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Peralta's homer in 14th lifts

Dbacks over Phillies 3-2

PHOENIX (AP) — David NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie Guerra got Molina to
Peralta hit his second solo Jeff McNeil homered in bounce into a double play
homer off the game off the getting three more hits with for his first save since Sept.
top of the wall in the 14th his most unusual bat, lead- 27, 2014 while with the Chi-
inning and the Diamond- ing Noah Syndergaard and cago White Sox.
backs rallied from a two- the Mets over the Reds in Luke Weaver (6-10) al-
run deficit in the ninth to a matchup of struggling lowed two runs and seven
beat the Phillies. teams. hits in six innings for St. Louis.
The Diamondbacks had Wilmer Flores, playing on his Chen (4-8) struck out four
the winning run in scoring 27th birthday, and Austin and walked two.
position in the ninth through Jackson each had three ASTROS 3, GIANTS 1
13th innings and couldn't hits and Kevin Plawecki SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
get the hit they needed. homered for the Mets. Roberto Osuna got the win
Peralta finally ended it, hit- Both clubs had lost five in his first appearance with
ting the first pitch he saw of six going into the series Houston after Marwin Gon-
from Austin Davis (1-2) off opener. Before it began, zalez hit a three-run homer
the wall and out in left-cen- Reds pitcher Matt Harvey with two outs in the ninth in-
ter. Peralta was mobbed at was honored with a video ning, lifting the Astros over
the plate after ending the tribute, with the former the Giants.
Phillies' six-game winning Mets ace drawing a mix of Osuna (1-0) hadn't pitch
streak with one swing. cheers and boos in his first in the majors since May 6
Yoshihisa Hirano (3-2) didn't game at Citi Field since be- while serving a 75-game Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Nick Williams makes the running
allow a hit the final two in- ing traded to Cincinnati in suspension for violating catch on a ball hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Goldschmidt
nings, with Jorge Alfaro just May. MLB's domestic violence in the fifth inning during a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018,
missing a homer to right for McNeil's homer made it policy. in Phoenix.
the final out of the 14th. 6-0, and Syndergaard (7-2) Osuna was acquired from Associated Press
ROCKIES 2, PIRATES 0 seemed to be in complete the Toronto Blue Jays last eighth inning. He retired the Smith (1-2) blew his second
DENVER (AP) — Kyle Free- charge when he retired the Monday in a deal that side in order on five pitches. save in nine opportunities
land and the Colorado first batter in the seventh. sent back closer Ken Giles, Hector Rondon closed after issuing walks to Alex
bullpen combined on a But he then hit the next two and he became eligible to out the 2-hour, 26-minute Bregman and Yuli Gurriel.
two-hitter to help the Rock- batters with pitches and pitch Sunday. game with his 12th save in Gonzalez followed with a
ies beat the Pirates in a the Reds went on to rally for A few fans booed when he 15 chances. towering drive to left for his
game that was interrupted four runs. entered the game in the San Francisco closer Will 10th homer.q
32 minutes by rain. Homer Bailey (1-9) took the
Freeland (10-7) allowed loss. Nationals sign veteran reliever Holland
two hits and struck out five MARLINS 2, CARDINALS 1
over seven stellar innings. MIAMI (AP) — Javy Guerra for stretch run
Relievers Seunghwan Oh cleaned up a ninth-inning
and Wade Davis com- mess created by struggling By DAVID GINSBURG July 27. sixth or seventh innings by
bined to close out the win. closer Kyle Barraclough, AP Sports Writer A day after the right- the Nationals.
Davis pitched a perfect getting Yadier Molina to hit WASHINGTON (AP) — The hander worked out with "He knows how to get outs
ninth for his 32nd save in 38 into a double play to end Nationals hope veteran Washington, the Nation- in big situations. That's
chances. the Marlins' victory over the reliever Greg Holland can als announced his signing what we like about him,"
It was a positive step for a Cardinals. return to form and use his on Tuesday before facing Martinez said. "He will fit
beleaguered bullpen that After Wei-Yin Chen pitched postseason experience to the Atlanta Braves in a split well in our bullpen and in
endured three walk-off loss- 5 2/3 innings of one-hit ball, help Washington make a doubleheader. our clubhouse."Holland is
es — two by Davis — during Miami led 2-0 going into playoff run of its own. "He's a veteran guy that's 21-20 with 186 saves and
a 2-5 road swing. the ninth and handed the Holland has appeared in been around and pitched a 2.93 ERA across parts of
Joe Musgrove (4-6) re- game off to Barraclough. 12 postseason games, in- in high-level situations, eight seasons with the Roy-
tired the first 12 batters he Paul DeJong and Harrison cluding the 2014 World Se- pitched a World Series," als, Colorado Rockies and
faced before allowing a Bader opened the inning ries with Kansas City. That, Nationals manager Dave Cardinals.
single to Nolan Arenado with hard-hit singles, then along with his 186 career Martinez said. "If he's He had 47 saves last year
on the first pitch of the fifth. Yairo Munoz walked. Pinch- saves, was more impor- healthy, and we think he with Colorado and signed
The right-hander scattered hitter Kolten Wong struck tant to Washington than is, he's going to help us." a $14 million deal with St.
four hits over seven innings out swinging, but Matt Car- the 7.92 ERA he had with A three-time All-Star with Louis during the offseason
and allowed two runs, one penter drew a bases-load- St. Louis before being des- 186 career saves, Holland before coming out flat in
earned. ed walk to make it 2-1 and
METS 6, REDS 4 end Barraclough's night. ignated for assignment on initially will be used in the 2018.q