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SPORTS Thursday 25 april 2019
Wheeler homers, strikes out 11 as Mets rout Phillies 9-0

By The Associated Press in the second and had a ond inning and connected Colorado and Ryan McMa- es-loaded walk to pinch-
NEW YORK (AP) — Zack solo homer in the seventh. again off rookie Erik Swan- hon had two hits. Jeff Hoff- hitter Phillip Ervin and Puig
Wheeler hit his first ma- It was more than enough son (0-2) with two outs in man (0-1), recalled from hit a sacrifice fly against
jor league home run and
struck out 11 in seven sharp
innings as New York hand-
ed Philadelphia its fifth loss
in six games.
The only spirit the Phillies
showed came with two
outs in the ninth when two
fastballs by Mets reliever
Jacob Rhame sailed over
Rhys Hoskins’ head. The
benches started to clear
after the first time, and
Hoskins angrily slung his bat
after the next one, which
was ball four.
A career .129 hitter, Wheel-
er (2-2) lined a two-run dou-
ble in the second off Zach
Eflin (2-3). The next time up,
Wheeler did even better,
launching a drive over the
wall in left-center.
Todd Frazier connected for
a grand slam that made it
8-0 in the fifth.
CARDINALS 4, BREWERS 3
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul De-
Jong hit a tiebreaking,
leadoff homer in the eighth
inning, Yadier Molina had New York Mets’ Pete Alonso (20) beats the throw to first base as Philadelphia Phillies’ Rhys Hoskins loses control of the ball during the
three hits and two RBIs, and first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in New York.
St. Louis beat Milwaukee. Associated Press
Milwaukee had three solo
homers, two by Travis Shaw support for Quintana (3-1), the sixth. Triple-A Albuquerque to Wes Parsons.
and another by Orlando who turned in another gem Nick Margevicius (2-2) al- start in place of injured Kyle Robert Stephenson (2-0)
Arcia. in the Cubs’ sixth win in sev- lowed two runs and four Freeland (finger blister), struck out two batters with
DeJong took reliever Alex en games. The veteran left- hits in five innings, struck out sailed through the first two a runner on third to end the
Wilson (1-1) deep to make hander allowed two runs four and walked five. Kirby innings only to run into trou- sixth. Raisel Iglesias retired
it 3-2. Molina hit his second and four hits while improv- Yates pitched the ninth for ble in the third. He allowed Ozzie Albies, Josh Donald-
double with one out, scor- ing to 3-0 with a sparkling his 11th save in as many four runs in five innings. son and Freddie Freeman
ing Jose Martinez, who had 0.86 ERA since he was hit chances. REDS 7, BRAVES 6 for his fifth save.
walked to go with two sin- hard in a loss at Milwaukee NATIONALS 6, ROCKIES 3 CINCINNATI (AP) — Yasiel DIAMONDBACKS 2, PIRATES
gles. Molina stole third but on April 5. DENVER (AP) — Patrick Puig hit a two-run homer 1
was stranded there. It was NL West-leading Los Ange- Corbin pitched six strong in the first inning off the fa- PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jarrod
his first stolen base this sea- les had won seven of eight. innings, Victor Robles hit cade of the second deck Dyson dived around catch-
son and the 17th time he’s But the Dodgers were un- a three-run double, and in left-center field, and er Francisco Cervelli but
stolen third in his career. able to recover after Kenta Washington beat Colora- Cincinnati wasted an ear- was only credited with the
Andrew Miller (1-1) struck Maeda (3-2) struggled ear- do. ly lead and then rallied to go-ahead run in the sixth in-
out two in a perfect eighth ly on. Corbin (2-0) gave up three beat Atlanta. ning after a replay review.
to pick up his first win as PADRES 6, MARINERS 3 runs — two earned — and José Peraza had his first RBIs Luke Weaver (2-1) struck
a Cardinal. Jordan Hicks SAN DIEGO (AP) — Austin five hits, and had a key since homering on opening out seven over 6 1/3 in-
pitched the ninth for his Hedges’ two-run homer base hit in Washington’s day, and Tucker Barnhart nings and won his second
sixth save. bounced out of center four-run third inning. Sean homered for the Reds, who straight start. Andrew Cha-
CUBS 7, DODGERS 2 fielder Mallex Smith’s glove Doolittle got the last four have won four of five fol- fin and Archie Bradley got
CHICAGO (AP) — José and over the fence, and outs for his third save. lowing a four-game losing the ball to Greg Holland,
Quintana pitched seven Franmil Reyes homered Washington scored two streak. Cincinnati led 3-0 in who worked around a walk
crisp innings in his third twice and had three RBIs. runs in the top of the ninth the fifth inning, fell behind and a wild pitch to earn his
straight win, and Chicago Hedges had an unusual when Rockies reliever DJ 4-3 in the sixth, then scored fifth save.
used a fast start to beat Los homer on a fly ball to deep Johnson walked Juan Soto four runs in the bottom half. Both runs went against Pi-
Angeles. center off reliever Cory Ge- with the bases loaded be- Peraza hit a two-run double rates starter Trevor Williams
Willson Contreras hit a arrin with two outs in the fore hitting Howie Kendrick off Kevin Gausman (1-2) for (1-1), who threw seven in-
three-run double in Chica- sixth. Smith, a former Pa- with a pitch. a 5-4 lead, Jessie Biddle nings. He struck out four
go’s four-run first, and An- dres’ farmhand, leaped Raimel Tapia homered for forced in a run with a bas- and walked one.q
thony Rizzo added a two- just in front of the fence
run drive in the second. Ja- and the ball bounced out
vier Báez juked around first of his glove and went over.
baseman David Freese for Reyes hit a two-run homer
a memorable infield single to cap the three-run sec-