MLB-SCHEDULE
Wainwright, Peralta pick up 15th
UNDATED (AP) β Adam Wainwright of St. Louis and Milwaukee’s Wily Peralta (WIH’-lee peh-RAHL’-tah) have become the majors’ second and third 15-game winners of the season, joining Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto (KWAY’-toh). That means the Brewers still lead the National League Central by three games over the Cardinals.
Wainwright gave up three runs in seven innings of the Cardinals’ 7-6 win over San Diego. He received plenty of support from Matt Carpenter, who homered, doubled and drove in three runs. Jon Jay’s two-run single highlighted a four-run first in which the Redbirds batted around.
Peralta is 15-7 with a 3.32 ERA after helping the Brewers complete a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Peralta scattered five singles in six scoreless innings of the Brewers’ 7-2 victory against the Dodgers.
Jonathan Lucroy tied a season high with five RBIs smacking a two-run homer and added a three-run double to put the Brewers ahead 5-0 in the second inning. Carlos Gomez also homered for Milwaukee.
The Dodgers’ lead in the NL West is down to 3 Β½ games after second-place San Francisco beat the Phillies 5-2. Andrew Susac had two hits and drove in the go-ahead run as the Giants won a home series for the first time since the All-Star break. Michael Morse got three hits and scored twice to help Tim Lincecum (LIHN’-she-kuhm) pick up his first victory in three weeks.
Elsewhere in the majors:
β Adam Rosales and Mike Carp hit RBI singles off Angels closer Huston Street in the bottom of the ninth to lift Texas past the Los Angeles Angels 3-2. The Angels ended a four-game winning streak and remain in a virtual tie with Oakland atop the AL West.
β The Braves completed a three-game sweep of the Athletics as Justin Upton hit a two-run homer and Chris Johnson added a solo shot in a 4-3 win over the A’s in Atlanta. Mike Minor gave up two runs and four hits in seven innings while outpitching Jon Lester, who fell to 3-1 in four starts since coming to Oakland from Boston.
β Washington’s lead in the NL East remains six games over Atlanta. The Nationals blew a 4-2 lead in the ninth and trailed 5-4 before pulling out their sixth straight win, 6-5 over Pittsburgh in 11 innings. Asdrubal (as-DROO’-bul) Cabrera singled home the tying run in the bottom of the ninth before Jayson Werth doubled and scored Washington’s winning run on Scott Hairston’s sacrifice fly.
β Kevin Gausman gave up a run and two hits in six innings as Baltimore beat Cleveland 4-1 to avoid a three-game sweep. Steve Pearce and Jonathan Schoop (skohp) hit solo homers for the Orioles, who head the AL East by seven games over the New York Yankees.
β The Yankees were 4-2 winners at Tampa Bay as Brett Gardner hit a two-run single and Mark Teixeira (the-SHEHR’-uh) added a solo homer. Hiroki Kuroda (hih-ROH’-kee kuh-ROH’-duh) retired 17 straight at one point and allowed two runs and four hits in 6 2/3 innings to help the Yanks win their second straight since a five-game skid.
β Conor Gillaspie hit his first grand slam and Jordan Danks added a two-run shot, all during a six-run first that carried the Chicago White Sox past Toronto 7-5. Blue Jays slugger Juan Encarnacion socked his first homer since coming off the disabled list, but Toronto fell 7 Β½ games off the AL East lead.
β Homers by Alex Gordon, Salvador Perez and Josh Willingham powered Kansas City to its 20th victory in 25 games, 12-6 at Minnesota. Alcides (al-SEE’-dehs) Escobar and Nori Aoki (NOHR’-ee ah-OH’-kee) hit two-run singles during the Royals’ seven-run second.
β The Royals lead the AL Central by 1 Β½ games over Detroit after Chris Young held the Tigers to four hits in six shutout innings of Seattle’s 8-1 victory in Motown. Kyle Seager’s three RBIs helped the Mariners move a half-game ahead of the Tigers for the final AL wild-card berth.
β Giancarlo Stanton belted his major league-leading 32nd homer of the season and drove in four runs to lead Miami’s offense on a 10-3 romp over Arizona. Garrett Jones also homered as the Marlins won for the fifth time in seven games to climb back to .500.
β The Chicago Cubs avoided a three-game sweep by beating the New York Mets 2-1 on Starlin Castro’s homer leading off the ninth. Jake Arrieta settled for a no-decision after holding the Mets to two hits while striking out nine in seven innings.
β Jose Altuve (al-TOO’-vay) went 4-for-5 with his first career grand slam as Houston crushed Boston 8-1. Dexter Fowler and Jon Singleton added solo homers for the Astros, whose 52 victories are one more than they earned last season.
β Colorado took Game 1 of a twinbill by beating Cincinnati 10-9 on Drew Stubb’s three-run homer with two out in the bottom of the ninth. Nolan Arenado went 4-for-4 and worked out a leadoff walk to spark the Rockies’ five-run ninth.
β The Rockies completed the doubleheader sweep by scoring eight runs in their final two at-bats to beat Cincinnati 10-5. The game was tied until Corey Dickerson and Michael Cuddyer (kuh-DY’-ur) hit consecutive two-run doubles.
In another baseball note, Todd Helton had his No. 17 jersey retired by the Colorado Rockies. Helton retired after last season after compiling a .316 average during a stellar 17-year career, all with the Rockies. He is the first player in the team’s 22-year history to have his number retired.
NBA-CAVALIERS
Report: Cavs land Marion
CLEVELAND (AP) β The LeBron James recruiting machine has scored again.
A person familiar with the negotiations says veteran free agent forward Shawn Marion has agreed to a one-year, league-minimum contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The 36-year-old Marion is a four-time All-Star and gives the Cavs another veteran with postseason experience to complement James. The team has previously signed shooters Mike Miller and James Jones, who won two NBA titles with James in Miami.
T25-FOOTBALL POLL
Florida State starts on top
UNDATED (AP) β Reigning Heisman Trophy winner Jameis (JAYM’-ihs) Winston and defending national champion Florida State are No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason college football poll. The Seminoles start the season No. 1 for the sixth time after receiving 57 of 60 first-place votes from the media panel.
Second-ranked Alabama, third-ranked Oregon and No. 4 Oklahoma all received one first-place vote.
Ohio State is fifth, followed by Auburn, UCLA, Michigan St., South Carolina and Baylor.
The Bowl Championship Series is being replaced this season by the College Football Playoff. A selection committee will pick the top four teams in the country for two national semifinals.
NFL-FALCONS
Baker out for the season
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) β The Atlanta Falcons’ revamped offensive line took a major setback when left tackle Sam Baker was ruled out for the year after injuring his right knee in a preseason game. The Falcons announced that the injury plagued Baker sustained a torn patellar tendon in a 32-7 loss to the Houston Texans.
NASCAR-MICHIGAN 400
Gordon wins
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) β Pole sitter Jeff Gordon finished first in the Michigan 400 Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. Gordon finished in front of Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano for his third win of the year, and his first at Michigan since 2001.
Tony Stewart skipped the event, in the wake of the accident last week that took the life of dirt track racer Kevin Ward Jr.
INDYCAR
Power starts from the front and wins
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) β IndyCar points leader and pole sitter Will Power took the checkered flag at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. He finished in front of Juan Pablo Montoya for his third victory of the season. The win just increases Power’s lead in the overall drivier standings.
Before the race it was announced that Indianapolis 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay had signed a three-year contract extension with Andretti Autosport.
LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Park beats Lincicome
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) β Inbee Park has successfully defended her title in the LPGA Championship by rallying to beat Brittany Lincicome (LIHN’-sih-kohm).
Park parred the first playoff hole after shooting a 2-under 70 for an 11-under total. Lincicome owned a three-shot lead on the back nine before faltering.
Park won her fifth major title and fourth in the last two seasons.
Seventeen-year-old rookie Lydia Ko finished three shots back as she sought to become the youngest major winner in LPGA history.
PGA-WYNDHAM
Villegas finishes first
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) β First round leader Camilo Villegas (kuh-MIHL’-oh vih-JAY’-guhs) fought back to win the Wyndham Championship, his first PGA victory since 2010. He shot a final round 7-under-63 to finish 17-under-par, one shot in front of Bill Haas and Freddie Jacobson.
Heath Slocum was two shots back.
CHAMPIONS TOUR
Bernhard wins
ENDICOTT, N.Y. (AP) β Bernhard Langer (LAHN’-gur) closed with a 6-under-par 66 for a one-shot win over Woody Austin and Mark O’Meara at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in New York. Langer never had a round worse than 67 in finishing 16-under for his fifth Champions Tour win of the year.
Second-round leader Kevin Sutherland fell into a tie for seventh following a 74, one day after setting a Champions Tour record with a 59.
TENNIS
Williams, Federer win
MASON, Ohio (AP) β Serena Williams won her elusive Cincinnati title on her sixth try, beating Ana Ivanovic (ee-VAH’-noh-vich) 6-4, 6-1 in just 62 minutes at the Western & Southern Open near Cincinnati. Williams had never reached the finals in Cincinnati until last year, when she fell apart late in the match and lost to Victoria Azarenka (ah-zah-REN’-kuh) in a third-set tiebreaker.
Ivanovic was coming off a nearly 3-hour win over Maria Sharapova on Saturday night.
Second seed Roger Federer won his unprecedented sixth title in Cincinnati by beating David Ferrer 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in the men’s final. Federer is 6-for-6 in title matches in Cincinnati.
