12 Established 1961 Sports Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Detroit end 11-game losing streak against Cleveland with 6-3 victory Athletics hit 3 solo shots as Manaea beat Red Sox again DETROIT: Niko Goodrum hit two homers and drove each slugged solo homers, and Jonathan Lucroy drove in five runs, carrying the host Detroit Tigers to a 6-3 in two runs for Oakland. The Athletics had dropped five victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night. of their previous six games. The Red Sox had their two- Goodrum, a rookie utility player, hit a two-run shot off game winning streak snapped. Cleveland starter Carlos Carrasco and added a three- run blast. Goodrum doubled his homer total for the sea- BRAVES 6, CUBS 5 son. Jose Iglesias had two hits and a run, and John Hicks Ozzie Albies had three hits, including one of scored twice for Detroit, which has won three of its Atlanta’s three home runs, to help the Braves earn the past four. The Tigers had lost their past 11 games to victory at Chicago, extending their winning streak to their division rival. Mike Fiers (4-2) held the Indians to four games. Albies went 3-for-5 to pace a nine-hit one run on three hits with five strikeouts in six innings. Atlanta attack and help the Braves win for the 11th time in their last 12 road games. He led off the game with a MARINERS 1, TWINS 0 solo homer, his 13th, and added a single and a double. Dee Gordon scored the lone run and Jean Segura Atlanta’s other home runs came from Tyler Flowers, a rapped two hits as Seattle notched a victory over two-run shot in the third, and Jose Bautista, a two-run Minnesota in Minneapolis. An eighth-inning throwing homer in the fifth. error by Twins first baseman Logan Morrison on Segura’s sacrifice bunt allowed Gordon to score the BREWERS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 2 decisive run. Four Seattle pitchers combined on a four- Late lineup addition Jonathan Villar contributed a hitter to send Minnesota to its homer, two singles and three second straight setback. runs, Tyler Saladino had an inside-the-park homer, and RAYS 2, ROYALS 1 Christian Yelich hit a tiebreak- Matt Duffy provided the Pollock ing single in the seventh inning offense, and Ryan Yarbrough, leaves the of Milwaukee’s victory over with support from the Arizona in Phoenix. Villar, DETROIT: Niko Goodrum #28 of the Detroit Tigers celebrates his eighth inning three run home run with first bullpen, delivered on the field with added when Ryan Braun was base coach Ramon Santiago while playing the Cleveland Indians at Comerica Park on Monday in Detroit, mound as Tampa Bay opened scratched due to right mid- Michigan. — AFP a three-game series with a wrist injury back tightness, homered in the win at Kansas City. Duffy had ninth inning after singling and a pair of RBI singles, driving scoring in the second and sev- home C.J. Cron in the first enth innings. He helped the for Los Angeles when Keynan Middleton hurt his right hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. inning and bringing home Adeiny Hechavarria for the Brewers win for the fourth time in five games and the elbow, gave up two singles in the ninth inning sand- Wade Davis earned his 15th save. go-ahead run in the sixth inning. Yarbrough allowed fifth time in seven. Saladino homered with one out in the wiched around a double play to earn his first major one run on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts ninth inning, a play on which Arizona center fielder A.J. league save. GIANTS 10, REDS 7 in five innings. Chaz Roe, Jonny Venters, Sergio Romo, Pollock dived for the ball but could not get it as it rolled Brandon Belt contributed a single, a double and a Jose Alvarado and Alex Colome combined to throw to the fence. Pollock, who ranks second in the NL with ROCKIES 6, PADRES 4 home run to a 14-hit attack that sent San Francisco to four scoreless innings in relief. 33 RBIs, left the game with an apparent wrist injury. Gerardo Parra broke a 3-3 tie with a three-run homer a victory over Cincinnati, snapping the Reds’ six- off submarining Japanese reliever Kazuhisa Makita (0-1) game winning streak. Belt singled to open a two-run A’S 6, RED SOX 5 ANGELS 2, ASTROS 1 in the sixth inning, leading Colorado to a victory at San third, smacked a two-RBI double in a three-run sixth Sean Manaea gave up four runs (three earned) while Andrew Heaney allowed one run in eight innings of Diego. Makita, who returned from Triple-A El Paso two and capped the Giants’ big offensive night with his striking out four over six innings to help Oakland snap four-hit pitching, and Justin Upton singled in the game- days ago, gave up back-to-back line-drive singles to seventh home run of the season, a solo shot, in the a two-game skid with a win at Boston. Manaea (5-4) winner in the sixth inning as Los Angeles outlasted Ian Desmond and Chris Iannetta with one out, followed eighth inning. Giants starter Chris Stratton (4-3), who pitched the first no-hitter against the Red Sox in 25 Houston in Anaheim, Calif. Heaney (2-2) allowed one by Parra’s second homer of the season-a 363-foot drive worked five innings, benefitted from the offensive years in his last start against them at home on April 21, run, struck out 10 and walked just one while throwing pulled into the right field stands. The blast made a win- assault. He allowed four runs and nine hits, including striking out 10 batters in a 3-0 victory. Matt Joyce (2- 100 pitches. He posted four three-up, three-down ner of left-handed starter Tyler Anderson (3-1), who home runs by Tucker Barnhart, his third, and Scott for-4), Matt Olson (2-for-4) and Khris Davis (2-for-4) innings. Justin Anderson, who inherited the closer role allowed the Padres four runs (three earned) on seven Schebler, his fifth. — Reuters Fleury finds his ruthless streak program. Our sponsorship of this event to slow down Winnipeg Jets KIB sponsors comes as part of our ongoing support of sports events and activities that aim at promoting the culture of sports in Amir Cup final the local community. As a key support- er of football in Kuwait, KIB continues KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank to offer its full support to tournaments (KIB) sponsored the 56th Kuwait Amir and even organizes some of its own. Cup final for the 2018 season. 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Formula One also launched its Winnipeg, Canada. — AFP Twitter Live show and F1 Vision, a hand- held device on which fans at the circuit can streaming service follow the race, in Barcelona. WINNIPEG: Marc-Andre Fleury quick- Fleurrrry” no matter how loud to rattle came out firing on all cylinders but Fleury F1 TV was announced in February and ly gained revenge on the Winnipeg fans the ice cool French-Canadian. 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