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US to open 14-match fi nal round at El Salvador on Sept 2 Canada, Panama and El Salvador advance in WCup qualifying BRIDGEVIEW, Ill., June 16, (AP): round matchup. Cyle Larin and scored The match was moved to the for- second-half goals, and Canada ad- mer home of ’s vanced to the eight-nation regional Chicago Fire because of Canadian fi nals of World Cup qualifying with government coronavirus restrictions. a 3-0 victory over Haiti. Panama played to a 0-0 draw at Altuve hits grand slam as An own goal by goalkeeper Josué Curaçao in Willemstad to advance Duverger when he mis-hit Kevin La- on 2-1 aggregate and No. 69 El Sal- France’s back pass put No. 70 Cana- vador beat 135th-ranked St. Kitts da ahead in the 46th minute against and Nevis 2-0 in San Salvador to ad- 83rd-ranked Haiti. Larin added his vance on 6-0 aggregate. California- born Joshua Pérez, who played for 15th international goal in the 74th the U.S. at the 2015 Under-17 World and Hoilett scored his 11th in the Cup, scored his second goal of the Astros rally past Rangers 89th to give Canada a 4-0 aggregate series in the 24th minute and Gerson win in the home-and-home, second- Mayen added a goal in the 87th. The United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras and Jamaica had au- tomatic berths to the fi nal round. The U.S. will open the 14-match fi nal round at El Salvador on Sept. 2.

SOCCER

Edgar Bárcenas of Panama had a penalty kick in the 57th minute saved by Columbus goalkeeper Eloy Room, leaving Curaçao needing only a single goal to advance because of the away-goals tiebreaker. No. 76 Curaçao was being led by interim coach Patrick Kluivert while coach Guus Hiddink recovers from COVID-19. Panama is ranked 78th. The top three nations in the re- gional fi nals, which run through Canada’s Cyle Larin (17) goes for a March 30, advance to the 32-nation header against Haiti’s Ade Ricardo fi eld for the 2022 World Cup in Qa- (4) during the second half of a World tar. The fourth-place team advances Cup qualifying soccer match, on to a playoff for a berth against a team June 15, in Bridgeview, Ill. (AP) from another confederation. Aces pound Liberty 100-78 Vandersloot records 2000th career , Sky rout Lynx MINNEAPOLIS, June 16, (AP): (6-5) with 17 points and Betnijah scored a season-high Laney had 15 points and six assists. 23 points, Kylee Shook added 12 points with became the fourth player in WNBA nine rebounds and Sami Whitcomb San Francisco Giants’ Zack Littell pitches against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the fi rst inning of a baseball game in San Francisco on June 15. (AP) history with 2,000 career assists and scored 10. the beat the Minnesota Storm 87, Fever 70 Lynx 105-89. In Indianapolis, D-backs lose 21st straight road game, blow 7-run lead at SF Vandersloot joined Sue Bird, Ti- had 20 points, 12 rebounds and fi ve cha Penicheiro and Lindsay Whalen assists to help the Seattle Storm beat HOUSTON, June 16, (AP): against the Marlins after dropping Frazier hit a grounder inside the to reach the mark. Vandersloot also the Indiana Fever 87-70. Jose Altuve belted a grand nine of 10 overall. Miami lost its third third-base line to score pinch-runner reached double-digit assists for the Jewell Loyd added 18 points straight. Tyler Wade from second as the Yan- 60th time in her career, fi nishing and Sue Bird had 17 for Seattle slam in the 10th inning and Goldschmidt had a tying RBI single kees completed a comeback from a 5-2 with 10 points, 13 assists and four (11-2), which improved to 6-0 on the , saved in the sixth. He led off the ninth and defi cit and won for the third time in 10 steals. drilled a 98 mph fastball from Yimi games. the road. by ’s tying Garcia (3-5) to right-center fi eld for his Bo Bichette homered and had a two- Quigley made a 3-pointer on Bird made a deep 3-pointer late homer in the ninth, beat sixth career walk-off home run. run single for the Blue Jays. back-to-back possessions to give in the second quarter to move past the Texas Rangers 6-3 to Reds 2, Brewers 1, 10 Innings Red Sox 10, Braves 8 Chicago a 78-57 lead late in the Katie Smith (906) for second all- In Milwaukee, Cincinnati broke open In Atlanta, Alex Verdugo hit a tie- third. Minnesota went without a time in WNBA history for made give manager a scoreless game in the 10th inning breaking, three-run homer off Chris fi eld goal for three-plus minutes in 3’s. Diana Taurasi leads the league quite an exciting birthday without the benefi t of a hit and held on Martin in the eighth inning, Rafael De- the quarter, and the Sky started the with 1,173 career 3-pointers. Seat- gift. to beat Milwaukee. vers added a three-run homer and drove fourth on a 12-4 run for a 27-point tle forward Candice Dupree moved Brett Anderson worked seven in- in four runs, and Boston beat Atlanta. After Texas drove in the auto- Verdugo’s ninth homer came with lead. into fi fth in games played, pass- matic runner in the top of the 10th nings of one-hit ball for the Brewers added 17 ing former Minnesota star Lindsay and combined with three relievers on a two outs and made it 10-7. Martin (0-3) for a 3-2 lead, Rangers rookie two-hitter, but it all fell apart for Brad gave up three hits and three runs. points, Diamond DeShields and Whalen (480). reliever Demarcus Evans (0-2) Kahleah Copper each scored 16, Boxberger (2-2) in the 10th. Xander Bogaerts hit his 13th homer Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana (1- walked Myles Straw and pinch- Boxberger hit Tyler Stephenson with for the Red Sox, who have won four of and 12 for Chi- 12) with 26 points. Tiffany Mitchell hitter to load the bas- a pitch and walked Joey Votto to load six. cago (5-7). added 12 points and Jessica Breland es with no outs in the bottom half. the bases. Then he hit Eugenio Suárez Nationals 8, Pirates 1 Chicago scored 39 points in the had 10 points, nine rebounds and Altuve then launched his soaring Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve hits a with a pitch to score Nick Castellanos, In Washington, Yan Gomes connect- fi rst quarter after making 16 of 22 three blocks. shot into left fi eld to put the Astros on game-winning grand slam during who started the inning at second base. ed for a grand slam and Trea Turner got fi eld goals, including 6 of 10 from Stewart scored 14 points with top and start the party. the 10th inning of a baseball game Stephenson scored on a sacrifi ce fl y by four hits, leading Patrick Corbin and 3-point range. nine rebounds in the fi rst half and Altuve was doused with water at against the Texas Rangers, on Kyle Farmer. Washington past Pittsburgh. Napheesa Collier scored 27 home plate before sharing a hug with June 15, in Houston. (AP) White Sox 3, Rays 0 The Nationals won their third in a Loyd added 10 points to help Seat- row and sent Pittsburgh to its ninth points for Minnesota (4-6). Sylvia tle build a 41-33 lead. Baker, who celebrated his 72nd birth- In Chicago, Dallas Keuchel pitched day. San Francisco to its seventh straight seven innings of crisp four-hit ball to straight loss. Fowles added 14 points. Kayla win over Arizona. Belt had three hits McBride was 1 of 5 from the fi eld Correa hit a solo homer to the op- win his fi fth straight decision, leading Corbin (4-5) pitched 8 1/3 innings, posite fi eld shot with two outs and and scored three runs. Chicago past Tampa Bay. allowing one run and eight hits. He and Crystal Dangerfi eld made just Jimmie Sherfy (1-0) got the win and Adam Engel hit a solo home run and struck out seven and walked one while 2 of 8. two strikes in the ninth off Josh Sborz, making it 2-all. Tyler Rogers pitched the ninth for his going at least eight innings for the fi rst Nate Lowe’s RBI single off Ryan ninth save. BASEBALL time since Aug. 21, 2019. Pressly (3-1) with two outs in the 10th Christian Walker had three RBIs for Indians 7, Orioles 2 put the Rangers up. the Diamondbacks. In Cleveland, Eddie Rosario hit a Collier scored 21 points in her Giants 9, Diamondbacks 8 Dodgers 5, Phillies 3 Tim Anderson had three hits for the two-run double and Bobby Bradley fi rst 12 minutes of play and had 23 In San Francisco, the Arizona Dia- In Los Angeles, Mookie Betts hit a White Sox. Chicago won for the fi fth homered for Cleveland, and Baltimore at the break on 8-of-14 shooting. mondbacks blew a seven-run lead and go-ahead home run in the seventh in- time in six games and ended Tampa lost its 17th straight on the road. lost their 21st straight road game, one ning and Los Angeles beat Philadelphia Bay’s four-game winning streak. The Orioles made four errors and Aces 100, Liberty 78 at Dodger Stadium before the largest In Las Vegas, Kelsey Plum scored short of the major league record, when Keuchel (6-1) struck out fi ve and moved closed to the major league re- Mike Yastrzemski hit a grand slam in crowd to attend a professional sports walked one. Aaron Bummer pitched cord of 22 consecutive road losses, 13 of her career-high 32 points in league game in the United States since shared by the 1943 Philadelphia Athlet- the fourth quarter, Liz Cambage had the eighth inning for San Francisco. a scoreless eighth and Liam Hendriks Arizona was ahead 7-0 in the sec- the start of the coronavirus pandemic. worked around two singles in the ninth ics and 1963 New York Mets. 14 points and 11 rebounds, and the ond, but couldn’t hold it and lost its Betts led off the seventh by driving for his 18th save. Amed Rosario got three hits, stole a Las Vegas Aces beat the New York 12th straight overall. an 0-2 changeup from Ranger Suárez Rockies 8, Padres 4 base and drove in a run for Cleveland, Liberty 100-78. The Diamondbacks can match the (2-1) over the left-center wall to give In Denver, Ryan McMahon homer- which has won four of fi ve and is a sea- Plum was 11 of 16 from the fi eld, record of 22 consecutive road defeats Los Angeles a 4-3 lead. Betts, who had ed, tripled and drove in four runs as son-high eight games over. 500. including 3 of 6 from behind the shared by the 1963 New York Mets three hits, added an RBI single in the Colorado rallied from an early defi cit to Tigers 4, Royals 2 arc, to top her previous best of 23 and 1943 Philadelphia Athletics when eighth. beat skidding San Diego. In Kansas City, Mo., Casey Mize they play the Giants at Oracle Park on Phillies slugger Bryce Harper exited Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his NL-leading turned in his eighth quality start in his points against Seattle in 2017. with lower back stiffness after he took Dearica Hamby had 16 points, six Wednesday night. Arizona hasn’t won 20th home run of the season for San last nine games, Miguel Cabrera got on the road since April 25 in Atlanta. an awkward swing in the fourth. Diego, which has lost 11 of 15. two more hits and Detroit sent Kansas rebounds and four assists for Las The Dodgers acquired Betts from the City to its fi fth straight loss. Vegas (9-3). The Giants trailed 8-5 when Bran- It was 4-all when Garrett Hampson, don Belt doubled leading off the eighth Boston Red Sox in February 2020, so pinch-hitting for reliever Carlos Es- Mize (4-4) allowed three runs on sev- Plum led all scorers with 13 points against Humberto Castellanos (0-1). this was the fi rst time he got to play in tévez (1-0), tripled off Tim Hill (3-3) en hits in 6 2/3 innings. Gregory Soto Chicago Sky guard Courtney front of a big crowd at Chavez Ravine. in the fi st half to help Las Vegas Vandersloot (22) blocks the shot of San Francisco loaded the bases with in the seventh. Tapia followed with a pitched the ninth for his sixth save in as build a 48-45 lead after trailing by two outs and Yastrzemski launched a The game was played before a sellout double, extending his hitting streak to many chances. Minnesota Lynx guard Crystal Dan- throng of 52,078 after California lifted double digits . The Aces outscored gerfi eld (2) during the fi rst half of a 1-2 pitch into McCovey Cove for his 12 games, and scored on a sacrifi ce fl y Cabrera, stuck in a slump for most of the Liberty 25-15 in the third. WNBA basketball game, on June fi rst career slam. many COVID-19 safety measures over- by McMahon. the season, doubled and singled to drive Jazmine Jones paced New York 15, in Minneapolis. (AP) Steven Duggar also homered to help night, including allowing stadiums to Yankees 6, Blue Jays 5 in one run and score another. go to full capacity. In Buffalo, N.Y., Clint Frazier Athletics 6, Angels 4 Joe Kelly (2-0) worked a scoreless snapped an eighth-inning tie with a In Oakland, Calif., Sean Murphy seventh and Blake Treinen earned his pinch-hit double and the New York homered for the second consecu- MLB Results/Standings third save. Yankees hit three solo homers to beat tive night, Elvis Andrus hit a two-run Mets 3, Cubs 2 . double and Frankie Montas pitched In New York, Taijuan Walker struck Oakland past Los Angeles for its fi fth out a career-high 12, Pete Alonso drove straight win. WASHINGTON, June 16, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Tuesday. in three runs and surging New York Shohei Ohtani hit his 18th home run Cleveland 7 Baltimore 2 Washington 8 Pittsburgh 1 threw out the potential tying run at the in the eighth inning for the Angels. NY Yankees 6 Toronto 5 NY Mets 3 Chicago Cubs 2 Boston 10 Atlanta 8 St Louis 2 Miami 1 plate in the ninth inning to beat Chi- Montas (7-6) struck out eight with Chic. White Sox 3 Tampa Bay 0 Cincinnati 2 Milwaukee (10 inn) 1 cago. one walk over seven innings to win Detroit 4 Kansas City 3 Colorado 8 San Diego 4 Walker (6-2) allowed two runs for the second time in six starts. He al- Houston 6 Texas (10 inn) 3 San Francisco 9 Arizona 8 and fi ve hits in seven innings, and he lowed two runs and fi ve hits, including Oakland 6 LA Angels 4 LA Dodgers 5 Philadelphia 3 Seattle 10 Minnesota 0 walked none for the third time. RBI singles by Justin Upton and David American League National League Javier Báez put the Cubs ahead 2-0 Fletcher. East Division East Division in the third with his 15th home run. Pinch-hitter Seth Brown delivered a W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Alonso hit a two-run single in the bot- go-ahead sacrifi ce fl y in the sixth and Tampa Bay 43 25 .632 _ New York 34 25 .576 _ tom half and a sacrifi ce fl y in the fi fth. Andrus followed with his double to Boston 41 27 .603 2 Philadelphia 32 33 .492 5 New York 34 32 .515 8 Atlanta 30 34 .469 6-1/2 Seth Lugo got six outs for his fi rst make it 5-2. Toronto 33 32 .508 8-1/2 Washington 29 35 .453 7-1/2 save since returning on June 2 from el- Mariners 10, Twins 0 Baltimore 22 44 .333 20 Miami 29 38 .433 9 bow surgery, and the NL East-leading In Seattle, J.P. Crawford homered on Central Division Central Division Mets won for the fi fth time in six games J.A. Happ’s fi rst pitch, Shed Long Jr. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Chicago 42 25 .627 _ Chicago 38 29 .567 _ to move nine games over .500 for the hit a three-run triple an inning later and Cleveland 36 28 .563 4-1/2 Milwaukee 38 29 .567 _ fi rst time since the end of the 2019 sea- Seattle thumped Minnesota. Kansas City 30 36 .455 11-1/2 Cincinnati 34 31 .523 3 son. Mariners starter Chris Flexen (6-3) Detroit 28 39 .418 14 St Louis 34 33 .507 4 Alec Mills (2-1) allowed three runs, tossed eight sharp innings while strik- Minnesota 26 41 .388 16 Pittsburgh 23 43 .348 14-1/2 West Division West Division fi ve hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings. Chicago White Sox’s Tim Anderson ing out a career-high eight, and was W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Cardinals 2, Marlins 1 (7) steals second on a throw from backed by an early offensive outburst Oakland 42 27 .609 _ San Francisco 42 25 .627 _ In St. Paul, Paul Goldschmidt hit a Tampa Bay Rays catcher Francis- that plated fi ve runs in the fi rst two in- Houston 38 28 .576 2-1/2 Los Angeles 41 26 .612 1 game-ending homer in the ninth inning co Mejia to second baseman Mike nings. Seattle 34 35 .493 8 San Diego 38 31 .551 5 Los Angeles 33 34 .493 8 Colorado 27 41 .397 15-1/2 and drove in both runs as St. Louis beat Brosseau during the third inning of Crawford became the fi rst Mariners Texas 25 42 .373 16 Arizona 20 48 .294 22-1/2 Miami. a baseball game, on June 15, in player to homer on the opening pitch St. Louis has won two in a row Chicago. (AP) since Dustin Ackley in 2012.