TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 , 2017 SPORTS NEW YORK: Yasiel Puig #66 of the Los Angeles Dodgers slides safely home for a run in the ninth inning as Travis d’Arnaud #18 of the New York Mets can’t come up with the ball at Citi Field on Sunday in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. — AFP BASEBALL Wieters hits grand slam as Nationals beat Cubs CHICAGO: Matt Wieters hit a tiebreaking grounded into a forceout that scored a run, hits while striking out nine in eight innings. an RBI double and had a solo homer to help who were shut out after a five-run first grand slam off Carl Edwards Jr. in and Alex Bregman hit a tying, two-run triple. the AL East-leading Red Sox complete a four- inning. Nick Martinez gave up five runs on Washington’s five-run eighth inning, helping Centeno followed with a liner over the head MARLINS 4, BRAVES 1 game sweep of the White Sox. Chicago lost five hits with five strikeouts and two walks in the Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 9-4 on of leaping first baseman Justin Smoak and Jose Urena pitched six strong innings, its sixth consecutive game, and 23rd in its last a game that was delayed 32 minutes by rain Sunday. Bryce Harper started the winning ral- into shallow right field to win it for the AL Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer and the 27. The White Sox were swept in a four-game in the second inning. ly with a one-out infield single against Mike West leaders. Nori Aoki had a two-run homer, Marlins avoided a three-game sweep with a series in Fenway Park for the first time since Montgomery. Ryan Zimmerman doubled his first hit since being traded from Houston victory over the Braves. Urena (10-5) won for July of 1988. Doug Fister (2-5) allowed three ATHLETICS 11, ANGELS 10 against Edwards and Daniel Murphy was to Toronto last Monday, during a four-run the third time in four starts, allowing one run runs and eight hits over 6 1/3 innings, strik- Bruce Maxwell’s two-run single completed walked intentionally to load the bases. seventh that gave the Blue Jays a 6-3 lead. and three hits, walking one and striking out ing out a season-high seven for his second a dramatic five-run, two-out comeback in the Washington then grabbed control in a span Francis Martes (4-1) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless three. Lucas Sims (0-2), making his second straight win. Craig Kimbrel, the third reliever, eighth inning, and the Athletics stunned the of two pitches. Edwards (3-3) hit Anthony innings for the win. Osuna allowed five hits career start, gave allowed four runs in six pitched the ninth for his 27th save. Mike Angels. The Angels led 10-5 after the sixth Rendon, tying it at 4, and Wieters followed and four runs while getting only two outs for innings. The Braves’ 2012 first-round draft Pelfrey (3-10) gave up six runs and eight hits but couldn’t hold on against an A’s team that with a drive over the wall in center for his his seventh blown save this season. pick trailed 4-0 in the first after hitting in 5 2/3 innings. He’s 0-5 with a 7.78 ERA in hammered them with 18 hits, including three third career grand slam. Wieters drove in five Giancarlo Stanton with a pitch, walking his last eight starts. home runs and seven doubles. Down 10-6 in runs and Brian Goodwin homered for the NL CARDINALS 13, REDS 4 Christian Yelich and giving up consecutive the eighth, Khris Davis hit a three-run homer East-leading Nationals, who had dropped Jose Martinez hit his first grand slam dur- homers to Ozuna, his 26th, and J.T. Realmuto, ORIOLES 12, TIGERS 3 off reliever Blake Parker to ignite the Oakland three of four. Willson Contreras homered ing the Cardinals’ nine-run fourth inning, and his 13th. Jonathan Schoop, Chris Davis and Trey comeback. Parker had not allowed a run in 27 twice for NL Central-leading Chicago. St. Louis overcame Adam Wainwright’s rough Mancini homered in succession during a consecutive appearances at home. After Ryon Brandon Kintzler (3-2) pitched a scoreless return from the disabled list, beating the PIRATES 5, PADRES 4, 12 innings four-run first inning that sent the Orioles Healy doubled, the Angels went to Bud Norris inning for his first win since he was acquired Reds. The Cardinals took two of three in the Sean Rodriquez homered in the 12th past the Tigers. Joey Rickard and Manny (1-5), but the closer gave up a run-scoring in a trade with Minnesota. series. They’re 5-8 against Cincinnati this sea- inning to give the Pirates a win over the Machado also connected for the Orioles, single to Chad Pinder, a double to Matt son. St. Louis sent 13 batters to the plate for Padres. Rodriguez, acquired from Atlanta a who led 8-0 after four innings and cruised to Chapman and then the two-run single to YANKEES 8, INDIANS 1 nine runs in the fourth, matching its biggest day earlier, lifted a 1-1 pitch off Padres reliev- their seventh win in nine games. All five Maxwell. Josh Smith (2-0) picked up the win Luis Severino overpowered Cleveland’s inning of the season. Martinez connected off er Buddy Baumann (0-1) over the left-field home runs were hit off Anibal Sanchez (3-2), in relief. Blake Treinen, Oakland’s seventh lineup into the seventh inning, Jacoby Homer Bailey (3-6), who gave up a career- wall. Rookie reliever Dovydas Neverauskas (1- who yielded a career-high tying eight runs reliever, earned his fifth overall save and sec- Ellsbury hit a three-run triple and rookie high 10 runs in only 3 1/3 innings. Bailey has 0) pitched two scoreless innings to get his and 10 hits in three-plus innings. Machado ond with the A’s. Aaron Judge hammered a three-run homer, been hit hard in his return from surgery to first career win. The Pirates took two of three went 4 for 5 with five RBIs, and Rickard had a sending the Yankees to a win over the remove bone spurs from his pitching elbow from the Padres after losing their past four career-best four hits and scored three runs. MARINERS 8, ROYALS 7, 1st Game Indians. Severino (9-4) gave up Michael last February. The Cardinals overcame a series. Entering this series, Pittsburgh had lost Backed by all that firepower, Ubaldo Jimenez ROYALS 9, MARINERS 1, 2nd Game Brantley’s homer in the first and then toyed rugged first inning by Wainwright, who had eight of 11 since a six-game winning streak (5-7) earned his first win in five starts since Rookie Jakob Junis pitched eight sharp with the Indians, striking out nine and allow- spent the last 12 days on the DL with a stiff from July 16-21. Pirates closer Felipe Rivero July 9. The right-hander pitched 5 2/3 innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the ing just three runners to reach. He didn’t give back. Joey Votto hit a three-run homer, and gave up two walks and a single to load the innings, giving up one run and nine hits. Seattle Mariners 9-1 to split their double- up his second hit until there were two outs in Wainwright threw 39 pitches before retiring a bases loaded with two outs in the ninth Nicholas Castellanos homered for the Tigers, header Sunday. Nelson Cruz homered twice the seventh and was pulled by manager Joe batter. Wainwright left after three innings and inning before Manuel Margot’s two-run sin- who had to settle for a split of the four-game and drove in four runs as the Mariners held Girardi before getting a roaring ovation from 88 pitches. Brett Cecil (2-4) allowed three hits gle tied the score 4-4. series after winning the first two. off the Royals 8-7 in the first game. Whit several thousand New York fans. The All-Star in three innings for the win. Merrifield homered in both games for the right-hander is 4-0 with a 0.71 ERA in his last PHILLIES 3, ROCKIES 2 TWINS 6, RANGERS 5 Royals. Junis (4-2), who was added to Kansas four starts. Ellsbury’s triple came in New RAYS 2, BREWERS 1 Cameron Rupp hit a two-run double in the Max Kepler, Brian Dozier and Eddie City’s roster as the extra 26th man for the York’s five-run sixth off Carlos Carrasco (10-5), Steven Souza Jr. homered off Milwaukee ninth inning, and the Phillies rallied to beat Rosario homered to help the Minnesota twinbill, allowed one run. He retired his final and Judge connected in the seventh for his reliever Jacob Barnes leading off the ninth the Rockies. Rupp, who had been thrown out Twins dig out of a five-run hole and beat the 19 batters after giving up an RBI double to 35th homer - only No. 5 since the All-Star inning Sunday to lift the Rays to a win over at home an inning earlier, drove the first pitch Rangers. Jose Berrios (10-5) gave up five runs Danny Espinosa in the second inning. Junis break - to give New York an 8-1 lead.