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THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1968 — The Philadelphia 76ers trade Wilt Chamberlain, basketball’s greatest offensive player, to the Los Angeles Lakers after they are Numbers Game unable to sign him to a contract. B4 Antelope Valley Press, Monday, July 5, 2021 Fried was called on to hit with the for Tampa Bay, which had dropped five into a 5-4-3 double play for his sixth Tyler Alexander (1-1) pitched 2.1 Major League Baseball results | Sunday Braves out of position players after a in a row overall. Yandy Díaz had two hits save. scoreless innings for the win. PIRATES 2, BREWERS 0 nine games to get back above .500 at four-run rally in the ninth. He singled and scored twice. Tucker Barnhart had two hits and ROCKIES 3, CARDINALS 2 on a 3-1 pitch off Anthony Bass (1-4), Ryan Yarbrough (5-3) pitched five drove in a run, helping Cincinnati to its PITTSBURGH — Tyler Anderson pitched 42-41. DENVER — Elías Díaz hit an RBI single driving in Dansby Swanson from third innings of four-hit ball for the win. fourth straight victory. Art Warren (2-0) seven sparkling innings, and Pittsburgh Chad Green (3-4) closed with three for Colorado with two out in the ninth base and setting off a celebration on the Randal Grichuk hit his 15th homer for got one out for the win. snapped Milwaukee’s 11-game winning perfect innings, striking out six in his inning, and Germán Márquez struck out first-base line. Toronto in the second. Robbie Ray (6-4) streak. longest outing since September 2019. ASTROS 4, INDIANS 3, 10 INNINGS 11 and was picked for his first All-Star Miami opened a 7-3 lead with three allowed two runs and five hits in seven Kevin Newman homered and Wilmer The right-hander finished with an CLEVELAND — Yuli Gurriel scored on a team. runs in the ninth. Sandy Leon led off innings. Difo had an RBI double as the Pirates immaculate seventh. two-out error by pitcher Emmanuel Clase Díaz sent a 3-2 pitch from All-Star closer stopped a six-game slide. Corey Oswalt (1-1) allowed Urshela’s with a drive to right for his second PADRES 11, PHILLIES 1 in the 10th inning, helping Houston homer. Starling Marte singled with two Alex Reyes (5-3) into left. Josh Fuentes, Milwaukee managed just three hits homer to the short porch in right field PHILADELPHIA — Manny Machado complete a four-game series sweep. who had reached on a single, beat the off Anderson (4-8), who broke a personal but otherwise held his own in his first out and scored on Jesús Aguilar’s 13th drove in five runs with a pair of homers, Gurriel advanced to third on a fielder’s homer. throw home with a headfirst dive. five-game skid. The left-hander struck start of the season. leading San Diego to the victory. choice by Jason Castro, then came As the crowd cheered, Díaz was out six and walked two while throwing Jeurys Familia (3-1) pitched a Ronald Acuña Jr. homered and drove The Padres stopped a three-game around when the Indians failed to in three runs for Atlanta. Will Smith (3-5) mobbed in the outfield by teammates 93 pitches. scoreless sixth to win the opener. losing streak with their 50th win of the complete a double play on the throw as the Rockies won for the third time Milwaukee’s win streak was the pitched the 10th for the win. season. back to first by Amed Rosario. RED SOX 1, ATHLETICS 0 in four games against St. Louis. Díaz second-longest in franchise history. Adam Duvall hit a three-run homer Padres left-hander Blake Snell tossed The shortstop forced out Carlos OAKLAND, Calif. — Nick Pivetta struck also lifted the Rockies with a three-run The Brewers won their first 13 games and drove in four runs for Miami, which four scoreless innings, allowing two Correa at second base, but Clase (3-3) out 10 over seven innings, and Boston homer in the ninth on Thursday. in 1987. dropped two of three in the series. hits and four walks in his first start since mishandled his return throw, allowing went ahead on a double-play groundout Colorado star Trevor Story tied the METS 10, YANKEES 5, GAME 1 MARINERS 4, RANGERS 1 June 22. Snell had been on the injury Gurriel to scamper home. Gurriel struck game with a sacrifice fly in the eighth. by Rafael Devers in the sixth. SEATTLE — Chris Flexen pitched six list after feeling the effects of food out leading off the inning, but reached YANKEES 4, METS 2, GAME 2 The teams played a third straight one- Story also went deep in the first. NEW YORK — Gio Urshela hit a three- effective innings for the Mariners, and poisoning. on Clase’s wild pitch. Justin Lawrence (1-0) earned the win run game after splitting a pair of extra- Luis Torrens homered for the seventh Austin Adams (3-2) tossed a scoreless Blake Taylor (1-2) got the win, and run homer and the New York Yankees by pitching out of a jam in the ninth. inning contests, including Oakland’s time in his past 13 games. fifth to earn the win, and the Padres Brooks Raley earned his second save saved a little face by beating the Mets to St. Louis has lost 22 of 33 games 7-6, 12-inning victory Saturday that Seattle extended its recent surge, used four more relievers over the last with a scoreless 10th. avoid a Subway Series sweep. snapped Boston’s eight-game winning following a 30-22 start. In the opener of the split winning its fifth straight series of longer four innings. streak. TIGERS 6, WHITE SOX 5 doubleheader, Pete Alonso hit a tying than two games. It has won 11 of 15 J.T. Realmuto homered for TWINS 6, ROYALS 2 Pivetta (7-3) allowed two hits and DETROIT — Jeimer Candelario had home run off imploding Yankees closer overall. Philadelphia. Vince Velasquez (3-3) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kenta Maeda walked two. He had been 0-3 since three hits, Akil Baddoo drove in two runs Aroldis Chapman (5-3) leading off the Pitching on four days’ rest for the first surrendered five runs and nine hits in struck out a season-best 10 in six beating Atlanta on May 26. and the Tigers held on for the victory. seventh inning and José Peraza had a time this year, Flexen (7-3) allowed one six innings. scoreless innings, and Minnesota halted Garrett Whitlock pitched the eighth for Detroit won the final two games of go-ahead, two-run double that included run and four hits. Kendall Graveman a five-game losing streak. Boston before All-Star closer Matt Barnes REDS 3, CUBS 2 the series for its first series win over the interference from a visiting fan in the worked the ninth for his eighth save. Maeda (4-3) gave up two hits and a earned his 19th save in 23 chances. CINCINNATI — Amir Garrett escaped a White Sox since Sept. 3-5, 2018. Bronx in a 10-5 Mets stunner. The Mets Texas’ Mike Foltynewicz (2-8) walk in a splendid outing that matched Oakland’s James Kaprielian (4-3) jam in the ninth inning, and the Reds Tigers reliever Gregory Soto was also won Saturday’s series opener 8-3. permitted four runs and four hits in handed the Cubs their ninth straight forced to change his glove before his longest of the year. struck out a career-best 10 over seven Alonso connected in the late game seven innings. loss. pitching the ninth inning with a 6-2 Jorge Polanco, Alex Kirilloff and Max innings. as well, becoming the first Mets player RAYS 5, BLUE JAYS 1 Chicago scored a total of five runs in lead. Billy Hamilton and Tim Anderson Kepler homered for the Twins. since Shawn Green on Sept 6, 2006, to BRAVES 8, MARLINS 7, 10 INNINGS BUFFALO, N.Y. — Austin Meadows had the weekend series. It went 1-9 on a singled, and José Abreu hit his 14th Jarrod Dyson hit a two-run single in homer in both ends of a doubleheader. ATLANTA — Pinch-hitting pitcher Max three hits, including two RBI doubles, 10-game trip. homer with one out. the bottom of the ninth for Kansas City. With fireworks echoing around Fried lined a bases-loaded single in the and the Rays ended their 10-game road The Cubs put runners on first and José Cisnero needed one pitch for Brad Keller (6-9) was charged with two jam-packed Yankee Stadium, the Bronx 10th inning, lifting Atlanta to a wild losing streak. second with one out in the ninth, but his fourth save in five chances, retiring runs in 6.1 innings. Bombers won for the second time in comeback victory. 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