MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 SPORTS Dodgers get Young, Photo of the day rally to beat Padres Rangers slip past Twins 2-1 LOS ANGELES: Adrian Gonzalez hit a a leadoff infield hit to Nate McLouth time since the Chicago White Sox sent tying single in the seventh , in the ninth. him to Boston in a three-team deal at pinch-hitter Mark Ellis singled home the trading deadline and came away the go-ahead run in the eighth and Rangers 2, Twins 1 with a victory as the Red Sox beat the the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to Leonys Martin’s two-out, bases- White Sox 7-2 at Fenway Park. beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 on loaded single in the bottom of the Peavy went seven , giving Saturday night. ninth lifted the to a 2-1 up two runs, five hits and a walk with Just as the game ended, the victory over the . four . He improved his Dodgers announced they had Texas, which improved to a sea- record to 11-5 and lowered his ERA to acquired third baseman Michael son-high 23 games over .500 at 79-56, 3.91. Since being acquired by the Red Young from the finished the month with 20 wins, set- Sox, Peavy is 3-1. for minor league lefty Rob ting a new team record for August. It Rasmussen. The Dodgers ended also marked just the fourth 20-win Tigers 10, Indians 5 August with a 23-6 record, their most month in team history and first since Omar Infante homered twice and wins in a month since moving to Los June 2010. drove in five runs to carry the Detroit Angeles in 1958. The club record of 25 Tigers to a 10-5 victory over the was set in July 1947 and equaled in Blue Jays 4, Royals 2 slumping Cleveland Indians. Infante August 1953, when the team played Kansas City Royals right-handed hit a three-run homer in the second in Brooklyn. reliever Aaron Crow walked in two inning and a two-run shot in the sixth. Brian Wilson (1-0) came on in relief runs in a three-run eighth inning as Anibal Sanchez (12-7) gave up three runs in six and two third innings while striking out five to notch the victory. Carlos Santana had an inside-the- park homer for Cleveland, which dropped its fifth straight and fell Camilla Pedersen performs in Copenhagen, Denmark. —www.redbullcontentpool.com eighth and a half games behind Detroit in the American League Central. The Tigers are 15-3 against the Indians this season. Lorenzo ends Marquez’s Mets 11, Nationals 3 Rookie Zack Wheeler was winning streak at Silverstone dominant on the mound and got plenty of help from his offense as the SILVERSTONE: Reigning MotoGP champion points off the leader having also finished like I’d rarely done before in order to get it. New York Mets cruised to an 11-3 vic- Jorge Lorenzo won the British Grand Prix at fourth yesterday. Marquez was penalised “This success has relaunched me for the tory over the Washington Nationals. Silverstone yesterday ahead of Spanish com- two points for a dangerous move during the season run-in. Even though Marc is in the In just his 14th major league start, patriots Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa. warm-up but still increased his champi- best position, many things can still happen.” the right-hander steamrolled his way Honda’s Marquez, who hurt his shoulder onship lead. Lorenzo had not won a Grand Prix since the through the Washington lineup, in the morning warm-up and had to be taken “Given the circumstances, it’s gone well middle of June at Catalonia. The British fans, ARLINGTON: Cathcer Chris Herrmann No 12 of the Minnesota Twins allowing a mere five singles in six and by ambulance to the circuit’s medical centre, for me where the standings are concerned,” out of luck in the main division, had some- looks on as Adam Rosales No 9 of the Texas Rangers runs to first two third innings of work. maintained his lead at the top of the overall said Marquez. The lead at Silverstone thing to cheer about when home hope Scott Eric Young, Daniel Murphy and standings. changed hands regularly between pole-sit- Redding won the Moto2 Grand Prix. The after making contact for an infield hit in the eighth inning of a The 20-year-old MotoGP debutant had ter Marquez and Lorenzo, who only made Kalex rider and came in just over one second Juan Lagares each had three hits and baseball game at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Saturday in won the previous four Grand Prix and leads the final decisive move a few turns from the clear of Japan’s Takaaki Nakagami with two RBI for the Mets, who racked up a Arlington, Texas. —AFP Honda teammate Pedrosa by 30 points, with finish. German Thomas Luthi in third. season-high 17 hits. Yamaha’s Lorenzo a further nine points adrift Pedrosa was largely a spectator in the Spain’s Luis Salom of the KTM team won to earn the victory - his first since the Toronto Blue Jays came back to with six races left in the 18-race season. leaders’ battle, following closely in third, but the Moto3 race, the championship leader fin- joining the Dodgers last week. Kenley defeat the Royals 4-2. Crow walked Angels 6, Brewers 5 Fourth-placed Italian Valentino Rossi, a not closely enough to make a pass. “I really ishing ahead of compatriots Alex Rins and Jansen pitched the ninth for his 23rd Brett Lawrie and Rajai Davis with the Hank Conger’s ninth-inning pinch- seven-time world champion, is a distant 77 deserved this victory,” said Lorenzo. “I fought Alex Marquez. —AFP save in 25 chances. Nick Vincent (3-2) bases loaded to force in the go-ahead hit home run gave the Los Angeles took the loss, allowing two hits on runs and earn Royals manager Ned Angels a 6-5 victory over the nine pitches in the eighth after reliev- Yost an ejection for arguing the calls. in Milwaukee. ing starter Andrew Cashner. Dodgers All three Toronto runs in the eighth Conger came on to hit for pitcher starter Chris Capuano allowed one were unearned. The Blue Jays (62-74) Dane De La Rosa (6-1) and drove a 2-1 run and eight hits in seven innings, have won three games in a row, fastball off the pole in right field for struck out seven and walked one. including the first two games of the his seventh homer of the season. Skip Schumaker led off the eighth three-game series with Kansas City. Ernesto Frieri earned his 29th save of with a double and was sacrificed to the season with a scoreless ninth. third by Tim Federowicz. Schumaker Cubs 4, Phillies 3 scored on Ellis’ single to center, one Starlin Castro had two hits, Mariners 3, Astros 1 of the Dodgers’ 13 hits, equaling including the go-ahead home run, The jumped on their amount in Friday’s series-open- as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros starter Dallas Keuchel ing win. Philadelphia Phillies 4-3. Zach Miner for three runs in the first inning, and The Dodgers tied it at 1 on opened the sixth for the Phillies, that was all they needed in a 3-1 vic- Gonzalez’s RBI single with one out in replacing starter Cliff Lee and Castro tory. the seventh. Pinch-hitter Jerry greeted him (0-1) rudely, sending Seattle defeated the Astros for the Hairston Jr. and Carl Crawford opened the second pitch he saw deep into eighth time in their last nine meet- the inning with singles. Cashner the center field bleachers to put the ings, picking up its third straight win. intentionally walked Andre Ethier to Cubs ahead 4-3. Houston out-hit the Mariners eight to load the bases before Juan Uribe Castro added a double on the day, six but stranded 10 runners in the grounded out to end the inning. giving him his second consecutive process, while Seattle stranded six. Ronny Cedeno homered with two two-hit game and four extra base hits outs in the fourth for the Padres. in the first two games of the series. A’s 2, Rays 1 Cashner gave up one run and 10 hits Rookie right-hander Sonny Gray while striking out seven and walking Pirates 7, Cardinals 1 got back on track and the red-hot three. The Padres, who had 10 hits, The Pittsburgh Pirates took over Oakland A’s kept rolling with a 2-1 vic- have lost seven of nine. sole possession of first place in the tory over the . National League Central by beating Gray blanked the Rays for six and Yankees 2, Orioles 0 the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 as A.J. two third innings on five hits. He Ivan Nova pitched a three-hitter Burnett pitched seven strong innings, struck out seven, walked one and SILVERSTONE: Jorge Lorenzo of Spain jumps on the podium after winning the MotoGP race of the for his second career complete game Russell Martin hit a three-run home threw 102 pitches, 62 for strikes. British Grand Prix at the Silverstone circuit in Silverstone, England, yesterday. At left is Marc Marquez, and the stretched run and Neil Walker had three hits. A’s center fielder Coco Crisp gave who finished second, and at right Dani Pedrosa who was third. —AP their home winning streak to six Pittsburgh, which hasn’t been to Gray all the offensive support he games with a 2-0 victory over the the postseason or had a winning needed, going 3-for-4, driving in two Baltimore Orioles. record since 1992, pulled one game runs, stealing a base and hitting his Moreno takes Vuelta Robinson Cano drove in both runs ahead of the Cardinals in the division 15th home run of the season. for the Yankees, who won for the race. Before the game, the Pirates The A’s won for the fifth time in 14th time in 20 games and moved made a significant addition to their their past six games and remained within four games of the American lineup by acquiring first baseman two games behind first-place Texas in lead with 2nd stage win League’s second wild card spot. Cano Justin Morneau from the Minnesota the American League West. had a one-out RBI double in the first Twins for outfielder Alex Presley and a They extended their lead for the MADRID: Spaniard Daniel Moreno (Katusha) Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) moving back up to “The three weeks in the Tour of Spain are inning and added his 25th home run player to be named. first wild-card spot to one and a half produced another strong climb in yesterday’s third, 20 seconds behind Moreno. very long and I am extremely happy to be the 163.7km ride from Antequera to Valdepenas It is quite an achievement for the 31-year- leader today even if it is by just a second.” in the eighth inning. Nova (8-4) games over Tampa Bay and five over de Jaen to claim his second stage win and the old who is not even the leader of his own Roche had only moved into the lead himself allowed a single to Matt Wieters in Red Sox 7, White Sox 2 the third-place New York Yankees. overall lead in the Tour of Spain. team and he insisted afterwards that when he finished third in Saturday’s gruelling the second inning, a two-out single Right-hander Jake Peavy started The Rays fell four and a half games Moreno edged out compatriots Alejandro Rodriguez, who currently lies 56 seconds 166.6km ride from Jerez de la Frontera to to Manny Machado in the fourth and against his former team for the first behind first-place Boston in the AL Valverde (Movistar) and Joaquim “Purito” behind Moreno in sixth, remains Katusha’s Estepona. However, the Irishman was still East. Rodriguez (Katusha) by four seconds with prime candidate to win in Madrid in two upbeat afterwards and is hopeful of retaking overnight leader Nicholas Roche (Saxo) finish- weeks time. the lead either in Monday’s daunting climb to Reds 8, Rockies 3 ing fourth, eight seconds behind. “There is always joy when either one of us Guejar Sierra or in Wednesday’s individual MLB results/standings Making his third start of the season However, due to the 10 second bonus wins,” he told TVE afterwards. “We spoke and time trial. “Yesterday was a great day. I said for Cincinnati, Greg Reynolds pitched handed to stage winners, Moreno moved we knew what we were going to do. The that every day is different and today it has NY Yankees 2, Baltimore 0; Toronto 4, Kansas City 2; Chicago Cubs 4, a career-high eight innings as the ahead of Roche by one second in the general intention has always been to slowly but sure- been very different. Philadelphia 3; NY Mets 11, Washington 3; Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 1; Detroit Reds beat the Rockies 8-3. classification with Giro d’Italia winner ly make up time on the leaders for Purito. “I think I had a good climb, I was fourth 10, Cleveland 5; Boston 7, Chicago White Sox 2; LA Angels 6, Milwaukee 5; The win was the first for Reynolds and the legs are good. I hope to be strong Atlanta 5, Miami 4 (11 innings); Seattle 3, Houston 1; Texas 2, Minnesota 1; in the big leagues since July 2, 2011, tomorrow to make up this second or at least Cincinnati 8, Colorado 3. when he made his last start for the not lose more time and I think the time trial American League National League Rockies, who drafted him second will be good for me. Eastern Division Eastern Division overall in 2006. “We still have two weeks to go and any- thing can still happen. Last year in the Tour of W L PCT GB Atlanta 83 52 .615 - Colorado’s Todd Helton went 0-for- Spain with four days to go everything Boston 81 56 .591 - 4 with three strikeouts and remained Washington 68 67 .504 15 changed, but I have already had a good per- Tampa Bay 75 59 .560 4.5 one hit shy of 2,500 in his career. NY Mets 62 72 .463 20.5 Brandon Phillips, who went 3-for-5 formance here in 2010 and with a bit of luck NY Yankees 72 63 .533 8 Philadelphia 62 74 .456 21.5 with two RBIs that gave him a career- everything will go well.” Baltimore 71 63 .530 8.5 Miami 49 85 .366 33.5 high 99 and three runs scored, fin- Nibali finished just a second behind Toronto 62 74 .456 18.5 ished a single shy of the cycle. Roche to keep his quest for a second Tour of Spain victory very much alive, whilst another Central Division Reynolds, who doubled and scored in Central Division the sixth, threw 72 of his 104 pitches former winner Valverde moved ahead of Pittsburgh 79 56 .585 - Chris Horner in the general classification into Detroit 80 56 .588 - for strikes, with no walks and five St. Louis 78 57 .578 1 fourth overall, just 22 seconds back. Cleveland 71 64 .526 8.5 strikeouts. Cincinnati 76 60 .559 3.5 The stage itself was relatively well con- Kansas City 69 66 .511 10.5 trolled by the peloton as an early five-man Milwaukee 59 76 .437 20 Minnesota 58 76 .433 21 Braves 5, Marlins 4 (11 innings) breakaway was swallowed up with around Chicago W Sox 56 78 .418 23 Chicago Cubs 57 78 .422 22 B.J. Upton was the hero for Atlanta, 30km to go. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) driving in the winning run with two then made an attack on the category two outs in the 11th inning to give the ANTEQUERA: Spaniard Daniel Moreno (Katusha) celebrates his vic- Western Division Western Division tory and new red jersey from the podium yesterday after the climb up the Alto de los Frailes, but the Braves a 5-4 walk-off victory over the Norwegian never looked like having enough Texas 79 56 .585 - LA Dodgers 80 55 .593 - nineth stage of the 68th edition of “La Vuelta” Tour of Spain, a Miami Marlins. of a lead to get up the steep climb to the fin- Arizona 69 65 .515 10.5 Oakland 77 58 .570 2 Upton, who had hit a two-run 163.7 km route between Antequera and Valdepenas de Jaen. ish in the last kilometre. LA Angels 62 72 .463 16.5 Colorado 64 73 .467 17 homer earlier, smacked a liner to Spaniard Daniel Moreno (Katusha) edged out compatriots Moreno then took to the front and com- Seattle 62 73 .459 17 San Diego 60 75 .444 20 right-center field on a 1-1 pitch from Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) by fortably maintained his advantage over Houston 44 91 .326 35 San Francisco 60 75 .444 20 reliever Ryan Webb to score pinch- four seconds with overnight leader Nicholas Roche (Saxo) finishing Valverde and Rodriguez to claim his second runner Paul Janish. fourth, eight seconds behind. —AFP stage victory in six days. —AFP