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Price (15-6) won his sixth straight decision, allowing three hits and striking
out seven. Unbeaten in 11 starts since July 1, Price left after 92 pitches with
a lead earned when Rafael Devers scampered home on a wild pitch by Aaron Sanchez
(4-6) in the fifth inning.Craig Kimbrel got three outs for his 39th save in 44
chances.A night after becoming the first major league team this year to clinch a
playoff spot, Boston won for the 10th time in 14 games and moved a season-high
54 games above .500.Jonathan Davis had his first major league hit for
Toronto.TWINS 3, YANKEES 1MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ¡ª Jake Odorizzi¡¯s no-hit bid was
broken up when Greg Bird hit a run-scoring double with one out in the eighth
inning, and Minnesota beat the Yankees to take two of three from New York.The
Yankees¡¯ lead over Oakland for the AL¡¯s top wild card was cut to one
game.Odorizzi walked Like Voit before Bird lined the next pitch deep into the
left-center gap. Odorizzi was immediately removed from the game by manager Paul
Molitor and tipped his cap to the crowd as he walked off the field to a standing
ovation. Odorizzi (6-10) struck out five and walked three, matching his big
league high of 120 pitches set while pitching for Tampa Bay against the Twins on
June 3, 2016.Taylor Rogers struck out Gleyber Torres, and Trevor Hildenberger
fanned Andrew McCutchen. Hildenberger finished for his sixth save. Luis Severino
(17-8) allowed one run and four hits in 5 2/3 innings, dropping to 3-6 in his
last 11 starts.ROCKIES 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4DENVER (AP) ¡ª DJ LeMahieu hit a two-run
homer off Yoshihisa Hirano in the ninth inning, and NL West-leading Colorado
beat Arizona.LeMahieu helped the Rockies keep their 1 1/2-game advantage over
Los Angeles intact. The Diamondbacks fell 3 1/2 games behind in the division
race.A night after getting his first career save, Hirano (4-3) allowed a single
by Gerardo Parra off the glove of first baseman Paul Goldschmidt to begin the
ninth. Charlie Blackmon bunted Parra over to second and LeMahieu followed with
his first career walk-off homer.Wade Davis (3-6) picked up the win by pitching a
perfect ninth, including two strikeouts.Nolan Arenado had a big night for the
Rockies with two doubles and a solo homer.DODGERS 8, REDS 1CINCINNATI (AP) ¡ª
Yasmani Grandal and Justin Turner drove in three runs each, and Los Angeles beat
Cincinnati to avoid a season sweep by the last-place Reds.Joc Pederson homered
for the Dodgers, and Grandal had three hits. Los Angeles had been 0-6 against
the Reds and was on the verge of being swept by Cincinnati in a season for the
first time.Cincinnati¡¯s Scooter Gennett went 1 for 4, keeping his NL-leading
batting average at .321.Left-hander Caleb Ferguson (6-2), the third of seven
Dodgers pitchers, struck out three in the fifth.Anthony DeSclafani (7-5) allowed
six runs ¡ª five earned ¡ª five hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings. Jose Peraza
put Cincinnati ahead with his first inning
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but Pederson tied it 1-1 with a leadoff drive in the fourth, his second two
games and 21st this season.Grandal hit a go-ahead double later in the inning, a
ball caught by a young fan with a glove reaching over the wall with the ball
still in play. Max Muncy scored from first and Reds manager Jim Riggleman argued
unsuccessfully he should have been stopped at third, but the umpires¡¯ decision
was upheld in a video review. Turner hit a two-run single in a four-run
fifth.BREWERS 5, CUBS 1CHICAGO (AP) ¡ª Curtis Granderson homered, tripled and
scored three runs, Lorenzo Cain added three hits and Milwaukee beat Chicago to
move within a game of the NL Central lead.Granderson also got three hits and
Mike Moustakas had a two-run single for Milwaukee, which took two of three from
the first-place Cubs. Josh Hader (6-1) struck out three in a scoreless eighth to
get the win. Six Brewers pitchers combined to hold Chicago to six hits.Kris
Bryant had two hits and drove in the Cubs¡¯ lone run.Granderson appeared to begin
the game with his 48th career leadoff homer, but it was ruled a triple following
an umpire review. Two batters later, Cain singled to drive in Granderson for the
game¡¯s first run. Travis Shaw¡¯s sacrifice fly in the third gave the Brewers a
2-0 lead.Kyle Hendricks (11-11) was the loser.NATIONALS 5, PHILLIES
1PHILADELPHIA (AP) ¡ª Stephen Strasburg threw seven impressive innings, Bryce
Harper, Ryan Zimmerman and Juan Soto homered and Washington beat Philadelphia to
complete a three-game sweep.Even Cy Young Award contender Aaron Nola (16-5)
couldn¡¯t end Philadelphia¡¯s skid. The Phillies have lost five in a row to drop 7
1/2 games behind first-place Atlanta in the NL East with 17 to play. They¡¯re
11-23 since Aug. 5, when they had the NL¡¯s second-best record.Strasburg (8-7)
allowed one run and struck out nine in his best start since April.Harper crushed
his 33rd homer, a two-run shot into Philadelphia¡¯s bullpen in the first to give
the Nationals a 2-0 lead. Zimmerman connected in the fourth, sending a drive
into the bushes in straightaway center. Odubel Herrera made a leaping attempt at
the fence and nearly caught it.Soto drove one into the second deck in right
field in the sixth off Austin Davis to make it 5-1. The 19-year-old rookie has
19 homers. Harper hit 22 homers as a teenager for the Nationals in 2012.J.P.
Crawford hit a solo shot in the fifth for Philadelphia¡¯s only run.RAYS 3,
INDIANS 1ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ¡ª Blake Snell took a no-hit bid into the
seventh inning and got his major league-leading 19th win, leading Tampa Bay past
Cleveland.Snell (19-5) lost his bid when Jose Ramirez led off the seventh with
his 38th homer. Snell won his team-record seventh straight start, striking out
nine and walking two in seven innings.Chaz Roe and Jose Alvarado each got three
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11 chances.Cleveland¡¯s magic number to clinch a third consecutive AL Central
title remained at three.Ji-Man Choi hit a two-run homer in the first off Carlos
Carrasco (16-9), then took a well-inside pitch from Carrasco in the sixth and
briefly stared at the mound. Choi hit a winning homer off Brad Hand in the ninth
inning on Monday night.ATHLETICS 10, ORIOLES 0BALTIMORE (AP) ¡ª Matt Olson
homered during a 10-run third inning in which the first 11 batters reached base,
and Oakland beat Baltimore for its sixth straight victory.Oakland had 10 hits
and two walks in its biggest inning of the year. Olson provided the big blow ¡ª a
three-run shot off Andrew Cashner (4-15) ¡ª and three players had two hits.That
was more than enough offense to enable the A¡¯s to match their longest winning
streak of the season. Oakland trails first-place Houston by three games in the
AL West and owns a comfortable lead for the second AL wild card.Daniel Mengden
(7-6) pitched five innings of no-hit relief after entering in the second for
starter Liam Hendriks, who went one inning by design. Baltimore¡¯s lone hit was a
clean single to left field in the first by Trey Mancini.Baltimore has lost six
in a row to fall to 41-104, the worst record in the majors. It¡¯s the eighth time
this season the Orioles have been mired in a skid of at least six games.ASTROS
5, TIGERS 4DETROIT (AP) ¡ª George Springer made a diving catch in the eighth
inning to help preserve Houston¡¯s lead, and the Astros swept a series at
Comerica Park for the first time.Detroit had a man on first with two outs in the
eighth when Dawel Lugo hit a line drive down the line in right field. Springer
made a diving catch.It was the 13th series sweep of the season for the Astros,
who have won 10 of their last 11 games.Gerrit Cole (14-5) allowed two runs and
three hits in five innings. Ryan Pressly pitched a perfect ninth for his first
save. Daniel Norris (0-4) was the loser.Nicholas Castellanos and James McCann
homered for Detroit.BRAVES 2, GIANTS 1SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ¡ª Pinch-hitter Tyler
Flowers drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, and Atlanta moved closer
to clinching the NL East.San Francisco lost its 11th straight, the worst skid
since the team moved to San Francisco and the longest for the franchise since
1951.Dan Winkler (3-0) pitched a scoreless eighth, and Jonny Venters worked a
scoreless ninth for his second save. Will Smith (2-3) was the loser.PIRATES 4,
CARDINALS 3ST. LOUIS (AP) ¡ª Jameson Taillon won his fourth straight start, Jacob
Stallings drove in three runs and Pittsburgh snapped St. Louis¡¯ three-game
winning streak.Taillon (13-9) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings,
leaving with a 4-1 lead after the first two Pirates reached in the eighth.Jose
Martinez hit into a run-scoring forceout in the eighth against Felipe Vazquez,
who allowed Patrick Wisdom¡¯s run-scoring single in the ninth. Vazquez rebounded
to strike out Paul DeJong and Matt Carpenter with two on to end the game for his
22nd consecutive save and 32nd in 36 chances.Daniel Poncedeleon (0-2) took the
loss.PADRES 5, MARINERS 4SEATTLE (AP) ¡ª Austin Hedges and Hunter Renfroe hit
long home runs, and San Diego held on to beat fast-sinking Seattle for a
two-game sweep.Trey Wingenter, Robert
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Jose Castillo and Craig Stammen struck out all nine batters they faced in relief
of Joey Lucchesi, setting a franchise record for consecutive strikeouts and
preserving a two-run lead.The Mariners have lost 10 of 15 since Aug. 26 to fall
out of contention for the AL wild card.Hedges helped the Padres jump on Wade
LeBlanc (8-4) early with a two-run homer to left field in the second inning,
ending the left-hander¡¯s 19-inning scoreless streak.Nelson Cruz homered for the
Mariners, his 35th of the season, and drove in his 1,000th career run. Wil Myers
put the Padres ahead 3-0 with an RBI double to right-center in the
third.Lucchesi (8-8) allowed three runs on six hits in five innings.ANGELS 8,
RANGERS 1ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ¡ª Rookie Francisco Arcia homered twice and drove
in four runs, rookie Jose Fernandez hit his second career homer and Los Angeles
beat Texas.Arcia had a two-run double in the second inning off Yovani Gallardo
and homered in the sixth and again in the eighth. Fernandez, the 30-year-old
rookie from Cuba, went deep again after hitting his first major league homer on
Tuesday.Felix Pena (3-4) worked six scoreless innings, striking out three and
walking one, as the Angels won for the sixth time in seven games.Joey Gallo hit
his 36th homer of the season for the Rangers, who have lost five of six.Gallardo
(8-5) allowed six runs on six hits in three innings.METS 13, MARLINS 0NEW YORK
(AP) ¡ª Zack Wheeler and Jay Bruce helped New York jump on Miami following a
5-hour, 35-minute rain delay, capping a long, soggy day.The teams were set to
play a single-admission doubleheader Wednesday to make up Monday¡¯s rainout, but
the nightcap was pushed to Thursday. They now will play two games beginning at
3:10 p.m.Wheeler (11-7) tossed one-hit ball into the seventh and allowed four
hits over eight innings. Paul Sewald got the final out at 12:15 a.m. Bruce hit a
grand slam, Jeff McNeil had three hits and Amed Rosario and Dominic Smith each
homered for the Mets.Trevor Richards (3-9) was the loser.WHITE SOX
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two-run homer in the 12th inning to lift Chicago past Kansas City.Anderson¡¯s
blast off Burch Smith (1-5), the sixth Royals pitcher, landed just beyond the
fence in left-center. Juan Minaya (2-2) pitched two scoreless innings for the
win. Hector Santiago, the eighth Chicago pitcher, picked up his second save in
two chances.Jose Rondon also homered to help the White Sox snap a seven-game
skid.Adalberto Mondesi tied a career high with four hits and drove in both of
Kansas City¡¯s runs. NEW YORK (AP) ¡ª The baseball players¡¯ association made the
second high-profile addition to its staff in a less than a month, hiring Gary
Sheffield business lawyer Xavier James as deputy chief operating officer.James
will report to Kevin McGuiness, the union¡¯s chief operating officer since
January 2014. James has worked as a special adviser to the union and received
$215,168 from it in 2017, according to the union¡¯s financial disclosure
statement.Last week, the union announced Bruce Meyer as its new senior director
of collective bargaining and legal. Meyer will report directly to union head
Tony Clark, who appears to be reforming his senior management ahead of
bargaining for a labor contract to replace the deal that expires after the 2021
season. Some players have criticized the free-agent markets under the current
five-year agreement.James, who turns 51 on Sept. 23, is a former attorney at
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where Meyer also worked. James has undergraduate,
law and business degrees from NYU, and also has worked with boxers and other
athletes.A resident of suburban White Plains, James said Wednesday he was
introduced to Sheffield more than a decade ago after he wrote a letter for
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contractor. He had known DeLeon Sheffield through a mutual friend.¡°Players are
not necessarily getting their equitable piece of the pie in terms of all the
business revenue that¡¯s out there,¡± James said. ¡°On the operations side, the
organization is so small that it behooves everyone to kind of pitch in to make
sure from a business perspective players are treated fairly.¡±James anticipates
negotiating deals alongside McGuiness and Tim Slavin, the union¡¯s chief of
business affairs and licensing senior counsel.¡°I think there¡¯s a lot of revenue
that¡¯s out there that could be leveraged on behalf of the players, a lot of
opportunity that could be originated by players that will generate revenue,¡±
James said, referring to sponsors and licensees.Baseball Commissioner Rob
Manfred criticized Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout, a two-time AL MVP, in
July for failing to do enough to market himself.¡°Mike¡¯s a great, great player
and a really nice person, but he¡¯s made certain decisions about what he wants to
do and what he doesn¡¯t want to do, and how he wants to spend his free time and
how he doesn¡¯t want to spend his free time,¡± Manfred said before the All-Star
Game.Trout responded with a statement ¡°everything is cool between the
commissioner and myself.¡±¡°I think it behooves everyone to pitch in to market
players. The onus shouldn¡¯t be on players necessarily. I think it¡¯s a collective
effort,¡± James said. ¡°I think the macro issue is a real issue, which is how best
can we market players, and I think that issue is right to be raised. I don¡¯t
think there should be any criticism or a focus on any particular player. I think
we should put our heads together to see how we can resolve quote-unquote the
problem and ameliorate the marketing of players.¡±