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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 . the on Sunday.. Carlos Gomez got Milwaukee’s only , 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. 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- plus innings. 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 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 since Boston’s and drove in five runs. Pedro Martinez in 2001 to 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: ’ 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 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. Mark Teixeira ROCKIES 4, MARLINS 1 in a game since Jacoby Ellsbury stole five on Texas. The Twins’ Brian Dozier opened the with two outs in the 11th to lift Pittsburgh. drove in a run and scored one to help the first- Jorge De La Rosa became Colorado’s career May 30, 2013, and also tied a Reds record. game with a , his 10th career leadoff Walker singled off Jonathan Papelbon (1-1) to place Yankees end Baltimore’s six-game win- leader in victories, pitching seven innings to Hamilton leads the majors with 31 steals. Brian shot and third this season. start the late rally. Jose Tabata reached when ning streak. prevent a four-game sweep. Charlie Blackmon Schlitter (1-2), called up from -A Iowa Philadelphia shortstop Freddy Galvis threw a New York starter Adam Warren was pulled and Nolan Arenado homered to give the before the game, got two outs in the 11th for ATHLETICS 8, ANGELS 1 routine grounder into the stands. Harrison fol- with two outs in the fifth and replaced by Rockies a 3-0 lead in the first inning. That was the victory. Sonny Gray lowered his ERA to a major lowed with a crisp shot up the middle as the Chasen Shreve (3-1), who went 1 1/3 innings. one more run than they totaled while losing league-best 1.60 with 7 2/3 impressive innings Pirates won their fourth straight. Dellin Betances, filling in for injured closer first three games of the series. ASTROS 13, MARINERS 0 to lead Oakland. Eric Sogard drove in three Antonio Bastardo (2-1) picked up the win , worked around a walk in the De La Rosa (4-2) allowed four hits and one Rookie Lance McCullers and four relievers runs and the A’s capitalized on three errors. with an inning of scoreless relief. The Pirates ninth for his third save. run to lower his ERA to 4.91. He improved to combined for a two-hitter and Evan Gattis tied Gray (8-3) yielded an unearned run and five have swept six series this season, the most of had two RBIs for the Orioles, 73-47 with the Rockies, surpassing Aaron a career high with four hits, as Houston hits, struck out nine and did not walk a batter. any team in the majors. Former teammates A.J. who managed only six hits after scoring 20 Cook, who went 72-68 for Colorado. cruised past Seattle. The right-hander has issued only nine walks in Burnett and Cole Hamels spent most of the runs on 31 hits in their previous two games. De La Rosa pitched around four walks and McCullers (3-1) struck out four and didn’t his last eight starts after giving up career-high afternoon overwhelming opposing batters. Baltimore was seeking a seventh straight win two errors. Three relievers combined to com- allow a hit through five, but he needed 90 seven on May 3 at Texas. Gray is 5-1 with a 2.22 Burnett, who spent a forgettable season with for the first time since 2005. The Yankees plete a five-hitter, and John Axford struck out pitches to get through those innings because ERA in eight career starts against the Angels, Philadelphia in 2014 before returning to trailed 3-2 before rallying in the fifth. the side in the ninth for his 12th save in as of four walks. He was replaced by Tony Sipp for including back-to-back wins in April. Matt many chances. The Marlins went 1 for 10 with the sixth inning and Austin Jackson doubled Shoemaker (4-5) was charged with four runs - runners in scoring position. with one out in the inning. three earned - and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He Joe Thatcher allowed one hit in the sev- is 0-4 with a 5.17 ERA in six home starts this METS 10, BRAVES 8 enth, Will Harris threw a perfect eighth and season, including a 6-3 loss to the A’s on April Juan Lagares hit a go-ahead homer and the Josh Fields completed the shutout. 20, when he worked three-plus innings. Mets used a surprising power surge to rally Colby Rasmus had three RBIs as the Astros from five runs down for their biggest come- built a 10-0 lead by the fourth inning on a day DODGERS 4, PADRES 2 back victory of the season. where all but one player in the starting lineup Adrian Gonzalez had a two-run single with Darrell Ceciliani launched his first major had a hit. Seattle starter Roenis Elias (3-4) was two outs in the 12th inning, lifting Los Angeles league home run, and Dilson Herrera also had roughed up for seven hits and a career-high past San Diego. Alberto Callaspo opened the a solo shot in the fourth inning. Travis eight runs in 3 1/3 innings in his shortest start 12th with a double, then Kike Hernandez and d’Arnaud’s two-run drive off reliever Brandon of the season. Joc Pederson walked. Gonzalez followed with Cunniff trimmed the deficit to 8-7 in the fifth, his 12th and 13th RBIs in 12 games against his and New York took its first lead in the sixth. TWINS 4, RANGERS 3 former team this season. Pinch-hitter and Curtis Byron Buxton went 0 for 4 in his major Josh Ravin (2-0) worked two innings for the Granderson singled before Lagares pulled a 1- league debut, but scored the winning run in win. Kenley Jansen pitched the 12th for his 2 breaking ball from Luis Avilan (2-2) into the the ninth inning to lift Minnesota. Buxton ninth save in 10 chances. Dale Thayer (2-2), the left-field stands. Sean Gilmartin (1-0) worked reached on a fielder’s choice and scored from Padres’ sixth pitcher, took the loss. two hitless innings for his first career win, strik- first base one out later on Eddie Rosario’s dou- Pederson saved the game in the ninth with ing out three. New father Jeurys Familia got ble to center. Casey Fien (2-2) pitched two a running, over-the-shoulder catch while four outs for his 19th save in 20 tries, aided by scoreless innings and Glen Perkins pitched a crashing into the wall on Justin Upton’s two- Herrera’s sensational play at second base to perfect ninth for his American League-leading out drive to center field with two on.—AP end the eighth.

TIGERS 8, INDIANS 1 once again tagged Corey MLB results/standings Kluber and the Indians, hitting a booming home run to lead Detroit. Dabrera hit his 14th Detroit 8, Cleveland 1; NY Mets 10, Atlanta 8; Tampa Bay 2, Chicago White Sox 1; Colorado 4, Miami 1; NY homer, a solo drive in the fourth inning that Yankees 5, Baltimore 3; Pittsburgh 1, Philadelphia 0 (11 innings); Toronto 13, Boston 5; Washington 4, went an estimated 450 feet into the left edge Milwaukee 0; Houston 13, Seattle 0; Minnesota 4, Texas 3; Oakland 8, LA Angels 1; Arizona 4, San Francisco 0; LA of the batter’s eye. It landed close to the 452- Dodgers 4, San Diego 2 (12 innings); Chicago Cubs 2, Cincinnati 1 (11 innings). footer he hit Friday night. The two-time AL American League National League MVP is 20 for 35 with five homers in his career Eastern Division Eastern Division against Kluber (3-8). The reigning Cy Young W L PCT GB NY Mets 34 30 .531 - Award winner lost his third straight decision. NY Yankees 34 28 .548 - Washington 33 30 .524 0.5 Tampa Bay 35 29 .547 - Atlanta 30 33 .476 3.5 Cabrera had three hits and scored three Toronto 34 30 .531 1 times. He went 7 for 11 in the series with a pair Miami 27 37 .422 7 Baltimore 31 31 .500 3 Philadelphia 22 42 .344 12 of homers and six RBIs. JD Martinez added a Boston 27 37 .422 8 Central Division three-run homer for the Tigers on a soggy Central Division St. Louis 41 21 .661 - afternoon. Alfredo Simon (7-3) allowed three Kansas City 34 25 .576 - Pittsburgh 35 27 .565 6 Minnesota 34 28 .548 1.5 Chicago Cubs 34 27 .557 6.5 hits and struck out five in the first five innings. Detroit 33 30 .524 3 Cincinnati 28 34 .452 13 Heavy, persistent rain delayed the game for Cleveland 29 33 .468 6.5 1:51 after the fifth. Chicago White Sox 28 33 .459 7 Milwaukee 24 40 .375 18 Western Division Western Division Houston 36 28 .563 - LA Dodgers 37 26 .587 - CUBS 2, REDS 1 San Francisco 34 30 .531 3.5 Starlin Castro drove in the winning run for Texas 33 30 .524 2.5 MILWAUKEE: ’ Anthony Rendon (6) leaps over Milwaukee Brewers’ LA Angels 32 31 .508 3.5 San Diego 32 33 .492 6 the second straight night with an RBI single in Gerardo Parra at second as he tries to turn a double play on a ball hit by Jean Segura dur- Seattle 28 35 .444 7.5 Arizona 30 32 .484 6.5 the 11th inning to lift the Cubs. Chris Coghlan Colorado 28 34 .452 8.5 ing the fourth inning of a baseball game. —AP Oakland 26 39 .400 10.5