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Lomachenko batters Nakatani, scores TKO in return Davis stops Barrios in 11th round to claim WBA super lightweight title , June 27, (AP): Gervonta Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, Vasiliy Davis stopped Mario Barrios in the Lomachenko is back, and in vintage 11th round to claim the WBA super form. lightweight title, his third world cham- The former three-weight world pionship. champion was successful in his return Davis (25-0) moved up in weight to the ring, stopping Japanese vet- Diamondbacks pound Padres, and won by for the 24th time eran Masayoshi Nakatani in the ninth as a professional. The Baltimore native round. also holds the WBA lightweight and With Nakatani’s left eye closed after super featherweight belts. eight devastating rounds, Lomachenko There was little action through the (15-2, 11 KOs) used a fl urry of bat- fi rst half of the fi ght in front of a sellout tering lefts in front of an announced end record 24-game road skid crowd of 16,570 at State Farm Arena sellout crowd of 2,072 inside Virgin as Barrios (26-1) and Davis alternated Hotel’s The Theater, to fi nish off his as the aggressor, with the 5-foot-10 much taller opponent in a statement re- Barrios slightly more active. turn in his fi rst bout since an upset loss According to , Davis to Teofi mo Lopez in October. landed just 11 punches over the fi rst Lomachenko landed 59% of his four rounds before fi nding the mark on power punches, as he dominated from 85 in the fi nal six-plus rounds. the opening bell, peppering Nakatani The 5-5½ Davis made himself hard with a steady stream of hard, straight to hit, with both hands frequently held lefts. Lomachenko was only hit by high. 12% of Nakatani’s power punches. Barrios threw many more punches Lomachenko’s biggest round prior (394-296), but Davis connected more to the ninth was a destructive sixth, frequently (96-93) and effectively, during which he landed a number of landing 45.1% of his body punches punches that caused Nakatani’s head compared to 29.1% for Barrios. to snap backward several times, even- Davis dropped Barrios twice in the tually bloodying the Osaka-native’s eighth round, fi rst with a right eye, nose and mouth. about a minute in, and again soon after Lomachenko also knocked down the restart with a left hook. Blood be- Nakatani in the fi fth, using a three- gan coming from a cut under Barrios’ combo near the end of the left eye and left ear. round. Even with Davis’ domination of that In his last fi ght, Nakatani was round, judges had scored the fi ght even knocked down twice by Felix Verdejo through eight. before responding with a ninth-round Barrios rallied in the ninth, twice KO win. This time, Nakatani never pinning Davis in corners. While Bar- stood a chance as he was outclassed by rios threw multiple combinations, few the former pound-for-pound Ukranian of his punches broke through to make great in every round. solid contact, and the energy expended It marked the first time Nakatani tired the native. (19-2) was stopped in a fight, with his only other loss coming by way of decision, at the hands of Lopez in 2019. With the win, Lomachenko is hop- As Davis sat on his stool before the ing to land a rematch against Lopez, 10th round, his promoter, Floyd May- who was set for his first title defense weather, yelled to him from outside the in Miami on June 19 until he tested ring. positive for COVID-19. His manda- Action slowed in the 10th round tory bout against George Kambosos, when Davis repeatedly ducked to and the entire undercard, has been avoid Barrios’ more wild swings and rescheduled for Aug. 14 in Miami, appeared to further slow his opponent but could be moved to Sept. 11 in with a left late. Las Vegas. The last punch came when Da- Lopez’s father, Teofi mo Sr., who Diamondbacks’ David Peralta (6) slides in late to second and shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr., (right), during the third inning of a baseball game, on June 26, vis landed a left hook squarely in the was in attendance, told ESPN during in San Diego. (AP) middle of Barrios’ face with about an interview after the fi ght his son’s 1:10 remaining in the 11th. The fi ght camp is willing to grant the rematch, was soon stopped as Barrios staggered but with the caveat it must happen im- Mets pip Phillies without falling. mediately after the Kambosos bout. Dominicans get final Olympic berth SAN DIEGO, June 27, PUEBLA, Mexico, June 27, (AP): single in a six-run fourth inning for from July 28 to Aug. 7 in Fukushima (AP): The Arizona Dia- Melky Cabrera sparked a comeback from the Dominicans, who joined host Ja- and Yokohama. a three-run defi cit with a two-run homer, pan, the United States, Israel, Mexico Baseball was dropped from the mondbacks snapped their and the Dominican Republic claimed the Olympics after 2008, was restored for record 24-game road losing fi nal Olympic baseball berth by beating BASEBALL the Tokyo Games and is being dropped streak by routing the San Venezuela 8-5 on Saturday and winning again for 2024, though it is likely to be the fi nal qualifi er at Puebla, Mexico. added for in 2028. Diego Padres 10-1, getting Former Kansas City infi elder and South Korea at the Olympics/ The Players on 40-man major league six scoreless innings from Ramón Torres hit a go-ahead infi eld baseball tournament will be played rosters are not eligible. Merrill Kelly and four hits and five RBIs from Eduar- do Escobar. MLB Results/Standings Escobar and Christian Walker homered for the Diamondbacks, WASHINGTON, June 27, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Saturday. who hadn’t won away from Chase Detroit 3 Houston (7 inn 1st game) 1 St Louis 3 Pittsburgh 1 Field since April 25, when Madi- Toronto 12 Baltimore 4 Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 1 son Bumgarner pitched seven no- Tampa Bay 13 LA Angels 3 Miami 3 Washington 2 8 Kansas City 0 NY Mets 4 Philadelphia 3 hit innings at Atlanta. Houston 3 Detroit (7 inn 2nd game) 2 Milwaukee 10 Colorado 4 , (left), hits Mario Barrios during the WBA Super Lightweight The Diamondbacks had dropped 20 Boston 4 NY Yankees 2 LA Dodgers 3 Chicago Cubs 2 world championship boxing match on June 26, in Atlanta. (AP) of 21 games and 34 of 37 overall. San Francisco 6 Oakland (10 inn) 5 Arizona 10 San Diego 1 Escobar connected for a two-run American League National League homer, and drove in runs with a dou- East Division East Division ble, a single and a groundout. He fi n- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 47 31 .603 _ 40 32 .556 _ ished a triple shy of the cycle. Boston 46 31 .597 -1/2 Washington 36 38 .486 5 Kelly (4-7) allowed fi ve hits, struck New York 40 36 .526 6 Atlanta 36 40 .474 6 out fi ve and walked none. Toronto 39 36 .520 6-1/2 Philadelphia 35 39 .473 6 Baltimore 24 53 .312 22-1/2 Miami 33 43 .434 9 Mets 4, Phillies 3 Central Division Central Division In New York, Jacob deGrom gave up W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Chicago 44 31 .587 _ Milwaukee 44 33 .571 _ two runs for the fi rst time this season and Cleveland 41 32 .562 2 Chicago 42 35 .545 2 New York rallied after he exited, beating Kansas City 33 42 .440 11 Cincinnati 38 37 .507 5 Philadelphia on Michael Conforto’s sac- Detroit 33 44 .429 12 St Louis 37 40 .481 7 rifi ce fl y in the ninth inning. Minnesota 32 43 .427 12 Pittsburgh 28 47 .373 15 West Division West Division DeGrom’s bid to set the Mets record W L Pct GB W L Pct GB for the longest scoreless-inning streak Houston 48 29 .623 _ San Francisco 50 26 .658 _ fell just short. His run ended at 31 in- Oakland 46 33 .582 3 Los Angeles 46 31 .597 4-1/2 Seattle 40 37 .519 8 San Diego 46 33 .582 5-1/2 nings on rookie Nick Maton’s RBI Los Angeles 36 40 .474 11-1/2 Colorado 31 46 .403 19-1/2 single in the second — R.A. Dickey Texas 29 48 .377 19 Arizona 22 56 .282 29 set the team shutout mark of 32 2/3 in- nings in 2012. inning tie for Detroit. ting out of that bases-loaded jam. He Blue Jays 12, Orioles 4 Casey Mize (5-4) improved to 2-0 retired the fi rst Royals 12 batters, in- In Buffalo, N.Y., Vladimir Guerrero in his last four starts, giving up one cluding fi ve strikeouts in a row, Jr. hit his major league-leading 26th Rai Benjamin wins the men’s 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Track run on six hits and two walks in six Reds 4, Braves 1 home run, Teoscar Hernández and innings. and Field Trials, on June 26, in Eugene, Oregon. (AP) Randal Grichuk also connected and In Cincinnati, Luis Castillo pitched Jose Cisnero pitched the seventh for seven scoreless innings and Jesse Toronto rolled past Baltimore. his third save. Malone earns spot at Tokyo Games Guerrero homered during a four-run Winker homered before departing with burst in the third inning that also in- Cardinals 3, Pirates 1 a hip injury, leading Cincinnati past cluded Bo Bichette’s RBI double and In St. Louis, Adam Wainwright Atlanta. Hernández’s homer. pitched into the seventh inning, Paul Castillo (3-10) permitted six hits, Benjamin makes Olympic team Goldschmidt and Paul DeJong hit solo struck out six and walked two. Amir home runs and St. Louis ended a fi ve- Garrett got three outs for his fi fth save. BASEBALL game losing streak. Winker was 0 for 7 in the series be- with 400-meter hurdles victory Wainwright (6-5) allowed one run and fore connecting for his 18th homer in EUGENE, Oregon, June 27, (AP): Rai and secured a spot on the U.S. Olym- Grichuk hit a three-run homer in the six hits. He struck out eight and walked the fi rst. Nick Castellanos extended his Benjamin won the 400-meter hurdles pic team for Tokyo. fi fth and drove in foru runs. Toronto one. Alex Reyes had a perfect ninth for home hitting streak to 18 games with at the Olympic track and fi eld trials, Price set the record at 263 feet, 6 inches. scored four runs apiece in the third, New York Mets starting pitcher his 18th save in 18 opportunities. an RBI double in the third. Joey Votto earning a spot on the team for the To- She became the fi rst American woman fi fth and sixth innings en route to win- Jacob deGrom throws against the JT Brubaker (4-7) gave up three added an RBI single and Tyler Ste- kyo Games. with a throw over 80 meters (80.31) and ning its sixth of seven games. Philadelphia Phillies during a base- runs on six hits in six innings. phenson homered in the eighth. Benjamin, the silver medalist in the just the seventh overall to throw that far. Pedro Severino and Cedric Mull- ball game, on June 26, in New Rangers 8, Royals 0 Brewers 10, Rockies 4 event at the 2019 world championships She beat her own American record ins each had two RBIs for Baltimore, York. (AP) In Arlington, Texas, Kyle Gibson In Milwaukee, Christian Yelich hit a which lost for the 15th time in 17 in Qatar, set a meet record with a fi nish twice during the Olympic track and ing Miami beat Kyle Schwarber and had a season-high 10 strikeouts over two-run homer during a six-run rally in games and dropped its 21st of 22 road seven scoreless innings, Joey Gallo hit in 46.83 seconds. It was also a personal fi eld trials on a steamy Saturday at Or- Washington. the eighth inning that gave Milwaukee best and gave him the world-leading egon’s Hayward Field. games. two massive homers and Texas beat a victory over Colorado. Thompson (2-2) held Schwarber in Kansas City, ending more than month- time this season. Also securing a spot on the team Dodgers 3, Cubs 2 check while allowing two runs and Omar Narváez had a tiebreaking Rai Benjamin’s fi nish was just off for Tokyo was runner-up Brook An- long stretch without winning a series. In Los Angeles, Cody Bellinger three hits in his fourth major league sacrifi ce fl y, Luis Urías singled home Kevin Young’s 1992 world record of derson, with a throw of 255 feet, and Gibson (6-0) allowed only three two runs and Willy Adames delivered homered with two out in the ninth in- start. Yimi García earned his 12th save 46.78. Tokyo will mark his Olympic third-place fi nisher Gwendolyn Berry, base runners, on consecutive singles an RBI double during that eighth-in- ning, and Los Angeles beat Chicago in 15 chances. debut. with a throw of 241-2. It is Berry’s sec- for its fi rst walk-off victory of the sea- and a walk to start the fi fth, before get- ning outburst. Also making the team was Kenny ond Olympics. son. Tigers 3, Astros 1, 1st Game Red Sox 4, Yankees 2 Selmon, who fi nished second in 48.08 It is also Price’s second Olympic Max Muncy and Justin Turner each Astros 3, Tigers 2, 2nd Game In Boston, Nathan Eovaldi pitched and David Kendziera, who was third in team. She fi nished eighth in 2016 in drove in a run in the fi rst inning, and In Detroit, Yordan Alvarez and Car- neatly into the eighth inning, Adam Ot- 48.38 at Oregon’s Hayward Field. Brazil. Since then, she won the gold the Dodgers then made 26 outs before los Correa hit back-to-back homers in tavino escaped a pair of late jams and at the 2019 world championships in Bellinger crushed a 422-foot solo shot the sixth inning and Houston rallied Boston held off New York, improving Doha and is considered among the fa- ATHLETICS to center off Keegan Thompson (3-2). past Detroit to split a doubleheader. to 5-0 this season against its rival. vorites heading in Japan. Eovaldi (8-4) allowed one run off Emily Sisson won the 10,000 meters Rays 13, Angels 3 After winning the opener and end- Maggie Malone won the javelin at at the Olympic trials in a race that was In St. Petersburg, Florida, Shane ing the Astros’ 11-game winning seven hits, issuing no walks and strik- the track and fi eld trials to earn a spot moved to earlier in the day to avoid the McClanahan pitched six effective in- streak, the Tigers took a 2-0 lead into ing out six over 7 2/3 innings. on the U.S. team at the Tokyo Games. extreme heat. nings, Brett Phillips drove in three runs the sixth of the seven-inning nightcap. Giants 6, Athletics 5, 10 Innings Malone set a meet record with a Wearing sunglasses, Sisson pushed and Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles for Jose Altuve led off the Astros sixth In San Francisco, Curt Casali hit a throw of 208 feet, 4 inches at Oregon’s the pace early and no one could keep its fourth straight win. with a double against reliever Michael game-ending double in the 10th inning Hayward Field. It will be her second up as she fi nished in a trials-record Manuel Margot and Mike Zunino Fulmer (4-4). With two outs, Alvarez as San Francisco beat Oakland. Olympics. She was on the 2016 team time of 31 minutes, 3.82 seconds. homered for Tampa Bay. Ji-Man Choi hit a tying drive into the Houston bull- Matt Chapman hit a go-ahead sac- and fi nished 25th in the event. Sisson is headed to the Tokyo had four hits and drove in two runs. pen. Two pitches later, Correa hom- rifi ce fl y in the top of the inning after Kara Winger made her fourth Olym- Games after not qualifying during the The Angels have lost fi ve in a row ered for the lead. saving a run with a brilliant throw pic team with a throw of 201-8. Avi- marathon trials in February 2020 on a overall. McClanahan (3-2) allowed Ryan Pressly struck out the side in home minutes earlier but Steven Dug- one Allgood-Whetstone fi nished third cool day in Atlanta. three runs and four hits, all in the third the seventh for his 12th save. gar quickly tied it on a single in the inning. Miami Marlins batter Jon Berti hits at 193-4 but she does not have the In the heat, she earned her place. Ka- Lance McCullers Jr. (5-1) allowed a double against the Washington bottom half against Burch Smith (1-1). Olympic standard. rissa Schweizer was second. She’s now Marlins 3, Nationals 2 two runs on fi ve hits in 5 1/3 innings. Nationals during the seventh inning Jake McGee (3-2) earned the win DeAnna Price bested her own qualifi ed in both the 10,000 and 5,000 In Miami, Rookie Zach Thompson In the fi rst game, Zack Short’s fi rst of a baseball game, on June 26, in for the Giants, who got a homer from American record in the hammer throw meters. Alicia Monson took third. struck out 11 in six innings, help- home run in the majors broke a fi fth- Miami. (AP) Donovan Solano.