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BASEBALL
West W L Pct. GB L1 0
DODGERS 77 40 .658 — 8-2
Arizona 58 57 .504 18 5-5
San Francisco 57 59 .491 19^1 ⁄ 2 3-7
San Diego 53 61 .465 22^1 ⁄ 2 4-6
Colorado 52 63 .452 24 3-7
Central W L Pct. GB L1 0
Chicago 63 52 .548 — 7-3
Milwaukee 60 56 .517 31 ⁄ 2 4-6
St. Louis 58 55 .513 4 2-8
Cincinnati 54 59 .478 8 6-4
Pittsburgh 48 66 .421 14^1 ⁄ 2 2-8
East W L Pct. GB L1 0
Atlanta 68 49 .581 — 6-4
Washington 61 53 .535 51 ⁄ 2 6-4
New York 59 56 .513 8 9-1
Philadelphia 59 56 .513 8 4-6
Miami 43 71 .377 23^1 ⁄ 2 2-8
Thursday’s results
Chicago 12, at Cincinnati 5
at Miami 9, Atlanta 2
at San Francisco 5, Philadelphia 0
at San Diego 9, Colorado 3
NL STANDINGS
Chicago AB R H BI Avg.
Hywrd rf 5 1 0 0 .271
Cstllnos lf4 3 3 2 .284
Ryan p 1 0 0 0 .000
Bryant 3b 5 2 2 2 .289
Rizzo 1b 4 1 2 1 .286
eCrtni 1b 1 0 1 0 .271
Baez ss 6 1 2 1 .293
Almora cf 5 2 2 0 .247
Happ 2b 5 2 2 4 .333
Lucroy c 5 0 3 2 .249
Hamels p 1 0 0 0 .100
b-Kemp 1 0 0 0 .225
Chatwd p 1 0 0 0 .214
d-Schwrbr 0 0 0 0 .234
Bote 2b 1 0 1 0 .252
Totals 45 12 18 12Cincinnati AB R H BI Avg.
Senzel cf 3 0 0 1 .277
Votto 1b 4 0 0 0 .256
Suarez 3b 4 2 1 0 .257
Aquino rf 5 1 2 3 .429
J.Iglesias ss 4 1 1 0 .287
O’Grady cf 1 0 0 0 .000
Ervin lf 5 0 4 0 .363
Peraza 2b 5 1 1 0 .235
Farmer c 3 0 2 1 .250
Wood p 1 0 0 0 .000
a-Winker 0 0 0 0 .270
c-VanMeter 1 0 0 0 .275
Barnhart c 1 0 0 0 .219
Totals 37 5 11 5Chicago 104 110 410 — 12 18 2
Cincinnati 104 000 000 — 5 11 1
a-walked for Wood in the 3rd. b-lined out for Hamels in the 4th.
c-out on fielder’s choice for Gausman in the 5th. d-walked for
Chatwood in the 7th. e-singled for Rizzo in the 9th.
Walks—Chicago 4: Castellanos 1, Bryant 1, Rizzo 1, Schwarber 1.
Cincinnati 3: Votto 1, Suarez 1, Winker 1. Strikeouts—Chicago 6:
Heyward 1, Castellanos 1, Baez 1, Almora Jr. 2, Happ 1. Cincinnati 10:
Senzel 1, Votto 2, Suarez 2, Aquino 3, J.Iglesias 1, Farmer 1.
E—Lucroy 2 (5), Peraza (7). LOB—Chicago 11, Cincinnati 11.
2B—Rizzo (25), Baez (31), Lucroy (9), Suarez (18), Aquino (1), Ervin
2 (6). HR—Castellanos (13), off Wood; Castellanos (14), off
Gausman; Happ (3), off Hernandez; Aquino (3), off Hamels.
RBIs—Castellanos 2 (42), Bryant 2 (55), Rizzo (72), Baez (79),
Happ 4 (10), Lucroy 2 (32), Senzel (35), Aquino 3 (8), Farmer (23). Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hamels .......................3 8 5 4 2 2 77 3.09
Chatwood, W, 5-1 .........3 1 0 0 1 6 51 3.92
Underwood Jr. ..............^2 ⁄ 3 1 0 0 0 1 14 0.00
Ryan.........................2^1 ⁄ 3 1 0 0 0 1 28 2.80
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Wood ..........................3 7 5 2 1 2 66 3.77
Gausman, L, 3-8 ..........2 4 2 2 0 2 44 6.26
Sims...........................1 0 0 0 1 1 22 4.91
Hernandez.................1^2 ⁄ 3 6 5 5 2 1 49 8.02
Farmer ......................1^1 ⁄ 3 1 0 0 0 0 12 0.00
HBP—Chatwood (Farmer), Sims (Heyward). WP—Chatwood,
Hernandez. PB—Barnhart (3).
T—3:45. Tickets sold—20,111 (42,319).Cleveland AB R H BI Avg.
Lindor ss 4 1 1 0 .301
Mercado cf 4 1 0 0 .279
Santana 1b 3 1 0 0 .280
Puig rf 4 2 1 0 .254
Ramirez 3b 3 1 2 3 .248
Kipnis 2b 4 0 2 2 .261
Reyes dh 3 0 0 0 .241
R.Perez c 3 0 0 0 .229
Naquin lf 4 1 1 1 .283
Totals 32 7 7 6Minnesota AB R H BI Avg.
Kepler cf 4 1 1 0 .265
Polanco ss 4 1 1 1 .295
Cruz dh 2 0 0 0 .294
a-Cron dh 2 0 0 0 .263
1-Cave dh 0 0 0 0 .211
Rosario lf 5 1 0 1 .285
Sano 3b 3 1 1 1 .248
Arraez 2b 3 0 2 1 .353
Gonzalez rf 4 0 1 1 .246
Castro c 3 0 0 0 .250
b-Garver 1 0 0 0 .273
Adrianza 1b 4 1 2 0 .271
Totals 35 5 8 5
Cleveland 010 320 001 — 7 7 0
Minnesota 000 200 030 — 5 8 1
a-struck out for Cruz in the 4th. b-grounded out for Castro in the
9th. 1-ran for Cron in the 9th.
Walks—Cleveland 8: Lindor 1, Mercado 1, Santana 2, Puig 1,
Ramirez 1, Reyes 1, R.Perez 1. Minnesota 4: Kepler 1, Polanco 1, Cron
1, Arraez 1. Strikeouts—Cleveland 5: Mercado 1, Santana 1, Puig 1,
Kipnis 1, Naquin 1. Minnesota 10: Cruz 2, Cron 2, Rosario 1, Sano 2,
Castro 2, Adrianza 1. E—Gibson (2). LOB—Cleveland 6, Minnesota- 2B—Ramirez (29), Kipnis 2 (20), Polanco (31), Sano (14), Arraez
(9). 3B—Puig (2). HR—Naquin (10), off May. RBIs—Ramirez 3 (63),
Kipnis 2 (54), Naquin (32), Polanco (56), Rosario (77), Sano (46),
Arraez (12), Gonzalez (36). SB—Lindor (18).
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Clevinger, W, 7-2...........7 3 2 2 1 9 117 3.02
Cimber .......................^1 ⁄ 3 2 3 3 1 1 14 3.74
O.Perez, H, 15..............^1 ⁄ 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.00
Wittgren ......................0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2.62
Hand, S, 29-31 ..........1^1 ⁄ 3 2 0 0 2 0 31 2.28
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Gibson, L, 11-5..........4^1 ⁄ 3 4 6 5 6 2 85 4.24
Littell ........................2^2 ⁄ 3 1 0 0 1 1 33 3.97
Harper ........................1 1 0 0 0 0 13 3.00
May ............................1 1 1 1 1 2 19 3.89
Wittgren pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
HBP—Clevinger (Sano).
U—Gary Cederstrom, Quinn Wolcott, Marvin Hudson, Adrian
Johnson. T—3:39. Tickets sold—32,517 (38,649).
PhiladelphiaAB R H BI Avg.
Quinn cf 4 0 0 0 .187
Hoskins 1b 3 0 0 0 .249
Harper rf 3 0 0 0 .249
Segura ss 3 0 0 0 .285
Bruce lf 3 0 0 0 .228
Kingery 2b 2 0 0 0 .278
Rdrigz 3b 2 0 0 0 .222
b-Miller 3b 1 0 0 0 .228
Knapp c 3 0 0 0 .194
Nola p 1 0 0 0 .067
a-Hernandez 1 0 1 0 .281
Pivetta p 0 0 0 0 .083
d-Realmuto 1 0 0 0 .270
Totals 27 0 1 0San Fran.AB R H BI Avg.
Belt 1b 4 1 1 1 .234
Ystrzmski rf 4 1 2 3 .268
Posey c 4 0 1 0 .261
Vogt lf 3 0 0 0 .272
Rickard lf 0 0 0 0 .203
Longoria 3b 4 0 2 0 .242
Gennett 2b 4 0 1 0 .220
Pillar cf 4 1 1 0 .245
Crawford ss 3 1 1 0 .227
Bumgrnr p 1 1 1 0 .149
Gott p 0 0 0 0 ---
c-Slater 0 0 0 0 .273
Smith p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 31 5 10 4
Philadelphia 000 000 000 — 0 1 1
San Francisco 003 001 10x — 5 10 0
a-singled for Nola in the 6th. b-struck out for Rodriguez in the 8th.
c-hit by pitch for Gott in the 8th. d-grounded out for Pivetta in the 9th.
Walks—Philadelphia 2: Hoskins 1, Kingery 1. San Francisco 5:
Belt 1, Rickard 1, Crawford 1, Bumgarner 2. Strikeouts—Philadelphia
5: Bruce 1, Rodriguez 2, Miller 1, Nola 1. San Francisco 6: Belt 1,
Yastrzemski 1, Posey 1, Longoria 2, Gennett 1. E—Knapp (3).
LOB—Philadelphia 2, San Francisco 8. 2B—Yastrzemski (13), Posey
(22). HR—Yastrzemski (11), off Pivetta. RBIs—Belt (40), Yastrzemski
3 (37). SB—Pillar (10). CS—Belt (3). Runners left in scoring
position—Philadelphia 1 (Segura); San Francisco 3 (Belt 3).
RISP—Philadelphia 0 for 1; San Francisco 2 for 7.
Runners moved up—Harper, Crawford. GIDP—Quinn, Gennett.
DP—Philadelphia 2 (Knapp, Kingery), (Kingery, Segura, Hoskins);
San Francisco 1 (Crawford, Gennett, Belt).
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Nola, L, 10-3 ...............5 7 3 3 2 3 93 3.67
Pivetta ........................3 3 2 1 3 3 61 5.16
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Bumgarner, W, 7-7 ........7 1 0 0 1 3 85 3.74
Gott............................1 0 0 0 1 2 20 3.56
Smith .........................1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.55
HBP—Pivetta (Slater). WP—Pivetta 2.
U—Fieldin Culbreth, CB Bucknor, Nic Lentz, Paul Nauert. T—2:49.
Tickets sold—37,667 (41,915).Colorado AB R H BI Avg.
Blckmn rf 4 2 2 1 .324
Story ss 4 0 2 1 .284
Arenado 3b 4 1 1 0 .306
Murphy 1b 4 0 1 1 .296
Desmond lf 4 0 0 0 .263
McMhn 2b 4 0 2 0 .269
Daza cf 4 0 2 0 .179
Wolters c 4 0 2 0 .280
Gray p 3 0 0 0 .067
Diaz p 0 0 0 0 ---
Shaw p 0 0 0 0 ---
c-Alonso 1 0 1 0 .193
Totals 36 3 13 3San Diego AB R H BI Avg.
Tatis Jr. ss 5 2 2 2 .326
Myers cf-lf 5 0 1 2 .227
Machado 3b3 1 0 0 .270
Hosmer 1b 4 0 1 1 .280
Mejia c 4 1 2 0 .263
Renfroe rf 4 0 0 0 .233
Naylor lf 2 0 0 0 .236
1-Margot cf 1 2 1 1 .248
Urias 2b 3 2 1 0 .143
Lauer p 1 0 0 0 .107
a-Garcia 0 1 0 0 .277
b-Kinsler 1 0 0 0 .216
Totals 33 9 8 6
Colorado 101 010 000 — 3 13 3
San Diego 210 005 01x — 9 8 0
a-pinch hit for Strahm in the 6th. b-flied out for Stammen in the
8th. c-singled, out at 2nd for Shaw in9th. 1-ran for Naylor in 6th.
Walks—Colorado 1: Story 1. San Diego 3: Naylor 1, Urias 1, Garcia- Strikeouts—Colorado 8: Story 1, Arenado 2, Murphy 2, Desmond
1, Wolters 1, Gray 1. San Diego 8: Tatis Jr. 1, Hosmer 3, Mejia 1,
Renfroe 2, Urias 1. E—Story 2 (7), Diaz (1). LOB—Colorado 8, San
Diego 5. 2B—Blackmon (29), Story (28), Myers (16), Urias (2).
HR—Blackmon (24), off Lauer; Tatis Jr. (22), off Gray; Margot (9), off
Shaw. RBIs—Blackmon (65), Story (65), Murphy (61), Tatis Jr. 2
(51), Myers 2 (35), Hosmer (78), Margot (24). SB—Story (15),
Machado (4). CS—Tatis Jr. (5). S—Lauer. DP—San Diego 2 (Urias,
Tatis Jr., Hosmer), (Tatis Jr., Urias, Hosmer).
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Gray, L, 10-8..............5^2 ⁄ 3 6 7 3 2 4 92 4.06
Diaz .........................1^1 ⁄ 3 1 1 0 0 3 20 4.79
Shaw ..........................1 1 1 1 1 1 16 5.43
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lauer ..........................4 10 3 3 0 2 80 4.51
Strahm, W, 5-8.............2 2 0 0 0 3 28 5.24
Castillo .......................^2 ⁄ 3 0 0 0 1 2 17 0.00
Stammen ..................1^1 ⁄ 3 0 0 0 0 1 13 3.34
Perdomo .....................1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3.94
HBP—Gray (Machado), Castillo (Blackmon). WP—Lauer, Gray 2,
Castillo.
T—3:14. Tickets sold—27,806 (42,445).
Major League Baseball is going
to build it — and the White Sox and
Yankees are coming to Iowa.
The Chicago White Sox will play
the New York Yankees next sum-
mer at the site in eastern Iowa
where the movie “Field of Dreams”
was filmed, MLB announced
Thursday. The game is set for Aug.
13 in Dyersville, which is about 200
miles west of Chicago.
A temporary 8,000-seat sta-
dium will be built on the site to ac-
commodate the first major league
game played in Iowa.
A video tweeted by MLB shows
Yankees star Aaron Judge asking
Ray Kinsella, Kevin Costner’s
character in the 1989 movie, if he
was in heaven. Costner replies with
one of the movie’s iconic lines —
“No, it’s Iowa” — and Judge nods
before trotting back into the corn
beyond the outfield.
A pathway is being built
through a cornfield that will take
fans to the stadium.
Price goes on the IL
Boston Red Sox left-hander
David Price was placed on the 10-
day injured list after an MRI re-
vealed a cyst on his left wrist. The
team announced that the 33-year-
old Price was treated with a shot of
cortisone in the wrist on Wednes-
day. Price is 7-5 record with a 4.36
ERA over 21 starts this season.
— associated press
NOTESKind of corny,
but they’ll play
West W L Pct. GB L1 0
Houston 75 40 .652 — 9-1
Oakland 65 50 .565 10 7-3
Texas 58 56 .509 16^1 ⁄ 2 5-5
ANGELS 56 60 .483 19^1 ⁄ 2 2-8
Seattle 48 68 .414 27^1 ⁄ 2 5-5
Central W L Pct. GB L1 0
Minnesota 70 45 .609 — 6-4
Cleveland 69 46 .600 1 7-3
Chicago 51 62 .451 18 5-5
Kansas City 41 75 .353 29^1 ⁄ 2 1-8
Detroit 34 78 .304 34^1 ⁄ 2 3-7
East W L Pct. GB L1 0
New York 76 39 .661 — 9-1
Tampa Bay 66 50 .569 10^1 ⁄ 2 7-3
Boston 61 56 .521 16 2-7
Toronto 47 71 .398 30^1 ⁄ 2 6-4
Baltimore 38 76 .333 37^1 ⁄ 2 3-7
Thursday’s results
at Boston 3, ANGELS 0
New York 12, at Toronto 6
at Detroit 10, Kansas City 8
Cleveland 7, at Minnesota 5
AL STANDINGS
NATIONAL LEAGUE >>>
MATCHUP W-L ERA TIME
ARI/Ray (L) 10-7 4.03 7 p.m.
Dodgers/Buehler (R) 10-2 3.22 SNLA
ATL/Teheran (R) 6-7 3.46 4 p.m.
MIA/Smith (L) 7-5 3.35
CHI/Darvish (R) 4-5 4.36 4 p.m.
CIN/Bauer (R) 9-8 3.90
WAS/Strasburg (R) 14-5 3.72 4 p.m.
NY/Stroman (R) 6-11 3.07
PIT/Archer (R) 3-8 5.35 5:15 p.m.
STL/Hudson (R) 10-6 3.99
COL/Freeland (L) 3-9 7.24 7 p.m.
SD/Quantrill (R) 4-3 3.57
PHI/Smyly (L) 2-6 7.01 7:15 p.m.
SF/Beede (R) 3-6 5.38
AMERICAN LEAGUE >>>
MATCHUP W-L ERA TIME
Angels/Barria (R) 4-5 6.36 4 p.m.
BOS/Johnson (L) 1-1 6.88 FS West
OAK/Fiers (R) 10-3 3.46 Noon
CHI/Detwiler (L) 1-2 5.72 MLB
HOU/Miley (L) 10-4 3.05 4 p.m.
BAL/Bundy (R) 5-11 5.15
NY/Happ (L) 9-6 5.24 4 p.m.
TOR/Reid-Foley (R) 1-2 2.49
KC/Keller (R) 7-11 3.95 4 p.m.
DET/TBD — —
CLE/Bieber (R) 11-4 3.31 5 p.m.
MIN/Smeltzer (L) 1-1 2.28
TB/Beeks (L) 5-1 3.77 7 p.m.
SEA/Gonzales (L) 12-9 4.32
INTERLEAGUE >>>
MATCHUP W-L ERA TIME
TEX/Allard (L) 0-0 0.00 5 p.m.
MIL/Gonzalez (L) 2-1 3.35
TODAY’S GAMES
TIGERS 10
ROYALS 8
Jordy Mercer’s two-run homer in the
bottom of the ninth, the eighth home
run of the game, gave the Tigers a win.
Miguel Cabrera led off the fourth with
the 473rd homer of his career.MARLINS 9
BRAVES 2
Brian Anderson homered twice and
Elieser Hernandez pitched six shutout
innings as Miami beat NL East-leading
Atlanta at home for the first time this
season after six previous losses.CUBS 12
REDS 5
Anthony Rizzo had two hits as part of a
30th birthday celebration, Nicholas
Castellanos added to his Chicago
surge with a pair of homers and the
Cubs beat Cincinnati for their biggest
NL Central lead of the season — a
31 ⁄ 2 -game margin over idle Milwaukee.INDIANS 7
TWINS 5
Jose Ramirez drove in three runs, Mike
Clevinger had nine strikeouts in seven
innings, Brad Hand earned his 29th
save and Cleveland pulled within a
game of the Twins in the AL Central.GIANTS 5
PHILLIES 0
Madison Bumgarner carried a no-hit
bid into the sixth inning and won his
fourth straight decision to lead San
Francisco, while Mike Yastrzemski
homered and drove in three runs.PADRES 9
ROCKIES 3
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered and turned
in several sparkling defensive plays to
press his rookie of the year campaign,
while San Diego’s pitching staff pieced
together a workmanlike effort.Streak Lost 7This month 0-6
Home 29-28Road 27-32
Division 25-30Interleague 11-6
Next:Tonight at Boston, 4 p.m. PDT
TV/Radio:FS West/830, 1220RED SOX 3
ANGELS 0
Kansas City ABR H BI Avg.
Merrifield 2b5 1 2 0 .303
Gordon lf 5 1 1 3 .270
Dozier 3b 5 2 2 3 .284
Soler dh 2 1 0 0 .252
Cuthbert 1b 4 1 2 2 .293
Starling rf 4 0 0 0 .225
Lopez ss 4 1 1 0 .225
Dini c 3 1 1 0 .333
Hamilton cf 4 0 0 0 .210
Totals 36 8 9 8Detroit AB R H BI Avg.
Jones cf 1 0 0 0 .235
1-Reyes cf 3 0 2 1 .247
Gdrum 2b 4 0 0 1 .249
Cabrera dh 4 1 1 2 .285
Dixon 1b 4 1 1 0 .263
Lugo 3b 5 1 1 0 .212
Castro lf 4 2 1 3 .281
Dmritte rf 2 3 1 1 .222
Rogers c 2 1 0 0 .192
Mercer ss 5 1 1 2 .245
Totals 34 10 8 10
Kansas City 203 003 000 — 8 9 2
Detroit 051 100 102 — 10 8 0
One out when winning run scored. 1-ran for Jones in the 2nd.
Walks—Kansas City 3: Soler 2, Dini 1. Detroit 9: Goodrum 1,
Cabrera 1, Dixon 1, Castro 1, Demeritte 3, Rogers 2.
Strikeouts—Kansas City 11: Merrifield 3, Gordon 1, Dozier 2, Soler 1,
Starling 1, Dini 1, Hamilton 2. Detroit 9: Jones 1, Goodrum 2, Dixon
2, Demeritte 1, Rogers 2, Mercer 1. E—Merrifield 2 (9). LOB—Kansas
City 4, Detroit 10. 2B—Merrifield (32), Lopez (14). 3B—Reyes (2).
HR—Dozier (19), off Boyd; Dozier (20), off Boyd; Cuthbert (8), off
Boyd; Gordon (12), off Cisnero; Castro (3), off Lopez; Cabrera (8), off
Zimmer; Demeritte (1), off Staumont; Mercer (6), off Lovelady.
RBIs—Gordon 3 (63), Dozier 3 (63), Cuthbert 2 (31), Goodrum
(42), Cabrera 2 (45), Castro 3 (24), Demeritte (4), Mercer 2 (11),
Reyes (5). S—Rogers.
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lopez .......................1^1 ⁄ 3 2 5 4 3 2 44 6.51
McCarthy.....................^2 ⁄ 3 0 0 0 1 1 16 4.42
Zimmer .....................1^1 ⁄ 3 2 2 2 3 2 44 8.59
Newberry ..................1^2 ⁄ 3 1 0 0 0 2 23 3.28
Staumont ....................2 2 1 1 0 2 33 3.68
Barlow ........................1 0 0 0 1 0 20 5.48
Lovelady, L, 0-2 ............^1 ⁄ 3 1 2 2 1 0 12 6.27
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Boyd ........................2^2 ⁄ 3 6 5 5 3 1 61 4.16
Hall ..........................2^2 ⁄ 3 2 2 2 0 4 47 4.91
Cisnero .....................1^2 ⁄ 3 1 1 1 0 2 26 4.19
Farmer ........................1 0 0 0 0 2 16 3.78
Jimenez, W, 3-6 ............1 0 0 0 0 2 14 4.91
HBP—Lopez (Jones). WP—Lopez.
T—3:37. Tickets sold—17,197 (41,297).Atlanta AB R H BI Avg.
Acuna Jr. rf 4 1 2 1 .295
Albies 2b 4 0 1 0 .295
Freeman 1b 3 1 0 0 .307
Dnldsn 3b 2 0 1 0 .264
Camargo 3b 1 0 1 0 .221
McCann c 4 0 0 0 .273
Duvall lf 4 0 0 1 .288
Inciarte cf 2 0 0 0 .229
Culberson ss 3 0 0 0 .323
Keuchel p 1 0 0 0 .143
Walker p 1 0 0 0 .000
b-Joyce 1 0 0 0 .250
Totals 30 2 5 2Miami AB R H BI Avg.
Berti ss 5 2 3 2 .301
Castro 2b 5 2 2 3 .251
Anderson rf 4 2 3 3 .252
Cooper 1b 5 0 2 0 .283
Brinson cf 4 0 0 0 .200
Ramirez lf 4 1 1 0 .264
Prado 3b 3 0 1 0 .251
Alfaro c 4 2 2 1 .258
Herndz p 3 0 1 0 .083
a-Mrero 3b 1 0 0 0 .000
Totals 38 9 15 9Atlanta 000 000 011 — 2 5 1
Miami 300 510 00x — 9 15 0
a-grounded out for Brigham in the 7th. b-lined out for Walker in
the 8th.
Walks—Atlanta 4: Freeman 1, Donaldson 1, Inciarte 2. Miami 1:
Prado 1. Strikeouts—Atlanta 8: Acuna Jr. 1, Albies 1, Freeman 1,
Donaldson 1, McCann 1, Culberson 2, Keuchel 1. Miami 6: Cooper 1,
Brinson 2, Alfaro 2, Hernandez 1. E—Duvall (1). LOB—Atlanta 6,
Miami 7. 2B—Donaldson (27), Castro (16), Cooper (10). 3B—Albies
(7). HR—Acuna Jr. (30), off Guerrero; Castro (10), off Keuchel;
Anderson (19), off Keuchel; Anderson (20), off Keuchel.
RBIs—Acuna Jr. (75), Duvall (9), Berti 2 (9), Castro 3 (49),
Anderson 3 (58), Alfaro (36). RISP—Atlanta 0 for 8; Miami 4 for 7.
Runners moved up—McCann, Duvall, Hernandez. GIDP—Freeman.
DP—Atlanta 1 (McCann, Keuchel, Freeman); Miami 1 (Cooper, Berti,
Castro).
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Keuchel, L, 3-5 ..........3^2 ⁄ 3 10 8 8 1 4 82 4.83
Walker ......................3^1 ⁄ 3 5 1 1 0 2 65 1.42
Blevins ........................1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.42
Miami IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hernandez, W, 2-4 ........6 2 0 0 2 7 98 4.94
Brigham ......................1 1 0 0 0 0 14 5.40
Guerrero ...................1^2 ⁄ 3 2 2 2 2 1 39 5.67
Conley ........................^1 ⁄ 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 6.56
Inherited runners-scored—Conley 2-0. HBP—Hernandez
(Culberson), Blevins (Anderson).
U—Lance Barksdale, John Bacon, Ted Barrett, John Tumpane.
T—3:04. Tickets sold—8,948 (36,742).New York AB R H BI Avg.
LeMhu 1b 5 2 3 2 .338
Judge rf 5 0 0 0 .274
Urshla 3b 5 3 3 4 .323
Grgrius ss 5 1 1 0 .268
Maybin lf 5 2 3 1 .335
Tchmn cf 5 1 2 4 .297
Romine c 5 0 2 0 .272
Ford dh 4 1 0 0 .184
Valera 2b 3 2 1 0 .208
Totals 42 12 15 11Toronto AB R H BI Avg.
Bichette ss 5 1 2 3 .408
Biggio 2b 4 1 0 0 .211
Gurriel Jr. lf 5 0 2 1 .279
1-Drury 0 0 0 0 .228
Grrero 3b 5 0 1 0 .273
Galvis dh 5 0 2 0 .271
Smoak 1b 4 0 0 0 .206
Grichuk rf 4 0 0 0 .238
Fisher cf 4 1 1 1 .217
McGuire c 4 3 4 1 .280
Totals 40 6 12 6
New York 206 002 002 — 12 15 1
Toronto 000 041 010 — 6 12 1
1 -ran for Gurriel Jr. in the 9th.
Walks—Toronto 2: Biggio 1, Smoak 1.
Strikeouts—New York 5: LeMahieu 1, Tauchman 1, Romine 1, Ford
1, Valera 1. Toronto 11: Bichette 1, Biggio 2, Gurriel Jr. 2, Guerrero Jr.
2, Galvis 1, Grichuk 2, Fisher 1.
E—Maybin (1), Godley (2). LOB—New York 5, Toronto 9.
2B—LeMahieu (25), Maybin 2 (13), Valera (1), Bichette (9),
Guerrero Jr. (20), McGuire (1). HR—Urshela (15), off Pannone;
Urshela (16), off Pannone; Tauchman (11), off Godley; Fisher (3), off
German; Bichette (4), off German; McGuire (2), off Cessa.
RBIs—LeMahieu 2 (79), Urshela 4 (59), Maybin (23), Tauchman 4
(40), Bichette 3 (7), Gurriel Jr. (47), Fisher (9), McGuire (3).
Runners left in scoring position—New York 3 (Judge, Tauchman,
Ford); Toronto 5 (Gurriel Jr. 2, Grichuk 3). RISP—New York 6 for 14;
Toronto 2 for 10.
Runners moved up—Judge 2, Valera, Smoak.
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
German, W, 15-2 ..........5 8 4 3 1 3 90 4.05
Green .........................1 2 1 1 0 3 21 4.93
Cessa, S, 1-1 ...............3 2 1 1 1 5 43 3.70
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pannone, L, 2-5 .........2^1 ⁄ 3 6 7 7 0 1 55 6.83
Godley ........................3 5 3 3 0 3 54 6.49
Adam .......................2^2 ⁄ 3 1 0 0 0 0 32 1.59
Boshers.......................1 3 2 2 0 1 26 11.25
Inherited runners-scored—Godley 1-1, Adam 1-0.
HBP—Pannone (Valera), Adam (Ford). WP—Pannone 2.
U—Jim Wolf, Chris Segal, Dan Iassogna, Manny Gonzalez.
T—3:06. Tickets sold—34,108 (53,506).Angels AB R H BI Avg.
Fletcher 3b 4 0 0 0 .281
Trout cf 4 0 1 0 .299
Ohtani dh 3 0 1 0 .287
Upton lf 3 0 0 0 .208
Pujols 1b 3 0 0 0 .243
Calhoun rf 3 0 0 0 .231
Rengifo 2b 3 0 0 0 .237
Tovar ss 3 0 0 0 .200
Stassi c 2 0 0 0 .150
a-Goodwin 1 0 0 0 .286
Totals 29 0 2 0Boston AB R H BI Avg.
Betts rf 4 0 0 0 .279
Devers 3b 4 0 0 0 .315
Bogaerts ss 3 0 0 0 .308
Martinez dh 3 1 2 0 .304
Travis 1b 3 1 1 2 .253
Benintendi lf3 0 1 0 .285
Chavis 2b 3 0 0 0 .260
Leon c 3 1 1 1 .197
Bradley Jr. cf2 0 0 0 .218
Totals 28 3 5 3Angels 000 000 000 — 0 2 0
Boston 020 010 00x — 3 5 0
a-struck out for Stassi in the 9th.
Walks—Boston 1: Bradley Jr. 1.
Strikeouts—Angels 15: Trout 3, Ohtani 1, Upton 3, Pujols 1,
Calhoun 2, Rengifo 1, Tovar 2, Stassi 1, Goodwin 1. Boston 10: Devers
2, Bogaerts 2, Martinez 1, Travis 1, Benintendi 1, Chavis 1, Leon 2.
LOB—Angels 2, Boston 2. 2B—Ohtani (12), Benintendi (34).
HR—Travis (4), off Peters; Leon (5), off Peters. RBIs—Travis 2 (11),
Leon (16).
Runners left in scoring position—Angels 1 (Upton); Boston 2
(Chavis 2). RISP—Angels 0 for 1; Boston 0 for 1. GIDP—Betts.
DP—Angels 1 (Peters, Tovar, Pujols).
Angels IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Peters, L, 2-1 ...............6 5 3 3 1 8 97 3.45
Cole ...........................1 0 0 0 0 2 13 5.00
Ramirez.......................1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.80
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Sale, W, 6-11...............8 2 0 0 0 13 99 4.41
Workman, S, 7-11.........1 0 0 0 0 2 16 1.92
U—Brian O’Nora, Mark Ripperger, James Hoye, John Libka.
T—2:16. Tickets sold—34,744 (37,731).YANKEES 12
BLUE JAYS 6
Gio Urshela hit two home runs for the
second straight game and the Yankees
won their ninth in a row despite Toronto
rookie Bo Bichette getting a double in
his ninth game in a row, an MLB first.Dave Roberts said Seager used to
take swings in the batting cage
“until he felt absolutely perfect.” If
anything, his workload was a
subject of contention between him
and management. To go from that
to nothing at all was a shock to his
system.
When Seager made his long-
awaited return on opening day, he
didn’t feel entirely right.
“It was weird,” he said. “It felt
natural, but it wasn’t what you did
before. You remembered what you
did, you remembered your
thought processes, you remem-
bered all of the things you did
before and you tried to do that and
you were just not in the same spot,
you were not doing the same
thing.” He also had to become
reacquainted with his body, which
included a new elbow ligament
and a more flexible hip. Advanced
metrics show that Seager’s range
and efficiency at shortstop are
nearly where they were in 2017.
“My hip has been noticeably
different in just the fact of having
more range, having more flexibil-
ity,” he said. “It’s been trying to
learn those new ranges, learn
those new positions I can get into
and how to manage that position.”
Seager batted .225 through
May 11.
“So there’s definitely times you
got upset, irritated, fighting your-
self, almost,” he said.
Seager recalled how Adrian
Gonzalez used to help the Dod-
gers win games late in his career,
how Gonzalez would do what was
necessary to score a runner from
third base instead of hunting for a
base hit. Seager adopted a similar
mind-set at times.
What helped was the team’s
win-loss record. The team’s offen-
sive firepower allowed Roberts to
take pressure off Seager by moving
him around in the lineup.
In mid-May, everything started
to click again. Over a 26-game
stretch from May 12 to June 11,
Seager batted .354 with six home
runs and 26 runs batted in.
“It was comforting to know you
could do it again, you know?” he
said.
But Seager then strained his
left hamstring rounding third base
in a game against the Angels. He’d
torn the same hamstring in 2013,
his first full season in the minor
leagues.“That one was really hard for
me, more mental than physical,”
he said. “I finally got past not
being in rehab mode, where I was
worried about my body, worried
about having to get everything
completely ready, finally going and
then having to basically start back
over and do the rehab processagain. It was difficult.”
He missed the next month.
And since returning from the
injured list in mid-July, he has
batted a modest .227. His on-base-
plus-slugging percentage for the
season is .773, significantly lower
than his .868 OPS through 2018.
Shortly after Seager was pro-moted to the major leagues as a
September call-up in 2015, the
aforementioned Gonzalez said he
could see him in the Hall of Fame
one day. Seager made Gonzalez’s
words sound prophetic, making
the All-Star team in 2016 and 2017.
He was considered one of the
game’s top all-around talents.
Problems started with a back
injury late in 2017. His experiences
since then have confirmed what he
already knew, that staying on the
field is as much a component of a
Hall of Fame career as ability.
“I think I’ve always had that
appreciation,” Seager said. “It’s
just gotten more now. You always
understood how hard the game
was, how incredibly difficult it is to
show up every day and be produc-
tive. Watching guys like Gonzo at
the end of his career doing the
little things like I was telling you.
Those little things add up over the
years, and that’s where the num-
bers come from and that’s what he
was so good at.”
Dealing with injuries over the
last year or so has forced Seager to
work more efficiently, which has
eliminated his disputes with man-
agement.
“We’ve seen Corey work a lot
smarter,” Roberts said. “He
understands that quality over
quantity is not just a sign that
someone came up with. It’s just
growth.”
Not that it was by choice.
“Obviously, going through your
rehab, you can’t just do whatever
you want to,” Seager said. “There’s
numbers, there’s limits. You get 40
[swings] today, you get 50 tomor-
row. Working like that through a
whole year, you kind of ... you
didn’t become comfortable with it,
you just kind of accepted it.”
Roberts has also given Seager
more breathers than he has in the
past, holding him out of the lineup
on occasion to ensure he doesn’t
return to the injured list.
Seager understands. When he
played in the 2017 World Series, he
did so after missing the NL Cham-
pionship Series with a back injury.
He didn’t come anywhere near the
field in the World Series last year.
“My main concern is just keep-
ing him healthy,” Roberts said.
Because, like Seager, the man-
ager is convinced that if he re-
mains healthy and continues to
accumulate at-bats, he will hit
again. He always has.Tough sledding motivates Seager
[Hernandez,from D1]SHORTSTOPCorey Seager has endured the peaks and valleys
associated with an athlete returning from multiple surgeries.Mark J. TerrillAssociated PressWorking his way back
After missing most of 2018 with an elbow injury, Dodgers shortstop
Corey Seager is still trying to regain the form that made him an
All-Star in 2016 and 2017:
Year Age AB R H HR RBI AVG. OBP. SLG.
2015 21 98 17 33 4 17 .337 .425 .561
2016 22 627 105 193 26 72 .308 .365 .512
2017 23 539 85 159 22 77 .295 .375 .479
2018 24 101 13 27 2 13 .267 .348 .396
2019 25 325 55 86 9 47 .265 .342 .431