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Canada top Finland 5-3 US ‘blank’ Switzerland 3-0 to Braves extend win streak to 7, open women’s world hockey CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 21, hand Orioles 16th straight loss (AP): Brianna Decker and Kendall Coyne Schofi eld each had a goal MLB Results/Standings and an assist and the nine-time champion United States beat Swit- zerland 3-0 to open the women’s WASHINGTON, Aug 21, (AP): Re- sults and standings from the MLB world hockey championship. games on Friday. The tournament began with Kansas City 6 Chicago Cubs 2 the Beijing Olympics less than Atlanta 3 Baltimore 0 NY Yankees 10 Minnesota 2 six months away. The world Cleveland 9 LA Angels 1 championship was last played in Detroit 4 Toronto (10 inn) 1 Boston 6 Texas 0 2019 in Finland, with the United Chic. W. Sox 7 T. Bay (11 inn) 5 States winning its fifth straight Houston 12 Seattle 3 Oakland 4 San Francisco 1 title. The pandemic twice forced Cincinnati 5 Miami 3 the cancellation of the event in Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 0 Washington 4 Milwaukee 1 Nova Scotia. Colorado 9 Arizona 4 Grace Zumwinkle also scored LA Dodgers 3 NY Mets 2 for the United States and Alex Philadelphia 4 San Diego 3 American League Cavallini made 10 saves. Andrea East Division Braendli stopped 55 shots for W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 75 48 .610 _ Switzerland. New York 71 52 .577 4 “I thought it was a great game Boston 70 54 .565 5-1/2 Toronto 63 57 .525 10-1/2 and we’re really excited about the Baltimore 38 83 .314 36 result, but also in how we played Central Division as a team” U.S. coach Joel John- W L Pct GB Chicago 72 51 .585 _ son said. “It just felt really good to Cleveland 59 61 .492 11-1/2 get out and play. The Swiss have Detroit 59 65 .476 13-1/2 Minnesota 54 69 .439 18 a great team and played us tough, Kansas City 53 68 .438 18 but it really speaks to how compet- West Division W L Pct GB itive the game has become all over Houston 72 50 .590 _ the world.” Oakland 70 53 .569 2-1/2 Seattle 66 57 .537 6-1/2 Los Angeles 62 62 .500 11 ICE HOCKEY Texas 42 80 .344 30 National League East Division W L Pct GB Decker opened the scoring at Atlanta 66 56 .541 _ Philadelphia 62 60 .508 4 4:29 of the first period, Coyne New York 60 62 .492 6 Schofield connected at 4:08 of Washington 53 68 .438 12-1/2 the second, and Grace Zum- Miami 51 72 .415 15-1/2 Central Division winkle capped the scoring with W L Pct GB 1:36 left in the second. Decker Milwaukee 74 49 .602 _ second baseman Ozzie Albies throws to first to complete the double play after forcing out Baltimore Orioles’ Ryan Mountcastle (6) on a Cincinnati 67 57 .540 7-1/2 ball hit by Trey Mancini during the first inning of a game on Aug 20, in Baltimore. (AP) assisted on Coyne Schofield’s St Louis 62 59 .512 11 goal to tie the American world Chicago 54 70 .435 20-1/2 Pittsburgh 43 79 .352 30-1/2 championship assists record of West Division Yanks rout Twins 38 held by Krissy Wendell and W L Pct GB Earthquakes pip Galaxy in California Clásico Jennie Potter. San Francisco 78 44 .639 _ Earlier in the fi rst Group A game, Los Angeles 77 46 .626 1-1/2 BALTIMORE, Aug 21, CARSON, Calif., Aug 21, (AP): Jer- previous 10. Los Angeles tied it in the 65th min- San Diego 67 57 .540 12 emy Ebobisse scored in the 52nd min- Ebobisse headed in Luciano Abeca- ute when Víctor Vázquez curled a cor- Sarah Fillier broke a tie midway Colorado 56 66 .459 22 (AP): Travis d’Arnaud cel- Arizona 41 82 .333 37-1/2 ute and the San Jose Earthquakes got sis’ cross to open the scoring. ner kick that went off goalkeeper JT through the third period and Can- ebrated his new contract an own goal in the 71st to beat the LA Marcinkowski inside the near post. ada rallied to beat Finland 5-3. In with a two-run homer, Galaxy 2-1 in the California Clásico. San Jose went ahead on an own goal the lone Group B game of the day, Poulin scored in a 20-second span San Jose (6-7-8) is unbeaten in six SOCCER by Niko Hämäläine. Javier “Chofis” Alena Mills had three goals and an in the second period. Nelli Laitinen also went deep straight away matches - with two vic- Lopez dribbled around his defender on assist in the Czech Republic’s 6-1 and Minnamari Tuominen scored and the Atlanta Braves tories. Los Angeles (11-8-2) won the Ebobisse’s last goal came July 30 the baseline and sent a pass across the victory over Denmark. for Finland in a 3:40 span early in beat Baltimore 3-0, extend- first two matches against San Jose this - while with the Portland Timbers - goal that deflected off Hämäläine into All fi ve teams in Group A and the fi rst, with Tuominen connect- ing their winning streak to season after winning just twice in the against the Galaxy. the back of the net. the top three in Group B will ad- ing with two Canadians in the pen- seven games while hand- vance to the quarterfi nals. The alty box. St. Louis in 1954, topped only by zuki in the third for the Angels, and United States will face Finland on Erin Ambrose gave Canada a ing the Orioles their 16th the 1988 team that started the season All-Star Shohei Ohtani went 1 for 4 Sunday night. 3-2 lead early in the third, and Jen- straight defeat. 0-21. and reached on an error. Jaime Bar- Fillier scored 25 seconds after ner had an empty-net goal in the Max Fried (11-7) allowed four Before the game, d’Arnaud signed ria (2-2) took the loss. Elisa Holopainen tied it for Fin- fi nal minute. hits in his first career nine-inning a two-year, $16 million extension Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1, 10 Innings land. Fillier scored on a rebound Ann-Renee Desbiens made eight complete game, and the NL East- with a club option for 2024. The In Toronto, Pinch-hitter Harold after Anni Keisala stopped Natalie saves for Canada. Keisala stopped leading Braves matched a modern- 32-year-old catcher rewarded At- Castro singled home the go-ahead lanta for its show of faith, crushing Spooner’s wraparound attempt. 39 shots. era, single-season franchise record run in the 10th inning and Detroit “I think when you have energy Vendula Pribylova, Dominika a second-inning pitch from Keegan beat Toronto. with their 11th consecutive road Akin (0-8). and a no-quit attitude and you add Laskova and Kristyna Patkova also win. The last time that happened Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera re- grit, good things are going to hap- scored for the Czech Republic, and was in 1956, when the team was Yankees 10, Twins 2 mained at 499 career home runs after pen,” Cabadian forward Brianne Klara Peslarova made eight saves. based in Milwaukee. Fried struck In New York, Luke Voit fi nished going 0 for 5 with three strikeouts. with a homer, four hits and four Trevor Richards (5-2) struck out Jenner said. Josefi ne Persson scored for Den- out four, walked none. Ten-time champion Canada mark. The Danes are competing in RBIs, and surging New York beat the fi rst two batters he faced in the Baltimore’s losing streak is its Minnesota for its season-high eighth 10th before Castro, pinch-hitting for overcame a two-goal defi cit when the top division for the fi rst time second-longest since moving from Jamie Rattray and Marie-Philip since 1992. straight win. catcher Grayson Greiner, lined a tie- Voit tied a career high with his breaking single to left. New York Yankees’ Luke Voit hits a third four-hit game. He hit a two-run two-run single during the first inning Jonathan Schoop and Jeimer Can- bases-loaded single in New York’s of a baseball game against the Min- delario added RBI singles for De- four-run fi rst inning off rookie Char- nesota Twins, on Aug 20, in New troit. Gregory Soto (5-3) got out of lie Barnes (0-3) and got another York. (AP) a jam in the ninth and wrapped it up single in the second. He hit an RBI in the 10th as the Tigers snapped a double in the fourth and homered to nings as Los Angeles improved to four-game losing streak. right-center to open the seventh. 5-0 against the Mets over the past Astros 12, Mariners 3 White Sox 7, Rays 5 eight days, including a three-game In Houston, Yordan Álvarez In St. Petersburg, Fla., Tim Ander- sweep in New York last weekend. homered and had four RBIs as Hou- son had a game-tying homer in the Pete Alonso hit his 27th ston jumped on Yusei Kikuchi early and had an RBI infi eld single in the ninth and a tiebreaking RBI single in and cruised to a win over Seattle. the 11th as Chicago beat Tampa Bay eighth as New York lost for the sev- enth time in eight games. Álvarez and Jake Meyers hit two- in a matchup of AL division leaders. run homers off Kikuchi (7-7) as he After Tampa Bay’s Andrew Red Sox 6, Rangers 0 tied a career-high by allowing seven Kittredge (8-2) worked a perfect In Boston, Chris Sale pitched fi ve runs in a season-low 2 2/3 innings. 10th, Anderson opened the 11th with shutout innings in his second outing Martín Maldonado and Yuli Gur- a hit and scored on a fi elder’s choice since Tommy John surgery to help riel also homered, and Carlos Correa grounder by José Abreu to make it Boston beat Texas. and José Altuve each hit a triple to 7-5. Xander Bogaerts homered and the help Houston win its second straight. Athletics 4, Giants 1 Red Sox pounded out six doubles. Sale (2-0) threw 71 pitches, allow- Pirates 4, Cardinals 0 In Oakland, Calif., Josh Harrison ing fi ve hits and a walk while strik- In St. Louis, Mitch Keller struck hit a two-run single, Starling Marte ing out fi ve for his second win in two out six over fi ve solid innings, Greg- added an RBI double, and Oakland starts since returning from elbow ory Polanco drove in two runs and dealt San Francisco its fi rst consecu- ligament replacement surgery. Pittsburgh topped St. Louis to snap a tive losses since late July. fi ve-game skid. James Kaprielian pitched three- Royals 6, Cubs 2 Pinch-hitter Yoshi Tsutsugo hit hit ball over fi ve innings to remain In Chicago, Salvador Perez hit his fi rst homer with Pittsburgh in the unbeaten in three starts since coming two of Kansas City’s fi ve home runs ninth. off the injured list to help the A’s in a win over Chicago, which has Keller (4-10) walked one and hold off their Bay Area rivals. lost 11 straight home games. worked around six hits in picking up Mike Yastrzemski homered for his fi rst victory since May 29. San Francisco, snapping a 3-for-26 BASEBALL Rookie Lars Nootbaar had three funk with his 19th home run leading singles to lead St. Louis’ 10-hit at- off the fi fth. tack. The Cardinals stranded 12. United States’ Megan Keller (right), tries to get past Switzerland’s Lena Marie Lutz during the third period of an IIHF hit his fi rst ca- women’s hockey championships game in Calgary, Alberta, on Aug 20. (AP) Dodgers 3, Mets 2 reer homer, and Andrew Benitendi Nationals 4, Brewers 1 In Los Angeles, Trea Turner had and also connected. In Milwaukee, Patrick Corbin Washington rally past Bengals 17-13 two hits and two runs, Walker Bue- The Royals, who have won four of pitched three-hit ball into the sev- hler pitched two-run ball into the fi ve, are last in the American League enth inning and Washington topped eighth inning and Los Angeles won in home runs with 124. Milwaukee. its eighth straight by beating New Royals starter (8-12) Corbin (7-12) struck out seven, Chiefs beat Cards in preseason game York. struck out eight, allowing one earned walked nobody and held the Brewers Buehler (13-2) struck out eight run on four hits in six innings. scoreless until allowing a homer to and allowed six hits over 7 2/3 in- Avisaíl García on his 92nd and fi nal GLENDALE, Arizona, Aug 21, stop a promising Arizona drive. nati. Reds 5, Marlins 3 pitch with one out in the seventh. (AP): and rookie Shane Arizona Kyler Mur- Patterson, an undrafted free agent In Cincinnati, Sonny Gray pitched Buechele threw passes ray saw his fi rst preseason action, from Buffalo, ran for 71 yards, one-hit ball through seven scoreless Rockies 9, Diamondbacks 4 to help the beat playing the fi rst three series. He caught three passes for 25 yards and innings, Tyler Naquin and Joey Vot- In Denver, Pinch-hitter the 17-10 in a pre- was 1-of-4 passing for 2 yards and had a 37-yard kickoff return. His to homered in the fi fth, and Cincin- hit a go-ahead RBI triple in the sixth season game. also gained 8 yards on the ground. 1-yard scoring plunge was Washing- nati beat Miami. inning, homered and started and com- The Cardinals (1-1) didn’t get a fi rst ton’s only touchdown. Dustin Hop- Gray (5-6) retired Miami in order Colorado defeated Arizona. pleted 10 of 18 passes for 78 yards, down on any of the possessions. kins had three fi eld goals for Wash- in fi ve of his seven innings and ex- C.J. Cron had three hits and two no and one . ington (1-1). ited after throwing 89 pitches. He RBIs, and Connor Joe added two hits The 2018 Most Valuable Player led FOOTBALL Cincinnati (1-1) held out quarter- struck out fi ve. and two RBIs for the Rockies, who two 15-play drives in his most exten- back Joe Burrow for the second week Elieser Hernandez (0-1) allowed won their eighth in a row at home. sive action so far this preseason. in a row and the offense struggled. fi ve runs and fi ve hits through 4 2/3 Ketel Marte homered for the Dia- The fi rst 15-play drive ended on a Backup Colt McCoy was 13 of 18 Burrow, the fi rst selection in the 2020 innings as Cincinnati took the fi rst mondbacks. 24-yard fi eld goal by Harrison But- for 113 yards and one interception. draft, started 10 games last season be- two of a four-game set. Phillies 4, Padres 3 ker and the second abruptly stopped The Cardinals managed just 239 to- fore a season-ending left knee injury at Indians 9, Angels 1 In San Diego, Bryce Harper hit when Byron Murphy Jr. intercepted tal yards. Washington in Week 11. In Cleveland, Franmil Reyes hit a two-run homer and Philadelphia Mahomes’ pass in the end zone. Kansas City pushed ahead 17-0 Brandon Allen started in his place a towering three-run homer and tied snapped a four-game losing streak Henne was 6 of 8 for 82 yards midway through the third quarter and played through the fi rst drive of his career high with fi ve RBIs, pow- with a win over San Diego in a and a touchdown. Buechele was 9 of when Buechele hit Jerick McKinnon the second half, fi nishing 8 of 17 for ering Cleveland past Los Angeles. matchup of struggling teams. 11 for 115 yards with a touchdown for a 5-yard touchdown strike. 70 yards. The Bengals were 0 for 6 Reyes’ 430-foot blast to center The Padres have lost eight of nine and an interception. on third downs in the fi rst half and Washington 17, Bengals 13 Kansas City Chiefs quarterback opened the scoring in the fi rst. His and are slipping in the race for the caught four passes for 63 yards. In Landover, Md., Rookie running fi nished 4 of 13. (6) throws abas- two-run single in the sixth extended second NL wild-card spot. The Pa- Kansas City (2-0) led 10-0 at half- back Jaret Patterson did a little bit of Ryan Fitzpatrick played the fi rst ing the Arizona Cardinals during the Indians’ lead to 8-1. José Ram- dres’ loss, along with Cincinnati’s time. snagged an in- everything and scored the go-ahead four series for Washington before the second half of an NFL football irez hit a solo homer in the eighth for 5-3 win over the Marlins on Friday, terception on a diving catch with 30 touchdown in the fourth quarter in making way for Taylor Heinicke. game on Aug 20, in Glendale, Ariz. his team-high 28th of the season. moved San Diego and Cincinnati seconds left in the second quarter to Washington’s victory over Cincin- Fitzpatrick was7 of 13 for 96 yards. (AP) David Fletcher singled in Kurt Su- into a tie in the wild-card race.