ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 SPORTS 15 Yanks pip Braves, extend win streak to 11

Pollock, Urías lead Dodgers past slumping Padres 5-2

ATLANTA, Aug. 25, (AP): Wandy Peralta retired with the bases loaded for the fi nal out, and the New York Yan- kees held off the 5-4 to extend their longest winning streak in 36 years to 11 games. DJ LeMahieu’s two-run homer in the fi fth inning gave New York the lead. and Roughned Odor also went deep for the Yankees. New York , trying to preserve the lead, gave up two hits and two walks in the ninth. Chapman’s bases-loaded walk to Jorge Soler cut the margin to one, and man- ager pulled Chapman for Peralta. The Yankees remained four games behind fi rst-place Tampa Bay in the AL East. The 11-game winning streak is New York’s longest since Aug. 31 to Sept. 10, 1985. (12-5) allowed four runs and six hits in fi ve innings. He had nine .

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Clay Holmes (2-0), the third of six Yankees relievers, earned the win. Dodgers 5, Padres 2 In San Diego, AJ Pollock hit a two- run single and robbed Manny Macha- do of a two-run homer to lead Los Angeles past sinking San Diego in a series opener between NL West rivals headed in opposite directions. homered for the Dodgers and (14-3) allowed one hit ’ , right, advances to third on a wild pitch as third baseman Manny Machado is late with the tag during the eighth inning of a baseball game, over fi ve scoreless innings in his return on Aug. 24, in San Diego. (AP) from the to match right-hander Kyle Hendricks for LaMonte Wade Jr. and Mike Yas- 5 1/3 innings, striking out four and most wins in the majors. trzemski also connected in the fi rst walking one. MLB Results/Standings The Dodgers have won 10 of 11. four innings as the Giants jumped to Red Sox 11, Twins 9 San Diego has lost 10 of 12. Urías, who a 7-0 advantage against rookie Tylor missed his previous turn with a bruised In Boston, Hunter Renfroe homered Megill (1-3). twice, the second during a fi ve-run left calf, held the Padres hitless until Eric Giants catcher Buster Posey was Hosmer doubled with one out in the fi fth. fi fth inning that gave Boston a six-run WASHINGTON, Aug 25, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Tuesday. removed with left knee discomfort in advantage, and the Red Sox beat last- Seattle 5 Oakland 1 Boston 11 Minnesota 9 Giants 8, Mets 0 the fi fth. place Minnesota. Tampa Bay 3 Philadelphia 1 Houston 4 Kansas City 0 Belt ended a 2-for-30 skid with two Chicago W. Sox 5 Toronto 2 Pittsburgh 4 Arizona 2 In New York, Brandon Belt hit two Alex Verdugo had three hits, and Texas 7 Cleveland 3 San Francisco 8 NY Mets 0 of San Francisco’s four home runs to homers and a single in his fi rst three Renfroe drove in fi ve runs with his LA Angels 14 Baltimore 8 Washington 5 Miami 1 push his career-best total to 19 and plate appearances and added an RBI 14th career multi-homer game. Kiké NY Yankees 5 Atlanta 4 Milwaukee 7 Cincinnati 4 infi eld single in the eighth for his sea- Detroit 4 St Louis 3 LA Dodgers 5 San Diego 2 rookie Sammy Long pitched into the Hernández added a two-run homer. American League sixth inning in a win over slumping son-high fourth hit. Jorge Polanco hit a two-run homer East Division East Division New York. Long (2-1) tossed three-hit ball over for Minnesota, and W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 78 48 .619 _ Atlanta 68 58 .540 _ added a solo shot in the ninth. New York 74 52 .587 4 Philadelphia 63 62 .504 4-1/2 Josh Taylor (1-0) earned the win. Boston 72 55 .567 6-1/2 New York 61 64 .488 6-1/2 Ex-Twin Hansel Robles picked up his Toronto 65 59 .524 12 Washington 54 70 .435 13 Canada blank Switzerland 5-0 Baltimore 38 86 .306 39 Miami 51 75 .405 17 11th — his fi rst for the Red Sox. Central Division Central Division Brewers 7, Reds 3 W L Pct GB W L Pct GB ’ Sammy Chicago 73 54 .575 _ Milwaukee 77 49 .611 _ Knight breaks ‘scoring record’ at In Milwaukee, Omar Narváez hit a Long delivers a pitch during the Cleveland 61 62 .496 10 Cincinnati 69 58 .543 8-1/2 tiebreaking double in a four-run sev- third inning of the team’s baseball Detroit 61 66 .480 12 St Louis 63 61 .508 13 game against the Kansas City 56 69 .448 16 Chicago 55 72 .433 22-1/2 women’s world hockey in US win enth inning, Kolten Wong added a Minnesota 54 71 .432 18 Pittsburgh 46 80 .365 31 two-run homer in the eighth and Mil- on Aug. 24, in New York. (AP) West Division West Division CALGARY, Alberta, Aug 25, (AP): The U.S. (3-0) has started the tourna- waukee rallied past Cincinnati. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Hilary Knight became the all-time ment with three straight shutouts for the Milwaukee shortstop Willy Adames Houston 74 52 .587 _ San Francisco 81 44 .648 _ 2018. He singled in the fi rst and sixth in- Oakland 70 57 .551 4-1/2 Los Angeles 79 47 .627 2-1/2 scoring leader in women’s hockey third time (2001, 2009). The US looks to exited early with a leg injury, but the nings before his big hit in the eighth, a Seattle 69 58 .543 5-1/2 San Diego 68 59 .535 14 world championship history with her extend a 29-game winning streak on fi rst-place Brewers hit a trio of sacri- line drive off Archie Bradley (7-2) that Los Angeles 63 64 .496 11-1/2 Colorado 57 68 .456 24 45th goal during the United States’ 6-0 Thursday in a showdown against fi ce fl ies to win the opener of a three- scored Brett Phillips and Randy Aroza- Texas 44 81 .352 29-1/2 Arizona 42 85 .331 40 victory over Russia. Canada. Russia (1-2), which was outshot game series between the top two teams rena. JT Chargois (2-0) struck out the Knight snapped a tie with former 55-11 in its sixth straight loss to the US, in the NL Central. only batter he faced to end the seventh, US star Cammi Granato at 3:17 of the faces Finland on Wednesday. Hunter Strickland (3-1) pitched a and Andrew Kittredge worked the last 5 with four RBIs. with six strikeouts, stranding fi ve run- second period. The 32-year-old split In the other Group A game, Natalie scoreless inning in relief of starter Cor- two innings for his third save. Tigers 4, Cardinals 3 ners in scoring position. Since last two defenders with a cutback to find Spooner scored twice to lead Canada bin Burnes to help Milwaukee win for winning May 29, Brubaker went 0-9 an open shooting lane for a 2-0 lead. to a 5-0 win over Switzerland. Rangers 7, Indians 3 In St. Louis, Miguel Cabrera and with a 7.08 ERA in 12 starts. Chris the 11th time in 14 games. Josh Hader Robbie Grossman hit back-to-back “It’s really a magical moment, and a Canada scored three times in a five- earned his 27th save in 28 chances. In Cleveland, Nathaniel Lowe was Stratton picked up his second save. dream come true,” minute span during the second period. 5 for 5 with a three-run homer in the home runs to lead Detroit to an inter- Astros 4, Royals 0 league victory over St. Louis. Madison Bumgarner (7-8) allowed Knight said. “I Emily Clark knocked in a loose puck fi rst inning, and Texas beat Cleve- four runs on six hits in six innings. hope the next girl for a short-handed goal, and Jaime In Houston, Luis Garcia pitched into land after adding another player to the Two days after hitting his 500th homer, Cabrera connected on No. 501. Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer for looking up is Bourbonnais and Spooner scored 17 the seventh inning and two relievers COVID-19 list. Arizona. going to shatter completed a four-hitter as Houston Lowe homered in the fi rst, singled in At 423 feet, it was his second longest that record, blanked Kansas City. the third, seventh and ninth, and dou- this season. Mariners 5, Athletics 1 because that’s ICE HOCKEY Garcia (10-6) struck out seven and bled in the fi fth. DJ Peters also hit a The Cardinals immediately re- In Oakland, Calif., hit what it’s all scattered four hits across 6 2/3 sharp three-run homer in the ninth and drove moved Jack Flaherty (9-2) with what a tiebreaking two-run single, Chris about.” innings. Ryne Stanek got the next four in four runs. the team said was right shoulder tight- Flexen pitched into the seventh inning The goal also seconds apart for a 3-0 advantage. outs before Kendall Graveman worked The win came at an opportune time ness. In two innings, Flaherty allowed and Seattle swept a two-game series moved Knight Melodie Daoust scored her second a perfect ninth. for the Rangers, who placed catcher four runs on four hits with three walks against Oakland. into a tie with goal of the tournament for Canada’s Carlos Correa had two hits and two Jonah Heim on the COVID-19 list be- on 46 pitches. He velocity dropped The A’s managed three straight sin- Granato for the Knight fourth of the period. Spooner tipped in RBIs to help the Astros snap a two- fore the game, bringing their total to dramatically after the fi rst inning. gles in the fi rst against Flexen (11-5), US record of 78 her second goal at the 1:01 mark of the game skid. fi ve players on the list. Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 2 who struck out fi ve over 6 2/3 innings. points at worlds, and Brianna Decker third, and Switzerland switched to Royals starter Brady Singer (3-9) Nationals 5, Marlins 1 In Pittsburgh, JT Brubaker pitched He allowed six hits and walked one. became the US assists leader (39) with goaltender Saskia Maurer. Canadian permitted seven hits and four runs in In Miami, Tres Barrera had three fi ve scoreless innings for his fi rst win Mitch Moreland hit an RBI single the pass to Knight. goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer, in fi ve innings, but just one was earned. in nearly three months, and Pittsburgh for Oakland in the fi rst before Jarred The five-time defending champion her first start, denied Lara Stalder’s hits, including a homer, and Washing- Rays 3, Phillies 1 ton sent Miami to its eighth straight beat Arizona. Kelenic tied it at 1 with a single of his Americans took a 1-0 lead midway breakaway attempt in the final minute Brubaker (5-13) allowed four hits own in the second. through the first period when Britta of the second. Switzerland’s other In Philadelphia, Nelson Cruz re- loss. Curl knocked home a rebound of good scoring chance came early in the turned from the COVID-19 list, played Yadiel Hernádez singled and tri- Grace Zumwinkle’s shot. third during a 5-on-3 for 85 seconds, fi rst base for the fi rst time in his career pled, while Ryan Zimmerman also Lee Stecklein made it 3-0 late in the but Maschmeyer kept them scoreless and hit a tiebreaking two-run double in went deep for the Nationals. second period with a shot from the for her second career shutout. the eighth inning as Tampa Bay beat Erick Fedde (6-8) struck out a blue line, and the US broke it open in Canada (3-0) has yet to score a first- Philadelphia. career-high 10 in 6 1/3 innings. He the third with three goals in five min- period goal in the tournament but has The 41-year-old Cruz, Tampa Bay’s allowed one run, six hits and walked utes. Kelly Pannek ended a power- outscored opponents 9-0 in the second. designated hitter who had never played one. The Marlins struck out 15 times play drought for a 4-0 lead, Abbey Switzerland (0-3), which has never fi rst, handled all his chances cleanly in against Washington. Murphy scored her first goal to force a defeated Canada, will play Finland on his fi rst action anywhere on defense The Nationals broke a scoreless tie goalie change, and Jesse Compher Thursday. The Swiss have been held to since he played right fi eld for Seattle in in a three-run fourth against Miami capped the scoring. just one goal in the tournament. starter Jesús Luzardo (4-7). Angels 14, Orioles 8 In Baltimore, Baltimore staggered to its 19th consecutive loss, allowing 19 hits and falling behind Los Angeles by 11 runs early. Baltimore’s streak is the major leagues’ longest skid since Kansas City dropped 19 straight in 2005. After Ryan Mountcastle homered second baseman (12) connects on a in the fi rst inning for a 1-0 lead, things solo home run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta soured quickly for Baltimore. No. 8 Braves, on Aug. 24, in Atlanta. (AP) hitter tripled in two runs off rookie Spenser Watkins (2-6) and Juan Lagares followed with a two-run homer. LPGA Shanghai canceled over Every Los Angeles starter got a hit. The Angels went 11 for 19 with run- ners in scoring position. COVID-19 ‘travel’ restrictions White Sox 5, Blue Jays 2 SHANGHAI, China, Aug 25, (AP): Oct. 14-17. In Toronto, Dylan Cease pitched The LPGA Tour said in a statement There are two tournaments sched- seven effective innings, José Abreu Wednesday that the Buick LPGA uled for the following weeks in Asia, hit a three-run homer and Chicago Shanghai tournament scheduled for the BMW Ladies Championship in stopped a three-game slide. Cease (10-6) retired his fi rst 11 mid-October has been canceled due Busan, South Korea from Oct. 21- batters, fanning six, before Vladimir 24, and the TOTO Japan Classic in Guerrero Jr. lined a single to right in GOLF Otsu, Japan, from Nov. 4-7. the fourth. Cease allowed one run and Another tournament scheduled four hits. Liam Hendriks earned his for the week in between those two 29th save in 35 chances. to ongoing COVID-19 travel restric- events, the Taiwan Swinging Skirts spoiled Cease’s tions. at Taipei, has already been canceled Switzerland’s Lara Stalder, (left), is checked by Canada’s Emily Clark during the third period of an IIHF Women’s shutout bid with a one-out homer in The tournament was scheduled for due to similar COVID-19 restric- World Championship hockey game, on Aug. 24, in Calgary, Alberta. (AP) the seventh, his fi fth. Abreu went 3 for the Qizhong Garden Golf Club from tions.