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LOS ANGELES, April 29, WASHINGTON, April 29, (AP): Re- (AP): sults and standings from the MLB yielded four hits over sev- games on Wednesday. Minnesota 10 Cleveland 2 en innings, 1 NY Mets 0 NY Yankees 7 Baltimore 0 homered and the Los An- Tampa Bay 2 Oakland 0 Washington 8 Toronto 2 geles Dodgers ended their Kansas City 9 Pittsburgh 6 three-game losing streak LA Angels 4 Texas 3 Houston 7 Seattle 5 with an 8-0 victory over the Miami 6 Milwaukee 2 LA Dodgers 8 Cincinnati 0 Cincinnati Reds. Atlanta 10 0 Kershaw (4-2) struck out eight Philadelphia 5 St Louis 3 San Diego 12 Arizona 3 and walked one never allowing San Francisco 7 Colorado 3 Cincinnati to get a runner to third American League East Division base. W L Pct GB Matt Beaty drove in two runs with a Boston 16 9 .640 _ pinch single on his 28th birthday dur- Tampa Bay 13 12 .520 3 Toronto 11 12 .478 4 ing a six-run eighth. New York 11 13 .458 4-1/2 Nick Senzel matched his career high Baltimore 10 14 .417 5-1/2 with four hits as the Reds were shut out Central Division for the fourth time. W L Pct GB Kansas City 15 8 .652 _ Sonny Gray (0-2) pitched four-hit Chicago 12 10 .545 2-1/2 ball into the sixth while striking out 11 Cleveland 11 12 .478 4 and allowing four hits and three walks. Minnesota 8 15 .348 7 Detroit 8 16 .333 7-1/2 Cardinals 5, Phillies 3 West Division In St. Louis, Andrew McCutchen W L Pct GB Oakland 15 10 .600 _ returned to the lineup and drove in the Houston 13 11 .542 1-1/2 go-ahead run, helping Philadelphia Los Angeles 12 11 .522 2 beat St. Louis after Bryce Harper was Seattle 13 12 .520 2 hit in the face by a pitch. Texas 10 15 .400 5 National League East Division W L Pct GB BASEBALL Atlanta 12 12 .500 _ Philadelphia 12 12 .500 _ New York 9 10 .474 -1/2 Harper left the game in the sixth in- Miami 11 13 .458 1 ning after getting hit in his left cheek Washington 9 12 .429 1-1/2 on a 96.9 mph fastball from left-hand- Central Division ed reliever Génesis Cabrera (0-1). starting Clayton Kershaw throws to the Cincinnati Reds during the first inning of a baseball game, on April 28, in W L Pct GB Los Angeles. (AP) Milwaukee 14 10 .583 _ Cabrera hit the next batter, Didi Pittsburgh 12 12 .500 2 Gregorius, with a 94 mph fastball. St Louis 12 12 .500 2 Cincinnati 11 13 .458 3 Phillies manager Joe Girardi came out Chicago 10 14 .417 4 of the dugout to argue with plate um- Chennai back on top of IPL after beating Hyderabad West Division pire Chris Segal and was ejected. W L Pct GB Los Angeles 16 9 .640 _ Giants 7, Rockies 3 NEW DELHI, April 29, (AP): Chennai Super Kings ace leg-spinner (3-36) and left-arm spin- over with de Plessis getting trapped leg before San Francisco16 9 .640 _ In San Francisco, Mike Tauchman returned to the top of the with ner , who conceded 45 runs off his and Moeen Ali (15) holing out in the deep before San Diego 14 12 .538 2-1/2 their fi fth successive win as they beat Sunrisers Hy- three overs. Suresh Raina (15 ) sealed the game by hitting Arizona 12 12 .500 3-1/2 had three hits in his fi rst game with Colorado 9 15 .375 6-1/2 San Francisco, struck out derabad by seven . With their fi fth loss in six games, Hyderabad are at through the cover boundary. nine over six innings and the Giants Chennai’s opening pair of Ruturaj Gaikwad (75) and the bottom of the table with only two points. Chennai Earlier, Pandey scored more freely than Warner as beat Colorado. Faf du Plessis (56) featured in an attractive century-stand lead the table with 10 points on a better net run-rate Chennai kept both batsmen in check. South African Tauchman, acquired from the Yan- to cruise their team to 173-3 with nine balls to spare. than Royal Challengers , which also have fast bowler Lungi Ngidi removed both batsmen in his kees on Tuesday, started in center fi eld Hyderabad, which won the toss and elected to bat, 10 points after playing six games. last over when Warner holed out at sweeper cover and went 3 for 4 with a run and an RBI. made 171-3 with (61) and and du Plessis neatly caught Pandey at wide long on. A backup in New York’s star-studded (57) consuming too many balls for a (26 off 10 balls) hit Shardul outfi eld, the 30-year-old Tauchman is 106-run second wicket-stand. Thakur for three fours and a six in the penultimate hoping to establish himself as an ev- “The performance was superb, but that over and smashed Sam Curran for 10 eryday player. doesn’t mean the was not good,” Chennai Khan fi nally broke through the rollicking 129-run runs off the last two balls which lifted Hyderabad’s Wood (3-0) held the Rockies hitless skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said. “It was a sur- fi rst wicket stand off 78 balls when he had Gaikwad total in the end. through 5 2/3 innings and won his third prisingly good Delhi wicket, there was no dew.” clean bowled off a which spun away from Warner took the responsibility for consuming too consecutive start to begin his Giants Gaikwad’s dominance against the spin saw him the right-hander. many balls -- 55 deliveries -- for his team’s yet an- career. He allowed two runs, four hits smashing 10 of his 12 boundaries against Afghanistan’s Khan went on to claim two more wickets in his last other defeat in the tournament. and two walks. Padres 12, Diamondbacks 3 base in the fi rst four innings against Marlins 6, Brewers 2 $150 million, six-year deal this offsea- up fi ve hits in seven innings, dealing In Phoenix, Manny Machado hit a Arizona emergency starter Riley Smith In Milwaukee, Jesús Aguilar hom- son, went 0 for 4. The Oakland its third loss in four games af- bases-loaded triple during a six-run (1-1). ered for the fi fth time in six games, MVP when Houston won its fi rst title ter a 13-game winning streak. fi fth inning, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Kim and Tatis had RBI singles in a tiebreaking three-run shot off Eric in 2017 missed time in Diego Castillo got two outs for his Kim Ha-Seong each had two hits and the fi fth, Kim had his fi rst career two- Yardley in the fourth. and the start of the season because of a sixth save. two RBIs, and San Diego overcame RBI game and Jake Cronenworth hit Sandy Alcantara (1-2) gave up two strained oblique and later due to a right Mike Zunino hit his fi fth homer in shortstop starter Ryan Weathers’ early injury in a pinch-homer for San Diego, which runs and fi ve hits in seven innings. quadriceps strain. the two-run fi fth off Cole Irvin (2-3), Brandon Crawford throws to first a win over Arizona. broke an 11-game losing streak at Zack Godley (0-1) walked fi ve, when Manuel Margot singled in a run. base after forcing out Colorado Red Sox 1, Mets 0 Rockies’ Yonathan Daza (2) at sec- Machado’s triple capped a string of Chase Field. Jorge Mateo added a two- threw two wild pitches, committed In New York, Christian Vázquez Braves 10, Cubs 0 a and hit a batter in an eventful ond base on a double play hit into seven straight hits for the Padres, who run homer in the ninth, his fi rst in the hit an early RBI double, producing the In Atlanta, Marcell Ozuna homered by Josh Fuentes during the sev- got only one runner as far as second majors. Brewers debut. He was charged with only run required for the Boston Red in a four-run fi rst inning, and Huascar enth inning of a baseball game in four runs, three earned. Sox to beat Jacob deGrom (2-2). Ynoa (2-1) gave up four hits and struck San Francisco, on April 28. (AP) Twins 10, Indians 2 Nick Pivetta (3-0) and three reliev- out nine in 5 1/3 innings. Ynoa also hit In Cleveland, Byron Buxton hom- ers combined on a two-hitter as the his fi rst big league , helping three runs and six hits, including two- ered on the second pitch from Logan surprising AL East leaders swept a Atlanta win its third straight. out RBI singles by Nate Lowe and Allen (1-4) and went 5 for 5, Mitch two-game interleague series at Citi Chicago was shut out for the second Willie Calhoun. The 22-year-old right- Garver homered twice and the Twins Field. consecutive night and has lost fi ve in a hander walked none and allowed only connected six times to end a four-game Yankees 7, Orioles 0 row. a one-out single to Adolis García, his skid and win for the second time in 10 In Baltimore, Domingo Germán Royals 9, Pirates 6 fi nal batter in the sixth inning. games.. (2-2) won his second straight start al- In Pittsburgh, Jorge Soler had two Astros 7, Mariners 5 Buxton’s AL-leading eighth homer lowing three hits in seven innings and doubles among his three hits and drove In Houston, Pinch-hitter Jason Cas- triggered a three-homer barrage in the combining with Michael King on a in three runs as Kansas City improved tro drew a bases-loaded walk to put fi rst off Allen. Buxton added two dou- four-hitter. to a major league-best 15-8. Houston in front during an eighth-in- bles, two singles and stole a base while Mike Ford put the Yankees ahead Soler’s doubles sparked three-run ning rally past Seattle. pushing his average to .438. in the second inning with his second rallies in the fi rst and sixth innings. Houston has won six of its last sev- Nationals 8, Blue Jays 2 home run in 16 at-bats this season, and Kyle Zimmer (2-0) got the last two en and handed Seattle its third straight In Dunedin, Florida, Erick Fedde Gio Urshela made it 5-0 with a three- outs of the fi fth, and Josh Staumont re- loss. (2-2) allowed one run and two hits run homer in the four-run third. Clint tired four straight batters for third save. The Astros scored four times in the in six innings and Josh Harrison hit a Frazier hit his fi rst home run in 69 Angels 4, Rangers 3 eighth without an extra-base hit. Kyle three-run homer as Washington won plate appearances this season. In Arlington, Texas, Rookie Chris Tucker and Yuli Gurriel had back-to- in ’s Blue Jays debut. New York has won fi ve of seven and Rodriguez pitched 3 1/3 shutout in- back singles against Rafael Montero Harrison got his third homer in 16 at 11-13 is two games .under .500 for the nings for the win, and (2-1) with one out. at-bats against Steven Matz (4-1), a fi rst time since the Yankees were 5-7. and Jose Iglesias hit two-run singles in An error by fi rst baseman Evan St. Louis Cardinals’ Tyler O’Neill hits a two-run home-run during the second three-run shot in the fourth that made Rays 2, Athletics 0 the fi rst off Dane Dunning (1-1). White allowed Tucker to score on a inning of the team’s baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies on it 6-0. In St. Petersburg, Florida, Tyler Rodriguez (2-0) entered to begin the fi elder’s choice, and Aledmys Diaz April 28, in St. Louis. (AP) Springer, who signed a team-record Glasnow (3-1) struck out 10 and gave third inning after Alex Cobb allowed singled to score Gurriel.