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Cards pitcher Flaherty hits 1st homer

ST. LOUIS — Jack Flaherty hit his first career home run and became the major leagues’ first six-game winner, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over Colorado 5-0 on Friday night in Nolan Arenado’s first game against the Rockies. Arenado, a five-time All-Star and eighttime Gold Glove winner during with seasons in Colorado, was traded to the Cardinals on Feb. 1 for five players, including pitcher Austin Gomber.

Arenado went 2 for 4, doubling off Gomber (2-4) in the second, then struck out and grounded out. Arenado added a single against Lucas Gilbreath in the eighth.

Flaherty (6-0) gave up three hits in seven innings, struck out six and walked one, retiring his final 13 batters. He lowered his ERA to 2.83.

METS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4, 10 INNINGS

In New York, Francisco Lindor hit a tying, tworun homer in the seventh inning after an apparently heated exchange with teammate Jeff McNeil in the dugout tunnel, and the Yankees rallied to beat Arizona.

New York walked off with a victory when designated runner Pete Alonso scored on pinch-hitter Patrick Mazeika’s fielder’s choice.

Lindor’s drive came a half-inning after he and second baseman McNeil combined to misplay a popup. Following the top of the seventh, Mets players rushed into the tunnel adjacent to their dugout to address some sort of commotion.

Lindor acknowledged after the game that he and McNeil were having a disagreement — he claimed the pair saw a rat in the tunnel, and he was objecting to McNeil’s suggestion that it was a raccoon.

NATIONALS 11, YANKEES 4

In New York, Washington burst ahead in a six-run eighth inning that included three errors and Josh Harrison’s three-run homer, and the Nationals stopped a three-game skid.

With the score tied at 3, Yadiel Hernández lined a single against Jonathan Loaisiga (3-2) that right fielder Aaron Judge allowed to bounced off his glove for his first error since Sept. 30, 2018. Third baseman DJ LeMahieu made a throwing error on Victor Robles’ sacrifice, Trea Turner hit a go-ahead single and Harrison homered for a 7-3 lead.

Kyle Schwarber hit a run-scoring single off Luis Cessa and shortstop Gleyber Torres allowed Yan Gomes’ grounder to bounce past his glove for a run-scoring error.

PHILLIES 12, BRAVES 2

In Atlanta, Odúbel Herrera hit a three-run homer in Philadelphia’s six-run first inning and the Phillies set season highs for runs and hits (16) as they won their fifth straight.

J.T. Realmuto had three hits, including a tworun homer, and Jean Segura drove in two runs with four hits.

Attendance was 38,952 as the Braves allowed 100 percent capacity for the first time since before the coronavirus pandemic.

Zach Eflin (2-1) allowed two runs and five hits in 6⅔ innings with eight strikeouts.

MARLINS 6, BREWERS 1

In Miami, Isan Díaz hit his first career grand slam, a third-inning drive off Patrick Weigel.

Miguel Rojas had two hits and scored three times for the Marlins, who have won four straight.

Milwaukee lost its sixth straight and fell to 0-5 on its seven-game trip.

Trevor Rogers (4-2) gave up one run and four hits in five innings.

Milwaukee starter Brent Suter (2-2) left because of a cramp in his right calf after surrendering Garrett Cooper’s one-out single in the third.

CUBS 3, PIRATES 2

In Chicago, Zach Davies (2-2) allowed five hits in seven scoreless innings, and Rex Brothers retired Bryan Reynolds on a bases-loaded flyout for his first save since Sept. 29, 2013.

Joc Pederson had three hits and an RBI for Chicago, which has won four straight.

Pittsburgh has lost seven of eight and is last in the NL Central at 13-18.

Trevor Cahill (1-4) allowed three runs — two earned — and eight hits in five innings.

ASTROS 10, BLUE JAYS 4

In Houston, Yuli Gurriel homered and tied a career high with four hits while driving in four runs.

Carlos Correa added a two-run homer and José Urquidy (3-2) allowed two runs and four hits in seven to win his third straight decision.

Ross Stripling (0-2) gave up three runs and six hits in 3⅔ innings.

MARINERS 5, RANGERS 4

In Arlington, Texas, Mitch Haniger had a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh inning and Seattle bounced back from being no-hit in its last game.

Dylan Moore and J.P. Crawford both hit tying two-run homers for the Mariners, who two days earlier at home were held without a hit when Baltimore’s John Means faced the minimum 27 batters.

Nate Lowe homered for the Rangers, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Josh Sborz (3-2) took the loss. Chris Flexen (3-1) worked into the seventh, not giving up a run after Lowe’s seventh homer leading off the third that put the Rangers ahead 4-2.

WHITE SOX 3, ROYALS 0

In Kansas City, Mo., Carlos Rodón (5-0) struck out eight and allowed five hits in six innings.

Relievers Codi Heuer, Aaron Bummer and Liam Hendriks worked the final three innings to complete the shutout. Hendriks earned with sixth save.

Kansas City was shut out for the second straight game as part of a six-game losing streak, all to division opponents. Zack Collins homered. Brad Keller (2-4) gave up three runs and five hits in six innings.

5 OF 30 TEAMS ABLE TO RELAX CORONAVIRUS PROTOCOLS

A fifth major league team has been able to relax coronavirus protocols after 85 percent of its players and other on-field personnel completed vaccination.

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association made the announcement Friday without identifying any teams and said seven additional teams had reached the 85 percent level of having received final doses and would be able to relax protocols within two weeks once they are fully vaccinated.

The New York Yankees and Detroit said last weekend they were able to relax protocols, and Milwaukee said earlier this week it had been able to relax them. Relaxed protocols include dropping the requirements for facemasks in dugouts and bullpens, and loosening restrictions on mobility during road trips.

MLB said Friday that more than 83 percent of all tier 1 individuals such as players, managers, coaches, athletic trainers and support personnel had been partially or fully vaccinated, up from 81 percent on April 30.

There were no positive results among 10,330 monitoring tests in the past week and one among staff at an alternate training site, a 0.009 percent positive rate.

Thus far this season, there have been 44 positive tests — 27 players and 17 staff — among 145,647 samples tested, a 0.03 percent positive rate.

The positive tests are among 21 teams.

TROUT SAYS HE ‘BROKE DOWN’ OVER PUJOLS’ DEPARTURE FROM ANGELS

In Anaheim, Calif., Mike Trout was cooling down after the Los Angeles Angels’ game Wednesday night when he was told Albert Pujols was hugging teammates in the locker room.

Trout tracked down Pujols inside Angel Stadium and learned the stunning news: His 41-year-old mentor and fellow three-time league MVP was leaving the team early in their 10th season together in Orange County.

“I broke down a little bit,” Trout said Friday in his first public comments on the decision. “Just knowing that he’s been here for the whole time I’ve been here, and knowing it could be done just like that.”

The superstars’ decadelong partnership is over, and Trout is still stunned.

The Angels designated Pujols for assignment on Thursday after a late-night meeting between the team’s top brass and Pujols, who was disappointed about the prospect of not playing every day for the Halos, and eager to join a new team that would allow him to do so.

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