Houston Chronicle Sunday

Dodgers silence Harper, Nats

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WASHINGTON — Ross Stripling struck out a career-high nine in six innings, Max Muncy drove in two runs and Los Angeles beat Washington 4-1 in the opener of a day-night doublehead­er Saturday.

In the second game, Matt Kemp had a pinch-hit, two-run double in the ninth, and Los Angeles survived a sterling performanc­e by Max Scherzer to beat Washington 5-4 and sweep a day-night doublehead­er.

REDS 5-0, CUBS 4-10: Billy Hamilton drew a basesloade­d walk with no outs in the 11th inning, and Cincinnati outlasted visiting Chicago 5-4 in the first game of a day-night doublehead­er. In the second outing, Jose Quintana allowed one hit in seven shutdown innings as Chicago beat Cincinnati 10-0 for a split.

RED SOX 6, ORIOLES 3: Mookie Betts and Andrew Benintendi hit consecutiv­e home runs in the fifth inning, and Boston beat visiting Baltimore.

YANKEES 8, ROYALS 3: Gary Sanchez hit two of the Yankees' five home runs, Gleyber Torres had a threerun shot and New York beat host Kansas City.

WHITE SOX 5, RANGERS 3: Jose Abreu homered and had three hits, Lucas Giolito tossed six effective innings, and Chicago rallied back to beat visiting Texas.

GIANTS 9, ROCKIES 4: Brandon Crawford got three more hits and drove in four runs as San Francisco beat visiting Colorado to end a three-game skid.

PHILLIES 7, CARDINALS 6: Odubel Herrera homered and Jorge Alfaro drove in the go-ahead run to propel Philadelph­ia to a win at St. Louis.

ATHLETICS 5, BLUE JAYS 4: Chad Pinder hit his first career grand slam and Oakland overcame a four-run deficit, rallying in the eighth to beat host Toronto.

PADRES 6, PIRATES 2: Clayton Richard allowed two runs in 71⁄3 innings as San Diego won at Pittsburgh.

BRAVES 8, MARLINS 1: Sean Newcomb pitched six strong innings, Johan Camargo and Ozzie Albies each drove in two runs, and Atlanta beat visiting Miami.

METS 5, D-BACKS 4: Wilmer Flores hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth as New York beat visiting Arizona.

BREWERS 5, TWINS 4: Christian Yelich broke a tie with a solo home run in the top of the eighth as Milwaukee beat Minnesota.

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