ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2021 SPORTS 14 S. Korean men claim archery gold in Tokyo

Teen leads way ChiSox top Brewers, avoid sweep TOKYO, July 26, (AP): The teenager just couldn’t Red Sox storm past Yankees stay still. He was constant- BOSTON, July 26, (AP): Held hitless ly moving around and ap- into the eighth inning by Domingo plauding his older South Germán and looking feeble, Alex Ver- Korean teammates on good dugo and the Boston Red Sox suddenly erupted for fi ve runs and stormed past arrow shots (of which there the New York Yankees 5-4. were many). Verdugo opened the eighth with a In turn, the veterans fed off long double for Boston’s fi rst hit. Later, 17-year-old Kim Je-deok’s youth- Kiké Hernández slid home headfi rst on ful spirit - and relied even more Xander Bogaerts’ sacrifi ce fl y with the go-ahead run to cap the rally. on his clutch arrow shooting (of The Red Sox won for the 10th time which there was plenty). in 13 games against the Yankees and Led by the steady shooting of the reclaimed fi rst place in the AL East, a nation’s newest standout, South Korea game ahead of Tampa Bay. New York defended its Olympic men’s archery fell nine games behind Boston. team title at the Tokyo Games on Boston trailed 4-0 when Verdugo Monday. He came up big in the semi- doubled to deep right, and Germán was fi nals to hold off host nation Japan and lifted after the hit. Jonathan Loaisiga Boston Red Sox’s Martin Perez deliv- then again in a 6-0 win over Taiwan (7-4) relieved, and Boston broke loose ers a pitch against the New York Yan- during the gold-medal match at Yu- with four straight hits. Hunter Renfroe menoshima Park Archery Field. kees in the first inning of a baseball had an RBI double, Christian Vázquez game, on July 25, in Boston. (AP) “The hero of today,” 39-year-old singled home a run and Hernández fol- Oh Jin-hyek said of his younger team- lowed with an RBI double, cutting it to and Miami earned a split of its four- mate. “Every time we had any chal- 4-3. game series against San Diego. lenges and diffi culties, he shot the Brandon Workman (1-2) earned the Anthony Bender (2-1) allowed one bull’s-eye and got the perfect score. win and Matt Barnes got the fi nal three run in two innings on a bullpen day for He really lifted our morale.” outs for his 21st save. Miami. Seven pitchers combined to al- From left, gold medal winners South Korea’s Kim Je Deok, Kim Woojin, and Oh Jinhyek celebrate during the men’s Rougned Odor had a solo homer and low fi ve hits. team medal ceremony at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 26, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) RBI single for New York. Royals 6, Tigers 1 OLYMPICS White Sox 3, Brewers 1 In Kansas City, Mo., Jorge Soler hit to fi gure out an inconsistent wind on day. decided we’re going to show off all we In Milwaukee, Lance Lynn allowed two home runs, Salvador Perez added So much energy, too. Then again, the eve of a possible typhoon moving The Taiwanese team made up Deng have prepared. We said we’re going to one run over six innings and hit a two- a three-run blast and Daniel Lynch that’s precisely what Oh and fellow into the region. The impending high Yu-Cheng, Tang Chih-Chun and Wei do our best.” run single to lift Chicago over Milwau- pitched eight scoreless innings for his veteran Kim Woojin wanted. wind and rain has already led to mov- Chun-Heng beat China and the Neth- The South Korean men’s team has kee. fi rst major league win as Kansas City “The two told me, ‘Let’s go crazy ing some of Tuesday’s matches to a erlands before falling to South Korea. now won a medal in eight of the last Lynn (10-3) allowed six hits, struck beat Detroit for its fi fth straight win. today. Let’s be a crazy team,’” Kim different day. Taiwan’s men’s team falls to 4-13 all- nine Olympics. The lone exception out six and walked none, outdueling The Royals fi nished the afternoon Je-deok said. “If we’re too anxious But South Korea had no trouble with time in head-to-head matchups with was a fi fth-place showing at the 1992 Brandon Woodruff in a matchup of All- with eight hits and only two left on base we might not get the intended results. the variant breeze in the fi nal, scoring South Korea. Barcelona Games. Star right-handers. in sweeping the three-game series. So let’s try to keep up our morale and a 10 on 13 of their 18 arrows to take In the bronze-medal match, Hiroki On the horizon, some possible bad Michael Kopech pitched a scoreless Astros 3, Rangers 1 keep up our spirits.” home the nation’s sixth overall Olym- Muto helped Japan beat Netherlands weather. The Olympic archery sched- inning for Chicago and Liam Hen- In Houston, Zack Greinke threw six He had a vivid dream before the pic gold medal in the men’s event. in a shoot-off with a walk-off arrow ule was adjusted for Tuesday - just in dricks tossed two for his 24th save in solid innings, Abraham Toro homered match, too, about fi ghting with his “He was a great asset to the team that nearly landed in the heart of the case. The morning sessions involv- 28 chances. and Houston sent Texas to its 12th friend. and very grateful for him,” Oh said of target. He was hugged by teammates ing fi rst- and second-round individual Phillies 2, Braves 1 straight loss. Close. It turned out to be “along- the youngster. Takaharu Furukawa and Yuki Kawata. matches were delayed until noon lo- In Philadelphia, Aaron Nola came The Rangers’ skid is tied for second- side” and “with friends.” This was also the second gold in The match before, Japan lost in a cal time and the afternoon session within one out of a shutout, and Phil- longest in team history and the fi rst “We’re all able to get along,” Kim three days for Kim Je-deok. He helped shoot-off to South Korea, with Kim postponed. The plan is to make up the adelphia splits its four-game series time they’ve dropped a dozen in a row Woojin, 29, said of the bond despite South Korea win in the Olympic de- Je-deok’s arrow being closest to the matches Wednesday and Thursday. against Atlanta. since 1982. The Texas record is 15 the age difference. “Je-deok didn’t but of the mixed team competition. center. The individual fi nals for the men straight losses in September 1972. The seem to feel uncomfortable around us. His powerhouse archery nation is now So close to an upset. and women at the Tokyo Games are Rangers’ 0-10 road trip was the worst Je-deok was always cheering us on.” 3 for 3 in gold medals at the Tokyo “We fought against the Koreans,” still scheduled for Friday and Satur- BASEBALL in team history. One of the tricky things was trying Games. The women’s team won Sun- Furukawa said. “We came this far. We day. Angels 6, Twins 2 Nola allowed four hits and struck out In Minneapolis, Shohei Ohtani hit nine in 8 2/3 innings. Ranger Suarez got his major league-leading 35th home run Canada headed to bronze medal game against Mexico the fi nal out for his fourth save of the and Los Angeles beat Minnesota. season. Ohtani, had two hits, and his solo Jean Segura hit a solo homer in the homer in the sixth snapped a 2-all tie. fourth and Ronald Torreyes homered in Max Stassi had three hits and drove in Stewart’s walk-off HR lifts US over Japan for 5-0 record the eighth for the Phillies. three runs for the Angels. Orioles 5, Nationals 4 Cubs 5, Diamondbacks 1 YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 26, (AP): In Baltimore, Ryan McKenna scored In Chicago, Kris Bryant, Anthony Kelsey Stewart has a knack for walk- on a sharp grounder by Ramon Urías Rizzo and David Bote homered, Tre- off hits in Japan. for the winning run as Baltimore com- vor Williams pitched effectively into Stewart hit a game-ending home run Japan upset China for table pleted a three-game sweep of Washing- the seventh inning, and Chicago beat leading off the seventh inning, and the ton. Arizona. United States rallied late to beat Japan Trey Mancini, Maikel Franco and Bryant and Bote each hit two-run 2-1 Monday and win the Olympic soft- tennis ‘mixed doubles’ gold McKenna hit solo homers for the Ori- shots as Chicago took two of three in ball group stage - and with it the right oles, who improved to 1-51 when trail- the series. to bat last in the gold medal game. TOKYO, July 26, (AP): The host China got off to a fast start, con- ing after eight innings. Giants 6, Pirates 1 In August 2018, Stewart’s single country knocked off a heavyweight vincingly - and quickly - winning Cardinals 10, Reds 6 In San Francisco, LaMonte Wade capped a three-run 10th inning off for Olympic gold in table tennis on the fi rst two games 11-5 and 11- in Cincinnati, Harrison Bader and Jr. homered twice and San Francisco Japan ace Yukiko Ueno that gave the Monday. 7. Japan fought back in the third Dylan Carlson homered during a sev- beat Pittsburgh to avoid a three-game U.S. a 7-6 win at the Women’s Softball Japanese pair Jun Mizutani and game, winning 11-8, and then took en-run burst in the fourth inning and St. sweep. Mima Ito ended China’s recent two more close games, 11-9 in the Wilmer Flores and Thairo Estrada World Championship in Chiba, earn- Louis beat Cincinnati. dominance in the sport by beat- fourth and 11-9 in the fi fth. Nolan Arenado hit his 20th home run also went deep for San Francisco. The ing the Olympic berth. ing Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen 4-3 for China then won the sixth game, and tripled, and Tyler O’Neill also con- Giants improved to a majors-best 62-37 Mexico’s Victoria Vidales hits a the mixed doubles title. The upset 11-6, to set up a deciding seventh nected for the Cardinals. and maintained their slim lead over the OLYMPICS RBI double during a softball game comes fi ve years after China swept game, which Japan dominated, tak- Indians 3, Rays 2 Dodgers in the NL West heading into a against Australia at the 2020 Sum- all four table tennis tournaments at ing an 8-0 lead and holding on for In Cleveland, Bobby Bradley’s sac- series between the two division rivals mer Olympics, on July 26, in Yoko- the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. an 11-6 win - and the gold. rifi ce fl y in the eighth inning capped this week at Oracle Park. She had been 1 for 12 with no RBIs hama, Japan. (AP) Hopes were still high for Japan China’s table tennis team is so Cleveland’s comeback and ended the Dodgers 3, Rockies 2 at the Olympics before she drove the entering the match. Mizutani won strong that Liu, the women’s world Indians’ 11-game losing streak to Tam- In Los Angeles, Will Smith hit a go- 98th pitch from Yamato Fujita (0-1) for der a rout rule. bronze in singles in Rio, and Ito is champion, didn’t even make the pa Bay. ahead home run in the eighth inning the first U.S. home run of the tourna- Larissa Franklin drove in three runs considered by some to be China’s women’s singles’ team and is only The Indians managed just one run in and Los Angeles beat Colorado. ment. Yuka Ichiguchi climbed the right for Canada (3-2), which headed to a biggest threat in the female ranks. playing team events. seven innings against Tampa Bay start- Chris Taylor added a pair of home field wall trying for a spectacular grab. bronze medal game against Mexico. er Ryan Yarbrough and rallied in the runs and the short-handed Dodgers won American players ran onto the field Lawrie, the 34-year-old sister of eighth off reliever Matt Wisler (3-4). consecutive games against the Rockies to celebrate their second straight walk- former major leaguer Brett Lawrie, Franklin hit an RBI double in the five-hitter, a day after the 29-year-old third, and errors by shortstop Joey Lye right-hander beat Italy with a one-hit Mets 5, Blue Jays 4 with just four total runs. off win. allowed an unearned run and four In New York, Pete Alonso homered, Mariners 4, Athletics 3 Trying to bounce back from their 3-1 hits in three innings. Regula (1-0), the and reliever Alexia Lacatena led to shutout, and Mexico (2-3) advanced three unearned runs in the fifth, which with a tournament-high 11 hits. pinch-hitter Jeff McNeil broke a tie In Seattle, Kyle Seager hit a two-out, loss to Japan in the 2008 gold medal 39-year-old sister of retired All-Star with a two-run double and New York two-run single as part of Seattle’s four- game, the Americans finished the Jason Bay, struck out five in three hit- included Franklin’s first sacrifice fly Brittany Cervantes singled in the beat Toronto in a successful debut for run third inning and Marco Gonzales group stage 5-0 while Japan dropped less innings. and an RBI single by Jenn Salling, who second and scored when Suzannah new starter Rich Hill. won his second straight decision in a to 4-1. Jen Gilbert, who had been hitless is 7 for 12. Brookshire lined the ball down the left- Alonso hit three homers as New victory over Oakland. Canada 8, Italy 1 in seven at-bats, had a go-ahead home Victoria Hayward hit a two-run dou- field line and it rebounded off the low York took two of three in the series. Seattle took three of four in the se- Danielle Lawrie and Lauren Regula, run over the center-field cameras in the ble in the sixth and Franklin followed fence in foul territory, bouncing past Marlins 9, Padres 3 ries. The Mariners (54-46) are eight sisters of former Major League Base- second. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatch- with another sacrifice fly.. Jade Wall. Brookshire sped to third for In Miami, Deven Marrero and Brian games over .500 for the fi rst time since ball players, combined on a four-hitter ewan, the 29-year-old Gilbert lives in Mexico 4, Australia 1 a triple and scored on Victoria Vidales’ Anderson homered off Yu Darvish, April 2019 and improved to 23-8 in in a game shortened to six innings un- Denton, Texas. Dallas Escobedo (2-2) pitched a single. who allowed four runs in fi ve innings, one-run games.