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THE NEW MEXICAN Friday, September 20, 2013
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Red Sox rebound, beat Orioles The Associated Press
BOSTON — Boston clinched its first postseason berth since 2009, beating Baltimore 3-1 on Thursday night behind John Lackey’s twohitter. ComRed Sox 3 ing off a Orioles 1 last-place finish and a 69-93 record — their most losses since 1965, the Red Sox have rebounded under firstyear manager John Farrell and ensured at least a wild-card berth in the postseason. They lowered their magic number to two for clinching the AL East. Boston scored all its runs in the second on Stephen Drew’s two-run homer and Dustin Pedroia’s RBI single. RANgERS 8, RAYS 2 In St. Petersburg, Elvis Andrus drove in three runs and Texas beat Tampa for a split of their four-game series that left the teams tied atop the AL wild-card race. The Rangers won the season series with the Rays 4-3, earning home-field advantage should the teams finish in tie for the two wild-card spots. They each have 10 games left. The Indians, meanwhile, pulled within a half-game of the leaders by beating Houston 2-1 in 11 innings. Cleveland has nine remaining. Yu Darvish won for the first time in seven starts since Aug. 12. Darvish (13-9) made it through five innings despite walking six. Mitch Moreland, Andrus and Alex Rios homered off Matt Moore in the third inning to put the Rangers ahead to stay. Craig Gentry had four of the Rangers’ 16 hits and three of their five stolen bases, the most against the Rays this season. Moore (15-4) gave up six runs, five earned, while striking out six in four innings. INDIANS 2, ASTROS 1 (11 INNINgS) In Cleveland, Matt Carson’s single with two outs in the 11th inning gave Cleveland the win as it closed within a halfgame in the AL wild card race. Yan Gomes singled with one out against Rhiner Cruz (0-2), and Asdrubal Cabrera reached on an infield single. Trevor Crowe caught Michael Brantley’s liner to center and nearly doubled Gomes off second, and Mike Aviles loaded the bases with a walk. Carson hit a grounder under the glove of second baseman Jose Altuve for Cleveland’s 10th walkoff win this season. Tampa Bay and Texas (8369) are tied for the two wild cards. BLUE JAYS 6, YANKEES 2 In Toronto, New York lost for the fifth time in six games. Hiroki Kuroda lost his fifth straight decision, allowing two runs in the third inning and a solo home run to Anthony Gose in the sixth. Adam Lind added a three-run homer in the seventh off Joba Chamberlain. New York, which dropped 3½ games back for the second AL wild-card berth, lost two of three in Toronto while scoring just six runs and hitting .198 (19 for 96). The Yankees are in danger of missing the playoffs for only the second time in 19 seasons. New York won 12 of its first 13 games against Toronto this year but lost four of its final six. Kuroda allowed three runs and eight hits in six inning with four walks and seven strikeouts. Rookie Todd Redmond (4-2) gave up one run and four hits in a career-high seven innings with seven strikeouts and a walk. Casey Janssen relieved with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth, then finished for his 32nd save in 34 chances. TIgERS 5, MARINERS 4 In Detroit, Prince Fielder had three hits and scored the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning on a close play at the plate for Detroit. The Tigers trailed 4-3 after Seattle’s Dustin Ackley hit a three-run homer in the fifth, but Fielder’s RBI single in the seventh tied it.
American League
East W L Pct z-Boston 93 61 .604 Tampa Bay 83 69 .546 Baltimore 81 71 .533 New York 80 73 .523 Toronto 70 82 .461 Central W L Pct Detroit 89 64 .582 Cleveland 83 70 .542 Kansas City 80 72 .526 Minnesota 65 86 .430 Chicago 60 92 .395 West W L Pct Oakland 89 63 .586 Texas 83 69 .546 Los Angeles 74 78 .487 Seattle 67 86 .438 Houston 51 102 .333 Thursday’s Games Detroit 5, Seattle 4 Cleveland 2, Houston 1, 11 innings Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 Boston 3, Baltimore 1 Texas 8, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota at Oakland
GB — 9 11 121/2 22 GB — 6 81/2 23 281/2 GB — 6 15 221/2 381/2
WCGB L10 Str Home — 6-4 W-1 51-27 — 5-5 L-1 47-30 2 5-5 L-1 42-33 31/2 4-6 L-1 44-31 13 4-6 W-1 38-40 WCGB L10 Str Home — 7-3 W-1 49-29 1/2 6-4 W-1 46-30 3 6-4 W-1 42-36 171/2 4-6 W-1 31-43 23 3-7 L-1 35-41 WCGB L10 Str Home — 7-3 L-1 48-29 — 2-8 W-1 39-35 9 7-3 W-1 35-40 161/2 2-8 L-1 33-42 321/2 4-6 L-6 24-54 Wednesday’s Games Minnesota 4, Chicago Sox 3 L.A. Angels 5, Oakland 4, 11 innings N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 3 Seattle 8, Detroit 0 Baltimore 5, Boston 3, 12 innings Tampa Bay 4, Texas 3, 12 innings Kansas City 7, Cleveland 2
Away 42-34 36-39 39-38 36-42 32-42 Away 40-35 37-40 38-36 34-43 25-51 Away 41-34 44-34 39-38 34-44 27-48
Friday’s Games Houston (Oberholtzer 4-3) at Cleveland (McAllister 8-9), 5:05 p.m. San Francisco (Lincecum 10-13) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 13-13), 5:05 p.m. Chicago Sox (Rienzo 2-2) at Detroit (Scherzer 19-3), 5:08 p.m. Baltimore (Hammel 7-8) at Tampa Bay (Price 8-8), 5:10 p.m. Toronto (Rogers 5-7) at Boston (Lester 14-8), 5:10 p.m. Texas (M.Perez 9-5) at Kansas City (E.Santana 9-9), 6:10 p.m. Minnesota (A.Albers 2-3) at Oakland (Colon 16-6), 8:05 p.m. Seattle (E.Ramirez 5-2) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 0-0), 8:05 p.m.
National League
East W L Pct Atlanta 90 62 .592 Washington 82 71 .536 Philadelphia 71 81 .467 New York 68 84 .447 Miami 56 97 .366 Central W L Pct St. Louis 89 64 .582 Pittsburgh 88 65 .575 Cincinnati 87 66 .569 Milwaukee 68 84 .447 Chicago 64 89 .418 West W L Pct x-Los Angeles 88 65 .575 Arizona 77 75 .507 San Diego 71 81 .467 San Francisco 71 82 .464 Colorado 70 84 .455 Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh 10, San Diego 1 San Francisco 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee 1 Colorado 7, St. Louis 6, 15 innings L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 6 Washington 3, Miami 2
GB — 81/2 19 22 341/2 GB — 1 2 201/2 25 GB — 101/2 161/2 17 181/2
WCGB L10 Str Home 5-5 W-1 52-22 — 5 8-2 W-1 45-33 151/2 6-4 L-1 43-35 181/2 4-6 L-1 32-45 31 3-7 L-1 31-44 WCGB L10 Str Home — 6-4 L-1 48-27 — 6-4 W-1 49-29 — 6-4 W-3 48-26 181/2 6-4 L-1 36-42 23 3-7 W-1 29-46 WCGB L10 Str Home — 4-6 W-1 46-32 91/2 5-5 L-1 44-34 151/2 6-4 L-1 41-33 16 7-3 W-1 38-38 171/2 4-6 W-1 43-33 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 5, Washington 2 Miami 4, Philadelphia 3, 10 innings San Diego 3, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Mets 5, San Francisco 4 Milwaukee 7, Chicago Cubs 0 Cincinnati 6, Houston 5, 13 innings St. Louis 4, Colorado 3 Arizona 9, L.A. Dodgers 4
Away 38-40 37-38 28-46 36-39 25-53 Away 41-37 39-36 39-40 32-42 35-43 Away 42-33 33-41 30-48 33-44 27-51
Friday’s Games Atlanta (Maholm 10-10) at Chicago Cubs (S.Baker 0-0), 12:20 p.m. Cincinnati (Latos 14-6) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 16-7), 5:05 p.m. Miami (Ja.Turner 3-7) at Washington (Zimmermann 18-8), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Matsuzaka 1-3) at Philadelphia (Hamels 8-13), 5:05 p.m. Arizona (Delgado 5-6) at Colorado (Chacin 13-9), 6:10 p.m. St. Louis (S.Miller 14-9) at Milwaukee (Hellweg 1-4), 6:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Volquez 9-11) at San Diego (Erlin 2-3), 8:10 p.m. z-clinched playoff berth; x-clinched division TODAY’S PITCHING COMPARISON
American League
Team REC 5-3 13-9 Team REC 3-6 23-7 Team REC 11-11 11-13 Team REC 10-8 18-13 Team REC 11-6 15-15 Team REC 6-5 — Team REC 4-4 19-9
2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA 0-0 2.0 9.00 No Record 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA 0-0 6.0 3.00 2-1 25.2 2.81 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA 1-2 17.1 6.23 1-0 17.0 4.76 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA 0-1 14.1 4.40 3-0 35.1 2.80 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA No Record 0-0 7.0 0.00 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA 0-1 6.2 2.70 No Record 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA No Record No Record
Team REC 12-12 0-2 Team REC 6-13 21-9 Team REC 2-3 13-18 Team REC 19-11 17-7 Team REC 19-10 1-4 Team REC 11-6 16-13 Team REC 13-17 3-4
2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA No Record No Record 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA 0-1 4.0 11.25 2-0 15.0 2.40 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA 0-1 4.1 8.31 2-2 24.0 4.13 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA 1-1 22.2 3.57 0-3 16.1 4.41 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA 3-0 25.0 1.08 No Record 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA 1-0 6.0 3.00 1-1 16.2 3.78 2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA 0-0 1.0 0.00 No Record
2013 Team Pitchers Line W-L ERA REC San Fran. Lincecum (R) 10-13 4.40 14-16 N.Y. Yankees Sabathia (L) -145 13-13 4.90 16-15 KEY: TEAM REC-Team’s record in games started by today’s pitcher. AHWG-Average hits and walks allowed per 9 innings. VS OPP-Pitcher’s record versus this opponent, 2013 statistics. Copyright 2013 World Features Syndicate, Inc.
2013 vs. Opp. W-L IP ERA No Record No Record
Houston Cleveland
Pitchers Obrhltzer (L) McAllster (R)
Chicago Detroit
Pitchers Rienzo (R) Scherzer (R)
-300
Baltimore Tampa Bay
Pitchers Hammel (R) Price (L)
-190
Toronto Boston
Pitchers Rogers (R) Lester (L)
-220
Texas Kansas City
Pitchers Perez (L) Santana (R)
-120
Pitchers Seattle Ramirez (R) Los Angeles Shoemaker (R) Minnesota Oakland
Pitchers Albers (L) Colon (R)
Line -230 Line
Line
Line
Line
Line -140 Line -230
2013 W-L 4-3 8-9 2013 W-L 2-2 19-3 2013 W-L 7-8 8-8 2013 W-L 5-7 14-8 2013 W-L 9-5 9-9 2013 W-L 5-2 — 2013 W-L 2-3 16-6
ERA 2.98 3.96 ERA 5.04 2.95 ERA 5.12 3.42 ERA 4.47 3.75 ERA 3.64 3.23 ERA 4.98 — ERA 3.81 2.73
National League
Atlanta Chicago
Pitchers Maholm (L) Baker (R)
Line -130
Miami Washing.
Pitchers Turner (R) Zmmrmann (R)
Line
New York Philadelphia
Pitchers Matsuzaka (R) Hamels (L)
-230 Line -220
Cincinnati Pittsburgh
Pitchers Latos (R) Liriano (L)
Line
St. Louis Milwaukee
Pitchers Miller (R) Hellweg (R)
Line -170
Arizona Colorado
Pitchers Delgado (R) Chacin (R)
Line -130
Los Angeles San Diego
Pitchers Volquez (R) Erlin (L)
-110
-125
Line
2013 W-L 10-10 0-0 2013 W-L 3-7 18-8 2013 W-L 1-3 8-13 2013 W-L 14-6 16-7 2013 W-L 14-9 1-4 2013 W-L 5-6 13-9 2013 W-L 9-11 2-3
Interleague
ERA 4.35 0.82 ERA 3.51 3.33 ERA 6.12 3.48 ERA 3.14 2.92 ERA 3.01 8.31 ERA 3.98 3.22 ERA 5.94 5.18
BOxSCORES Red Sox 3, Orioles 1
IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Nolasco 5 9 6 6 0 5 Baltimore Boston 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi League 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 McLoth lf 3 0 0 0 Pedroia 2b 4 0 2 1 Howell W,3-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Machd 3b 4 0 0 0 Nava rf 3 0 0 0 B.Wilson H,2 Jansen S,26-30 1 0 0 0 0 2 C.Davis 1b 4 0 0 0 D.Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0 Arizona A.Jones cf 4 1 1 1 Napoli 1b 4 0 0 0 5 5 3 3 4 3 Markks rf 3 0 0 0 Carp lf 3 0 0 0 Miley 0 3 2 2 0 0 Valenci dh 3 0 0 0 JGoms ph-lf 1 0 0 0 W.Harris 1 1 1 1 1 0 Wieters c 3 0 0 0 Sltlmch c 4 1 1 0 Roe BS,2-2 1 2 1 1 0 0 Hardy ss 3 0 1 0 Mdlrks 3b 3 0 0 0 Collmenter L,4-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 BRorts 2b 2 0 0 0 Drew ss 3 1 2 2 D.Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 1 BrdlyJr cf 3 1 2 0 Ziegler Totals 29 1 2 1 Totals 31 3 7 3 W.Harris pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. Baltimore 000 000 100—1 Roe pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Boston 030 000 00x—3 Collmenter pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. HBP—by Nolasco (Goldschmidt, Prado). LOB—Baltimore 3, Boston 6. 2B—Pedroia WP—League, Howell. (41), Saltalamacchia (37), Bradley Jr. (5). T—3:10. A—22,763 (48,633). 3B—Drew (7). HR—A.Jones (32), Drew (13). IP H R ER BB SO Pirates 10, Padres 1 Baltimore Pittsburgh Tillman L,16-7 7 7 3 3 2 8 San Diego ab r h bi ab r h bi O’Day 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 Matusz 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Venale rf 4 0 0 0 Tabata lf JGzmn rf 0 0 0 0 Grilli p 0 0 0 0 Boston 0 0 0 0 Lackey W,10-12 9 2 1 1 2 8 Denorfi lf-cf 3 1 2 0 JHrrsn rf Gyorko 2b 2 0 1 0 NWalkr 2b 5 1 4 3 Umpires—Home, Mark Wegner; First, Tim Headly 3b 4 0 0 0 McCtch cf 3 0 0 1 Timmons; Second, Mike Winters; Third, Blanks lf 0 0 0 0 Mornea 1b 5 1 2 0 Laz Diaz. Medica 1b 3 0 1 1 Byrd rf 5 0 1 0 T—2:18. A—36,436 (37,499). RCeden ss 4 0 0 0 Pimntl p 0 0 0 0 Tigers 5, Mariners 4 Hundly c 4 0 1 0 PAlvrz 3b 3 2 1 2 Seattle Detroit Fuents cf 2 0 0 0 TSnchz c 4 2 2 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Brach p 0 0 0 0 Mercer ss 5 2 2 0 Ackly cf-1b 5 1 1 3 AJcksn cf 5 0 0 0 Boxrgr p 0 0 0 0 Cole p 2 0 0 0 MSndrs rf 4 0 1 0 TrHntr rf 5 2 2 1 Layne p 0 0 0 0 Lambo ph 1 0 0 0 Seager 3b 4 1 2 0 MiCarr dh 3 1 1 0 Forsyth ph 1 0 0 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0 KMorls dh 4 0 1 0 Fielder 1b 4 2 3 1 Bass p 0 0 0 0 GJones ph 1 0 0 0 Ibanez lf 4 0 1 1 VMrtnz c 2 0 2 2 CRonsn ph 1 0 0 0 Pie lf 0 0 0 0 Smoak 1b 3 0 0 0 HPerez pr 0 0 0 0 Kenndy p 1 0 0 0 Almnt pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Avila c 0 0 0 0 Amrst cf-3b 3 0 0 0 Frnkln 2b 4 0 1 0 Infante 2b 3 0 1 1 Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 37 1014 9 Zunino c 3 1 1 0 Tuiassp lf 2 0 0 0 San Diego 100 000 000—1 EnChvz ph 1 0 0 0 Dirks ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 100 500 31x—10 Triunfl ss 3 1 1 0 Sntg 3b-ss 3 0 0 0 E—Headley (11). DP—San Diego 1. LOB— FGtrrz ph 1 0 0 0 Iglsias ss 2 0 0 0 San Diego 8, Pittsburgh 10. 2B—Denorfia DKlly pr-3b 1 0 0 0 (19), Tabata (17), Morneau (3), T.Sanchez (4), Totals 36 4 9 4 Totals 32 5 9 5 Mercer (22). HR—N.Walker (11), P.Alvarez Seattle 100 030 000—4 (34). SB—Denorfia (9). Detroit 201 000 20x—5 IP H R ER BB SO DP—Seattle 1. LOB—Seattle 6, Detroit 9. San Diego 2B—Franklin (18), Tor.Hunter (34), Fielder 2 Kennedy L,6-10 3 2-3 8 6 6 0 2 (35), V.Martinez 2 (33). HR—Ackley (4), Tor. Brach 1 1-3 0 0 0 2 2 Hunter (17). Boxberger 1-3 1 0 0 2 1 IP H R ER BB SO Layne 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Seattle Bass 2 5 4 3 2 2 Paxton 5 5 3 3 4 3 Pittsburgh Wilhlmsen H,2 1 1-3 1 1 1 1 0 Cole W,9-7 6 4 1 1 3 12 Furbsh L,2-6 BS,5 1 3 1 1 0 2 Watson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Medina 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Grilli 1 0 0 0 0 1 Detroit Pimentel 1 1 0 0 1 1 Fister W,13-9 7 2-3 9 4 4 1 10 HBP—by Kennedy (Tabata). WP—Pimentel. Smyly H,18 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Umpires—Home, Dan Bellino; First, Bruce Benoit S,22-22 1 0 0 0 0 1 Dreckman; Second, Mike Everitt; Third, Tim HBP—by Wilhelmsen (Iglesias). Welke. Umpires—Home, Ron Kulpa; First, Chris T—3:10. A—26,242 (38,362). Guccione; Second, Tom Hallion; Third, Phil Cuzzi. Giants 2, Mets 1 T—2:43. A—38,431 (41,255). San Francisco New York ab r h bi ab r h bi Cubs 5, Brewers 1 Pagan cf 4 0 0 0 EYong lf 4 0 0 0 Chicago Milwaukee Abreu 2b 4 0 2 0 Satin 1b 3 1 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Posey 1b 4 0 0 0 DnMrp 2b 4 0 1 1 StCastr ss 5 0 1 0 Aoki rf 3 0 0 0 Belt 1b 0 0 0 0 ABrwn rf 4 0 1 0 Valuen 3b 5 1 1 1 Gennett 2b 4 0 0 0 Pence rf 3 0 0 0 Flores 3b 3 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 5 1 3 0 CGomz cf 4 1 1 1 HSnchz c 4 1 1 0 dnDkkr ph 0 0 0 0 Schrhlt rf 5 1 1 2 ArRmr 3b 4 0 1 0 Arias 3b 4 1 1 0 Lagars cf 3 0 0 0 Sweeny cf 3 0 0 0 LSchfr lf 4 0 0 0 J.Perez lf 3 0 3 1 TdArnd c 2 0 0 0 Castillo c 3 0 0 0 Bianchi ss 3 0 1 0 Adrianz ss 4 0 1 1 Duda ph 1 0 0 0 Boscan c 1 0 1 0 JFrncs 1b 3 0 0 0 Bmgrn p 3 0 0 0 Quntnll ss 3 0 1 0 Lake lf 4 1 2 0 Maldnd c 3 0 0 0 Machi p 0 0 0 0 Recker ph 1 0 0 0 Watkns 2b 4 0 3 0 Lohse p 1 0 0 0 Sandovl ph 1 0 0 0 Niese p 2 0 0 0 Arrieta p 1 0 0 1 Badnhp p 0 0 0 0 SCasill p 0 0 0 0 Z.Lutz ph 0 0 0 0 Strop p 0 0 0 0 Gindl ph 1 0 0 0 J.Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Atchisn p 0 0 0 0 Bogsvc ph 1 1 1 1 McGnzl p 0 0 0 0 Hwkns p 0 0 0 0 Gregg p 0 0 0 0 Figaro p 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 2 8 2 Totals 30 1 4 1 Halton ph 1 0 1 0 San Francisco 000 200 000—2 D.Hand p 0 0 0 0 New York 000 100 000—1 Totals 37 5 13 5 Totals 31 1 4 1 DP—New York 1. LOB—San Francisco 7, Chicago 102 001 001—5 New York 7. 2B—Abreu (9), H.Sanchez (4), Milwaukee 000 000 100—1 Satin (15). S—Lagares. E—Badenhop (2). DP—Milwaukee 1. LOB— IP H R ER BB SO Chicago 8, Milwaukee 4. 2B—Rizzo (37), San Francisco Bianchi (7), Halton (3). HR—Valbuena (12), Bmgarner W,13-9 7 4 1 1 3 10 Schierholtz (21), Bogusevic (6), C.Gomez Machi H,10 1 0 0 0 0 1 (21). S—Arrieta 2. S.Casilla H,20 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO J.Lopez S,1-1 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Chicago New York Arrieta W,3-2 7 3 1 1 1 5 Niese L,7-8 7 7 2 2 2 4 Strop H,13 1 1 0 0 0 1 Atchison 1 0 0 0 0 2 Gregg 1 0 0 0 0 2 Hawkins 1 1 0 0 0 1 Milwaukee Umpires—Home, Sam Holbrook; First, Jeff Lohse L,10-10 5 7 3 3 1 4 Nelson; Second, Jim Wolf; Third, Ed Hickox. Badenhop 1 2 1 0 0 0 T—2:37. A—22,897 (41,922). Mic.Gonzalez 1 0 0 0 0 1 Figaro 1 1 0 0 0 1 Rockies 7, Cardinals 6, 15 inn. D.Hand 1 3 1 1 0 0 St. Louis Colorado Umpires—Home, Chad Fairchild; First, Paul ab r h bi ab r h bi Schrieber; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Toby Crpnt 2b-1b 6 0 0 0 Blckmn rf 8 1 4 0 Basner. Jay cf 6 2 2 0 LeMahi 3b 8 1 2 0 T—2:50. A—21,625 (41,900). Hollidy lf 4 2 3 2 CDckrs cf 7 1 3 2
Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 6
Los Angeles Arizona ab r h bi ab r h bi Puig rf 4 0 0 0 Eaton lf 5 1 1 0 HrstnJr 1b 4 1 0 0 Pollock cf 5 1 2 0 League p 0 0 0 0 Gldsch 1b 4 1 1 1 Schmkr lf 1 0 0 0 Prado 3b 4 1 2 2 HRmrz ss 5 2 4 4 A.Hill 2b 5 0 0 0 Jansen p 0 0 0 0 MMntr c 4 0 1 1 Kemp cf 4 0 1 0 Gregrs ss 3 1 0 0 M.Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 GParra rf 4 1 2 0 Uribe 3b 4 1 1 0 Miley p 2 0 1 2 VnSlyk lf 3 1 1 1 Davdsn ph 1 0 0 0 Howell p 0 0 0 0 WHarrs p 0 0 0 0 BWilsn p 0 0 0 0 Roe p 0 0 0 0 AdGnzl 1b 0 0 0 0 Cllmntr p 0 0 0 0 A.Ellis c 4 1 3 1 DHrndz p 0 0 0 0 Nolasco p 0 1 0 0 Blmqst ph 1 0 0 0 MYng ph-1b 1 0 1 1 Ziegler p 0 0 0 0 Punto ss 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 7 11 7 Totals 38 6 10 6 Los Angeles 003 002 110—7 Arizona 006 000 000—6 E—H.Ramirez (13), G.Parra (5). DP— Arizona 2. LOB—Los Angeles 7, Arizona 8. 2B—Uribe (19), Van Slyke (8), A.Ellis (16), Goldschmidt (33), G.Parra (38), Miley (3). 3B—Prado (2). HR—H.Ramirez 2 (20), A.Ellis (8). S—M.Ellis. SF—M.Young.
Beltran rf 6 0 2 1 Tlwtzk ss 6 1 1 2 YMolin 1b-c 5 0 0 1 Helton 1b 6 2 2 1 Freese 3b 4 1 2 1 Culersn lf 7 1 3 0 Kzma pr-ss 3 0 0 0 Torreal c 7 0 2 1 T.Cruz c 4 0 1 1 Scahill p 0 0 0 0 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 JHerrr 2b 7 0 3 0 Mujica p 0 0 0 0 Oswalt p 2 0 1 0 SFrmn p 0 0 0 0 Corpas p 0 0 0 0 Chamrs ph 1 0 0 0 Fowler ph 1 0 0 0 Lyons p 1 0 0 0 Ottavin p 0 0 0 0 Salas p 0 0 0 0 Outmn p 0 0 0 0 Dsclso ss-3b6 0 0 0 Bettis p 0 0 0 0 Wacha p 2 0 0 0 Rutldg ph 1 0 0 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 Brothrs p 0 0 0 0 Maness p 0 0 0 0 RWhelr ph 1 0 0 0 Siegrist p 0 0 0 0 Belisle p 0 0 0 0 SRonsn ph 1 0 1 0 Pomrnz p 0 0 0 0 Axford p 0 0 0 0 Chatwd ph 1 0 0 0 MAdms 1b 1 0 1 0 WLopez p 0 0 0 0 Wong pr-2b 2 1 0 0 Pchec ph-c 1 0 0 0 Totals 52 6 12 6 Totals 63 7 21 6 St. Louis 000 310 011000 000—6 Colorado 022 000 011000 001—7 One out when winning run scored. DP—St. Louis 1, Colorado 2. LOB—St. Louis 9, Colorado 16. 2B—Freese (26), T.Cruz (5), Blackmon (16), Helton (18), Culberson (4), J.Herrera (7). 3B—Co.Dickerson 2 (6). HR—Tulowitzki (23), Helton (14). SB—Jay (9). SF—Y.Molina.
IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Wacha 4 2-3 12 4 4 0 7 Choate 0 1 0 0 0 0 Maness 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Siegrist 1 0 0 0 1 2 Axford 1 0 0 0 1 1 Rosenthal BS,5-5 1 2 1 1 0 2 Mujica BS,4-41 1 2 1 1 0 1 S.Freeman 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lyons 2 2-3 2 0 0 1 2 Salas L,0-3 1 2-3 2 1 1 0 2 Colorado Oswalt 4 2-3 5 4 4 4 2 Corpas 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Ottavino 1 0 0 0 0 1 Outman 1 1 0 0 0 1 Bettis 1 2 1 1 0 1 Brothers 1 3 1 1 0 0 Belisle 1 0 0 0 0 1 Pomeranz 2 0 0 0 1 2 W.Lopez 2 0 0 0 0 3 Scahill W,1-0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Choate pitched to 1 batter in the 5th. Umpires—Home, Vic Carapazza; First, Bill Miller; Second, Cory Blaser; Third, Kerwin Danley. T—5:09. A—33,258 (50,398).
Blue Jays 6, Yankees 2
New York
Toronto bi ab r h bi Grndrs cf 1 Reyes ss 4 1 2 1 ARdrgz dh 0 Kawsk dh 3 1 1 0 Cano 2b 0 Lawrie 3b 4 1 1 1 ASorin lf 0 Lind 1b 4 1 2 3 V.Wells rf 1 ClRsms cf 2 0 0 0 Overay 1b 0 Sierra rf 2 0 1 0 MrRynl 3b 0 Pillar lf 0 0 0 0 Ryan ss 0 Goins 2b 4 0 0 0 CStwrt c 0 Arencii c 4 0 0 0 ISuzuki ph 0 Gose lf-rf 4 2 3 1 JMrphy c 0 Totals 2 Totals 31 6 10 6 New York 000 001 001—2 Toronto 002 001 30x—6 DP—New York 2, Toronto 1. LOB—New York 4, Toronto 8. 2B—Cano (36), C.Stewart (6), Reyes (20), Gose (5). HR—Granderson (7), Lind (22), Gose (2). S—Kawasaki. IP H R ER BB SO New York Kuroda L,11-12 6 8 3 3 4 7 Chamberlain 0 2 3 3 1 0 Cabral 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 Daley 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 D.Phelps 1 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto Redmond W,4-2 7 4 1 1 1 7 S.Santos 1 0 0 0 0 1 L.Perez 1-3 1 1 1 1 1 Jeffress 0 0 0 0 1 0 Janssen S,32-34 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Jeffress pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Chamberlain pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Umpires—Home, Brian Knight; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Gerry Davis; Third, Dan Iassogna. T—2:53. A—32,003 (49,282). Miami
ab r 4 1 3 1 4 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 30 2
h 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Nationals 3, Marlins 2
Washington bi ab r h bi DSolan 2b 0 Span cf 4 0 0 0 Lucas 1b 1 Zmrmn 3b 4 1 3 0 Yelich lf 0 Werth rf 3 1 0 0 Stanton rf 0 Harper lf 4 1 3 3 Ruggin cf 1 Dsmnd ss 3 0 2 0 Polanc 3b 0 AdLRc 1b 3 0 1 0 Hchvrr ss 0 WRams c 4 0 0 0 K.Hill c 0 Rendon 2b 3 0 0 0 Dobbs ph 0 GGnzlz p 2 0 0 0 HAlvrz p 0 Storen p 0 0 0 0 R.Webb p 0 Lmrdzz ph 1 0 0 0 Pierre ph 0 Clipprd p 0 0 0 0 ARams p 0 RSorin p 0 0 0 0 DJnngs p 0 Caminr p 0 Morrsn ph 0 Mrsnck pr 0 Totals 2 Totals 31 3 9 3 Miami 100 001 000—2 Washington 300 000 00x—3 DP—Miami 2, Washington 1. LOB—Miami 10, Washington 7. 2B—D.Solano (12), Stanton (24), Ruggiano (17), Hechavarria (13). HR—Harper (20). CS—Ruggiano (8). IP H R ER BB SO Miami H.Alvarez L,4-5 5 7 3 3 2 1 R.Webb 1 0 0 0 0 0 A.Ramos 1 1 0 0 0 1 Da.Jennings 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 Caminero 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Washington G.Gonzalez W,11-7 6 7 2 2 2 3 Storen H,23 1 1 0 0 1 0 Clippard H,33 1 1 0 0 0 2 R.Soriano S,42-48 1 0 0 0 2 1 H.Alvarez pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. HBP—by H.Alvarez (Desmond). Umpires—Home, Bill Welke; First, Brian O’Nora; Second, Fieldin Culbreth; Third, Adrian Johnson. T—2:55. A—25,945 (41,418). ab r 4 1 4 0 5 0 3 1 3 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 2
h 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Indians 2, Astros 1, 11 inn.
Houston
ab r Villar ss 5 0 Altuve 2b 5 0 Crowe cf 5 0 Krauss lf 4 1 Preds pr-rf 1 0 MDmn 3b 3 0 MGzlz pr-3b 1 0 Carter 1b 3 0 Wallac dh 4 0 Hoes rf-lf 3 0 C.Clark c 4 0 Elmore pr 0 0 Corprn c 0 0
h 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0
bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cleveland
ab r h bi Bourn cf 5 0 0 0 Swisher 1b 4 1 4 0 JRmrz pr 0 0 0 0 C.Perez p 0 0 0 0 Allen p 0 0 0 0 Chsnhll ph 1 0 0 0 Shaw p 0 0 0 0 Kipnis 2b 5 0 2 1 Sntn dh-1b 4 0 0 0 YGoms c 5 1 2 0 AsCarr ss 5 0 2 0 Brantly lf 4 0 1 0 Aviles 3b 3 0 0 0 Stubbs rf 3 0 0 0 Giambi ph 1 0 0 0 MCarsn rf 1 0 1 1 Totals 38 1 9 1 Totals 41 2 12 2 Houston 010 000 000 00—1 Cleveland 100 000 000 01—2 Two outs when winning run scored. DP—Houston 2. LOB—Houston 7, Cleveland 11. 2B—Krauss 2 (7), C.Clark (1), Swisher (25). CS—Altuve (12), Brantley (4). SF— Hoes.
IP H R ER BB SO Houston Keuchel 7 7 1 1 1 7 K.Chapman 1 2 0 0 0 3 Zeid 2 0 0 0 2 2 R.Cruz L,0-2 2-3 3 1 1 1 0 Cleveland U.Jimenez 7 6 1 1 0 9 J.Smith 1 1 0 0 0 0 C.Perez 1 1 0 0 1 3 Allen 1 1 0 0 0 0 Shaw W,5-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by C.Perez (M.Dominguez). WP— Keuchel. Umpires—Home, Dale Scott; First, Todd Tichenor; Second, Jordan Baker; Third, CB Bucknor. T—3:38. A—12,607 (42,241).
Texas
Rangers 8, Rays 2
Tampa Bay ab r h bi DeJess lf 2 1 0 0 SRdgz ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Zobrist 2b 3 0 0 0 Joyce rf 2 0 1 0 TBckh ph-ss 1 0 1 0 Longori dh 3 1 1 0 Loney 1b 4 0 1 1 KJhnsn 3b 3 0 1 0 DJnngs cf 3 0 0 1 Loaton c 3 0 1 0 YEscor ss 3 0 1 0 Fuld rf 1 0 0 0 Totals 43 8 16 8 Totals 29 2 7 2 Texas 103 200 101—8 Tampa Bay 200 000 000—2 E—Y.Escobar (7). DP—Texas 4, Tampa Bay 1. LOB—Texas 12, Tampa Bay 7. 2B—A. Beltre (29), Loney (28). 3B—Gentry (4). HR—Andrus (4), Rios (17), G.Soto (8), Moreland (23). SB—Kinsler (15), Rios (38), Gentry 3 (17). CS—Zobrist (3), Y.Escobar (4). IP H R ER BB SO Texas Darvish W,13-9 5 5 2 2 6 4 R.Ross 2 0 0 0 0 3 Scheppers 1 1 0 0 0 0 Nathan 1 1 0 0 0 1 Tampa Bay M.Moore L,15-4 4 7 6 5 1 6 Ro.Hernandez 1 1 0 0 1 0 Lueke 2 1-3 6 1 1 0 2 C.Ramos 1 2-3 2 1 1 2 2 HBP—by Darvish (DeJesus). WP—M.Moore. Umpires—Home, Tony Randazzo; First, Larry Vanover; Second, Manny Gonzalez; Third, Eric Cooper. T—3:40. A—13,550 (34,078). ab r Kinsler 2b 4 1 Andrus ss 6 2 Rios rf 5 1 ABeltre 3b 4 1 JeBakr dh 2 0 Adci ph-dh 3 0 G.Soto c 4 1 Gentry cf-lf 5 1 JButler lf 4 0 LMartn cf 1 0 Morlnd 1b 5 1
h 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 3
bi 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
LATE BOxSCORES Diamondbacks 9, Dodgers 4
Los Angeles Arizona ab r h bi ab r h bi Puig rf 4 1 3 1 Eaton lf 5 1 2 3 Crwfrd lf 3 1 1 0 Pollock cf 5 1 2 0 VSlyk ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Gldsch 1b 4 1 2 2 MYng 3b-1b 4 0 2 0 A.Hill 2b 4 1 2 1 AdGnzl 1b 3 0 2 1 MMntr c 2 2 0 0 Uribe pr-3b 1 0 0 0 Davdsn 3b 1 0 1 0 Kemp cf 4 0 1 0 Prado 3b 1 1 1 1 Moylan p 0 0 0 0 GParra rf 4 2 0 1 M.Ellis 2b 3 0 0 0 Owings ss 4 0 1 1 PRdrgz p 0 0 0 0 McCrth p 2 0 0 0 BWilsn p 0 0 0 0 Sipp p 0 0 0 0 Belisari p 0 0 0 0 Roe p 0 0 0 0 DGordn 2b 1 0 0 0 Thtchr p 0 0 0 0 Punto ss 4 1 1 0 Blmqst ph 1 0 1 0 Fdrwcz c 4 1 2 2 DHrndz p 0 0 0 0 Fife p 1 0 0 0 ErChvz ph 1 0 0 0 Marml p 0 0 0 0 Ziegler p 0 0 0 0 Buss ph 1 0 0 0 League p 0 0 0 0 Shmkr 2b-cf1 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 12 4 Totals 34 9 12 9 Los Angeles 000 200 101—4 Arizona 202 000 05x—9 DP—Los Angeles 2, Arizona 1. LOB—Los Angeles 5, Arizona 14. 2B—Puig (21), Ad.Gonzalez (31), Federowicz (8), Eaton (10), A.Hill (21), Prado (34). HR—Puig (17), Federowicz (4), Goldschmidt (34). SB—Pollock (12), Goldschmidt (15). S—Schumaker. IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Fife L,4-4 2 1-3 6 4 4 3 2 Marmol 1 2-3 0 0 0 2 2 League 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 1 P.Rodriguez 2-3 0 0 0 1 1 B.Wilson 1 1 0 0 0 0 Belisario 1-3 2 5 5 3 0 Moylan 2-3 1 0 0 1 0 Arizona McCarthy W,5-9 6 10 3 3 0 3 Sipp H,3 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Roe 0 1 0 0 0 0 Thatcher H,15 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 D.Herndez H,15 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ziegler 1 1 1 1 0 0 McCarthy pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Roe pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. HBP—by Marmol (A.Hill), by Fife (Davidson, M.Montero). WP—Fife 2. Umpires—Home, Joe West; First, Jim Joyce; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Rob Drake. T—3:24. A—27,305 (48,633).
THIS DATE IN BASEBALL Sept. 20
1988 — Wade Boggs became the first player this century to get 200 hits in six consecutive seasons as the Boston Red Sox pounded Toronto 13-2. Boggs also joined Lou Gehrig as the only players to get 200 hits and 100 walks in three consecutive years. 1998 — Cal Ripken took himself out of the starting lineup and did not play in the Baltimore Orioles’ loss to the New York Yankees, ending his consecutive-game streak at 2,632 games. After nearly 16 years, Ripken said he decided the time was right to end the streak, which began on May 30, 1982. 2005 — Colorado tied a franchise record scoring 20 runs on 23 hits in a 20-1 victory over San Diego. Matt Holliday homered twice and drove in a career-high eight runs, tying a franchise record. 2008 — Francisco Rodriguez recorded his 60th save in Los Angeles’ 7-3 victory over Texas.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Dodgers clinch first NL West title since 2009 The Associated Press
PHOENIX — The Los Angeles Dodgers became the first team to clinch a postseason berth, wrapping up their first NL West title Dodgers 7 since 2009 when they rallied past AriD’backs 6 zona 7-6 on Thursday behind two homers from Hanley Ramirez. Despite an NL-high payroll of $214 million-plus on opening day, L.A. got off to a 30-42 start and were last in the division, 9½ games behind the firstplace Diamondbacks, before play on June 22. The Dodgers have gone 8-23 since. Los Angeles trailed 6-3 in the sixth and A.J. Ellis hit a tiebreaking homer off Josh Collmenter (4-4) leading off the eighth. J.P. Howell (2-1) got two outs for the victory. PIRATES 10, PADRES 1 In Pittsburgh, Neil Walker had four hits, including his 11th homer, and drove in three runs for the Pirates in stopping a three-game losing streak.
Pedro Alvarez hit his NL-leading 34th homer for Pittsburgh. Jose Tabata added two hits and three RBIs as the Pirates moved a game in front of Cincinnati for the top wild card spot in the NL. The rivals begin a three-game series in Pittsburgh on Friday. Pittsburgh moved within one game of first-place St. Louis in the NL Central. Gerrit Cole (9-7) struck out a careerhigh 12 while allowing one run and four hits in six innings. NATIONALS 3, MARLINS 2 In Washington, Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer to back an effective pitching performance by Gio Gonzalez, and the Nationals kept alive their slim hope of reaching the playoffs. Despite winning 11 of 13 in a belated run, the Washington trails Cincinnati by five games for the final NL wild-card slot with nine games remaining. Denard Span went 0 for 4 for the Nationals, ending his hitting streak at 29 games — one short of Washington’s record. He was bidding to become the 27th player to have a 30-game hitting streak since Joe DiMaggio had his 56-game run in 1941. Gonzalez (11-7) allowed two runs and seven hits over six innings to improve to
3-0 against Miami this season. He struck out three, lifting his team-high total to 186. ROCKIES 7, CARDINALS 6 (15 INNINgS) In Denver, Corey Dickerson’s RBI triple with one out in the bottom of the 15th inning gave the Rockies the win. Charlie Blackmon finished with four hits and Troy Tulowitzki and Todd Helton homered for Colorado in tying the second-longest game in Coors Field history. Matt Holliday had three hits for St. Louis, who had their NL Central Division lead over Pittsburgh trimmed to one game. The Pirates beat San Diego 10-1 on Thursday. DJ LeMahieu started the winning rally with a one-out single to right. Dickerson then drilled a line drive into the rightfield corner. The relay from second baseman Matt Carpenter beat LeMahieu but catcher Yadier Molina couldn’t control the ball as LeMahieu crawled to touch home. gIANTS 2, METS 1 In New York, San Francisco’s Madison Bumgarner struck out 10 in seven innings of four-hit ball to outpitch Jonathon Niese. Juan Perez went 3 for 3 with an RBI and the World Series champions won for the
eighth time in 11 games. After taking two of three from the Mets, the Giants don’t even have to change hotels — they stay in New York this weekend to play three interleague games at Yankee Stadium. Bumgarner (13-9) has gone 19 straight starts without yielding more than three earned runs, the longest streak by a San Francisco pitcher since Tim Lincecum’s 19 in a row from 2007-08. The previous Giants hurler to do it during one season was Ed Whitson in 1980, according to STATS. CUBS 5, BREWERS 1 In Milwaukee, Luis Valbuena, Nate Schierholtz and Brian Bogusevic homered, and Chicago stopped a five-game losing streak. Jake Arrieta (3-2) didn’t allow a hit until two outs in the fourth when former-Cub Aramis Ramirez singled between second and third. Carlos Gomez hit a solo homer in the seventh. Arrieta allowed three hits, struck out five, walked one and drove in a run. Valbuena stopped an 0-for-14 slide with his 12th homer, a solo shot off Kyle Lohse (10-10) in the first. Schierholtz hit a two-run homer in third and Bogusevic added a pinch- homer off Donovan Hand leading off the ninth.