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14 Established 1961 Sports Monday, October 26, 2020 Photo of the day News in brief Union seize first in the East LOS ANGELES: Sergio Santos recorded a hat trick and Andre Blake collected his eighth shutout as the Philadelphia Union seized first place in the MLS Eastern Conference with a 5-0 rout of Toronto FC on Saturday. Jamiro Monteiro tallied a goal and an assist, Mark McKenzie scored a goal and Kacper Przybylko and Kai Wagner added two assists each for Philadelphia, who stretched their unbeaten streak to five straight and are 7-0 at home on the season. The Union and Toronto each have 41 points, but the Union are in first thanks to a better goal differential. Philadelphia are now 12-3-5 on the season. Toronto FC had their nine-game unbeaten streak snapped and dropped to 12-3-5. Philadelphia dominated play in the first half as Przybylko had a great scoring chance in the sixth minute but his header went just wide. —AFP Wellens wins Vuelta stage 5 SABINANIGO: Belgian rider Tim Wellens outsprinted Frenchman Guillaume Martin to take the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, as defending champi- on Primoz Roglic finished fourth to retain the overall lead. Wellens of Lotto-Soudal and Martin of Cofidis were part of a long breakaway on the 184.4km ride from Huesca to Sabinanigo. Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic out- kicked the rest of the chasing pack on the short climb to the finish. “Feels supergood,” said Wellens, who was forced out of the Tour de France after a training crash in late August. “I had a difficult period with a big crash and I needed to find for a long, long time my good legs,” he said. “I was a little scared before I came to the Vuelta.” Martin and Wellens were part of a three man break with Dutchman Thymen Arensman of Sunweb. Luciano Benavides rides in the Empty Quarter during stage 11 of the Dakar Rally. —Photo taken from www.redbullcontentpool.com “We went away with three we were all supergood together,” said Wellens. —AFP Chen wins 4th straight gold LOS ANGELES: Nathan Chen captured his fourth consecutive ISU Skate America title on Saturday, easi- ly beating a depleted field in Las Vegas that was limit- Rays rally for two runs in ed to United States-based athletes because of the coronavirus pandemic. The reigning men’s singles world champion scored 299.15 points to beat out Palo Alto’s Vincent Zhou, who finished with 275.10 points. Keegan Messing, who lives in Alaska but has dual US- 9th to stun Dodgers 8-7 Canadian citizenship, placed third at 266.42 points. There were no fans in attendance at the Orleans Arena, just off the Vegas strip. Strict health and safety guidelines were in place and just a handful of overseas Rays rally with walkoff stunner to level World Series skaters took part because of the coronavirus pandem- ic. Chen said afterwards that he was not happy with ARLINGTON: Brett Phillips’s single scored two runs his free skate performance despite beating the domes- and the Tampa Bay Rays walked off with a stunning tic field by a wide margin. —AFP 8-7 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday that knotted the World Series at two games apiece. The Rays became the first team in post-season his- Richmond win AFL grand final tory to homer in four straight innings, but they trailed 7-6 heading into the bottom of the ninth. With two BRISBANE: Defending champions Richmond Tigers out and two on, Phillips - who entered the game in crushed Geelong Cats to win the Australian Football the eighth as a pinch runner - was down to his last League grand final on Saturday, culminating the strike in the ninth when he singled to right center sport’s most turbulent and unpredictable season in field off Dodgers closing pitcher Kenley Jansen and decades. World number one tennis star and staunch Kevin Kiermaier scored from second base. Tigers fan Ashleigh Barty handed skipper Trent Randy Arozarena racing from first, rounded third Cotchin the trophy after Richmond won 12.9 (81) to 7.8 after the ball bounced off the glove of Dodgers out- (50) for their third title in four years. “Credit to the fielder Chris Taylor. Arozarena tripped between third boys, they just continue to show the resilience that we and home and looked done for, but Dodgers catcher know they can,” said Cotchin. “We came out here Will Smith bobbled the throw to the plate and (Queensland) something like 110 days ago treating it Arozarena was able to scramble forward and throw like an adventure and it’s been one hell of an adven- himself headfirst across the plate in time. “Golly, ture. To finish off like this is simply outstanding.” Both what a special moment,” said Phillips, who last got a clubs are from Victoria and ordinarily the decider of hit in the Rays’ 58th game of the regular season on Australia’s most popular spectator sport would be September 25. “I am having a hard time putting my played at the cavernous Melbourne Cricket Ground in emotions into words,” Phillips said. “Baseball is fun.” front of 100,000 fans. —AFP Kiermaier called the ending - which sent the Rays into a frenzy of celebration on Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, “truly incredible.” Arozarena Six Nations title showdown notched a record-breaking ninth home run of the post-season. Kiermaier, Hunter Renfroe and Brandon DUBLIN: Two tries from debutant Hugo Keenan helped Lowe also homered for the Rays, who are seeking put Ireland a bonus point win away from the Six the first World Series title in franchise history. The Nations title after beating Italy 50-17 at an empty Lansdowne Road on Saturday. The 24-year-old wing Dodgers, back in the World Series for a third time in ARLINGTON: Randy Arozarena #56 of the Tampa Bay Rays slides into home plate during the ninth inning to four years after disappointments in 2017 and 2018, scored his brace in the first-half to settle the hosts’ score the game winning run to give his team the 8-7 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game nerves and they went on to achieve their aim of a bonus are seeking their seventh title-but a first since 1988. Four of the 2020 MLB World Series on October 24, 2020. —AFP “This is certainly a tough one,” Dodgers manager point win against a spirited Italy. The Irish will need to Dave Roberts said. “They were the best team all year repeat that against France next Saturday in Paris to in the American League. “They are not going to give off blast to right centerfield off a 95 mph fastball - the two-homer hero of the Rays’ game-two victory assure themselves of the title. Ireland top the table with anything away. We’ve got to regroup and get ready from Julio Urias. Los Angeles stretched the lead to - put the Rays in front for the first time with a three- a point advantage over England and France. If the title for tomorrow.” The spectacular ending, capped a 3-1 in the fifth when Seager singled off Rays relief run blast off Dodgers reliever Pedro Baez in the bot- comes down to points difference they may rue conced- tense back-and-forth battle with a World Series pitcher Pete Fairbanks and reached second on a wild tom of the sixth. In the seventh, Dodgers pinch-hitter ing a late try to the visitors. “There was a lot of good record eight straight half-innings with a run scored. pitch. With two outs in the inning Max Muncy Joc Pederson came up with the bases loaded and two play today,” said captain Johnny Sexton. “However, Justin Turner and Corey Seager homered for the reached first on a sharp line drive to right field that out and delivered a two-run single that put Los France are an outstanding team and we have our work Dodgers. Seager’s was his eighth of the playoffs, scored Seager. The Rays responded with a home run Angeles back in front. cut out. “I don’t know if we will rue that try at the end temporarily tying the single post-season record until from Renfroe to cut the margin to one run in the All seven Dodgers runs came with two outs - con- but we cannot go back and look at everything. We Arozarena notched his ninth in the fourth frame. For bottom of the fifth. tinuing a trend for them this series. The Rays howev- would have snapped your hand off for that result. He the second game in a row Turner got things rolling er, wouldn’t be denied, Kiermaier’s homer off Baez added: “If anyone can do it (a bonus point win in Paris) with a solo homer in the first inning. Two-run double knotting the score at 6-6. “We have no quit,” we can.” —AFP Seager added a solo shot in the top of the third The Dodgers pushed the lead back to two in the Kiermaier said. “We have been doing that all year. that put the Dodgers up 2-0, but Arozarena pulled top of the sixth when Enrique Hernandez fired a dou- We’ve been the comeback kids. To do it on the big back a run in the bottom of the fourth with a lead- ble down the left field line that scored two.

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