ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 SPORTS 15 Texas extends CWS stay, knocks out Volunteers with 8-4 victory Clark, Mississippi State rally for CWS win over Virginia OMAHA, Nebraska, June 23, (AP): MLB Results/Standings Kellum Clark’s eighth-inning homer ended Griff McGarry’s bid for a no- hitter, and Logan Tanner went deep WASHINGTON, June 23, (AP): Re- three batters later to lead Mississippi sults and standings from the MLB State past Virginia 6-5 at the College games on Tuesday. World Series. Cincinnati 10 Minnesota 7 Toronto 2 Miami 1 The sudden turnaround gave the Pittsburgh 6 Chic. White Sox 3 Bulldogs (47-16) control of their Houston 3 Baltimore 1 Detroit 8 St Louis 2 bracket and left them one win away Kansas City 6 NY Yankees 5 from reaching the best-of-three fi nals Chicago Cubs 7 Cleveland 1 next week. Oakland 13 Texas 6 Boston 9 Tampa Bay (11 inn) 5 McGarry, who was trying for the San Francisco 5 LA Angels 0 fi rst CWS no-hitter since 1960, walked Seattle 2 Colorado 1 Scotty Dubrule leading off the eighth Atlanta 3 NY Mets 0 Washington 3 Philadelphia 2 before Clark drove a 93-mph fastball Milwaukee 5 Arizona 0 into the right-fi eld bullpen. San Diego 3 LA Dodgers 2 Clark’s fourth homer of the season American League East Division ended a 22-inning shutout streak for W L Pct GB Virginia (36-26) along with McGar- Boston 44 29 .603 _ Tampa Bay 43 31 .581 1-1/2 ry’s night - and marked the start of the New York 38 34 .528 5-1/2 Bulldogs’ offensive push. Toronto 36 35 .507 7 Zach Messinger came on and sur- Baltimore 23 50 .315 21 Central Division rendered a pinch-hit single to Josh W L Pct GB Hatcher before Rowdey Jordan dou- Chicago 43 30 .589 _ Cleveland 40 31 .563 2 bled to the wall in left-center. Kansas City 33 38 .465 9 Hatcher, who hadn’t been in a game Detroit 31 42 .425 12 since May 27, inexplicably stopped at Minnesota 31 42 .425 12 West Division third when he could have scored eas- W L Pct GB ily. Jordan was forced to stop halfway Houston 45 28 .616 _ Oakland 45 30 .600 1 to third, put his arms up in frustration, Seattle 39 36 .520 7 and then was able to make it back to Los Angeles 36 37 .493 9 second base. Texas 26 47 .356 19 National League Hatcher’s baserunning error didn’t East Division matter. Stephen Schoch (4-2) relieved, W L Pct GB and Allen sent his second pitch into New York 37 31 .544 _ Atlanta 35 37 .486 4 nearly the same spot in the right-fi eld Philadelphia 34 36 .486 4 bullpen for a 5-4 lead. Washington 34 36 .486 4 Boston Red Sox’s J.D. Martinez connects for a two-run double off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Ryan Yarbrough during the third inning of a baseball game, Dubrule added an RBI single off Miami 31 41 .431 8 on June 22, in St. Petersburg, Florida. (AP) Central Division Nate Savino for an insurance run that W L Pct GB stood up after Virginia’s Chris Newell Chicago 41 33 .554 _ Milwaukee 41 33 .554 _ homered in the bottom half. Cincinnati 36 36 .500 4 Cade Smith (3-0) pitched an inning St Louis 36 37 .493 4-1/2 for the win and Landon Sims got four Pittsburgh 26 45 .366 13-1/2 West Division Miffed Scherzer stares down outs for his 12th save. W L Pct GB McGarry, who was relegated to the San Francisco 47 26 .644 _ Los Angeles 44 29 .603 3 bullpen amid struggles with his con- San Diego 44 32 .579 4-1/2 trol and returned to the rotation for the Colorado 30 44 .405 17-1/2 NCAA Tournament, took a no-hitter Arizona 21 54 .280 27 into the seventh inning in his super- Girardi as Nats edge Phillies regional start against Dallas Baptist. Sun snap skid The senior right-hander again had good command of his fastball, work- Rays fall to Red Sox, Astros extend win streak ing both sides of the plate and up in the Charles, Mystics strike zone, and he effectively mixed in his curve and changeup. He walked PHILADELPHIA, June A three-run homer by pinch-hitter end Storm’s run Yasmani Grandal in the top of the sev- two, hit a batter and struck out eight in 23, (AP): Max Scherzer enth put the White Sox ahead 3-2 after his 98-pitch outing. EVERETT, Washington, June 23, threw his glove and hat to they were held scoreless on two hits (AP): Tina Charles had 34 points, the grass, then stared down through six innings. BASEBALL 16 rebounds and fi ve assists, and the But the Pirates answered in the bot- short-handed Washington Mystics Phillies manager Joe Gi- tom half against rookie reliever Garrett made 16 3-pointers in an 87-83 victory rardi after getting checked Crochet (2-4), who was charged with Until Newell’s homer, fi ve MSU re- over the Seattle Storm. for a third time by um- four runs without getting an out. lievers had held the Cavaliers scoreless Charles rebounded a miss by Bre- Tigers 8, Cardinals 2 after Christian MacLeod allowed four anna Stewart and got it to Leilani pires for sticky stuff as the In Detroit, Jonathan Schoop and runs in 1-1/3 innings in his shortest Mitchell, who made two free throws Washington Nationals beat Jake Rogers each drove in three runs, outing in 22 career starts. with 4.3 seconds left for a four-point Philadelphia 3-2. leading Detroit over St. Louis. Meanwhile, freshman Tanner Witt advantage. After a timeout, Seattle was Scherzer (6-4) looked sharp in Schoop homered and Rogers hit a pitched 5 2/3 innings of shutout relief, two-run double in Detroit’s six-run off on a 3-pointer at the buzzer. his return to the rotation after miss- Silas Ardoin hit a tie-breaking, two- Charles, who fi nished two points fourth inning. run single, and Texas eliminated Ten- shy of tying a career high, became ing a start due to a groin injury, Tigers starter Tarik Skubal allowed nessee from the College World Series the fi rst player in WNBA history with striking out eight in fi ve innings. two runs on four hits and four walks in 30-plus points and 15-plus rebounds Girardi apparently didn’t like what 4 2/3 innings. Kyle Funkhouser (1-0) with an 8-4 victory. in back-to-back games. Charles also he saw. was credited with the win after 1 1/3 The No. 2 national seed Longhorns passed Lisa Leslie for eighth on the In the fourth, Scherzer threw high scoreless innings of relief. (48-16) picked up their fi rst win in league’s career scoring list. and inside to Alec Bohm, sending him Athletics 13, Rangers 6 Omaha since 2014 while No. 3 Ten- sprawling to the ground before strik- In Arlington, Texas, Matt Chapman nessee (50-18) went two-and-out in its ing him out. Prior to the next batter, and Ramon Laureano hit two-run home fi rst appearance since 2005. BASKETBALL Girardi asked the umpires to check runs in the first two innings and Cole Witt (5-0) allowed only three sin- Scherzer. Irvin earned his second straight win as gles, walked none and struck out two Mitchell fi nished with 19 points Scherzer already had been checked Oakland raced to an early nine-run lead in his longest outing of the season. and seven assists for Washington (7- by second-base umpire Alfonso in a win over Texas. He pitched three 1-2-3 innings and no Laureano, Mark Canha and former 6), which won its third straight. Ariel Marquez after the first and third inning. Tennessee runners made it past fi rst So, when he was approached for a third Rangers All-Star Elvis Andrus had Atkins and Theresa Plaisance each base after the fourth inning. added 10 points. Washington only time, this time at Girardi’s request, three hits apiece. had eight healthy players because of Scherzer threw his glove and hat to the Irvin (5-7) cruised through four Peyton Manning – the Tennessee a wave of injuries. They were missing ground, unbuckled his belt and scoreless innings on 40 pitches before sports star whose “Omaha!” yell at the Natasha Cloud and Myisha Hines-Al- appeared ready to take his pants off. allowing four runs on four hits and a line of scrimmage remains his calling len - the latest two to get injured last Yan Gomes had a pair of RBI sin- Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer pitches during the fi rst inning of a base- hit batter in the fifth. card fi ve years after he retired from week. gles for the Nationals, who have won ball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, on June 22, in Philadelphia. (AP) Giants 5, Angels 0 football – watched from the stands in three straight and eight of nine. In Anaheim, California, Anthony They still had Charles though, who Cubs 7, Indians 1 including three this year. He held the his orange polo and white ballcap. has had a stellar fi rst season with Scherzer allowed two hits and two DeSclafani allowed three hits in seven The Volunteers gave him something runs, one of them unearned.