Guardians swept

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jurickson Profar hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning, and the Atlanta Braves won their season-best fifth straight game, rallying past the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

With one out in the sixth, Profar pulled a 3-2 slider from Nic Enright (2-1) over the wall in right field to put the Braves ahead. Atlanta trailed 4-1 after four innings.

Aaron Bummer (3-2) worked two innings of scoreless relief, and Dylan Lee, Pierce Johnson and Raisel Iglesias pitched a scoreless frame each, with Iglesias converting his 19th save. Left fielder Profar made a diving catch of a liner by Gabriel Arias for the second out in the ninth.

Bo Naylor had four hits and Daniel Schneemann had a two-run triple for the Guardians, who had worked their way back into playoff contention with 11 wins in 14 games before getting swept by the Braves.

Cleveland had scored one run in its first two losses to Atlanta but jumped on Braves starter Logan Allen in the third, getting a sacrifice fly by Kyle Manzardo and an RBI double by Naylor. Schneemann’s triple in the fourth made it 4-1.

Atlanta got an RBI single by Ozzie Albies in a two-run fifth.

Key moment

Johnson walked two batters to start the eighth. He retired the next two, then intentionally walked JosÈ RamÌrez and got Manzardo to hit a fly ball to center.

Key stat

Atlanta’s Michael Harris II went 1 for 5, ending his franchise record-tying streak of multi-hit games at eight.

Up next

The Braves host the Chicago White Sox for three games starting Monday night, with Spencer Strider (5-10, 4.69 ERA) on the mound for Atlanta.

Gavin Williams (7-4, 3.38), who took a no-hitter into the ninth inning earlier this month, starts the Guardians’ series opener at Arizona on Monday night.

Chester downs Warren

GIRARD — The Chester Old-Timers edged Warren ITAM 5-4 on Sunday in senior men’s baseball action.

Kevin Farrell got the win for Chester, 11-2. Sean Allen got the save. Robb Fester had a double and single. Steve Bell and Scott Campbell had two hits each. Kasey Arnott had a triple.

Chester plays Jamestown, New York at 2 p.m. next Sunday at Poland High School.

Georgia teenager Mason Howell wins US Amateur

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Georgia teenager Mason Howell capped a productive summer before his senior year of high school by winning the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club on Sunday just two months after competing in his first U.S. Open.

The 18-year-old Howell raced out to a big lead over Tennessee teenager Jackson Herrington on the opening 18 holes and went on to win the 36-hole final 7 and 6 to become the youngest U.S. Amateur champion since Byeong Hun An won at age 17 in 2009 at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Howell won it with a par to halve the 30th hole, ending the most-lopsided final since Bryson DeChambeau also beat Derek Bard 7 and 6 in 2015. The win earned Howell invitations to the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open next year.

This was the first U.S. Amateur final featuring two teenagers since Matt Fitzpatrick bested Oliver Goss in 2013 and Howell showed the composure of a much more experienced golfer by repeatedly making clutch putts while Herrington made repeated mistakes.

Howell won 11 holes, eight of them with pars. He also responded after all four holes he lost, winning the following hole each time.

Howell burst onto the scene when he qualified for the U.S. Open this year with rounds of 63-63 from the Atlanta sectional. He failed to make the cut at Oakmont but used that experience this week at The Olympic Club.

He was one of 17 players to advance from a 20-man playoff to make the match play portion of the tournament, where he won all six matches.

Howell won five of six holes on the front nine of the opening 18 holes — including an eagle at No. 7 — to take a four-hole lead. He increased the lead to five with a birdie on the par-5 16th hole as his steady putting helped keep Herrington at bay.

Herrington closed the first 18 with a birdie on the par-5 18th to get back within four. But he then bogeyed the first three holes after the lunch break to fall down by six and never really threatened the rest of the way.

Howell now gets ready for his senior year of high school before he is set to start college at the University of Georgia in 2026.

The 19-year-old Herrington is about to start his sophomore season in college at Tennessee.

This is the fourth U.S. Amateur to be held at The Olympic Club. Charles Coe (1958), Nathaniel Crosby (1981) and Cole Knost (2007) won the others.

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