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Friday 14 September 2018

LeMahieu hits 2-run homer in 9th, Rox beat D-backs 5-4

By The Associated Press adelphia to complete a
DENVER (AP) — DJ LeMa- three-game sweep.
hieu hit a two-run homer off Even Cy Young Award con-
Yoshihisa Hirano in the ninth tender Aaron Nola (16-5)
inning, and NL West-lead- couldn’t end Philadelphia’s
ing Colorado beat Arizona. skid. The Phillies have lost
LeMahieu helped the Rock- five in a row to drop 7 1/2
ies keep their 1 1/2-game games behind first-place
advantage over Los An- Atlanta in the NL East with
geles intact. The Diamond- 17 to play. They’re 11-23
backs fell 3 1/2 games be- since Aug. 5, when they
hind in the division race. had the NL’s second-best
A night after getting his first record.
career save, Hirano (4-3) Harper crushed his 33rd
allowed a single by Ge- homer, a two-run shot into
rardo Parra off the glove Philadelphia’s bullpen in
of first baseman Paul Gold- the first to give the Nation-
schmidt to begin the ninth. als a 2-0 lead. Zimmerman
Charlie Blackmon bunted connected in the fourth,
Parra over to second and sending a drive into the
LeMahieu followed with his bushes in straightaway cen-
first career walk-off homer. ter. Odubel Herrera made
Wade Davis (3-6) picked a leaping attempt at the
up the win by pitching a fence and nearly caught it.
perfect ninth, including two Soto drove one into the
strikeouts. second deck in right field
Nolan Arenado had a big in the sixth off Austin Davis
night for the Rockies with to make it 5-1. The 19-year-
two doubles and a solo Colorado Rockies’ DJ LeMahieu follows through with his swing after connecting for a two-run, old rookie has 19 homers.
homer. walkoff home run off Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Yoshihisa Hirano in the ninth inning of a Harper hit 22 homers as a
DODGERS 8, REDS 1 baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Denver. The Rockies won 5-4. teenager for the Nationals
CINCINNATI (AP) — Yas- Associated Press in 2012.
mani Grandal and Justin three walks in 4 2/3 innings. BREWERS 5, CUBS 1 drove in the Cubs’ lone run. J.P. Crawford hit a solo shot
Turner drove in three runs Jose Peraza put Cincinnati CHICAGO (AP) — Curtis Granderson appeared to in the fifth for Philadelphia’s
each, and Los Angeles ahead with his first inning Granderson homered, tri- begin the game with his only run.
beat Cincinnati to avoid a homer, but Pederson tied pled and scored three runs, 48th career leadoff homer, BRAVES 2, GIANTS 1
season sweep by the last- it 1-1 with a leadoff drive in Lorenzo Cain added three but it was ruled a triple fol- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
place Reds. the fourth, his second two hits and Milwaukee beat lowing an umpire review. Pinch-hitter Tyler Flowers
Joc Pederson homered for games and 21st this season. Chicago to move within Two batters later, Cain sin- drove in the go-ahead run
the Dodgers, and Grandal Grandal hit a go-ahead a game of the NL Central gled to drive in Granderson in the ninth inning, and
had three hits. Los Angeles double later in the inning, a lead. for the game’s first run. Tra- Atlanta moved closer to
had been 0-6 against the ball caught by a young fan Granderson also got three vis Shaw’s sacrifice fly in the clinching the NL East.
Reds and was on the verge with a glove reaching over hits and Mike Moustakas third gave the Brewers a 2-0 San Francisco lost its 11th
of being swept by Cincin- the wall with the ball still in had a two-run single for lead. straight, the worst skid since
nati in a season for the first play. Max Muncy scored Milwaukee, which took two Kyle Hendricks (11-11) was the team moved to San
time. from first and Reds manag- of three from the first-place the loser. Francisco and the longest
Left-hander Caleb Fergu- er Jim Riggleman argued Cubs. Josh Hader (6-1) NATIONALS 5, PHILLIES 1 for the franchise since 1951.
son (6-2), the third of seven unsuccessfully he should struck out three in a score- PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ste- Dan Winkler (3-0) pitched a
Dodgers pitchers, struck have been stopped at less eighth to get the win. phen Strasburg threw sev- scoreless eighth, and Jonny
out three in the fifth. third, but the umpires’ deci- Six Brewers pitchers com- en impressive innings, Bryce Venters worked a scoreless
Anthony DeSclafani (7- sion was upheld in a video bined to hold Chicago to Harper, Ryan Zimmerman ninth for his second save.
5) allowed six runs — five review. Turner hit a two-run six hits. and Juan Soto homered Will Smith (2-3) was the
earned — five hits and single in a four-run fifth. Kris Bryant had two hits and and Washington beat Phil- loser.q