SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 SPORTS Padres roll over Atlanta

ATLANTA: Chase Headley hit a tying homer and Logan Forsythe drove in the go-ahead run in San Diego’s two-run eighth and the Padres beat Atlanta 4-3 on Friday night to spoil Braves rookie David Hale’s debut. Hale pitched five scoreless innings and struck out nine, the most by a Braves pitcher in his first major league game. and Brian McCann hit home runs off Ian Kennedy in the third inning to give the Braves a 3-0 lead. The Padres scored two runs in the seventh and tied the game on Headley’s leadoff homer off Jordan Walden (4-3) in the eighth. Walden walked Tommy Medica, who moved to second on a wild pitch BOSTON: Jon Lester No. 31 of the pitches against the New York and scored on Forsythe’s pinch-hit Yankees in the first inning. —AFP single to center field off Scott Downs. Nick Vincent (5-3) had three strikeouts in the seventh. Luke Red Sox pound Yankees Gregerson pitched a perfect eighth before Huston Street got the final BOSTON: Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a eighth with a blast to center off All-Star three outs for his 30th save. tiebreaking grand slam in the seventh reliever Steve Delabar, connecting on a 2-2 ATLANTA: Chase Headley No. 7 of the San Diego Padres steals second base against Elliot Johnson No. 30 of the Atlanta Braves in the fourth inning at Turner Field. —AFP inning, Koji Uehara closed with another pitch. The drive matched Brady Anderson’s CUBS 5, PIRATES 4 perfect inning and the Boston Red Sox beat 1996 Orioles record and made Davis just In Pittsburg, Anthony Rizzo hit a managed to wind up with a double. three-run homer and the New York Lohse (10-9) started the season the New York Yankees 8-4 Friday night. the third player in major league history towering go-ahead, two-run homer The Rockies broke open the game, Mets overcame two solo shots by 1-6 after missing most of spring David Ortiz and Stephen Drew each with 50 homers and 40 doubles in the off Jason Grilli in the seventh inning helped by Charlie Blackmon’s two- Giancarlo Stanton tp beat Miami. training, signing with the Brewers doubled twice as the AL East-leading Red same season. The others were Babe Ruth and the Cubs rallied past run triple. Andrew Brown also connected as a free agent on March 25. Since Sox won for the 15th time in 19 games. (1921) and Albert Belle (1995). Pittsburgh. Brian Bogusevic went 3 Arizona’s Miguel Montero hit a for the Mets, outhomered 13-0 by the slow start, he has gone 9-3. Saltalamacchia also doubled and scored Adam Jones followed Davis’ milestone for 4 with his fifth homer of the sea- three-run homer with two outs in Washington at Citi Field in a four- Reds starter Mat Latos (14-6) twice. blast with an infield hit and, two outs later, son for Chicago. Dioneer Navarro the ninth. Rex Brothers got the last game sweep that ended Thursday. allowed five runs - the most he has Uehara breezed through the ninth. He’s moved up on Ryan Flaherty’s walk before added two hits as the Cubs ended out for his 17th save. Jonathon Niese (7-7) struck out sev- given up since the All-Star break - retired 37 straight batters, the longest scoring on Danny Valencia’s RBI single. Pittsburgh’s four-game winning en and walked none in 6 1-3 and seven hits and three walks streak by a reliever since Bobby Jenks of Tommy Hunter (5-4) worked 1 2-3 streak. Carlos Villanueva (6-8) GIANTS 4, DODGERS 2 innings, improving to 4-1 in seven while striking out four in 6 2/3 the White Sox set down 41 in a row in 2007. innings for the win and Jim Johnson fin- picked up the win in relief. Kevin In Los Angeles, Madison starts since returning from a shoul- innings. Robinson Cano went 4 for 4 with three ished for his 44th save in 53 chances, Gregg worked the ninth for his Bumgarner outdueled Clayton der injury last month. doubles and two RBIs for New York. rebounding after his wild pitch helped the 32nd save. Kershaw, and the San Francisco New York won for only the third INTERLEAGUE New York Yankees beat Baltimore 6-5 on Pedro Alvarez, Russell Martin Giants held off the Los Angeles time in 12 September games and CARDINALS 2, MARINERS 1 ATHLETICS 9, RANGERS 8 Thursday. and Garrett Jones hit consecutive Dodgers when Adrian Gonzalez’s upped its mark to 6-10 this season In St. Louis, Pete Kozma scored In Arlington, Yoenis Cespedes hit a solo home runs in the fourth for hard grounder took a fortunate hop against the Marlins, who have the on catcher Mike Zunino’s passed three-run homer in the first inning, and TIGERS 6, ROYALS 3 Pittsburgh. Andrew McCutchen for the final out. worst record in the NL at 54-92. ball with the bases loaded and two Oakland survived a shaky night from the In Detroit, Prince Fielder homered and went 2 for 4, but the Pirates lost for With runners on first and third Making his first major league outs in the 10th inning, and St. bullpen to extend its AL West lead with a drove in three runs, and Justin Verlander just the fourth time in 65 games and two outs, Gonzalez hit the ball start of the year, Brad Hand (0-1) Louis regained the NL Central lead. victory over Texas. pitched effectively into the seventh inning when leading after six innings this off Sergio Romo’s leg, and the ball gave up the go-ahead homer to The Cardinals, now 6-1 on a The A’s handed the Rangers their fourth to lift Detroit to victory over Kansas City. season after Grilli (0-2) faltered. bounced to third baseman Joaquin Duda in the sixth. nine-game homestand, lead the straight loss and moved 41/2 games ahead Detroit remained six games ahead of Arias, who threw to first to end it. division by a game after Pittsburgh of Texas in the opener of the final series of second-place Cleveland in the AL Central NATIONALS 6, PHILLIES 1 A night earlier, Gonzalez hit an BREWERS 5, REDS 1 lost. Kozma entered in the eighth the regular season between the past two and dealt the third-place Royals a setback In Washington, Wilson Ramos RBI single in the 10th to beat San In Milwaukee, Carlos Gomez inning as a pinch-runner, later stole AL West champions. in the postseason race. Kansas City is one of homered and drove in three runs, Francisco. Hunter Pence homered went 3 for 4 with 5 RBIs while Kyle third base and scored the tying run. Elvis Andrus and Alex Rios had two-run several teams hoping at least to catch Ross Ohlendorf pitched five innings and scored twice. The Giants got to Lohse retired 23 consecutive bat- In the 10th, Kozma singled with singles in a six-run eighth as the Rangers Tampa Bay for a wild card. in place of Stephen Strasburg, and Kershaw (14-9) with four consecu- ters during one stretch and finished two outs off Chase Ruffin (0-2). tried to rally from a 9-2 deficit. Cespedes, Verlander (13-11) allowed three runs Washington won its seventh tive singles to start the seventh. with a four-hitter to lead Oliver Perez walked Matt Carpenter playing left field, ended the threat by and nine hits in 6 2-3 innings. Three reliev- straight. Bumgarner (12-9) allowed two Milwaukee. and Jon Jay to load the bases. throwing out Rios at third on Adrian Beltre’s ers finished. Joaquin Benoit worked out of Ian Desmond had two hits and runs and five hits in six innings. Cincinnati had three consecu- Zunino couldn’t handle the first third hit. Cespedes’ 23rd homer came off a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and got two RBIs, and (3 Romo got four outs to earn his 34th tive hits to open the second, but pitch to Matt Holliday, with the ball Derek Holland (9-9), who is winless in a the final four outs for his 19th save in 19 for 4) hit a solo homer and scored save in 38 chances. then didn’t get a base runner until rolling free and Kozma scoring on a career-high seven straight starts. chances. Bruce Chen (7-3) allowed five three runs for the Nationals, who walked with two outs in head-first slide. Rookie Kevin Dan Straily (10-7) allowed two hits in 5 earned runs and seven hits in 4 1-3 innings. began play trailing Cincinnati by METS 4, MARLINS 3 the ninth en route to its third loss in Siegrist (3-1) worked around two 2-3 innings to win his fourth straight start 51/2 games for the final NL wild In New York, Lucas Duda hit a four games. hits in the 10th for the win.—AP and beat Texas for the second time in 11 ASTROS 9, ANGELS 7 card. Strasburg was scratched after days. In Houston, Jose Altuve hit a three-run experiencing forearm tightness homer and Matt Dominguez’s grand slam during a throwing session Thursday RAYS 3, TWINS 0 powered a big fifth inning to give Houston in New York. Ohlendorf (4-0), who MLB results/standings In Minneapolis, Chris Archer pitched six a victory over Los Angeles for its fourth recently moved to the bullpen, scoreless innings and Tampa Bay added to straight win. stepped in and allowed a run on Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 1; Washington 6, Philadelphia 1; 5, Pittsburgh 4; Baltimore 5, Toronto 3; its slim wild-card lead by beating The Astros trailed by 1 entering the fifth five hits over five innings. Detroit 6, Kansas City 3; Boston 8, NY Yankees 4; NY Mets 4, Miami 3; San Diego 4, Atlanta 3; Oakland 9, Texas 8; Milwaukee Minnesota. before singled in two runs to Kyle Kendrick (10-13) was 5, Cincinnati 1; Tampa Bay 3, Minnesota 0; Houston 9, LA Angels 7; St. Louis 2, Seattle 1 (10 innings); Colorado 7, Arizona 5; The Rays hold the second wild-card spot put Houston up 5-4. Dominguez then hit charged with six runs on eight hits. San Francisco 4, La Dodgers 2. with four teams still in striking range. They his 20th homer off the wall in left field to Washington’s Denard Span singled, American League National League nudged their edge to 11/2 games over extend the lead to 9-4. Dallas Keuchel (6-9) extending his hitting streak to 24 Eastern Division Eastern Division Cleveland, and a loss by New York pushed yielded 10 hits and six runs, but tied his games. W L PCT GB Atlanta 88 59 .599 - the Yankees to two games back. Baltimore career high by striking out nine in 5 2-3 Boston 90 59 .604 - Washington 78 69 .531 10 (21/2 games behind) and Kansas City (31/2) innings for his first win since July 27. Josh ROCKIES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 5 Tampa Bay 80 66 .548 8.5 Philadelphia 68 79 .463 20 NY Yankees 79 69 .534 10.5 are lurking, too. Fields struck out two in a scoreless ninth for In Phoenix, Corey Dickerson hit a NY Mets 65 81 .445 22.5 Archer (9-7) scattered three singles and his fifth save. Houston tagged Angels Baltimore 78 69 .531 11 Miami 54 92 .370 33.5 pitch that bounced well in front of Toronto 67 80 .456 22 struck out seven without a walk, following starter Jason Vargas (8-7) for nine hits and a the plate for a double, starting a Central Division Central Division St. Louis 86 61 .585 - a pair of rough outings for the rookie right- season-high eight runs in 4 1-3 innings. five-run burst in the seventh inning Detroit 85 62 .578 - Pittsburgh 85 62 .578 1 hander to start September. that led the Colorado Rockies over Cleveland 79 68 .537 6 Cincinnati 83 65 .561 3.5 Yunel Escobar had an RBI double among INDIANS 3, WHITE SOX 1 Arizona. Kansas City 77 70 .524 8 Milwaukee 64 82 .438 21.5 his three hits for the Rays, and Desmond In Chicago, Danny Salazar struck out Wilin Rosario drove in four runs Minnesota 63 83 .432 21.5 Jennings and James Loney drove in runs nine in 3 2-3 innings, Ryan Raburn hit an Chicago White Sox 58 89 .395 27 Chicago Cubs 63 84 .429 23 with a single and double, and Troy Western Division with singles against Kevin Correia (9-12). RBI double and Cleveland beat Chicago for Tulowitzki and Dickerson each had Western Division the 10th time in a row this season. Oakland 86 61 .585 - LA Dodgers 86 61 .585 - three of the Rockies’ 16 hits. Arizona 73 73 .500 12.5 Salazar’s pitch count was limited to 85, Texas 81 65 .555 4.5 ORIOLES 5, BLUE JAYS 3 It was 2-all in the seventh when Colorado 68 80 .459 18.5 and after allowing Dayan Viciedo’s single LA Angels 70 77 .476 16 In Toronto, Chris Davis hit his major Dickerson swung at a pitch from Seattle 65 82 .442 21 San Diego 67 79 .459 18.5 league-leading 50th , a tiebreak- with two outs on his 78th pitch, he was Will Harris (3-1) that skipped about Houston 51 96 .347 35 San Francisco 67 81 .453 19.5 ing solo shot in the eighth inning, and replaced by Nick Hagadone with runners 3 feet in front of the plate, and still Baltimore erased a 3-0 deficit to beat on first and third. Bryan Shaw (4-3) threw Toronto and snap a three-game losing two scoreless innings for the win. Hector streak. Santiago (4-9) remained winless since Aug. Davis became the 27th major leaguer to 18 for Chicago, going four-plus innings and Australia squeeze join the 50-homer club, and the first since giving up three runs and six hits while Jose Bautista in 2010. Davis led off the walking three.—AP home against Pumas in Perth All Blacks demolish PERTH: Australia made hard work of it but snapped a four- match losing streak with a narrow 14-13 victory over Argentina to drag themselves off the bottom of the Rugby South Africa Championship standings in Perth yesterday. Wind and rain at Subiaco Oval meant the match was AUCKLAND: Two tries from captain Kieran have to get on with it.” With both sides never going to be a classic but a try from Israel Folau and Read helped New Zealand grab the lead in unbeaten in the tournament, the match had nine points from the boot of Christian Leali’ifano gave the Rugby Championship yesterday after a been billed as the most important in New Ewen McKenzie his first victory as Wallabies coach. 29-15 victory over South Africa, who had Zealand since the 2011 World Cup final. After a series defeat to the British and Irish Lions, back- Bismarck du Plessis sent off for two con- The Springboks had entered the game on to-back losses to New Zealand and a humbling on home tentious yellow cards. a nine-match winning streak and were soil by South Africa last week, the Wallabies were delighted The bonus point victory came courtesy of supremely confident after they had demol- to get any sort of win. “It felt like an 100-0 win,” captain tries from Read, Brodie Retallick and Sam ished Australia 38-12 last week. The All Blacks ITALY: Honda’s MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain steers his bike during the quali- Ben Mowen said in a pitchside interview. “We hung in Cane but at the cost of a collarbone injury to are also unbeaten in New Zealand since 2009 fication practice of the San Marino Moto Grand Prix. —AFP there and it was very rewarding for the side. Extremely flyhalf Daniel Carter in a crunching tackle and at Eden Park since 1994. tough conditions tonight and we had to simplify things to from hooker Du Plessis. The International Rugby Board’s number adapt to those conditions.” New Zealand coach Steve Hansen told one ranking was also on the line for the win- Marquez on pole for The Pumas, still searching for their first victory in their reporters it appeared Carter had injured the ners of the match and neither side disap- second year in the championship, seemed more affected AC joint in his right shoulder and that he pointed in an intense encounter. San Marino MotoGP by the conditions than the home side in the first half. could be out for between four and six weeks. The collision zone was brutal with several They earned the expected supremacy in the scrum, Du Plessis was sin-binned for the tackle players reeling away from the contact grab- SAN MARINO: Honda’s MotoGP champi- points. Any rider racking up four penalty though, and held Australia scoreless in second half but then received a second yellow in the first bing their heads, shoulders and ribs as they onship leader Marc Marquez chalked up his points starts the next race from the back of were unable to drive home their advantage after Juan minute of the second half for leading with his were hammered by their opponents. sixth pole position of the season in record the grid. Manuel Leguizamon’s try brought them to within a point of elbow into the throat of Liam Messam. The pivotal moment, however, occurred time at the San Marino Grand Prix yester- Lorenzo and Rossi were using a new the lead with 15 minutes to go. “We always knew it was Neither Hansen nor his counterpart when Carter was crunched by Du Plessis in a going to be very close but at this level we cannot have a Heyneke Meyer were prepared to discuss the tackle ruled by referee Romain Poite to be day. The 20-year-old Spanish rookie lapped seamless gearbox in qualifying for the first the Misano Marco Simoncelli circuit with a time, with the riders saying in practice that half like the first half, we didn’t focus in the right way,” said yellow cards in detail, with Read and Ma’a high, although television replays suggested Pumas captain Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe. Nonu also sin-binned in the final 10 minutes, the hooker had been hard done by. The tackle fastest time of one minute 32.915 seconds it made the bike more stable to ride. “After we scored the try, we can see why Australia has though Hansen said anyone leading with sparked an all-in brawl, while the 47,362-sell- that was quicker than the lap record of “We improved a little but not enough to been up there since rugby started. They were very clever their elbow was at risk of a red card. out crowd bayed for the Springbok’s blood as 1:33.138 set by Australian Casey Stoner in be closer to Marc,” said Lorenzo, who was and they just made us play away from their half.” “In an intense battle like that, you’re going he trudged to the sideline. 2011 qualifying. more than half a second off Marquez’s Argentina kicked off a new era in their new deepest to get moments and a referee has to make The card left the combative Sharks player Marquez, who has a 30-point lead over fastest time. decisions in those moments,” Hansen said. walking a thin line for the remainder of the compatriot and team mate Dani Pedrosa, “He made an amazing lap. We are strug- dark blue strip and took a seventh-minute lead after Nick “Perhaps Bismarck may have been unlucky game and although he had scored a first-half will have the Yamahas of world champion gling to stop the bike in braking and we Cummins was caught trying to play the ball from his own on Dan’s yellow card but he probably got the try when he returned, his reaction to a Jorge Lorenzo and Italian Valentino Rossi have more spinning than normal in acceler- line. Flyhalf Sanchez made the tackle and kicked the penal- other ones right. “I don’t think it is legal to go Messam tackle effectively ended the game as with him on the front row at the eastern ation. ty when the Wallabies winger was penalised for not releas- putting your elbow in some one’s throat,” a contest. Italian track. Pedrosa starts fourth with “Maybe the best strategy is to follow ing but Leali’ifano slotted two penalties over the next 10 Hansen added tersely when asked about the Du Plessis braced himself for the tackle in Britain’s Cal Crutchlow in fifth place on the Marc and see how our performance is dur- minutes to put the home side ahead at 6-3. With the two cards to du Plessis. the first minute of the second half, but led non-works Tech3 Yamaha. ing the race.” In Moto2, Spain’s title con- Australian forwards showing a lot more dynamism than “The second card may well have been a with his elbow which struck Messam in the Marquez was handed two penalty tender Pol Espargaro will start on pole. they had in their insipid defeat by the Springboks last red one rather than a yellow. “But we have throat and left the blindside flanker reeling points at the previous race in Britain, but Championship leader Scott Redding lines week, the Wallabies always looked more likely to score the got no complaints. That’s rugby and you just away. —Reuters these are separate from championship up fifth. —Reuters first try and it duly arrived after 28 minutes.—Reuters