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Thursday 16 augusT 2018
Acuna hits another leadoff homer, Braves beat Marlins 10-6

ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Sox increased their total
Acuna Jr. became the to 168 homers, matching
youngest player in major their number from last year
league history to homer when they hit an AL-low
in five straight games, hit- 168.
ting a leadoff shot on the Porcello (15-5) gave up one
first pitch and later adding run and two hits, striking out
a three-run drive to help 10. Craig Kimbrel worked
the surging Atlanta Braves the ninth for his 36th save.
beat the Miami Marlins 10-6 Rhys Hoskins homered, but
on Tuesday night. the Phillies wasted a solid
The 20-year-old Acu- outing from Nick Pivetta.
na homered on Miami's He allowed one run and
first pitch for the second three hits in six innings.
straight night and be- Holt hit the first pitch he saw
came the first player to hit from Tommy Hunter (3-2)
a leadoff homer in three in the eighth off the video
consecutive games since screen on the facing of the
Baltimore's Brady Anderson second deck in right field.
went deep in four straight INDIANS 8, REDS 1
in 1996. On Monday, he CINCINNATI (AP) — Jose
became the fourth player Ramirez hit his 36th home
in major league history to run and Cleveland ace
hit leadoff homers in both Corey Kluber extended his
games of a doubleheader. dominance over Cincin-
Acuna connected in the nati.
first off Trevor Richards and The Indians have won the
homered to right-center, first two games of the se-
his 19th of the year, off ries by a combined 18-4
Adam Conley (3-3) to give despite a rough week with
the Braves a 10-6 lead in outfielder Leonys Martin
the seventh. hospitalized with a serious
Freddie Freeman hit his 20th bacterial infection and
homer to tie it in the sixth, right-hander Trevor Bauer
and Dansby Swanson had on the DL with a fractured
a tiebreaking RBI single in Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. flips his bat after hitting a lead-off home run in the first inning of a right leg.
the seventh as the NL East- baseball game against the Miami Marlins Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 in Atlanta. Kluber (15-6) allowed one
leading Braves won for the Associated Press run and five hits and struck
13th time in 17 games. out seven in seven innings.
Acuna, who has homered mentarily separated, but cluding a home run for the within one game of the In his past four starts against
in seven of his last eight Puig ducked around team- second straight night, and Phillies for the second NL the Reds, he is 4-0 with a
games, and Charlie Cul- mates, coaches and man- drove in three runs to lead wild card. The Cardinals 1.80 ERA.
berson homered on Rich- ager Dave Roberts before the Los Angeles Angels also improved to 18-9 since Sal Romano (7-10) left after
ards' first two pitches. Jesse reaching back to hit Hund- over San Diego. Mike Shildt became interim allowing six runs and sev-
Biddle (4-1) won in relief. ley. He smacked Hundley Eric Young Jr. tripled and manager on July 13, the en hits in 1 2/3 innings, the
GIANTS 2, DODGERS 1 with an open hand across had two RBIs, and rookie most wins for a manager shortest start of his career.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yas- the front of his catcher's Taylor Ward had two hits, through his first 27 games in BREWERS 7, CUBS 0
iel Puig took a swing at Gi- mask. Both players were including an RBI double in franchise history. CHICAGO (AP) — Ryan
ants catcher Nick Hundley ejected. his first major league at-bat. The Nationals (60-60) have Braun hit two of Milwau-
during a benches-clearing Hansen's single in the ninth Freddy Galvis homered in dropped six of eight to fall kee's four homers, Jhoulys
scrap in the seventh inning, came off Kenta Maeda the third straight game for eight games behind Atlan- Chacin struck out 10 in sev-
then Alen Hanson hit an RBI (7-8), making his first relief the Padres. ta in the NL East. en innings and the Brewers
single in the ninth to lift San appearance of the sea- Jaime Barria (8-7) won for Gant (5-4) permitted four cut into the Cubs NL Cen-
Francisco over the Los An- son, and gave the Dodg- the third time in four starts hits in 5 1/3 innings. He was tral lead.
geles Dodgers. ers their fifth consecutive after losing six in a row. 0 for 30 for his career when Lorenzo Cain homered on
The fracas starter when loss, all against the bullpen. Brett Kennedy (0-2) gave he drove a 1-1 pitch from Jose Quintana's second
Puig swatted his bat in frus- The Dodgers had a play at up five runs over five innings Gio Gonzalez (7-9) over the pitch. Braun hit a two-run
tration after fouling off a the plate, but catcher Yas- in his second major league wall in left in the second. drive in the first and third.
pitch from Tony Watson, mani Grandal dropped the start. Jordan Hicks got three outs Erik Kratz added a solo
and Hundley said some- throw home. CARDINALS 6, NATIONALS 4 for his fourth save in eight homer in the sixth and an
thing to the mercurial slug- The Dodgers tied it with two ST. LOUIS (AP) — John Gant chances. RBI double in the eighth.
ger while still in his crouch. outs in the eighth on Justin homered for his first ma- RED SOX 2, PHILLIES 1 Chacin (12-4) allowed
Puig turned around and Turner's third double and jor league hit and pitched PHILADELPHIA (AP) — three hits and walked two.
walked toward Hundley, Manny Machado's base one-run ball into the sixth in- Pinch-hitter Brock Holt hit The Brewers pulled within
the catcher stood up, and hit off Sam Dyson (3-2). It ning, helping St. Louis to its a tiebreaking solo homer, two games of the Cubs
they stood face to face was Machado's first RBI this season-high seventh con- Rick Porcello threw seven after dropping eight of 11
and argued for a moment month. Will Smith threw a secutive victory. impressive innings and the against them.
before Puig shoved Hund- scoreless ninth to earn his Kolten Wong had three hits major league-leading Red Quintana (10-9) got tagged
ley twice. 10th save. and three RBIs as St. Louis Sox won again. for five runs and six hits in
That brought players out of ANGELS 7, PADRES 3 (65-55) pulled within four Sandy Leon also went five innings after dominat-
the benches and bullpens. SAN DIEGO (AP) — Justin games of the NL Central- deep for Boston, which im- ing the Brewers over seven
Puig and Hundley were mo- Upton had three hits, in- leading Cubs and moved proved to 86-35. The Red previous starts.q