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Rangers rout Dodgers, snap 16-game road losing streak Phillies top Yankees for 3rd straight walkoff victory PHILADELPHIA, June 13, (AP): scored with an infi eld single in the 10th inning for his second straight game-ending hit and the got a third Clippers rout Jazz, consecutive walkoff win with an 8-7 victory over the . After Yankees star DJ LeMahieu hit a tying, three-run homer in the ninth, Archie Bradley (2-1) pitched a perfect 10th to strand the designated runner. cut ‘defi cit’ to 2-1 led off the bottom of the inning against Aroldis Chapman (4-2) by reaching on the pitcher’s er- ror. Jankowski bunted, and Chapman Leonard, George shine fi elded the ball, checked Torreyes at second, then huried a throw high to LOS ANGELES, June 13, (AP): fi rst. Torreyes advanced to third. Odubel Herrera popped out, then Se- Clippers coach Tyronn Lue gura hit a hard grounder to third base- was looking for a prime perfor- man Gio Urshela, who dived toward mance from both Paul George the line to catch it but couldn’t relay the ball home ahead of Torreyes. and Kawhi Leonard. They both doubled, had two sin- delivered Grade A games to get gles and drove in two for the Phillies, who have won fi ve of six. Los Angeles back into its second- Gary Sánchez hit a solo homer and round series against Utah. had an RBI single, and Leonard scored 34 points and George also went deep for the Yankees, who added 31 in the Clippers’ 132-106 vic- have lost six of eight. tory in Game 3. It is the second time both Rangers 12, Dodgers 1 Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher (21) throws during the fi rst inning of a baseball have scored at least 30 in the same playoff In Los Angeles, and game, and helped No. 4 seed LA cut top- had two-run homers among game against the New York Yankees, on June 12, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP) their three hits apiece, and Texas seeded Utah’s series lead to 2-1. snapped its 16-game road losing streak. “I don’t go to Mastros to order the ketchup, Jason Martin hit his fi rst major league I go to order the steak,” said Lue when asked if homer and had an RBI MLB Results/Standings he expected those types of performances from triple for the Rangers, who hadn’t won his two stars every game. away from Arlington since May 6. The George shot only 34.3% from the fi eld in the fi rst two games but was 12 of 24, including 6 skid matched the longest road losing WASHINGTON, June 13, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Saturday. streak in franchise history, set by the ex- of 10 on 3-pointers. He had 13 points in the Los Angeles Clippers guard Paul George, Tampa Bay 5 Baltimore 4 Texas 12 LA Dodgers 1 second quarter, eight during a 13-2 run when pansion Washington Senators in 1961. Toronto 7 Boston 2 Washington 2 San Francisco (7 Inns) 0 (left), dunks as Utah Jazz center Rudy It was also the AL’s longest road losing Oakland 11 Kansas City 2 NY Mets 4 San Diego 1 LA seized control and took a 57-41 advantage Gobert watches during the second half streak since 2010, and the longest within LA Angels 8 Arizona 7 Miami 4 Atlanta 2 with 2:54 remaining. “I think I just shot my of Game 3 of a second-round NBA bas- Cleveland 5 Seattle (10 innings) 4 Cincinnati 10 Colorado 3 shots, got the shots I’m most comfortable with a single season since 1970. 15 Detroit 2 Milwaukee 7 Pittsburgh 4 ketball playoff series, on June 12, in Los (2-2) pitched fi ve Philadelphia 8 NY Yankees (10 innings) 7 San Francisco 2 Washington (8 innings) 1 and stuck with it,” George said. Angeles. (AP) scoreless innings of fi ve-hit ball, strik- Minnesota 5 Houston 2 7 St Louis 2 ing out four with one walk. Isiah Kiner- American League National League ing plays and they made plays for other peo- Falefa extended his hitting streak to 10 East Division East Division BASKETBALL ple. There’s going to be times where it’s tough W L Pct GB W L Pct GB to stop them from making shots,” Utah coach games with three hits and also stole Tampa Bay 41 24 .631 _ New York 32 24 .571 _ three bases for the Rangers. Boston 39 26 .600 2 Philadelphia 31 31 .500 4 Leonard scored 24 points in the second half. Quin Snyder said. “Some of the breakdowns Indians 5, Mariners 4, 10 Innings New York 33 31 .516 7-1/2 Atlanta 29 33 .468 6 It is his fourth career postseason game with at and the cleaner looks that they get, particu- In Cleveland, César Hernández Toronto 32 30 .516 7-1/2 Miami 29 35 .453 7 least 30 points, 10 rebounds and fi ve assists. larly tonight I thought in transition when we Baltimore 22 41 .349 18 Washington 26 35 .426 8-1/2 attacked the basket there’s got to be urgency scored on a throwing error by pitcher Central Division Central Division Three have come in his two seasons with the Paul Sewald in the 10th inning, com- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Clippers. to recognize that situation and really get back pleting Cleveland’s rally over Seattle. Chicago 40 24 .625 _ Chicago 37 27 .578 _ “We both understand we’ve got to be ag- and show a crowd where they don’t have clear Cleveland 34 27 .557 4-1/2 Milwaukee 37 27 .578 _ gressive from this point on and do whatever it lanes to the basket.” After scoring three times with two Kansas City 30 33 .476 9-1/2 St Louis 32 32 .500 5 outs in the ninth to make it 4-all, Cleve- Detroit 26 38 .406 14 Cincinnati 31 31 .500 5 takes to win,” George said. “That’s just a men- Donovan Mitchell led Utah with 30 points, land loaded the bases with no outs in Minnesota 26 38 .406 14 Pittsburgh 23 40 .365 13-1/2 tality we had to come out, get this team on the his fi fth straight games with at least 30. The the 10th. West Division West Division right start offensively.” last player to do that was Leonard last year in W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Reggie Jackson and Nicolas Batum added the fi rst round against Dallas. Harold Ramírez hit a comebacker Oakland 39 27 .591 _ San Francisco 40 24 .625 _ to Sewald (2-2), who threw high and Houston 36 28 .563 2 Los Angeles 38 26 .594 2 17 points apiece for the Clippers. Joe Ingles had 19 points for Utah and Jordan wide of the plate. Catcher Tom Mur- Los Angeles 32 32 .500 6 San Diego 37 29 .561 4 Game 4 is Monday night at Staples Center. Clarkson added 14. The Jazz were 19 of 44 on phy jumped to grab the errant throw, Seattle 31 35 .470 8 Colorado 25 40 .385 15-1/2 “I’ve said it the last two games as well. 3-pointers, but 17 of 40 inside the arc as the but automatic runner Hernández slid Texas 25 40 .385 13-1/2 Arizona 20 45 .308 20-1/2 Kawhi and PG, they’re capable of really mak- Clippers’ zone defense caused problems. home with the game-winning run. Parker leads Sky over Fever Pedraza stops Rodriguez in 8th round BASEBALL

Cleveland’s eighth pitcher of the game, James Karinchak (3-2), worked Lynx cruise past Sparks, Stevenson captures WBO interim-title a perfect 10th for the victory. Nationals 2, Giants 0, 1st Game LAS VEGAS, June 13, (AP): Former Nationals 2, Giants 1, WBO featherweight champion Shakur Moreno submits Figueiredo 8 Innings, 2nd Game spoil return of Augustus Stevenson said knockout specialist In Washington, LaMonte Wade Jr. Jeremiah Nakathila was scary at times led off the eighth inning with an RBI MINNEAPOLIS, June 13, (AP): Crys- during their 12-round bout. single that broke a scoreless tie and San tal Dangerfi eld was 4 of 5 from 3-point Judging from his dominating perfor- Adesanya defeats Vittori, Francisco held on to beat Washington range and fi nished with 16 points and mance - and the judges’ scorecards - he to earn a split in the day-night double- Minnesota beat the Los Angeles Sparks certainly didn’t appear scared. header. 80-64, spoiling the return of Lynx great Stevenson unanimously outpointed In the opener, Erick Fedde returned - and current Sparks assistant coach - Jeremiah Nakathila to take the vacant defends title at ‘UFC 263’ after nearly a month on the COVID-19 WBO interim junior lightweight title, injured list and pitched fi ve sharp in- Seimone Augustus. The Lynx announced earlier Satur- winning by identical scores of 120-107 GLENDALE, Ariz., June 13, (AP): fi rst Mexican-born champion in UFC nings that led the Nationals. from all three judges. day the franchise will retire the jersey Israel Adesanya won a unanimous history, using a rear naked choke in the The teams combined for fi ve runs in “I feel like I kind of hurt him early decision in a rematch against Marvin third round in a rematch against Deive- the doubleheader that was scheduled numbers of both Augustus and Rebek- and he kind of got scary for the rest kah Brunson during the 2022 season. Vittori to defend his middleweight son Figueiredo (20-2-1). after Thursday’s rainout. of the fi ght,” said Stevenson, a 2016 championship at UFC 263. The two title fi ghts in the desert San Francisco won with three hits. Brunson’s No. 32 and Augustus’ No. Olympic silver medalist. “I feel like 33 will be the second and third num- Adesanya (21-1) kept out of reach were tainted with bad blood. The Nationals’ bats weren’t much bet- that was an awkward fi ghter in front of from Vittori’s powerful punches most Adesanya and Vettori fought in ter as they mustered just four hits. me. He knew how to do just enough to of the night and used his feet effec- Glendale three years ago, a split-deci- Jack McGee (2-2) struck out three in BASKETBALL keep me from jumping on him ... I feel tively, keeping the Italian fi ghter off sion win by Adesanya that left neither one inning of relief and Caleb Baragar like I could’ve done more.” balance. fi ghter satisfi ed. earned his fi rst save. Kyle Finnegan (2- In what was billed as a battle of the bers offi cially retired in franchise his- Adesanya won 50-45 on all three Vettori believed he won, Adesanya 2) took the loss. organization’s top two contenders, Na- judges’ scorecards in the second full- thought it was too close and the build- Fedde (4-4) limited the Giants to tory, joining Lindsay Whalen’s No. 13. kathila looked anything but a top con- Augustus made her return to Minne- capacity UFC event without coronavi- up to the rematch was contentious, four hits while striking out seven and tender, with the 23-year-old Stevenson rus-related restrictions. including an off-the-rails news confer- walking none in the fi rst game. sota for the fi rst time since announcing (16-0, 8 KOs) dominating from the Adesanya lost to light heavyweight ence Thursday. Marlins 4, Braves 2 her retirement in May. The eight-time outset in his third bout at 130 pounds. In Miami, Zach Thompson pitched All-Star spent 14 of her 15 WNBA champion Jan Blachowicz in his last Vittori (17-4-1), as he did in the fi rst Minnesota Lynx guard Crystal Dan- Stevenson used a methodical ap- fi ght while trying to add a second title fi ght, had some success on the ground fi ve scoreless inning and earned his seasons with the Lynx, where she won gerfi eld (2) drives past Los Ange- proach to pepper Nakathila - who had a belt, but remains undefeated as a mid- in the rematch after a couple of take- fi rst major league win, leading Miami four WNBA titles, before playing last les Sparks guard Te’a Cooper (2) two-inch height advantage - with con- over Atlanta. season with the Sparks. during the fi rst quarter of a WNBA dleweight. downs. Adesanya wriggled free and stant lefts, while occasionally working In the co-main event, fl yweight was effective with his feet, wearing Adam Duvall and Lewin Díaz hit Sylvia Fowles had 15 points, nine re- basketball game, on June 12, in the body. Stevenson, who knocked solo homers for Miami, which won its bounds, a career-high fi ve steals and four Minneapolis. (AP) Brandon Moreno (19-5-2) became the out the Italian’s front leg while dodg- Nakathila down with a short right in ing most of his big punches. third straight overall and second straight blocks for Minnesota (4-5). Te’a Cooper the fourth round, landed 37.5% (114 of over the Braves to claim its fi rst home led the Sparks (4-5) with 17 points. Allie Quigley scored six of her 16 Adesanya snaked out of another points in the fi nal two minutes for the 304) of the punches he threw, accord- series against Atlanta since Oct. 1, 2017. Sky 83, Fever 79 ing to CompuBox stats. takedown and continued to work Thompson (1-1) started the planned In Indianapolis, Candace Parker had Sky (4-7) . over Vittori with his feet to defend bullpen game and limited Atlanta to 20 points and 14 rebounds to help Chi- Teaira McCowan had 20 points and his title. three hits, striking out six. He also got cago beat Indiana. 13 rebounds for Indiana (1-11). BOXING Figueiredo and Moreno fought in his fi rst major league hit when he sin- December, a draw that kept the title belt in Figueiredo’s corner and denied gled in the second. Dylan Floro earned In Detroit, Dylan Cease became the games in a win over Boston. Nakathila (21-2, 17 KOs), who his second save in fi ve chances. struggled to land punches the entire Moreno’s bid to become the UFC’s fi rst White Sox pitcher to win his fi rst Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, fi rst Mexican-born champion. Freddie Freeman hit his 15th homer eight career starts against an opponent Cavan Biggio and Reese McGuire also fi ght, missing with big, looping right as the Braves lost their fourth straight. went deep for the Blue Jays, who had hooks, lost for just the second time in Athletics 11, Royals 2 in a rout of Detroit. dropped four of their last fi ve. Rafael his career. Nakathila landed 9.2% (28 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS In Oakland, Calif., Matt Olson had Brian Goodwin homered and drove in fi ve runs in his White Sox debut. Devers had an RBI triple for the Red of 305) of his punches, including only four hits, including his 16th , one punch in fi ve of the rounds. and Oakland roughed up Kansas City Cease (5-2) allowed two runs on Sox, who had won seven of nine. Like Adesanya and Vittori, the two four hits in fi ve innings. He walked one Angels 8, Diamondbacks 7 “It was times where I could see (an rookie Jackson Kowar. opportunity to) punch, and I didn’t fl yweights verbally jabbed at each Matt Chapman also connected and and struck out seven. He is the fi rst ma- In Phoenix, Anthony Rendon homer- other in the fi ght’s lead-up, the in- jor league pitcher to win his fi rst eight ed and drove in four runs, and Los An- capitalize on it,” Stevenson said. drove in three runs. Skye Bolt added Though Stevenson has made it crystal tense Figueirdo doing his best to get his fi rst career home run as the A’s im- starts against another team since Jamie geles rallied from a fi ve-run defi cit to under the skin of the happy-go-lucky Moyer started 10-0 against the Marlins deal Arizona its ninth straight loss. clear he wants a shot at WBC champi- proved to 11-2 against teams from the on Oscar Valdez, but likely has a date Moreno. AL Central. in 2006-08. Trailing 6-5, the Angels scored three Moreno, the No. 1 fl yweight con- Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 2 runs in the top of the ninth inning off Ar- later this year with WBO titlist Jamel James Kaprielian (3-1) overcame Herring, who was one of the roughly tender, went after the Brazilian from control issues and pitched two-hit ball In Boston, Marcus Semien hit a two- izona closer Joakim Soria. Jose Iglesias the start in the rematch, stunning him and Taylor Ward had RBI singles and 1,800 fans inside The Theater at Virgin over six innings. Cam Bedrosian pitched run homer - one of three longballs by with a big shot in the fi rst round. He Rendon delivered a sacrifi ce fl y. Hotel and Casino. the ninth to complete the fi ve-hitter. Toronto in the fi fth inning - to extend Watching from just behind his Shakur Stevenson holds up the belt reversed a takedown in the second White Sox 15, Tigers 2 his club-record road hitting streak to 25 Reds 10, Rockies 3 In Cincinnati, Wade Miley delivered prodigy’s corner was pound-for-pound after defeating Jeremiah Nakathila in round and forced Figueiredo to sub- on the mound and at the plate, Joey great Terrence Crawford, who helped a WBO interim junior lightweight title mit with a choke 2 1/2 minutes into Votto had a go-ahead two-run single Stevenson prepare for the fi ght with fight, on June 12, in Las Vegas. (AP) the third, sending roars echoing off in the third inning and Cincinnati beat sparring sessions during his training the rafters. camp. round, when Julian Rodriguez’s (21-1) Figueiredo put the bad blood aside slumping Colorado, which has lost cornermen told referee Kenny Bayless each of its road series this season. In the co-featured main event, two- after the fi ght, hugging then picking up Tyler Naquin had three hits and weight world champion Jose Pedraza their fi ghter couldn’t continue with his the emotional Moreno to the delight of Miley was one of four Reds with two, (28-3) won by TKO after the eighth left eye closed. the crowd. including Nick Castellanos. Votto and Eugenio Suárez also added two hits hit an RBI double during a three-run Burnes allowed three runs in the fi rst Nolan Arenado and Paul DeJong hit each for the Reds. fi rst inning and AL East-leading Tampa inning, and loaded the bases with no home runs for the Cardinals, who have Mets 4, Padres 1 Bay handed Baltimore its record-setting outs in the fi fth. Trevor Richards (1-0) lost 10 of 12. In New York, Marcus Stroman 14th consecutive road loss. relieved and struck out three straight to Twins 5, Astros 2 pitched one-run ball into the seventh It is the longest skid since the team end the threat and preserve a three-run In Minneapolis, José Berríos threw inning, Francisco Lindor hit an early moved from St. Louis to Baltimore in lead. seven commanding innings, Jorge Po- two-run homer and New York defeated 1954. The Orioles dropped 13 straight Cubs 7, Cardinals 2 lanco had three RBIs and Minnesota San Diego. on the road in 2018 and also in 1988. In Chicago, Joc Pederson homered beat Houston. Stroman (6-4) pitched 6 1/3 innings, Since the beginning of May, the Rays for the third straight game, Sergio Al- Polanco homered for the fi fth time allowing six hits and walking one are a major league-best 28-10. cántara and Ian Happ also went deep, in 11 games, and Miguel Sanó and Ben while tying a season high with eight Brewers 7, Pirates 4 and Chicago used a fi ve-run second in- Rortvedt each drove in runs with dou- strikeouts. He took a shutout into the In Milwaukee, Christian Yelich hit ning to beat St. Louis. bles to back Berríos (7-2) in his ninth seventh until Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his a three-run double during a fi ve-run Kyle Hendricks (8-4) threw six solid consecutive start without a loss. ’ Jason Martin, (right), hits a two-run home run with Los 18th homer. fourth inning and Milwaukee bailed out innings for his sixth consecutive victory Kyle Tucker and Robel García hit Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith watching during the ninth inning of a Rays 5, Orioles 4 starter Corbin Burnes in a victory over and the Cubs won for the seventh time back-to-back home runs in the seventh baseball game in Los Angeles, on June 12. (AP) In St. Petersburg, Fla., Joey Wendle Pittsburgh. in 11 games. for the Astros.