TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015 SPORTS Violence halts final Crusaders clash cancelled Pearson out of worlds WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Canterbury Crusaders have offered SYDNEY: Olympic 100 metres hurdles champion Sally Pearson has been MONTEVIDEO: Nacional are seven minutes or an Uruguayan FA (AUF) tribunal fans who have booked flights to the United States for next month’s ruled out of this year’s world championships after shattering her left arm ruling from winning the 2014-15 league title after the final against bitter rivals match against English champions Saracens a free season ticket after in a “traumatic” fall at the Rome Diamond League meeting earlier this Penarol was suspended due to crowd violence. the fixture was cancelled. The referee suspended Sunday’s match at the Centenario seven minutes month. The 28-year-old Australian, who won the sprint hurdle world title The match, dubbed the “Hemisphere Cup”, was scheduled to take from the end of extra time with Nacional leading 3-2. An AUF ruling was in 2011 and finished second behind American Brianna Rollins in Moscow place at the Superdome in New Orleans on Aug. 1 but the website of expected on Monday. Nacional’s veteran striker Alvaro Recoba had just had a two years later, had surgery on the injury in Italy but will require another organisers RugbyLaw said yesterday the fixture had been called off. penalty saved by Pablo Migliore and Penarol fans tried to invade the pitch from operation today. Pearson feared she might even have to have her lower “This is obviously a disappointing outcome, given that we had the Amsterdam stand behind one of the goals. arm amputated when it turned blue soon after she sustained the injury, Fans fought with riot police, ripped up seats and flung them towards the received all assurances up until this point that the game would pro- which doctor’s described as a “bone explosion” in her wrist. “I’ve never bro- ceed,” Crusaders chief executive Hamish Riach said in a news release. pitch. An ambulance parked to one side of the pitch in case of emer- ken a bone, I’ve never had stitches or surgery before,” Pearson told “The decision is out of our hands though, so we have no choice gencies during the match had to drive onto the field to escape the reporters on the Gold Coast yesterday. “Doing all of that in one, objects. An AUF disciplinary tribunal will decide whether the but to accept that result and move on. “Our main concern now is around whether there may be Crusaders fans here who had already in a different country, was very traumatic for me. remaining seven minutes should be played or Nacional declared “But I do put things into perspective and think I am very champions. As the violence subsided a stand was erected on the booked tickets to attend the game. We would urge people to direct any queries about the cancellation of the game to the match organis- lucky with what happened. “If it had been the ankle, it would pitch and Nacional’s players were handed a cup and medals but be a completely different story right now and I’d be telling you those were unofficial, given by the tournament sponsors, the ers, RugbyLaw. “We would also like to personally acknowledge how something different.” Pearson said she was disappointed to miss daily El Pais reported. “Forgetting the seven minutes they disappointing this news will be to any of our local fans who may have say are yet to be played, we must give a sign (we want an already booked flights to New Orleans, so we are asking any out on the Aug. 22-30 world championships in Beijing, where end to violence), even if we lose a title,” Penarol presi- Christchurch-based fans in this position to contact us so that we can she won silver at the 2008 Olympics, but thought the dent Juan Pedro Damiani was quoted as saying by El thank them for their support with a season’s pass to the 2016 enforced rest might help her bid to retain her Olympic Observador.— Reuters Crusaders home games.”—Reuters title in Rio de Janeiro.—Reuters Nationals thrash Brewers, Red Sox fall MILWAUKEE: Max Scherzer struck out a Pittsburgh in the offseason, scattered five hits Nationals-record 16 batters and pitched a one- in nine shutout innings to drop his ERA to hitter, losing his perfect-game bid on a single 1.89. Hamels was just as dominant, giving up that barely fell in bounds during the seventh four singles in seven innings to go with one inning to lead Washington to a 4-0 win over walk and 12 strikeouts. the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.. Carlos Gomez got Milwaukee’s only hit, DIAMONDBACKS 4, GIANTS 0 leading off the seventh with a broken-bat Rubby De La Rosa took an eight-hitter into looper to right field just beyond the out- the ninth as Arizona chased Chris Heston after stretched glove of second baseman Anthony five innings in his first start coming off a no- Rendon. Scherzer looked the other away after hitter. Heston pitched his gem against the the ball dropped. New York Mets on Tuesday in his 13th major After losing his last two starts, Scherzer (7- league start. His shot at matching Johnny 5) rebounded with the most overpowering Vander Meer’s record of throwing consecu- game of his career, which includes a Cy Young tives no-hitters in 1938 ended with one out in Award, two All-Star selections and a lot of the second when Jake Lamb doubled. strikeouts. In the first season of a $210 million, The rookie right-hander gave up three runs seven-year contract, Scherzer got his second - two earned - on seven hits. He walked four complete game in his 211th career start. and struck out two. Heston (6-5) had won four Scherzer set a career high for strikeouts and of his previous five decisions. broke the Washington mark of 14 set by Chris Owings drove in two runs for Arizona. Stephen Strasburg. The Nationals scored two De La Rosa (5-4) won for the first time since runs off rookie Taylor Jungmann (1-1), who May 12, a span of six starts. He gave up eight labored through five innings in his second hits, walked two and struck out six in eight- career start. Clint Robinson added a two-run plus innings. double with two outs in the seventh off Jeremy Jeffress. RAYS 2, WHITE SOX 1 Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run homer off BLUE JAYS 13, RED SOX 5 Chris Sale in the seventh inning, helping The Toronto Blue Jays won their 11th Tampa Bay complete a three-game sweep. straight game to equal the team record, rout- Sale (6-3) struck out 12 over 6 2/3 innings ing Boston as Ryan Goins homered, doubled to became the first pitcher since Boston’s and drove in five runs. Pedro Martinez in 2001 to strikeout 12 or more Danny Valencia also homered as the high- in four straight starts. The left-allowed two est-scoring club in the majors completed a runs and three hits during a 125-pitch outing. sweep at Fenway Park and sent Boston to its After Steven Souza Jr. opened the seventh season-worst sixth straight loss. with a walk, Cabrera hit a high fly into the left- This is the fourth time Toronto has won 11 field seats off Sale to make it 2-1. It was in a row, most recently in 2013. The Blue Jays Cabrera’s third homer this season, and first PITTSBURGH: Philadelphia Phillies’ Domonic Brown (right) grounds out during the eighth inning of a baseball game against Pittsburgh can set the team mark Monday night when since May 19. He has just two extra-base hits Pirates. —AP they visit the New York Mets. over his last 19 games. Goins’ three-run homer capped a six-run CJ Riefenhauser (1-0) threw a scoreless sev- Orioles rookie Mike Wright (2-2) issued doubled just out of the reach of left fielder 22nd save as the Twins snapped a five-game fourth inning as the Blue Jays roughed up enth to get his first major league win. After three straight walks - all on 3-2 pitches - to Kristopher Negron with out in the 11th inning losing streak. rookie Eduardo Rodriguez (2-1). Marco Estrada Steve Geltz pitched the eighth, Kevin Jepsen load the bases and Brian Matusz walked and scored the winning run on Castro’s single Eduardo Escobar opened the ninth with a (4-3) gave up five runs in five innings. David got the final three outs for his fifth save. Garrett Jones with the count full to force in a to left-center off reliever Burke Badenhop (0- double to left field, and the 21-year-old Ortiz hit a three-run homer for Boston, which run. Two outs later, Murphy hit a two-run dou- 2). Chicago took three of four in this series. Buxton - selected No. 2 in the 2012 draft - fell 10 games under .500. YANKEES 5, ORIOLES 3 ble off the glove of third baseman Manny Castro’s RBI single in the ninth gave the bunted back to Shawn Tolleson (1-1), who John Ryan Murphy had the Yankees’ only Machado. Cubs the win Saturday night. Billy Hamilton threw out Escobar at third base. PIRATES 1, PHILLIES 0 hit in a three-run fifth inning, helping salvage had a career-high five stolen bases - the most Joey Gallo and Leonys Martin homered for Josh Harrison singled home Neil Walker the finale of a three-game series.