42 Friday Sports Friday, August 16, 2019 Pujols passes Beltre in Angels’ win Cardinals blank Royals again to cap sweep

ANAHEIM: drove in three runs, a New York rally in the ninth. Atlanta reliever and Dillon Peters pitched six solid innings to Mark Melancon gave up two runs and was re- help the post a 7-4 victory moved with two outs and the bases loaded. Ex- over the on Wednesday in the Met Jerry Blevins struck out Michael Conforto finale of a three-game series in Anaheim, Calif. to end the game and earn his first save. Pujols went 2-for-4 to raise his career hit total to 3,168 and surpass fellow Dominican Republic CARDINALS 6, ROYALS 0 native Adrian Beltre (3,166) for most among Held hitless by Brad Keller through six in- players born outside the United States. Pujols nings, St. Louis scored five runs in the seventh had a two-run single in the eighth to give the to defeat host Kansas City. The Cardinals didn’t Angels a 6-3 lead as they avoided a three-game allow a run in the two-game series, as they won sweep and won for just the fifth time in the past 2-0 on Tuesday. St. Louis earned its fifth win in 19 contests. Peters (3-1) gave up two runs and a row, immediately following a five-game losing four hits during a 94-pitch effort. He struck out streak, while Kansas City fell for the 11th time in six and walked one. Pittsburgh’s Chris Archer (3- 14 games. St. Louis starter Dakota Hudson (11- 9) struck out 10 in five innings but saw his win- 6) scattered five hits over six frames, walking less stretch reach 12 starts. two and striking out four. Keller (7-13) was charged with three runs on three hits with five YANKEES 6, ORIOLES 5 and three walks in six-plus innings. Gary Sanchez capped a four-run first inning with a three-run homer as host New York ran its RED SOX 5, INDIANS 1 winning streak over Baltimore to 16 games. The Xander Bogaerts homered twice to lead vis- Yankees finished the season series 17-2, their iting Boston past Cleveland in the rubber match most wins against any opponent in a single sea- of a three-game series. Rafael Devers also son since going 17-5 against the Kansas City homered to cap a streak of eight hits in eight at- Athletics in 1959. New York’s 16-game winning bats. He went 6-for-6 in a 7-6 win against the streak is its longest against an opponent in a Indians Tuesday night, singled in his first at-bat season since winning 21 straight over the St. Wednesday and hit a solo homer in the third in- ANAHEIM: Albert Pujols #5 of the Los Angeles Angels singles to center field in the eighth in- Louis Browns in 1927. Sanchez hit his 10th ning. For the second time in team history, the ning of the MLB game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, homer against the Orioles when he drove a 2-0 Red Sox used at least seven in a nine- California. The Angels defeated the Pirates 7-4. — AFP changeup from Dylan Bundy (5-13) over the inning game and allowed one run or fewer. center field fence and on top of the netting Nathan Eovaldi (1-0) threw two innings of above Monument Park. It was his 26th homer of scoreless relief to earn the win. Indians right- tides Aquino belted his ninth homer in 13 games tine grounder to short. Braun took third on a the season and New York’s 61st against Balti- hander Shane Bieber (12-5) allowed two runs in for the Reds, who lost their fourth in a row. Cincin- ground single to center by Hernan Perez. Gr- more, extending the major league record for six innings. nati starter Trevor Bauer (10-9) surrendered a ca- isham, playing in just his 11th major league game, homers against one opponent in a season. reer-high nine runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. then hit a homer into the bleachers in right off WHITE SOX 13, ASTROS 9 Sergio Romo (2-1). Junior Guerra (6-3) picked PHILLIES 11, CUBS 1 James McCann hit a tiebreaking grand slam PADRES 7, RAYS 2 up the victory with two hitless innings of relief. J.T. Realmuto hit a grand slam, Bryce Harper with two outs in the eighth inning as Chicago Luis Urias hit a two-run, tiebreaking double, Matt Albers, despite issuing consecutive walks homered twice, and Philadelphia routed Chicago outlasted visiting Houston. Down 0-2 in the Eric Hosmer added a solo home run, and Cal to Polanco, Miguel Sano and Eddie Rosario and in Cole Hamels’ return to the City of Brotherly count, McCann slugged a slider from Houston Quantrill allowed just two runs over 5 1/3 innings throwing 10 consecutive balls during one stretch Love. Hamels (6-4) lasted only two-plus innings, reliever Ryan Pressly (2-3) deep to right-center as San Diego downed visiting Tampa Bay. The with two outs in the ninth, notched his fourth allowing nine hits and eight runs in his first start field for his 13th homer. Tim Anderson went 4- result snapped a nine-game road winning streak save by getting C.J. Cron to fly out to deep left- in Philadelphia since July 19, 2015. Kris Bryant for-5 with two doubles to lead Chicago’s 15-hit for the Rays and was the Padres’ first victory center to end the game. homered for the Cubs’ only run. Harper had attack. Alex Colome (4-2) tossed 1 2/3 innings ever over Tampa Bay at Petco Park. Urias drove three hits, three RBIs and two runs as he notched of scoreless relief for the victory. Michael Brant- in a total of three runs for a second straight RANGERS 7, BLUE JAYS 3 his second two-homer game in his past five ley was 4-for-5 with two doubles and two runs game as the Padres snapped a three-game los- Danny Santana homered and had three RBIs, games. Phillies starter Aaron Nola (11-3) tossed for Houston. Yuli Gurriel went 3-for-4 with two ing streak to end a 4-3 homestand. Quantrill (6- Nomar Mazara also went deep, and visiting seven strong innings and allowed only three hits solo homers. 3) held Tampa Bay to three hits and a walk with Texas beat Toronto. Elvis Andrus added four and one run. four strikeouts while throwing a career-high 108 hits, two RBIs and two stolen bases for the ROCKIES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 6 pitches. Rangers, who avoided being swept in the three- DODGERS 9, MARLINS 1 Nolan Arenado hit a two-run, walk-off homer game series. Texas starter Kolby Allard (1-0) al- Clayton Kershaw struck out a season-high- in the ninth inning as Colorado rallied to beat ATHLETICS 9, GIANTS 5 lowed three runs on four hits with three walks tying 10 batters, and rookie Edwin Rios hit his Arizona in Denver. Arizona closer Archie Bradley Matt Chapman hit two home runs, and Rob- and five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Blue Jays first two major league homers — doing so in his (3-5) hit Trevor Story leading off the bottom of bie Grossman added a two-run shot to back the starter Sean Reid-Foley (2-3) gave up three runs hometown — as the Los Angeles downed host the ninth with the Rockies trailing 6-5. Arenado seven-inning shutout pitching of Homer Bailey on four hits with three walks and as many strike- Miami. Kershaw (12-2) struck out the first seven hit the next pitch down the line in left to give as visiting Oakland held off San Francisco. Matt outs in 3 1/3 innings. batters he faced, six of them swinging. The Mar- Colorado the win. Ketel Marte had four hits, and Olson made it 4-0 against Giants starter Tyler lins finally got their first baserunner when Harold Eduardo Escobar and Wilmer Flores homered Beede (3-7) with a two-run double in the third TIGERS 3, MARINERS 2 Ramirez singled with two outs in the fifth. In the for Arizona. Diamondbacks starting before Grossman broke the game open with a Edwin Jackson won his second straight end, Kershaw pitched seven scoreless innings, Robbie Ray left the game in the third inning due two-run homer to make it 6-0 in the sixth. Bailey start since returning to Detroit, Victor Reyes allowing just two hits — both singles — and no to lower back spasms. (10-8), who had been roughed up for seven runs drove in two runs, and the host Tigers edged walks. He also doubled, getting one more extra- in 4 2/3 innings in his previous start against the Seattle. Jackson (3-5) was recalled from the base hit than he allowed to the Marlins. NATIONALS 17, REDS 7 , was near-perfect in his seven in- minors last week after signing with the Tigers Adam Eaton and Kurt Suzuki each belted a nings against the Giants. He allowed three last month. He gave up two runs on four hits BRAVES 6, METS 4 three-run homer to highlight a 10-run, nine-hit baserunners — two on singles by Kevin Pillar — and a walk in five innings. Joe Jimenez Tyler Flowers’ soft single chased home the fifth inning as host Washington drubbed Cincin- and no runner past second base. recorded the last three outs for his second go-ahead run as Atlanta batted around and nati. Suzuki added an RBI single as part of a six- save. Harold Castro contributed three hits, a scored five times in the seventh inning to stun run sixth inning, and Asdrubal Cabrera collected BREWERS 6, TWINS 5 run and an RBI for Detroit, which snapped a visiting New York. The Braves, who had given up three hits and three RBIs for the Nationals, who Trent Grisham hit a three-run homer in the three-game losing streak and defeated Seattle the lead in the top of the inning, strung together completed a sweep after erupting for a season eighth inning to rally Milwaukee over visiting for the first time in six games this season. six singles — five of them against reliever Seth high in runs. Stephen Strasburg (15-5) matched a Minnesota. The Brewers were trailing 5-3 enter- Mariners starter Marco Gonzales (12-10) al- Lugo (5-3), who was charged with all five runs career high for wins in a season after allowing four ing the eighth when Ryan Braun reaching base lowed all three runs on 11 hits and a walk while and retired only one batter. The Braves survived runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. Rookie Aris- on a throwing error by Jorge Polanco on a rou- striking out six in six innings. — Reuters