MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2016 SPORTS

MLB results/standings

Washington 2, Minnesota 0; NY Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 2; Toronto 9, Oakland 3; Cleveland 10, Detroit 1; Chicago White Sox 4, Texas 3 (11 innings); Houston 8, Boston 3; Cincinnati 13, Chicago Cubs 5; NY Mets 8, Atlanta 2; Philadelphia 10, Milwaukee 6; Baltimore 8, Kansas City 3; LA Dodgers 4, Colorado 1; Arizona 7, Pittsburgh 1; St. Louis 11, San Diego 2; San Francisco 7, Miami 2; LA Angels 4, Seattle 2. American League National League Eastern Division Eastern Division W L PCT GB 13 4 .765 - Baltimore 11 5 .688 - NY Mets 9 7 .563 3.5 Toronto 9 10 .474 3.5 Philadelphia 9 9 .500 4.5 Boston 8 9 .471 3.5 Miami 5 11 .313 7.5 NY Yankees 7 9 .438 4 Atlanta 4 13 .235 9 Tampa Bay 7 10 .412 4.5 Central Division Central Division Chicago Cubs 13 5 .722 - Chicago White Sox 12 6 .667 - Kansas City 11 6 .647 0.5 St. Louis 9 8 .529 3.5 Cleveland 8 7 .533 2.5 Cincinnati 9 9 .500 4 Detroit 8 8 .500 3 Pittsburgh 9 9 .500 4 Minnesota 5 13 .278 7 Milwaukee 7 11 .389 6 Western Division Western Division Oakland 10 8 .556 - LA Dodgers 11 7 .611 - Texas 10 8 .556 - Colorado 9 8 .529 1.5 Seattle 8 9 .471 1.5 Arizona 10 9 .526 1.5 LA Angels 8 10 .444 2 San Francisco 9 10 .474 2.5 Houston 6 12 .333 4 San Diego 7 11 .389 4

Roman Gonzalez defends WBC flyweight crown

LOS ANGELES: Roman Gonzalez of flurries of precise shots to the body and Nicaragua enhanced his reputation as one head. Gonzalez rocked Arroyo with a jolting of the world’s best pound-for-pound fight- left midway through the third round that ers here Saturday after easily defeating left the Puerto Rican wobbling before clos- Puerto Rico’s McWilliams Arroyo to retain ing with another combination. his World Council flyweight crown. Arroyo’s task was made harder in the The 28-year-old champion improved his fourth round when the sole of one of his record to 45-0 (38 knockouts) to claim a boots flew off, leaving him clearly distract- unanimous decision over the game but ed as Gonzalez dominated again. DENVER: Starting pitcher Kenta Maeda #18 of the Los Angeles Dodgers delivers against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on Saturday in outclassed Arroyo in a bruising 12-round Arroyo however appeared determined Denver, Colorado. — AFP contest at Los Angeles’s iconic Forum not to become Gonzalez’s 39th knockout sports arena in Inglewood. victim, and did well to continue to evade Two judges scored it 119-109 in trouble as the champion stalked him Gonzalez’s favor with the third card marked relentlessly around the ring. Kenta Maeda passes rocky at 120-108. The scores did not flatter the With Gonzalez comfortably ahead going champion. It was Gonzalez’s fourth defense into the later rounds, Arroyo needed some- of the title he won after beating Japan’s thing special to produce an upset. But Akira Yaegashi in Tokyo two years ago. after going toe-to-toe with Gonzalez test with flying colors After a cagey first round, Gonzalez towards the end of the 11th, Arroyo was began to gain the upper hand from the unable to conjure the knockout required to second onwards, hounding Arroyo around depose the champion, who held on with DENVER: Japanese pitcher Kenta Maeda held agent. Michael Wacha (2-0) and three relievers replaced Morton. Franco hit a go-ahead, three- the ring and peppering his opponent with relative ease for the win. — AFP Colorado hitless into the sixth inning and A.J. combined on a four-hitter. Kevin Quackenbush run homer in the fourth inning off Chase Ellis lined a two-run homer as the Los Angeles (1-1) allowed two runs and one hit in 1 1/3 Anderson (1-2). Dodgers beat the Rockies 4-1 on Saturday. innings for the loss. Maeda (3-0) allowed three hits - all in the sixth - WHITE SOX 4, RANGERS 3, 11 INNINGS no runs and struck out eight in 6 1/3 innings as GIANTS 7, MARLINS 2 Slump-ridden Jose Abreu hit an RBI single Golovkin destroys the right-hander lowered his ERA to 0.36. With a Jake Peavy pitched seven innings for his first with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning, wind-up reminiscent of countryman Hideo win and added a two-run single off Miami ace leading Chicago over Texas. After Texas tied it in Wade to retain crown Nomo, Maeda was cruising along until one out Jose Fernandez. Gregor Blanco tripled twice and the ninth on Elvis Andrus’ sacrifice fly off David in the sixth when DJ LeMahieu singled for scored two runs while Matt Duffy had three hits Robertson, the White Sox went on to win for Colorado’s first hit. Nomo remains the only pitch- and scored for the Giants, who have won two the fourth time in five games. Dioner Navarro LOS ANGELES: World middleweight ruthless efficiency. Golovkin dropped er to throw a no-hitter at Coors Field - on Sept. straight following a five-game losing streak. drew a leadoff walk in the 11th from Nick champion confirmed Wade for the first time near the end of the 17, 1996. Ellis hit his first homer of the season in Peavy (1-1) failed to get past the fifth inning in Martinez (0-1), the last of five Texas relievers. his status as the most devastating finisher first, flooring the American with as he the second to help the Dodgers end a five-game his three previous starts and had another up- Austin Jackson was hit by a pitch and Adam in boxing here Saturday, demolishing countered a left hook. Although the slide in Denver. Kenley Jansen threw a perfect and-down outing against the Marlins before fin- Eaton walked to load the bases. One out later, American challenger Dominic Wade blows that felled Wade did not appear to ninth for his eighth save. Tyler Chatwood (2-2) ishing strongly to end his skid. Miami had run- Abreu grounded a single to left field for the inside two rounds to score his 22nd con- carry much of a sting, there was no ambi- allowed three runs before exiting after the ners on base in each of the first six innings but second game-ending hit of his career. He took a secutive knockout. guity about the strength of the barrage fourth with an elevated pitch count. Peavy repeatedly pitched out of trouble while .180 batting average into the game. Matt Albers The 34-year-old Kazakh star delighted he uncorked in the second. Wade found giving up seven hits with four strikeouts and one (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning. a packed house of 16,353 fans at Los the canvas once again after another ven- YANKEES 3, RAYS 2 walk. Fernandez (1-2) allowed four runs over six Angeles’s famous Forum sports arena omous hook from Golovkin left him dou- Brett Gardner hit a solo home run with two innings in his first career start at AT&T Park. ORIOLES 8, ROYALS 3 with an explosive performance to over- bled over. outs in the bottom of the ninth to give Chris Davis homered and had four hits and whelm Wade. Wade rose and fought on but two left victory over Tampa Bay, spoiling the impressive DIAMONDBACKS 7, PIRATES 1 Manny Machado extended his hitting streak to The Los Angeles-based Golovkin is uppercuts followed by a right sent Wade major league debut of the Rays’ top pitching Chris Herrmann drove in four runs with a 16 games for Baltimore. Mark Trumbo had three aiming to become the biggest draw in crashing to the floor once more from prospect Blake Snell. Gardner singled home the home run and double and Rubby De La Rosa hits and four RBIs for the Orioles, and Tyler boxing following the retirements in the where there was no return. “His power is tying run in the seventh and then connected on gave up three hits over six-plus innings as Wilson (1-0) won his first start this season. past year of Floyd Mayweather and real,” the outclassed Wade said. “I tried to a 3-1 pitch from Erasmo Ramirez (4-1) two Arizona beat Pittsburgh. Herrmann, the backup Davis, who led the majors with 47 home runs Manny Pacquiao-and Saturday’s spectacu- get comfortable but once he hits you it innings later, pointing toward the Yankees’ catcher who was 1 for 20 at the plate entering last season, hit his sixth homer in the second lar win only enhances his box office makes it very hard to get comfortable. “I dugout as he trotted to first base and the ball the game, doubled in a run in the second and hit inning and had an RBI single during the Orioles’ soared into the second deck in right field. a three-run homer off A.J. Schugel in Arizona’s four-run fourth. He tied a career high for hits appeal. Golovkin is hoping to secure a could have done maybe one or two Andrew Miller (1-0) worked a scoreless inning for five-run eighth. The four RBIs tied Herrmann’s and hiked his average from .192 to .246. superfight against Mexican middleweight things differently but he’s a great champi- the win, getting a double-play grounder to end career high. De La Rosa (2-3), whose previous Machado singled in his first at-bat and doubled champion, Saul Canelo Alvarez, who on and he’s got everything you need to the ninth. Japan’s Masahiro Tanaka gave New two appearances were out of the bullpen, didn’t in a run in the fourth. He entered hitting an fights Britain’s Amir Khan in Las Vegas be a great champion.” York seven quality innings opposite Snell, per- allow a hit after Sean Rodriguez’s home run with American League-leading .397. Kris Medlen (1- next month. haps baseball’s premier pitching prospect. The two outs in the second inning until Gregory 1) allowed seven runs on nine hits and three Golovkin threw down the gauntlet POUND FOR POUND KING? slim left-hander permitted one run and two hits Polanco’s infield single to start the seventh. walks in 3 2/3 innings. after his latest knockout performance, Golovkin’s trainer, Abel Sanchez, went in five innings, striking out six and walking one. David Peralta homered for the second straight challenging Alvarez or Khan to meet him. further, insisting the Kazakh could lay night, a solo shot off Juan Nicasio (2-2), to put ASTROS 8, RED SOX 3 “It doesn’t matter who wins,” he said of claim to being the best pound-for-pound NATIONALS 2, TWINS 0 the Diamondbacks up 2-1 in the third. Nicasio Colby Rasmus hit a tie-breaking grand slam Alvarez and Khan’s May 7 fight. fighter in the world after a 16th consecu- Tanner Roark struck out a career-high 15 and gave up two runs on just three hits in six innings. in the fifth inning to lead Houston over Boston “I feel great. I’m here now, and I’m here tive title defense. allowed only two hits over seven innings in a and snap a four-game skid. He drove in a fifth to stay. I’m not going anywhere. Give me “I think it’s obvious who the pound for dominating performance that carried the ANGELS 4, MARINERS 2 run with a double in Houston’s three-run eighth my belt, give me my belt! Let’s fight.” pound number one is,” Sanchez said. “I Washington Nationals past the Minnesota Mike Trout drove in the tying and go-ahead for his most RBIs since he had six on June 2, Golovkin, who improved to 35-0 with 32 don’t think there’s ever been a fighter, in Twins. Roark and a trio of relievers combined to runs with a home run against Felix Hernandez 2011. The game was tied at 1-1 and Clay knockouts, entered the ring to loud roars, any era, in any weight division that has fan 18, the most by Washington since its arrival and Cliff Pennington also homered to lift Los Buchholz (0-2) had retired eight straight before with the stadium reverberating to chants dominated his weight division at a cham- from Montreal in 2005. Roark (2-2) twice struck Angeles over Seattle. Nelson Cruz put Seattle walking Luis Valbuena with no outs in the fifth. of “Triple G, Triple G” throughout. pionship level the way Gennady has. out the side and fanned at least two in four oth- ahead 2-1 in the sixth with his second homer in George Springer singled with two outs before “He makes good fighters look amateur- er innings. It was only the second time in 52 two nights after an eight-game drought. But Buchholz plunked Carlos Correa to load the ECHOES OF PRINCE ish.” Sanchez, who works with Golovkin at career starts that the right-hander reached dou- Trout responded in the bottom half when he bases. Rasmus then launched a 93 mph fastball Wade, unbeaten in 18 fights prior to his mountain training camp in Big Bear, ble digits in strikeouts - the other was on July 6, drove a 1-0 pitch to center field after a leadoff with two strikes to the seats in right-center 2014, when he fanned 11 at San Diego. single by Rafael Ortega. It was Trout’s third field for his fifth career grand slam and the contest, entered to the strains of northeast of Los Angeles, said he believed Jonathan Papelbon got three outs to complete homer of the season and fifth of his career Houston’s second this season to make it 5-1. Prince’s “1999”, a homage to the music the Kazakh had not yet demonstrated the the combined two-hitter and earn his seventh against Hernandez (1-2). Trout, the 2014 AL Mike Fiers (2-1) allowed five hits and two runs superstar who regularly played concerts full power of his punching. “I don’t think save. Ryan Zimmerman drove in two runs and MVP, entered the game with a .354 career aver- with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings for his sec- at the Forum before his sudden death last he’s ever hit someone 100 percent,” Bryce Harper had a pair of doubles for the age against the 2010 AL MVP - the highest by ond win in a row. week. Yet a lyric from the song-”Trying to Sanchez said. “I think he may have hit Nationals, whose 13-4 start under new manager any player with at least 50 at-bats against run from the destruction”-was to prove someone 100 percent in the gym, but I Dusty Baker matches the 1981 Expos and 2012 Hernandez. Hector Santiago (1-0) allowed two INDIANS 10, TIGERS 1 eerily prescient for Wade, who was in don’t think he’s done it in a fight. That sit- Nats for the best in franchise history. Phil runs and four hits over six innings and struck Corey Kluber struck out 10 over eight trouble almost from the opening bell as uation will come when someone tests Hughes (1-3) took the loss. out seven. Huston Street got his fifth save in impressive innings and Yan Gomes homered Golovkin went about his assignment with him.” — AFP five chances. and drove in five runs for Cleveland in its rout REDS 13, CUBS 5 of Detroit. Kluber (1-3) happily accepted the Eugenio Suarez and Adam Duvall hit three- METS 8, BRAVES 2 offensive output to earn his first win of the sea- run homers in the sixth inning as Cincinnati David Wright hit a two-run double and son. The 2014 AL Cy Young Award winner, who finally broke through against Chicago’s domi- Steven Matz earned his second straight win as went 9-16 last year, gave up two hits and no nant pitching. A victory would have given the New York stayed hot by beating power- walks in eight innings. Kluber had got just three Cubs (13-5) their best start since 1907, the year deprived Atlanta. Neil Walker and Asdrubal runs of support in his first three starts. This was they won the first of their back-to-back World Cabrera hit back-to-back home runs in the ninth his fifth game with at least 10 strikeouts and Series titles. A four-homer splurge ended against right-hander Ryan Weber. The Mets had zero walks since the start of the 2014 season - Chicago’s domination of its NL Central rival. This 15 hits and have homers in eight straight only Clayton Kershaw (8) and Max Scherzer (6) series opened with Jake Arrieta’s second career games. Matz (2-1) allowed two runs on nine hits have more. Gomes came in hitting .143 with no-hitter in a 16-0 win Thursday night. Jon with eight strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. The Mets one RBI and no extra-base hits in his last eight Lester kept it going, throttling the Reds in an 8-1 have won seven of nine, including the first two games. He singled home a run in the first, hit a victory the following night. John Lackey couldn’t games of the series against Atlanta. The Braves three-run homer in the third and added an RBI hold a 3-2 lead in the sixth inning on Saturday have lost four straight and were held without a double in the seventh. It was his second career night. Suarez’s homer off Lackey (3-1) put the homer for the 12th straight game. Atlanta is last five-RBI game. Anibal Sanchez (2-2) struggled Reds up 5-3 and started a seven-run inning. in the majors with only three homers through for the second straight start. Duvall connected off Trevor Cahill, and Scott 17 games - 22 fewer than the Mets. It is the Schebler followed with a solo homer. The Reds team’s longest drought since going 13 straight BLUE JAYS 9, ATHLETICS 3 hadn’t hit three homers in an inning since 2012. games without a homer in May 1983. Jhoulys Troy Tulowitzki hit two solo home runs and Chacin (0-1) allowed four runs, three earned, in Josh Donaldson added a three-run blast to help CARDINALS 11, PADRES 2 5 2/3 innings. Toronto snap Oakland’s six-game winning Rookie Aledmys Diaz had his first five-hit streak. J.A. Happ (3-0) allowed three runs and game while Jedd Gyorko and Jeremy Hazelbaker PHILLIES 10, BREWERS 6 seven hits in seven innings to win his third hit three-run homers as St. Louis comfortably Maikel Franco hit his third homer in two straight start. Ezequiel Carrera had the first four- beat San Diego. Diaz had a two-run double in days and Odubel Herrera homered and reached hit game of his career and scored three times the ninth, while Gyorko homered off his old base five times as Philadelphia beat Milwaukee. for the Blue Jays. He also made a pair of diving team and Hazelbaker snapped an 0-for-17 Franco hit his fifth homer and drove in four catches in left, one on Chris Coghlan in the fifth slump. Gyorko and Stephen Piscotty each had runs after hitting two homers in a 5-2 win over and another on Khris Davis in the ninth. Mark three hits, and Piscotty hit a solo homer in the Milwaukee on Friday night. Phillies right-han- Canha homered for the Athletics, whose seven- INGLEWOOD: Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan punches Dominic Wade on way to a sixth. Gyorko and Hazelbaker homered off Carlos der Charlie Morton exited in the second inning game road winning streak ended. Tulowitzki second round TKO during his unified middleweight title fight at The Forum on Villanueva, who pitched for the Cardinals last after straining his left hamstring running to first homered to begin the fifth and seventh innings, Saturday in Inglewood, . — AFP year before signing with the Padres as a free on a sacrifice attempt. Brett Oberholtzer (1-0) the 12th multihomer game of his career. —AP