ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2021 SPORTS 14 Red Sox beat Marlins for 5th straight win Padres power past Cubs 9-4 BOSTON, June 8, (AP): Christian Arroyo hit a two- NFL Roundup run single during Boston’s three-run fourth inning, and the Red Sox beat the Miami Marlins 5-3 for their fi fth Ravens sign Gus straight victory. Alex Verdugo added an RBI Ex-Giants coach double and two hits for the Red Sox, who were coming off their Jim Fassel ‘dies’ fi rst three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium since June 2011. LOS ANGELES, June 8, (AP): Starling Marte hit a solo homer and Jim Fassel, a former coach of two singles for Miami, which stranded the New York Giants who was 14 runners during its ninth loss in 10 named NFL coach of the year in games. 1997 and led the team to the 2001 The Red Sox are a season-high 14 Super Bowl, has died. He was 71. games over .500 at 37-23. Fassel’s son, John, confi rmed Hirokazu Sawamura (2-0) got four the death to the Los Angeles outs for the win, and Adam Ottavino Times. worked 1 1/3 innings for his third save. Fassel coached the Giants from Making his major league debut, 1997-2003, leading the team to Zach Thompson (0-1) gave up two the Super runs in three innings. Bowl after Padres 9, Cubs 4 the 2000 In San Diego, Manny Machado and season. The Brian O’Grady each homered and had Giants lost to three RBIs to lead San Diego over the Baltimore Chicago in the opener of a three-game Ravens 34-7. series between National League con- Accord- tenders. ing to the Los Angeles Times, Fas- BASEBALL sel was taken Fassel to a hospital Machado hit a solo home run and in Las Vegas two sacrifi ce fl ies. O’Grady had a two- with chest pains and died of a run homer and an RBI single. heart attack. Ryan Weathers (3-2) lasted fi ve in- Fassel played college football nings for the win, giving up three runs before a brief career in the NFL Miami Marlins’ Jorge Alfaro (38) is forced out at second base as Boston Red Sox’s Christian Arroyo, (top), turns a double play against Jon Berti during the and Canadian football. He was fourth inning of a baseball game, on June 7, in Boston. (AP) and fi ve hits while striking out four. Cubs starter Adbert Alzolay (4-5) also part of the coaching staffs left in the fourth with a blister on his at Denver, Oakland, Arizona and USF’s run keeps going right middle fi nger after walking lead- Baltimore, as well as head coach off batter Tommy Pham, who reached at the University of Utah. base four times. Alzolay threw 82 ❑ ❑ ❑ pitches in three-plus innings, giving up The Baltimore Ravens have 4 more SEC teams win NCAA super regionals four runs, fi ve hits and fi ve walks. signed running back Gus Ed- Ian Happ homered for Chicago. wards to a two-year contract ex- Angels 8, Royals 3 tension. WASHINGTON, June 8, (AP): Four ances. In Anaheim, California, Max Stassi The team announced the deal, more Southeastern Conference teams After fi rst baseman Riley Hogan MLB Results/Standings homered and drove in three runs, and which goes through the 2023 earned spots in the NCAA baseball fi elded a groundball and stepped on the Angels turned Jackson Kowar’s tournament super regionals, while the bag for the last out, he pumped his season. Edwards ran for 723 major league debut into a nightmare yards last season, helping the Stanford, Dallas Baptist and the up- fi st and darted to the mound to jump on as Los Angeles defeated Kansas City. start South Florida Bulls also contin- the dogpile. A gaggle of fans behind WASHINGTON, June 8, (AP): Re- Ravens rank fi rst in the NFL in sults and standings from the MLB Stassi had an RBI single off Kowar rushing for a second consecutive ued their seasons. the dugout chanted “U-S-F, U-S-F” (0-1) during a four-run fi rst inning and No. 1 overall seed Arkansas broke and coach Billy Mohl doffed his cap games on Monday. year. Boston 5 Miami 3 hit a two-run shot to right-center in the ❑ ❑ ❑ open its game against Nebraska late, to them. LA Angels 8 Kansas City 3 fi fth. The Angels catcher, who fi nished got another superb pitching perfor- Orion Kerkering, who allowed San Diego 9 Chicago Cubs 4 with three hits, has a .318 batting aver- Retired Washington quarter- mance from Kevin Kopps and won 6-2 two hits and one run in 4 1/3 innings American League age in 16 games this season. He is 7 for back Alex Smith has won the in Fayetteville for its third straight re- of relief, picked up the water cooler, East Division 15 with two home runs and fi ve RBIs George Halas Award, presented gional title. sneaked up behind Mohl as he was do- W L Pct GB since returning last Tuesday from a by the Pro Football Writers of The SEC champion Razorbacks, ing an on-fi eld TV interview and gave Tampa Bay 38 23 .623 _ Boston 37 23 .617 -1/2 concussion. America for overcoming adver- who haven’t lost a three-game series his coach a ceremonial soaking. Toronto 30 27 .526 6 Dylan Bundy (1-6) snapped a 10- sity. since May 2019, won two of three “This is a special group of guys that New York 31 29 .517 6-1/2 game winless streak. He allowed two Smith, who came back from against the Big Ten champion Corn- will forever be known as the fi rst team Baltimore 21 38 .356 16 runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. a life-threatening leg injury and huskers in the regional. to get to a super regional,” Mohl said. Central Division Kowar, the 33rd pick in the 2018 ended a nearly two-year absence “But as they’ll tell you, they’re not W L Pct GB amateur draft, was 5-0 with an 0.85 by playing in eight games for done yet. They want to be the fi rst pro- Chicago 36 23 .610 _ BASEBALL Cleveland 31 26 .544 4 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 31 2/3 in- Washington last season, is the Vanderbilt pitcher Patrick Reilly (88) gram to get to Omaha. And we got the Kansas City 29 29 .500 6-1/2 nings at Triple-A Omaha. But the tout- second consecutive Halas win- delivers against Georgia Tech in the leadership in the clubhouse who truly Detroit 24 35 .407 12 ed prospect faced only seven batters in ner to retire before being hon- “It’s unbelievable, honestly,” Ar- fi rst inning of an NCAA Division I believes that.” Minnesota 24 35 .407 12 his big league debut and threw three ored. kansas coach Dave Van Horn said of Baseball Regional at Hawkins Field, The Bulls (31-28) will play at No. West Division wild pitches. his team’s run, “and I told the team on June 6, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP) 2 national seed Texas (45-15) in the W L Pct GB they were amazing. They just keep best-of-three super regionals. Oakland 35 26 .574 _ fi nding a way and they keep fi ghting Dallas Baptist and South Florida Stanford (36-15) jumped out to a 7-0 Houston 33 26 .559 1 were the feel-good stories of the day. Seattle 30 31 .492 5 and we get to hang out at least another lead in the fi rst inning against UC Ir- Los Angeles 28 32 .467 6-1/2 week.” The Patriots, the No. 3 regional seed vine. Tim Tawa hit a two-run homer to Texas 23 38 .377 12 in Fort Worth, Texas, lost two starters No. 7 Mississippi State fi nished start the scoring, and the Cardinal went National League a 3-0 run through its regional in to injuries over the weekend and were on to secure a trip to No. 8 Texas Tech. East Division Starkville with a 6-5 win over Camp- beaten by Oregon State on a walk-off Arkansas, which lost 5-3 to Ne- W L Pct GB bell, and No. 12 Ole Miss bounced homer Sunday. braska on Sunday, loaded the bases on New York 29 23 .558 _ back from a Sunday loss to Southern They were down fi ve runs midway three walks with two outs in the eighth Atlanta 28 29 .491 3-1/2 through Monday’s rematch before An- Philadelphia 28 30 .483 4 Mississippi to beat the Golden Eagles and scored the go-ahead run on Jake Washington 24 32 .429 7 12-9 in Oxford. drew Benefi eld hit a go-ahead grand Bunz’s wild pitch. Then pinch-hitter Miami 25 34 .424 7-1/2 LSU, a No. 3 regional seed, pushed slam and the Patriots went on to win Charlie Welch hit a three-run homer to Central Division back coach Paul Mainieri’s retirement 8-5 and advance to its second super make it a four-run game. W L Pct GB by at least another week, staving off regional, and fi rst since 2011. The Pa- The Razorbacks (49-11) will host Milwaukee 33 26 .559 _ triots (40-16) play Virginia or Old Do- Chicago 33 27 .550 -1/2 elimination a fourth time with a 9-8 North Carolina State (33-17) this St Louis 31 29 .517 2-1/2 victory over No.