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SPORTS Wednesday 31 May 2017
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Nationals win heated match against Giants

The Associated Press for McCutchen, recently
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — dropped to sixth in the bat-
An enraged Bryce Harper ting order for the first time in
charged the mound, fired his career.
his helmet and traded Diamondbacks pinch hit-
punches to the head with ter Chris Iannetta tied the
San Francisco reliever Hunt- game moments earlier with
er Strickland after getting a two-run homer to left field
hit by a fastball, setting off off closer Tony Watson.
a wild brawl Monday dur- Watson (4-1) was credited
ing the Washington Nation- with the win after blowing
als’ 3-0 win over the Giants. his third save in 13 opportu-
Drilled in the right hip by a 98 nities.
mph heater on Strickland’s It was a costly victory for
first pitch in the eighth in- the Pirates, as starting right
ning with two outs, none fielder Gregory Polanco
on and Washington ahead left the game with an in-
2-0, Harper didn’t hesitate. jury. Polanco got his right
The slugger pointed his bat ankle caught awkwardly
at Strickland, yelled at him in the railing separating
and took off. the stands from the playing Washington Nationals’ Daniel Murphy (20) tries to restrain teammate Bryce Harper (34) after Harp-
No one got in Harper’s way field while chasing down a er charged San Francisco Giants’ Hunter Strickland after being hit with a pitch in the eighth inning
as he rushed the mound. His foul ball in the sixth inning. of a baseball game Monday, May 29, 2017, in San Francisco. Associated Press
eyes were wide as he flung DODGERS 5, CARDINALS 1
his helmet — it sailed wide ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chase Ut-
of Strickland, it might’ve ley, Cody Bellinger and Lo-
slipped — and they started gan Forsythe hit solo home
swinging away. The 6-foot- runs, leading Rich Hill and
4 Strickland hit Harper in Los Angeles over St. Louis
the face, then they broke for its fifth straight victory.
apart for a moment before Hill (2-2) recovered from a
squaring off again. Harper bout of wildness in his last
punched Strickland in the start to pitch five innings,
head as the benches and giving up one run and two
bullpen emptied. hits. In his previous outing,
Harper and Strickland were also against the Cardinals,
both ejected. They have he permitted five runs on
some history between four hits and seven walks in
them — in the 2014 NL Di- four innings.
vision Series, Harper hit two Mike Leake (5-3) entered
home runs off Strickland, the game leading the ma-
and the All-Star outfielder jors with a 1.91 ERA, but al-
glared at the reliever as he lowed a season-high four
rounded the bases. runs in 6 2/3 innings.
Tanner Roark (5-2) struck PADRES 5, CUBS 2
out six and allowed six hits SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie
in seven innings. The NL Hunter Renfroe hit a grand
East leaders opened a slam off Kyle Hendricks as
nine-game West Coast trip San Diego handed Chica-
with their sixth win in eight go its fourth straight loss.
games. The defending World Se-
Koda Glover pitched a ries champion Cubs have
scoreless ninth to notch his lost six straight road games.
sixth save in seven tries. They were coming off a
Ryan Zimmerman hit his three-game sweep at the
14th homer, off Matt Moore Los Angeles Dodgers.
(2-6) in the second. The Cubs had only three
PIRATES 4, DIAMONDBACKS hits. They drew 10 walks
3 and two batters were hit
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew by pitches.
McCutchen hit a leadoff Hendricks (4-3) retired his
homer in the ninth inning, first 10 batters before allow-
lifting Pittsburgh over Ari- ing seven of his final 11 to
zona in a wild ending. reach.
McCutchen sent a 1-1 Jose Torres (3-2) pitched
pitch from Archie Bradley two scoreless, hitless innings
(1-1) over the right field for the win. He walked two
wall to cap off a back- and struck out one. Bran-
and-forth ninth. It was the don Maurer pitched the
eighth homer this season ninth for his seventh save.