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Royal take IPL lead Gallo HR ends power drought Bangalore beats Delhi by one run AHMEDABAD, India, April 28, (AP): Royal Challengers Bangalore hung in against Shim- ron Hetmyer and Rishabh Pant’s late charge to as Rangers quiet Angels’ bats beat Delhi Capitals by just one run and go atop the Indian Premier League. Bangalore’s fifth win in six games took them to 10 points, leaving Delhi and Chennai Super Diamondbacks keep rolling, Rays cool off Athletics Kings both at eight points. Bangalore, which scored 171-5 on the back of AB de Villiers’ electrifying unbeaten 75 off 42 balls, had the game in control until the 17th ARLINGTON, Texas, over before Hetmyer brought Delhi back with April 28, (AP): some powerful hitting. ended the longest Needing 46 off the last three overs, the West Indian left-hander blazed three sixes off Kyle drought of his career at 20 Jamieson to bring down the target to 25 runs games with the Texas slug- from two overs. ger’s hardest hit of the sea- Although Harshal Patel conceded just one boundary, his penultimate over went for 11 son, an early tiebreaking which left Mohammed Siraj with 14 runs to de- two-run shot in the Rang- fend in the last over. ers’ 6-1 victory over the Siraj made the task difficult for Delhi by con- ceding four off his first four balls before Delhi . captain Pant’s back-to-back boundaries could Nick Solak homered twice to only take his team to 170-4. take the Texas team lead with sev- That left Hetmyer on his knees in disappoint- en as the Rangers stopped a second ment as the left-hander smashed an unbeaten four-game losing streak, their lon- 53 off just 25 balls, but could face only a ball gest of the season. in Siraj’s last over. Pant consumed 48 balls for Shohei Ohtani was 0 for 4 with a his unbeaten 58 which featured six boundaries. as the LA designated hitter a day after getting the win, scoring three CRICKET runs and driving in two while becom- ing the fi rst home run leader to start as a pitcher since Babe Ruth a century “The way Siraj started the last over, it gave ago. us confidence,” Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli said. “For the most part, I think we were top Diamondbacks 5, Padres 1 in this game with our bowlers … there wasn’t In Phoenix, gave the any dew tonight thanks to that little sandstorm Diamondbacks another strong pitching in the middle and we ended up bowling with a performance, hit a two- dry ball.” run homer and Arizona beat the San Earlier, Delhi had the strong Bangalore batting Diego Padres. lineup in check at 139-5 until the 18th over. Fast bowlers Avesh Khan (1-24) and Ishant Sharma (1- 26) bowled well upfront to dispatch opening pair of Kohli (12) and Devdutt Padikkal (17). But Pant’s decision to give Marcus Stoinis The Diamondbacks have won sev- the 20th over cost Delhi 23 crucial runs. De en of their past eight games, improv- Villiers turned the tide in Bangalore’s favor as ing to 12-11 for the season. It’s the the experienced South African Twenty20 bats- first time they’ve been above .500 ’ Joey Gallo hits a two-run home run next to Los Angeles Angels catcher Anthony Bemboom during the third inning of a baseball man smacked three sixes and in the process also this year. game, on April 27, in Arlington, Texas. (AP) completed 5,000 runs in the IPL. Coming off a doubleheader sweep in Atlanta on Sunday in which Madi- ahead double, Jesse Winkler homered shutout innings in a 4-1 win at Yankee son Bumgarner pitched a no-hitter and and drove in two runs and the Cincin- Stadium last Wednesday. He walked threw a one-hitter in a pair nati Reds rallied for the second straight only one Cubs batter and struck out N. Zealand Rugby debates selling of seven-inning shutouts, Merrill Kelly night to defeat the scuffl ing Los Ange- eight. kept up the mound mastery. les Dodgers. Yankees 5, Orioles 1 All Blacks ‘share’ to US investors Kelly (2-2) gave up one run and four The defending World Series cham- In Baltimore, Corey Kluber has his hits in six innings, striking out fi ve. He pions have dropped six of eight, in- best start in two years to gain his fi rst lowered his ERA to 6.33 after strug- cluding three straight for the fi rst time WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April Rugby offi cials argue the sale is win for the Yankees, Kyle Higash- 28, (AP): New Zealand Rugby will necessary to secure the future fi nancial gling in his fi rst four starts of the sea- since 2019. ioka homered again as he gains play- son. face a momentous decision on the sustainability of New Zealand Rugby Rockies 5, Giants 5, 10 innings ing time from Gary Sánchez and New future of the All Blacks at its annual after its fi nances were battered last Carson Kelly’s long, high-arching In San Francisco, Ryan McMa- York beat the . homer in the sixth pushed the D-backs meeting Thursday, when it debates year by the COVID-19 pandemic. hon and C.J. Cron hit back-to-back Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton whether to sell a stake in the com- In documents to be presented to the ahead 5-1 and chased San Diego starter home runs in the 10th inning and the also homered - the Yankees are 9-0 Chris Paddack (1-3) from the game. It mercial value of the national team to annual meeting, NZR proposes trans- Colorado Rockies finally won on the when they go deep in the same game, ferring its commercial assets to a new was the catcher’s sixth homer of the including the playoffs. New York American investors. road, beating the San Francisco Gi- company to be called Commercial LP season. ants. stopped a four-game skid at Camden starting pitcher and to transfer NZ$43.75 million ($31.5 The Diamondbacks took a 2-0 lead Garrett Hampson also went deep Yards and at 10-13 moved into a tie RUGBY in the second inning after Trent Grish- Chris Paddack throws against the million) from the sale price to that entity for Colorado, and Charlie Blackmon during the with the Orioles for last in the AL East. am dropped ’s line drive added two hits and two RBIs. as operating capital. A further NZ$39 first inning of a baseball game, on Blue Jays 9, Nationals 5 New Zealand’s 26 provincial unions million ($28 million) will be distributed into the left-center gap. It looked like April 27, in Phoenix. (AP) Padres left fi elder Tigers 5, White Sox 2 In Dunedin, Florida, Vladimir Guer- will vote on a recommendation from to stakeholders, mainly the provincial could have made the easier play, but In Chicago, Miguel Cabrera and Brewers 5, Marlins 4 rero Jr. hit three home runs, including a New Zealand Rugby that it should unions, who are also cash-strapped after grand slam and solo shot off Washing- Grisham called him off and the ball Niko Goodrum homered, José Ureña In Milwaukee, Adrian Houser bundle its commercial interests into a last year’s disrupted season. ton ace Max Scherzer, and had seven richocheted off his glove and rolled to threw seven innings for his fi rst win in pitched effectively into the sixth in- new entity and sell a 12.5 percent stake NZR said it will also establish a the wall. two years, and the Detroit Tigers over- RBIs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the in that entity to California-based Silver legacy fund for “longer-term strategic ning and hit his fi rst career home run, Nationals. came a season-high fi ve errors to beat leading the Milwaukee Brewers over Lake Partners for 387.5 million New initiatives to ensure the sustainability Rays 4, Athletics 3 the Chicago White Sox. Guerrero’s slam in the third put the In St. Petersburg, Florida, Brett the . Zealand dollars (US$279 million). of all levels of rugby in New Zealand.” Owners of the worst record in the Blue Jays ahead 4-3 and ended Scher- If the recommendation is carried, it Silver Lake Partners was launched Phillips hit a two-run homer in the Houser began the day 2 for 28 (.071) zer’s scoreless streak at 19 innings. majors, the Tigers matched their high- with 21 in his career at the will mark the fi rst time in more than in 1999 and has focused mainly on in- sixth inning and the est error total since they committed held on for win over Oakland, hand- plate. With two outs and no one on Red Sox 2, Mets 1 115 years that the All Blacks - the most vestment in the technology sector with fi ve against the White Sox in Chi- base in the second, he lined the fi rst In New York, Garrett Richards successful team in world rugby - do holdings in companies such as Airbnb, ing the Athletics their second loss in cago on Aug. 31, 2014. Third base- pitch from Daniel Castano over the fi nally found the strike zone and not wholly belong to New Zealanders. Twitter and Dell Technologies. 16 games. man Jeimer Candelario allowed a run Joey Wendle’s two-out single in the wall in center fi eld. punched out 10, Bobby Dalbec hit his to score in the fi rst when he missed a fi rst homer of the season and the Bos- seventh tacked on another run for the throw and helped bring home another Astros 2, Mariners 0 Rays and ended Tampa Bay’s 0-for-26 ton Red Sox beat the New York Mets. in the third with a throwing error as In Houston, Cristian Javier com- Richards (1-2) allowed a run and MLB Results/Standings stretch with runners in scoring posi- Chicago grabbed a 2-1 lead. But de- bined with two relievers on a two- tion. seven hits over seven innings, issuing spite the struggles on defense, Detroit hitter, and the Houston Astros beat no free passes one start after walking Reds 6, Dodgers 5 came away with the win after losing 10 the Seattle Mariners to get above six. The right-hander trimmed his ERA WASHINGTON, April 28, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on In Los Angeles, Joey Votto hit a go- of 11. .500 as they bounced back from a from 6.48 to 4.94. Tuesday. long skid. Javier (3-0) allowed two hits in Indians 7, Twins 4 Pittsburgh 2 Kansas City 1 Detroit 5 Chic. Wht. Sox 2 In Cleveland, Franmil Reyes hom- Cleveland 7 Minnesota 4 Atlanta 5 Chicago Cubs 0 seven innings - both by Kyle Seager Boston 2 NY Mets 1 St Louis 5 Philadelphia 2 - struck out six and walked three. He ered twice, including a 452-foot drive NY Yankees 5 Baltimore 1 Milwaukee 5 Miami 4 extended his scoreless streak to 17 in- that landed in the left-fi eld bleachers Toronto 9 Washington 5 Arizona 5 San Diego 1 nings over three starts and lowered his about six rows in front of the score- Tampa Bay 4 Oakland 3 Colorado 7 San Francisco (10 inn) 5 board, and the beat Houston 2 Seattle 0 Cincinnati 6 LA Dodgers 5 season ERA to 0.87. Texas 6 LA Angels 1 the slumping Minnesota Twins. Cardinals 5, Phillies 2 Reyes broke a sixth-inning tie with American League National League In St. Louis, Carlos Martinez his second homer off Kenta Maeda to East Division East Division W L Pct GB W L Pct GB pitched two-hit ball into the eighth in- give the Indians a 4-3 lead. Reyes led Boston 15 9 .625 _ New York 9 9 .500 _ ning for his fi rst win as a starter since off the second with a majestic clout Tampa Bay 12 12 .500 3 Atlanta 11 12 .478 -1/2 2018, leading the St. Louis Cardinals that sent fans in the bleachers scram- Toronto 11 11 .500 3 Philadelphia 11 12 .478 -1/2 over the Philadelphia Phillies. Baltimore 10 13 .435 4-1/2 Miami 10 13 .435 1-1/2 bling and tied the game after Minne- New York 10 13 .435 4-1/2 Washington 8 12 .400 2 Paul Goldschmidt and Tommy Ed- sota scored twice in the fi rst. Central Division Central Division man hit two-run doubles and Nolan Pirates 2, Royals 1 W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Arenado doubled twice as St. Louis Kansas City 14 8 .636 _ Milwaukee 14 9 .609 _ In Pittsburgh, pinch-hitter Wilmer Chicago 12 10 .545 2 Pittsburgh 12 11 .522 2 won for the fourth time in fi ve games. Difo delivered the go-ahead single in Cleveland 11 11 .500 3 St Louis 12 11 .522 2 Braves 5, Cubs 0 Detroit 8 16 .333 7 Cincinnati 11 12 .478 3 the seventh inning, and the Pittsburgh Minnesota 7 15 .318 7 Chicago 10 13 .435 4 In Atlanta, Ian Anderson allowed Pirates beat Kansas City to end the West Division West Division one hit in seven innings, Ronald Acu- Royals’ fi ve-game winning streak. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB ña Jr. hit a long home run and the At- Pittsburgh (12-11) has won three Oakland 15 9 .625 _ Los Angeles 15 9 .625 _ Seattle 13 11 .542 2 San Francisco 15 9 .625 _ Tampa Bay Rays catcher Francisco Mejia, (left), is late with the tag as Oak- lanta Braves beat the skidding Chicago straight games and 11 of of 16 since Houston 12 11 .522 2-1/2 Arizona 12 11 .522 2-1/2 land Athletics’ Matt Olson (28) scores on a sacrifice fly by Mitch Moreland Cubs. a 1-6 start, moving back above .500 Los Angeles 11 11 .500 3 San Diego 13 12 .520 2-1/2 during the sixth inning of a baseball game, on April 27, in St. Petersburg, Anderson (2-0) won his second for the fi rst time since it was 1-0 in the Texas 10 14 .417 5 Colorado 9 14 .391 5-1/2 Florida. (AP) consecutive start, after throwing 6 2/3 opening week.