Windsor Star

Dodgers maintain West lead with rout

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Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched six scoreless innings and tied a career high with three of the Dodgers’ 16 hits, and NL West-leading Los Angeles routed the San Diego Padres 14-0 on Sunday.

The Dodgers’ division lead remained at 11/2 games over Colorado, which won 2-0 at Arizona. The Dodgers finished their home slate at 44-37. They are 87-69 overall and would need to surpass the NL East champion Atlanta Braves (88-68) to earn home-field advantage in the NL Division Series. At Pittsburgh, Christian Yelich hit his 32nd home run, Travis Shaw added his 31st and the Milwaukee Brewers blew past the mistakepro­ne Pirates 13-6. Yelich boosted his batting average to an NLleading .322 as Milwaukee won to bolster its chances of reaching the post-season for just the fifth time in franchise history. The Brewers (89-67) hold the top NL wild-card spot and remain 21/2 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.

At St. Louis, Miles Mikolas won his fourth straight start, Matt Carpenter hit his NL-leading 36th homer and the Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 9-2 to complete a three-game sweep and remain on track for the NL’s second wild card. St. Louis (87-69) hosts the Brewers (89-67) in a threegame series starting Monday. At New York, the Yankees’ Didi Gregorius tore cartilage in his right wrist Saturday while scoring the run that clinched a wildcard berth for New York. Manager Aaron Boone said he was unsure if Gregorius, who has 27 homers and 86 RBIs, would return in time for the post-season. The Yankees lost 6-3 to Baltimore Sunday, but maintained their 11/2-game lead for home-field advantage in the wild card game over Oakland as the Athletics lost 5-1 to Minnesota.

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