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Cueto outpitches Kershaw in Giants’ 4-3 win over Dodgers

The Associated Press base hit in the fifth, and a
LOS ANGELES (AP) — John- sliding catch of Giancarlo
ny Cueto outpitched Clay- Stanton’s sinking liner lead-
ton Kershaw as San Fran- ing off the ninth.
cisco ended Los Angeles’ Tim Beckham had a two-
four-game winning streak. run double for the Rays,
The Giants entered with who improved to 4-10 on
a National League-low the road. They totaled only
16 home runs but hit two five hits, but Marlins pitch-
against Kershaw — a two- ers issued eight walks.
run shot by Hunter Pence Marcell Ozuna homered
in the first inning and a solo for the Marlins, who lost for
drive by Buster Posey in the the fifth time in six games.
third. The score was 3-all when
Cueto (4-1) held the Dodg- Derek Norris started the
ers to three runs and six hits seventh with a double
in seven innings. Derek Law off Brad Ziegler (1-1) and
fanned Yasiel Puig to earn later came home from
his first save. third when Kevin Kierma-
Kershaw (4-2) went six in- ier broke up a potential
nings, allowing four runs — inning-ending double play
three earned — and eight San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Johnny Cueto throws to the plate during the first inning of a by sliding hard into second
hits. He struck out five and baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Monday, May 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. base.
had an RBI single. Associated Press BREWERS 7, CARDINALS 5,
Dodgers third baseman 10 INNINGS
Justin Turner went 0 for 4, jumped on Brett Anderson innings. Tampa Bay’s victory over ST. LOUIS (AP) — Travis
ending the longest hitting (2-1) for seven runs and Five Mets relievers com- Miami. Shaw and Jonathan Villar
streak in the majors at 16 seven hits in 1 1/3 innings. bined for four scoreless in- Odorizzi made his first start each hit a tape-measure
games. He lined out twice. Javier Baez homered for nings. since April 15 and allowed home run to help Milwau-
PHILLIES 10, CUBS 2 the Cubs. Jeurys Familia pitched the two hits and two runs, one kee beat St. Louis in 10 in-
CHICAGO (AP) — Tommy METS 7, BRAVES 5 ninth for his second save. earned, in five innings. He nings.
Joseph hit an early three- ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Conforto led off the game was activated before the Shaw’s three-run shot off
run homer, Aaron Altherr Conforto homered and with his seventh homer and game after recovering the Cardinals’ South Kore-
had three RBIs and Phila- drove in three runs, and the added a two-run single in from a strained left ham- an reliever Seung Hwan Oh
delphia routed Chicago. New York Mets scored five New York’s five-run fourth string. (0-2) traveled an estimated
Michael Saunders and times in the fourth inning off off Teheran (2-2). With New Danny Farquhar (1-1) 451 feet and broke a 4-all
Freddy Galvis also hom- Julio Teheran before hold- York’s lead down to 6-5, pitched a perfect sixth. tie with two outs in the top
ered in support of starter ing out to beat the Atlanta Jose Reyes added a homer Chris Whitley retired Chris- of the 10th. Villar’s two-run
Vince Velasquez (2-2) to Braves. off Ian Krol in the eighth. tian Yelich with two on to drive in the third soared 450
help the Phillies stop a On the day the Mets Atlanta’s Ender Inciarte hit end the eighth, and Alex feet and gave the Brewers
three-game losing streak. placed ace Noah Syn- his fifth homer to lead off Colome earned his sixth a 2-0 lead.
The Cubs opened a sev- dergaard on the 10-day the first. save with a 1-2-3 ninth. Jedd Gyorko hit two late
en-game homestand DL with a partial tear of RAYS 4, MARLINS 2 The Rays’ Corey Dicker- homers for the Cardinals
with their fourth loss in five his right lat muscle, Robert MIAMI (AP) — Jake Odorizzi son made a leaping grab and finished with four hits.
games. Gsellman (1-2) almost blew returned from the disabled before crashing into the Aledmys Diaz and Matt
After rain delayed the start an early 6-1 lead. Gsellman list to combine with four left-field wall to rob Adeiny Carpenter connected
for 85 minutes, Philadelphia allowed five runs in five-plus relievers on a four-hitter in Hechavarria of an extra- back-to-back in the fifth.q

Pre-2005 world records to be wiped out under proposal

STEVE DOUGLAS electronic timing. recommendations to the can be guaranteed; the nized as records.
AP Sports Writer All of those different areas IAAF for ratification in July, athlete had been subject “There has been a huge
MANCHESTER, England (AP) forced a recalibration of ahead of the world cham- to an agreed number of appetite to regain the
— The man spearheading the records. This is just a pionship in London. IAAF doping control tests in the public trust, to close a
a proposal to wipe out all recalibration for the 21st president Sebastian Coe months leading up to it; chapter and move on with
world records achieved in century.” said it was a “step in the and the doping control a new cleaner, more be-
athletics before 2005 says World-record holders such right direction.” sample taken after the re- lievable sport than there
it will mark the start of a as former marathon run- Under the new standards, cord was stored and avail- has been in the past,”
“new, clean, credible era” ner Paula Radcliffe and described as “radical” by able for re-testing for 10 O’Callaghan said in a
for a sport tainted by dop- ex-triple jumper Jonathan European Athletics presi- years. phone interview.
ing scandals. Edwards have reacted dent Svein Arne Hansen, The IAAF only started stor- Getting the proposal ap-
“It’s just the evolution with dismay following Euro- a world record would only ing and retesting blood proved by the IAAF before
of the sport,” Pierce pean Athletics’ announce- be recognized if the per- and urine samples in 2005, the world championship
O’Callaghan, chairman ment that its ruling council formance met three cri- so any records achieved
of the European Athletics had accepted a project teria: it was achieved at prior to that date wouldn’t from Aug. 5-13 would, ac-
task force, told The Asso- team’s recommendations a competition on a list of pass the test. cording to O’Callaghan,
ciated Press on Tuesday. to rewrite world and Euro- approved international Records not meeting the fuel “the general belief that
“We had feet and inches, pean record lists. events where the highest criteria would remain on the world championship in
changed from miles to ki- The European body said standards of officiating the all-time list but no lon- London is the “Redemption
lometers, hand timing to it would now forward the and technical equipment ger be officially recog- World Championship.”q