ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 SPORTS 15 Betts, Muncy early HRs propel Bauer, Dodgers over Giants 3-2 Schwarber hits 2 more homers as surging Nats rout Mets WASHINGTON, June 29, (AP): Kyle Schwarber homered twice, becoming the fi rst player in major league history to hit 15 home runs in a 17-day span, and the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 8-4. Schwarber socked a 1-0 fastball from Jared Eickhoff an estimated 439 feet into the upper deck in right fi eld in the fi rst inning. It was his sixth lead- off homer this season, and Trea Turner followed with a 435-foot bomb to left to make it 2-0. Schwarber took Eickhoff (0-1) deep again in the fi fth inning, his 24th of the year. The Nationals have won 12 of 15 to return to .500 and move within three games of the fi rst-place Mets in the NL East. Ryan Zimmerman had a pinch-hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning for the Nationals after New York had cut the lead to 5-4. Dodgers 3, Giants 2 In Los Angeles, Mookie Betts and Max Muncy hit back-to-back home runs to begin the fi rst inning, leading Trevor Bauer and Los Angeles over San Francisco. All of the runs at Dodger Stadium came on solo shots. Will Smith also went deep for Los Angeles, which has won four straight. BASEBALL LaMonte Wade Jr. and Brandon Crawford homered for the Giants, who saw their NL West lead over Los Angeles decrease to 2 1/2 games. San Francisco outhit the Dodgers 11-5, but left 11 runners on base and was 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position. Bauer (8-5) allowed two runs on eight hits in six innings. He struck out eight and walked one. Kenley Jansen worked the ninth for his 19th save. Angels 5, Yankees 3 In New York, Shohei Ohtani pound- ed his hardest-hit home run of the sea- son, José Suarez pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run relief after Dylan Bundy Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor, (left), tags out San Francisco Giants’ Mike Tauchman as Tauchman tries to take second base after hitting a single during the ninth inning of a baseball threw up on the mound because of heat game, on June 28, in Los Angeles. (AP) exhaustion and Los Angeles beat New eighth inning that lifted Milwaukee York. over Chicago. Ohtani connected for a 117.2 mph The Brewers earned their sixth con- drive to right off Michael King (0-4) in secutive victory to extend their NL a two-run fi rst that also included Jared Central lead over the Cubs to four Walsh’s RBI double. The home run games. Kucherov leads Lightning to was the major league-leading 26th for Avisaíl García homered and drove Ohtani, who is slated to pitch Wednes- in three runs for the Brewers. Jace Pe- day night. terson went 3 for 4 and scored three Suarez (3-1) entered in the second runs. Hiura had two hits and four RBIs. after Bundy allowed Gio Urshela’s ty- Ian Happ and Patrick Wisdom each ing home run and Miguel Andújar’s hit a two-run homer for the Cubs. single. With sweat dripping off the bill Game 1 win over Canadiens of his cap, Bundy stepped back off the Reds 12, Phillies 4 mound, bent over and vomited on the In Cincinnati, Nick Castellano hit a 90-degree night. grand slam in the seventh inning and drove in a career-high seven runs as Vasilevskiy outplays Price, finishes with 18 saves Brewers 14, Cubs 4 Cincinnati beat Philadelphia. In Milwaukee, Willy Adames and Cincinnati trailed 4-2 before Cas- Keston Hiura each hit a three-run tellanos connected for his sixth career homer during a 10-run outburst in the TAMPA, Florida, June 29, (AP): Playoff scoring leader down with his hand before it wound up in the net. grand slam, driving a 1-1 fastball from Kucherov scored again at 11:25 of the third, then assisted on Steven Stamkos’ Neftali Feliz (0-1) deep to center for Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist and Andrei power-play goal that made it 5-1 with just over a minute to go. The Canadiens had his 15th homer. Vasilevskiy finished with 18 saves to outplay Carey Price not given up a power-play goal in an NHL playoff-record 13 consecutive games. It was Feliz’s fi rst big league ap- Game 2 is Wednesday night in Tampa. pearance since 2017. He came on after and lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. Vasilevskiy, a favorite to win the Vezina Trophy for the second time in three Bailey Falter pitched four innings of years, lost a bid for a fifth shutout this postseason when Chiarot scored his first one-run ball in relief of Spencer How- Kucherov put the defending champs up 3-1 early in the third period career playoff goal for the Canadiens late in the second period. ard. with a fluky goal that Canadiens defenseman Ben Chiarot tried to bat The Russian goaltender blanked the New York Islanders twice in the semifi- Alec Bohm and Ronald Torreyes nals, including 1-0 in Game 7. Chiar- each drove in two runs for the Phillies. ot’s goal ended Vasilevskiy’s streak of Indians 13, Tigers 5 not yielding a goal at 97 minutes, 40 In Cleveland, José Ramírez hom- seconds. ered and drove in fi ve runs, Austin Chiarot hit the post early in the Hedges had a two-run shot and Cleve- second period with his team trailing land blasted Detroit. 1-0. He finally got Montreal on the Ramírez connected for a three-run scoreboard when a shot that deflected drive in the fourth inning off rookie off Lightning defenseman Mikhail Matt Manning (1-2) as the Indians Sergachev eventually made it through opened a seven-game homestand with Vasilevskiy at 17:40 of the period. season highs in runs and hits (19). Cernak also scored his first career Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera connected postseason goal for his 493rd homer, tying him with for Tampa Bay. Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff for 28th The defense- Washington Nationals’ Kyle on the career list. man playing in Schwarber watches his solo home Red Sox 6, Royals 5 his 46th playoff run during the fifth inning of a base- In Boston, Hunter Renfroe homered game beat Price ball game against the New York twice, the second a 434-foot solo shot from the slot off Mets at Nationals Park, on June 28, a pass from On- in Washington. (AP) over the Green Monster to break a sixth-inning tie, and Boston rallied for drej Palat at 6:19 a four-run defi cit to beat Kansas City. of the opening Kiké Hernández led off the bottom period. MLB Results/Standings Gourde re- of the fi rst with a home run for the sec- Kucherov ond straight game, Bobby Dalbec also directed Blake homered and Renfroe had a two-run Coleman’s shot for a 2-0 lead at 5:47 shot in the fourth as Boston came back of the second. WASHINGTON, June 29, (AP): Re- Playoff goals leader Brayden Point sults and standings from the MLB after falling behind 5-1. games on Monday. The score was 5-5 in the sixth when also assisted Cernak’s goal for Tampa Cleveland 13 Detroit 5 Renfroe’s second homer, off Josh Bay, which had never won Game 1 of LA Angels 5 NY Yankees 3 Staumont (0-2), banged off a billboard a Stanley Cup Final. Point missed the Boston 6 Kansas City 5 Baltimore 9 Houston 7 above Lansdowne Street. net on a power-play opportunity, and Colorado 2 Pittsburgh 0 Rockies 2, Pirates 0 Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) blocks a shot by Montreal Canadiens right wing Brendan Price made a nice glove save to deny Cincinnati 12 Philadelphia 4 In Denver, Kyle Freeland pitched Gallagher (11) during the second period in Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals, on June 28, in Tampa, Stamkos from adding to Montreal’s Washington 8 NY Mets 4 Florida. (AP) deficit. St Louis 7 Arizona 1 fi ve scoreless innings before leaving Milwaukee 14 Chicago Cubs 4 with an apparent leg injury suffered LA Dodgers 3 San Francisco 2 while running the bases, Elías Díaz ICE HOCKEY American League Commodores a win away from national title East Division homered and Colorado beat Pittsburgh. W L Pct GB Yonathan Daza had an RBI triple Boston 48 31 .608 _ and an over-the-shoulder catch of Erik Price made his Stanley Cup Final Tampa Bay 47 32 .595 1 Gonzalez’s deep fl yball to the center Vandy crushes MSU in CWS finals opener debut in his 14th season with the Cana- Toronto 40 36 .526 6-1/2 diens. He’s the first goaltender in league New York 40 38 .513 7-1/2 fi eld warning track. Baltimore 25 54 .316 23 The Pirates had six hits, all singles. OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29, (AP): Cade Smith, Brandon Smith and history to win more than 400 regular-sea- Central Division Daniel Bard got the last three outs for Vanderbilt gave Jack Leiter a big early KC Hunt held Vanderbilt hitless from son and playoff games combined before W L Pct GB appearing in a Cup Final.