12 Established 1961 Sports Monday, April 9, 2018 Dodgers lose another marathon to rival Giants in 14 innings Yankees bounce back against Orioles, win 8-3

SAN FRANCISCO: Andrew McCutchen’s career-best YANKEES 8, ORIOLES 3 sixth hit of the game, a three-run in the bot- David Robertson recorded key strikeouts of Manny tom of the 14th inning, rallied the Machado and Jonathan Schoop for the final two outs of from a 5-4 deficit and into a 7-5, walk-off win the top of the seventh inning as host New York beat Saturday over the Los Angeles Dodgers in San Baltimore. With runners on second and third, Robertson Francisco. After the Dodgers had scored off Roberto used his fastball to get Machado looking on a close Gomez (1-0), the Giants’ ninth pitcher, in the top of the pitch. He then quickly got ahead of Schoop and finished 14th, Kelby Tomlinson and led off the bottom the inning by getting the second baseman to chase at a of the inning with singles curveball on a 2-2 count. off the Dodgers’ 10th Robertson’s latest escape pitcher, Wilmer Font (0- act occurred after the 2). McCutchen, who ear- Yankees regained the lier had stroked four sin- lead, 5-3, with two runs gles and a double, then Mike Leake in the sixth on Miguel belted the 12th pitch of Andujar’s sacrifice fly his at-bat, a 2-2 fastball, pitched five and Austin Romine’s base over the fence in left hit. It also occurred field for his first homer strong innings before Aaron Judge as a Giant and seventh ripped an RBI double career walk-off homer. and Tyler Austin added a McCutchen finished 6- two-run single off Jimmy for-7 after having Yacabonis in the seventh. totaled just two hits in the Giants’ first six games. ASTROS 1, PADRES 0 (10 INNINGS) Derek Fisher raced home from second when San PHILLIES 20, MARLINS 1 Diego first baseman Eric Hosmer misplayed a two-out Maikel Franco and Aaron Altherr each hit a grand pop up 15 feet down the first base line with two out in slam, and Philadelphia cruised past visiting Miami in a the 10th to give host Houston the walk-off win. Hosmer rout. The Phillies scored five runs in the first, four in the was playing deep when Astros third baseman Alex SAN FRANCISCO: Andrew McCutchen #22 of the San Francisco Giants hits a walk-off three-run third and eight in the fourth. They compiled 20 hits, Bregman popped up on a full-count pitch from Phil homer to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-5 in the bottom of the 14th inning at AT&T Park on and Franco led the way with six RBIs. Eleven different Maton to apparently send a scoreless tie into the 11th Saturday in San Francisco, California. — AFP Phillies had at least one hit. The last time the Phillies inning. But Hosmer ran past the ball as he charged in, scored at least 20 runs came April 6, 2009 against the and it fell behind him for the decisive run-scoring sin- Cincinnati Reds. The Phillies scored more runs in this gle. Fisher ran for Brian McCann, who opened the open the fourth inning and give the Brewers a 1-0 lead. Berrios, who threw a complete-game shutout in his game than they did in their six other games this season inning with a single, and immediately tried to steal sec- It was his third home run of the season and second of season debut, allowed five runs on six hits and struck combined. ond. He was called out, but Astros manager A.J. Hinch the series. out seven in 4 2/3 innings to drop to 1-1. challenged the call, and it was reversed with Fisher RED SOX 10, RAYS 3 staying at second with the steal. METS 3, NATIONALS 2 CARDINALS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3 Xander Bogaerts clubbed a and had a Todd Frazier and Asdrubal Cabrera each drove in a Michael Wacha (1-1) allowed two runs on four hits in career-high six RBIs to power Boston to its seventh CUBS 5, BREWERS 2 run as New York scored twice in the top of the seventh five innings and Jose Martinez hit a tiebreaking three- consecutive victory with a rout of visiting Tampa Bay, It Kris Bryant had a home run and a triple, and visiting inning and defeated host Washington. Cabrera tied the run homer in the bottom of the third inning and added was Bogaerts’ second career grand slam and the Red Chicago took advantage of two Milwaukee errors in the game with a run-scoring double before Frazier made it an RBI single to lift St. Louis past visiting Arizona. On Sox’s first since Dustin Pedroia’s slam on Sept. 24, 2016 ninth inning to rally to victory. Trailing 2-1 in the top of 3-2 on a groundout to second baseman Howie an 0-2 pitch with two men on base, Martinez smashed a at Tampa Bay. Bogaerts (2-for-3, walk) also hit a two- the ninth inning, the Cubs got RBIs from Ben Zobrist, Kendrick. Third baseman Anthony Rendon and Zack Greinke offering over the center field fence. run double, his major-league-leading seventh two-bag- Ian Happ and pinch hitter Jon Lester to pull in front. Washington manager Dave Martinez both were ejected Tommy Pham and Marcell Ozuna also scored to give St. ger through eight games. J.D. Martinez (1-for-2, walk) Milwaukee third baseman Travis Shaw and shortstop at the end of the bottom of the third. Rendon flipped his Louis a lead it would not relinquish. Bud Norris pitched hit a solo shot for his first home run as a Red Sox and Orlando Arcia committed errors in the ninth inning bat after home plate umpire Marty Foster called him a scoreless ninth with three strikeouts for the save. drove in two runs while Rafael Devers (2-for-3, walk) leading to two unearned runs for the Cubs. Eric Thames out on strikes. Foster then quickly tossed Rendon, and Arizona lost for just the second time this season as added a solo blast and had two RBIs. Boston starter hit a solo home run off Yu Darvish, and Lorenzo Cain Martinez came out and argued before also getting Greinke (0-1) had a rough outing, allowing five runs on Rick Porcello (2-0) allowed three runs on six hits with drove in a go-ahead run in the eighth inning for the ejected. nine hits in five innings. seven strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings. Brewers. Thames hit a 3-2 slider out to right field to ROCKIES 3, BRAVES 2 (10 INNINGS) ROYALS 1, INDIANS 0 MLB results/standings Catcher Tony Wolters walked with the bases loaded Lucas Duda hit a leadoff home run in the seventh to bring home Carlos Gonzalez with the winning run in inning and Ian Kennedy struck out eight in six score- NY Yankees 8, Baltimore 3; NY Mets 3, Washington 2; Boston 10, Tampa Bay 3; Detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 1; the 10th inning to give Colorado a walk-off victory over less innings as Kansas City beat host Cleveland on a Seattle 11, Minnesota 4; St. Louis 5, Arizona 3; 5, Milwaukee 2; Kansas City 1, Cleveland 0; San visiting Atlanta. With the bases loaded, Wolters took 34-degree day. Duda’s homer, his second of the sea- Francisco 7, LA Dodgers 5; Philadelphia 20, Miami 1; Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 4; Houston 1, San Diego 0; Texas 5, four straight balls from Atlanta closer Arodys Vizcaino son, was one of three hits off Cleveland right-hander Toronto 1; Colorado 3, Atlanta 2. (1-1). Wolters was 2-for-3 and made at least three run- Trevor Bauer (0-1), who struck out seven over eight American League National League saving plays behind the plate. The Braves tied the game innings. Kennedy (1-0) gave up four hits and did not American League - East National League - East in the ninth against Colorado closer Wade Davis, who walk a batter in his second start of the season, drop- WLPCT GB NY Mets 6 1 .857 - blew his first save of the season. Davis issued a one-out ping his ERA to 0.75 after giving up one run in a no- Boston 7 1 .875 - Atlanta 5 3 .625 1.5 walk to pinch hitter Kurt Suzuki and a single to Dansby decision against the White Sox. He was removed after NY Yankees 5 4 .556 2.5 Washington 4 4 .500 2.5 Swanson, which sent speedy pinch runner Peter Bourjos throwing 101 pitches. Toronto 5 4 .556 2.5 Philadelphia 3 4 .429 3 to third. Ryan Flaherty then knocked in Bourjos with a Baltimore 3 6 .333 4.5 Miami 2 6 .250 4.5 line-drive single to center field. REDS 7, PIRATES 4 Tampa Bay 1 7 .125 6 National League - Central American League - Central Eugenio Suarez delivered a tiebreaking three-run Pittsburgh 6 2 .750 - homer and drove in five runs as Cincinnati rallied past Minnesota 4 3 .571 - Milwaukee 5 4 .556 1.5 MARINERS 11, TWINS 4 Detroit 3 4 .429 1 St. Louis 4 4 .500 2 Mike Leake pitched five strong innings, and Kyle host Pittsburgh. Suarez sent a fastball from Pirates Chicago White Sox 3 4 .429 1 Chicago Cubs 4 4 .500 2 Seager, Ryon Healy and Guillermo Heredia provided the right-hander George Kontos (0-1) over the fence in Cleveland 3 5 .375 1.5 Cincinnati 2 5 .286 3.5 offense as Seattle routed host Minnesota on a chilly left with two outs in the eighth to give the Reds the Kansas City 2 4 .333 1.5 National League - West American League - West afternoon at Target Field. Leake (2-0) didn’t have a three-run lead. The third baseman went 3-for-4 and Houston 7 2 .778 - Arizona 6 2 .750 - strikeout and walked four, but allowed only two runs on also contributed a game-tying, two-run single in the LA Angels 6 3 .667 1 San Francisco 4 3 .571 1.5 three hits. Seager and Heredia each hit two-run home sixth inning. Joey Votto, Tucker Barnhart and Jose Seattle 4 3 .571 2 Colorado 5 4 .556 1.5 runs, and Healy had a bases-clearing double in a five- Peraza had two hits apiece for the Reds, who finished Oakland 4 6 .400 3.5 LA Dodgers 2 6 .250 4 run eighth inning for the Mariners, who bounced back with 11. Cincinnati recovered from a 4-0 deficit to San Diego 2 7 .222 4.5 Texas 4 6 .400 3.5 from a loss to the Twins on Friday. Minnesota’s Jose improve to 2-5. — Reuters

Fiji win record fourth straight Waikato Chiefs edged Auckland Lion Tambwe in a New Zealand derby. HK Sevens Waratahs hammered the Japanese equals Super 50-29 in Tokyo, beat compatriots crown 45-21 in Canberra and a penalty try Rugby record, earned Chiefs a 21-19 win over Blues HONG KONG: Fiji won a record fourth in Hamilton. Tambwe is the second straight Hong Kong Sevens crown yesterday go top player to score four tries in a match this year after Ben Lam of Wellington with a crunching 24-12 victory over Kenya BUENOS AIRES: ’ Hurricanes. The Lions winger, who left and dedicated the win to those hit by a scored a record- DR Congo capital Kinshasa at an early cyclone which struck this month. equalling four tries in a “It’s great to have done this for the people match Saturday and Canterbury age to be educated in , of Fiji and those who have been affected by Crusaders reclaimed top spot in the refused to take any credit for his the floods in Fiji,” said coach Gareth Baber. New Zealand conference. Democratic achievement. “It is entirely due to my “We’ve talked about it all week-what we Republic of Congo-born Tambwe teammates that I got those try-scoring could do to lift the worries and stresses peo- matched 15 other players since 1996 opportunities,” said the man-of-the- ple are having in their lives-and I thought the with Australian Joe Roff first to score match award winner. players did admirably this weekend.” HONG KONG: Collins Injera (C) of Kenya fumbles the ball while getting tackled by four tries in a game. “I am privileged to be part of the Cyclone Josie claimed a reported four Amenoni Nasilasila (R) of Fiji in the Cup Final on the third day at the Hong Kong The 20-year-old winger took just Golden Lions Super Rugby squad and lives and left thousands of dwellings flooded Sevens rugby tournament in Hong Kong yesterday. — AFP 54 seconds to open the scoring in a grateful for every opportunity the when it hit the island nation at high tide in 52-31 rout of Western in coaching staff give me.” Tambwe early April. Fiji had come to Hong Kong look- Johannesburg during round 8. He com- began the season as a third-choice ing to raise spirits back home and grab a slice among the nations to send development “The Hong Kong Sevens is like the World pleted his hat-trick within 13 minutes winger, but injuries to Courtnall of history with a fourth straight title win-and squads to Hong Kong and focus their more Cup in Fiji and four years in a row is like win- and added a fourth try 12 minutes into Skosan and gave him an 18th overall. senior players on the Commonwealth Games. ning the World Cup,” said Fiji captain Jerry the second half of the South African a chance. Tambwe helped the Lions Such is the importance of the event to Kenya came full-strength and had looked a Tuwai. There was some consolation for the derby. On a profitable day for wingers, lead 31-10 at half-time and they Fijians that they opted to send a full-strength serious threat to the Fijians’ reign after win- youthful South Africans as they picked up George Bridge and Manasa Mataele scored regularly in the second half to squad to town, even though the ning their semi-final 21-7 over New Zealand. third for the tournament with a 29-7 win over scored two each for defending cham- bounce back after three losses in their Commonwealth Games tourna- But two yellow cards late in the first half left New Zealand. pions Crusaders in a 40-14 triumph previous four matches. Lions top the ment-one they have never won-is next week- them with five men, and Fiji pounced with an They also kept hold of their lead in the over the Argentine in Buenos conference with 25 end. It paid off after a scorching final day that Amenoni Nasilasila try that made the score World Rugby Seven Series and head to Aires. In other matches, Australian points, Coastal have 14, saw them first pushed to the limit by a spirit- 17-0 at the half. Singapore from April 28-29 on 126 points to sides and Stormers 13, Northern nine and ed and youthful South Africa in winning their Kenya tried hard but could never really Fiji’s 123, with three legs left in the series to ACT Brumbies won convincingly and the Jaguares eight. — AFP semi-final 26-24. The South Africans were work their way back into serious contention. play. — AFP