SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2015 SPORTS

Iannone takes pole spot Londa eyeing Olympic mark Santos sues Neymar, Barca MUGELLO: Andrea Iannone put Ducati on pole position for their home Italian SINGAPORE: While the tourists bask on Bali’s famed SAO PAULO: Brazilian soccer club Santos said on Friday it filed a suit with Grand Prix at Mugello yesterday while Honda’s double world champion Marc beaches, Indonesian long jumper Maria Natalia Londa FIFA seeking compensation for a breach of contract in the transfer of for- Marquez suffered a career low and will have to start from the fifth row of the ploughs through her training sessions on the white sand ward Neymar to FC Barcelona, adding to the controversy that led to the grid. Iannone’s first MotoGP pole came after last year’s winner Marquez, who will hoping the hard work will take her to another picturesque resignation of the president of the Spanish champions. Modesto Roma, the president of Santos, said the team filed the suit have to fight back from 13th place on Sunday, failed to make it seaside spot. The 24-year-old Balinese jumper is desperate to make it against Barcelona, Neymar, his father and marketing through to the final stage of qualifying for the first time. to Rio de Janeiro and compete at the 2016 Olympics. firm Neymar Sports e Marketing. “Santos believes The Italian’s lap record time of one minute 46.489 was Londa knows she can qualify by capturing the Southeast that Barcelona, Neymar and his company violated all the more impressive after he revealed this week that Asian Games SEA Games record of six metres 71 centime- the transfer contract and therefore, it claims com- he had raced at the previous French Grand Prix with a tres when she defends her title in Singapore next month, pensation of damages,” Roma said in a statement. fractured left arm as well as a dislocated shoulder. the distance one centimetre longer than the Olympic ‘A’ The suit comes as Brazilian authorities began to MotoGP’s overall championship leader and home qualifying mark. investigate allegations of corruption in its soccer hero Valentino Rossi qualified in eighth place with Two years ago in Myanmar, she landed a jump of 6.39m industry following a US probe that led to the arrests Spanish team mate Jorge Lorenzo sandwiched between to win SEA Games gold and last September, she leapt a this week of top officials at FIFA. Barcelona have been the two Ducatis of Iannone and Italian Andrea Dovizioso personal best of 6.55m to win the Asian Games title in accused of tax fraud by Spanish authorities after it on the front row. Incheon, South Korea. came to light the striker’s transfer fee, initially disclosed Lorenzo will still fancy his chances of a third win in a It was Indonesia’s first athletics gold in the quadrennial as 57.1 million euros, was in fact loser to 100 million row, however. The pole was Ducati’s first at Mugello event for 16 years. The Olympic qualifying mark may seem euros. Sandro Rosell resigned the Barcelona club presiden- since Australian Casey Stoner in 2007 and the top 11 a tall order but Londa believes it is within reach having cy last year over the allegations. Rosell, his successor Josep qualifiers were all inside the previous track focused her attentions on the discipline after relegating Bartomeu and the club will stand trial on charges they record time. —Reuters her triple jump responsibilities. —Reuters committed tax fraud in the signing of Neymar. —Reuters Rockies thrash Phillies, Reds win

PHILADELPHIA: Chad Bettis retired the first sixth straight loss. 18 batters and took a no-hitter into the eighth Travis Snider led off the ninth with an inning, Troy Tulowitzki hit two solo homers infield hit off Brandon Gomes (1-2). With two and the Colorado Rockies beat the outs, Davis greeted Xavier Cedeno with a sin- Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Friday night. Cody gle that advanced pinch-runner Everth Asche singled through a shift to end Bettis’ no- Cabrera to third. Hardy then lined a single to hit bid with one out in the eighth. Bettis (2-0) left against Steve Geltz. The Rays loaded the lost a perfect game in the seventh when short- bases with no outs in the ninth against Darren stop Tulowitzki made an error on Ben Revere’s O’Day (1-0), who worked out of the jam by grounder up the middle. striking out Steven Souza Jr. and Asdrubal The 26-year-old Bettis allowed two hits and Cabrera before getting Jake Elmore to ground tied a career-high with seven strikeouts in into a force at third base. Souza homered for eight innings in his 12th start in the majors. the Rays, who have lost their last three games Tulowitzki had two homers in 154 at-bats this in the ninth or 10th inning. season before going deep his first two times up against Cole Hamels (5-4). Ben Paulsen hit a ROYALS 8, CUBS 4 two-run homer for the Rockies, who won for Lorenzo Cain hit a tiebreaking RBI double the fifth time in six games. and scored in a three-run eighth inning, and Kansas City snapped a four-game losing REDS 5, NATIONALS 2 streak. Washington’s Stephen Strasburg left after Alcides Escobar homered on the game’s only 16 pitches, and Zack Cozart had three hits first pitch. Alex Gordon and Salvador Perez as Cincinnati rallied against the Nationals’ also went deep, and the Royals won after bullpen to win for only the second time in 12 squandering a 4-1 lead. games. Mike Moustakas walked leading off the Strasburg gave up a solo homer in the first eighth against Pedro Strop (1-3). Cain then inning to Joey Votto and walked Brayan Pena drove him in with a double to the base of the on his 16th pitch to open the second. He wall in right-center and the Royals scored two shrugged after the pitch, a trainer went to the more thanks to an error by center fielder mound, and Strasburg headed for the club- Dexter Fowler. Kelvin Herrera (1-1) gave up a house after a brief conversation. tying solo drive to Addison Russell in the sev- Taylor Jordan (0-1) took over and gave up enth but picked up the win. three runs in the sixth. Brandon Phillips - limit- ed to pinch hitting because of a sore toe - tied RANGERS 7, RED SOX 4 it with a sacrifice fly. Billy Hamilton singled for Josh Hamilton homered in his first two at- a 3-2 lead, stole second, and scored on bats, his first homers since he belatedly began Cozart’s third single of the game. Anthony his major league season this week back with DeSclafani (3-4) went six innings for his first Texas, helping the Rangers beat Boston. PHILADELPHIA: Colorado Rockies’ Troy Tulowitzki hits a home run off Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels during the first win since April 20. Hamilton pulled both homers into the seats inning of a baseball game. —AP in right field off knuckleballer Steven Wright MARLINS 4, METS 3 (2-2). The homers came in the second and with an RBI and Grichuk, starting in left field in Hudson (3-4) gave up one run on five hits, man infield, they got two straight force plays Rookie Justin Bour hit a three-run homer to fourth innings, on pitches measured at 74 and place of ailing Matt Holliday, batted cleanup striking out four and not walking a batter as at home. That brought up Norris for his win- back Dan Haren, and the Miami extended 66 mph. Wright uncorked a third-inning wild for the first time and had an RBI double in the he beat his 29th major league team. That left ning slam. Craig Kimbrel (1-1) pitched the Mets pitcher Matt Harvey’s winless streak to pitch to score a run. third. the Oakland Athletics, his first team, as the ninth for the win. five starts. Rangers right-hander Yovani Gallardo (5-6) The Dodgers have been shut out four only one he has not beaten. Haren (5-2) limited the Mets to four hits in limited the Red Sox to one earned run and straight times on the road, inclduing getting He had yielded eight runs in 3 2/3 innings MARINERS 2, INDIANS 1 seven innings to help the Marlins stopped four hits through six innings. Shawn Tolleson, outscored 10-0 in a three-game sweep at San of a loss to Colorado on Sunday. Mike Taijuan Walker allowed two hits over eight their three-game skid. A.J. Ramos held on in who became Texas’ primary closer last week, Francisco May 19-21. Lackey (3-3) struck out Foltynewicz (3-2) was nearly as effective, retir- strong innings, Seth Smith hit a two-run the ninth for his third save. recorded his sixth consecutive save. Robinson nine and allowed five hits. Bolsinger (3-1) gave ing 11 in a row at one point. He gave up the homer, and Seattle beat Cleveland. Walker (2- Lucas Duda and Curtis Granderson home- Chirinos went 2 for 4 for Texas with a two-run up two runs on seven hits in six innings. two runs on five hits, walking one and striking 5) got his first win since April 27 with one of red for the Mets, who had won three straight double in the eighth inning. out a career-high eight. the best starts of the 22-year-old’s young and almost rallied in the ninth. Harvey (5-3) BLUE JAYS 6, TWINS 4 career. He did not walk a batter and struck out struck out 11, but fell to 0-3 in his last five out- CARDINALS 3, DODGERS 0 Chris Colabello hit two-run tiebreaking WHITE SOX 6, ASTROS 3 eight, matching his career high. ings, a string that includes two games in John Lackey worked seven scoreless homer in the ninth inning against former Geovany Soto hit a go-ahead, two-run dou- Smith, batting cleanup for the first time this which he pitched shutout ball before leaving innings and St. Louis got just enough off the teammate Glen Perkins, giving Mark Buehrle ble in the 11th inning and Chicago beat season with Robinson Cano out sick, hit a 2-1 in the late innings. Dodgers’ Mike Bolsinger to get its fifth straight and Toronto a win on a soggy night Houston. There were runners at first and sec- pitch from Trevor Bauer (4-2) into the right- victory. Buehrle (6-4) made a drastic recovery from ond with two outs in the 11th when Soto’s center seats in the sixth inning. It scored ORIOLES 2, RAYS 1 The Cardinals ended Bolsinger’s streak of a four-run first inning for his second complete double off Tony Sipp dropped in front of the Nelson Cruz, who had singled. The Mariners JJ Hardy’s single drove in the winning run 18 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings on game this season, raising his record in 51 wall in right field to put Chicago up 5-3. Soto have homered in eight straight games and 13 with two outs in the ninth inning, Chris Davis Randal Grichuk’s bases-loaded double play career starts against the Twins to 29-19. entered the game in the eighth inning for an of their last 14. homered and Baltimore handed Tampa Bay its ball in the first. Jhonny Peralta doubled twice Buehrle retired 24 of the last 26 batters he injured Jose Abreu. Adam LaRoche followed Fernando Rodney had trouble in the ninth, faced, allowing one single. The other reached with an RBI single to push the lead to 6-3. allowing a pinch-hit, run-scoring single by on an error. Dan Jennings (1-1) got the last two outs of Ryan Raburn, but still earned his 14th save in Toronto’s Josh Donaldson homered for the the 10th for the win and David Robertson 16 opportunities. fourth straight game, a three-run shot off allowed one hit in a scoreless 11th for his 10th Trevor May in the fifth that tied the game. save. Josh Fields (2-1) walked two in 1 1/3 ATHLETICS 6, YANKEES 2 Perkins (0-1), the major league leader in saves, innings for the loss. He was replaced by Sipp Sonny Gray pitched eight innings for his started fresh in the ninth inning after 10 after a one-out walk in the 11th inning. sixth win of the season, Stephen Vogt drove in straight outs by the Blue Jays. Russell Martin two runs and Oakland Athletics beat the New drew a walk after falling behind 0-2, and PADRES 6, PIRATES 2 York Yankees. Colabello followed with his dramatic drive into Derek Norris hit a grand slam with two outs Gray (6-2) retired 11 straight after walking the bullpen behind left-center field. in the bottom of the ninth to lift the San Diego Brett Gardner to lead off the game. Brian Minnesota snapped a five-game winning Padres to victory over Pittsburgh, snapping McCann ended the streak with a leadoff home streak. the Pirates’ season-high seven-game winning run in the fifth - his fourth in four games - and streak. Norris’ homer to center, his fourth, the Yankees scored again the sixth but man- DIAMONDBACKS 7, BREWERS 5 capped a crazy ninth that saw the Pirates get aged little else against Gray and two relievers. Nick Ahmed’s tiebreaking solo home run in two straight force plays at home while fielding It was a sharp bounce back for Gray, who the eighth inning helped Arizona snap a a five-man infield. struck out five, walked two and allowed four three-game skid. Ender Inciarte, David Peralta Jedd Gyorko started the winning rally with hits and two runs. Brett Lawrie added a two- and A.J. Pollock also went deep, and Paul a leadoff walk off Rob Scahill (1-3). Abraham run home run for the A’s. Oakland entered the Goldschmidt had three doubles for the Almonte bunted and Scahill fielded it but night with the worst record in the American Diamondbacks. Ahmed’s homer off Jonathan threw it away at first for an error, allowing League but won for the fifth time in seven Broxton (1-2) put Arizona ahead 5-4, and Gyorko to take third and Almonte second. games. Alex Rodriguez singled in the ninth to Pollock’s two-run shot in the ninth extended Cory Spangenberg was intentionally walked to extend his hitting streak to 13 games for New the lead. Addison Reed (2-2) pitched 1 2/3 load the bases. With the Pirates fielding a five- York.—AP innings in relief to get the win. Brad Ziegler surrendered a run in the ninth but picked up his third save in five chances. MLB results/standings ANGELS 2, TIGERS 0 Kansas City 8, Chicago Cubs 4; Baltimore 2, Tampa Bay 1; Colorado 4, Philadelphia 1; Cincinnati 5, Washington 2; Albert Pujols had his 530th career homer Miami 4, NY Mets 3; Texas 7, Boston 4; Chicago White Sox 6, Houston 3 (11 innings); Arizona 7, Milwaukee 5; among three hits, and Hector Santiago Toronto 6, Minnesota 4; St. Louis 3, LA Dodgers 0; Oakland 6, NY Yankees 2; LA Angels 2, Detroit 0; San Diego 6, pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning of Pittsburgh 2; Seattle 2, Cleveland 1; San Francisco 4, Atlanta 2. Los Angeles’ victory over Detroit. Huston Street got four outs for his 15th American League National League save, striking out Yoenis Cespedes with the Eastern Division Eastern Division bases loaded to end the eighth as the Angels W L PCT GB Washington 28 20 .583 - nudged their record back above .500 (25-24). NY Yankees 25 24 .510 - NY Mets 27 22 .551 1.5 Tampa Bay 24 25 .490 1 Santiago (4-3) was finally rewarded for an Atlanta 23 25 .479 5 Baltimore 23 24 .489 1 Miami 19 30 .388 9.5 impressive May, getting just his second victory Toronto 23 27 .460 2.5 Philadelphia 19 31 .380 10 in his last seven starts. Anibal Sanchez (3-6) Boston 22 27 .449 3 Central Division yielded six hits in seven strong innings for the Central Division Tigers, who were shut out for the second time Kansas City 29 18 .617 - St. Louis 32 16 .667 - in five days. Detroit has scored just six runs in Minnesota 28 19 .596 1 Chicago Cubs 25 22 .532 6.5 its last five games while losing five of seven Detroit 28 22 .560 2.5 Pittsburgh 25 23 .521 7 overall. Chicago White Sox 22 25 .468 7 Cincinnati 20 27 .426 11.5 Cleveland 22 26 .458 7.5 Milwaukee 16 33 .327 16.5 Western Division Western Division GIANTS 4, BRAVES 2 Houston 30 19 .612 - San Francisco 30 20 .600 - Buster Posey hit a two-run homer in the LA Angels 25 24 .510 5 LA Dodgers 28 19 .596 0.5 first inning and drove in three, and Tim Seattle 24 24 .500 5.5 San Diego 24 26 .480 6 Hudson pitched seven strong innings as San Texas 24 25 .490 6 Arizona 22 25 .468 6.5 BALTIMORE: Orioles starting pitcher Miguel Gonzalez throws to the Tampa Bay Rays in the Francisco won its fifth straight, beating Oakland 19 32 .373 12 Colorado 20 26 .435 8 first inning of a baseball game. —AP Atlanta.