24 SPORT MONDAY AUGUST 13 2018

GENERAL SPORT MONDAYntnews.com.au/sport Flaherty the difference Woakes puts England for Cardinals JACK Flaherty got a lift from St Louis’ line-up, and the rookie right-hander made the most of it. in control against India Flaherty struck out nine in seven innings, and the Cardi- nals beat the Kansas City ALL-ROUNDER C h r i s highest sixth- partner- day. That followed a first-day Pope for 28 to help bring India total of 18 boundaries in his in- Royals 8-3 yesterday for their Woakes struck his first Test ship against India has given washout. back into the match. nings. Bairstow fell agonisingly fourth straight win. century to guide England to the hosts a good chance of Mohammed Shami (3-74) When went, En- short of his second Test cen- Harrison Bader and Jose 6-357 and a commanding 250- moving into a 2-0 lead over the removed Keaton Jennings (11) gland appeared in danger of tury at Lord’s, edging Pandya Martinez each hit a two-run run lead over top-ranked India tourists in the five-match se- and then England Joe producing another disappoint- through to wicketkeeper Di- homer, helping the Cardinals at stumps on day three of the ries. Root (19) with the last ball be- ing batting display. nesh Karthik for the only wick- move seven games above .500 second Test at Lord’s yester- The forecast of further rain fore lunch – both of them leg- However, having become et of the final session. for the first time since June 12. day. over the final two days appears before dismissals – to leave the first batsmen to pass 30 in Sam Curran struck 22 not They are 15-9 since Mike Having come together to offer India’s best chance of England 4-89 at the end of the the match, Woakes and Bairs- out from 24 balls as India’s Shildt was named interim shortly after lunch with En- avoiding defeat. opening session. tow took England to 5-230 at bowlers struggled to maintain manager on July 15. gland struggling at 5-131, England had looked like In between Shami’s strikes, tea, before going on the attack their discipline. Bader drove a full-count Woakes (120 ) and wasting an inspired Ishant Sharma had Alastair in the evening session. Woakes is playing in place pitch over the wall with Jedd (93) shared a performance that dismissed Cook (21) caught behind and Woakes surged past Bairs- of Ben Stokes, who is standing Gyorko aboard in the sixth. match-changing stand of 189 India for 107 in its first innings Hardik Pandya (2-66) re- tow and reached his first Test trial in a court in Bristol Danny Duffy (7-11) came through to 6-320. England’s on a rain-interrupted second moved England debutant Ollie century off just 129 balls, with a charged with affray. close to striking out Bader ear- lier in the bat, but first-base umpire Adam Hamari ruled Bader did not go around on a check swing. The Cardinals (62-55) scored four runs after Duffy retired the first two batters in the third. Yadier Molina sparked the rally by finishing a 10-pitch at- bat with a double. In Baltimore, Martinez hit two home runs, including a tie- breaking, two-run drive in the eighth inning, and the Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 yesterday for a sweep of the split-admission twin bill. In the opener, David Price struck out 10 over six sparkling innings, Jackie Bradley Jr hit a pair of solo homers and Boston cruised to a 5-0 victory. Martinez leads the majors with 37 homers, 104 RBIs and 143 hits, but he did nothing to add to those numbers in the first game, going 0 for 4. Honour for Bonds as number up BARRY Bonds has gotten his No. 25 jersey retired by the San Francisco Giants, 11 years after he broke Hank Aaron’s home run record in his 22nd and final major league season. The Giants held a cer- emony at AT&T Park yester- day before a game against his other team, the Pittsburgh Pi- rates. Bonds became the 10th Gi- ants player in franchise history to have his number retired. He finished with 762 career home runs. Chace Karpenko finds a familiar perch as he acknowledges the crowd following his NT Sprintcar Championship win Picture: SPHYNX PHOTOGRAPHY The seven-time NL MVP was greeted with a rousing ovation and fans chanted his From second row to top of podium for determined Karpenko name. The 54-year-old Bonds waved, clapped his hands and raised both arms to acknowl- MATT CAVANAGH Runner-up Jason Gebert van Ginneken left the track on ahead of Peter Harding and Steve Driver returned to edge the cheers. and third-placed Ben Atkinson lap 11 with a damaged engine. Reece Prior. the podium in dirt karts, win- Giants great Willie Mays DARWIN’S Chace Karpenko Sr made sure Karpenko Ben’s Tree Service Quick- Young gun Lance Carew ning the feature from Nick was on hand. Giants Hall of won his first NT 410 Sprintcar earned the win, with Gebert time award went to Ben Atkin- pushed Guiterrez in every heat Belfield, with Tony Brown in Famers Orlando Cepeda, Juan title on Friday night, beating a starting on the outside of the son Jr’s 12.654 second lap. and the feature, leading the third place. Marichal, Willie McCovey and quality field of local and inter- first row in the feature and In the AMCA Nationals, race at times before retiring on Zack Grimshaw was back in Gaylord Perry also took part in state drivers. leading for several laps. Spano Guiterrez was domi- lap 22 with a mechanical issue. the lead in junior sedans after the festivities. Former manag- Starting from the second Atkinson put pressure on nant, winning all three heats The street stocks were back replacing his engine this week. ers Jim Leyland and Dusty row of the grid, Karpenko Gebert in the second half of before taking the 25-lap fea- in numbers, Justin Brumfield Isaiah Strong and Xavier Baker and current Giants skip- grabbed the lead in the first the race after earlier damaging ture to become the 2018 NT coming away with the win in Gotts filled the minor placings per Bruce Bochy were at the half of the 30-lap feature and a front wing. champion. the NT5 car from Scott Brad- after Strong struggled earlier park. So were Bonds’ mother was never headed. Defending champion Tim Guiterrez crossed the line bury and Simon Spitzbarth. with mechanical issues. and his three children.

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