sea- to a one-run lead, Baez Jacob Stallings hit a pitch- bring up Beaty.
in the NL East. The Phillies son. Alex Claudio got two launched his 19th homer hit, two-run single to tie the Kenley Jansen (3-2) pitched
entered Sunday trailing by outs in the eighth and Jer- of the season with Kyle game at 10. The Pirates one inning. The Dodgers,
5 1/2 games after leading emy Jeffress finished, giv- Schwarber and Anthony then loaded the bases be- with the best record in the
Atlanta by 3 1/2 on May 29. ing up two runs in the ninth Rizzo on base and one out. fore Newman’s sharp eye majors, swept the three-
The 23-year-old Yamamoto on Yasiel Puig’s RBI double Baez sent an 0-2 pitch from ended the four-plus hour game series and finished a
pitched two-hit ball over and Curt Casali’s single. Seth Lugo (3-1) halfway up affair. Francisco Liriano (2- 9-2 homestand.q
five innings, allowing two Anthony DeSclafani (4-4) the right field bleachers. 1) earned the win, while
runs and four walks on 99 struck out the first six bat- Mets starter Jacob deGrom Matt Wisler, who entered
pitches. He struck out sev- ters, matching the fran- allowed two runs and eight the game with one out in
en and kept his ERA at 0.95. chise record set by Robert hits in six innings. The NL Cy the 11th, took the loss.
Nick Anderson gave up a Stephenson against Pitts- Young Award winner struck After San Diego led 7-4 fol-
run in the ninth but record- burgh on Aug. 25, 2017. out nine and walked none. lowing an eighth-inning
ed his first career save. But the streak ended when DeGrom also drove in a run two-run single from Man-
Enyel De Los Santos (0-1), Shaw hit the next pitch 465 with a single. ny Machado, closer Kirby
making his first start this sea- feet to the bleachers in Steve Cishek (2-4) pitched Yates — who was previ-
son and third in his career, right field for his sixth home a scoreless eighth to earn ously 26 for 26 in save situ-
gave up four runs and sev- run. the win in relief of Cole ations — allowed three runs