Scherzer’s pinch single sparks Nats over Braves

Stanton, Andujar rally Yankees past Orioles 8-5

ATLANTA, June 3, (AP): Nationals ace Max Scherzer singled as a pinch hitter in the 14th inning and scored the tiebreaking run on Wilmer Difo’s triple, sparking Washington to a 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.

In his third big league pinchhit appearance, Scherzer singled up the middle against Miguel Socolovich (0-1) and sped home from first base on Difo’s hit to rightcenter field. Spencer Kieboom added an RBI single. Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, touched off a dugout celebration after he scored.

Justin Miller (2-0) struck out five in three innings, facing the minimum, and Sean Doolittle got three straight outs for his 14th save.

Juan Soto and Michael Taylor homered for Washington. Johan Camargo hit his third home run this week for Atlanta.

Yankees 8, Orioles 5 In Baltimore, Giancarlo Stanton and Miguel Andujar homered to help Masahiro Tanaka win his fifth straight decision, and the New York Yankees extended the Orioles’ losing streak to seven games.

Tanaka (7-2) allowed four runs and eight hits with seven strikeouts and one walk over 5-1/3 innings. He is 5-0 in seven road games this season — the best stretch of his career. Brett Gardner had a pair of leadoff doubles and scored a run for the Yankees, who have won four consecutive games. Washington Nationals’ Max Sherzer hits a ground ball to center field for a single against the Atlanta Braves during

the 14th inning of a baseball game on June 2, in Atlanta. (AP) chance to chase his elusive first national championship.

Mississippi State has had an emotional season as well. Andy Cannizaro resigned Feb 20 for off-field conduct and pitching coach Gary Henderson took over as interim coach.

The Bulldogs had to play their first 11 games away from home — unusual for a team in the South — because of construction on Dudy Noble Field. They lost seven of their first nine Southeastern Conference games and went into May as no lock to make the conference tournament, let alone the NCAA Tournament.

They swept top-ranked Florida to finish the regular season, and after going one-and-out in the SEC Tournament, they lost 20-10 to Oklahoma in their regional opener.

Down to their last strike against Florida State, MacNamee sent Drew Parrish’s 3-2 changeup over the leftfield wall to keep the season alive and