SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 SPORTS

PHOENIX: Milwaukee Brewers’ Brett Phillips (33) slides safely into second base as the bounces off him while ’ , right, reaches out to make a play during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, in Phoenix. The Brewers defeated the Diamondbacks 8-6. — AP

BASEBALL Rockies escape late jam, beat Cubs 5-3 for 6th win in row

CHICAGO: Rockies Greg Holland Reds. Reds starting Amir Garrett (3- walked the bases loaded in the ninth inning RANGERS 5, NATIONALS 2 ANGELS 9, ASTROS 4 TWINS 4, GIANTS 0 5) left the game in the second inning after before escaping as Colorado held off the Andrew Cashner quieted the National Cameron Maybin starred in his return Ervin Santana pitched a four-hitter for his taking a shot to his bare left hand. Hill (3-2) 5-3 in League’s top-hitting lineup, Jonathan from the disabled list, finishing with three third shutout of the season and a three- started and went five innings for the on Friday for their season-high sixth win in a Lucroy and Rougned Odor homered, and hits and a career-high four steals to help Los to lead Minnesota to a victory Dodgers, holding the Reds to one run on row. After three straight one-out walks, Texas topped Washington. The Rangers Angeles beat Houston. Maybin missed nine over the Giants. Santana (8-3) recovered two hits. He walked three and struck out Holland retired Ben Zobrist on a short flyball advantage of three errors and won for just games with an oblique injury. He doubled, from a seven-run shelling last Saturday five. Making his first relief appearance since and struck out Jason Heyward for his major the fourth time in 15 games. Cashner (3-5) had two infield singles and scored four against the Angels to shut down the Giants his 2008 rookie season in Japan, Maeda league-best 23rd save. The Rockies posted allowed one run and six hits in seven times while moving into first place in the in an efficient 91-pitch outing. He struck out threw the final four innings to earn the save. their -leading 40th win this innings. Matt Bush got two outs for his sev- American League with 17 steals. Matt five, walked one and started 26 of the 31 He gave up three hits, including a ninth- season and have their longest winning enth save. Tanner Roark (6-3) took the loss. Shoemaker (6-3) pitched seven solid batters he faced with first-pitch strikes. inning solo to Joey Votto, while streak since 2014. Chris Rusin (3-0) won in innings. Houston starter Brad Peacock (3-1) Santana has allowed at least five runs in striking out six. relief. Seth Frankoff (0-1) lost in his major CARDINALS 3, PHILLIES 2 allowed a season-high seven hits in just three starts this season and followed all of league debut. Cubs Addison Aledmys Diaz hit a solo home run and three innings. them with scoreless outings, including two MARINERS 4, BLUE JAYS 2 Russell returned to the team a day after the Michael Wacha pitched six strong innings as game shutouts. Matt Moore (2-7) allowed Danny Valencia and Jarrod Dyson had club told him not to come to Wrigley Field St. Louis ended a seven-game losing streak. INDIANS 7, WHITE SOX 3 four runs in six innings to extend his winless RBI singles as part of Seattle’s seventh- while Major League Baseball investigates a Earlier in the day, the Cardinals reassigned Edwin Encarnacion hit a go-ahead, two- streak to five starts. The Giants have lost inning rally, and the Mariners beat the Blue domestic abuse claim. Russell, who didn’t some members of the coaching staff and run homer and Corey Kluber won his sec- eight of 11 overall and have just three wins Jays for their 10th win in 12 games. The play, had been accused of hitting his wife in released veteran infielder Jhonny Peralta. ond straight start since coming off the dis- in Moore’s 13 starts this season. Mariners rallied with two runs in the sev- a social media post that has since been Philadelphia lost its third straight game. abled list as Cleveland beat Chicago. enth after struggling to get anything start- deleted. Russell denied the allegation. Seung Hwan Oh pitched the ninth for his Encarnacion had three hits. Chicago slug- BREWERS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 6 ed all night against Toronto starter Joe 14th save in 16 chances. Left fielder Tommy ger Jose Abreu left in the seventh inning Manny Pina had three hits - two doubles Biagini (1-5). Valencia’s single scored BRAVES 3, METS 2 Pham made a diving catch on a line drive by after being hit on the left leg by Andrew - and two RBIs and the Brewers ended Robinson Cano with the tying run, and Dansby Swanson turned a normal Freddy Galvis to end the game, stranding a Miller’s pitch. Abreu fell to the ground and Arizona’s nine-game home win streak. Jake Dyson followed with a liner to center scor- grounder up the middle into a hustle dou- runner at third. Wacha (3-3) allowed two couldn’t put any weight on his leg while Lamb hit a three-run homer for the ing Kyle Seager and giving Seattle a 3-2 ble, then dashed home on a single by runs. Jeremy Hellickson (5-4) took the loss. being helped to the dugout. Chicago said Diamondbacks, losers at home for only the lead. Seager added a two-out RBI single in pinch-hitter Rio Ruiz in the ninth inning to he has a bruised leg and will be re-evalu- ninth time in 33 games this season. David the eighth inning. lift Atlanta over New York. With one out in YANKEES 8, ORIOLES 2 ated Saturday. Kluber (5-2) allowed three Peralta added three hits and an RBI. the ninth, Swanson hit a bouncer through Aaron Hicks homered twice and rookie runs in six innings. Miguel Gonzalez (4-7) Brewers second baseman Jonathan Villar PADRES 6, ROYALS 3 the infield and ran hard out of the batter’s Jordan Montgomery pitched seven stellar took the loss. was taken off the field on a cart with an Pinch-hitter Matt Szczur hit a go-ahead box. As center fielder Curtis Granderson innings to lead New York over Baltimore. injury after making a diving stop in short home run in the seventh inning and the took a casual approach to the ball, Swanson Starlin Castro also connected for the RAYS 13, ATHLETICS 4 right field to rob Chris Herrmann in the Padres beat the Royals to end a five-game never let up as he rounded first base and American League East leaders, who won Tampa Bay tied a season-high with five eighth inning. Hernan Perez homered for losing streak. Szczur was pinch-hitting for slid head-first into second. Josh Edgin then their third straight. The Yankees have home runs and Alex Cobb went six strong the Brewers and Orlando Arcia had three starter Jhoulys Chacin (5-5), who had given relieved Fernando Salas (0-2), and Ruiz fol- outscored rivals Boston and Baltimore 25-3 innings in a win over Oakland. Steven Souza singles and a sacrifice fly. up a tying two-run homer to Salvador lowed with a single to left. Swanson over the last three nights. Montgomery (4- Jr., Mallex Smith, Logan Morrison, Tim Perez in the fifth. Szczur’s second homer skipped out of the way of the ball, sped 4) set a career high with eight in Beckham and Corey Dickerson all homered DODGERS 7, REDS 2 came off rookie lefty Matt Strahm (1-3) and home and slid in safely. Jim Johnson (4-1) the longest outing of his 11 major league for the Rays. Cobb (5-5), coming off a start Justin Turner hit a two-run homer in his gave San Diego a 3-2 lead. Rookie Franchy pitched a scoreless ninth. starts. He was coming off six innings of Saturday at Seattle in which he allowed nine first at-bat off the disabled list, Enrique Cordero hit a two-run double in the eighth three-hit ball in a 7-0 win at Toronto. Dylan runs and 14 hits over five innings, gave up Hernandez added a solo shot and Rich Hill off reliever Chris Young, a former Padres MARLINS 12, PIRATES 7 Bundy (6-5) tossed six solid innings but lost one run and four hits. Andrew Triggs (5-6) and Kenta Maeda combined on a five-hitter starter, and Yangervis Solarte followed with Giancarlo Stanton smashed a home run for the fourth time in his past five starts. struggled for the fourth consecutive start. to lead the Dodgers to a victory over the an RBI single. — AP over the batter’s eye at PNC Park, Tyler Moore went deep twice as Miami pounded RED SOX 5, TIGERS 3 reeling Pittsburgh. Moore hit a two-run Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run homer in homer off Tyler Glasnow (2-6) in the second the eighth inning to lift Boston over Detroit. and took reliever Dovydas Neverauskas The Red Sox rallied for three runs in the deep over the left field wall in the seventh. inning, capped by Bradley’s two-out shot off Dustin McGowan (4-0) won in relief. The Alex Wilson (1-3). Matt Barnes (4-2) pitched Marlins have won 11 of 15, the Pirates have one inning and Craig Kimbrel picked up his lost four straight to drop into last in the NL 18th save. The Tigers have lost three Central division. straight.

MLB results/standings

Minnesota 4, San Francisco 0; LA Dodgers 7, Cincinnati 2; San Diego 6, Kansas City 3; Seattle 4, Toronto 2; Milwaukee 8, Arizona 6; St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2; LA Angels 9, Houston 4; NY Yankees 8, Baltimore 2; Atlanta 3, NY Mets 2; Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 3; Boston 5, Detroit 3; Tampa Bay 13, Oakland 4; Miami 12, Pittsburgh 7; Texas 5, Washington 2; Colorado 5, Chicago Cubs 3. American League National League Eastern Division Eastern Division W L PCT GB Washington 38 22 .633 - NY Yankees 35 23 .603 - Atlanta 27 32 .458 10.5 Boston 33 27 .550 3 Miami 27 33 .450 11 Baltimore 31 28 .525 4.5 NY Mets 25 33 .431 12 Tampa Bay 32 31 .508 5.5 Philadelphia 21 38 .356 16.5 Toronto 29 32 .475 7.5 Central Division Central Division Milwaukee 33 29 .532 - Minnesota 31 26 .544 - Chicago Cubs 30 30 .500 2 Cleveland 30 28 .517 1.5 Detroit 29 31 .483 3.5 Cincinnati 29 31 .483 3 Kansas City 26 34 .433 6.5 St. Louis 27 32 .458 4.5 Chicago White Sox 25 34 .424 7 Pittsburgh 26 35 .426 6.5 Western Division Western Division Houston 43 19 .694 - Colorado 40 23 .635 - LA Angels 32 32 .500 12 LA Dodgers 37 25 .597 2.5 Seattle 31 31 .500 12 Arizona 37 26 .587 3 Texas 28 32 .467 14 San Francisco 25 38 .397 15 Oakland 26 34 .433 16 San Diego 24 38 .387 15.5 CHICAGO: ’ Nolan Arenado hits an RBI single against the Chicago Cubs during the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, in Chicago. — AP