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Highlights from
Friday's MLB games

[September 02, 2017]

Sept 1 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Major League Baseball games on Friday:

Dodgers 1, Padres 0

Clayton Kershaw threw six scoreless innings in his return from the disabled list and Chase Utley contributed an RBI single as Los Angeles beat San Diego.

Kershaw (16-2), pitching for the first time since July 23 because of a lower back strain, snapped the Dodgers' season-long, five-game losing streak.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner was charged with two hits as he struck out seven in his stellar 70-pitch effort.

Dinelson Lamet (7-6) nearly matched Kershaw in a tight pitching duel as he went six innings, giving up a run on six hits. He struck out 10, with three walks.

Cubs 2, Braves 0

John Lackey threw seven shutout innings and retired the final 16 hitters he faced as the Chicago Cubs won their fifth successive game with a 2-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Lackey (11-10) surrendered just three hits, and did not allow a baserunner after giving up back-to-back singles with two outs in the second inning. Lackey struck out five and did not allow a walk.

The Cubs tallied single runs in the third and fourth innings to stake Lackey to a lead.

Mike Foltynewicz (10-11) took the loss after he gave up five hits and allowed the two runs over 6-1/3 innings while walking three and striking out two.

Brewers 1, Nationals 0

Jimmy Nelson tossed seven scoreless innings and Neil Walker backed him up with his 12th home run as Milwaukee beat Washington.

Nelson (11-6) held the Nationals to three hits, walked three and tied his career high with 11 strikeouts to earn his third consecutive victory.

Tanner Roark (11-9) matched Nelson pitch-for-pitch, striking out 10 while scattering five hits with one walk over seven innings. He was burned only by the one-out home run he allowed to Walker in the first inning.

Red Sox 4, Yankees 1

Doug Fister pitched seven strong innings and Boston hit three homers in a victory over New York.

Eduardo Nunez hit a two-run homer and Andrew Benintendi and Hanley Ramirez slugged solo homers against Sonny Gray (8-9).

Those homers were enough for Fister (4-8), who held the Yankees to one run and four hits by working quickly and constantly getting groundouts.

Addison Reed pitched a perfect eighth and Craig Kimbrel posted his 32nd save in 36 opportunities.

Indians 3, Tigers 2 (Game 1)

Francisco Lindor poked a single up the middle through a drawn-in infield to score Jay Bruce from third base with one out in the top of the ninth inning in the first game of a split doubleheader.

Bruce had a pinch-hit triple with one out off Detroit closer Shane Greene (3-3). Lindor then delivered a soft liner to center to drive Bruce in.

Cody Allen (2-6) got the win after giving up a game-tying single to Mikie Mahtook in the eighth.

Cleveland reliever Joe Smith came in with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth and got Miguel Cabrera to line out to short for his first save of the season.

Indians 10, Tigers 0 (Game 2)

Roberto Perez homered and knocked in three runs to back the six strong innings by Mike Clevinger as Cleveland completed a doubleheader sweep.

Clevinger (8-5) allowed three hits, giving up two doubles to Andrew Romine plus a single to Ian Kinsler in his six-inning stint He struck out six and walked just one.

Dan Otero pitched the seventh, Kyle Crockett the eighth and Nick Goody the ninth for the Indians.

Perez opened the five-run sixth with his fourth home run of the season, which came off reliever Blaine Hardy. His two-run single in the fourth gave the Indians a 4-0 lead.

Rays 3, White Sox 1

Logan Morrison drove in three runs to lead Tampa Bay to victory over Chicago.

Morrison went 3-for-4 with a home run to help the Rays in the wild-card race.

Blake Snell (3-6) allowed an unearned run and six hits in 6-2/3 innings before Alex Colome picked up his major league-leading 41st save in 46 opportunities.

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Phillies 2, Marlins 1

Philadelphia scored two runs in the top of the ninth to rally past Miami and hand the Marlins their fifth successive loss.

Philadelphia rallied in the ninth off closer Brad Ziegler (1-3), who had entered the game having pitched 13 consecutive scoreless innings.

The Phillies cashed in when Jorge Alfaro stroked an RBI single and Andres Blanco hit a run-scoring groundout.

Juan Nicasio (3-5) pitched one-third of an inning to pick up the win.

Reds 7, Pirates 3

Adam Duvall drove in two runs and was one of three players with at least two hits as Cincinnati handed Pittsburgh its fourth straight loss.

Luis Castillo, one of four rookies in the Cincinnati rotation, pitched four innings, allowing two runs on three hits with five strikeouts and a walk.

Pittsburgh's Gerrit Cole (11-9) lasted six innings, giving up five runs and six hits. He had been 5-1 in his previous 10 starts.

Diamondbacks 9, Rockies 5

Surging Arizona extended its winning streak to a season-best eight games with a 9-5 win over Colorado.

The Diamondbacks broke open a close game with a five-run seventh that was highlighted by a pinch-hit three-run homer by Daniel Descalso.

Taijuan Walker (8-7) allowed three hits in five scoreless innings for Arizona, which moved 4-1/2 games ahead of the Rockies in the race for the top NL wild-card spot.

Mariners 3, Athletics 2

Mike Leake (8-12), acquired on Wednesday from St. Louis, pitched seven innings, allowing eight hits and two earned runs while walking one with seven strikeouts to give the Mariners the win over the Athletics.

Kyle Seager provided the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the third inning and Leake made it hold up in an outing that had a bumpy start, but smoothed as it went along.

The victory snapped a five-game losing streak for the Mariners, who gained ground in the wild-card race with a loss by the Minnesota Twins, pulling within 3-1/2 games of the last playoff spot.

Royals 7, Twins 6

Mike Moustakas hit a three-run homer and Brandon Moss added a two-run shot as Kansas City took the first game of a pivotal weekend series against Minnesota.

Melky Cabrera added four hits for Kansas City.

Jason Hammel (7-10) held Minnesota in check after a tough start and lasted 6-1/3 innings, surrendering four runs and seven hits.

Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0 (13 innings)

Jonathan Schoop hit an RBI double against Aaron Loup in the bottom of the 13th inning to give Baltimore a victory over Toronto.

Manny Machado started the winning rally with a leadoff infield single that Josh Donaldson knocked down but could not make a play on.

Schoop then lined the next pitch into the gap toward right-center field. Machado scored easily for a 1-0 score.

Jimmy Yacabonis (1-0) got his first major-league victory after throwing a scoreless 13th.

Cardinals 11, Giants 6

Dexter Fowler greeted closer Sam Dyson with a triple and Kolten Wong lined the next pitch for a tie-breaking single in a six-run ninth, lifting St. Louis to a come-from-behind victory over San Francisco.

Harrison Bader, Randal Grichuk and Stephen Piscotty homered for the Cardinals.

Buster Posey collected three hits, Hunter Pence had a two-run triple and right-hander Johnny Cueto came off the disabled list to pitch 5-1/3 strong innings for the Giants, who have lost seven of their last eight games.

Rangers 10, Angels 9

Carlos Gomez scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and Alex Claudio (4-1) got Eric Young Jr. to hit into a fielder's choice with the bases loaded in the ninth to give the Rangers victory in the four-hour, 33-minute game.

It was the longest nine-inning game for both teams and the third longest in major-league history.

The teams combined for 25 hits and 15 pitchers used and stranded a total of 23 baserunners.

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