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The PosT-sTar Tuesday, augusT 28, 2018 B5 1 BASEBALL SCOTT ORGERA Associated Press NEW YORK Carlos Rodon pitched two-hit ball over seven innings, Yoan Moncada doubled in two and the surging Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 6-2 on Monday night for their fourth straight win. Rodon (6-3) allowed a two-run shot to Gleyber Torres but was strong otherwise, and bullpen closed out a three-hitter. The White Sox have won 10 of 13 and clinched their first winning month of the season by improving to 15-10 in August. Rodon is 5-0 with a 1.84 ERA in his past nine starts. The 25-year- old left-hander lost since June 30.

New York (83-48) missed an opportunity to gain ground on the idle Red Sox, falling 6 games back of the AL East leaders. Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (9-5) dodged trouble early, including a no-out, bases-loaded jam in the fourth. Tanaka fanned Matt Davidson on three pitches and got Omar Narvaez to chase a two-strike slider. Moncada hit a sharp grounder that deflected off the mound and part of glove right to the shortstop, Tor- res, who threw to first to end the threat. Chicago broke through in the sixth on a mix of luck and timely hitting.

With one out, Palka tapped a broken-bat dribbler up the third base line for a single. Af- ter a walk to Davidson, Narvaez made contact on a check swing that rolled less than halfway to- ward third for another infield hit. Moncada then grounded a two- run double into right-center field to tie it at 2. Nicky Delmonico fol- lowed with a sacrifice fly, scoring Narvaez for a 3-2 advantage. Yolmer Sanchez led off the seventh with a single to left that was misplayed by Shane Robin- son, letting Sanchez advance to second.

Tim Anderson then dou- bled, scoring Sanchez and adding to lead. Tanaka allowed four runs and matched a career high with ten hits over seven innings. Anderson brought home Adam Engel in the ninth on an error by first baseman Luke Voit and later scored on a wild pitch. Torres broke a scoreless tie in the fourth by crushing an 0-1 changeup an estimated 444 feet over the center field wall into Monument Park, scoring Miguel Andujar with his 20th home run. Andujar and Torres are the first pair of rookies in Yankees history to reach that mark.

Matsui honored: Former Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui was honored before the game, presented with sterling silver cuff links in honor of his induction as the youngest member of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. Looking sharp in a blue suit sans tie, the 2009 World Series MVP flashed a big smile and waved while receiving a warm ovation from the crowd. Speed in Scranton: The Yankees signed outfielder Quintin Berry and assigned him to Triple-A kes-Barre. The 33-year-old has stolen 29 bases in 132 big league games, most notably serving as a pinch-running specialist for world champion Boston in the 2013 postseason. Rodon, White Sox keep rolling SCOTT ORGERA Associated Press NEW YORK The surging New York Yankees appear to have help on the way.

All-Star slugger Aaron Judge participated in baserunning and fielding drills for about a half hour Monday at Yankee Stadium under the watchful eye of team staff, and Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorius also made progress in their recov- eries from injuries for New York. gradually starting to in- troduce some baseball-type ac- manager Aaron Boone said of Judge. feels like, hope- fully, improving a little The towering right fielder has not swung a bat since July 26, the night he fractured his right wrist after being drilled by Kansas Jakob Junis. Judge is hit- ting .285 with 26 home runs and 61 RBIs. just gone to the next level of really starting to swing the bat Boone said.

been trending in the right direction but has been something moved kind of The Yankees originally antic- ipated the reigning AL Rookie of the Year could return to action in as soon as three weeks, a pre- diction that has since missed the mark. Although he fielded some balls in right field Monday, Judge has yet to let his big right arm loose on any throws. not throwing the ball (at full intensity because I think along the lines of really starting to Boone said. cutting it loose there, the motion of that, going to feel Sanchez, on the shelf since July 24 with a strained right groin, be- gan a rehab assignment with Tri- ple-A on Monday night and homered in his first at-bat. Judge is improving; Sanchez on rehab BILL KOSTROUN, ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronald Torreyes of the New york yankees is tagged out at home by Chicago White sox catcher Omar Narvaez during the third inning of game.

GAMES STAT OF THE DAY AROUND THE MAJORS ORIOLES 7, BLUE JAYS 0: David Hess threw six strong innings to help Baltimore beat visiting Toronto and break an eight-game losing streak. Hess (3-8) tossed four-hit ball to earn his first win since May 25. Trey Mancini hit a three-run ho- mer to help Baltimore to its first win since Aug. 18. NATIONALS 5, PHILLIES 3: Stephen Strasburg threw six effective innings, Matt Wieters hit a solo homer and Washington won at Philadelphia.

Strasburg (7-7) gave up two runs and five hits, striking out five. The Phillies fell games behind first-place Atlanta in the NL East after losing the opener for the seventh straight series. Associated Press Board member Murphy deal Daniel Murphy has re- ceived a mostly warm wel- come as a Cub despite his past remarks about how he with the life- style of Billy Bean, a former big-league outfielder who is gay and serves as Ambassador for Inclusion. Cubs board member Laura Ricketts, the first openly gay owner of a pro sports team and an LGBTQ activist, tweeted Sunday about the process that led to her approval of the trade. Ricketts said she was con- sulted before and that there were thoughtful with Cubs executives.

She added that Bean, who has developed a friendship with Murphy, was positive and en- Herrera placed on the DL Washington reliever Kel- vin Herrera was placed on the disabled list with a torn Lisfranc ligament in his left foot. He will likely miss the rest of the season due to the injury. To take his spot on the roster, Washington activi- ated reliever Ryan Madson (back) from the 10-day DL. BRIEFLY PHILLIES: Philadelphia claimed the New York Jose Bautista on re- vocable waivers Monday, MLB.com’s Anthony Di- Como reported. The teams are working on a trade.

MARINERS: Left-handed starter Marco Gonzales (strained neck muscle) was placed on the disabled list. TORONTO: Third baseman Josh Donaldson begins a minor-league rehab assign- ment at Single-A Dunedin today. likely be placed on waivers if all goes well today in Dunedin. Associated Press, Tribune News Service, mlb.com 20 Home runs for the New York Gleyber Torres after hitting a two-run shot Monday night against the Chicago White Sox. His 20th home run meant that he and teammate Miguel Andujar are the first Yankee rookie teammates in history to hit at least 20 home runs in the same season, and just the 10th set of rookie teammates to do so in MLB history.

Stats Info AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE East Pct GB Boston 90 42 .682 New york 83 48 .634 Tampa Bay 70 61 .534 Toronto 60 71 .458 Baltimore 38 94 .288 52 Central Pct GB Cleveland 74 56 .569 Minnesota 61 69 .469 13 detroit 53 78 .405 Chicago 52 79 .397 Kansas City 40 91 .305 West Pct GB Houston 80 50 .615 Oakland 79 52 .603 seattle 74 57 .565 Los angeles 63 68 .481 Texas 58 74 .439 23 results Philadelphia 8, Toronto 3 Chicago White sox 7, detroit 2 Tampa Bay 9, Boston 1 Oakland 6, Minnesota 2 Cleveland 12, Kansas City 5 san Francisco 3, Texas 1 Houston 3, L.a. angels 1 arizona 5, seattle 2 N.y. yankees 5, Baltimore 3 results Baltimore 7, Toronto 0 Chicago White sox 6, N.y. yankees 2 Oakland at Houston, (n) Colorado at L.a. angels, (n) East Pct GB atlanta 73 57 .562 Philadelphia 70 61 .534 Washington 66 66 .500 8 New york 58 72 .446 15 Miami 53 79 .402 21 Central Pct GB Chicago 76 53 .589 st.

Louis 73 58 .557 4 Milwaukee 73 59 .553 Pittsburgh 64 67 .489 13 Cincinnati 56 75 .427 21 West Pct GB arizona 72 58 .554 Colorado 71 59 .546 1 Los angeles 70 61 .534 san Francisco 65 67 .492 8 san diego 50 83 .376 results Philadelphia 8, Toronto 3 atlanta 4, Miami 0 Washington 15, N.y. Mets 0 Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 4 Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati 0 st. Louis 12, Colorado 3 san Francisco 3, Texas 1 arizona 5, seattle 2 L.a. dodgers 7, san diego 3 results Washington 5, Philadelphia 3 N.y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, (n) Colorado at L.a.

angels, (n) arizona at san Francisco, (n) games Chicago White sox (shields 5-15) at N.y. yankees (Lynn 8-9), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (stroman 4-8) at Baltimore (Hess 2-8), 7:05 p.m. Miami (urena 4-12) at Boston (Johnson 4-3), 7:10 p.m. Minnesota (gibson 7-10) at Cleve- land (Carrasco 15-7), 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (TBd) at atlanta (Teheran 9-7), 7:35 p.m. L.a. dodgers (Buehler 6-4) at Texas (Colon 7-11), 8:05 p.m. Oakland (anderson 3-3) at Houston (TBd), 8:10 p.m. detroit (Liriano 3-9) at Kansas City (Junis 6-12), 8:15 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 11-7) at L.a. angels (TBd), 10:07 p.m. seattle (Hernandez 8-11) at san diego (Nix 1-2), 10:10 p.m. games Washington (scherzer 16-6) at Philadelphia (Nola 15-3), 7:05 p.m. Miami (urena 4-12) at Boston (Johnson 4-3), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (guerra 6-8) at Cincin- nati (Romano 7-10), 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (TBd) at atlanta (Teheran 9-7), 7:35 p.m. L.a. dodgers (Buehler 6-4) at Texas (Colon 7-11), 8:05 p.m. N.y.

Mets (degrom 8-8) at Chicago Cubs (Hamels 9-9), 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Nova 7-8) at st. Louis (Flaherty 7-6), 8:15 p.m. Colorado (Freeland 11-7) at L.a. angels (TBd), 10:07 p.m.

seattle (Hernandez 8-11) at san diego (Nix 1-2), 10:10 p.m. arizona (Buchholz 7-2) at san Fran- cisco (Bumgarner 5-5), 10:15 p.m. LEADING OFF A look at hap- pening around the majors today: REELING RED SOX: Boston tries to end a three-game skid against Miami right- hander Jose Urena, who is returning from a suspen- sion for hitting breakout Braves rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. with a pitch. The Red Sox were swept by the Rays over the weekend first sweep of the season and have lost six of eight to drop to 90-42.

turn to lefty Brian Johnson (4-3, 4.12) to end that skid. Urena (4-12, 4.50) was suspended six games by Major League Baseball after plunking Acuna on Aug. 15, though he pitched a complete game in a 12-1 win over Wash- ington on Aug. 19 while he planned to appeal the ban. He dropped the appeal later that week.

WRIGLEY SHOWDOWN: Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom and Cubs left- hander Cole Hamels take the mound at Wrigley Field for a matchup of two of hottest pitchers. DeGrom, one of the lead- ing contenders for the NL Cy Young Award, has a 1.26 ERA and 50 strikeouts in innings over five Au- gust starts. Hamels is 4-0 with a sparkling 0.79 ERA in five starts since he was acquired in a July 27 trade with Texas. Weather could be a factor, with thunder- storms in the forecast for the Chicago area. WE MEET AGAIN: NL Cy Young Award candidates Max Scherzer and Aaron Nola share the mound for the second time in five days, this time at home park in Philadel- phia.

Nola (15-3, 2.13) got the better of Scherzer (16- 6, 2.13) and the Nationals last Thursday in Washing- ton, pitching eight innings with nine strikeouts in a 2-0 victory. Scherzer held the Phillies to two runs over seven innings, taking his first loss since July 2. Associated Press ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS Kendrys Morales walks back to the dugout after striking out Monday night in Baltimore. Morales was 0-for-3 against the Orioles, ending his seven-game home run streak one short of the major-league record of eight straight games with a home run. White Sox 6 Yankees 2.