ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2021 SPORTS 14 Mercury rally past Storm 85-77 Yankees shut down Astros Sun beat Dream, wrap up Giants top Nats MLB Results/Standings Commissioner’s Cup spot HOUSTON, July 10, (AP): UNCASVILLE, Conn., July 10, Skylar Diggins-Smith added 26 (AP): Jonquel Jones had 24 points points on 8-of-13 shooting for the Nestor Cortes and three WASHINGTON, July 10, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Friday. and 16 rebounds, DeWanna Mercury (9-9). They beat the top relievers combined for a Cleveland 2 Kansas City 1 Bonner added 22 points and the two teams in the WNBA standings three-hitter and Brett Gard- Chic. White Sox 12 Baltimore 1 Tampa Bay 7 Toronto 1 Connecticut Sun beat the Atlanta in consecutive games with Diana ner and DJ LeMahieu each Boston 11 Philadelphia 5 Dream 84-72 to wrap up a spot in Taurasi sidelined by a hip injury. Minnesota 4 Detroit 2 the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup drove in two runs to lead the Texas 3 Oakland 2 Griner had 33 points Wednesday New York Yankees over the NY Yankees 4 Houston 0 championship. night in a 99-90 overtime win over Seattle 7 LA Angels 3 Connecticut (13-6) will repre- the Las Vegas Aces. Houston Astros 4-0. Chicago Cubs 10 St Louis 5 sent the Eastern Conference Making a spot start, Cortes per- Atlanta 5 Miami 0 The Storm (15-5) wrapped up a NY Mets 13 Pittsburgh 4 against Seattle in the inaugural spot in WNBA Commissioner’s mitted two hits in 4 2/3 innings, Cincinnati 2 Milwaukee 0 title game Aug. 12 in Phoenix after San Francisco 5 Washington 3 Cup championship when the Las striking out two and walking two San Diego 4 Colorado 2 going 8-1 in Commissioner’s Cup and lowering his ERA to 1.05. Arizona 5 LA Dodgers 2 games. The finalists will be vying Vegas Aces lost to the Minnesota Lucas Luetge (3-1) pitched 1 1/3 hit- American League Lynx later Friday. East Division for a prize pool of a $500,000. less innings for the win. Chad Green W L Pct GB Brionna Jones added 16 points gave up one hit in two innings and Jona- Boston 55 34 .618 _ than Loaisiga threw a perfect ninth. Tampa Bay 52 36 .591 2-1/2 and nine rebounds and Briann BASKETBALL It was New York’s fi rst visit to Hou- Toronto 44 41 .518 9 January scored 11 points for ston since Game 6 of the 2019 AL New York 45 42 .517 9 Connecticut. Cheyenne Parker Baltimore 28 59 .322 26 The teams will meet again Championship Series. The Astros ad- Central Division scored all 15 of her points in the vanced to the World Series with a 6-4 W L Pct GB first half for Atlanta (6-12). Sunday in Everett, Washington. win in that game on a two-run homer by Chicago 52 35 .598 _ Lynx 85, Aces 77 Jose Altuve with two outs in the ninth. Cleveland 44 42 .512 7-1/2 Mercury 85, Storm 77 Detroit 40 49 .449 13 In Las Vegas, Layshia Clarendon Giants 5, Nationals 3 Minnesota 37 50 .425 15 In Phoenix, Brittney Griner had Kansas City 36 52 .409 16-1/2 29 points and 15 rebounds to help had 18 points and nine assists and In San Francisco, Curt Casali hit a West Division Minnesota beat Las Vegas for its two-run homer while fi lling in for in- W L Pct GB Phoenix beat Seattle. New York Yankees starting pitcher Nestor Cortes throws to a Houston As- Houston 54 35 .607 _ sixth straight victory. jured All-Star catcher Buster Posey, Oakland 50 40 .556 4-1/2 late lineup addition Darin Ruf added a tros batter during the fi rst inning of a baseball game, on July 9, in Houston. Minnesota (11-7) did not attempt (AP) Seattle 47 42 .528 7 go-ahead drive and San Francisco beat Los Angeles 44 43 .506 9 a free throw, the second time a Texas 35 53 .398 18-1/2 Washington. nine-pitch walk. ning and Minnesota waited out another WNBA team has finished a game Ruf added an RBI single in the fi rst National League Cubs 10, Cardinals 5 young Detroit starter. East Division without an attempt. The Lynx led inning against Paolo Espino before con- Like left-hander Tarik Skubal a W L Pct GB 10-2, had a 37-18 advantage early necting for his ninth homer off loser In Chicago, Kyle Hendricks won his night earlier, Detroit rookie Matt Man- New York 46 38 .548 _ Sam Clay (0-3) in the fi fth. Wilmer Flo- ninth straight decision, Patrick Wisdom Atlanta 43 44 .494 4-1/2 in the second and led by at least 12 ning didn’t allow a hit through the fi rst Philadelphia 42 44 .488 5 the rest of the way. res homered in the seventh. hit a two-run homer and Chicago beat four innings. Minnesota fi nally broke Washington 42 45 .483 5-1/2 St. Louis. through with an RBI single by Trevor Miami 38 49 .437 9-1/2 Kelsey Plum had 16 of her 18 Kris Bryant drove in three runs with a Central Division Larnach to start the scoring in the sixth. W L Pct GB points in the second half for the BASEBALL pinch-hit double to start Chicago’s fi ve- Left fi elder Robbie Grossman tried for Milwaukee 53 37 .589 _ Aces (14-6). run burst in the seventh inning before Kepler’s sinking liner, but it hit the Cincinnati 46 42 .523 6 Fever 82, Liberty 69 Wisdom went deep against his former ground and skipped past him. Chicago 44 45 .494 8-1/2 Washington’s Tres Barrera hit a two- team. St Louis 43 46 .483 9-1/2 In Indianapolis, Kelsey Mitchell run triple in the fourth for his fi rst career Joc Pederson doubled twice, includ- Diamondbacks 5, Dodgers 2 Pittsburgh 32 55 .368 19-1/2 extra-base hit and RBIs. West Division had 20 points and Indiana won its ing a three-run hit in the fi rst. Chicago In Los Angeles, Eduardo Escobar W L Pct GB second straight game after losing Padres 4, Rockies 2 won for the second time in three games hit his 20th home run of the season and San Francisco 55 32 .632 _ following an 11-game losing streak. last-place Arizona pinned another loss Los Angeles 54 35 .607 2 12 in a row, beating New York. In San Diego, reliever Miguel Diaz San Diego 53 38 .582 4 Indians 2, Royals 1 on Los Angeles. Colorado 38 51 .427 18 Danielle Robinson added 18, rejoined the Padres for the fourth time The Diamondbacks, with the worst Atlanta Dream center Elizabeth this season and was part of a dominant Arizona 26 64 .289 30-1/2 Williams (1) fouls Connecticut Sun and Teaira McCowan had 15 In Cleveland, Bobby Bradley homer- record in the majors, have won three of points for the Fever (3-16). performance by the San Diego bullpen. ed leading off the ninth inning as Cleve- four. They’re coming off a successful center Brionna Jones (42) during a Trent Grisham drove in two runs, a land overcame some brutal baserunning from 1-0 and 3-2 defi cits to pull away. WNBA basketball game, on July 9, Betnijah Laney had 23 points for trip to Colorado, their fi rst series win in Uncasville, Conn. (AP) day after his game-ending single beat that led to manager Terry Francona’s since May 2. Rays 7, Blue Jays 1 the Liberty (10-10). Washington 9-8 when the Padres rallied ejection. Bradley drove a 1-2 pitch from The Dodgers have lost four of fi ve. Los from an eight-run defi cit, matching the Jake Brentz (2-2) over the wall in right- In St. Petersburg, Florida, three Tam- Angeles didn’t help its cause with a lack- pa Bay relievers combined on fi ve more biggest comeback in team history. center for his 10th homer as the Indians luster offense that produced just fi ve hits, Four San Diego relievers combined got their second straight walk-off win, scoreless innings, Ji-Man Choi drove in Hill survives demolition derby for a shaky defense that made two errors and three runs and the Rays won their fi fth for 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing just touching off another wild celebration a combined pitching performance that is- consecutive game. one hit and striking out seven. The Padres inside Progressive Field. sued seven walks and hit two batters. fi rst ‘Truck Series’ victory of year have won nine straight against Colorado On Thursday, Franmil Reyes’ three- Andrew Kittredge (6-1) and Jeffrey at Petco Park, their longest active home run homer in the ninth ended Cleve- Braves 5, Marlins 0 Springs each worked two perfect in- KNOXVILLE, Iowa, July 10, (AP): the way behind the leaders on the first winning streak against any opponent. land’s nine-game losing streak. In Miami, Charlie Morton pitched nings, with Springs striking out fi ve. Austin Hill survived demolition derby on overtime try. The race went 171 laps, 21 Mariners 7, Angels 3 James Karinchak (6-2) got his sec- seven innings of two-hit ball, Ronald J.P. Feyereisen allowed a one-out single the dirt at Knoxville Raceway for his first more than scheduled.