THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1996 — American swimmer Amy Van Dyken wins the 50-meter freestyle to become Atlanta’s first quadruple gold medalist and the first U.S. woman to win Numbers Game four in a single Olympics. B4 Antelope Valley Press, Monday, July 26, 2021 to Tampa Bay. Daniel Lynch pitched eight scoreless innings for twice and San Francisco beat Pittsburgh to avoid Major League Baseball results | Sunday The Indians managed just one run in seven his first major league win as Kansas City beat a three-game sweep. Red Sox 5, Yankees 4 Orioles 5, Nationals 4 innings against Tampa Bay starter Ryan Detroit for its fifth straight win. Wilmer Flores and Thairo Estrada also went BOSTON — Held hitless into the eighth inning BALTIMORE — Ryan McKenna scored on a Yarbrough and rallied in the eighth off reliever The Royals finished the afternoon with eight deep for San Francisco. The Giants improved to by Domingo Germán and looking feeble, Alex sharp grounder by Ramon Urías for the winning Matt Wisler (3-4). hits and only two left on base in sweeping the a majors-best 62-37 and maintained their slim Verdugo and the Boston Red Sox suddenly run as Baltimore completed a three-game sweep James Karinchak (7-2) pitched one inning and three-game series. lead over the Dodgers in the NL West heading erupted for five runs and stormed past the New of Washington. Emmanuel Clase worked the ninth for his 12th After being recalled from Triple-A Omaha on into a series between the two division rivals this York Yankees 5-4 Sunday. Trey Mancini, Maikel Franco and McKenna hit save as the Indians won for just the sixth time in Sunday morning, Lynch (1-2) gave up five hits week at Oracle Park. Verdugo opened the eighth with a long solo homers for the Orioles, who improved to 22 games. and struck out four. Alex Wood (9-3) struck out eight and pitched double for Boston’s first hit. Later, Kiké 1-51 when trailing after eight innings. Nelson Cruz hit his second homer in three Eric Haas tacked on the lone run for the Tigers into the sixth for San Francisco. Hernández slid home headfirst on Xander Orioles starter John Means allowed four runs games for Tampa Bay. off of Ervin Santana in the ninth. Bryan Reynolds had two hits and scored for the Pirates. Bogaerts’ sacrifice fly with the go-ahead run to and five hits with two strikeouts and one walk Mets 5, Blue Jays 4 Astros 3, Rangers 1 cap the rally. over six innings. He also hit three batters. Cole NEW YORK — Pete Alonso homered, pinch- HOUSTON — Zack Greinke threw six solid Mariners 4, Athletics 3 The Red Sox won for the 10th time in 13 Sulser (3-1) earned the win by throwing one- hitter Jeff McNeil broke a tie with a two-run innings, Abraham Toro homered and Houston SEATTLE — Kyle Seager hit a two-out, two-run games against the Yankees and reclaimed first third of an inning. double and New York beat Toronto in a successful sent Texas to its 12th straight loss. single as part of Seattle’s four-run third inning place in the AL East, a game ahead of Tampa Bay. Brad Hand (5-4) hit Franco, gave up a single debut for new starter Rich Hill. The Rangers’ skid is tied for second-longest in and Marco Gonzales won his second straight New York fell nine games behind Boston. to McKenna and walked Austin Hays to start the The 41-year-old Hill threw only 49 pitches over team history and the first time they’ve dropped a decision in a victory over Oakland. Boston trailed 4-0 when Verdugo doubled to ninth. Pat Valaika tied the game with a sacrifice the first five innings and worked around three dozen in a row since 1982. The Texas record is 15 Seattle took three of four in the series. The deep right, and Germán was lifted after the hit. fly before Urías hit a hard ground ball that was leadoff doubles, carrying a four-hit shutout into straight losses in September 1972. The Rangers’ Mariners (54-46) are eight games over .500 for Jonathan Loaisiga (7-4) relieved, and Boston snagged by third baseman Carter Kieboom, who the sixth. Five relievers followed Hill and held 0-10 road trip was the worst in team history. the first time since April 2019 and improved to broke loose with four straight hits. Hunter threw to the plate. McKenna slid home with the Toronto to one run over four innings. Edwin Díaz Greinke (10-3) yielded one run on five hits 23-8 in one-run games. Renfroe had an RBI double, Christian Vázquez winning run, and the play was upheld after a struck out three in a hitless ninth for his 21st save with four strikeouts. Cristian Javier threw two Gonzales (3-5) and four relievers made the singled home a run and Hernández followed replay review. in 26 chances. perfect innings, and Ryan Pressly pitched the Mariners’ early offense hold up, allowing one run with an RBI double, cutting it to 4-3. and three hits over the final six innings. Gonzales Cardinals 10, Reds 6 Alonso hit three homers as New York took two ninth for his 18th save. Zack Britton relieved and pinch-hitter Kevin allowed two runs and five hits in 5.2 innings. CINCINNATI — Harrison Bader and Dylan of three in the series. Plawecki’s groundout plated the tying run. Cubs 5, Diamondbacks 1 He struck out four and threw a season-high 105 Hernández hustled hard and beat right fielder Carlson homered during a seven-run burst in the Marlins 9, Padres 3 CHICAGO — Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and pitches. Greg Allen’s throw home on Bogaerts’ sacrifice fly. fourth inning and St. Louis beat Cincinnati. MIAMI — Deven Marrero and Brian Anderson David Bote homered, Trevor Williams pitched Matt Olson hit his 27th homer, Seth Brown Nolan Arenado hit his 20th home run and homered off Yu Darvish, who allowed four runs Phillies 2, Braves 1 effectively into the seventh inning, and Chicago had a pinch-hit solo homer and Stephen Piscotty tripled, and Tyler O’Neill also connected for the in five innings, and Miami earned a split of its PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Nola came within one beat Arizona. had an RBI double for the A’s. Cardinals. four-game series against San Diego. out of a shutout, and Philadelphia splits its four- Bryant and Bote each hit two-run shots as White Sox 3, Brewers 1 Cincinnati starter Sonny Gray (2-6) was tagged Darvish (7-5) needed 23 pitches to get through game series against Atlanta. Chicago took two of three in the series. MILWAUKEE — Lance Lynn allowed one run over for a career-high eight runs, allowing eight hits the first inning. Manny Machado hit his 17th Nola allowed four hits and struck out nine in Williams (4-2) struck out six and allowed five six innings and hit a two-run single to lift Chicago and a walk in 3.1 innings. homer for the Padres. 8.2 innings. Ranger Suarez got the final out for hits with no walks over 6.1 innings in his first to a victory over the Milwaukee Brewers as the Joey Votto homered for the second straight Marrero had three hits, including his first his fourth save of the season. scoreless outing of the season. Craig Kimbrel White Sox avoided a sweep in this series between day as the Reds finished 3-6 on their nine-game home run since 2017, and Anderson hit his Jean Segura hit a solo homer in the fourth came on to get the final out for his 23rd save. division leaders. homestand. and Ronald Torreyes homered in the eighth for fourth homer of the year. Lewis Brinson added a Andrew Young had a pinch-hit RBI single and Lynn (10-3) allowed six hits, struck out six and the Phillies. Indians 3, Rays 2 three-run homer off Nabil Crismatt. Pavin Smith had two hits for the Diamondbacks, walked none, outdueling Brandon Woodruff in Atlanta’s Austin Riley went deep with two outs CLEVELAND — Bobby Bradley’s sacrifice fly in Royals 6, Tigers 1 who had won five of six. a matchup of All-Star right-handers. Lynn, who in the ninth to chase Nola (7-6). Riley had three the eighth inning capped Cleveland’s comeback KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jorge Soler hit two home Giants 6, Pirates 1 lowered his ERA to 1.91, also keyed a decisive of the four Atlanta hits, including two doubles. and ended the Indians’ 11-game losing streak runs, Salvador Perez added a three-run blast and SAN FRANCISCO — LaMonte Wade Jr. homered three-run second inning with his bat. 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