Numbers Game the Pirates’ Star, Who Dies in a Plane Crash During the Offseason
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This Day In Sports 1972 — Roberto Clemente hits a double during Pittsburgh’s 5-0 victory at Three Rivers Stadium. The hit is the 3,000th and last for Numbers Game the Pirates’ star, who dies in a plane crash during the offseason. C4 Antelope Valley Press, Monday, September 30, 2019 Morning rush Boxall’s header helps Minnesota tie LAFC Valley Press news services By DAVE CAMPBELL and Real Salt Lake (15-13-5) is Galaxy falls to Whitecaps Associated Press in fourth with 50 points. LAFC CARSON — Michaell Chirinos scored in stop- ST. PAUL, Minn. — During has secured a bye, and the next page time to lift Vancouver past Los Angeles. Minnesota United’s first two three teams will host a first- Hwang In-Beom, on the counterattack, patiently years in MLS, the signs of prog- GOAL round playoff game. The first approached goalkeeper Matt Lampson before rolling ress were not exactly plentiful. LEADER tiebreaker is total wins, followed a pass to Chirinos for an empty-netter in the third This breakout season for Los Angeles by goal differential, in which minute of injury time. the Loons has brought many the Loons (plus-10) have a huge The Galaxy (16-14-3), who had their three-game FC’s Carlos Vela measures of success, none more traps the ball edge over the rest of their com- win streak snapped, fell from second to fourth in petitors for second, third and the Western Conference standings. Los Angeles has marked than a pair of perfor- with his chestin mances against league-leading a match against fourth place. a one-point lead, with one regular-season game to “You heard that crowd to- play, over Real Salt Lake for the final home match in Los Angeles FC. Toronto FC on night,” Boxall said. “We’d love to the knock-out round of the playoffs. Michael Boxall scored the ty- Sept. 21. Vela have that energy in the playoffs Doneil Henry, Theo Bair and Tosaint Rick- ing goal with a no-look header in scored his 31st etts also scored for the Whitecaps (8-15-10). Zlatan the 75th minute for Minnesota as well.” goal, tying the LAFC, which clinched the Ibrahimovic, Uriel Antuna and Chris Pontius United, which took a 1-1 draw MLS season with Los Angeles FC on Sunday MLS Supporters’ Shield trophy scored for the Galaxy. goal record night but fell short of securing a for the best regular-season re- 32nd horse dies at Santa Anita home game for the first round of set last year, in cord by beating Houston in its ARCADIA — A 3-year-old colt sustained a cata- the playoffs. LAFC’s 1-1 tie last match on Wednesday, is strophic injury in the eighth race at Santa Anita and Carlos Vela matched the with Minnesota 12-1-3 at home. The only loss was euthanized Saturday, the 32nd horse to die at MLS season goal record with on Sunday. was 2-0 to the Loons on Sept. 1, the track since December. 31, scoring in the 70th minute Associated Press when Vela was out with a ham- Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Ma- for LAFC (20-4-9) and tying ter chances,” Minnesota United 2017, finished 10-1-6 at home string injury. Vela has two more rio Gutierrez was tossed off in the incident on the goals than Galaxy star Zlatan second day of the fall meet at Santa Anita, where the the mark set last year by At- coach Adrian Heath said. “They in its first year at the futuristic, Breeders’ Cup world championships are to be run in lanta United’s Josef Martinez might have been isolated on the European-style stadium half- Ibrahimovic for the league lead, November. to quiet the latest sellout crowd break, but they’ve got good play- way between the downtowns of the race for the Golden Boot. Track officials said Gutierrez wasn’t injured after of 19,000-plus fans at Allianz ers. They’ve spent a lot of money Minneapolis and St. Paul. LAFC is just 1-1-5 in its last landing near the inner rail. He was taken away by Field. Just five minutes later, putting those attacking players The Loons stayed in second seven matches, but the club ambulance. after Jan Gregus sent a free kick together, so I can’t be too disap- place in the Western Confer- still has eight more points than Track veterinarian Dr. Dana Stead said in a flying over the defense, Boxall pointed with my group, certain- ence, but they’re now tied with Eastern Conference leader New statement that Emtech had two broken front legs knocked it in with a leap that ly not.” Seattle with identical records York City FC behind a whopping and she made the decision to euthanize the colt on had his back turned to goalkeep- Minnesota United (15-10- and 53 points. They play at the plus-46 goal differential. the track. er Pablo Sisniega for the defend- 8), which beat Sporting Kansas Sounders on Oct. 6, the final day “We’ve got the players to win er’s second goal of the season. City on Wednesday night to of the regular season with all 24 anywhere, as we’ve shown,” Champ hangs on to win Safeway Open “They were the better team clinch a postseason spot in for teams in action simultaneously. Heath said. “Nobody thought we NAPA — Cameron Champ made a 3-foot bird- in the first half, and I thought in the first time since joining the The Los Angeles Galaxy (16-14- could go to LAFC and win. We ie putt on the 18th hole for a one-stroke victory over the second half we had the bet- league as an expansion club in 3) are in third with 51 points, did.” Adam Hadwin on Sunday in the Safeway Open, finishing off an emotional week with his grandfather battling cancer. Three strokes ahead entering the round, Champ NFL COLLEGE FOOTBALL MLB SPORTS ODDS AUTO RACING had five birdies and overcame a bogey on No. 17 to College Footbal NFL Glance The AP Top 25 American League Glance NASCAR Monster Energy hold off Hadwin for his second PGA Tour victory. AMERICAN CONFERENCE The Top 25 teams in The West Division Thursday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Cup Bank of America Champ closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 17-un- West Associated Press college football W L Pct GB x-Houston 107 55 .660 _ GA Southern 12½ 13 (OFF) at S ALABAMA W L T Pct PF PA poll, with first-place votes in Temple 12 13 (OFF) at E CAROLINA ROVAL 400 Results der 271 at Silverado Resort. y-Oakland 97 65 .599 10 Kansas City 4 0 0 1.000 135 94 parentheses, records through Sept. Friday Sunday Texas 78 84 .481 29 Champ raised both arms then shared a long em- Oakland 2 2 0 .500 79 102 28, total points based on 25 points UCF 3½ 4½ (OFF) at CINCINNATI At Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Angels 72 90 .444 35 brace with his caddie before breaking into tears as Chargers 2 2 0 .500 90 74 for a first-place vote through one at SJSU 7 7 (OFF) New Mexico Course Seattle 68 94 .420 39 Concord, N.C. he hugged his father on the green. Champ’s grand- Denver 0 4 0 .000 70 93 point for a 25th-place vote, and Saturday East Division South Florida 13½ 12 (OFF) at UCONN Lap length: 2.28 miles father, Mack, is fighting stomach cancer and is in East previous ranking: Record Pts Pv W L Pct GB at Louisville OFF OFF (OFF) BostonCollege (Start position in parentheses) hospice in Sacramento. Mack introduced Champ to W L T Pct PF PA x-New York 103 59 .636 _ North Carolina 8 9 (OFF) at GA TECH 1. (19) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 109 laps, New England 4 0 0 1.000 122 27 1. Alabama (29) 5-0 1478 2 y-Tampa Bay 96 66 .593 7 Texas 10 10½ (OFF) at W VIRGINIA golf at a young age. 2. Clemson (18) 5-0 1426 1 52 points. Buffalo 3 1 0 .750 76 63 Boston 84 78 .519 19 at PENN ST 20½ 23½ (OFF) Purdue 2. (2) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 109, 35. 3. Georgia (4) 4-0 1375 3 Hadwin birdied the final three holes for a 67 to N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 33 70 Toronto 67 95 .414 36 at N ILLINOIS 7½ 6½ (OFF) Ball St 3. (6) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 109, 43. tie Champ at 16 under, then watched from nearby as Miami 0 4 0 .000 26 163 4. Ohio St. (7) 5-0 1324 5 Baltimore 54 108 .333 49 Tulane +1 2 (OFF) at ARMY 4. (5) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 109, 49. 5. LSU 4-0 1322 4 Central Division at DUKE 6½ 6½ (OFF) Pittsburgh Champ nearly chipped in for eagle on the par-5 18th South at KANSAS ST 5½ 3 (OFF) Baylor 5. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 109, 46. W L T Pct PF PA 6. Oklahoma 4-0 1264 6 W L Pct GB 6. (1) William Byron, Chevrolet, 109, 41. before making the short birdie putt. 7. Auburn (3) 5-0 1186 7 Maryland 13½ 15 (OFF) at RUTGERS Houston 2 2 0 .500 78 78 x-Minnesota 101 61 .623 _ Oklahoma St 7 7½ (OFF) at Texas Tech 7. (8) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 109, 34.