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SUNDAY, MAY 11 2014 SPORTS

Smith leaves Aussies to splash cash Ramdin to captain Windies BARCELONA: Caterham have parted company with technical director Mark KINGSTON: West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy announced his retire- Smith and replaced him with a committee, the team said yes- on medal prospects ment from test cricket on Friday after he was replaced as captain by wicket- terday. The Malaysian-owned team, who have struggled to make any MELBOURNE: Australia will throw more money at top medal prospects keeper Denesh Ramdin. impression this season and are last in the standings after four races, said in to prepare for the 2016 Rio Olympics after the sports-mad nation The 30-year-old Sammy, who played in 38 tests and all but eight of them a statement that Smith had left with immediate effect. slumped to its worst medal tally in 20 years at the London Games. Sports as skipper, remains the captain of the West Indies Twenty20 team and also “A new Technical Committee has been formed to oversee all technical minister Peter Dutton said 650 of Australia’s best athletes would benefit intends to continue playing ODI cricket. and operational aspects of the team’s activities on and off track,” it added. from a newly designed program that reallocates A$1.6 million ($1.5 mil- “Darren Sammy has formally notified the West Indies Cricket Board “, Jody Egginton and Gerry Hughes will now each take responsibili- lion) directly to the brightest medal hopes and emerging talents. (WICB) of his decision to retire from test cricket,” the WICB said in a state- ty for specific areas of the team’s operational activities.” That would come from a re-designed Direct Athlete Support (DAS) ment. “Sammy has also informed the board of his decision to continue to Smith joined Caterham, a team that has yet to score a point in Formula program of A$48 million over four years, Dutton said in a statement. make himself available for selection for the other formats of the game. One, in 2011 and took over the technical department from Mike Gascoyne The means-tested scheme would mean the top medal prospects “Sammy, in his communication to the board thanked the directors, the in 2012. could be in line for up to a 30 percent hike in funding, he said. “More selectors and team management for the confidence shown in him as a play- Formula One underwent huge technical changes over the direct funding through the Australian Institute of Sport for potential er and captain which he served as from October 2010 to May 2014.” European winter, with a new V6 turbo hybrid power unit replac- Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games medallists is an impor- While he is well-liked and a respected figure, Sammy often bat- ing the old V8s and revised aerodynamic regulations. tant part of Australia’s plan to remain on the podium of world sport,” ted low down the order in test cricket and his medium-pace Smith and his design department were under added pres- Dutton said. bowling was much less effective than in shorter forms of the sure to deliver results with team owner say- Australia has traditionally punched above its weight at the Olympics, game. ing before the season started that he could walk away from finishing sixth in the medals table at the 2008 Beijing Games and fourth at That raised some critics to question whether the St Lucian the sport unless Caterham showed significant improve- Athens and Sydney, but the 10th-placed haul at London prompted local merited a place in the team despite generally positive views of his ment.—Reuters media to slam sports authorities for wasting taxpayers’ money.—Reuters influence as captain. —Reuters Reds edge Rockies

CINCINNATI: Joey Votto hit a game-ending solo homer, and the Cincinnati Reds shut down Nolan Arenado in a 4-3 win over Colorado Rockies on Friday night. Votto drove a 3-0 pitch from Boone Logan (1- 1) over the wall in center for his fifth homer. Votto’s fourth career game-ending shot traveled an estimated 437 feet. Arenado went 0 for 3, snapping his hitting streak at a club-record 28 games, the longest in the majors this season. But Arenado walked and scored on Justin Morneau’s tying double in the ninth, handing Jonathan Broxton (1-0) his first blown save in six opportunities. Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto went eight innings, giving him five consecutive starts of eight or more innings. He gave up five hits and two runs with one walk and eight strikeouts.

YANKEES 5, BREWERS 3 ARLINGTON: Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts (left) is knocked backwards Masahiro Tanaka pitched into the seventh after tagging out Texas Rangers’ Leonys Martin as Martin was trying to steal second inning, Yangervis Solarte hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning of a baseball game. —AP and New York beat Milwaukee in the interleague matchup. Rangers pound Red Sox A fan jumped out of the left-field stands and ARLINGTON: Home plate umpire Mark Ripperger watches as Texas Rangers’ Robinson Chirinos walked briskly toward Derek Jeter’s spot at tags out Colorado Rockies’ Michael McKenry (8) who was trying to score from third on a shortstop while the Brewers were batting in the ARLINGTON: Yu Darvish came oh, so Verlander allowed two runs and seven Charlie Blackmon fly out in the seventh inning of a baseball game.—AP sixth inning. Jeter didn’t appear to notice until close again. The Japanese ace fell one hits in seven innings. He struck out five the fan was within an arm’s length or so. Jeter inning, and drove in four runs to power game with his single. Heyward slid home with out shy of a no-hitter for the second time and walked two. The start of the game calmly took a few steps away as several security Pittsburgh past St. Louis. the winning run as Ryan Kalish’s throw from cen- Friday night, giving up only a ninth- was delayed 27 minutes by rain. guards rushed in to tackle the person. Walker’s seventh homer came off Carlos ter field was off target. Luis Valbuena led off the inning single to David Ortiz in the Texas The injury-plagued Twins snapped a Jeter has said he will retire after this season. Martinez (0-2) and rallied the Pirates from a 4-3 10th with a single to right field off Alex Wood (3- Rangers’ 8-0 victory over the Boston Red three-game losing streak. Star first base- Tanaka (5-0) allowed two runs and seven hits in deficit for their third straight victory. 5), who then recorded three straight outs in his Sox. man Joe Mauer sat out a fifth straight his first interleague game. The Japanese right- Pittsburgh beat St. Louis for the 10th time in first relief appearance of the season. Rookie second baseman Rougned game. He’s been dealing with back hander struck out seven and walked one. Tanaka 13 games at home. St. Louis had gone ahead in Odor, positioned in shallow right field, spasms. also struck out in each of his first three major the top of the seventh on Jhonny Peralta’s solo PHILLIES 3, METS 2 made a diving attempt but the ball was league at-bats. home run, his eighth. Allen Craig’s three-run Marlon Byrd sliced an RBI double just inside out of his reach. If the Rangers had not INDIANS 6, RAYS 3 home run, his fourth, accounted for the the right field line in the 11th inning, and shifted their infield - a standard practice Mike Aviles hit a three-run homer dur- GIANTS 3, DODGERS 1 Cardinals’ other runs. Philadelphia beat New York in a game of many against Ortiz - it probably would have ing a five-run seventh inning, Corey Madison Bumgarner pitched eight superb Justin Wilson (1-0) struck out the only batter squandered opportunities. been a routine grounder to second. Kluber went 6 2-3 effective innings, and innings and Brandon Crawford hit a two-run he faced, Matt Adams, to end the top of the sev- Chase Utley had three hits and scored all the Darvish lost a perfect-game bid with the Indians stopped a seven-game road homer, leading San Francisco past Los Angeles. enth. Mark Melancon pitched a scoreless ninth Phillies’ runs, two on singles by Domonic Brown, two outs in the ninth inning last season losing streak. The Giants’ 12th victory in 15 games came at for his third save. to help Philadelphia end a four-game skid and beat the Mets for the first time in six meetings. against Houston. This time, he bent his Cleveland also got solo homers from a cost. Brandon Belt broke his left thumb when BRAVES 3, CUBS 2 Carlos Torres (2-2), the Mets’ seventh pitcher, knees and put his glove on his hips after Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Brantley. he was hit by Paul Maholm’s first pitch of the second inning. The first baseman, who leads the Freddie Freeman’s single up the middle gave up a one-out double to Utley and inten- the base hit. Texas manager Ron Kluber (3-3) allowed two runs and nine drove in Jason Heyward from second base in the tionally walked Ryan Howard. Byrd, who played Washington then made a slow walk to hits with nine strikeouts. club with nine homers, ran the bases until the inning was over but was replaced on defense by 10th inning and Atlanta recovered from Craig for the Mets last season, reached low and away the mound, with the 45,392 in atten- Jake Odorizzi struck out a career-high Joaquin Arias. Kimbrel’s blown save to beat Chicago. to send an opposite-field liner inside the foul dance cheering and chanting “Yuuuuuu!” 11 and gave up five hits in five shutout The Giants were leading 3-0 when Yasiel Puig Kimbrel couldn’t hold a 2-1 lead in the ninth line to score Utley. The Phillies left the bases Darvish (3-1) struck out 12 and walked innings for the Rays, who have lost six homered to center with one out in the sixth, after Julio Teheran allowed only one hit - Mike loaded, only fitting as the teams combined to two while throwing 126 pitches. Boston straight at home. Brantley homered off after taking a called third strike his previous time Olt’s homer - in eight innings. Wesley Wright (0- strand 32 runners in a game that took 4 hours, starter Clay Buchholz (2-3) allowed six Joel Peralta (1-3) before Yan Gomes hit up and leaving Justin Turner stranded at third 1) walked Heyward to lead off the 10th. Heyward 39 minutes. Jonathan Papelbon earned his 10th runs and 10 hits over 4 1-3 innings. an RBI single and Aviles had his three-run base. As soon as Puig made contact, he flipped stole second base. Wright issued an intentional save. Mario Hollands (1-1) got the win.—AP shot against Brandon Gomes as the the bat away, walked a few feet toward first base walk to Justin Upton before Freeman ended the ANGELS 4, BLUE JAYS 3 Indians went ahead 6-2 in the seventh. and began a slow trot around the bases. Raul Ibanez hit a tiebreaking sacrifice Cody Allen got one out for his first save. fly in the ninth inning, Mike Trout con- PADRES 10, MARLINS 1 MLB results/standings nected for a solo homer and the Angels ROYALS 6, MARINERS 1 Jedd Gyorko hit two home runs off Jose Baltimore 4, Houston 3; Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 4; LA Angels 4, Toronto 3; Minnesota 2, Detroit 1; Cincinnati 4, Colorado won their fifth straight game in Toronto. Jason Vargas pitched seven scoreless Fernandez and San Diego snapped a three- 3; Philadelphia 3, NY Mets 2 (11 Innings); Cleveland 6, Tampa Bay 3; Atlanta 3, Chicago Cubs 2 (10 Innings); Texas 8, Erick Aybar had three hits and scored innings and Kansas City had 16 singles in game losing streak. Gyorko came into the game Boston 0; Chicago White Sox 9, Arizona 3; NY Yankees 5, Milwaukee 3; Oakland 8, Washington 0; Kansas City 6, Seattle twice, including the decisive run in the the victory. Vargas (3-1), who pitched for hitting just .146, but connected for a two-run 1; San Francisco 3, LA Dodgers 1; San Diego 10, Miami 1. ninth, as the Angels won for the eighth the Mariners for four seasons from 2009 shot in the second and a grand slam in the sixth. American League National League time in nine meetings with the Blue Jays to 2012, allowed three hits and walked The six RBIs set a career high. Eastern Division Eastern Division and halted Toronto’s season-long win- none. He is 3-1 with a 1.59 ERA in four The Padres, who came in averaging a major W L PCT GB Atlanta 19 15 .559 - ning streak at five games. career starts against his former team. league-low 2.6 runs per game, had their highest- Baltimore 19 14 .576 - Miami 20 16 .556 - Aybar tripled off Brett Cecil (0-3) to Salvador Perez, Eric Gordon and Eric scoring game since a 12-2 victory over Arizona NY Yankees 19 15 .559 0.5 Washington 19 16 .543 0.5 Toronto 18 18 .500 2.5 begin the ninth and Trout reached safely Hosmer had three hits apiece for the on Sept. 25. NY Mets 16 18 .471 3 Fernandez (4-2) was charged with six runs Boston 17 18 .486 3 Philadelphia 16 18 .471 3 when first baseman Edwin Encarnacion Royals. The Mariners have two runs and and six hits in five-plus innings. The right-han- Tampa Bay 15 21 .417 5.5 Central Division couldn’t find the bag after taking the 10 hits over the past three games. Central Division der, who won the NL Rookie of the Year award Milwaukee 22 14 .611 - Detroit 20 11 .645 - throw on Trout’s infield grounder. Albert Brandon Maurer (1-1) pitched 7 1-3 St. Louis 18 18 .500 4 last season, was 2-0 with a 0.60 ERA in his previ- Chicago White Sox 19 18 .514 4 Pujols was intentionally walked to load innings for Seattle, but was charged with ous four starts. Cincinnati 16 18 .471 5 the bases for Ibanez. six runs, four earned, and 14 hits. Kansas City 17 18 .486 5 Tyson Ross (4-3) was working on a shutout Cleveland 17 19 .472 5.5 Pittsburgh 15 20 .429 6.5 Joe Smith (2-0) got the win despite before Marcell Ozuna homered in the seventh Minnesota 16 18 .471 5.5 Chicago Cubs 12 22 .353 9 giving up a tying home run to Jose Reyes INTERLEAGUE inning. The righty allowed four hits and struck Western Division Western Division in the eighth and Ernesto Frieri finished WHITE SOX 9, DIAMONDBACKS 3 out eight in seven innings. Oakland 21 15 .583 - San Francisco 23 13 .639 - for his fourth save in six chances. Alexei Ramirez hit a grand slam in Texas 19 17 .528 2 Colorado 22 16 .579 2 Chicago’s seven-run fourth inning, and PIRATES 6, CARDINALS 4 Seattle 18 17 .514 2.5 LA Dodgers 19 18 .514 4.5 San Diego 16 21 .432 7.5 ORIOLES 4, ASTROS 3 Jose Abreu hit his major league-leading Neil Walker had three hits, including a go- LA Angels 17 17 .500 3 Houston 11 25 .306 10 Arizona 13 25 .342 11 Steve Pearce and Manny Machado 13th homer to lead the White Sox to the ahead three-run home run in the seventh homered, and the Orioles won a season- win. high fourth consecutive game. Baltimore Abreu was the designated hitter (19-14) is five games over .500 for the because of a nagging left ankle injury. Kaymer maintains lead at Players Championship first time this season. He went 3 for 4 and leads the AL with 37 Meanwhile, the Astros have lost six of RBIs. Tyler Flowers also homered for the PONTE VEDRA BEACH: Ice-cool the course record with a sizzling the most exciting prospects in the from his improving form over the seven. Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen (4-2) White Sox, who pounded out 15 hits. Martin Kaymer produced a controlled nine-under-par 63 on Thursday, fol- game, fired a superb bogey-free 66 to past month. allowed two runs and five hits in seven Chicago right-hander Andre Rienzo display to stay in front of the chasing lowed up with a second-round 69 to occupy second place with compatriot “I have had a lot of good finishes,” innings. Tommy Hunter allowed a run in (3-0) allowed three runs and four hits in 5 pack at the Players Championship on post a 12-under total of 132 in the Russell Henley (71) a further three said the former world number one. the ninth before finishing for his 11th 2-3 innings. Arizona’s Brandon McCarthy Friday, but American Jordan Spieth PGA Tour’s flagship event widely strokes back at eight under. Breezy “The way I have played golf, I am very save in 12 chances. Pearce went deep for (1-6) allowed nine hits and seven runs - was in hot pursuit just one shot regarded as the unofficial fifth major. weather on another hot day at the happy over the last four or five weeks his third homer in four games. all in the fourth inning. Gerardo Parra hit behind. Germany’s Kaymer, who tied Young gun Spieth, at 20 one of TPC Sawgrass made the par-72 especially. The next step is just put- Machado hit his first home run since a two-run homer in the third for the Stadium Course a more difficult ting yourself in contention, and returning from offseason knee surgery Diamondbacks. prospect for the players, and Kaymer hopefully win.” on May 1. Orioles outfielder Nick was delighted to remain at the top Markakis went 3 for 4 and extended his ATHLETICS 8, NATIONALS 0 after mixing five birdies with two LEAD TRIMMED hitting streak to 16 games. Chris Carter Oakland’s Tommy Milone tossed eight bogeys. Kaymer, whose only PGA Tour vic- hit his fifth home run of the season for innings of two-hit ball for his first win of “I didn’t hit as many fairways as tory came at the highest level with the Astros. Jerome Williams (1-2) got the the season. Brandon Moss homered and yesterday but I managed my way his playoff win at the 2010 PGA loss. finished with three RBIs, and Yoenis quite nicely around the golf course,” Championship, birdied two of the last the 29-year-old from Dusseldorf told four holes to seize an early five-stroke Cespedes and John Jaso each hit a solo reporters after covering the back lead before that was trimmed by TWINS 2, TIGERS 1 shot to back Milone’s gem. The left-han- nine in two-under 34. Spieth in the afternoon. Phil Hughes pitched seven scoreless der struck out seven and walked three. “I had a couple of nice up-and- “Solid round from tee to green,” innings, and the Twins beat Justin Milone (1-3) left after 108 pitches, downs and two longer putts went in, said Spieth, the 2013 PGA Tour rookie Verlander for the first time in over four and Fernando Rodriguez tossed a score- so I kept it really well together. of the year who tied for second at last years. Kurt Suzuki hit a two-run single off less ninth in his first appearance in the Overall, 12 under par. I’m very month’s Masters where he was bid- Verlander (4-2) in the seventh. Hughes majors since October 2012 after rehab- pleased. “It was a little difficult today. ding to eclipse Tiger Woods by (4-1) allowed eight hits in his fourth con- bing from elbow ligament replacement I thought it was already gusty in the becoming the event’s youngest secutive win. surgery. Moss and Cespedes connected morning, and the pin positions were champion. Hughes threw 86 pitches, and then on consecutive pitches in the fifth as a little bit tougher than yesterday.” “I felt like today was one of my gave way to the bullpen. Casey Fien the AL West-leading A’s foiled Doug Kaymer has not won a tourna- best ball-striking days I’ve had in a pitched the eighth, and Glen Perkins Fister’s season debut. Fister (0-1) PONTE VEDRA BEACH: Martin Kaymer of Germany, hits from a sand ment since the Nedbank Golf long time. Very stress-free, and I’d like allowed a run in the ninth but held on for allowed nine hits and seven runs in 4 1- trap on the 14th fairway during the second round of The Players Challenge in South Africa at the end to have a round like that the next two his ninth save in 10 chances. 3 innings. —AP championship golf tournament.—AP of 2012, but has gained confidence days.” —Reuters