Briefs for print
Foltynewicz’s shuts out Nats
Mike Foltynewicz pitched a two-hitter for his first career complete game, Dansby Swanson broke the game open with a three-run homer in the seventh and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 4-0 on Friday night.
Foltynewicz (5-3) retired 20 straight batters before issuing a leadoff walk in the eighth to outpitch Stephen Strasburg, who left the game with apparent discomfort in his left wrist after 6 2/3 innings.
The first-place Braves, winners of five of their last seven, moved 1½ games ahead of the Nationals in the NL East.
The Braves got all the runs they needed with four the seventh off Strasburg (6-5).
Judge, Gray power Yanks over O’s
Sonny Gray pitched six sharp innings, Aaron Judge homered and the New York Yankees breezed past the punchless Baltimore Orioles 4-1 Friday night.
Gray (4-4) allowed one run and four hits with six strikeouts. It was the first time in his 11 starts that he did not issue a walk.
Judge put the Yankees up 4-1 in the seventh with his 16th home run, a towering shot that went deep into the seats beyond the left-field wall.
Castellanos lifts Tigers over Jays
Nicholas Castellanos homered and had three hits, Miguel Cabrera got a hit in his return from the disabled list and the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Friday night.
Cabrera was 1 for 3 with a walk in his first game since May 4 due to a hamstring injury. JaCoby Jones added two hits and two RBIs for the Tigers, who have won three straight and five of six.
Blaine Hardy (2-0) allowed two runs, three hits and four walks in six innings for Detroit. He struck out three to improve to 2-0 with a 2.50 ERA in three starts since replacing Jordan Zimmermann in the rotation.
Toronto starter Jamie Garcia allowed four runs on seven hits in 1 2/3 innings.
Kershaw back on DL
Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has returned to the disabled list, this time with a strained lower back.
The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner experienced tightness during his five-inning outing against Philadelphia on Thursday. The Dodgers made the move Friday before their game at Colorado.
The 30-year-old has spent time on the DL in each of the past two seasons with a back injury.
Senators exec arrested for harassment
Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee is accused of inappropriately touching and making lewd comments toward a hotel shuttle driver while in Buffalo for the NHL’s scouting combine.
Lee was charged with second-degree harassment on Friday after being arrested and spending Thursday night in jail.
Erie County District Attorney John Flynn says Lee made vulgar comments about his own genitals and rubbed the shoulders of the 19-year-old male driver, who reported the incident to the hotel’s security chief, on a ride back to his hotel from an NHL function Wednesday night.
The Senators say team officials are reviewing the situation.
Plain leads Huskies to WCWS win
Gabbie Plain dominated for the second straight day, and Washington defeated Oregon 6-2 on Friday in the Women’s College World Series.
Plain, a freshman, gave up four hits and no earned runs in six innings against the top-seeded Ducks. She gave up just four hits in 5 2/3 shutout innings on Thursday against two-time defending champion Oklahoma. Fifth-seeded Washington (51-8) needs one win Sunday to advance to the championship series.
Taylor Van Zee singled home two runs in Washington’s four-run fifth inning.