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SPORTS Saturday 13 May 2017
Polanco’s HR thwarts Greinke no-hit bid, Arizona wins 2-1

PHOENIX (AP) — Zack Gre- to nail Jacoby Ellsbury at
inke’s bid for his first career the plate for the final out
no-hitter was thwarted by and the Astros held off the
Pittsburgh’s Gregory Polan- Yankees in a matchup be-
co’s leadoff home run in tween teams with the best
the eighth inning and the records in baseball.
Arizona Diamondbacks Unbeaten Dallas Keuchel
held on to beat the Pirates (6-0) became the first six-
2-1 on Thursday night. game winner in the ma-
Greinke (4-2), who domi- jors, helped by a home run
nated the Pirates with a from Carlos Correa. The
vicious slider, allowed that Astros won their fourth in a
one hit in eight innings. He row and improved to 24-11
struck out 11 and walked — their top mark after 35
one. games since the franchise
Fernando Rodney pitched began playing in 1962.
a scoreless ninth for his Ken Giles wound up with
ninth save in 11 tries. his 10th save in 11 tries,
Greinke faced the mini- saved by Marisnick.
mum 21 batters through Ellsbury’s single with two
seven innings. Jordy Mer- outs in the ninth inning put
cer led off the third with a runners at the corners, and
walk but was thrown out then the fleet leadoff hitter
trying to steal second. Arizona Diamondbacks’ Zack Greinke throws a pitch against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first stole second. Gary San-
Gerrit Cole (1-4) allowed inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Phoenix. Associated Press chez followed with a sharp
two runs and seven hits in RBI single to left and Maris-
seven innings. He struck recalled from Triple-A Albu- to Milwaukee since 2003. ERA from 1.19 to 1.01. nick, who came into the
out five and walked one. querque earlier in the day. Boston’s right fielder en- Jorge Bonifacio hit an RBI game in the seventh, fired
Pittsburgh has scored five He becomes the latest joyed his time at Miller Park, single off Diego Moreno in a strike to catcher Brian
runs total in Cole’s last five rookie to shine this season as he went 7 for 11 with the decisive eighth before McCann to get the sliding
starts. on the mound for Colora- eight runs batted in and Whit Merrifield had a run- Ellsbury.
ROCKIES 10, DODGERS 7 do. five runs scored. scoring single and then BLUE JAYS 7, MARINERS 2
DENVER (AP) — Jeff Hoff- Dodgers lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu Milwaukee closer Neftali circled the bases when TORONTO (AP) — Steve
man struck out eight to (1-5) surrendered 10 runs, Feliz (0-4) came on in the center fielder Kevin Kier- Pearce hit a three-run
earn his first major league five earned, and walked six ninth, but managed to maier misplayed the hit for home run, Justin Smoak
win, Carlos Gonzalez over four innings. He was re- get only one out. Red Sox a three-base error. had a solo homer and fin-
showed signs of breaking instated from the disabled pitcher Craig Kimbrel (2- Merrifield also homered for ished with four RBIs, and
out of a slump with a two- list before the game after 0) got the final five outs as the Royals, who won three the Blue Jays beat the Mar-
hit, three-RBI night and the recovering from a bruised Boston snapped the Brew- of four against the Rays. iners, snapping Seattle’s
Rockies held off the Dodg- hip. ers’ three-game winning Kansas City had lost 13 of win streak at four.
ers. RED SOX 4, BREWERS 1 streak. 16 entering the series. Marco Estrada (2-2) al-
Ian Desmond and Nolan MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mookie ROYALS 6, RAYS 0 Jake Odorizzi (2-2) gave lowed two runs over six in-
Arenado each added two Betts’ three-run home run ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — up one run and four hits in nings for the Blue Jays, who
doubles to help the Rock- in the ninth inning lifted the Major league ERA leader six innings for the Rays. He have won four of five.
ies extend their lead in the Red Sox to a victory over Jason Vargas went seven had allowed three hits or Smoak went 3 for 3 with
NL West to 2 1/2 games the Brewers. more scoreless innings, Sal- fewer in each of his previ- a walk against his former
over the Dodgers. At 23-13, It was Betts’ fifth homer of vador Perez had a two-run ous four starts. team. He had an RBI sin-
the Rockies are off to the the season and third in double during a five-run ASTROS 3, YANKEES 2 gle in the first, walked in
best start in team history. his last four games, and eighth inning and the Roy- NEW YORK (AP) — Defen- the fourth, singled home
Hoffman (1-0) allowed helped Boston salvage one als beat the Rays. sive replacement Jake two runs in the fifth, and
three runs over 5 1/3 ef- win in the three-game se- Vargas (5-1) scattered Marisnick made a per- connected off rookie Sam
ficient innings after being ries in the Red Sox’s first trip three hits and dropped his fect throw from left field Gaviglio in the seventh.q

had seen its stock price The defense denied the al- DeCinces spent 15 years in
Continued from Page 17 Doug DeCinces plunge from more than $30 legations and accused the the major leagues, record-
per share to under $10 in government of conducting ing 1,505 hits and 237 home
the wake of the 2008 Wall a biased and shoddy inves- runs. He played for the
DeCinces bought more 65, of Provo, Utah, was
than 90,000 shares in the convicted of three counts Street crash. It more than tigation. Orioles from 1973 to 1982,
company days before Ab- on Friday. But the jury doubled after the merger Prosecutors offered more when he was traded to
bott Laboratories bought deadlocked in Mazzo’s was announced. than two dozen witnesses the Angels. He was on the
the firm, and he sold the case, and a mistrial was “Even though everyone during the two-month trial, American League All-Star
shares for a profit of about declared. However, Mazzo else was losing, they won,” but defense lawyers ar- team in 1983.
$1.3 million, prosecutors still could face a retrial on Assistant U.S. Attorney Jen- gued none of them directly The Angels released
said. 26 insider trading counts. nifer L. Waier said in clos- implicated DeCinces or his DeCinces in 1987, and
Fourteen other people DeCinces, 66, and Parker ing arguments on Tuesday. co-defendants. he played four games for
made another $1.3 million will remain free until they “They won big. They won DeCinces earlier faced civil the St. Louis Cardinals that
after DeCinces passed on are sentenced. A hearing because they knew tomor- charges of insider trading. season. The next year he
the tip to friends and fam- date was not immediately row’s news today.” He settled that case in 2011 played for Tokyo’s Yakult
ily members, prosecutors set. DeCinces even called his by agreeing to pay $2.5 Swallows in Japan. But he
alleged. At the time of the merger, broker while his father lay million to the U.S. Securities didn’t finish the season be-
One friend, David Parker, Advanced Medical Optics dying in the hospital, pros- and Exchange Commis- cause of back problems
ecutors said. sion. and then retired.q