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SPORTS Friday 16 august 2019

Phillies beat up on Hamels,

make Manuel's return a big hit

By The Associated Press the season; they scored 11 ond bloop single to right
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — J.T. in an inning at Colorado in field.
Realmuto hit a grand slam, 2017. After he was left in the
Bryce Harper went deep The sixth Wednesday wasn't game to hit, Matz was re-
twice and the Philadel- too shabby, either, as moved by manager Mick-
phia Phillies beat the Chi- Washington batted around ey Callaway after throwing
cago Cubs 11-1 in Char- again, much to the delight only 79 pitches and allow-
lie Manuel's first game of a crowd of 23,596 that ing only two hits in six in-
as hitting coach, ruining showed up for the unusual nings. Matz retired 14 con-
Cole Hamels' return home 4:05 p.m. weekday start. secutive batters before be-
Wednesday night. By the time that inning was ing lifted.
Manuel was back in red done, the club's eight po- The move backfired when
pinstripes in his old dugout sition players each had the NL East-leading Braves
exactly six years to the day scored twice and the score scored five runs on six sin-
the franchise icon man- was 17-4. The Nationals gles off Lugo and Luis Avi-
aged his last game for the were well on their way to lán in the seventh. All five
Phillies. He heard "Charlie! improving to 65-55, pushing runs were charged to Lugo
Charlie! Charlie!" chants af- them 10 games above .500 (5-3), who recorded only
ter Realmuto connected to for the first time since June one out.
make it 10-0 in the third. 2018. ROCKIES 7, DIAMOND-
Hamels, the 2008 NLCS and DODGERS 9, MARLINS 1 BACKS 6
World Series MVP with Man- MIAMI (AP) — Clayton Ker- DENVER (AP) — Nolan Are-
uel's Phillies, was roughed shaw struck out the first sev- nado hit a two-run homer
up in his first game in Phila- en batters he faced and in the ninth inning to give
delphia since he was trad- matched a season high Colorado the victory.
ed to Texas in July 2015. with 10 strikeouts in seven After Trevor Story was hit by
Hamels (6-4) gave up eight shutout innings as Los An- a pitch, Arenado launched
runs and nine hits in two- geles beat Miami. a fastball from Archie Brad-
plus innings. Kershaw (12-2) allowed ley (3-5) over the fence in
Aaron Nola (11-3) benefit- two hits and retired the first left. It was Arenado's third
ed from the offense's rare 14 Miami batters before career walk-off homer and
outburst. He allowed three Harold Ramirez's two-out first since June 18, 2017, Chicago Cubs' Cole Hamels, right, waits as Philadelphia Phillies'
Bryce Harper runs the bases with a two-run home run during the
hits, including Kris Bryant's single to right in the fifth. against San Francisco. first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in
homer, and struck out sev- The three-time Cy Young Arenado was doused Philadelphia.
en in seven innings. Award winner left after 90 with Powerade soon after Associated Press
Hamels received the loud- pitches. crossing home plate and
est applause during pre- Rookie Edwin Rios hit his first mobbed by teammates. shot off Trevor Gott in the Quantrill contributed with
game introductions and two major league homers. Colorado ended a string ninth after the Giants had his arm and bat as San Di-
got a standing ovation Justin Turner went 3 for 5 of five straight losses to Ari- trimmed a 7-0 lead to 7-5. ego beat Tampa Bay for
when he came to the plate with a home run and Corey zona. The Rockies are 14-33 BREWERS 6, TWINS 5 the first time in over nine
already trailing 4-0 in the Seager homered and had since June 21, one of the MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rookie years.
third. He wore longtime three RBIs for the Dodgers, worst marks by winning per- Trent Grisham hit a three- San Diego had lost nine in
Phillies executive David who have outscored Miami centage in the majors over run homer in the eighth in- a row to the Rays overall
Montgomery's initials on a 34-2 in the last three games. the stretch. ning, and Milwaukee rallied since June 23, 2010, in an
uniform patch. Montgom- Rios' second blast off Mar- ATHLETICS 9, GIANTS 5 to beat Minnesota. interleague matchup that
ery, who died in May after lins starter Elieser Hernandez SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Brewers trailed 5-3 when hasn't occurred too often.
a five-year fight with can- (2-5), a two-run shot that Matt Chapman homered Grisham, batting leadoff in The Padres also posted
cer, had a close relation- landed on the upper deck twice, including a pivotal his 11th game in the ma- their first home win over
ship with Hamels. seats in right field, gave the drive in the ninth inning that jors, blasted a 2-2 fastball Tampa Bay — they were
NATIONALS 17, REDS 7 Dodgers a 6-0 lead. followed a late collapse by from Sergio Romo (2-1) into 0-3 against the Rays in 2004
WASHINGTON (AP) — An- BRAVES 6, METS 4 Oakland's bullpen, and the the right-field stands. Ryan when Petco Park opened,
thony Rendon, Kurt Suzuki ATLANTA (AP) — Tyler Flow- Athletics held on to beat Braun reached on a throw- and had dropped the first
and Adam Eaton hit hom- ers drove in a tiebreaking San Francisco. ing error by shortstop Jorge two games of this series.
ers in a 10-run fifth that in- run with an infield hit, and Homer Bailey (10-8) pitched Polanco and Hernán Pérez Eric Hosmer homered to
cluded an RBI single from Atlanta scored five runs off seven scoreless innings singled before Grisham help San Diego stop a
Stephen Strasburg (15-5), Seth Lugo in the seventh and singled twice. Robbie went deep. three-game losing streak.
and Washington tacked on and survived a ninth-inning Grossman also went deep Junior Guerra (6-3) worked Tampa Bay had won five
another six runs in the next scare in a win over New and made a sliding catch two scoreless innings for Mil- in row, along with nine
inning to complete a three- York. in left, and Matt Olson waukee. straight on the road.
game series sweep. The Mets have lost three added a two-run double Mitch Garver, Eddie Rosa- Quantrill (6-3) gave up a
This marked the first time straight, including the first to help the A's earn a split rio and Miguel Sanó each two-run homer to Tommy
since the Nationals moved two of the three-game se- of the two-game series be- hit solo homers for the Pham in the first inning, but
from Montreal in 2005 ries with Atlanta, after win- tween Bay Area rivals. Twins, who have a major little else before leaving
that every member of the ning 15 of 16 to move up in Mike Yastrzemski homered league-leading 233 home with one out in the sixth.
team's lineup scored in a the NL wild-card chase. for San Francisco, which runs this season. The record He allowed three hits and
single inning. The NL wild- J.D. Davis gave New York had won three straight. is 267, set last year by the walked one, striking out six.
card leaders broke loose a 2-1 lead with a two-run Chapman homered off Ty- Yankees. Rays starter Jalen Beeks
against Trevor Bauer (1-1) single in the seventh, when ler Beede (3-7) in the first PADRES 7, RAYS 2 (5-2) allowed five runs on
for their biggest inning of Steven Matz had his sec- and added another solo SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cal eight hits in five innings.q