Dodgers complete season sweep of Nats
WASHINGTON: Matt Beaty homered and Max Muncy had two doubles and three RBIs as the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a four-game series sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 5-1 victory in Major League Baseball on Sunday.
David Price (4-0) pitched two scoreless innings of relief for the Dodgers, who extended their winning streak to a season-high nine games.
Alcides Escobar had three hits for Washington, who lost all seven meetings against the Dodgers this season.
The Dodgers broke a 1-1 deadlock with two runs in the seventh.
Gavin Lux, who had three hits, lined a lead-off double and scored on pinchhitter Albert Pujols’ one-out single to left field off Joe Ross (5-8).
Tony Gonsolin entered the game as a pinch-runner for Pujols and came around to score on Muncy’s double off Brad Hand, who replaced Ross with two outs.
At Cleveland, Chas McCormick homered and drove in three runs and the Houston Astros capitalised on a pair of 10th-inning miscues by the Indians to win 4-3 and complete a four-game road sweep.
The Astros earned their first series sweep ever against Cleveland while posting their fourth sweep of a fourgame series this season.
Houston took the lead in the 10th when Indians reliever Emmanuel Clase (3-3) dropped a relay throw that enabled Jason Castro to reach and Yuli Gurriel to score the go-ahead run on what would have been an inning-ending double play.
In the bottom of the frame, Astros left-hander Brooks Raley snagged a pop bunt from Indians catcher Roberto Perez before doubling off Harold Ramirez at second with a throw to shortstop Carlos Correa. Raley notched his
second save with a strike-out of pinch hitter Oscar Mercado. REUTERS