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42 Friday Sports Friday, April 13, 2018 Red Sox-Yankees brawl as benches clear after Joe Kelly hits Tyler Austin Chicago wiped out early 3-0 deficit to rout Pittsburgh BOSTON: Gary Sanchez hit two home runs PHILLIES 4, REDS 3 (12 INNINGS) Wednesday as the visiting New York Yankees Scott Kingery hit the decisive sacrifice fly in the earned an emotional 10-7 victory that ended the 12th inning as Philadelphia defeated visiting Cincinnati, Boston Red Sox’s nine-game win streak. The game which has dropped four straight games and owns the between the longtime rivals included two bench- worst record in the majors at 2-9. J.P. Crawford belted clearing incidents, the second of which, in the sev- his first career homer, a two-run shot, as Philadelphia enth inning, turned into an on-field brawl after Red finished off a three-game sweep. Cesar Hernandez also Sox reliever Joe Kelly hit the Yankees’ Tyler Austin homered as the Phillies (6-5) won for the fifth time in with a pitch in the back. That pitch appeared to be their last six games to move above .500 for the first in retaliation for Austin’s hard slide in the third inning time this season. Pedro Florimon began the bottom of when his lead foot clipped the foot of Red Sox the 12th with a grounder to Reds second baseman shortstop Brock Holt during a forceout. The benches Scooter Gennett, who overthrew first baseman Joey cleared then as well, but there was no further inci- Votto, and Florimon ended up at second. A sacrifice dent. Both Austin and Kelly were ejected in the sev- bunt moved Florimon to third, and Hernandez was in- enth inning after Austin slammed his bat to the tentionally walked by right-hander Austin Brice (0-1) ground after being hit with the pitch then charged before Kingery hit a fly to right to score Florimon. the mound. Sanchez, who entered with just two hits, had three in the game by the fourth inning: a home CUBS 13, PIRATES 5 run in the first, a double in the third and another Javier Baez homered twice for the second straight home run in the fourth, his third of the season. He game as the Chicago wiped out an early 3-0 deficit to finished with four RBIs. rout visiting Pittsburgh. Baez, who belted a pair of solo shots in an 8-5 loss on Tuesday, cracked a three-run ROCKIES 6, PADRES 4 blast to right-center in the bottom of the second inning Colorado emerged from a benches-clearing to give the Cubs a 4-3 lead. He capped the scoring in brawl to score five runs in the third inning to beat the bottom of the eighth when he hit a 424-foot shot BOSTON: Brett Gardner No 11 of the New York Yankees steals second past Eduardo Nunez No 36 of the Boston visiting San Diego despite having three players to left-center. He didn’t homer in the team’s first nine Red Sox during the sixth inning at Fenway Park on Wednesday in Boston, Massachusetts. —AFP ejected. Five players in full were ejected following games. Chicago snapped a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the the brawl, which started when Padres right-handed sixth with four runs. Baez scored the go-ahead run starter Luis Perdomo threw his first pitch of the third when he beat Josh Harrison’s throw from second to the Suarez, who was promoted from Triple-A Sacramento ton. Kepler turned on a 3-2 slider from Astros reliever inning behind the back of Rockies All-Star third plate on a Tommy La Stella grounder. Kris Bryant fol- fill in for injured Johnny Cueto. Suarez (0-1) retired the Brad Peacock (1-1) to clinch the series in the rubber baseman Nolan Arenado. Both benches and bullpens lowed with the first of two RBI doubles, and Ben Zo- first 10 Diamondbacks he faced until Marte singled match, but that came after Houston rallied from a seven- rushed the field. Perdomo and catcher A.J. Ellis were brist capped the outburst with a two-run single. with one out in the fourth and came home ahead of run deficit to pull even in the ninth. After leaving the the Padres ejected. Arenado, who charged the Goldschmidt’s second home run of the season. Suarez bases loaded in the seventh inning with a flyout to left mound after Perdomo’s pitch, starting pitcher Ger- ORIOLES 5, BLUE JAYS 3 ended up allowing four runs in 5 1/3 innings. field, Astros center fielder George Springer drove home man Marquez and left fielder Gerardo Parra were Jonathan Schoop had a pair of clutch RBI hits as one run-and a second scored via a throwing error-in the Rockies ejected. Earlier Wednesday, the Padres Baltimore beat visiting Toronto. Orioles starter Kevin WHITE SOX 2, RAYS 1 the ninth off Fernando Rodney (1-0). The Twins closer placed center fielder Manuel Margot on the 10-day Gausman (1-1) allowed three runs and six hits in six in- Matt Davidson hit a two-run homer with one out blew the save but ultimately got credit for the win. disabled list with bruised ribs after he was hit by a nings, striking out seven and walking three on 106 in the eighth inning as Chicago halted a five-game los- 95 mph fastball thrown by Colorado’s Scott Oberg pitches. Schoop snapped a pair of slumps with an RBI ing streak with a win over visiting Tampa Bay. James BREWERS 3, CARDINALS 2 on Tuesday night. double in the fourth inning off Marco Estrada (1-1). He Shields overcame five walks and held the Rays to one Hernan Perez and Eric Thames clouted solo homers was hitless in his previous 12 at-bats and hitless in his run and four hits in 6 1/3 innings. Davidson struck out while Junior Guerra pitched 5 1/3 solid innings in his METS 4, MARLINS 1 first 13 at-bats with runners in scoring position before twice to extend his slump to 3-for-26 before lifting a first start of the year as Milwaukee edged host St. Zack Wheeler twirled seven innings of two-hit lining a double to left. Schoop then added a run-scor- 1-1 changeup from Austin Pruitt (1-2) into the center Louis. Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina sat out, serving ball as New York scored four in the eighth inning to ing single in his next at-bat off Estrada with no outs in field seats. Jose Abreu, who narrowly missed an extra- his one-game suspension. Guerra, who was called up win their eighth straight game, beating host Miami the fifth. The second baseman’s third multi-hit game of base hit in the fifth, set up Davidson’s fifth homer with late Tuesday night from Triple-A Colorado Springs, as Wheeler made a spot start after being recalled the season raised his batting average from .189 to .211. a single to left field. Bruce Rondon (1-0) breezed gave up just four hits and a run with two walks and four from Triple-A Las Vegas. With the Mets trailing 1- through the eighth for his first win with the White Sox, strikeouts. Three relievers got the final 11 outs, with 0, pinch hitter Adrian Gonzalez ripped a single into INDIANS 5, TIGERS 1 and Nate Jones struck out two in a scoreless ninth for Matt Albers pitching the final two-thirds of an inning center off Chris O’Grady (0-1) to score Kevin Carlos Carrasco continued his dominance of De- his fourth career save after issuing a leadoff walk to to garner his first save. Plawecki and Michael Conforto, who had a pinch- troit with a complete-game gem as Cleveland cruised Matt Duffy. Adam Wainwright (0-2) absorbed the loss despite hit double, to give New York a 2-1 lead in the eighth. at home. Carrasco (3-0) allowed only three hits and turning in a quality start. Molina’s suspension stemmed Wilmer Flores hit an RBI double off Junichi Tazawa two walks while striking out six. Over his past 12 starts MARINERS 4, ROYALS 2 from Sunday’s incident in which he erupted after Ari- to plate Gonzalez, and Todd Frazier added a sacrifice against Detroit, he is 8-1 with a 1.45 ERA. Carrasco Kyle Seager hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the zona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo referred fly. Wheeler (1-0) struck out seven and walked one. threw 110 pitches while recording his third win in as eighth inning and drove in three runs in visiting Seat- to him by a profane term while arguing with plate um- many starts this season. Yonder Alonso knocked in two tle’s victory over Kansas City. Dee Gordon and Robin- pire Tim Timmons. ANGELS 7, RANGERS 2 runs during a four-run fourth and reached base three son Cano had a hit apiece while extending hitting Jaime Barria won his major league debut, giving times for the Indians, who have won the first three streaks for the Mariners. Gordon has hit safely in all 10 BRAVES 5, NATIONALS 3 (12 INNINGS) up one run in five innings during Los Angeles’ win games of a four-game series. Michael Brantley and games this season and has a 16-game hitting streak Peter Bourjos delivered a two-run single in the top over host Texas that completed a three-game Francisco Lindor each had two hits and an RBI.

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