ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2021 SPORTS 15 DeGrom dominates as Mets, Braves split DH Padres get 2 big homers to beat Dodgers 6-2 NEW YORK, June 22, (AP): Ja- cob deGrom pitched one-hit ball over five scoreless innings as the Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 in a doubleheader opener. Ian Anderson (5-3) allowed three hits in 5 1/3 innings as the Braves won the nightcap 1-0 and he to be- came the first native New Yorker to beat the Mets and Yankees in New York in the same season. DeGrom (7-2) didn’t allow a hit in the seven-inning opener until Mets outfi eld- ers misplayed a fi fth-inning fl y ball into a ground-rule double. Jeff McNeil came off the injured list and singled as a pinch-hitter for deGrom during the fi fth, then scored on Dominic Smith’s three-run double. Seth Lugo and Edwin Díaz finished the two-hitter, with Díaz getting his 15th save. Kyle Muller (0-1) pitched one-hit ball over four innings in his fi rst big league start. In the second game, Ronald Acuña Jr. hit his 20th homer. Braves closer Will Smith loaded the bases in the seventh but escaped for his 14th save. Padres 6, Dodgers 2 In San Diego, Yu Darvish struck out 11 in six innings to become the fastest big leaguer to reach 1,500 for his career, Manny Machado and Jake Cronenworth homered and San Diego beat Los Ange- les. BASEBALL Darvish (7-2) reached 1,500 strikeouts on the nose in 197 starts. He held the Dodgers to two hits, including Mookie Betts’ solo homer, and walked just one. The Padres improved to 5-3 this season New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom delivers during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, on June 21, in New York. (AP) against the Dodgers. Darvish notched his milestone 1,500th strikeout when he got Steven Souza Jr. MLB Results/Standings St. Pierre clinches Olympics spot looking leading off the sixth. Will Smith homered off San Diego re- liever Craig Stammen in the eighth, his WASHINGTON, June 22, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Monday. Favorites Brazier & Simpson ninth. Julio Urías (9-3) took the loss. Houston 10 Baltimore 2 NY Mets 4 Atlanta (7 inn 1st game) 2 Diamondbacks 5, Brewers 1 Cleveland 4 Chicago Cubs 0 Atlanta 1 NY Mets (7 inn 2nd game) 0 Texas 8 Oakland 3 Arizona 5 Milwaukee 1 In Phoenix, Merrill Kelly pitched seven Minnesota 7 Cincinnati (12 innings) 5 San Diego 6 LA Dodgers 2 melt on sizzling day at trials effective innings, Ketel Marte had two hits American League National League and Arizona snapped a 17-game losing East Division East Division EUGENE, Oregon, June 22, (AP): The rooms the first American woman to win an Olympic W L Pct GB W L Pct GB streak by beating Milwaukee. Boston 43 29 .597 _ New York 37 30 .552 _ in Tokyo practically had their names on them. medal in the 1,500, was done almost before she The win was a long time coming for Ari- Tampa Bay 43 30 .589 -1/2 Philadelphia 34 35 .493 4 Instead, others will be taking the spots that started. There was heavy jostling at the start zona, which earned its fi rst win since beat- New York 38 33 .535 4-1/2 Atlanta 34 37 .479 5 seemed all but reserved for two American track that knocked five or six runners off stride. Toronto 35 35 .500 7 Washington 33 36 .478 5 champions, Jenny Simpson and Donavan Bra- “No one went down,” she said. “Maybe they ing the Mets 6-5 in 10 innings on June. The Baltimore 23 49 .319 20 Miami 31 40 .437 8 17-game skid was two shy of the longest Central Division Central Division zier. should have called the race back. That was ex- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB The cold realities of the U.S. Olympic quali- treme.” during the wild-card era, by the Kansas Chicago 43 29 .597 _ Chicago 40 33 .548 _ fying reared their ugly head on a scorcher of a Brazier has prided himself on entering the City Royals in 2005. Cleveland 40 30 .571 2 Milwaukee 40 33 .548 _ Kansas City 32 38 .457 10 St Louis 36 36 .500 3-1/2 day at track and field trials. In a format where 800 without a concrete game plan and impro- Kelly (3-7) needed just 94 pitches to Minnesota 31 41 .431 12 Cincinnati 35 36 .493 4 records and resumes mean nothing, and only vising on the fly. This time, it backfired. The navigate his seven innings, giving up one Detroit 30 42 .417 13 Pittsburgh 25 45 .357 13-1/2 the top three finishers in each event earn a spot, pace was pushed. Brazier tried to keep up and West Division West Division run, fi ve hits and a walk with fi ve strike- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Simpson and Brazier fell short. he didn’t have his customary kick at the fin- outs. Houston 44 28 .611 _ San Francisco 46 26 .639 _ “There are things that champions overcome. ish. He knew with about 200 meters left that it Oakland 44 30 .595 1 Los Angeles 44 28 .611 2 I couldn’t overcome them,” said Brazier, the wasn’t his day. Instead, it belonged to Murphy, Rangers 8, Athletics 3 Seattle 38 36 .514 7 San Diego 43 32 .573 4-1/2 world champion at 800 meters, after finishing who will get a chance to add to the bronze he In Arlington, Texas, Andy Ibañez and Los Angeles 36 36 .500 8 Colorado 30 43 .411 16-1/2 Texas 26 46 .361 18 Arizona 21 53 .284 26 last in that race, more than 4 seconds behind won five years ago in Rio. Jose Trevino hit three-run homers, Kyle winner Clayton Murphy. “I’ve been able to win from the front. I’ve Gibson (5-0) allowed two runs and fi ve “It’s hard to believe,” said Simpson, a former been able to win from the back. I don’t know over 5 1/3 innings and Texas ended a six- more that extended their winning streak world champion whose 10th-place finish in the if it was just overconfidence going into the race game losing streak. to eight games. 1,500 meters, well behind winner Elle Purrier thinking I could do whatever the hell I want and A’s shortstop Elvis Andrus went 0 for 4 St. Pierre, had stunned the crowd only moments come out successful,” Brazier said. “Maybe Maikel Franco hit a two-run homer with before. lack of race plan is what got me.” is his return to Texas, which traded him to one out in the eighth off Brandon Bielak, Oakland just before spring training. They were not quite superstars, and no massive On other days, Chris Nilsen’s upset of two- breaking up the no-hitter. ad campaigns had been built around them, a la Dan time world champion Sam Kendricks in the Ibañez hit his fi rst major league homer Odorizzi and reliever Cristian Javier O’Brien, whose flop in the decathlon at trials back pole vault might have made headlines. Kend- as part of a fi ve-run fi rst against Frankie held the Orioles without a hit through in 1992 stands as maybe the most stunning “sure ricks is heading to Tokyo, however, thanks to a Montas (7-7). Trevino went deep in the seven. thing” to not happen at the U.S. trials. second-place finish that wasn’t exactly what he sixth for an 8-2 lead. Odorizzi (2-3) struck out nine and Still, they were favorites in their events - if planned. But still good enough. Indians 4, Cubs 0 threw 86 pitches, three shy of his season not to win, then at least to finish in the top three “This will go down in history as the hardest In Chicago, Bobby Bradley and Josh high. and head to Tokyo next month. team ever to make,” he said. Naylor homered, helping the Cleveland In- Simpson, who took bronze in Rio to become Two-time Olympic silver medalist Will Yordan Alvarez hit a three-run homer Claye did the expected, winning the triple dians overcome the loss of Aaron Civale, in Houston’s fi ve-run third inning. Keegan jump, while the women’s 5,000 was mostly a who exited with two outs in the fi fth be- Akin (0-3) allowed fi ve runs in four-plus no-fuss affair, taken by Elise Cranny in 15 min- cause of a right middle fi nger injury. The innings. utes, 27.81 seconds. right-hander leads the major leagues with Twins 7, Reds 5, 12 Innings 10 wins. In Minneapolis, Miguel Sanó hit a two- ATHLETICS Bryan Shaw (2-2) got four outs as run homer in the 12th inning to lift Minne- Cleveland moved within two games of the sota past Cincinnati, the fi fth straight vic- “During the warmup, we were in ice baths idle White Sox for the top spot in the AL tory for the Twins and fi fth loss in a row Central. and I kept my body temperature as cold as pos- for the Reds. sible,” said Rachel Schneider, who finished Chicago lost for the sixth time in With a fi ve-man infi eld and a runner on third in the 5K.