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Rendon helps Nats sweep Cubs 7-5 in 11 for 5th straight win

By The Associated Press slugger, drove a pitch from
CHICAGO (AP) — Anthony left-hander Brian Johnson
Rendon homered and had (1-3) for his 27th homer to
four hits, including an RBI give the Padres a 3-0 lead.
single in the 11th inning, It was the third straight hit
and the Washington Na- off Johnson to open the
tionals beat the Chicago game. It was the Padres'
Cubs 7-5 on Sunday for 190th homer of the season,
their fifth straight victory. setting the franchise's sea-
Juan Soto added three son record.
hits and Stephen Strasburg Lucchesi (9-7) allowed one
struck out 10 in six innings, run and three hits in five in-
helping Washington finish nings, struck out three and
off its first sweep of Chica- walked two.
go since September 2012. His only big mistake was al-
The Nationals outscored lowing J.D. Martinez's 411-
the Cubs 23-10 in a three- foot home run into the top
game series between the balcony of the Western
top two teams in the NL Metal Supply Co. Building
wild-card standings. in the left-field corner for
Kyle Schwarber, Addison Boston's first hit of the game
Russell and Victor Cara- with two outs in the fourth. It
tini homered for Chicago, was his 31st.
which had won five in a row MARLINS 3, PHILLIES 2
before Washington rolled MIAMI (AP) — Starlin Cas-
into town. The Cubs fell 2½ tro's two-run double in
games behind first-place the sixth inning capped a
St. Louis in the NL Central. comeback by Miami, who
The Nationals grabbed the rallied against Aaron Nola
lead for good when Howie (12-4) to beat Philadelphia.
Kendrick scored on Tyler Four Miami pitchers com-
Chatwood's wild pitch with bined on a four-hitter and
Rendon at the plate in the allowed one walk after giv-
11th. Rendon then drove in ing up 10 bases on balls in
Trea Turner with a single off each of the first two games
Chatwood (5-2). of the series.
Daniel Hudson (7-3) pitched Elieser Hernandez (3-5)
two innings for the win. gave up two runs in six in-
The Cubs played without nings. Ryne Stanek pitched
Anthony Rizzo, sidelined by Washington Nationals' Anthony Rendon, right, crosses home plate past Chicago Cubs' catcher around a leadoff walk in
Jonathan Lucroy, left, after hitting a solo home run off of Chicago Cubs' Cole Hamels during the
tightness in his back. fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Chicago. the ninth for his first career
CARDINALS 11, ROCKIES 4 Associated Press save.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Car- Rhys Hoskins hit his 25th
penter broke out of his his return from the minors. season. He tied Hank Aar- since Aug. 14 due to lower homer for Philadelphia.
slump with a homer and BRAVES 2, METS 1 on's club mark for most back spasms. He allowed PIRATES 9, REDS 8
three hits, Dexter Fowler NEW YORK (AP) — Josh homers in a year versus the three hits, walked four and PITTSBURGH (AP) — Trevor
drove in three runs and St. Donaldson hit two more Mets — Hammerin' Hank struck out six in five innings. Bauer had another rocky
Louis cruised past Colorado home runs against the Mets, did it against the expansion The left-hander has thrown outing for Cincinnati, al-
after a long rain delay. Dallas Keuchel pitched his club in 1962. 18 2/3 consecutive score- lowing eight runs in three
The streaking Cardinals, best game of the season Keuchel (5-5) allowed four less innings against the innings as Pittsburgh swept
who have won seven of and Atlanta won its eighth hits in seven innings, striking Brewers. a three-game series.
eight and 13 of 16, swept in a row by holding off New out seven. Escobar hit his 29th homer Since being acquired from
the four-game series by a York. Sean Newcomb pitched and Walker got his 23rd. Ar- the Cleveland Indians prior
combined score of 31-12. Braves relievers set an At- a perfect eighth and Mel- chie Bradley retired Chris- to the July 31 trade dead-
They are a season-high 13 lanta record by extending ancon closed for his sixth tian Yelich with two on in line, Bauer (10-11) is 1-3 with
games over .500. their string to 25 scoreless save, including a 5-for-5 the ninth to finish his sev- a 7.62 ERA in five starts. Sev-
Nolan Arenado and Gar- innings before the Mets performance since being enth save. en of the runs charged to
rett Hampson homered scored in the ninth. Mark traded from San Francisco Zach Davies (8-7) allowed him Sunday were earned,
for the Rockies, who have Melancon got pinch-hitter to the Braves in late July. four runs in four innings and and he had two walks and
dropped six of seven. Are- Joe Panik to ground out Steven Matz (8-8) took the dropped his fifth straight two strikeouts.
nado reached 100 RBIs for with two on to end it. hard-luck loss. start. Eugenio Suarez's leadoff
the fifth successive season. The NL East leaders com- DIAMONDBACKS 5, BREW- PADRES 3, RED SOX 1 home run in the ninth inning
Tommy Edman had three pleted a three-game ERS 2 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manny drew the Reds within a run,
hits and Lane Thomas add- sweep and matched their MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rob- Machado hit a two-run but Felipe Vazquez retired
ed a pinch-hit homer for longest winning streak bie Ray returned from the homer — his first in more the last three hitters for his
St. Louis. Ryan Helsley (1-0) of the season. The Mets injured list and pitched than three weeks — and 23rd save in 25 opportuni-
picked up his first career dropped to 5-11 against five scoreless innings, Edu- left-hander Joey Lucchesi ties.
win with 2 1/3 innings of re- Atlanta, long their nemesis. ardo Escobar and Christian pitched five decent in- Dario Agrazal (3-3) allowed
lief. A day after hitting his 30th Walker each homered, and nings for San Diego in a vic- four runs in five innings to
Antonio Senzatela (8-8) home run, Donaldson con- Arizona beat Milwaukee to tory over Boston to avoid a end his three-game losing
was tagged for six runs and nected twice to give him avoid a series sweep. three-game sweep. streak. The rookie struck out
five hits over 1 2/3 innings in nine against the Mets this Ray (11-7) had been out Machado, the $300 million five and walked two.q