SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 SPORTS

Mertesacker named ‘Slow Moe’ speeds to gold London long jump champ LONDON: Olympic gold medallist Mohamed Sbihi’s lack of enthusiasm for his family’s barbershop busi- Rutherford in final Arsenal captain ness earned him the nickname ‘Slow Moe.’ The 6ft RIO DE JANEIRO: Defending Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford 8in-tall rower has now set the record straight after scraped into the Rio Games final on Friday, finishing 10th out of 12 qualifiers LONDON: Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker has been named as the Premier League club’s showing everyone that he is in fact no slouch. Sbihi after the Briton flirted with disaster by fouling on his first two jumps. new captain even though the injured German may not play again this year. Gunners boss stormed to gold for Britain with the help of col- Rutherford, who holds the Olympic, world, Arsene Wenger defended the curious decision and said he will choose from a pool of experi- leagues Alex Gregory, and Constantine Commonwealth and European titles, won gold at enced players to lead the side during Mertesacker’s prolonged absence. Louloudis, following in the footsteps of iconic row- London 2012 in what British media later dubbed “Per is a very respected figure in the dressing room, is loved as well and is ers Sir and .Yet Super Saturday when three British athletes also a very demanding figure,” Wenger told Arsenal Player. “I think it is Sbihi may never have even started had it not topped the podium in the space of an hour. He absolutely natural to be him. In his absence that’s where it will be taken been for a strange turnaround of fate. In an inter- looked in danger of an early exit in Rio, however, by the assistants. “One of them will be Laurent Koscielny, also Santi view with The Press Association London, Sbihi’s making two foul jumps before recording a dis- Cazorla - the experienced players - Petr Cech maybe. “We will have a father, also called Mohamed, explained how his son tance of 7.90 metres on his last attempt. ‘I know group of people that will take care of the energy levels and the problems almost quit rowing immediately. “He was very tall 7.90 metres is not good but it was just a matter of the team. That will be down a lot to the experienced players.” Arsenal for his age, a very big boy. Somebody from a rowing of making (the) finals,’ Rutherford said. ‘Going needed to appoint a new captain following Mikel Arteta’s departure in programme went around to his school and they into the final round I definitely wasnít as stressed the close-season. The Spaniard’s injury problems over the last two noticed the size of him - they said he should be row- as my family were at home,’ he added. ‘For me itís seasons have seen several players fill in as temporary captain. ing. “So at the age of 14 he was going to his first one of these where you draw on all the experiences Mertesacker, who joined Arsenal from Werder Bremen in rowing class. But I don’t think he fancied it because that youve had. The 29-year-old will now defend his 2011, captained the side on occasions last season before he he turned to walk out the moment he got there. “It title against challengers including China’s Jianan was dropped as Wenger preferred to partner Gabriel with was only because a PE teacher recognised him and Wang and Jeff Henderson of the United States, who Koscielny at the heart of his defence. — AFP knew he was supposed to be training instead that qualified in first and second place with jumps he told him to go back. — AFP measuring 8.24m and 8.20m. — Reuters Rodriguez bags double in MLB results/standings Chicago Cubs 13, St. Louis 2; Atlanta 8, Washington 5; Philadelphia 10, Colorado 6; NY Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 3; Houston 5, Toronto 3; Boston 9, Arizona 4; Chicago White Sox 4, Miami 2; Cleveland 13, LA Angels 3; San Diego 8, NY Mets 6; Cincinnati 7, Milwaukee Yankee Stadium swan song 4; Kansas City 7, Minnesota 3; Oakland 6, Seattle 3; Pittsburgh 5, LA Dodgers 1; Baltimore 5, San Francisco 2. NEW YORK: His pregame tribute ended by a American League National League storm, Alex Rodriguez soaked in repeated Eastern Division Eastern Division cheers during his final game in pinstripes, get- W L PCT GB Washington 67 47 .588 - ting one more hit for the New York Yankees and Baltimore 65 50 .565 - Miami 60 55 .522 7.5 returning to third base one last time. On a night Toronto 65 51 .560 0.5 NY Mets 57 58 .496 10.5 filled with nostalgia as the Yankees and Boston 62 52 .544 2.5 Philadelphia 54 63 .462 14.5 Rodriguez turn to uncertain futures, baseball’s NY Yankees 59 56 .513 6 Atlanta 44 72 .379 24 most notorious star of the last two decades Tampa Bay 46 68 .404 18.5 drove a 96 mph fastball from Tampa Bay’s Chris Central Division Archer into the right-center field gap in the first Central Division Chicago Cubs 73 41 .640 - inning of New York’s 6-3 victory Friday. And Cleveland 65 48 .575 - St. Louis 60 56 .517 14 with the sellout crowd of 46,459 chanting “We Detroit 61 54 .530 5 Pittsburgh 58 55 .513 14.5 want A-Rod!” the 41-year-old designated hitter Kansas City 56 59 .487 10 Milwaukee 51 63 .447 22 trotted to third base for the first time in 15 C W Sox 55 60 .478 11 Cincinnati 47 67 .412 26 months at the start of the ninth inning as the Minnesota 46 70 .397 20.5 organist played “Thanks for Memory.” He was Western Division replaced after a leadoff strikeout, hugging his Western Division San Francisco teammates. A-Rod ran back on the field for Texas 69 48 .590 - 65 50 .565 - more hugs after the final out, grabbing a hand- Seattle 60 54 .526 7.5 LA Dodgers 64 51 .557 1 ful of dirt from the infield. Houston 61 55 .526 7.5 Colorado 56 60 .483 9.5 Rodriguez grounded out, struck out and Oakland 52 64 .448 16.5 San Diego 50 65 .435 15 bounced out again on the first pitch in his last LA Angels 49 66 .426 19 Arizona 48 67 .417 17 at-bat. The 1-for-4 night left him with a .200 average, nine homers and 31 RBIs in his 12th and final Yankees season. Rodriguez has 696 home runs, fourth on the career list behind Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe GE supplies image diagnosis for Ruth (714). Rodriguez said last Sunday he had accepted an offer to play one final home game Rio 2016 Olympic, Paralympic Games and then become a team adviser through 2017, tasked with mentoring young players. Starlin DUBAI: GE, official sponsor of the Rio 2016 moment to make a check-up of their Castro had four RBIs for the Yankees, hitting a Olympic and Paralympic Games, is supply- health. Thus, not only we will be contribut- tiebreaking, two-run homer in the sixth off NEW YORK: New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez reacts to a sudden thunder- ing image diagnosis equipment for the ing for them to improve their performance, Archer (6-16) that gave CC Sabathia (7-9) his storm, while joined by his two daughters, mother, and another family member after he was Polyclinic, which was built in Barra da but to have a healthier life in long terms as second win since mid-June. Dellin Betances got presented with a signed base before his final game as a player, against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tijuca, close to the Athletes¥ Village, and well,” he says. the save. Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday.— AP which will serve the Olympic and Sponsor of the IOC since 2005, GE has Paralympic family members (athletes, already exceeded US$ 1 billion in sales of CUBS 13, CARDINALS 2 national and international Olympic and solutions for projects related to the Games Matt Szczur hit two home runs and Chicago Angeles has lost in a row, its longest los- Royals to their fifth win in the last six games. ing streak since 1999. Paralympic committees). in the health, energy, water, lighting and won its 11th straight game, backing Jake Miguel Sano homered for the fifth time in the “During the period of the Games, we transport areas. “The similarity of values as Arrieta and battering Adam Wainwright to rout last seven games and Brian Dozier hit a two-run PADRES 8, METS 6 will work to take care of the health and overcoming, innovation and work in team St. Louis. Willson Contreras launched a three- shot, giving Twins starter Kyle Gibson (4-7) a Rookie Ryan Schimpf hit a grand slam and run shot to cap a five-run second inning, and one-run lead he took into the fifth inning. well-being of the athletes and their teams of the IOC and the Rio 2016Committee added a two-run shot in San Diego’s victory Javier Baez and Jorge Soler also went deep to Salvador Perez’s bat broke on a two-strike, two- with innovating technologies, which rein- with GE is the base of our partnership, over New York. Jabari Blash and Christian make things easy for Arrieta (14-5). The Cubs’ out, two-run bloop single with the bases loaded force our leadership in the image diagnosis which motivates us to transform the host Bethancourt also homered early to help the winning streak is their longest since a 12-game that gave the Royals a 4-3 lead. Third baseman and healthcare IT solutions segment in cities by means of world class infrastruc- Padres hand the Mets their fourth straight loss run in 2001. They pulled 14 games ahead of Trevor Plouffe awkwardly backpedaled for the Brazil,” Daurio Speranzini Jr, president and ture solution and sustainable legacy for the and sixth in seven games. The defending NL scuffling St. Louis in the NL Central and slowly rising ball, but it cleared his head and CEO of GE Healthcare for Latin America, future generations,” Reinaldo Garcia, champions (57-58) fell below .500 for the first improved the best record in the majors to 73- landed in front of diving shortstop Jorge comments. President & CEO of GE for Latin America, time since April 17. One day after getting swept 41. Szczur and Kris Bryant each had three hits. Polanco. The Polyclinic is provided with last gen- says. at home by last-place Arizona, the Mets again The Cubs roughed up Wainwright (9-7) for sev- eration equipment, such as, magnetic reso- GE Healthcare was also the supplier of failed to look like legitimate wild-card con- en runs and chased him after two innings, tying ATHLETICS 6, MARINERS 3 nance, ultra-sound and digital X-ray image diagnosis and monitoring medical tenders. San Diego, which has alternated wins his shortest outing in 245 career starts. Arrieta Yonder Alonso hit a tiebreaking two-run sin- devices. equipment for other editions of the and losses since July 26, jumped out to a 5-0 six pitched one-run ball into the sixth inning and gle in the sixth inning off rookie Joe Wieland . Here is a list of the most batters into the game - including Schimpf’s gave up four hits overall. Stephen Piscotty and and Oakland ended Seattle’s winning streak at ACCESSIBILITY recent: Two Polyclinics for the Vancouver grand slam. Logan Verrett (3-8) was the loser. Jedd Gyorko homered for the Cardinals. six games. Khris Davis added his career-high According to Alfredo Mello, commercial 2010 Winter Olympic Games- Canada; 28th home run, Marcus Semien matched his leader of GE for the Rio 2016 Games, the Olympic Village Polyclinic of the London BRAVES 8, NATIONALS 5 RED SOX 9, DIAMONDBACKS 4 career high with four hits and Stephen Vogt had Polyclinic will be extremely important for 2012 Olympic Games- United Kingdom; Jace Peterson, Freddie Freeman and Hanley Ramirez hit two three-run homers, an RBI double to help the A’s win for the fourth around 15,000 athletes, as they would be Olympic Village Polyclinic of the Sochi Anthony Recker homered and Atalnta beat and David Ortiz also homered to help Boston time in five games. Sean Manaea (4-7) gave up able to have preventive and diagnosis 2014 Winter Olympic Games- Russia; shington to snap a 14-game losing streak in the rout Arizona. Boston scored four runs in each of three hits, walked three and struck out four. exams, which are often not available in Polyclinics for the Beijing 2008 Olympic nation’s capital. Atlanta hadn’t won in the first two innings, ending a streak of 14 Ryan Madson retired three batters for his 25th their countries. “Many athletes wait for this Games - China. Washington since Sept. 10, 2014, and was 0-6 scoreless innings by the Diamondbacks’ starting save. Wieland (0-1) was the loser. Kyle Seager against the NL East leaders this season. Mike pitchers. Arizona committed two first-inning homered for Seattle. Foltynewicz (6-5) allowed four runs over 5 2-3 errors. Ortiz had three hits, including his 1,000th innings to help Atlanta win for the 11th time in extra-base hit with Boston. It was all the run WHITE SOX 4, MARLINS 2 17 games. Jim Johnson pitched the ninth for his support needed for David Price (10-8), who Carlos Rodon pitched six innings for his first 10th save in 13 tries. Nationals starter Stephen struck out eight in eight innings to pick up the victory since May and Chicago beat Miami. Strasburg (15-3) struggled at home again, sur- win. Patrick Corbin (4-12) lasted only 1 2/3 Adam Eaton tied a career high with four hits for rendering six runs in 5 1/3 innings. innings, allowing eight runs and nine hits, Chicago in its first game in Miami since 2004. including both of Ramirez’s homers. Rickie Rodon (3-8) allowed one run and three hits PHILLIES 10, ROCKIES 6 Weeks homered for Arizona. while striking out four and walking three in a Ryan Howard hit a grand slam and drove in 122-pitch outing. David Robertson pitched the five runs to help Jake Thompson earn his first ASTROS 5, BLUE JAYS 3 ninth for his 28th save in 34 chances. Andrew major league victory and lead Philadelphia past Joe Musgrove pitched seven innings for his Cashner (4-9) was the loser. Colorado. Charlie Blackmon hit three solo home first major league win, Teoscar Hernandez runs and D.J. LeMahieu also went deep for homered for his first big league hit and Houston ORIOLES 5, GIANTS 2 Colorado. Howard extended his franchise beat Toronto. Designated hitter Evan Gattis had Mark Trumbo regained the major league record with his 14th grand slam, launching a 1- four hits, including two doubles. Hernandez lead with his 33rd home run and Baltimore 0 pitch from Jon Gray (8-6) into the bullpen in had two hits and reached base three times, and moved back into first place in the AL East. right-center field to break a 3-3 tie. Thompson Carlos Correa and Jose Altuve each had two Trumbo’s two-run homer in the third inning off (1-1) earned his first win in his second career RBIs each to help Houston extend its winning Giants starter Matt Cain (4-7) traveled an esti- start after allowing three runs and two hits with streak to four. Edwin Encarnacion hit his 300th mated 441 feet. The Orioles’ win, coupled with six strikeouts and three walks in five innings. He home run and Michael Saunders had his career- the Blue Jays’ 5-3 loss to Houston, moved accomplished a rare feat when he recorded four high 20th for Toronto. Encarnacion has 32 home Baltimore back into first place by a half-game strikeouts in one inning, becoming the first runs this season to tie Baltimore’s Mark Trumbo over Toronto. The Giants retained their one- Phillies pitcher to have four strikeouts in one for the major league lead. Making his second game lead in the NL West over the Dodgers, Deodoro Olympic Park - Gabriel Heusi, Brasil. inning since Doc White did it against Brooklyn career start, and facing the team that drafted who lost 5-1 to Pittsburgh. Chris Davis led off in the fifth inning on July 21, 1902. him in 2011, Musgrove (1-0) allowed two runs the fifth with his 24th homer for the Orioles, and six hits. Pat Neshek handled the eighth and who are 4-4 on a 10-game road trip that ends REDS 7, BREWERS 4 Will Harris worked around Encarnacion’s homer Sunday in San Francisco. Matt Wieters and Homer Bailey struck out 11 in six scoreless in the ninth for his 12th save. Francisco Liriano Adam Jones had RBIs in the Orioles’ two-run innings in his third game back from Tommy (6-12) was the loser. second. Denard Span drove in San Francisco’s John surgery in Cincinnati’s victory over first run with a third-inning double. Brandon Milwaukee. Adam Duvall hit his 27th home run INDIANS 13, ANGELS 3 Belt added an RBI single in the ninth. Dylan Rajai Davis and Jose Ramirez each stole and Billy Hamilton stole three bases to push his Bundy (6-3) allowed one run and three hits in 5 three bases to help Cleveland tie the franchise major league-leading total to 51. Bailey (2-1) 2-3 innings for Baltimore. Zach Britton got the record with eight, and Brandon Guyton drove struck out Jonathan Villar looking to open the final three outs for his AL-leading 36th save. in five runs against Los Angeles. Jason Kipnis game and finished by fanning the side in the and Francisco Lindor added steals for sixth. He allowed three hits. Milwaukee starter PIRATES 5, DODGERS 1 Cleveland to match the record that was first Jimmy Nelson (6-12) labored through five Andrew McCutchen and Jordy Mercer home- accomplished on Aug. 27, 1917, against the innings, allowing three runs off six hits and red to lead newcomer Ivan Nova and Pittsburgh. Washington Senators. The eight steals allowed three walks. Ramon Flores hit a solo shot in the Handed a three-run lead before he threw a also are the most in club history for the eighth, and Manny Pina hit a three-run homer pitch, Nova (2-0) has won both starts for the Angels. Guyton homered in the second and with two outs in the ninth for the Brewers. Pirates since they acquired him from the New had two-run singles in the fifth and eighth. York Yankees at the Aug. 1 trade deadline. The Ramirez was 3 for 5 with a home run - extend- ROYALS 7, TWINS 3 right-hander scattered nine hits over 5 1/3 ing his hitting streak to 16 games - and Kipnis Yordano Ventura won consecutive starts for innings and improved to 9-6 overall. Tony was 4 for 5 for the AL Central leaders. Carlos the first time in two months, Kendrys Morales Watson came on with runners at the corners and Carrasco (8-6) won for the first time since July homered in his return from a one-game suspen- retired Corey Seager for his fifth save. Dating to 20. Tyler Skaggs (1-1) gave up seven runs in sion and Kansas City beat Minnesota. Ventura June 23, the Pirates’ bullpen has posted the low- five innings for the Angels. Albert Pujols drove (8-9) struck out nine in seven innings, allowing est ERA (2.13) and the best winning percentage in two runs and Kole Calhoun homered. Los four hits, one walk and three runs, pitching the 11-2 (.846) of any major league team. — AP Barra Olympic Park - Gabriel Heusi, Brasil 2016.