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India’s Mohammed Siraj (right), celebrates after taking the wicket clean bowled of England’s James Anderson, with India winning the 2nd Test, during the fi fth day of the 2nd cricket Test between England and India at Lord’s cricket ground in London. (AP) — See Page 14 Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Reds hand Cubs 12th straight loss Cole sharp in return from COVID-19

CINCINNATI, Aug 17, fourth save. The bullpen had blown at least one lead in three of New York’s (AP): past six games. homered and drove in fi ve Royals 7 , Astros 6 runs, threw In Kansas City, Salvador Perez seven shutout innings and drove in the go-ahead runs with a two- the beat out single in the eighth inning, helping the struggling to a Chicago 14-5 on Monday back-and-forth 7-6 victory over the AL night, handing the free- West-leading Houston Astros . falling Cubs their 12th Whit Merrifi eld and Nicky Lopez produced back-to-back two-out singles straight loss. off Astros reliever Yimi Garcia (3-8) , the 37-year-old Cin- before Perez came to the plate. The big cinnati fi rst baseman who has been got just enough of a slider off on a tear since the All-Star break, the handle of the bat to drop it down got the 2,000th the right-fi eld line, allowing Merrifi eld hit of his career, and Lopez to score the go-ahead runs - a solid single and both would be important. in the seventh. Scott Barlow (5-3), who who un- Votto came up again later in the inning and drove in a run able to preserve the lead in the eighth with another when he allowed an inherited runner to base hit during score, also gave up a homer to Jason an eight-run Castro in the ninth. But he got a spec- tacular play from Lopez at second base Reds outburst. India Miley (10-4) to retire Jake Meyers, and Jose Altuve allowed four hits and struck out seven popped out to end the game along with as the second-place Reds won for the Kansas City’s four-game losing streak. ninth time in 13 games and moved Hunter Dozier homered and Ryan within 7 1/2 games of idle Milwaukee O’Hearn drove in a pair of runs as the in the NL Central. Royals beat Houston for the fi rst time Following a huge selloff at the trade in fi ve tries. Cincinnati Reds’ Joey Votto hits an RBI-single during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Cincinnati. (AP) deadline last month, the Cubs have Aledmys Diaz and Carlos Correa lost 12 in a row for the fi rst time since went deep for the Astros, whose bull- 2012. pen had put together a sterling 1.85 ‘Bayern struggling to fi nd new signings’ India’s two-out drive into the up- ERA since the trade deadline. But re- MLB Results/Standing per deck in the fourth scored Miley liever Ryne Stanek coughed up a run in and gave the Reds a 2-0 lead. Aris- a messy seventh inning that included tides Aquino and Tucker Barnhart also a walk, a single and a hit batter, and WASHINGTON, Aug 17, (AP): Results Minnesota 5 Cleveland (10 inns) 4 slammed two-run homers. Garcia allowed three straight hits in and standings from the MLB games on Wolfsburg thrown out of the eighth to take the loss. Atlanta 12 Miami 2 Cincinnati’s outburst in the seventh Monday. Cincinnati 14 Chicago Cubs 5 Both teams had plenty of trouble on NY Yankees 2 LA Angels 1 was highlighted by India’s bases-load- Colorado 6 San Diego 5 ed double, his third hit of the night. the base paths. Tampa Bay 9 Baltimore 2 Cubs right-hander Justin Steele (2- Rays 9, Orioles 2 Kansas City 7 Houston 6 LA Dodgers 2 Pittsburgh 1 Cup for using ‘extra’ sub 2), making his second major league In Tampa Bay, Brett Phillips had an Chi. W. Sox 5 Oakland 2 San Francisco 7 NY Mets 5 start, allowed fi ve hits and two runs inside-the-park homer, Brandon Lowe American League National League FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug 17, over four innings. went deep twice, and the AL East- East Division East Division (AP): Wolfsburg has been thrown Chicago scored fi ve runs off two leading Tampa Bay Rays handed the W L Pct GB W L Pct GB out of the German Cup for fi elding Reds relievers in the eighth, but Jeff Baltimore Orioles their 12th consecu- Tampa Bay 72 47 .605 _ Atlanta 63 56 .529 _ too many substitutes in their fi rst- Boston 69 51 .575 3-1/2 Philadelphia 61 57 .517 1-1/2 round win over Preussen Münster. Hoffman retired the side in order in the tive loss, 9-2. New York 66 52 .559 5-1/2 New York 59 59 .500 3-1/2 ninth. Baltimore has been outscored The German soccer federation Toronto 63 54 .538 8 Miami 51 68 .429 12 said Monday that its sports court Yankees 2, Angels 1 113-36 during the skid. The Orioles Baltimore 38 79 .325 33 Washington 50 68 .424 12-1/2 dropped 14 in a row from May 18-31. Central Division Central Division had decided to overturn Wolfs- In New York, Ten or so days ago, W L Pct GB W L Pct GB burg’s 3-1 win and award a 2-0 Gerrit Cole was playing catch with his Kevin Kiermaier and Mike Bros- seau also homered for the Rays, who Chicago 69 50 .580 Milwaukee 72 47 .605 _ victory to the fourth-division side. wife, Amy, hoping his body would Cleveland 57 60 .487 11 Cincinnati 65 55 .542 7-1/2 Wolfsburg used six substitutions bounce back from COVID-19 quickly are 12-1 against the Orioles this sea- son. Tampa Bay has outscored Balti- Detroit 58 62 .483 11-1/2 St Louis 61 56 .521 10 rather than the permitted fi ve in the enough for him to help the Yankees Minnesota 53 66 .445 16 Chicago 52 69 .430 21 game on Aug. 8. soon. more 103-51, and has had nine runs or Kansas City 50 67 .427 18 Pittsburgh 42 77 .353 30 more in eight of the games. “The clubs themselves are re- Unsure how much he had in the West Division West Division sponsible for substitutions. One of tank, Cole’s fi rst pitch Monday night Josh Fleming (10-6) followed open- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Houston 70 48 .593 _ San Francisco 77 42 .647 _ their basic duties is to fi nd out about to Shohei Ohtani was 99 mph. The rest er Collin McHugh and gave up two runs and six hits over 5 2/3 innings. Oakland 68 51 .571 2-1/2 Los Angeles 73 46 .613 4 substitution options and to act ac- Moenchengladbach’s Joe Scal- were plenty good, too. Seattle 63 56 .529 7-1/2 San Diego 67 54 .554 11 cordingly,” Stephan Oberholz, dep- ly, (left), vies for the ball against Cole pitched two-hit ball into the McHugh struck out one over two perfect innings. He has not allowed Los Angeles 59 61 .492 12 Colorado 53 66 .445 24 uty chairman of the sports court said. Bayern’s Leroy Sane during sixth inning and struck out nine in his Texas 42 76 .356 28 Arizona 38 81 .319 39 an earned run in 16 consecutive ap- “Wolfsburg violated this duty and the German Bundesliga soccer return from the COVID-19 , thus carelessly and avoidably com- match between Borussia Moe- and Joey Gallo hit a two-run homer as pearances, spanning a team-record 32 nchengladbach and Bayern straight innings. Touki Toussaint (2-2) limited the deep for the Rockies. mitted the central error by making New York beat the Los Angeles An- the illegal sixth substitution.” Munich in Moenchengladbach, gels 2-1. Phillips sent a leadoff drive in the Marlins to two runs and three hits in San Diego had tied it in the top of Germany. (AP) sixth off Paul Fry to the left-center 6 1/3 innings. He struck out seven and the ninth on Trent Grisham’s two-out, In his debut as Wolfsburg coach, New York has won 10 of 13 and Marc van Bommel made three sub- pulled within two games of Boston for fi eld wall that bounded past center walked two. Edgar Santana and Jacob three-run homer against money we would like to spend,” fi elder Cedric Mullins and was re- Webb completed the four-hitter. (6-5). It was his 13th of the season stitutions in normal time against an AL wild-card spot. The Yankees Münster, then another three in ex- Nagelsmann said ahead of his open a three-game series against the trieved by left fi elder D.J.Stewart. The Albies had a two-run single in the Colorado starter Antonio Senza- team’s German Super Cup game speedster ended his dash around the sixth and Travis d’Arnaud drove in tela tossed seven strong innings, but tra time after his team equalized in rival Red Sox with a day-night double- the last minute for 1-1. Van Bom- at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday. header Tuesday. bases with a head-fi rst drive to beat a two more with a double in the seventh. missed out on his fi rst win since June “In the end, we have a good squad, Cole (11-6) went 5 2/3 innings, the relay throw at the plate. Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in the 2. He allowed two runs on six hits and but it’s always about injuries.” only damage against him coming on The announced crowd for the open- fi rst and Isan Díaz went deep in the got his last four outs on ground balls. SOCCER The Bayern coach referred to Justin Upton’s homer in the fi rst. The er of a seven-game homestand for the second for the Marlins, whose four- San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. dou- French right back Benjamin Pa- Rays was just 5,460. Yankees’ ace walked just one batter game winning streak ended. bled and scored in his second game mel brought on Admir Mehmedi vard’s ankle injury, which meant and threw 90 pitches, reaching 100 Braves 12, Marlins 2 White Sox 5, Athletics 2 back from a partially dislocated left for Maximilian Philipp in his sixth reserve player Josip Stanišić mph in his fi rst appearance since al- In Miami, Freddie Freeman and In Chicago, Eloy Jiménez hit a tie- shoulder. He hit two homers in his re- substitution when the teams were played in the Bundesliga opener lowing eight runs to Tampa Bay on Adam Duvall homered in a seven-run breaking RBI single and Liam Hendriks turn Sunday and went 1 for 4. still level, less than a minute before at Borussia Mönchengladbach on July 29. fourth inning, and the surging Atlanta got the save against his former team, Twins 5, Indians 4 his team scored. Friday. Alphonso Davies and Lu- The right-hander tested positive for Braves beat the Miami Marlins 12-2 leading the Chicago White Sox to a 5-2 In Minneapolis, Jorge Polanco dou- Oberholz said Wolfsburg could cas Hernández were also injured. COVID-19 on Aug. 3 and had mild on Monday night. victory over the Oakland Athletics. bled with two outs in the bottom of the not blame the mistake on the ref- “He did it well, but it’s not that symptoms, but showed no ill effects Freeman also singled twice while Seby Zavala had two hits and two 10th inning to score Max Kepler and erees who allowed the substitution easy for him, his second game in Monday. He said he felt good while on Ozzie Albies had three hits and three RBIs as Chicago improved to an give the Minnesota Twins a 5-4 vic- becuase “the central initial error is the Bundesliga, then against a the mound, though fatigue was catch- RBIs for the NL East-leading Braves, AL-best 40-22 at home. Luis Robert tory over the Cleveland Indians . club’s fault.” strong opponents,” Nagelsmann ing up to him after the game. who have won four straight and 11 of 13. homered, and Dallas Keuchel (8-6) It was the second straight walk-off The federation said Münster will said of the 21-year-old Stanišić’s Gallo hit his 29th homer in the Trailing 2-1, Atlanta broke it open pitched fi ve innings of two-run ball in win for the Twins, who have won eight play in the second round, though performance. fi rst inning against José Suarez (5-6), against Miami starter Braxton Garrett his fi rst win since July 9. of 11. Polanco had a sacrifi ce fl y in Wolfsburg said it wasn’t giving up. David Alaba, Jerome Boateng, a drive into the second deck in right (1-2) and reliever Paul Campbell in the Oakland dropped to 4-3 on a 10- the ninth inning to beat Tampa Bay on “We don’t agree with the deci- Douglas Costa and Javi Martínez fi eld. Gallo has four homers with New fourth. Freeman’s three-run blast off game trip after it lost two of three at Sunday. Minnesota last had consecu- sion and will now check legal op- were among the players to leave York since being acquired July 29 Campbell made it 5-2. Austin Riley last-place Texas over the weekend. It tive walk-off wins Sept. 13-14, 2017. tions,” Wolfsburg chief executive Bayern in the offseason, while from Texas and has quickly become doubled and scored on Dansby Swan- also fell to second in the AL wild-card Minnesota, which left the bases load- Tim Schumacher said. defenders Dayot Upamecano and a favorite at Yankee Stadium, where son’s RBI single. standings, a half-game back of idle ed in the ninth, had them loaded with Wolfsburg attempted to see the Omar Richards arrived to replace fans chanted his name throughout the Duvall, who rejoined Atlanta in Boston and 1 1/2 games ahead of the no outs in the 10th. Rob Refsnyder hit a funny side of their mistake Satur- them. game. a trade from Miami on July 30, then New York Yankees. sharp ground ball to third baseman Jose day when they offered fans who “If you see the last two seasons, Zack Britton, Albert Abreu and drove Campbell’s curveball into the Matt Chapman homered for the Ramirez, who stepped on the bag and bought fi ve tickets for their Bun- we lose a lot of players. It’s not that Joely Rodriguez got the ball to Chad left-fi eld seats. The two-run shot was third straight day for the A’s, and Mark threw home to get Ryan Jeffers. desliga game against Bochum a easy to try to fi nd, always try to fi nd Green, who closed out the ninth for his his 27th homer of the season. Canha had an RBI single. Polanco then lined a double down sixth ticket for free. good players,” Nagelsmann said. The game was tied at 2 when Jimé- the right-fi eld line off Nick Wittgren The second-round draw takes “The transfer market is hard. We nez’s fi fth-inning liner went off Chap- (2-6). place on Aug. 29. could not spend a lot of money.” man’s glove at third and into left fi eld, Caleb Thielbar (5-0), Minnesota’s Bayern Munich are having a dif- Despite the pandemic prevent- driving in Tim Anderson from second. fourth reliever, pitched a 1-2-3 fi nal fi cult time fi nding players to sign ing fans from attending games last The AL Central leaders added another inning, including strikeouts of Franmil because of the current economic season, Bayern recorded a profi t of run in the sixth on a perfectly placed Reyes and Bradley Zimmer. slowdown caused by the coro- 17 million euros ($20 million) be- bunt by Zavala. Kepler and Ryan Jeffers homered, navirus pandemic, coach Julian fore tax for the 2019-20 campaign. Rockies 6, Padres 5 and Josh Donaldson had three hits for Nagelsmann said . The club reported turnover of 698 “We could not spend all the million euros ($823 million). In Denver, C.J. Cron hit a solo Minnesota. Zimmer and Amed Rosa- homer in the ninth inning to give the rio each had two hits for Cleveland. a 6-5 win over the Cal Quantrill survived an early scare San Diego Padres . to toss fi ve innings for the Indians, al- shortstop, who signed a $32 million, the Giants after being acquired from It was Cron’s 20th homer of the lowing three earned runs on eight hits. two-year contract last week, is hitting the Cubs at the trade deadline - and season and came with one out off of He struck out four. .427 over his last 28 games. gave San Francisco a 4-3 lead. Daniel Hudson (4-2). Giants 7, Mets 5 Brandon Belt also homered and Bryant connected again in the sev- Hudson, acquired from Washing- In San Francisco, hit Wilmer Flores added two hits and an enth as part of back-to-back home runs ton at the trade deadline, got Charlie two home runs, Kevin Gausman set a RBI. The Giants have won 16 of 21. off Trevor May. Pinch-hitter Brandon Blackmon to line out to start the ninth. career high for wins and the San Fran- Jonathan Villar hit his 14th home Belt led off the inning with his 16th of Cron hit the fi rst pitch he saw from cisco Giants beat the run for the Mets. New York has lost the season. Hudson over the scoreboard in right 7-5 . four straight. The Mets took a 3-2 lead in the fi eld to end it. Brandon Crawford had four hits to Bryant’s two-run homer off Miguel fi fth on Pete Alonso’s two-run triple Minnesota Twins pitcher Griffen Jax throws against the Cleveland Indians Connor Joe homered on his 29th continue his surge at the plate over the Castro (3-4) in the fi fth inning was his and Dominic Smith’s sacrifi ce fl y off in the fi rst inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis. (AP) birthday, and Blackmon also went past month. San Francisco’s All-Star fi rst since Aug. 1 - his fi rst game with Gausman (12-5).

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