MLB roundup: Brewers sweep Marlins,
win seventh straight
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[September 13, 2019]
Ryan Braun, wearing injured
teammate Christian Yelich's jersey under his own as a tribute,
slugged a go-ahead, two-run homer to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a
3-2 win over the host Miami Marlins on Thursday afternoon.
Yelich, the National League's reigning MVP, was lost for the season
on Tuesday with a fractured kneecap. However, that hasn't stopped
the Brewers, who have won seven straight contests, including a
four-game sweep of the Marlins.
Milwaukee remains tied with the Chicago Cubs for the second National
League wild-card position. Both teams are four games behind the
first-place St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Central.
Reliever Freddy Peralta (6-3) earned the win by pitching two
scoreless innings and striking out three. Josh Hader picked up his
31st save of the season -- his second in roughly 16 hours.
Cubs 4, Padres 1
Yu Darvish struck out 14 batters over six shutout innings as Chicago
earned a victory in San Diego.
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Darvish and relievers Kyle Ryan (two in two innings) and Rowan Wick
(three in the ninth) combined for 19 strikeouts. The Padres scored
in the ninth and had the winning run at the plate when Wick fanned
Luis Urias to end the game with the bases loaded.
Ian Happ delivered a two-out, two-run single in the fourth inning
for the Cubs, who won for just the second time in seven games.
Cardinals 10, Rockies 3
Dexter Fowler and Kolten Wong started the game with consecutive home
runs, and St. Louis also got leadoff homers in the second, third and
fourth innings en route to a victory over Colorado in Denver.
Rangel Ravelo, Marcell Ozuna and Harrison Bader went deep, and
Fowler, Wong and Andrew Knizner had two hits apiece for the
Cardinals, who salvaged the finale of a three-game series. Paul
DeJong and Wong each had two stolen bases.
Nolan Arenado homered and finished with two hits, Josh Fuentes hit
his first major league home run, and Garrett Hampson had two hits
for the Rockies.
Mets 11, Diamondbacks 1
Juan Lagares had the biggest game of his major league career,
homering twice and finishing with six RBIs as New York completed a
four-game sweep of visiting Arizona.
The Mets outscored the Diamondbacks by a 20-1 margin in the final
two games and 26-4 overall to leapfrog Arizona, which began the
series 2 1/2 games ahead of New York, in the gaggle of National
League teams pursuing a wild card.
Lagares produced his first career two-homer game, and he doubled his
previous single-game career RBI high. Todd Frazier added his third
homer in two days.
Yankees 10, Tigers 4 (Game 1)
Luke Voit had three hits, including a two-run homer, scored three
runs and drove in three as New York won the first game of a
doubleheader in Detroit.
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Cubs starting pitcher Yu Darvish (11) pitches in the first
inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory
Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports
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Edwin Encarnacion also ripped a two-run homer for the Yankees. He
came out for a pinch hitter in the seventh, with the team saying he
had a left oblique strain. Encarnacion will return to New York for
further testing.
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge reached base four times and scored four
runs. Dawel Lugo hit a two-run homer and Travis Demeritte added a
solo shot for the Tigers.
Yankees 6, Tigers 4 (Game 2)
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer, Domingo German pitched four innings
of scoreless relief, and New York completed a doubleheader sweep at
Detroit.
DJ LeMahieu had three hits, scored a run and knocked in another for
the Yankees. CC Sabathia, back from the injured list, started and
allowed two runs in 3 1/3 innings. Aroldis Chapman got the last two
outs for his 37th save.
Putting a damper on the sweep, Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez exited
in the fourth inning due to left groin tightness, an inning after he
was caught trying to steal a base. Sanchez was out July 24-Aug. 9
because of a left groin strain.
Royals 6, White Sox 3
Hunter Dozier stroked a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth
inning to lead Kansas City to a win at Chicago.
Jorge Soler went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs while
Dozier added a double for the Royals, who won for the fourth time in
six games. Kansas City captured the last two games of the three-game
series.
Royals starter Jorge Lopez (4-7) allowed three runs, two earned, on
eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out two.
Pirates 4, Giants 2
Pittsburgh used triples from Cole Tucker and starting pitcher Joe
Musgrove to build a lead, then got a home run from Jacob Stallings
as insurance in a win at San Francisco.
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Musgrove (10-12) pitched five shutout innings, and Felipe Vazquez
recorded his third save in four days, allowing the Pirates to take
three of four in the series.
The Giants' first two batters in the ninth inning reached base, but
Vazquez rebounded to strike out pinch hitter Austin Slater and Mike
Yastrzemski before getting Buster Posey to ground out for his 28th
save.
--Field Level Media
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