Braves Rally in 8Th to Beat Diamondbacks
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AMERICAN LEAGUE Braves 4, Diamondbacks 3 EAST W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away Boston 51 39 .567 — — 6-4 W-1 26-14 25-25 Tampa Bay 47 43 .522 4 — 6-4 W-2 27-19 20-24 New York 45 42 .517 4½ — 3-7 L-2 26-17 19-25 Baltimore 42 46 .477 8 3½ 3-7 W-2 25-16 17-30 Toronto 42 47 .472 8½ 4 5-5 W-1 22-24 20-23 CENTRAL W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away Cleveland 47 40 .540 — — 6-4 L-1 21-24 26-16 Minnesota 45 43 .511 2½ ½ 5-5 L-2 20-28 25-15 Kansas City 44 43 .506 3 1 6-4 L-3 24-19 20-24 Detroit 39 49 .443 8½ 6½ 4-6 L-1 23-21 16-28 Chicago 38 49 .437 9 7 5-5 L-1 19-18 19-31 WEST W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away Houston 60 29 .674 — — 7-3 W-1 27-18 33-11 Los Angeles 45 47 .489 16½ 2½ 3-7 W-1 23-19 22-28 Texas 43 45 .489 16½ 2½ 4-6 L-1 25-20 18-25 Seattle 43 47 .478 17½ 3½ 4-6 W-1 27-22 16-25 Oakland 39 50 .438 21 7 4-6 L-1 24-21 15-29 Tuesday’s Games Friday’s Games AL 2, NL 1, 10 innings Boston 5, N.Y. Yankees 4 Toronto 7, Detroit 2 Chicago Cubs at Baltimore, late Minnesota at Houston, late Seattle at Chicago White Sox, late Texas at Kansas City, late Cleveland at Oakland, late Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, late Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Boston (Sale 11-4), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (TBD) at Detroit (Fulmer 9-6), 6:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (TBD) at Baltimore (Miley 4-7), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Santana 10-6) at Houston (Musgrove 4-7), 7:10 p.m. Seattle (Hernandez 4-3) at Chicago White Sox (Holland 5-9), 7:10 p.m. Texas (Hamels 4-0) at Kansas City (Duffy 5-5), 7:15 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 7-3) at Oakland (Blackburn 1-0), 9:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Cobb 7-6) at L.A. Angels (Ramirez 8-7), 9:07 p.m. Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 1:05 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 2:10 p.m. Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Texas at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 3:37 p.m. The Atlanta Braves’ Freddie Freeman (5) follows through on a two-run base hit in the eighth inning of a baseball game against Cleveland at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m. the Arizona Diamondbacks in Atlanta on Friday. AL Roundup » Red Sox 5, Yankees 4: Aroldis Chapman walked in the Braves rally in 8th to beat Diamondbacks winning run without recording an out in the ninth inning, hand- The Associated Press Freeman’s single to left eas- when Tyler Flowers’ throw skipped ing the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 win over the New York Yankees on ily scored Inciarte. Phillips tripped into center field for an error. With Friday night. ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman and when rounding third base but then pinch-hitter Ketel Marte at the plate, The Yankees hard-throwing closer gave up two runs in the the Atlanta Braves topped baseball’s scored when the throw from the out- Owings scored on a wild pitch from ninth for his third blown save. New York entered tied for the comeback kings at their own game, field went to second base. Freeman Ramirez. major league lead with 17 blown saves. scoring two runs in the eighth inning was credited with one RBI. There The Diamondbacks have lost nine Mookie Betts and Dustin Pedroia started the rally with to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks was no error on the play. of 12. Taijuan Walker allowed two consecutive singles and a successful double steal. Betts 4-3 on Friday night. Freeman hit his 17th homer and runs in six innings. The Diamondbacks lead the ma- drove in two runs. Arizona’s Paul The Braves scored a run off Walker scored when second baseman Ronald Torreyes booted Xander jors with 29 comeback wins and Goldschmidt hit his 21st homer. in the first when Inciarte led off with Bogaerts’ groundball. were in position for No. 30 when Rex Brothers (1-0) recorded the a double to left field and scored on a Chris Owings scored the tiebreaking last out in the eighth. Jim Johnson two-out single by Matt Kemp. run on a wild pitch in the eighth. pitched the ninth for his 20th save The Diamondbacks tied it with four NATIONAL LEAGUE The Braves answered quickly in 27 chances. He had defensive help straight singles off R.A. Dickey in the EAST W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away against Archie Bradley (3-2). Ender when Inciarte caught up to A.J. Pol- sixth. Daniel Descalso’s grounder up Washington 53 36 .596 — — 6-4 W-2 26-19 27-17 Inciarte beat second baseman Bran- lock’s drive at the center-field wall to the middle drove in Owings. Atlanta 43 45 .489 9½ 7 6-4 W-1 21-22 22-23 Miami 41 47 .466 11½ 9 6-4 L-1 21-22 20-25 don Drury’s throw to first for an in- start the inning. With one out and the bases loaded, New York 40 47 .460 12 9½ 5-5 W-1 20-24 20-23 Philadelphia 29 58 .333 23 20½ 3-7 W-1 16-25 13-33 field single and raced to third on Owings led off the eighth with a Walker, who had thrown 85 pitches, Brandon Phillips’ double into the single against Jose Ramirez. Owings was left in the game. He hit into an CENTRAL W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away Milwaukee 50 41 .549 — — 8-2 W-1 26-23 24-18 right-field corner. stole second and moved to third inning-ending double play. Chicago 43 45 .489 5½ 7 4-6 L-2 24-20 19-25 St. Louis 43 46 .483 6 7½ 5-5 L-1 26-24 17-22 Pittsburgh 43 47 .478 6½ 8 6-4 W-3 22-22 21-25 Cincinnati 39 50 .438 10 11½ 5-5 L-1 23-21 16-29 WEST W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away Los Angeles 62 29 .681 — — 9-1 W-7 39-11 23-18 Trout eagerly returns from 39-game absence Arizona 53 37 .589 8½ — 3-7 L-3 33-15 20-22 Colorado 52 40 .565 10½ — 4-6 L-1 26-18 26-22 The Associated Press the lineup. It makes you feel good, ing home that night and watching it San Diego 38 50 .432 22½ 12 6-4 L-1 22-22 16-28 San Francisco 34 56 .378 27½ 17 5-5 L-4 17-24 17-32 obviously, (after) all the hard work on TV, knowing that you’re not there Tuesday’s Games Friday’s Games ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout getting back here.” with the team and not participating. AL 2, NL 1, 10 innings Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 2 never got comfortable away from Trout got the first significant in- But it’s been quick, a few weeks.” N.Y. Mets 14, Colorado 2 L.A. Dodgers 6, Miami 4 the action while he sat out 39 games jury of his baseball life when he tore Trout attended the Angels’ home Washington 5, Cincinnati 0 Atlanta 4, Arizona 3 with an injured thumb. a ligament in his left thumb while games, and he didn’t hesitate to text Chicago Cubs at Baltimore, late The two-time AL MVP is grateful sliding headfirst into second base his thoughts about the road games Philadelphia at Milwaukee, late San Francisco at San Diego, late to be back in the middle of it with in Miami on May 28. He had surgery to members of the Angels’ staff to the Los Angeles Angels. before pursuing a steady recovery, relay to his teammates. The super- Saturday’s Games Trout returned to the Angels’ line- which culminated in a rehab stint star remotely jabbed at outfielder Chicago Cubs (TBD) at Baltimore (Miley 4-7), 7:05 p.m. up on Friday, batting third and play- last week in Class A ball. Kole Calhoun in his typically good- St. Louis (Lynn 7-6) at Pittsburgh (Taillon 5-2), 7:05 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 6-9) at Atlanta (Foltynewicz 7-5), 7:10 p.m. ing center field as usual when Los “It was different, coming to the natured style after an opposite-field Colorado (Chatwood 6-10) at N.Y. Mets (Lugo 3-2), 7:10 p.m. Angeles came back from the All-Star ballpark (and not playing),” Trout homer in Detroit last month. L.A. Dodgers (Wood 10-0) at Miami (TBD), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 6-6) at Milwaukee (Nelson 8-4), 7:10 p.m. break to face Tampa Bay. said. “I think the biggest thing was “I texted at him, like, ‘OK, man, Washington (Scherzer 10-5) at Cincinnati (Castillo 1-1), 7:10 p.m.