ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021 SPORTS 15 Cagliari fi ght back from two goals down to draw 2-2 against Spezia Díaz fi res Milan to win at Sampdoria in season opener MILAN, Aug. 24, (AP): AC Milan overcame the continued absence of Zlatan Ibrahimović to open its Serie A season with a 1-0 win at Samp- doria. Brahim Díaz scored in the ninth minute and Milan’s new signing Mike Maignan made a couple of key saves to keep his side in the lead. Milan was one of only two teams - along with Atalanta - that fi nished in the top seven last season and kept the same coach. Stefano Pi- oli steered the Rossoneri to a second-place fi nish last sea- son and they could have challenged city rival Inter Díaz Milan still fur- ther had it not been for injuries to Ibrahimović. The veteran forward is still out after injuring his knee in May and needing surgery. But Milan took the early lead when Davide Calabria put in a low cross from the right and Díaz’s ef- fort squirmed through the hands of Samp goalkeeper Emil Audero. SOCCER Maignan had replaced Gianluigi Donnarumma in the offseason after the Italy goalkeeper moved to Paris Saint-Germain and he impressed on his debut, particularly with key fi rst- half saves from Mikkel Damsgaard and Omar Colley. Manolo Gabbiadini also hit the crossbar for Samp. Olivier Giroud also made his de- but for Milan after the veteran for- ward joined from Chelsea. João Pedro scored twice as Cagli- Morten Thorsby (left), and Ismaël Bennacer fi ght for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Sampdoria and AC Milan, at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, Italy, on Aug 23. (AP) ari fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 against Spezia. However, João Pedro pulled one Emmanuel Gyasi gave Spezia a back four minutes later and leveled seventh-minute lead and Simone from the penalty spot four minutes Bastoni doubled the visitors’ advan- after that after Jeroen Zoet had tage in the 58th. fouled Leonardo Pavoletti. Yanks win 10th straight, snap Braves’ 9-game run Cubs end record home losing streak with 6-4 win over Rockies ATLANTA, Aug 24, (AP): Perez extended a career high with his games. with a triple in Kansas City’s three-run 33rd homer and Kansas City beat Merrifield had an RBI double in the eighth. Giancarlo Stanton homer- Royals rookie starter Daniel Lynch ed and drove in three runs Houston for its seventh win in eight seventh inning and drove in two more (4-3) yielded six hits and one run with to carry the New York three walks in five innings for his third straight win. Cagliari’s Joao Pedro jumps for the ball during the Italian Serie A soccer Yankees to their 10th Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1 match between Cagliari and Spezia in Cagliari, Italy, on Aug 23. (AP) straight victory, cooling In Toronto, Pinch-runner Breyvic off the streaking Atlanta Valera scored the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning, and Osasuna draw 0-0 at home with Celta Braves 5-1. Toronto beat Chicago. The Yankees snapped fi rst-place Valera ran for Reese McGuire after Atlanta’s nine-game winning the Blue Jays catcher singled off Craig streak in the fi rst regular-season Kimbrel (2-4) to begin the inning. Lamela scores again to give matchup in almost 120 years be- Valera took second on a wild third tween teams that had won at least strike to Bo Bichette, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored when Sevilla perfect start in Spain nine in a row. Kimbrel uncorked another wild pitch, Stanton homered in the second this time to Teoscar Hernández. MADRID, Aug. 24, (AP): New sign- Diego Carlos that prompted a good inning off Huascar Ynoa (4-3) and Tim Mayza (3-1) pitched a perfect ing Erik Lamela scored in stoppage save by Getafe goalkeeper David So- snapped a 1-all tie in the sixth with a eighth inning to earn the win, and time for his third goal in two matches ria in the 72nd. About 10 minutes later, two-out, two-run double. Jordan Romano finished for his 12th as Sevilla edged Getafe 1-0 to join de- Youssef En-Nesyri had a goal disal- Gary Sánchez gave New York some save in 13 chances. fending champion Atlético Madrid as lowed for offside. insurance with another two-out hit in Mariners 5, Athletics 3 the only teams with a perfect start in Getafe fought against relegation last the eighth, singling through the shift to In Oakland, Calif., Jake Bauers hit a the Spanish league. season and has won only two of its last bring home two more runs. New York Yankees starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery works in the fi rst dur- tiebreaking, two-run single with two Jordan Montgomery (5-5) worked Lamela got the winner from inside 15 league games. It opened with a 1-0 ing a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, on Aug 23, in Atlanta. (AP) outs in the ninth inning as Oakland the area by picking up the rebound loss at Valencia. around four walks in his five-inning closer Lou Trivino struggled again, from Rafa Mir’s shot that hit the post Sevilla was in the hunt for the Span- stint, limiting the Braves to two hits - and Seattle rallied past the Athletics. after a breakaway three minutes into ish league title until the fi nal rounds including a homer by Dansby injury time. last season. It ended in fourth place, Swanson. Lamela, the Argentine signed from behind Atlético, Real Madrid and Bar- Cubs 6, Rockies 4 BASEBALL Tottenham in a deal that saw Sevilla celona. In Chicago, Rafael Ortega hit a youngster Bryan Gil move to England, walk-off home run in the bottom of the Ty France hit a tying homer off scored twice in his offi cial debut with the ninth inning and Chicago ended its Trivino (5-6) to start the ninth, hand- Spanish club last weekend, a 3-0 home SOCCER longest home losing streak with a win ing Trivino his second straight blown win against promoted Rayo Vallecano. over Colorado. save after converting 14 in a row. The Atlético opened with a 2-1 win at Madrid was held to a 3-3 draw at Pinch-hitter Jason Heyward started A’s lost a third straight game by giving Celta Vigo and defeated Elche 1-0 at Levante on Sunday, while Barcelona the ninth with a single, and Ortega away a late lead. home on Sunday. drew 1-1 at Athletic Bilbao on Satur- came up an out later and hit the game’s Matt Olson’s 32nd home run in the Sevilla has won its last fi ve league day. Both Madrid and Barcelona had only homer to right as the Cubs scored sixth put Oakland on top after Mitch matches against Getafe without con- opened with a win. five runs in the final two innings to Haniger’s tying, two-run shot in the ceding. Osasuna drew 0-0 at home with Cel- snap a 13-game losing streak at Wrigley top of the inning. Mir made his debut for Sevilla, ta in a result that left both teams win- Field, the longest in franchise history. Red Sox 8, Rangers 4, 11 Innings while veteran midfi elder Ivan Rakitic less after two rounds. Reliever David Bard (7-9) allowed In Boston, Travis Shaw hit a game- played his 200th match with the club The hosts, coming off a scoreless the game-winner after a walk-filled ending grand slam in the 11th inning, from southern Spain. draw against promoted Espanyol, eighth inning helped the Cubs to get and Boston beat Texas. Sevilla had been closer than Getafe missed a penalty kick early in the sec- closer. Shaw, who entered as a defensive to opening the scoring throughout the ond half when Rubén García’s shot Royals 7, Astros 1 replacement in the eighth, drove a 3-2 match. One of its best chances came in from the spot was stopped by Celta In Houston, Whit Merrifield had pitch off Dennis Santana (2-3) over the form of a fi rm header by defender goalkeeper Matías Dituro. three hits and three RBIs, Salvador Chicago Cubs’ Rafael Ortega hits a two-run, walk off home run off Colo- Boston’s bullpen. It was Shaw’s first rado Rockies relief pitcher Daniel Bard, during the ninth inning of a baseball hit since he was claimed off waivers game on Aug. 23, in Chicago. (AP) from Milwaukee on Aug. 15. He also began his big league career with the MLB Results/Standings Red Sox in 2015. Alex Verdugo and Hunter Renfroe Germany, Czech Republic remain also homered for Boston in the make- up of Sunday’s scheduled game, which WASHINGTON, Aug 24, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Monday. was postponed due to the approach of Boston 8 Texas (11 inn) 4 Seattle 5 Oakland 3 ‘undefeated’ in women’s hockey Toronto 2 Chicago W. Sox 1 Pittsburgh 6 Arizona 5 Hurricane Henri. Garrett Whitlock NY Yankees 5 Atlanta 1 Chicago Cubs 6 Colorado 4 (5-2) worked 2 2/3 innings for the vic- Kansas City 7 Houston 1 CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 24, (AP): and Wagner redirected Anna Reich’s tory. American League National League Julia Zorn, Jule Schiefer and Theresa pass into the open side of the net.