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Buffon set for 150 caps Six killed in Spain rally Watson ends Test career MILAN: Legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon hopes to stretch his impressive tally of MADRID: Six people were killed and several others LONDON: Australia all-rounder Shane Watson quit Test cricket with immediate effect yes- caps for Italy past the 150 mark as he targets playing for several more seasons at the top injured when a rally car spun out of control at the terday, accepting defeat in his battle against injuries that have ravaged his career. level. Juventus ‘keeper Buffon will reach the landmark when the Azzurri host Bulgaria later Coruna rally in the northwestern Spanish region of The 34-year-old announced the decision after sustaining a calf injury in Saturday’s one- Sunday in a Euro 2016 fixture that could edge Antonio Conte’s men towards qualifi- Galicia on Saturday, the Civil Guard said. day victory over England that ended his tour, Cricket Australia (CA) said on their website. “I cation for next summer’s finals in France. The driver lost control and skidded off the track announce my retirement from test cricket today with a heavy heart,” Watson, who finished Buffon, who earned his first Italy cap in 1997 when he replaced Gianluca Pagliuca killing four women, one of whom was pregnant, and his 59-match test career with 3,731 runs and a 35-plus average, said in a CA statement. during a 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw away to Russia, remains Italy’s undisputed num- “I have given my all to be the best I can be, physically, technically and mentally, and ber one goalkeeper after 18 years of loyal service. Despite the advancing years, the 37- two men. About a dozen people were hurt. “One of the drivers took the track at a much higher while I have not always achieved the personal goals that I set myself in test cricket, to have year-old said he is not about to hang up his gloves just yet. “I read somewhere that I’m played over 50 tests and to have captained my country is more than I ever dreamed of.” aiming for 200 caps, but that’s not an objective of mine,” Buffon told speed than he should have and he veered off a curve, slamming into around 20 people,” a Civil Guard Watson, who remains available for one-dayers and Twenty20 Internationals, reporters. “Obviously I want to add quite a few more, but how many I played his last test in the Ashes opener at Cardiff before being dropped spokesman said. don’t know. The nice thing about getting older is gaining the from the Australian side who lost the series 3-2 last month. Two other awareness and appreciating the value of what you’re doing.” Television footage showed a rally car careering off members of Australia’s losing Ashes party-Michael Clarke and Chris Buffon’s achievements over the years at club and international level a woodland track into a throng of onlookers in a cloud Rogers-have also announced their international retirements. have won him an army of fans around the world. Although Italy of dust. Local media reported that the driver and co- “On this tour I have seen how the next generation of young are no longer the footballing superpower they used to be, driver were unharmed. The spokesman was unable to Australian cricketers are ready to take the game forward,” Watson said. “I Buffon is still considered one of the game’s best ever shot- confirm that information. hope to continue to represent my country in both shorter formats of the stoppers. Last season he was pivotal as Juventus won their “The Coruna Rally is in mourning. My deepest con- game, and I believe that I still have a significant amount to contribute.” fourth consecutive Serie A title, their first league and dolences to the bereaved and wishes for a complete Since his 2005 test debut against Pakistan, regular hamstring and Cup double in 20 years and reached the Champions recovery of those injured,” Prime Minister Mariano back injuries have taken toll on Watson’s body and his League final for the first time in 12 years, only to be Rajoy, who is from Galicia, said on his official Twitter stock has fallen considerably over the last couple of outclassed 3-1 by Barcelona. —AFP feed. — Reuters years. —Reuters Mets rout Marlins, Orioles stumble

MIAMI: Bartolo Colon pitched a nine-hitter and made a nifty behind-the-back toss on a grounder, and the hit three homers in a 7-0 victory over the on Saturday night. Colon (13-11) struck out two and walked none while throwing 100 pitches and extending his scoreless innings streak to 25. The 42-year-old right-hander became the oldest Mets to throw a shutout. He topped Miguel Batista, who threw one at age 40 in 2011. It was Colon’s 36th career complete game and 13th career shutout. He last accomplished both feats during the 2013 season. It was also the 12th shutout for Mets this season. Travis d’Arnaud and Wilmer Flores hit back-to-back homers in a four-run first inning and Juan Lagares went deep in a three-run second to help the Mets win at Miami for the 10th time in the last 15 games. Brad Hand (4-5) gave up all seven runs and six hits in 1 2/3 innings to fall to 0-5 in his career against the Mets.

BLUE JAYS 5, ORIOLES 1 David Price earned his 100th career victory, Jose Bautista hit his 32nd home run of the sea- son and the beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Saturday. The AL East-leading Blue Jays bounced back from a 10-2 loss to Baltimore on Friday night. Toronto hasn’t dropped two in a row since Aug. 14-15 against the Yankees. Price (14-5) allowed one run and three hits in seven innings. He’s 5-1 with a 2.15 ERA since join- ing Toronto in a July 30 trade with Detroit, and 100-56 overall in eight seasons. Bautista hit a solo home run off Mike Wright (2-4) in the first and made it 2-0 with an RBI double in the third. MIAMI: New York Mets’ Juan Lagares (12) slides into the tag by Miami Marlins third baseman Miguel Rojas (19) after he tried to stretch his single in the sixth inning. — AP seventh against Jeremy Jeffress (5-0) on Skip Matt Carpenter homered and St. Louis beat for the first time in 17 career starts after losing games over .500. Kenley Jansen got the last three RAYS 3, YANKEES 2 Schumaker’s bases-loaded double-play ball. Pittsburgh. Garcia (8-4) struck out a season-high his first six decisions. Quintana, who is 4-1 in nine outs for his 29th in 31 chances. Tyson Ross Didi Gregorius lined out with the bases Herrera then greeted Hoover (7-1) with his first nine, walked one and allowed four hits for his starts since July 24, yielded five doubles - includ- (10-10) gave up a run and five hits in six innings. loaded to end the eighth inning and whipped his homer since Aug. 9. 50th career win to help the Cardinals push their ing two to Kendrys Morales. He struck out four He walked two and struck out three. Pederson bat toward the dugout, a telling sign of frustra- Will Smith pitched the eighth and Francisco lead over the Pirates to 6 1/2 games in the NL and walked none. Ramirez homered - his eighth added an RBI single in the eighth. tion for the Yankees during a costly loss. Rodriguez picked up his 34th save despite allow- Central. Kevin Siegrist followed with a scoreless hit in nine at-bats - in the fourth inning with Jose Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run single and ing one-out singles by and Brandon eighth before Trevor Rosenthal gave up a two- Abreu and Avisail Garcia aboard. Ramirez was RANGERS 2, ANGELS 1 Kevin Kiermaier had an RBI single as Tampa Bay Phillips, who finished with four hits. out run in the ninth. Carpenter’s 21st homer was down in the count 1-2 before parking a Danny Derek Holland allowed three hits over eight handed Nathan Eovaldi (14-3) his first loss since a two-run shot in the seventh and put the Duffy curveball over the left-center wall. Geovany innings and Rougned Odor hit a tiebreaking sac- mid-June, snapping the right-hander’s nine- CUBS 2, DIAMONDBACKS 0 Cardinals ahead 4-0. Pittsburgh starter Charlie Soto hit a solo homer in the seventh, his fifth rifice fly in the eighth to lead Texas. game winning streak. Rays third baseman Evan Jake Arrieta pitched eight innings of four-hit Morton (8-7) went six innings and allowed two home run in 21 games. Duffy (7-7) was pulled Holland (3-1) struck out five and walked two. Longoria left the game with a bruised right fore- ball for his major league-best 18th win to lead runs, one earned, and four hits. after seven innings, allowing four runs on seven He yielded just one hit through his last 6 1/3 arm, three innings after he was hit by a pitch. the Cubs. Arrieta also struck out seven in his first hits, while striking out seven and walking two. innings in his fifth start of the season, six days New York, which leads the AL wild-card race, start since he threw his first career no-hitter TIGERS 6, INDIANS 0 after throwing a three-hit shutout against fell 1 1/2 games behind first-place Toronto in the against the Dodgers last Sunday. It was the sev- Alfredo Simon pitched seven strong innings GIANTS 7, ROCKIES 3 Baltimore and striking out 11. The left-hander AL East. The Blue Jays beat Baltimore 5-1. The enth consecutive victory for the right-hander, and J.D. Martinez homered as slumping Detroit Jake Peavy doubled twice and pitched into spent most of the season on the disabled list Yankees had won three straight and six of seven - who has allowed just two earned runs in 50 1/3 beat Cleveland. Simon (12-9) became the first the sixth inning, and San Francisco snapped a with a shoulder strain after getting injured in his but they’ve dropped six of nine at home. Xavier innings during his win streak. Tigers pitcher besides Justin Verlander to win a seven-game losing streak. Angel Pagan and season debut on April 10 against Houston. Cedeno (4-1) struck out four in 1 2/3 hitless Arrieta (18-6) allowed two hits in the first, but game since his own one-hit shutout of the innings, and Brad Boxberger got three quick outs struck out Jarrod Saltalamacchia to end the Rangers on Aug. 20. This time, he didn’t allow a for his AL-high 34th save in 39 chances. inning. Hector Rondon yielded two hits in the hit until the sixth and only gave up two hits ninth before finishing for his 26th save in 30 while walking four. BREWERS 7, REDS 3 chances. Simon allowed 14 runs in 9 1-3 innings in two Rookie Shane Peterson hit his first career Robbie Ray (3-11) struck out eight in five starts between his wins over Texas and home run, Elian Herrera added his second homer innings. The left-hander allowed two runs and Cleveland. Despite his winning record, he is tied of the day and Ariel Pena got the win in his major four hits, but dropped to 0-7 with a 5.23 ERA in for the major league lead with seven starts allow- league debut as Milwaukee completed a sweep 10 starts since his last victory on July 7. ing six-plus runs. of their day-night doubleheader against The Tigers had lost seven of its previous eight Cincinnati. RED SOX 9, PHILLIES 2 games and were outscored 71-21 in that stretch. Peterson led off the sixth inning with a 366- hit his 496th career home run, Danny Salazar (12-8) lasted 3 2/3 innings, allow- foot drive into the right field seats for his second reaching 30 in a season for a team-record ninth ing six runs on eight hits and a walk. RBI of the game, helping the Brewers extend time as Boston beat Philadelphia. their winning streak to six games with their first The 39-year-old Ortiz surpassed Hall of Famer TWINS 3, ASTROS 2 doubleheader sweep since taking two from the Ted Williams’ eight 30-homer seasons with the Eddie Rosario hit a tiebreaking two-run triple Cubs on July 30, 2013, in Chicago. Milwaukee Red Sox. Big Papi set the mark with a drive that in the ninth inning and Minnesota held on to won the opener of the day-night doubleheader hooked around the Pesky Pole, capping an eight- beat Houston. Ervin Santana (4-4) gave up just 8-6. Herrera broke the second game open in the run fourth inning. Xander Bogaerts hit a three- one run and six hits over eight innings to help ninth with his seventh homer of the season, a run double during Boston’s big burst. the Twins bounce back after an 8-0 loss in the three-run shot. Pena (1-0) allowed two runs over Wade Miley (11-10) five hits in posting his first series opener the previous night. three innings in relief of Wily Peralta after a one- career complete game. He retired the first 12 bat- With the score tied 1-1, Brian Dozier singled hour, 33-minute thunderstorm delay. Keyvius ters in his 130th career start. Alec Asher (0-2) was off Houston closer Luke Gregerson (7-3) to open Sampson (2-3) gave up three runs in three tagged for seven runs on eight hits in 3 2/3 the ninth, and moved to second on Joe Mauer’s innings. innings in his second major league start. grounder. In the first game, Herrera hit a tiebreaking Trevor Plouffe was hit by a pitch with two home run on reliever J.J. Hoover’s first pitch of CARDINALS 4, PIRATES 1 outs, and Rosario followed with his hit to right the eighth inning. The Reds made it 6-all in the Jaime Garcia pitched seven scoreless innings, field that a diving George Springer got a glove on but couldn’t hold. Kevin Jepsen gave up a leadoff homer to Jed Lowrie in the bottom of the MLB results/standings ninth but finished up for his 11th save. TORONTO: Baltimore Orioles’ Mike Wright works against the Toronto Blue Jays during the second inning of a baseball game. — AP NATIONALS 8, BRAVES 2 Tampa Bay 3, NY Yankees 2; Toronto 5, Baltimore 1; Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 6; 2, Arizona 0; Bryce Harper had three hits, including his Gregor Blanco went deep for the Giants, who One-out singles by Mitch Moreland and Elvis St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 1; Boston 9, Philadelphia 2; Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 3; Washington 8, Atlanta 2; 33rd home run, and Gio Gonzalez tossed six had 15 hits. Andrus against Joe Smith (4-5) put runners at the Detroit 6, Cleveland 0; NY Mets 7, Miami 0; Minnesota 3, Houston 2; Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 1; scoreless innings to lead Washington to its fourth Nolan Arenado homered for the sixth straight corners and Odor followed with his scoring fly- San Francisco 7, Colorado 3; LA Dodgers 2, San Diego 0; Texas 2, LA Angels 1; Seattle 8, Oakland 3. straight win. game to set a Rockies franchise record. It ball to left-center. Shawn Tolleson pitched a per- The Nationals remained five games back of matched the longest streak in the majors since fect ninth for his 29th save in 31 attempts. American League National League the NL East-leading Mets, who beat the Marlins Chris Davis did it with Baltimore in 2012. Eastern Division Eastern Division 7-0. Harper’s two-run blast, which doubled as his Peavy (5-6) doubled and scored in a two-run W L PCT GB NY Mets 75 60 .556 - MARINERS 8, ATHLETICS 3 500th career hit, capped a four-run third inning fifth and then had an RBI double in the sixth to Felix Hernandez pitched eight strong innings, Toronto 77 58 .570 - Washington 70 65 .519 5 against Atlanta starter Shelby Miller (5-13). The give the Giants a 5-1 lead. It was the 12th multi- Robinson Cano drove in two runs, and Seattle NY Yankees 75 59 .560 1.5 Miami 56 80 .412 19.5 National League batting leader also doubled hit game of his career and the first time he has won its fourth straight. Logan Morrison and Tampa Bay 67 68 .496 10 Atlanta 54 82 .397 21.5 twice. Gonzalez (10-7) held the Braves hitless doubled twice. Chad Bettis (6-5) gave up four Shawn O’Malley each homered as the Mariners Baltimore 65 70 .481 12 Philadelphia 53 83 .390 22.5 through five innings. He allowed two hits with 10 runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. matched their season-best win streak from May Boston 63 72 .467 14 Central Division and four walks for his first victory since 8-12, which included a three-game sweep of the Central Division St. Louis 87 48 .644 - Aug. 10. Ryan Zimmerman also drove in two A’s. Mark Trumbo, Kyle Seager and Brad Miller Kansas City 82 53 .607 - Pittsburgh 80 54 .597 6.5 DODGERS 2, PADRES 0 Minnesota 70 65 .519 12 runs. Ian Desmond added three hits. The Braves Alex Wood pitched seven strong innings, and also drove in runs. Chicago Cubs 77 57 .575 9.5 Cleveland 65 69 .485 16.5 extended their season-high losing streak to 11 Carl Crawford and Joc Pederson had run-scoring Mark Canha hit a home run and Billy Butler Milwaukee 60 75 .444 27 Chicago White Sox 64 70 .478 17.5 games. Miller, an All-Star this season, has hits to lead the Dodgers. Wood (10-9) gave up had two RBIs for the A’s, who lost their fourth Cincinnati 55 79 .410 31.5 Detroit 62 73 .459 20 dropped 12 straight decisions and gone 20 starts three hits, walked four and hit a batter while straight. Stephen Vogt went 2 for 3 against Western Division Western Division without a win. striking out four in his eighth start for the Hernandez and is hitting .524 (11-for-21) against LA Dodgers 77 58 .570 - Houston 74 62 .544 - Dodgers since coming over in a trade from him. Hernandez (16-8) allowed three runs and six San Francisco 70 66 .515 7.5 Texas 71 63 .530 2 Atlanta. hits in his eight innings. He did not walk a batter Arizona 65 71 .478 12.5 WHITE SOX 6, ROYALS 1 LA Angels 68 67 .504 5.5 Jose Quintana pitched seven scoreless Crawford’s RBI double in the fourth was and struck out nine. A’s starter Jesse Chavez (7- San Diego 65 71 .478 12.5 Seattle 65 71 .478 9 innings and Alexei Ramirez hit a three-run homer enough for Los Angeles to win for the 10th time 14) allowed five runs on six hits in two-plus Colorado 56 79 .415 21 Oakland 58 78 .426 16 for Chicago. Quintana (8-10) defeated the Royals in 12 games and improve to a season-high 19 innings, his shortest outing of the year. — AP