ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021 SPORTS 14 Mets top Brewers in duel of NL leaders

Devers homers, surging Red Sox hold off Ohtani’s Angels 5-4 Ogunbowale reaches 1,500 points

NEW YORK, July 6, (AP): Pete Alonso broke a Whitcomb nets 26, leads seventh-inning tie with a two-run double off All-Star Liberty past Wings 99-96 Brandon Woodruff, and NEW YORK, July 6, (AP): Sami per. Later in the period, Ogunbowale the New York Mets beat Whitcomb scored 26 points and Betni- reached double digits in points for the the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 jah Laney added 18 to help the New 56th consecutive game. Only fi ve other in a matchup of National York Liberty beat the Dallas Wings players have done that in league his- 99-96 in a rare game. tory. League division leaders. The WNBA tends to avoid playing But Ogunbowale didn’t score again Edwin Díaz pitched out of on Monday with most teams playing until the fourth quarter. She missed all trouble in the ninth, retiring three games on Saturday or Sunday. six of her shots in the second and third, straight batters with two on after Liberty coach Walt Hopkins credit- fi nally ending her scoring drought giving up an RBI single to Tyrone ed the play of Whitcomb on both ends when she tied the game at 83 with over Taylor. of the court. four minutes left. That was her only Michael Conforto added an RBI sin- “Sami’s combination of defense, pass- points after the opening period, and gle and Dominic Smith had a sacrifi ce ing getting us into stuff, she did every- she fi nished with 12 for the game. fl y for the Mets, who managed only thing,” he said. “She played great defense “Sometimes it’s nights like that,” one hit against an effi cient Woodruff to boot. When Sami’s locked in like that, said Dallas coach (7-4) through six innings. it helps everybody. From the outset she Vickie Johnson, was really, really locked in.” who starred as a player for New BASEBALL York when the BASKETBALL WNBA was just Omar Narváez homered for the beginning in Brewers, who won 11 straight before a Jazmine Jones scored 16 points and 1997. “Some- 2-0 loss Sunday in Pittsburgh. Sabrina Ionescu added 13 points and times the ball Seth Lugo (2-1) struck out two in a 12 assists for the Liberty (10-9), who goes in the bas- perfect seventh, and Díaz earned his made a franchise-record 15 3-pointers ket.” 18th save in 19 opportunities. New York Mets’ Pete Alonso hits a two-run double during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Mil- on 31 attempts. New York waukee Brewers, on July 5, in New York. (AP) “On a night we didn’t shoot the ball Whitcomb answered with Red Sox 5, Angels 4 as well as we did, we’re going to be 3-pointers by In Los Angeles, Rafael Devers hit a bounded after being swept in four the second inning, and Tampa Bay ral- pretty frustrated,” Hopkins said. Jones, Whitcomb and Laney to build two-run homer and drove in three runs, games at home by the Los Angeles lied with two runs in the ninth to beat Isabelle Harrison had 16 of her 23 a 92-87 lead with 2:32 left. Dallas cut and Boston retired Shohei Ohtani on a Dodgers. Cleveland. points in the fourth quarter to lead the defi cit to 94-91 with just over a grounder to right fi eld with two Angels Padres All-Star Fernando Tatis Jr. Manuel Margot had four hits before Dallas (9-10), which couldn’t survive minute left, but Whitcomb hit her sixth on base for the fi nal out. became the fastest player 22 or young- leaving the game after appearing to a rare off scoring night from Arike 3-pointer of the game to seal it. Christian Arroyo also homered for er to hit 27 homers in a season, doing hurt his leg in the ninth. Ogunbowale, who became the third Whitcomb had 15 of her points in the AL-leading Red Sox, who held it in 68 games. Pete Fairbanks (2-3) worked a fastest player in WNBA history to the fi rst half when New York built a Ohtani to a single on his 27th birthday. Tim Hill (5-4) took the loss. scoreless ninth. Emmanuel Clase (3-4) reach 1,500 points when she scored her 51-47 lead. The Liberty extended the Jose Rojas homered and added an took the loss. fi fth point in the fi rst quarter. advantage to 10 in the third quarter be- RBI single in the ninth for the Angels. Wander Suero (1-2) pitched a per- fect sixth for the win and Brad Hand Phillies 13, Cubs 3 The only players to do it faster were fore Dallas rallied within 74-69 head- Adam Ottavino secured his seventh Seimone Augustus and Cynthia Coo- ing into the fi nal period. save. pitched a perfect ninth for his 19th In Chicago, Odúbel Herrera hit a Martín Pérez (7-4) made it into the save in 21 chances. three-run homer, and Philadelphia sixth inning for the Red Sox, giving up Pirates 11, Braves 1 went deep fi ve times while handing just one earned run on eight hits. In Pittsburgh, Ben Gamel homered Chicago its 10th straight loss. Virus outbreak forces England Andrew Knapp, Didi Gregorius, Cardinals 5, Giants 3 twice and drove in six runs to lead Pittsburgh past Atlanta. Rhys Hoskins and Alec Bohm also In San Francisco, Kwang Hyun Kim homered. to select a ‘new’ cricket squad pitched seven scoreless innings, Matt Gamel took Max Fried (5-5) over The Cubs remained winless since Carpenter hit a two-run triple in the the fence in center fi eld for a two-run Zach Davies and three relievers com- LONDON, July 6, (AP): England was going ahead and at the same venues. seventh for the fi rst runs of the game home run in the fourth, doubled home bined to no-hit the Dodgers in Los An- forced to select a completely new squad England’s revised, hastily assembled and St. Louis snapped San Francisco’s Bryan Reynolds in the sixth and added geles on June 24. on Tuesday for the one-day internation- ODI squad includes nine new caps and three-game winning streak. a three-run shot in the seventh as the Herrera’s drive against reliever al series against Pakistan after an out- will be captained for the fi rst time by Ben Kim (3-5) allowed three hits with Pirates won their second straight fol- St. Louis Cardinals’ Kwang Hyun Kohl Stewart capped a six-run eighth break of the coronavirus infected three Stokes and coached by Chris Silverwood, two strikeouts and two walks. lowing a six-game losing streak. Kim throws against the San Fran- that broke open a 4-2 game. Andrew players and four members of staff. who had been due to take some time off Donovan Solano and Steven Dug- Chase De Jong (1-3) survived a cisco Giants during the first inning McCutchen had three hits and scored The initially selected squad went into during the white-ball series but has been gar hit RBI singles in the ninth against 36-pitch fi rst inning to pick up the of a baseball game in San Fran- two runs. Javier Báez smacked his isolation following the results of tests pressed back into action. Alex Reyes, but San Francisco’s second victory of his fi ve-year major- cisco, on July 5. (AP) 19th home run and an RBI double. taken on Monday, a day after the team’s The initial squad will be back in time to comeback bid fell short. league career. De Jong struck out four Jake Marisnick also homered. Rex last ODI against Sri Lanka in Bristol. The play the T20 series, which starts on July 16. Giants starter Kevin Gausman (8- and walked three to notch his fi rst win Marlins 5, Dodgers 4 Brothers (2-2) took the loss. names of those who tested positive have “We’re in unprecedented territory in 3) didn’t allow a hit until Nolan Are- since beating the Chicago White Sox In Miami, Jorge Alfaro hit a tie- not been disclosed. The remainder of the terms of replacing an entire squad and nado’s one-out single in the seventh breaking homer in the eighth inning, Tigers 7, Rangers 3 group were identifi ed as close contacts. management team,” said Ashley Giles, on Sept. 28, 2018, while with Minne- In Arlington, Texas, Wily Peralta that started a two-run rally in what had sota. and Miami ended Los Angeles’ nine- The three ODIs and three Twenty20s director of England’s men’s cricket, been a scoreless game. game winning streak. threw seven scoreless innings in his against Pakistan, starting on Thursday “and I’m proud of how everyone has Ke’Bryan Hayes hit his fi rst home longest big league outing since 2016 run in nearly a month for Pittsburgh Alfaro drove a slider from Dodg- with the fi rst ODI in Cardiff, were still come together in order to get it done.” Nationals 7, Padres 5 ers reliever Victor González (3-1) to and Detroit beat Texas. In San Diego, Josh Bell hit a go- as the Pirates tied their season-high in Zack Short homered for the Tigers, runs. center fi eld for his third homer of the ahead home run in the seventh inning season. who have won three in a row and fi ve of and All-Star Trea Turner also connect- Ronald Acuña and Freddie Free- six. Former Rangers outfi elder Nomar MLB Results/Standings man had two hits apiece for Atlanta. David Hess (1-0) picked up the win ed as Washington beat San Diego and in his Marlins’ debut. Anthony Bender Mazara twice drove in a run without a hit. The rest of the Braves managed just snapped a four-game losing streak. pitched a scoreless ninth for his fi rst Peralta (2-1), back in the majors Bell and Alcides Escobar had three two hits against De Jong and four major league save. only three weeks, struck out six with- hits apiece for the Nationals, who re- relievers. WASHINGTON, July 6, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on The Marlins erased a 2-0 defi cit out a walk while throwing 61 of 91 Monday. with a three-run third on RBI singles pitches for strikes. hE allowed only three hits in his fourth start for Detroit. Minnesota 8 Chic. White Sox 5 NY Mets 4 Milwaukee 2 by Garrett Cooper and Miguel Rojas. Tampa Bay 9 Cleveland 8 Miami 5 LA Dodgers 4 Dodgers starter Walker Buehler al- Kolby Allard (2-5) struck out a ca- Detroit 7 Texas 3 Pittsburgh 11 Atlanta 1 lowed four runs on fi ve hits and struck reer-high nine in his 5 1/3 innings, and Cincinnati 6 Kansas City 2 Philadelphia 13 Chic. Cubs 3 Boston 5 LA Angels 4 Washington 7 San Diego 5 out six in fi ve innings. The right-hand- only two of the fi ve runs scored against the Texas lefty were earned. St Louis 5 San Francisco 3 er walked two and hit a batter. American League National League Twins 8, White Sox 5 Reds 6, Royals 2 East Division East Division In Kansas City, Mo., Eugenio Su- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB In Minneapolis, Rookie Bailey Ober Boston 54 32 .628 _ New York 44 37 .543 _ pitched fi ve scoreless innings for his arez hit a tiebreaking three-run home run shortly after Nick Castellanos hit Tampa Bay 49 36 .576 4-1/2 Washington 41 42 .494 4 fi rst major league victory, Max Kepler Toronto 43 39 .524 9 Atlanta 41 43 .488 4-1/2 homered twice and Minnesota held off a tying solo shot and Cincinnati beat New York 42 41 .506 10-1/2 Philadelphia 40 42 .488 4-1/2 Baltimore 27 57 .321 26 Miami 36 47 .434 9 Chicago. Kansas City for its fi fth straight win. Suarez hit a 1-1 pitch for a homer Central Division Central Division Ober (1-1) hit the milestone in his sev- to give his team a three-run lead in the W L Pct GB W L Pct GB enth career start, with seven strikeouts Chicago 49 35 .583 _ Milwaukee 51 35 .593 _ seventh inning. Cleveland 42 40 .512 6 Cincinnati 44 40 .524 6 and two hits and three walks allowed. Vladimir Gutierrez (4-3) went six Detroit 39 46 .459 10-1/2 Chicago 42 43 .494 8-1/2 White Sox starter Dylan Cease (7- innings and gave up two runs, fi ve hits Minnesota 35 48 .422 13-1/2 St Louis 42 44 .488 9 4) lasted 5 1/3 innings and allowed six Kansas City 35 49 .417 14 Pittsburgh 31 53 .369 19 and two walks with six strikeouts. West Division West Division hits and three walks. Mike Minor (6-7) pitched well until W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Hansel Robles pitched a scoreless the seventh inning when Castellanos Houston 52 33 .612 _ San Francisco 53 31 .631 _ ninth for his eighth save. Oakland 49 37 .570 3-1/2 Los Angeles 53 32 .624 -1/2 turned on the fi rst pitch he saw, tying the Seattle 45 40 .529 7 San Diego 50 37 .575 4-1/2 Boston Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez, left, tags out Los Angeles An- Rays 9, Indians 8 score at 2-all. Minor pitched six innings, Los Angeles 42 42 .500 9-1/2 Colorado 37 48 .435 16-1/2 gels’ Jose Rojas, right, at home plate during the fifth inning of a baseball In St. Petersburg, Florida, Brandon allowing three hits, three walks and four Texas 33 52 .388 19 Arizona 23 63 .267 31 game, on July 5, in Anaheim, California. (AP) Lowe hit his fi rst career grand slam in earned runs with six strikeouts.