ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 16-17, 2021 SPORTS 14 Almost perfect Rodón throws ‘no-hitter’ MLB Results/Standings WASHINGTON, April 15, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Wednesday. Toronto 5 NY Yankees 4 after HBP in 9th as Chisox down Indians Boston 3 Minnesota (7 innings 1st game) 2 Kansas City 6 LA Angels 1 Boston 7 Minnesota (7 innings 2nd game) 1 Texas 5 Tampa Bay 1 Chic. Wht. Sox 8 Cleveland 0 Red Sox sweep doubleheader against Twins, extend win streak to 9 games Detroit 6 Houston 4 Washington 6 St Louis 0 Milwaukee 7 Chicago Cubs 0 San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 0 CHICAGO, April 15, NY Mets 5 Philadelphia 1 (AP): Carlos Rodón threw Pittsburgh 5 San Diego 1 Miami 6 Atlanta (10 innings) 5 the second no-hitter of the LA Dodgers 4 Colorado 2 young baseball season, los- American League East Division ing his bid for a perfect W L Pct GB Boston 9 3 .750 _ game on a hit batter with Toronto 6 6 .500 3 one out in the ninth inning, Baltimore 5 6 .455 3-1/2 New York 5 7 .417 4 and the Chicago White Sox Tampa Bay 5 7 .417 4 Central Division cruised to an 8-0 victory W L Pct GB over the Cleveland Indians. Kansas City 6 4 .600 _ Cleveland 6 5 .545 -1/2 The left-hander retired his first Chicago 6 6 .500 1 Detroit 6 6 .500 1 25 batters before he plunked Ro- Minnesota 5 7 .417 2 berto Pérez on the back foot with West Division W L Pct GB an 0-2 slider. An incredulous Los Angeles 7 5 .583 _ Rodón looked on almost in bewil- Seattle 6 5 .545 -1/2 Houston 6 6 .500 1 derment as Pérez made his way to Oakland 5 7 .417 2 first. Texas 5 7 .417 2 Rodón (2-0) regained his composure National League East Division in time to strike out Yu Chang looking W L Pct GB and retire Jordan Luplow on a sharp New York 5 3 .625 _ grounder to third, starting a joyous cel- Philadelphia 6 6 .500 1 ebration. Miami 5 6 .455 1-1/2 Washington 3 6 .333 2-1/2 It was the fi rst no-hitter for the Atlanta 4 8 .333 3 White Sox since Lucas Giolito pitched Central Division one Aug. 25 last year against Pitts- W L Pct GB Cincinnati 7 5 .583 _ burgh and No. 20 in franchise his- Milwaukee 7 5 .583 _ tory, second-most among major league St Louis 6 6 .500 1 teams behind the Los Angeles Dodgers Chicago 5 7 .417 2 Pittsburgh 5 7 .417 2 (23). West Division W L Pct GB BASEBALL Los Angeles 10 2 .833 _ San Francisco 8 4 .667 2 San Diego 8 5 .615 2-1/2 Rodón’s gem came just fi ve days af- Los Angeles Dodgers’ Corey Seager, left, hits a solo home run as Colorado Rockies catcher Elias Diaz, right, watches along with home Arizona 4 8 .333 6 ter Joe Musgrove threw a no-hitter for plate umpire Tom Hallion during the first inning of a baseball game, on April 13, in Los Angeles. (AP) Colorado 3 9 .250 7 his hometown Padres at Texas. Rodón threw 75 of his 114 pitches 11 while remaining unbeaten in their Giants 3, Reds 0 for strikes. He struck out seven in his past 11 games at Dodger Stadium In San Francisco, Johnny Cueto Azam hits sensational 122 from 59 balls fi rst career shutout and second com- since last Sept. 23. pitched neatly into the sixth inning be- plete game. C.J. Cron slowed his slump with fore exiting with a tight lat muscle, and The closest call for Rodón and the two hits for the Rockies, who lost San Francisco fi nished off Cincinnati. White Sox occurred when Josh Naylor their fi fth straight despite snapping Cueto (2-0) removed himself from the Pakistan ahead in T20 series in SAfrica led off the ninth with a slow bouncer. their 26-inning scoreless streak since game after fanning Nick Castellanos for First baseman José Abreu picked it up last Saturday with Trevor Story’s RBI the second out in the sixth. The 35-year- CENTURION, South Africa, April and got his toe on the bag just ahead of single in the fi fth. Colorado couldn’t old Cueto surrendered three hits and 15, (AP): Babar Azam hit a sen- a sliding Naylor. score in the fi nal four innings against walked none while striking out four. sational 122 from 59 balls to lead Los Angeles’ bullpen. Royals 6, Angels 1 Pakistan to 205-1 for a resounding Red Sox 3, Twins 2, 1st Game Victor González escaped a jam in the nine-wicket win over South Africa fi fth after the Rockies chased Dustin In Kansas City, Mo., Salvador Pérez Red Sox 7, Twins 1, 2nd Game homered and doubled to cap off an and a 2-1 lead in their Twenty20 In Minneapolis, Alex Verdugo had May. Corey Knebel (1-0) retired the series. side on six pitches in the eighth, and impressive series, leading Brad Keller three hits, including a two-run single and Kansas City past Los Angeles. Babar marked the day he unseat- in a six-run fi fth inning, and the Bos- Kenley Jansen got three strikeouts for ed Virat Kohli to become the top- his third save. Pérez drove in two runs and went ton extended its winning streak to went 8 for 12 with four RBIs this week ranked ODI batsman in the world nine games, sweeping a doubleheader Marlins 6, Braves 5, 10 Innings against Los Angeles. with another brilliant limited-overs against Philadelphia. In Atlanta, Jesus Aguilar drove in Carlos Santana also homered as the innings, albeit in the shortest format In the second game, Eduardo Ro- the winning run with a 10th-inning Royals took two of three from the An- dríguez (2-0) pitched fi ve innings and this time. double and Miami overcame two hom- gels. The Pakistan captain opened the gave up one run on fi ve hits for Boston, ers by Ronald Acuña Jr. for its third Keller (1-1) went 5 2/3 innings and which has come from behind in six of batting and blasted his way to a straight win at Atlanta. gave up one run and four hits, striking century as Pakistan chased down a its nine wins this season. The Red Sox Leading off in extra innings with out fi ve and walking one. have their longest winning streak since Starling Marte placed at second, Agui- seemingly testing target of 204 with a 10-game run in 2018, a season that lar dumped a low pitch from Tyler Rangers 5, Rays 1 ease. ended with a World Series title. Matzek (0-1) down the left-fi eld line to In St. Petersburg, Florida, Nate Verdugo had fi ve hits in the double- bring home the tiebreaking run. Lowe hit a solo homer and rookie Ko- CRICKET header and capped the day with his Acuña led off the bottom of the hei Arihara got his fi rst major league second homer of the season in the sev- 10th with a chance to do more dam- victory, pitching into the sixth inning enth inning. age after erasing Miami’s 5-0 lead al- as Texas beat Tampa Bay. The tourists romped home in José Berríos (2-1) surrendered four most single-handedly. But Yimi Gar- Arihara (1-1) allowed two singles 18 overs, with Mohammad Riz- runs in 4 1/3 innings for Minnesota, cia struck out the Atlanta slugger on and a double over 5 2/3 scoreless in- wan crashing 73 from 47 balls at giving up four hits and three walks. three pitches before retiring Freddie nings in his third start since signing the other end after opening with with the Rangers after six seasons with South Africa’s bowler George Linde dives as he attempts a catch from Berríos walked Franchy Cordero with Freeman and Marcell Ozuna to earn Babar. Their partnership of 197 own bowling during the fourth T20 cricket match between South Africa and the bases loaded for the fi rst run of the his second save. the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of from 107 balls ripped the game Pakistan at Centurion Park in Pretoria, South Africa, on April 14. (AP) Japan’s Pacifi c League. fi fth before departing. Blue Jays 5, Yankees 4 away from a South African team The Twins have lost fi ve straight. In Dunedin, Florida, Bo Bichette Pirates 5, Padres 1 that felt it was in position for vic- Dodgers 4, Rockies 2 homered twice, including a game-end- In Pittsburgh, Gregory Polanco tory after posting its own strong In Los Angeles, Justin Turner hom- ing drive leading off the ninth inning homered and Pittsburgh beat San Di- score of 203-5 in 20 overs. Bangalore ‘successfully’ defends ered and drove in two runs, and rookie that lifted Toronto over New York. ego’s Joe Musgrove in his fi rst start Babar fell just two balls from the Zach McKinstry added a late homer as Bichette drove a pitch from Chad since throwing the fi rst no-hitter in end trying to ramp a delivery from 149 runs against Sunrisers in IPL Los Angeles beat Colorado for its fi fth Green (0-2) the opposite way to right- franchise history.