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Rockies stun Dodgers on McMahon HR

August 12, 2018
Ryan McMahon of the Colorado Rockies hits a walk-off, three-run home run as Austin Barnes of the Los Angeles Dodgers watches at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, Saturday. — AFP
Ryan McMahon of the Colorado Rockies hits a walk-off, three-run home run as Austin Barnes of the Los Angeles Dodgers watches at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, Saturday. — AFP

DENVER — Ryan McMahon hit a three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 in Denver Saturday night.

It was the second straight night McMahon hit a game-winning home run against LA. His two-run homer in the seventh inning Friday night gave the Rockies a 5-4 win.

Trevor Story started the rally with a one-out double off Scott Alexander. JT Chargois came on to face pinch hitter Nolan Arenado, who didn’t start because of a sore right shoulder that forced him out of Friday’s game.

Chargois (2-4) hit Arenado to put runners on first and second, and then got Ian Desmond on a force play that put runners on the corners. McMahon hit a 1-0 fastball over the fence in right-center field to give the Rockies the win and deny the Dodgers an opportunity to move into sole possession of first place in the National League West.

Reds 6, Diamondbacks 3: Pinch hitter Tucker Barnhart hit a two-run, go-ahead double in a four-run eighth inning to lead Cincinnati past visiting Arizona.

Barnhart hit a two-out double on a 3-2 pitch from Archie Bradley (3-4), and Billy Hamilton and Joey Votto added RBIs singles off reliever T.J. McFarland as the Reds improved to 14-5 in their last six series against division leaders.

David Peralta and Eduardo Escobar homered for the Diamondbacks, who have lost three of four. The game was delayed 40 minutes at the start because of rain.

Yankees 5, Rangers 3: Rookie Miguel Andujar hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning, Aroldis Chapman escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the ninth and New York held off Texas at Yankee Stadium.

Andujar broke a 3-3 deadlock when he lined a first-pitch 94 mph fastball from Chris Martin (1-3) into the right-center-field seats. It was Andujar’s 17th homer — fifth since the All-Star break — and 50th extra-base hit, the most among all first-year players.

Before the eventful seventh, the Yankees took a 3-1 lead on Giancarlo Stanton’s fourth homer in five games in the first inning, combined with an RBI double by Greg Bird in the first and a run-scoring single by Neil Walker in the sixth.

Red Sox 5, Orioles 0 (Game 1): Jackie Bradley Jr. homered twice and Eduardo Nunez added one more while starter David Price struck out 10 in six innings as Boston defeated host Baltimore in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.

Price (12-6) always has been dominant at Camden Yards and turned in another solid performance in this win. The left-hander scattered five hits in those six shutout innings and didn’t surrender a walk.

The victory improved Price to 8-0 in his career at Baltimore. His 10 strikeouts were a season high and the most he’s had in a game since July 10, 2016.

Red Sox 6, Orioles 4 (Game 2): J.D. Martinez homered twice, and the second one was a two-run tiebreaking shot that gave Boston a sweep of the doubleheader at Baltimore.

Nationals 9, Cubs 4: Ryan Zimmerman bombed Jon Lester for the 21st multi-homer game of his career, powering visiting Washington past Chicago.

Mariners 3, Astros 2: Wade LeBlanc rebounded well from his previous start against Houston, and visiting Seattle turned a two-out ambush in the fourth inning into a third straight win.

Athletics 7, Angels 0: Edwin Jackson took a shutout into the eighth inning, and Marcus Semien blasted two home runs to lead Oakland to victory at Los Angeles.

Pirates 4, Giants 0: Josh Bell hit the only home run on Barry Bonds jersey retirement night in San Francisco, a three-run shot in the fourth inning that propelled Pittsburgh to victory.

Brewers 4, Braves 2: Mike Moustakas delivered a two-run double to spark a three-run eighth-inning rally and help Milwaukee defeat host Atlanta.

Phillies 5, Padres 1: Aaron Nola worked six scoreless innings and Maikel Franco and Cesar Hernandez hit solo home runs as Philadelphia cruised at San Diego to move back into sole possession of first in the National League East.

Indians 3, White Sox 1: Michael Brantley and Jose Ramirez went deep in consecutive at-bats, and Cleveland held off host Chicago.

Cardinals 8, Royals 3: Rookie Jack Flaherty tossed seven strong innings and five St. Louis batters collected two hits apiece in a rout at Kansas City.

Twins 4, Tigers 3: Tyler Austin blasted a two-run homer in his Minnesota debut, and Kyle Gibson pitched seven strong innings in a win at Detroit.

Rays 3, Blue Jays 1: Joey Wendle had two hits, including an RBI double, and Willy Adames also had two hits and an RBI as visiting Tampa Bay defeated Toronto.

Marlins 4, Mets 3 (11 innings): Pinch hitter Bryan Holaday pulled a walk-off, RBI double down the third base line in the 11th inning as host Miami defeated New York. — Reuters


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