Clippers Rout Jazz, Cut 'Deficit'
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ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021 SPORTS 15 Rangers rout Dodgers, snap 16-game road losing streak Phillies top Yankees for 3rd straight walkoff victory PHILADELPHIA, June 13, (AP): Jean Segura scored Ronald Torreyes with an infi eld single in the 10th inning for his second straight game-ending hit and the Philadelphia Phillies got a third Clippers rout Jazz, consecutive walkoff win with an 8-7 victory over the New York Yankees. 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 Travis Jankowski 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 Bryce Harper 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 Rougned Odor 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 Vince Velasquez (21) throws during the fi rst inning of a baseball have scored at least 30 in the same playoff In Los Angeles, Jonah Heim and game, and helped No. 4 seed LA cut top- Nate Lowe 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 Willie Calhoun 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. Chicago White Sox 15 Detroit 2 Milwaukee 7 Pittsburgh 4 ketball playoff series, on June 12, in Los Kolby Allard (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 Chicago Cubs 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.