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Kershaw wins 7th game, 20th career vs Giants

The Associated Press number. Their friendship
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — began when they were
Clayton Kershaw took a high school pitchers in the
share of the major league Tampa area, before Fer-
lead with his seventh win nandez became the Mar-
and earned career victory lins’ ace and then died in a
No. 20 against the rival Gi- boating accident last Sep-
ants, helping the Los Ange- tember.McCullers limited
les Dodgers avoid a sweep Miami to three hits in six in-
by beating San Francisco nings and lowered his ERA
6-1 on Wednesday. to 2.65.
Kershaw (7-2) struck out The Astros (29-12) have
five in seven shutout in- the best record in the ma-
nings and retired the first jors and their fourth con-
10 batters he faced before secutive win lifted them 17
Justin Ruggiano’s fourth-in- games above .500 for the
ning single. The left-hander first time since 2004.
moved into a tie for most Jose Urena (1-2) limited
wins with Houston’s Dallas Houston to three runs, one
Keuchel. earned, in 5 2/3 innings.
Yasmani Grandal hit a DIAMONDBACKS 5, METS 4,
two-run double in the first 11 INNINGS
and Yasiel Puig singled in PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Her- Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw works against the San Francisco Giants in the first
inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in San Francisco.
a pair of runs in the sixth rmann homered off Rafael Associated Press
as the Dodgers jumped Montero leading off the
on Johnny Cueto (4-3), 11th inning, sending New ing a called third strike past CUBS 7, REDS 5 for any player at the icon-
who lost for the first time York to its season-high sev- Jose Reyes. CHICAGO (AP) — Anthony ic ballpark.Chicago went
at home this season.The enth straight loss. PIRATES 6, NATIONALS 1 Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber ahead to stay with five runs
benches cleared briefly Montero (0-3) relieved to PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gerrit drove in two runs apiece, in the second against Scott
after the top of the third start the 11th, and Her- Cole shut down the best of- and Chicago handed slop- Feldman (2-4), who was
when Cueto and Grandal rmann worked the count fense in the majors, holding py Cincinnati its season- chased in the third.
exchanged words. It hap- full, fouled off a pitch and Washington to three hits in high fifth straight loss.Kyle BRAVES 8, BLUE JAYS 4
pened just after Cueto’s connected on a belt-high seven innings to win for the Hendricks (3-2) pitched ATLANTA (AP) — Kurt Su-
high, inside pitch flew wildly fastball for his first game- first time in a month. six effective innings and zuki hit a three-run homer
past catcher Buster Posey, ending home run in the Cole (2-4) struck out three, drove in a run as the Cubs to cap a six-run first inning,
allowing another Dodgers major leagues. walked two and received improved to 22-5 in their and Atlanta held off To-
run. New York went 0-6 in Mil- an overdue dose of support last 27 games against the ronto in a testy game af-
ASTROS 3, MARLINS 0 waukee and Arizona, the when Josh Bell smacked a Reds. Ben Zobrist reached ter Freddie Freeman left
MIAMI (AP) — Lance Mc- Mets’ longest winless trip three-run homer in the sixth three times after miss- with an injury.Freeman was
Cullers paid tribute to the since 1999, according to off Jacob Turner (2-2). An- ing two games with lower struck on the left wrist by a
late Jose Fernandez and the Elias Sports Bureau. At drew McCutchen went 2 back tightness.Zack Co- pitch in the fifth inning. The
pitched like him, allowing 16-23, New York dropped for 4 with two RBIs and stole zart had three hits and umpires initially ruled that
no earned runs for the third seven games under .500 two bases for Pittsburgh. two RBIs for Cincinnati, but Aaron Loup’s pitch did not
start in a row, and Houston for the first time September Bryce Harper and Ryan Zim- Adam Duvall committed hit Freeman. But with the
completed a three-game 2014.Tom Wilhelmsen (1-1) merman, who began the a big error in left field. Co- Atlanta star in obvious pain,
sweep.McCullers (4-1) walked Matt Reynolds and day with the top two bat- zart extended his Wrigley the Braves challenged and
wore cleats with Fernan- Lucas Duda with two outs ting averages in the majors, Field homer streak to five the call was reversed after
dez’s initials and uniform in the 11th before throw- combined to go 0 for 8. games, matching a record a video review.q
Toronto CF Pillar suspended

two games for anti-gay slur

PAUL NEWBERRY gry at Motte for allegedly the Braves. “I’m going to
AP Sports Writer quick-pitching him to get use myself as an example
ATLANTA (AP) — Toronto a strikeout that ended the of how there are words
Blue Jays center fielder seventh inning in Atlanta’s out there you can’t use.
Kevin Pillar was suspended 8-4 victory Wednesday It’s not a word I use ever.
two games Thursday for night .Replays appeared ... It’s something that just
yelling an anti-gay slur at a to show Pillar using the slur came out.”Toronto general
Braves pitcher. as he shouted toward the manager Ross Atkins flew
The Blue Jays suspended mound. After what he de- to Atlanta to apologize
Pillar without pay shortly scribed as a sleepless night, on behalf of the organiza-
after he apologized in the player acknowledged tion and announce the In this photo taken Wednesday, May, 17, 2017, Toronto
a statement, saying he his wrongdoing.“I regret suspension, which he said Blue Jays Kevin Pillar (11) looks on as both benches emp-
was “completely and ut- saying it,” Pillar told report- was deemed appropriate ty onto the field after he exchanged words with Atlanta
terly embarrassed” by the ers at SunTrust Park a few by Major League Baseball Braves relief pitcher Jason Motte (30) in the seventh in-
word he directed at Ja- hours before the finale of and Commissioner Rob ning of a baseball game , in Atlanta.
son Motte.Pillar was an- a four-game series against Manfred.q Associated Press