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Rockies end Acuna's HR

streak, beat Braves 5-3

By The Associated Press Davis worked a scoreless In the first game, Jose Bau-
ATLANTA (AP) — Colorado ninth for his 33rd save. tista hit a grand slam and
snapped Ronald Acuna NATIONALS 5, CARDINALS 4 had a career-high sev-
Jr.'s home run streak and At- ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bryce en RBIs as the Mets set a
lanta's five-game winning Harper had three hits and franchise record for runs,
streak, rallying for three un- drove in three runs, and a prompting the Phillies to
earned runs in the ninth in- beleaguered bullpen held use two position players to
ning to beat the Braves 5-3 on as Washington snapped pitch the final three innings
on Thursday night. a four-game losing streak. of a 24-4 rout.
David Dahl homered in The Nationals won for just The Mets kept on hitting
the third and capped the the third time in their last in the nightcap with three
winning rally with a two- 10 games and snapped straight doubles on Zach
out, two-run single off Brad the Cardinals' season-high, Eflin's first four pitches. Mi-
Brach (1-3). The Rockies eight-game winning streak. chael Conforto's two-run
took advantage of an error Tanner Roark (8-12) gave double made it 2-0.
by shortstop Danby Swan- up four runs, three earned, But then Hoskins crushed
son leading off the ninth to in six innings. one high off the foul pole to
win for the fifth time in six A bullpen that had blown give the Phillies a 3-2 lead Colorado Rockies' David Dahl watches his two-run single during
games. two leads to start the losing in the bottom half against the ninth inning of a baseball game to give the Rockies a 5-3
victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in
One night after being streak took care of the rest. Steven Matz (5-10), just ac- Atlanta.
plunked in the left arm by Justin Miller pitched two tivated from the disabled Associated Press
Miami's Jose Urena, Acu- scoreless innings and Koda list. Hoskins, who went deep
na was back in the lineup Glover earned the save in in both ends of the twin- had no walks while im- extra-base hit. There was
looking to extend his homer the first opportunity since bill, has 11 of his 25 hom- proving to 3-1 against the a fair share of cheers while
streak to six games. Wear- Ryan Madson was placed ers since the All-Star break Pirates this season. His pre- Happ rounded the bases as
ing a red protective guard, on the disabled list on Tues- — and three in the last four vious victory came July 15 he is from suburban Mount
the 20-year-old slugger re- day. games. at San Diego and he had Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
ceived a standing ovation Just two of the four runs In the opener, Corey Os- gone 0-3 with a 10.32 ERA in DIAMONDBACKS 5, PADRES
his first time up and lined Luke Weaver (6-11) al- walt (2-2) allowed four solo five starts since the All-Star 1
the second pitch — one lowed in his 3 2/3 innings homers in six innings, Amed break. SAN DIEGO (AP) — Clay
more than he saw the pre- were earned. He gave up Rosario hit a leadoff homer Steve Cishek, Carl Edwards Buchholz pitched a five-
vious game — into center seven hits, including two and had three RBIs and the Jr. and Pedro Strop each hitter, David Peralta hit a
field for a single, extend- to Roark, who scored both Mets took advantage of pitched one inning to com- three-run homer and Ari-
ing his hitting streak to nine times. four errors to score 11 un- plete the six-hitter. Strop hit zona beat San Diego in the
games. METS 24, PHILLIES 4, 1ST earned runs. David Freese with a pitch opener of a four-game se-
That was the highlight of his GAME CUBS 1, PIRATES 0 with two outs in the ninth ries. Buchholz (6-2) allowed
night. Acuna finished 1 for PHILLIES 9, METS 6, 2ND PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jon Les- but converted his 10th save a leadoff double to Travis
4, lining out to right in the GAME ter pitched six innings to win in 13 opportunities. Jankowski but retired the
eighth in his last chance to PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rhys for the first time in just over Happ connected with one next 13 batters he faced.
become the first player in Hoskins hit a three-run hom- a month and Ian Happ out in the fourth inning off Hunter Renfroe homered
Braves franchise history to er, Scott Kingery had a solo homered as Chicago beat Ivan Nova (7-7) for his 13th in the eighth inning before
homer in six straight games. shot and Philadelphia beat Pittsburgh. home run, a drive deep Buchholz retired the side in
Seunghwan Oh (5-3) New York to split their dou- Lester (13-5) allowed five into the right-center seats the ninth en route to his 10th
earned the win and Wade bleheader. hits, struck out eight and that was the game's only career complete game.q

FOX Sports MLS broadcast will feature first all-female crew

By ANNE M. PETERSON women are the first all- ing the World Cup were get to that spot where we the group, having been
AP Sports Writer female trio to call a game Viviana Vila for Telemun- stop talking about gender, with the BTN Network since
The FOX Sports broadcast among the top five men's do, Vicki Sparks for the BBC we just talk about who is 2007. She'll cover college
of Sunday's Major League professional leagues. and Claudia Neumann for best for the position. I think football at BTN this fall and
Soccer match between The broadcast comes at ZDF in Germany. all women would appreci- work on college basketball
D.C. United and the New a time when women are Witham, who played soc- ate that." for FS1. Byington played
England Revolution will making strides in soccer cer at Capital University, Slaton played for the U.S. soccer and basketball at
feature an all-female on- broadcasting in the United has been a sideline report- women's national team Northwestern.
air crew for the first time. States and abroad. er and host for MLS shows and started her broad- "We have an excellent
The group will include play- Aly Wagner broke ground on FOX since joining the casting career as an ana- team ready to call this
by-play announcer Lisa this summer as an analyst network in 2017. lyst with the Big Ten Net- match," FOX Sports Pro-
Byington, analyst Danielle for FOX Sports' coverage "I'm excited that we're work. She was part of FOX's ducer Shaw Brown said in
Slaton and sideline report- of the World Cup in Russia, finally here, in this mo- broadcasting team for the a statement. "Collective-
er Katie Witham at D.C. becoming the first woman ment," Witham told The 2015 Women's World Cup ly and individually, they
United's new stadium. to call a match for the Associated Press. "Hope- in Canada, and has been have a strong connection
It is the first time any net- men's tournament in Eng- fully, we can get it to the involved in broadcasts for to the game, and I hope
work has aired an MLS lish. point where it's not such a the Chicago Fire and San each of them continues
match with an all-female Other prominent female news item and it's more the Jose Earthquakes. to get more and more
crew. It's also believed the reporters showcased dur- norm; where we eventually Byington is the veteran of opportunities."q