ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2021 SPORTS 14 Croatia top Serbia in rematch of Rio fi nal slug Mexico to advance Casas rallies US past South Korea YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 31, (AP): Red Sox prospect Triston Casas a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fourth inning, Nick Allen also went deep and the United States rallied past defend- ing champion South Korea 4-2 Satur- day night to fi nish the group stage of the Olympic tournament with a 2-0 record. (1-0), who left the major leagues for Japan after the 2017 season, struck out nine in fi ve innings. Scott McGough, Edwin Jackson, An- thony Gose and David Robertson fi n- ished a fi ve-hitter for the Americans, who struck out 14. The United States, which beat Israel 8-1 in its opener, earned Sunday off as the Group B winner and plays Group A winner Japan (2-0) on Monday night

OLYMPICS United States’ Nicholas Martinez pitches during the fi rst inning of a base- United States’ Alex Bowen, (right), passes the ball away from Hungary’s Szilard Jansik (8) during a preliminary ball game against South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 31, round men’s water polo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 31, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) in the start of a double-elimination sec- in Yokohama, Japan. (AP) ond stage. South Korea (1-1) faces the Dominican Republic (1-1) on Sunday. Yakult Swallows. Gose reached 98.9 suto Yamada had four RBIs and broke Australia, Kazakhstan, Japan and S. Africa eliminated Martinez, a right-hander who turns mph in his 1 1/3 innings; no other pitch- open the game with a three-run hom- 31 next Thursday, was 17-30 for Texas er has topped 94.5 mph.Robertson got er, and went deep from 2014-17 and signed with the Pa- the save after allowing a walk, double off former big league pitcher Manny TOKYO, July 31, (AP): cifi c League’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Oh Jaeil’s sacrifi ce fl y. Bañuelos. Marko Bijac is playing in his Hamilton takes Hungarian GP pole Fighters after the Rangers demoted Side-arming South Korean right- Masato Morishita (1-0), a 23-year- second Olympics with Croa- him to Triple-A 13 times. He switched hander Ko Youngpyo (0-1) gave up old right-hander who is reigning BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 31, tion of qualifying - from Hamilton to the SoftBank Hawks this three runs and four hits in 4 2/3 in- Rookie of the Year, tia’s water polo team, so the (AP): Lewis Hamilton took pole po- and Q2 from Norris. The orange- season and is 7-2 with a 2.03 ERA. nings, struck out six and walked none. allowed two runs and fi ve hits in fi ve goalkeeper wasn’t about to sition for the Hungarian Grand Prix shirted Dutch fans in one section of While re- Ko allowed one baserunner in the innings. Ryoji Kuribayashi got three ahead of Mercedes teammate Valt- the main grandstand roared every fused to allow 40-man roster players at fi rst three innings, then plunked Eddy straight outs for the save. make too much of the team’s teri Bottas, with championship lead- time he came past them on the long the Olympics and many teams blocked Alvarez on the left thigh with a break- Joey Meneses, a 29-year-old in victory over Serbia. er Max Verstappen lagging behind straight. top prospects from participating, Nippon ing ball leading off the fourth. Double-A with Boston and the 2018 Or any part of group play, really. them in third place on Saturday. But Hamilton and Bottas were stopped its season. Casas, a 21-year-old who was the MVP, had three “We need to be focused on our game Hamilton’s record-extending quicker than Verstappen on their Martinez allowed one run and four 26th overall pick by Boston in the 2018 RBIs for Mexico, including a two-run and try to play each game better than 101st pole in Formula One puts him fi rst runs in Q3. hits. South Korea, which started sev- amateur draft, reached down for a 2-2 homer in the eighth off Kaima Taira. the last one,” Bijac said. “That’s the in a strong position for a record-ex- en left-handed hitters, scored in the breaking ball on the inside corner at Mexico faces an elimination game only right way that we need to think.” tending 100th win on a circuit where fi rst after Park Hae-min led off with a the knees and drove it about four rows on Sunday against Israel (both 0-2). Croatia did just that in a matchup of he has won the past three races and a MOTOR RACING three-hopper to shortstop and beat Al- into the right-fi eld seats, Casas is in his Mexico starter Juan Oramas (0-1) past two Olympic champions, outslug- record eight times. len’s throw for an infi eld single. fi rst season at Double-A Portland. allowed two runs and four hits in three ging Serbia 14-12 behind four-goal “Great efforts guys, absolutely Park took third on a single by Lee Allen, a career minor leaguer play- innings. performances by Maro Jokovic and fantastic job,” Hamilton said on ra- “Don’t know why, but there’s just Jungh-hoo, a son of former Korean ing independant ball in Midland, Texas, Morishita, who pauses his windup Paulo Obradovic. dio after his third pole of the season. a massive lack of grip on this stint,” League MVP Lee Jong-beom, and jumped on a hanging breaking ball in with his left leg bent at a 90-degree an- Croatia’s victory set the fi eld for Hamilton was .315 ahead of Bot- Verstappen radioed to his team. scored when Kim Hyun-soo, who the fi fth, driving it 10 rows into the left- gle and only then fi nishes his delivery, Wednesday’s quarterfi nals, with the tas and .421 clear of Verstappen. Pole could prove crucial on played for Baltimore and Philadelphia gave up an RBI single in the fi rst to Verstappen was chasing a sixth Sunday, given that the sinewy fi eld seats. Alvarez’s single chased Ko, matchups still to be determined on the in 2016-17, bounced into a forceout. and singles by Alvarez and Tyler Austin Meneses. , the 2019 Japan fi nal day of the preliminary round. Aus- pole this season for Red Bull. His and tight 4.4-kilometer (2.7-mile) McGough, a 31-year-old right-hand- Series MVP, hit a tying single in the teammate Sergio Perez placed Hungaroring circuit is arguably the against Go Woosuk made it 4-1. tralia, Kazakhstan, Japan and South er, had his only big league experience in second, and Hideto Asamura chopped fourth. hardest track to overtake on after six games with Miami in 2015. He in his Japan 7, Mexico 4 a run-scoring comebacker in the third Africa have been eliminated from Verstappen led Q1 - the fi rst sec- Monaco. medal contention. Croatia won gold in third season with the Pacifi c League’s Former Central League MVP Tet- for a 2-1 lead. 2012 and then lost to Serbia in the Rio fi nal. So while Bijac knows there is a long way to go, he acknowledged the Cabrera’s double in 10th lifts D-backs over Dodgers 6-5 OLYMPICS Votto homers in 7th straight game as Reds sink Mets importance of the win against perhaps NEW YORK, July 31, (AP): Joey Votto joined New York in a trade with Texas Gray (7-6) earned the win with a relievers combined on a one-hitter and the team’s biggest rival. homered for the seventh straight game, Thursday, went 0 for 4 with a walk. strong performance, allowing only two Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia to snap a “Serbia is the Olympic champion one shy of a major league record, and Blue Jays 6, Royals 4 runs on four hits in seven innings while four-game losing streak. and whoever beats them, it means that the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York striking out four. Crowe (3-5) pitched six innings and team is on the right way,” said Bijac, In Toronto, Bo Bichette hit a two-run Mets 6-2 . Rays 7, Red Sox 3 allowed the Phillies’ only hit, a single who fi nished with 15 saves. “But this Jonathan India went deep twice for , Teoscar Hernandez added a by Alec Bohm in the second inning. The is still group phase, and the most im- the Reds, including a leadoff shot that solo shot and the Blue Jays made a tri- In St. Petersburg, Fla., Yandy Díaz, rookie right-hander struck out four and portant things are ahead of us.” came on Carlos Carrasco’s fi rst pitch umphant return to Toronto after almost Mike Zunino and Randy Arozarena walked four. Nikola Jaksic scored three goals with the Mets. Acquired from Cleve- two years away from home, beating homered and Tampa Bay beat Boston Chasen Shreve pitched the seventh for Serbia, and Filip Filipovic fin- land in January, the veteran right-hander Kansas City. to moved within a half-game of the AL and Duane Underwood Jr. worked the ished with two. Filipovic was chosen fi nally made his New York debut after George Springer had three hits and an East-leading Red Sox. last two outings to fi nish the Pirates’ as the MVP of Serbia’s champion- recovering from a hamstring injury. RBI in his fi rst home game north of the Díaz connected on a two-run drive in fourth shutout of the season. border as the Blue Jays played at Rog- the fi rst. After Wander Franco hit a two- ship in Rio. It was an up-and-down day for the Brewers 9, Braves 5 Serbia had to rally after Croatia Mets, who made a big deal to get Javier ers Centre for the fi rst time since Sept. opened a 5-1 lead on Obradovic’s goal Báez from the Chicago Cubs before 29, 2019. In Atlanta, Avisaíl García, Willy Ad- with 2:30 left in the fi rst period. The baseball’s trade deadline - and then re- D-backs 6, Dodgers 5, 10 Innings BASEBALL ames and Eduardo Escobar homered game was tied at 8 in the third before vealed injured ace Jacob deGrom will and Milwaukee beat Atlanta. Croatia pulled away again with four be shut down for two more weeks be- In Phoenix, Asdrúbal Cabrera hit a Escobar, acquired from Arizona two straight goals. cause of infl ammation in his pitching soft, looping double into left fi eld that run double in the third inning, Tampa days earlier, went deep in the ninth of elbow, making it unlikely he’ll rejoin scored Daulton Varsho in the 10th in- Cincinnati Reds’ Jonathan India Bay went up 6-2 in the fourth when Zu- his debut with the Brewers. “Bad beginning and the worst end- ning and Arizona beat Los Angeles. ing,” Serbia coach Dejan Savic said. the NL East leaders before September. hits a double in the fi fth inning of nino and Arozarena had solo shots off García had three hits, including a Varsho started the 10th inning on sec- the baseball game against the New “We had a little bit of confusion in our Yankees 3, Marlins 1 Martín Pérez (7-7). three-run homer, as the NL Central lead- ond base. Jimmy Nelson (1-2) retired York Mets, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Nationals 4, Cubs 3 ers got their fourth consecutive win. defense. I don’t remember when the In Miami, Anthony Rizzo homered, New York. (AP) Josh VanMeter on a slow liner for the Orioles 4, Tigers 3 Serbian team ever conceded 14 goals.” singled and walked in his debut with fi rst out and then Cabrera followed with In Washington, Josh Bell and Luis Spain, Montenegro, Hungary, Italy New York to help the Yankees beat Mi- a blooper that fell in front of left fi elder a partially dislocated left shoulder and García homered and Washington beat In Detroit, Matt Harvey extended his and Greece also won on Saturday. ami. A.J. Pollock. He couldn’t fi re home fast San Diego lost to Colorado, which was Chicago, hours after both franchises shutout streak to 18 1/3 innings, Pedro Spain beat Australia 16-5, Montenegro completed trade-deadline teardowns. A day after being obtained from the enough to catch the speedy Varsho, who led by Ryan McMahon’s Severino homered twice and Baltimore topped Kazakhstan 19-12 and Hungary Chicago Cubs in a trade, Rizzo snapped scored standing up. The cores of two recent World Series beat Detroit. held off the U.S. for an 11-8 victory. a 14-inning scoreless drought for the Yan- and Jon Gray’s solid outing. champions - Chicago in 2016, Washing- Harvey (6-10) allowed six hits in 6 Italy posted a 16-8 win against Japan, kees with his solo shot in the sixth inning Rockies 9, Padres 4 Tatis slid awkwardly over the bag and ton in 2019 -- were scattered to various 1/3 innings without walking a batter. The and Greece rolled to a 28-5 victory for the game’s fi rst run. All-Star outfi elder In San Diego, Star shortstop Fernan- crumbled in pain a few feet away, bring- contenders.Pirates 7, Phillies 0 right-hander struck out fi ve. Cole Sulser against South Africa. Joey Gallo, another lefty slugger who do Tatis Jr. left in the fi rst inning with ing a hush over Petco Park. In Pittsburgh, Wil Crowe and two pitched the ninth for his fourth save.