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SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2016 SPORTS Warner warning on pink Reyes banned under MLB Van Gaal admits ball for day-night tests domestic violence policy future uncertain SYDNEY: Australia vice-captain David Warner has voiced concerns about the pink DENVER: Jose Reyes now knows when he can return. His role MANCHESTER: Louis van Gaal claims it was unrealistic to expect ball used for day-night Tests, a report said yesterday, amid a stand-off with South - and perhaps his future - with the Colorado Rockies remain as Manchester United to win the Premier League and admits his job security is Africa over a proposed fixture. Cricket Australia want day-night Tests against South murky as ever, especially given the emergence of rookie uncertain heading into the final game of the season. United can still qualify Africa and Pakistan in their 2016-17 home season but have admitted shortstop Trevor Story. for the Champions League with a top four finish, but only if fourth placed that player concerns about the experimental format mean the Reyes was suspended through May 31 on Friday, the sec- Manchester City fail to collect a point at Swansea and van Gaal’s fifth placed Proteas’ match has not been locked in. Aggressive opening bats- ond player penalized under Major League Baseball’s new team beat Bournemouth at Old Trafford today. Defeat at West Ham in mid- man Warner reportedly told The Australian newspaper that players domestic violence policy. Reyes agreed to the punishment week took the chase for fourth place out of United’s hands and left them fac- want the pink ball improved. “The concept is fantastic and it is a and won’t appeal, the commissioner’s office said. The penalty ing the prospect of a season out of Europe’s top tier competition. great spectacle, but for those of us who play it, the most important stemmed from an alleged altercation with his wife at a Hawaii But, frustrated by United’s long injury list, van Gaal feels their thing is getting the ball right,” he said from India where he is playing resort last October. In Reyes’ absence, Story has taken his job run to next week’s FA Cup Final against Crystal Palace and for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. “It’s always going to be an issue and become one of baseball’s big surprises this season. Story involvement in the battle for a European berth should be because it is not a red ball. You can’t shine it up like you do a red ranks among the big league leaders with 11 homers and 28 enough to keep him in his job for the third and final year of ball and Test cricket has always been about using the red ball RBIs and is batting .275. his contract. “We can win the FA Cup,” said van Gaal. “How properly when you’re in the field. “Looking after it to get swing is “I don’t worry myself too much in the future or what’s many are still in the race? “It’s not so many, so of course if a key and we can’t do that with a pink ball because it will not going to happen when Jose comes back,” Story said. “Take it we don’t qualify ourselves, then we haven’t reached our shine up.” Warner, who played in the inaugural day-night Test day by day and things will work out.” The Rockies are still for- aim. “That is true because our aim was to qualify, but we against New Zealand in Adelaide last year, said batsmen and mulating a plan with Reyes - whether he will head to Arizona are in the final of the FA Cup and we are in the race fielders struggled to see the pink ball at times. AFP— for extended spring training or maybe on a minor league in the last match - mathematically, we can qualify rehab assignment.—AP ourselves still. —AP NEW YORK: Chicago White Sox’s Adam Eaton doubles to center field to drive in two runs against the New York Yankees as Yankees catcher Austin Romine watches during the third inning of a baseball game Friday. — AP Sale pitches 6-hitter as White Sox trash Yankees NEW YORK: Chris Sale became the major Rendon drew a leadoff walk. Harper fol- BLUE JAYS 5, RANGERS 0 Padres debut after being called up from from a hamstring injury as Oakland ended leagues’ first eight-game winner, working lowed by working the count full against RA Dickey tossed eight innings and Triple-A El Paso. Friedrich (0-1) lost his 11th a five-game skid. Valencia sat for two quickly and efficiently in a six-hitter that led Kyle Barraclough (2-1), then hitting his Edwin Encarnacion and Troy Tulowitzki straight decision, a streak that dates to games this week after reinjuring the left the Chicago White Sox over the New York 11th home run. Stephen Drew hit a two- homered to lift Toronto past Texas. Dickey 2012. It was his first start in the majors hamstring that had landed him on the dis- Yankees 7-1 Friday night. run homer in the Nationals sixth that (2-4), a knuckleballer who broke into the since July 2014. abled list. He had two of Oakland’s four Jimmy Rollins hit a two-run homer in the made it 2-all. Pinch hitter Chris Heisey majors with Texas in 2001, struck out six and homers in this one. Rich Hill (5-3) pitched third inning off Luis Severino (0-6), who left added a solo homer in the eighth. Blake walked one while allowing only three sin- CUBS 9, PIRATES 4 six innings to win for the fourth time in his one pitch later with soreness on the back of Treinen (3-1) pitched two innings and gles. Chad Girodo finished the three-hitter. Addison Russell, David Ross and Kris last five starts. Khris Davis and Valencia his right elbow and was sent to a hospital Jonathan Papelbon got the final two outs Rangers starter Martin Perez (1-3) gave up Bryant homered to lead Jason Hammel and homered off Rays starter Jake Odorizzi (0- for an MRI. Sale (8-0), the first White Sox for his 10th save. two runs, one earned in 6 1/3 innings in the Chicago over Pittsburgh. The Cubs stopped 2) in the first inning, driving in all four runs pitcher to win his opening eight starts since loss. Matt Bush made his major league their first losing streak of the season -a in a 42-pitch inning. Davis’ three-run Jon Garland in 2005, retired 15 consecutive ROYALS 5, BRAVES 1 debut with a perfect ninth for the Rangers, two-game skid, both in a doubleheader homer was his eighth of the season. batters from the fourth through the eighth Edinson Volquez pitched seven effective seven months after getting released from a sweep by San Diego on Wednesday. innings. He struck out six and walked none. innings and Alcides Escobar had two hits, 3 1/2-year prison sentence for a drunken- Chicago leads the majors with a 26-8 PHILLIES 3, REDS 2 scored a run and drove in a run as Kansas driving accident that seriously injured a record. Russell and Ross connected for Jeremy Hellickson struck out nine in sev- ASTROS 7, RED SOX 6 City beat Atlanta to open a six-game man. It was 12 years after he was the No. 1 three-run shots and Bryant hit a two-run en innings and drove in the go-ahead run George Springer homered off former drive. That was plenty for Hammel (5-0), on a suicide squeeze to help Philadelphia University of Connecticut teammate Matt who struck out a season-best eight over 6 beat Cincinnati. Hellickson (3-2) allowed Barnes and drove in four runs as Houston MLB Results/Standings 2/3 innings, giving up one earned run and two unearned runs and four hits. David ended Boston’s five-game winning streak. eight hits. Francisco Liriano (3-2) surren- Hernandez worked the eighth and Jeanmar Springer’s two-run drive over the Green Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh 4; Chicago White Sox 7, NY Yankees 1; Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 2; Baltimore 1, dered all three Cubs homers in 4 2/3 Gomez finished for his 14th save in 15 Monster against Barnes (2-2) broke a 5-all Detroit 0; Washington 5, Miami 3; Houston 7, Boston 6; Cleveland 7, Minnesota 6; Oakland 6, Tampa Bay 3; innings. Andrew McCutchen had three hits, chances. Reds starter Brandon Finnegan (1- tie in the sixth inning. Jackie Bradley Jr got Toronto 5, Texas 0; Milwaukee 1, San Diego 0; Kansas City 5, Atlanta 1; Colorado 5, NY Mets 2; San Francisco 3, including a two-run homer in the ninth as 2) gave up three runs and four hits in four three hits for the Red Sox and extended the Arizona 1; LA Angels 7, Seattle 6; LA Dodgers 8, St. Louis 4. the Pirates fell eight games behind the innings. Phillies rookie Tyler Goeddel hit his longest hitting streak in the majors this sea- Cubs in the NL Central. first career triple in the fourth, tying it at 2. American League National League son to 19 games. Scott Feldman (2-2) won in Eastern Division Eastern Division relief. He gave up Travis Shaw’s homer to W L PCT GB Washington 22 13 .629 - ORIOLES 1, TIGERS 0 DODGERS 8, CARDINALS 4 straightaway center to start the sixth. Luke Baltimore 22 12 .647 - NY Mets 21 14 .600 1 Chris Tillman pitched seven innings of Ross Stripling earned his first victory in Gregerson struck out two in the ninth while Boston 22 14 .611 1 Philadelphia 21 15 .583 1.5 five-hit ball and Adam Jones broke up a his seventh major league start by beating Toronto 19 18 .514 4.5 Miami 18 16 .529 3.5 picking up his eighth save.