ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2021 SPORTS 14 Ynoa’s slam leads Braves over Nats MLB Results/Standings WASHINGTON, May 5, (AP): Results and standings from Cubs sweep DH the MLB games on Tuesday. Chic. Wht Sox 9 Cincinnati 0 NY Yankees 7 Houston 3 WASHINGTON, May 5, Boston 11 Detroit 7 Texas 6 Minnesota (10 inn) 3 (AP): Huascar Ynoa (3-1) Cleveland 7 Kansas City 3 hit a grand slam and al- Oakland 4 Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 8 LA Angels 3 lowed an unearned run and Seattle 5 Baltimore 2 four hits in seven innings, Chicago Cubs 7 LA Dodgers (7 inn 1st game) 1 San Francisco 12 Colorado (7 inn 1st game) 4 leading the Atlanta Braves Miami 9 Arizona 3 to a 6-1 victory over the Atlanta 6 Washington 1 Washington Nationals. Philadelphia 6 Milwaukee 5 Ynoa drove a fastball from Tan- Chicago Cubs 4 LA Dodgers (2nd game) 3 Colorado 8 San Francisco (7 inn 2nd game) 6 ner Rainey 427 feet to center fi eld Pittsburgh 2 San Diego 1 in the sixth inning for the fi rst grand American League slam by a major league pitcher since East Division Cincinnati’s Anthony DeSclafani on W L Pct GB June 23, 2018. Ronald Acuña Jr. also Boston 18 12 .600 _ homered for the Braves, breaking a score- New York 15 14 .517 2-1/2 less tie in the fi fth against Joe Ross (2-2). Tampa Bay 16 15 .516 2-1/2 Atlanta stopped a four-game skid while Toronto 14 14 .500 3 ending Washington’s four-game winning Baltimore 14 16 .467 4 streak. Central Division W L Pct GB Yankees 7, Astros 3 Chicago 16 12 .571 _ In New York, boos and bad words Kansas City 16 12 .571 _ streamed loudly from the seats in Hou- Cleveland 15 13 .536 1 ston’s return to Yankee Stadium, and Minnesota 11 17 .393 5 New York got a homer and four hits Detroit 8 22 .267 9 from Giancarlo Stanton to sate those West Division spiteful fans. W L Pct GB Oakland 19 12 .613 _ Seattle 17 14 .548 2 Houston 15 14 .517 3 BASEBALL Los Angeles 13 15 .464 4-1/2 Texas 14 17 .452 5 In Houston’s fi rst visit to the Bronx National league since its sign-stealing scam was ex- East Division posed, an error by Astros third baseman W L Pct GB Alex Bregman in the sixth inning let Philadelphia 15 15 .500 _ Washington 12 13 .480 -1/2 New York blow the game open. New York 11 12 .478 -1/2 A pandemic-limited, sellout crowd Atlanta 13 16 .448 1-1/2 of 10,850 skipped subtle barbs for salty Miami 12 16 .429 2 language, aimed especially at 2017 AL Central Division MVP Jose Altuve. Several brought signs W L Pct GB insulting the Astros, and security confi s- St Louis 17 12 .586 _ cated multiple infl atable trash cans. Milwaukee 17 13 .567 -1/2 Bregman homered in the fi rst inning Chicago 14 16 .467 3-1/2 to momentarily hush those haters, but Cincinnati 13 15 .464 3-1/2 his miscue in the sixth with the game Pittsburgh 13 16 .448 4 tied 3-3 doomed Houston. West Division The Yankees have won nine of 12 W L Pct GB and improved to 15-14, their fi rst time San Francisco 18 12 .600 _ over .500 since they were 3-2. Lucas Los Angeles 17 14 .548 1-1/2 Luetge (2-0) pitched a scoreless sixth San Diego 17 14 .548 1-1/2 and was credited with the win. Brandon New York Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton follows through on a double during the fi fth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, on May 4, in New York. (AP) Arizona 15 14 .517 2-1/2 Bielak (1-1) took the loss. Colorado 11 19 .367 7 Cubs 7, Dodgers 1 Arizona tied the score in the top of the Rangers 6, Twins 3 land hit a two-run homer on the heels Cubs 4, Dodgers 3 eighth. In Minneapolis, Adolis García hit a of Jed Lowrie’s two-run double in the In Chicago, Clayton Kershaw (4-3) Rockies 12, Giants 4 two-run homer in the 10th off Brandon second to back Cole Irvin (3-3), who al- Hamilton, Verstappen to resume gave up four runs and four hits in one in- Waddell (0-1), his third hit. lowed three hits and struck out a career- ning of the opener in the shortest start of Rockies 8, Giants 6 Kyle Gibson, making his fi rst start high nine over eight smooth innings. his career - exactly 11 years after he went In Denver, Charlie Blackmon hit a against his former team, gave up three Yusmeiro Petit fi nished the 2-hour, Formula 1 title fi ght in Barcelona 18-minute game for his seventh career just 1 1/3 innings against Milwaukee. three-run, two-out homer off Camilo runs and three hits with eight strikeouts. MADRID, May 5, (AP): The race for Trevor Bauer didn’t get through the Doval (0-1) to cap a comeback from a Joely Rodríguez (1-1) struck out two save and fi rst since 2017 with the An- in a perfect ninth, and Ian Kennedy gels. the Formula One title has quickly fi fth in the nightcap and David Bote, 6-2 in the fi nal inning, giving Colorado become a two-man show, and it’s not a doubleheader split. gave up a leadoff single before getting a The A’s improved to an AL-best who tagged Kershaw for a three-run expected to change when the circuit double in a 7-1 win, delivered a game- Brandon Belt hit a go-ahead single strikeout and game-ending double-play 19-12, second in the majors only to the ending single off Garrett Cleavinger and a grand slam in a 10-run fi rst inning grounder for his eighth save in as many Bay Area rival San Francisco Giants, goes to Barcelona this week for the (0-2) on the ninth inning. The Dodgers of a doubleheader opener. Belt homered chances. and matched their season high of seven Spanish Grand Prix. games over .500. At a track all teams know well, have lost eight of their last 10 games. in the second game and had seven RBIs Red Sox 11, Tigers 7 Anthony Rizzo had an RBI single off in the doubleheader. Rays 8, Angels 3 Mercedes and Red Bull are expected In Boston, Xander Bogaerts hit a two- to continue to dominate with Lewis Kershaw, a three-time NL Cy Young German Márquez (1-3) allowed eight In Anaheim, California, Austin Award winner. Kyle Hendricks (2-3) al- runs and six hits in two-third of an in- run homer, Nick Pivetta struck out eight Hamilton and Max Verstappen sepa- over fi ve innings and Boston sent De- Meadows hit two homers and drove in lowed seven hits over seven innings in ning. Matt Wisler (1-2) retired Colo- a career-high fi ve runs, and Tampa Bay rated by eight points after three his sixth career complete game. rado’s fi nal fi ve batters. troit to its sixth straight loss. races. Alex Verdugo, Hunter Renfroe and capitalized on Los Angeles’ fi elding in- Justin Steele (1-0) got his fi rst career Ben Bowden (1-2) got his fi rst big eptitude. “The picture is starting to clarify. win in the second game as Chicago took league win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings Kiké Hernández also went deep for Bos- Red Bull and Mercedes are the two ton, which led 8-2 after three innings. Kevin Kiermaier added a two-run Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas two from the World Series champions in the second game. double for the defending AL champi- standout teams, and Lewis and Max of Finland leads Mercedes driver after losing seven of nine. The Tigers have lost 11 of 12, dropping are the two standout drivers,” Red Bull Lewis Hamilton of Britain and Red Phillies 6, Brewers 5 to a big league-worst 8-22. ons, who moved back above .500 with Marlins 9, Diamondbacks 3 their third straight win. Tampa Bay’s team principal Christian Horner said. Bull driver Max Verstappen of the In Philadelphia, Andrew McCutchen Nick Pivetta (4-0) gave up three runs Netherlands, left, during the Portu- and six hits in fi ve innings, and Matt fi rst four runs were abetted by the An- “If we get a pretty standard Barcelona, In Miami, NL RBIs leader Jesús had a pair of solo homers and Brad gels’ fi rst three errors in a four-error per- I think you’ll get the four races and we gal Formula One Grand Prix at the Aguilar delivered a tiebreaking single Miller hit a three-run shot to back Aaron Barnes got fi ve outs for his his seventh Algarve International Circuit near save. formance by the majors’ worst fi elding can see where our strengths and weak- in a six-run eighth against Kevin Ginkel Nola. Nola (3-1) struck out 10 and al- team. Meadows then hit a solo homer in nesses are. But what we can see is it’s Portimao, Portugal, on May 2. (AP) (0-1) following Miguel Rojas’ double, lowed one run and fi ve hits in six gritty White Sox 9, Reds 0 the seventh inning and a three-run shot incredibly tight.” Corey Dickerson followed with an in- innings as the Phillies held on to earn In Cincinnati, Dylan Cease (2-0) in the eighth for his second career multi- Hamilton, the four-time defending Hamilton and Verstappen finished fi eld single, and catcher Stephen Vogt’s consecutive wins for the fi rst time since pitched one-hit ball for six innings, homer game.