Gallo HR Ends Power Drought As Rangers Quiet Angels' Bats
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ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021 SPORTS 14 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): Joey Gallo some powerful hitting. ended the longest home run 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 Los Angeles Angels. 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. strikeout 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, Merrill Kelly 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, Carson Kelly 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- BASEBALL 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 Texas Rangers’ 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 Zac Gallen 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 Baltimore Orioles. 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 San Diego Padres 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 Arizona Diamondbacks during the with the Orioles for last in the AL East. am dropped Nick Heath’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 Jurickson Profar 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 Miami Marlins. 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 strikeouts 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 Tampa Bay Rays 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.