SPORTS SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2016 Blue Jays punch Yankees 3-1 Bradley’s streak ends as Colorado beat Red Sox

NEW YORK: JA Happ pitched seven strong innings and Edwin Encarnacion and Devon Travis had two-out RBIs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees 3-1 on Thursday to win the three-game series. CC Sabathia was the tough-luck loser for New York, allowing just two unearned runs. Alex Rodriguez went 0 for 4 with two in his first game since going on the disabled list May 4 with a strained right hamstring. Happ (6-2) allowed one run on three hits in seven innings with five strikeouts and three walks. He has given up three earned runs or fewer in 19 of his last 20 starts. Sabathia (3-3) retired the first seven batters before an error by shortstop Didi Gregorius on Travis’ grounder with one out in the third. pitched a perfect ninth for his 10th save.

NATIONALS 2, CARDINALS 1 Bryce Harper hit a slump-busting home run, Danny Espinosa also went deep and Washington got seven strong innings from right-hander Joe Ross in a narrow win over St Louis. Washington trailed 1-0 in the sixth inning before Harper ended a 4-for-33 skid with a no-doubt-about-it shot into the upper deck, far beyond the wall in right field. It was his 12th homer of the season, the first since May 13. The light- hitting Espinosa snapped the tie in the seventh with a drive to right. Batting eighth, Espinosa came in with a .199 batting average and three home runs. Both homers came off Mike Leake (3-4), who won his previous three starts while allowing only two runs over 21 innings. Ross (4-4) gave up one run and six hits over seven innings.

ASTROS 4, ORIOLES 2 George Springer homered twice and the Houston Astros set a major league record for strikeouts in a three-game series in finishing a sweep of Baltimore. Houston starter Lance McCullers (1-1) allowed just one hit - a home run to Mark Trumbo - and had 10 strikeouts in five innings, helping the Astros break the major league record for strikeouts in a three- game series with 52. The previous mark was 47 by Washington MLB results/standings Pittsburgh 8, Arizona 3; Miami 9, Tampa Bay 1; Toronto 3, NY Yankees 1; Washington 2, St. Louis 1; Colorado 8, Boston 2; Milwaukee 6, Atlanta 2; Houston 4, Baltimore 2. WASHINGTON: St Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Mike Leake and shortstop Aledmys Diaz (36) collide in the American League infield on ball hit by ’ Stephen Drew during the seventh inning of a game at Eastern Division W L PCT GB Nationals Park on Thursday, May 26, 2016. — AP Boston 29 18 .617 - Baltimore 26 19 .578 2 earlier this season. Ken Giles gave up an RBI single to Manny PIRATES 8, DIAMONDBACKS 3 Toronto 24 25 .490 6 Machado in the ninth but still finished up for his first save of Josh Harrison came off the bench to hit a two-out, two-run NY Yankees 22 24 .478 6.5 the season. Baltimore’s Kevin Gausman (0-2) allowed four runs double in the sixth inning which put Pittsburgh ahead for Tampa Bay 21 24 .467 7 and five hits - including three homers - in five innings. good against Arizona. It gave the Pirates a 5-3 lead. Reliever AJ Central Division Schugel (1-1) got his first major league win after he had sur- 27 21 .563 - BREWERS 6, BRAVES 2 rendered the lead inherited from starter Gerrit Cole in the top Cleveland 25 20 .556 0.5 Ryan Braun and Jonathan Villar homered as Milwaukee half of the inning. Schugel gave up a two-run single to Paul Kansas City 24 22 .522 2 earned its first sweep in Atlanta. The Brewers began the Goldschmidt in his only inning of work. Arizona starter Patrick Detroit 23 23 .500 3 three-game series with a 6-14 road record, but they found Corbin (2-4) took the loss. He was responsible for both runners Minnesota 12 34 .261 14 Western Division the right matchup at Turner Field. Atlanta is 2-20 at home, that scored on Harrison’s double, which was hit off reliever Seattle 28 18 .609 - the worst record in the majors. Rain delayed the game 1 Jake Barrett. Cole hit a 409-foot, three-run homer in the third Texas 27 20 .574 1.5 hour, 17 minutes in the seventh inning. Wily Peralta (3-5) inning to left-center field. LA Angels 21 26 .447 7.5 gave up seven hits and pitched the last two Houston 20 28 .417 9 innings to earn his second save. Braves starter Matt Wisler (2- MARLINS 9, RAYS 1 Oakland 20 28 .417 9 4) had a tough fourth, intentionally walking Martin Jose Fernandez struck out 12 in seven innings Thursday National League Maldonado with two outs to get to Peralta, whose two-run and won his sixth straight start for Miami. Fernandez (7-2) Eastern Division bloop single made it 2-2. Wisler allowed six hits, three runs, struck out eight of the last 10 batters he faced and struck out Washington 29 19 .604 - two walks and struck out seven in six innings. every hitter in the Rays lineup at least once. The 23-year-old NY Mets 27 19 .587 1 Philadelphia 26 21 .553 2.5 right-hander from Tampa gave up six hits in beating his home- Miami 25 22 .532 3.5 ROCKIES 8, RED SOX 2 town Rays for the first time in three tries. Adeiny Hechavarria Atlanta 12 34 .261 16 Carlos Gonzalez, Trevor Story and Dustin Garneau hit two- and Chris Johnson homered for the Marlins, who won three of Central Division run homers as Colorado stopped Jackie Bradley Jr’s 29-game four in their annual series against the Rays. Hechavarria’s third 31 14 .689 - hitting streak in a comfortable win over Boston. The win end- home run drove in the final two runs of a three-run second Pittsburgh 27 19 .587 4.5 ed a three-game losing streak by Colorado and it ended a inning off Rays starter Drew Smyly (2-6), who gave up five runs St. Louis 24 24 .500 8.5 four-game winning streak for the Red Sox. Bradley’s major on six hits while striking out four in six innings. Johnson made Milwaukee 21 26 .447 11 league-best streak was halted when he went 0 for 4 after it 5-0 with his second homer an inning later, Johnson’s first hit Cincinnati 15 32 .319 17 moving up to the leadoff spot for the first time this season. in 22 interleague at bats. Brandon Guyer homered off Western Division San Francisco 30 19 .612 - Jon Gray (2-2) gave up a two-run home run to David Ortiz in Fernandez in the third. LA Dodgers 25 23 .521 4.5 the first, but pitched six scoreless innings before leaving in Colorado 22 24 .478 6.5 the eighth. Clay Buchholz (2-5) took the loss. He pitched WHITE SOX, ROYALS, PPD Arizona 21 28 .429 9 three perfect innings before things came apart in the fourth, The Chicago White Sox game at the Kansas City Royals was post- San Diego 19 29 .396 10.5 when he gave up Gonzalez’s homer with the other two com- poned because of rain on Thursday night. No makeup date was ing the following inning. announced, but it will not be rescheduled as part of this series. — AP