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Braves Clinch Second National League East Title with Win Over Giants Dodgers Storm Back to Rout Rockies 12-5 26 Established 1961 Sports Sunday, September 22, 2019 Braves clinch second National League East title with win over Giants Dodgers storm back to rout Rockies 12-5 ATLANTA: Mike Foltynewicz pitched eight shutout ATHLETICS 8, RANGERS 0 innings, and the Atlanta Braves earned a 6-0 win over Mike Fiers faced the minimum over eight innings, the visiting San Francisco Giants to clinch a second teaming with Chris Bassitt on a two-hit shutout as straight National League East title. The Braves host Oakland opened a three-game series against notched their 19th division championship, tying them Texas with its 11th shutout win of the season. Chad with the New York Yankees for the most in the majors Pinder and Mark Canha belted home runs for the A’s, since the divisional era started in 1969. The Yankees who remained two games ahead of Tampa Bay and won their 19th title on Thursday. The victory also Cleveland in the three-team battle for the American ensures the Braves of home-field advantage for the League’s two wild-card playoff spots. Texas lost its NL Division Series. Foltynewicz (8-5) allowed three sixth straight. Fiers (15-4), who had to be pulled from hits and one walk while striking out seven. He won his his last start in the second inning because of numb- seventh straight decision, and the Braves have won ness in his right hand, demonstrated he’s back to full the last 12 games that he has started. Atlanta’s offense health with his 95-pitch masterpiece. He retired the was led by Ronald Acuna Jr., who was 2-for-2 with a last 16 batters he faced and finished with five strike- double, a home run, two walks, three runs and two outs and no walks. RBIs. Acuna has scored 126 runs, moving him within five of the modern-era franchise record set by Dale RAYS 5, RED SOX 4 (11 INNINGS) Murphy in 1983. Willy Adames singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning as Tampa Bay CARDINALS 2, CUBS 1 defeated Boston in St Petersburg, Fla. Mitch Moreland Yadier Molina had three hits, including a two-run hit a pair of two-run homers for the defending World single, and visiting St. Louis held on to defeat Chicago Series champion Red Sox, who were eliminated from for its third straight win. The National League Central- postseason contention earlier in the night when leading Cardinals dealt the Cubs their fourth straight Cleveland beat Philadelphia. Adames finished with loss. Chicago trails St. Louis by five games in the divi- three hits and Ji-Man Choi added two hits for the sion and is three games behind the Washington Rays. Diego Castillo tossed a scoreless 11th inning for Nationals and two games below the Milwaukee the win. Brewers in the wild-card race. St. Louis won despite being outhit 9-4. Both teams squandered offensive BLUE JAYS 4, YANKEES 3 opportunities as the Cardinals went 1-for-11 with run- Tommy Kahnle allowed a go-ahead, two-run homer to ners in scoring position and the Cubs were 1-for-9. Justin Smoak in the seventh inning, and New York opened ATLANTA: Dallas Keuchel #60 of the Atlanta Braves dunks Mike Foltynewicz #26 of the Atlanta Braves Ryan Helsey (2-0) tossed one scoreless inning for the its final home series of the season with a loss to Toronto. with milk at the conclusion of an MLB game against the San Francisco Giants in which they clinched the win, and Carlos Martinez got the last two outs for his The Yankees fell 1 1/2 games behind Houston in the race N.L. East at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia. —AFP 22nd save. for the best record in the majors. Smoak slugged his 22nd homer, sending a 1-1 fastball deep into the right-center- NATIONALS 6, MARLINS 4 field bleachers as most of the 45,270 fans were engaged Kershaw has given up a first-inning homer. in the eighth to pull away for the win. The victory kept Trea Turner homered twice, and Asdrubal Cabrera in the wave. Jason Adams (2-0) pitched a perfect inning alive Arizona’s fading hopes for a playoff berth. The hit a three-run shot, leading Washington to a win at for the win, and Ken Giles handled the ninth inning for his METS 8, REDS 1 Diamondbacks trail the Brewers by five games for the Miami. It was loss No. 100 for the Marlins, who have 21st save. Aaron Judge and Tyler Wade homered for the Rookie Pete Alonso hit his 50th home run, and Jacob second National League wild card. Kelly (12-14) walked reached that negative milestone just two other times in Yankees, who had an 11-game home winning streak deGrom tossed seven scoreless innings for New York, three and struck out nine. He along with relievers Yoan franchise history, most recently in 2013. Anibal Sanchez against divisional foes snapped. which kept its postseason hopes alive with a win at Lopez and Jimmie Sherfy allowed a total of three hits (10-8) reached double-figure wins for the first time Cincinnati. The Mets, who have won three straight, and three walks while fanning 12. Josh Rojas hit a three- since 2015, allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits ASTROS 6, ANGELS 4 remained 3 1/2 games behind the Brewers in the race run double in the eighth, and Wilmer Flores added a in five-plus innings. He had one strikeout and one walk. Carlos Correa recorded his ninth career multi-homer for the NL’s second wild card. With the loss, the Reds two-run single. game, slugging one of three first-inning home runs in are guaranteed their sixth straight losing season. BREWERS 10, PIRATES 1 Houston’s victory over visiting Los Angeles. Playing in Alonso snapped a tie with Mark McGwire for second WHITE SOX 10, TIGERS 1 Milwaukee strengthened its hold on the National just his second game since his return from a lengthy place on the all-time rookie single-season homer list. Eloy Jimenez hit a grand slam, tripled and drove in League’s second wild card with a home win over spell on the injured list, Correa became the seventh He is two home runs behind crosstown rival Aaron four runs, while fellow Chicago rookie Dylan Cease Pittsburgh. Chase Anderson (7-4) shut out the Pirates member of the Astros to reach the 20-homer plateau Judge, who hit 52 for the Yankees in 2017. tamed host Detroit over six strong innings. Yoan on three hits over six innings as the Brewers earned with his two-run shot to left off Jaime Barria (4-10) in Moncada hit a two-run homer, Yolmer Sanchez had his their sixth win in seven games. Milwaukee put the game the first. In the third, Correa homered off Barria again TWINS 4, ROYALS 3 first career four-hit game and Tim Anderson, who leads out of reach with a four-run seventh, which featured for a 6-1 lead. The Astros clinched at least a share of Randy Dobnak gave up one run on three hits over 5 the majors in batting average, added two more of the Trent Grisham’s bases-clearing triple. Adam Frazier’s the American League West title with the victory, their 1/3 innings to pick up his first major league win, and White Sox’s 19 hits. Cease (4-7) allowed one run on five seventh-inning home run, his 10th of the season, pro- sixth in succession against the Angels. Their five-run Marwin Gonzalez had a two-run double to lead hits. He walked two and fanned eight to end a four-start duced the only run for Pittsburgh, which lost its seventh first set a pace the Angels failed to match. Minnesota over Kansas City in Minneapolis. Miguel winless skid. game in a row. Sano tripled and drove in a run and Jorge Polanco dou- DODGERS 12, ROCKIES 5 bled and scored a run for Minnesota, which remained ORIOLES 5, MARINERS 3 INDIANS 5, PHILLIES 2 Corey Seager and A.J. Pollock each hit home runs four games ahead of Cleveland in the American League Seattle’s Felix Hernandez was bombed for four runs Oscar Mercado had two hits, drove in two runs and in a seven-run fourth inning as Los Angeles rallied Central with eight games remaining. Dobnak (1-1), in the first inning and Baltimore went on to beat the scored twice to help lift Cleveland past visiting for a victory to improve to 7-0 at home this season signed two years ago out of the United Shore Mariners. Hernandez (1-7), who had allowed a total of Philadelphia. Francisco Lindor contributed an RBI sin- against Colorado. Clayton Kershaw (15-5) recovered Professional Baseball League (USPBL), a four-team just two homers in his eight previous starts at gle and two walks, and Carlos Santana and Yasiel Puig from a slow start to earn the victory as the Dodgers independent league in Michigan, walked two and struck Baltimore, was tagged for Anthony Santander’s 20th, a also drove in runs for the Indians, who remained tied reduced their magic number to three for clinching out five. Trevor May struck out the side in the ninth to three-run blast in the first, and Hanser Alberto’s 12th, a with Tampa Bay for the second American League wild the best record in the National League.
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