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Primoz avoids threatening crash Vogelbach’s pinch-hit slam in Roglic wins fi nal stage, captures 3rd straight Spanish Vuelta title SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, 9th leads Brewers past Cards Spain, Sept 6, (AP): Primoz Roglic was barely off his bike before someone shoved a beer in his hand, a welcome way to savor his third Duggar triples, Giants hold off Dodgers 6-4 for NL West lead consecutive Spanish Vuelta title. The Slovenian and his Jumbo- Visma teammates then donned MILWAUKEE, Sept. 6, shirts to mark the moment. (AP): Daniel Vogelbach hit “Trilogic,” it read, for the trilogy a pinch-hit grand slam off of titles Roglic now has at Spain’s Alex Reyes to cap a fi ve-run . Roglic dominated this year’s rally in the ninth inning race as few have. He won four that gave the Milwaukee stages, proved unbeatable both in Brewers a 6-5 victory over time trialing and the mountains, the St. Louis Cardinals. and built a final gap over runner- Reyes (5-8) entered the game up Enric Mas that hadn’t been after the Brewers had loaded the seen this century. bases off Giovanny Gallegos. Vo- His winning margin of 4 minutes, Vuelta race winner Primoz Roglic of gelbach hit a 1-0 pitch high above 42 seconds over Mas was the larg- Slovenia, centre celebrates on the the outstretched arm of right fi elder est at the three-week race since podium alongside 2nd placed Mag- Dylan Carlson. 1997. nus Cort Nielsen of , left The NL Cen- and 3rd placed Thymen Arensman of the Netherlands at the end of the tral-leading Brew- CYCLING Vuelta Cycling race in Santiago, ers trailed 5-1 be- Spain, on Sept. 5. (AP) fore starting their comeback. the time trial at the Tokyo Olympics. Pablo Reyes “It’s unbelievable, it’s crazy,” Then the former ski jumper hit his fi rst homer Roglic said. “Sometimes, you win returned to his favorite race. of the season for by a lot, sometimes it’s very little. Roglic became just the fourth Milwaukee, and But as long as you can win, it’s Miguel Sanchez rider to win the Vuelta more than good.” twice. (2008, (2-0) pitched a Roglic entered final stage, a time Vogelbach scoreless ninth to 2012, 2014) and earn the victory. trial of 34 kilometers (21 miles) (1992-1994) also won it three times. Tyler O’Neill had three hits, includ- Seattle Mariners’ Tom Murphy connects for a run-scoring single as Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Daulton Varsho from Padrón to Santiago de won it a record four ing a home run, for the Cardinals. Har- (left), reaches for the ball during the 11th inning of a baseball game on Sept 5, in Phoenix. (AP) Compostela, with an already com- times (2000, 2003-2005). rison Bader added a two-run double. fortable advantage of 2:38 over Roglic set the tone by winning Kirk homered as Toronto won for the against the Angels. tended his on-base streak to 35 with Giants 6, Dodgers 4 Mas. But instead of just riding to the opening time trial in Burgos. seventh time in eight games. Jo Adell hit two homers and Janson an seventh-inning double. It’s the third avoid a title-threatening crash, In San Francisco, Steven Duggar hit Confident in his prowess on the The playoff-contending A’s have Junk (0-1) lost his major league debut longest by a player under 21 and one Roglic did what he had done all a tiebreaking two-run triple after be- lost 14 of 20 after winning 12 of the after pitching six-hit ball into the fourth short of the AL-record held by Mickey hardest climbs, he kept his cool ing called up earlier in the day, Bran- previous 15. inning for the Angels. Mantle, race: he went for the win as if each when he lost the red jersey twice to stage was a race in itself. riders who were not considered title don Belt homered, and San Francisco Ray (11-5) reached double digits in Padres 4, Astros 3 Brandon Lowe and Austin Mead- wrapped up a key series against Los strikeouts for the fourth straight start, ows homered for the Rays, who are Roglic powered through the rivals. Angeles to take the NL West lead. the fi rst Blue Jays pitcher to achieve In San Diego, Jake Cronenworth hit 33-14 since the All-Star break. Andrew course that finished in the huge Roglic’s only slip was his fall on Albert Pujols hit career home run the feat. a solo home run with one out in the Kittredge (8-3) took the loss. square outside Santiago’s medieval Stage 10 that cost him time and No. 678 with a pinch-hit, two-run drive Cole Irvin (9-13) took the loss, al- ninth inning and San Diego took two of Tyler Duffey (3-3) had a scoreless cathedral, the destination of thou- allowed Norwegian Odd Christian in the ninth off Giants closer Jake Mc- lowing seven runs and eight hits in 2 three from AL West-leading Houston. eighth before Alex Colomé worked the sands of pilgrims who walk the St. Eiking to become the surprising Gee. 1-3 innings. Cronenworth, a fi rst-time All-Star ninth to get his 11th save. this season who has struggled at the James’ Way each year. race leader. Indians 11, Red Sox 5 plate recently, sent a drive to right- Phillies 4, Marlins 3, 10 Innings And despite almost taking a But Roglic bided his time, leav- BASEBALL In Boston, Franmil Reyes homered center off reliever Ryne Stanek for his In Miami, Odúbel Herrera hit an RBI wrong turn midway through, he ing Eiking to stay in the red jersey over the Green Monster to spark a 20th homer of the season. It was the single in the 10th inning and Phila- capped his victory in the final for a week until he took it back in three-run third inning - Cleveland’s fi rst walk-off home run in his two-year delphia averted a three-game sweep meters by catching and overtaking style atop the iconic Lagos de Brandon Crawford had an RBI dou- franchise-record tying 19th straight career and his second game-winning against Miami. Mas, who had started two minutes Covadonga summit on Stage 17. ble and Darin Ruf singled home a run game with a home run - and the Indians hit. Bryce Harper hit his 27th home run before him on their solo runs. Mas may have finished the race in the second as San Francisco beat salvaged the fi nale of the series with The Astros tied it in the seventh and Freddy Galvis also connected for Magnus Cort Nielsen was chas- runner-up, but the biggest threat to Walker Buehler (13-3) for the fi rst COVID-impacted Boston. when Yuli Gurriel and Carlos Correa the playoff-chasing Phillies. ing his own fourth stage win at the Roglic’s title defense was launched time. Reyes added a two-run double and homered on consecutive pitches off Ian Kennedy (1-0) pitched two race when he set the time to beat by on that climb in the The Giants tagged Buehler for a went 4 for 4, and Bradley Zimmer had Chris Paddack. scoreless and struck out four. Dylan over the decisive time trial. But Floro (5-6) took the loss. northern Picos de Europa moun- season-high six runs on seven hits over a two-run single for the Indians, who Padres closer Mark Melancon (4-2) Roglic finished the stage in 44:02, tains. three innings in the fi nal regular-season matched their single-season record of picked up the win. Ryne Stanek (1-4) Miami tied it at 3 with an unearned took the loss. run in the sixth inning. Jazz Chisholm some 14 seconds ahead of the Dane. Bernal, a Tour and Giro d’Italia matchup between the rivals. San Fran- homering in consecutive games, set in “It was a super nice day, and nice winner, attacked from distance, cisco (87-50) holds a one-game divi- May 2000. Tigers 4, Reds 1 Jr. reached on an error by fi rst baseman sion lead and owns any tiebreakers with J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer Brad Miller and later scored on Bryan three weeks, so I’m happy for with 61 kilometers (40 miles) and In Cincinnati, Jeimer Candelario the defending World Series champions and had three RBIs, and Hunter Ren- De La Cruz’s grounder. myself and my guys around,” two huge climbs to go. Roglic, snapped a scoreless tie with a two-run after winning the season series 10-9. froe added three hits for the Red Sox, Royals 6, White Sox 0 Roglic said. “It was hard, the last instead of sitting back and trusting Zack Littell (2-0) struck out two and triple and fi ve Detroit pitchers com- one after all these weeks. Still I his team to lead him back, jumped who had their four-game winning bined to frustrate Cincinnati. In Kansas City, Mo., Brady Singer picked up the win in relief. streak halted. enjoyed support on the road. I tried on Bernal’s wheel. The pair rode Detroit starter Casey Mize worked tossed seven scoreless innings and Sal- to focus on the stage win.” Orioles 8, Yankees 7 The Red Sox scratched scheduled three perfect innings, and José Ureña vador Perez hit another home run as alone on the rainy mountain roads starter Nick Pivetta before the game, (3-8) went the next 2 2/3 innings, al- Kansas City beat Chicago. The 31-year-old Roglic complet- until Roglic shook Bernal free to In New York, Gary Sánchez hit a placing him on the COVID-19-related grand slam and a two-run homer, but lowing fi ve hits. Michael Fulmer, and Singer (4-9) matched his season high ed a fantastic rebound from his dis- claim his third stage win. New York blew a late lead and lost injured list. About 30 minutes before José Cisnero also pitched for the Ti- with seven innings and allowed four appointing , where After the stage, Bernal praised again to last-place Baltimore. the fi rst pitch, they added infi elder/out- gers. Gregory Soto pitched a perfect hits with no walks and struck out six. he was supposed to be Tadej Roglic’s “bravery” for risking it all New York wasted leads of 4-1, 5-2 fi elder Danny Santana to the list, giving ninth for his 18th save in 19 chances. Perez had his third home run of the Pogacar’s biggest rival but ended to match his attack. and 7-4 and lost for the sixth time in them 11 players in the last 10 days. Max Schrock scored the Reds’ only series, eighth in the last 11 games and up withdrawing from the race after Roglic’s shout as he crossed the eight games. Braves 9, Rockies 2 run on Soto’s wild pitch in the eighth. 41st of the season. suffering two crashes in the early finish line that day celebrated a Sánchez hit a slam in the second In Denver, Ozzie Albies homered on Luis Castillo (7-15) allowed four hits Dylan Cease (11-7) took the loss. He stages. double victory: he had claimed one inning, and his homer in the sixth off the fi rst pitch of Ryan Feltner’s major with two walks and seven strikeouts gave up four runs and four hits in fi ve Less than three weeks later, of the Vuelta’s most venerable stag- Marcos Diplan (1-0). league debut, and Atlanta added three while adding to his single-season ca- innings. He walked three and struck out Roglic proved that his Tour perfor- es in majestic fashion and dealt a Tyler Wells earned his fi rst career more home runs in a win over Colo- reer high for losses. nine. mance was not a sign of decline blow that would end up ensuring save, and the Orioles won for the fi fth rado. Twins 6, Rays 5 Cubs 11, Pirates 8 time in 30 games since Aug. 2. Austin when he won gold for Slovenia in him another title. Austin Riley, Adam Duvall and In St. Petersburg, Florida, Nick Gor- In Chicago, Frank Schwindel hit Hays and Cedric Mullins homered for Travis d’Arnaud also went deep for the Baltimore. don had a game-tying RBI single in a go-ahead grand slam, Matt Duffy Braves. Charlie Morton (13-5) pitched the seventh inning and a go-ahead run- homered twice, including a grand slam, MLB Results/Standings Mets 13, Nationals 6 seven strong innings, allowing two runs scoring hit in the ninth, leading Minne- and Chicago outslugged Pittsburgh. In Washington, Javier Báez went 4 on two hits. He walked two and struck sota past AL East-leading Tampa Bay. With Chicago trailing 8-7 with two for 4 with a home run, Kevin Pillar hit a out three. Atlanta has a two-game lead Rays rookie Wander Franco ex- outs and the bases loaded in the sev- over Philadelphia in the NL East. grand slam that capped a game-sealing, enth, Schwindel hit a curveball off re- WASHINGTON, Sept 6, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Sunday. six-run ninth inning, and New York The Rockies scored their runs on an liever Nick Mears to the bleachers in Detroit 4 Cincinnati 1 Seattle 10 Arizona (11 inn) 4 beat Washington. RBI grounder by Brendan Rodgers and center turn the game around. Toronto 8 Oakland 0 NY Mets 13 Washington 6 Francisco Lindor and Jonathan Vil- a sacrifi ce fl y by Ryan McMahon. Duffy also had three hits and Jason Minnesota 6 Tampa Bay 5 Philadelphia 4 Miami (10 inn) 3 Feltner (0-1), who made the jump Kansas City 6 Chic. W. Sox 0 Atlanta 9 Colorado 2 lar also homered for the Mets, who Heyward also went deep as the Cubs Baltimore 8 NY Yankees 7 Milwaukee 6 St Louis 5 squandered an early four-run lead but from Double-A Hartford to start in won their sixth straight. Cleveland 11 Boston 5 Chicago Cubs 11 Pittsburgh 8 got 4 2/3 shutout innings from their place of injured Austin Gomber, could Bryan Reynolds hit a grand slam and San Diego 4 Houston 3 San Francisco 6 LA Dodgers 4 bullpen to win for the seventh time in not get out of the third inning. He al- had four hits, and Yoshi Tsutsugo also Texas 7 LA Angels 3 American League National League eight games. lowed fi ve hits - three of them homers went deep for Pittsburgh, which has East Division East Division Lane Thomas and Josh Bell homered - and six runs in 2 2/3 innings. dropped sixth straight. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB for Washington, which has lost eight of Rangers 7, Angels 3 Mariners 10, Diamondbacks 4, 11 Tampa Bay 86 51 .628 _ Atlanta 72 64 .529 _ nine and 24 of 31. New York 78 58 .574 7-1/2 Philadelphia 70 66 .515 2 In Anaheim, California, DJ Peters Innings Boston 79 60 .568 8 New York 69 68 .504 3-1/2 Aaron Loup (5-0) worked a score- homered twice, had a career-high four Toronto 73 62 .541 12 Miami 57 80 .416 15-1/2 less seventh. It was the 42nd victory by In Phoenix, Kyle Seager hit a go- Baltimore 43 92 .319 42 Washington 56 80 .412 16 Mets relievers this season, the most in hits and drove in four runs, and Taylor ahead, two-RBI double to spark an Central Division Central Division the National League. Andres Machado Hearn pitched seven innings of seven- 11th-inning rally and lift Seattle over W L Pct GB W L Pct GB hit ball as Texas snapped a three-game Chicago 79 58 .577 _ Milwaukee 84 54 .609 _ (1-2) took the loss. Arizona to complete a three-game Cleveland 68 66 .507 9-1/2 Cincinnati 73 65 .529 11 skid with a win over Los Angeles. sweep. Detroit 65 73 .471 14-1/2 St Louis 69 66 .511 13-1/2 Blue Jays 8, Athletics 0 Peters hit a solo shot in the second The Mariners are on a fi ve-game Kansas City 61 75 .449 17-1/2 Chicago 63 75 .457 21 In Toronto, Robbie Ray struck out and a three-run blast in the third before winning streak and continued to make Minnesota 59 77 .434 19-1/2 Pittsburgh 48 89 .350 35-1/2 West Division West Division 10 while pitching one-hit ball into the adding a single and a late double. up ground in the AL playoff race. Seat- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB seventh inning, Marcus Semien hit his Hearn (5-4) won his third consecu- Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Nate tle is three games behind Boston for the Houston 79 57 .581 _ San Francisco 87 50 .635 _ 35th home run and Toronto completed tive start, allowing three runs and strik- Pearson throws against the Oak- fi nal wild card spot. Seattle 75 62 .547 4-1/2 Los Angeles 86 51 .628 1 Oakland 74 63 .540 5-1/2 San Diego 73 64 .533 14 a three-game sweep of Oakland. ing out four in the longest start of his land Athletics in the ninth inning Arizona has lost eight of nine. Se- Los Angeles 68 69 .496 11-1/2 Colorado 63 74 .460 24 Bo Bichette went 4 for 4, scored career while ending the last-place of a baseball game in Toronto on attle improved to 14-4 in extra inning Texas 48 88 .353 31 Arizona 45 93 .326 42-1/2 twice and drove in a run and Alejandro Rangers’ fi ve-game losing streak Sept. 5. (AP) games.