SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2015

PHOENIX: St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Carpenter scores as ’ Welington Castillo, right, and Jake Lamb (19) wait for a possible throw from the out- field during the first inning of a baseball game in Phoenix. — AP Murphy leads Mets to sweep of Phillies

PHILADELPHIA: Daniel Murphy hit a go-ahead The Reds finished 1-9 on their homestand. giving up three hits. He improved to 100-73 in 11 in just six innings, Paulo Orlando homered double in the 13th inning after making a spec- Anthony DeSclafani (7-10) took the loss. 241 career games with Milwaukee and Texas. and Kansas City beat Baltimore. Ventura (9-7) tacular defensive play to end the 10th, leading Outfielder Yasiel Puig and first baseman Adrian Shawn Tolleson closed for his 26th save in 28 allowed two hits and four walks to improve the New York Mets over Philadelphia for their Gonzalez both exited early with injuries for the chances. DeShields drew a walk from Marco to 5-0 in his last seven starts. Chris Tillman (9- seventh straight win. Reliever Carlos Torres led NL West-leading Dodgers. Estrada (11-8) in the first and scored on Mitch 9) took the loss. Orioles star center fielder off the 13th with a single, Curtis Granderson sin- Moreland’s single. DeShields finished 2 for 2 Adam Jones ran into the wall chasing a fly gled and both scored on Murphy’s hit off Hector GIANTS 9, CUBS 1 with three walks. ball in the first. He left soon after that with Neris (2-2). With two outs in the 10th, Jeff Kelby Tomlinson hit a grand slam for his first whiplash, and X-rays on his neck and wrist Francoeur hit a hard shot that deflected off career home run and Marlon Byrd added a RAYS 5, TWINS 4 were negative. Torres’ leg. Murphy made a diving stop at first three-run shot, leading and Relievers Brandon Gomes, Alex Colome base, then flipped a backhanded, no-look toss San Francisco over Chicago. The Giants moved and Brad Boxberger combined for 4 2-3 score- WHITE SOX 4, MARINERS 2 toward the bag that the hustling Torres caught within 5-1/2 games of the Cubs for the second less innings and Tampa Bay stopped Carlos Rodon took a shutout into the sev- as he beat Francoeur by a half-step. Torres (5-5) NL wild-card spot. Bumgarner (16-6) struck out Minnesota’s six-game winning streak. Gomes enth inning, Adam Eaton had three hits and pitched 2 -1-3 scoreless innings for the Mets, 12 in six innings, giving up one run and two hits. (2-4) got an inning-ending double play with scored three runs and the Chicago White Sox who held their 6-1/2-game lead over He won his fifth straight start and matched the two on in the fifth during his 1-2-3 innings. beat Seattle. Jose Abreu and Trayce Washington in the NL East. Cubs’ Jake Arrieta for most victories in the After Colome worked two innings, Boxberger Thompson had RBI doubles for Chicago, majors. Dan Haren (8-9) took the loss. Later, the struck out all three batters he faced for his 31st which wore throwback uniforms that NATIONALS 4, PADRES 2 Cubs acquired struggling reliever Fernando save. Joey Butler, recalled from Triple-A debuted in 1976 and included white wide- Jayson Werth and Ryan Zimmerman home- Rodney from Seattle for cash. Durham to take the place of injured outfielder collared untucked jerseys paired with navy red, and starter Joe Ross allowed only a bunt Desmond Jennings, had an RBI single off blue pants and white socks. Rodon (6-5) left single in six innings as Washington beat San PIRATES 2, MARLINS 1 Tommy Milone (6-4). after giving up a two-run homer to Franklin Diego. Zimmerman’s RBI single in the fifth Gerrit Cole snapped the longest winless Gutierrez in the seventh. David Robertson gave the Nationals the lead for good at 2-1. He drought of his career, Pedro Alvarez homered ANGELS 2, TIGERS 0 got three outs for his 27th save in 33 chances. drove in eight runs during the three-game and Pittsburgh held off Miami. Cole (15-7) Matt Shoemaker pitched one-hit ball into the Roenis Elias (4-7) gave up four runs and nine series. Werth homered off Andrew Cashner (5- allowed one run and five hits in 7-1-3 innings, eighth inning in his hometown ballpark, Albert hits in 6 2-3 innings. 13) in the sixth. Ross (5-5) won his second striking out four and walking none. He hadn’t Pujols drove in one run and scored another and straight start, allowing the bunt single by gotten the win in any of his previous five starts. the beat Detroit. Angels CARDINALS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3 Corey Spangenberg and one run. Jonathan Mark Melancon posted his 41st save in 43 catcher Carlos Perez got a big assist in the win, Brandon Moss hit his first home run with Papelbon got his fourth save with Washington chances. Justin Nicolino (2-2) gave up two runs too. Two of them, in fact, as he picked off St. Louis and Tony Cruz hit his first of the sea- despite giving up a run on Yonder Alonso’s in six innings. Anthony Gose at first base and later threw him son to lead the Cardinals to a four-game two-out single. out trying to steal second. Shoemaker (6-9) sweep. It was the Cardinals’ fifth straight win RANGERS 4, BLUE JAYS 1 went to high school about 30 minutes from overall and they finished 7-0 against the DODGERS 1, REDS 0 Yovani Gallardo earned his 100th career vic- Comerica Park and attended Eastern Michigan Diamondbacks this season. Moss’s tiebreak- and two relievers combined on tory, Delino DeShields had a part in all the Texas University, a school that has a large ad on the ing two-run shot in the fifth inning off starter a four-hitter and the com- runs even without an RBI and the Rangers right field fence. Huston Street got his 31st save Rubby De La Rosa (11-6) put the Cardinals pleted a three-game sweep of reeling stopped Toronto’s five-game winning streak. in the combined two-hitter. Randy Wolf (0-2) ahead 5-3. Carlos Martinez (13-6) earned the Cincinnati. Greinke (14-3) lowered his major The Rangers averted a sweep by the AL East gave up one run in seven innings. win with six innings of four-hit ball, allowing league-best ERA to 1.61 and allowed four hits leaders and moved a half-game ahead of three runs and striking out six with two over seven innings, striking out nine. Jim Minnesota for the second AL wild-card spot. ROYALS 5, ORIOLES 3 walks. Trevor Rosenthal got the last three Johnson pitched the ninth for his 10th save. Gallardo (11-9) threw 5 1-3 scoreless innings, Yordano Ventura struck out a career-high outs for his 41st save. — AP