Ovechkin Ties Esposito As Capitals Top Lowly Sabres
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ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021 SPORTS 15 Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer (31) throws during the fi rst inning of Buffalo Sabres forward Rasmus Asplund (74) and Washington Capitals forward Conor Sheary (73) battle for the puck during the fi rst period of an NHL a spring training baseball game against the St Louis Cardinals, on March hockey game on March 15, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP) 15, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP) Scherzer shines in spring training 2-way ‘matchup’ is all Shohei Ovechkin ties Esposito as as he hits 2 HRs off Lorenzen NEW YORK, March 16, (AP): In the worked four innings, giving up two runs matchup of baseball’s most prominent and five hits, striking out four. Austin two-way players, Shohei Ohtani had it Hays and Freddy Galvis hit back-to- Capitals top lowly Sabres all his way against Michael Lorenzen. back home runs. Ohtani hit two home runs off Pittsburgh leadoff man Adam Frazier Lorenzen on Monday, earning plenty of got two hits, making him 10 for 15. praise from the Cincinnati Reds pitcher/ Ke’Bryan Hayes connected for his first Malkin leads Pens to victory outfielder. homer - six of his 10 spring hits have gone Raiders, Ngakoue agree to deal Off to a sizzling spring start at the for extra bases. Gregory Polanco tripled in plate for the Los Angeles Angels, his first at-bat since his son was born BUFFALO, New York, picked up his 14th career assist in Ohtani lofted an opposite-field drive to March 7. Starter Tyler Anderson struck Nashville’s first victory against Tampa left in the first inning. The next time up, out seven in four innings. March 16, (AP): Alex Bay in six meetings on the season. With Brady’s largesse, Bucs Ohtani went way deeper to left-center. Indians 7, Athletics 3 Ovechkin matched Phil Es- Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an Ohtani is 9 for 16 with three homers. Cleveland starter Logan Allen posito for sixth on the NHL assist, and Eeli Tolvanen and Viktor keeping title gang together The 2018 AL Rookie of the Year has worked four scoreless innings, allowing Arvidsson also scored. made two starts this spring - one strong, four hits and a walk while striking out list with his 717th goal, and The Predators won for the second the other shaky - while showing excel- three. Cal Quantrill gave up three hits WASHINGTON, March 16, (AP): Tom year due to lost revenues because of the lent velocity. and a pair of walks over two innings of the Washington Capitals time in the past eight games. Brady doesn’t merely lead teams to coronavirus pandemic hasn’t prevented Ohtani hit .286 with 18 homers in relief. beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-0. Golden Knights 2, Sharks 1 Super Bowl wins on the field. He also New England from diving headfirst into helps keep together championship the free agency waters. 2019 but didn’t pitch while recovering Chris Bassitt pitched 3 2/3 innings, Ovechkin scored in the third In Las Vegas, Max Pacioretty and from Tommy John surgery. He strug- striking out five for Oakland. Adam teams that have salary cap issues. But they let perhaps the best offen- period, helping send the Capitals Mark Stone each had a goal and an So sackmaster Shaq Barrett, fellow sive lineman in this crop get away, as gled during the 2020 pandemic-short- Kolarek was tagged for four runs on to their fifth straight win with his assist to help Vegas beat San Jose. ened season, bat- three hits and a walk in the sixth. standout linebacker Lavonte David and 28-year-old guard Joe Thuney agreed to 1,299th career point – one shy of Marc-Andre Fleury, making his old buddy Rob Gronkowski will remain a five-year, $80 million contract with ting .190 as a des- Royals 6, Giants 1 16th start in 17 games, finished with ignated hitter and Danny Duffy pitched four perfect becoming the 35th player to reach in Tampa Bay. Kansas City. It might seem a stretch to 1,300. 23 saves to improve to 14-5-0 this Just as he had done several times in think the Chiefs have problems on making two brief innings for Kansas City, fanning four. season. Fleury earned his 481st career appearances on He scored from the slot off a pass New England, Brady reworked his big- offense, but anyone who saw their line the mound. from former Sabre Conor Sheary, who win, inching closer to Ed Belfour, who ticket contract last week to free up fall apart in the Super Bowl recognizes Lorenzen has BASEBALL found Ovechkin cutting toward the ranks fourth with 484. money in free agency. The Buccaneers the value of adding Thuney. pitched over 444 net. Ovechkin snapped a quick shot Pacioretty scored in the first period used it to keep David, and on Monday, The other three AFC West teams innings in the past Carter Hutton, who was screened. and delivered a perfect backhand pass the first day of “legal tampering” before were busy as well. The Raiders, who majors. He’s Huner Dozier doubled twice, Salvador Vitek Vanecek stopped 23 shots and early in the third to Stone, who one- the NFL’s business year begins on have suffered defensively since trading played more than Pérez got two hits and drove in two runs improved to 4-0-1 against the Sabres. timed a wrist shot to make it 2-0. It Wednesday, the 28-year-old Barrett Khalil Mack in 2018, agreed to a two- 30 times in the and Bubba Starling homered. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas ended up being Stone’s sixth game- agreed to a four-year, $72 million con- year contract with edge rusher Yannick outfield, includ- San Francisco starter Anthony Banda winning goal. tract with $36 million guaranteed, agent Ngakoue. They are last in the NFL with Ohtani Backstrom, Richard Panik, Daniel 66 sacks and 357 pressures, according ing six starts in struggled in the first inning, allowing Sprong and Garnet Hathaway also Timo Meier scored late for the Drew Rosenhaus confirmed. center, and is a two runs on five hits. Sharks, and Devan Dubnyk stopped 34 Later in the day, Gronk agreed to to SportRadar, since the trade. scored for Washington. Ngakoue has the 12th-most sacks (45 career .235 hitter with seven home runs. Cubs 4, White Sox 4 Hutton made 24 saves for Buffalo, shots. return for his 11th season with Brady on Cardinals 4, Nationals 2 Cubs starter Alec Mills gave up three a one-year, $10 million deal - up from 1/2), third-most strip sacks (15), sixth- which is 0-9-2 in its past 11 games, the Flames 4, Oilers 3 most quarterback Washington ace Max Scherzer struck runs on six hits and three walks in three third-longest skid in team history. the $9.25 million he earned in 2020. out seven over four scoreless innings, innings. Shelby Miller worked two In Calgary, Alberta, Elias Lindholm, Meanwhile, back in Brady’s former pressures (190) allowing two hits without a walk. Ryan innings in relief, allowing a hit and strik- Penguins 4, Bruins 1 Dillon Dube and Andrew Mangiapane stomping grounds, the Patriots were and second-most Zimmerman, who sat out the 2020 sea- ing out three. David Bote doubled twice. In Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin scored each had a goal and an assist, and spending wildly in an attempt to recap- forced fumbles son over COVID-19 concerns, hit his Dylan Cease allowed one hit over on a power play for his 1,100th career Calgary earned its third straight win (18) in his five pro third home run this spring. three innings for the White Sox. Adam point, leading Pittsburgh to the victo- under new coach Darryl Sutter. seasons, though he St. Louis starter John Gant pitched Eaton doubled and José Abreu singled ry. Noah Hanifin also scored, Mikael FOOTBALL has slumped the into the fifth inning, giving up two runs and doubled. Eloy Jiménez drove in Backlund had two assists and Jacob last two years. Malkin is the third Russian-born The Chargers and four hits. Andrew Miller struck out three runs with two hits. player to reach 1,100 points in the Markstrom stopped 28 shots. Sutter two of the three batters he faced and Reds 7, Angels 3 replaced Geoff Ward, who was fired ture the glory he produced before head- went with an NHL, joining Alex Ovechkin and offensive line Alex Reyes retired the side in order in Los Angeles starter Alex Cobb gave Sergei Fedorov. Malkin has eight March 4. ing south last season. the ninth. Nolan Arenado had two hits up one run and two hits in 3 2/3 innings. Leon Draisaitl, Josh Archibald and New England opened its vaults wider upgrade, center goals on the season and also had an Corey Linsley, an and drove in a run. Reliever Félix Peña left with a right assist while extending his point streak Adam Larsson scored for Edmonton, than any other team on Monday, some- Brady Dodgers 12, Rockies 5 hamstring injury. Jo Adell homered for which played its third game in four thing unusual for a club that normally All-Pro with to eight games. Green Bay last World Series MVP Corey Seager hit the Angels. Tristan Jarry made a season-high 42 days. Mike Smith had 23 saves. avoids chasing the most expensive free his fifth home run of the spring. Los Jesse Winker and Mark Payton each agents. Of course, the Patriots went 7-9 season.