AROUND THE HORN
■ MLB: Roberto Clemente’s iconic No. 21 has been a fixture in Pittsburgh for more than 60 years. Its presence has only grown since the Hall of Fame outfielder’s death at age 38 on New Year’s Eve 1972 in a plane crash off the coast of his native Puerto Rico. On Wednesday night, the No. 21 found itself in a place where it hasn’t been for nearly a half century: on the back of a member of the Pirates. All of them. The Pirates celebrated Clemente’s legacy by wearing his number during the organization’s first “Roberto Clemente Day ” on Wednesday against the White Sox. The number was mowed into the rightfield grass a few hundred yards from where Clemente stood at Three Rivers Stadium. MLB granted the Pirates permission for everyone to don No. 21 last week, then extended it to all Puerto Rican-born players. Tigers pitcher Joe Jimenez and Brewers hurler Alex Claudio were among the Puerto Rican major leaguers who took part in the celebration. Clemente’s family and the team he represented are hoping the league will one day honor Clemente by retiring his number across all of MLB as it did for Robinson’s No. 42 in 1997.
■ Yankees: Deivi Garcia earned his first major league win, Gleyber Torres drove in four runs and the Yankees snapped a fivegame losing streak, beating the Blue Jays 7-2 in Buffalo, New York. The Yankees had lost 15 of 20 and fallen to the edge of the expanded playoff field. Torres and DJ LeMahieu homered to back Garcia (1-1). In his third career start, the 21year-old righty gave up two runs and five hits in seven innings. He struck out six and walked two. Zack Britton worked the eighth and Aroldis Chapman struck out all three batters in the ninth. Derek Fisher hit a two-run homer in the second inning for the Blue Jay, who had their three-game winning streak halted.
■ Padres: Zach Davies won his career-best, fifth-consecutive start and Mitch Moreland hit his first HR for his new team as the Padres beat the visiting Rockies 5-3 to complete a sweep of the three-game series. Davies (7-2) was fantastic, after allowing a run in the first, as he tied a season-high with eight strikeouts, plowing through the Rockies with his changeup and splitter. He gave up three runs on five hits, with two walks, over six innings as the Padres won their fourth straight game.
■ Nationals: Howie Kendrick was put on the 10-day IL with a strained left hamstring. The 37-yearold 1B/DH missed the previous three games for the 2019 World Series champions, who are in last place in the NL East. Kendrick is batting .275 with two HRs and 14 RBIs in 25 games this season. Last year, he was the MVP of the NLCS and hit the go-ahead HR in Game 7 of the World Series to help the Nats win the franchise’s first title. The move was retroactive to Sunday.
■ Giants: The Giants signed 1B Justin Smoak to a minor league deal and will send him to their alternate site. Smoak, 33, was released by the Brewers on Tuesday.