SPORTS
Saturday, August 1, 2015
MLB
Mariners
make two
deals at
deadline
Associated Press
CINCINNATI — After
making two moves to
upgrade an already solid
bullpen, the Pittsburgh
Pirates added depth to
their rotation on Friday by
acquiring J.A. Happ from
Seattle for minor league
pitcher Adrian Sampson.
A little while later, they put
struggling
starter A.J.
Burnett on
the 15-day
disabled
list with
inflamma-
tion in his pitching elbow.
The Pirates were 5 1-2
games behind St. Louis in
the NL Central, but ¿rst in
line for a wild-card berth and
looking to close ground on
the Cardinals by upgrading
their pitching staff.
Shortly
before
the
non-waiver trading deadline
on Friday, they got the
32-year-old Happ, who went
4-6 with a 4.64 ERA in 20
starts and one relief appear-
ance for Seattle this season.
The
Mariners
also
shipped relief pitcher Mark
Lowe to Toronto before the
deadline.
Seattle obtained left-
handed pitchers Nick Wells
and Jacob Brentz and Rob
Rasmussen.
Lowe has had a bounce-
back year with the Mariners
after appearing in just 18
games during the 2013-14
seasons. Lowe pitched in 34
games for Seattle this season,
developing into a consistent
eighth-inning option. He had
a 1.00 ERA with 47 strike-
outs in 36 innings pitched.
Lowe was a non-roster invite
to Mariners’ spring training
and was set to become a free
agent after the season.
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Walker goes distance, M’s snap losing streak
By BRIAN HALL
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Taijuan
Walker pitched a one-hitter for his
¿rst career complete game in 2
major league starts, and Nelson
Cruz and Jesus Montero homered
to lift the Seattle
Mariners over the
Minnesota Twins
6-1 on Friday night.
Seattle
Walker (8-7),
who gave up a
home run to rookie
Miguel Sano, tied a
career-high with 11
strikeouts to help
Minnesota
Seattle end a four-
game losing streak.
Cruz had four
hits,
including
his 27th home run of the season,
and Montero added two hits and
two RBIs after being recalled from
Triple-A following a series of moves
by the Mariners prior to Friday’s
trade deadline.
Tommy Milone (5-3) gave up
four runs and 11 hits for Minnesota,
which has lost four of ¿ve.
Walker had allowed 1 runs in
his previous four starts, but held the
Twins hitless until Sano hit a hard line
drive into the ¿rst row of seats in left
¿eld with two outs in the fourth. It was
the only blemish until Torii Hunter
reached on an error in the seventh.
Seattle
Mariners
catcher
Mike Zun-
ino, right,
hugs start-
ing pitcher
Taijuan
Walker, left,
after the
Mariners
defeated
the Minne-
sota Twins
6-1 in a
baseball
game in
Minneapo-
lis, Friday,
July 31,
2015.
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AP Photo/Ann
Heisenfelt
Sano’s homer was his fourth
in his impressive rookie season.
Playing third base for just the third
time, he made a diving stop along
the line with a strong throw to end
the third, but he couldn’t catch a line
drive from Austin Jackson right back
to him in the fourth.
Jackson ended up scoring on
Brad Miller sacri¿ce Ày as part of
a two-run inning. Miller had two
sacri¿ce Àies in the game.
Montero returned for his second
appearance with Seattle after
thriving at Triple-A and Mariners
manager Lloyd McClendon said the
team wants to get a good look at him
in the ¿nal two months of the season.
Montero came through with an
RBI double and his ¿rst major league
homer of the season in the sixth.
Cruz’s 20th home run on the road this
season was a two-run shot in the ninth.
Milone has allowed four runs in
each of his last four starts.
MARTE ARRIVES
Ketel Marte made his major-league
debut hitting leadoff and playing
second base for Seattle. Marte went 0
for 4 with a walk, and he scored on
Cruz’s homer in the ninth. The switch-
hitter was hitting .314 with three
home runs, 2 RBIs and 20 stolen
bases in Triple-A. He appeared in the
Futures Game at the All-Star game
and went 2 for 2 with an RBI. Marte
had played some out¿eld in Triple-A,
but McClendon said he would play
second base while Robinson Cano is
out and they’d assess the rookie’s role
after Cano’s return.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: Cano took batting prac-
tice before the game but was held
out for the third consecutive game
with a strained abdominal muscle.
Logan Morrison (bruised left thumb)
missed his second straight game.
Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon
told reporters Cano and Morrison
are still considered day-to-day.
UP NEXT
Mariners: LHP Mike Mont-
gomery (4-4, 3.20 ERA)
Twins: RHP Kyle Gibson (8-8,
3.48)
Cepedes to Mets one of 16 trades completed ahead of cutoff
By RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The
Mets ¿nally landed the bat
they were looking for in
Yoenis Cespedes just ahead
of Friday’s trade deadline,
and Cole Hamels con¿rmed
he blocked a trade to
Houston before Philadelphia
dealt its ace to Texas.
Sixteen trades were made
Friday ahead of the annual
deadline for deals without
waivers, but San Diego was
among the buyers, not the
sellers, to the surprise of
some.
Hamels was the only
top starting pitcher dealt
following earlier trades
that sent Scott Kazmir to
Houston, Johnny Cueto to
Kansas City and David Price
to Toronto. The Blue Jays
scheduled a blowout news
conference at Rogers Centre
to introduce Price, but
instead the left-hander was
sidetracked by a blowout to
one of the tires on his gray
sports car
The 2012 AL Cy Young
Award winner, traded by
Detroit on Thursday, tweeted
just after 10 a.m. saying he’d
blown a tire. About an hour
later, he posted again to say
he couldn’t ¿nd anyone to ¿t
a new tire on his car.
Blue Jays fans tweeted
back, telling him they’d pick
him up wherever he was
waiting. One fan cautioned
“If you change the tire..
RIGHT HAND ONLY!!!”
Eleven of 15 AL teams
began the day within ¿ve
games of a playoff berth, and
seven of 15 in the NL, where
the races are more de¿ned.
“There are a lot of buyers
out there,” Mets general
manager Sandy Alderson
said. “And that probably has
something to do with the
second wild card, and maybe
just the reality of that second
wild card has sunk in, and
the tightness of various races
around both leagues.”
Cespedes, eligible for
free agency after the season,
hit .23 with 18 home runs
and 61 RBIs in 102 games
for the Tigers. Seeking to
make the playoffs for the
¿rst time since 2006, the
Mets have a talented starting
rotation but rank last in the
majors in runs and batting
average, and 2th in on-base
percentage and slugging.
New York already had
added in¿elders Juan Uribe
and Kelly Johnson, and
reliever Tyler Clippard.
The moves increased New
York’s payroll by about $8.2
million within the last week.
Texas completed its
deal to acquire Hamels and
left-handed reliever Jake
Diekman for left-hander Matt
Harrison and ¿ve prospects.
The Rangers will receive
$.5 million — $7 million
in 2016 and $2.5 million in
2018 — to offset part of the
contract for Hamels, who is
due $22.5 million per season
through 2018 with a club
option for 201.
Among other deals:
• The Chicago Cubs
acquired right-hander Dan
Haren and cash from Miami
and right-hander Tommy
Hunter from Baltimore for
out¿elder Junior Lake.
• The Orioles got
out¿elder Gerardo Parra
from Milwaukee.
• San Diego obtained left-
hander Marc Rzepczynski
from Cleveland.
• Pittsburgh got left-
hander J.A. Happ from
Seattle and ¿rst baseman
Michael Morse from the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
• Minnesota acquired
right-hander Kevin Jepsen
from Tampa Bay.
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