AROUND THE HORN
Brewers, Reds:
Christian Yelich bolted out of the box, sprinting around the bases and cruising into third standing up for his first triple of the season. A very well-timed triple, too. The Brewers star hit for a record-tying third cycle — amazingly, all of them against the Reds. Yelich accomplished the feat Wednesday in a 14-11 loss in Cincinnati. Yelich tripled during a six-run ninth-inning rally. He became the sixth player in major league history to hit at least one home run, triple, double and single in the same game three times. Yelich joined Trea Turner, Adrián Beltré, Babe Herman, Bob Meusel and John Reilly in accomplishing the feat. Earlier, Yelich doubled in the first, hit a three-run homer in the third and singled in the fifth. Late in the 2018 season, Yelich hit for the cycle twice in a span of three weeks against the Reds. “A lot of things kind of have to happen to hit the cycle,” the former NL MVP said. “... To have the right kind, there’s an element of luck. It’s still pretty cool.” ... In the Brewers’ 5-4 win Tuesday, closer Josh Hader became the second-fastest pitcher to reach 500 career strikeouts. The 28-year-old Hader, who worked around a leadoff walk in a hitless ninth and struck out Brandon Drury and Tommy Pham for the final two outs, accomplished the feat in 293 ⅔ innings. Aroldis Chapman did it in 292. Hader also became only the third pitcher with saves in his first 12 appearances of a season after Lee Smith in 1994 and José Mesa in 2005. Guardians, White Sox: The Guardians are dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that has sidelined manager Terry Francona and several of the team’s coaches, leading to the postponement of their series finale against the White Sox. MLB called off the game in Chicago to allow for more testing and contact tracing. It was the first coronavirus-related postponement in the league so far this season. Guardians bench coach Demarlo Hale, who was slotted to fill in for Francona, also tested positive, and the Guardians have other coaches and support staff members infected with the virus. There were no known cases among the players . ... A former athletic trainer for the White Sox is alleging in a lawsuit that he was fired by the team because of his sexual orientation, age and disability. According to the lawsuit filed Monday in Cook County, the actions of White Sox GM Rick Hahn and the club caused 50-yearold Brian Ball “significant emotional and monetary damages, as well as damage to his reputation and name.” The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. In a team statement, the White Sox described Ball’s allegations as “baseless” and promised to vigorously defend the organization’s reputation.
Extra innings: Braves backup C Manny Piña will have season-ending surgery after tests revealed ligament and cartilage damage in his left wrist . ... Gleyber Torres drove in all of the Yankees’ runs with a go-ahead, threerun HR off José Berríos in the fourth and a two-run single in the sixth, leading the AL East leaders over the visiting Blue Jays 5-3. It was the Yankees’ 15th win in 17 games. They won their seventh straight series and improved to a major league-best 22-8, the team’s best 30-game start since 2003 . ... Jacob Stallings hit a go-ahead single in the ninth, Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with a three-run HR and the Marlins used an eightrun final inning to beat the host Diamondbacks 11-3. Avisaíl García capped the ninth with another threerun shot. It was García’s second at-bat of the inning — he started the rally with a walk. The Marlins avoided a three-game sweep and won for just the second time in their last 11 games.