ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2021 SPORTS 14 Devers homers twice, Red Sox beat Yankees Megill earns 1st win as Mets blank Jays

BOSTON, July 24, (AP): Rafael Devers hit two home runs, including a go-ahead blast in the fi fth inning, to help the best ace Gerrit Cole for the sec- ond straight time at Fen- way Park in a 6-2 victory. Devers followed his two-run with a three-run homer in the sev- enth - the 100th of his career - to Japan’s Yamato Fujita hits a three-run during a softball game against Italy at Yokohama Sta- help Boston improve to 9-2 against dium during the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 24, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP) New York this season. The Red Sox maintained their one-game AL East lead over Tampa Bay and pitcher Tylor Megill throws to a batter Yamamoto hits 2-run homer, Japan down Italy increased their lead to nine games during the third inning of a baseball game, on July 23, in New York. (AP) over the third-place Yankees. Yacksel Rios (3-0) got the victory, pitch- run homer in Houston’s big third inning seventh inning against Chicago. Osterman pitches US softball over Mexico ing two scoreless innings to cap a strong to help the Astros hand Texas its 10th White Sox manager Tony La Russa night from the bullpen after starter Eduardo straight loss. and outfi elder Tim Anderson were YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 24, (AP): After Yordan Alvarez hit an RBI sin- ejected by plate umpire John Libka. La Rodriguez left in the second inning after gle and Carlos Correa followed with an experiencing migraine symptoms. Russa’s ejection came during a mound Turned down for a job in the U.S. RBI grounder, Tucker fought through a conference with two outs in the seventh coaching pool in 2016 after she re- Swiatek wins Tokyo tennis opener Mets 3, Blue Jays 0 nine-pitch at-bat - fouling off six pitches after Milwaukee’s Rowdy Tellez drew tired as a player, Cat Osterman found TOKYO, July 24, (AP): Having grown player to win a title at last In New York, Tylor Megill threw six in a row - before smacking a fastball a bases-loaded walk on a 3-2 pitch that she was not angry. So she’s back in from Kolby Allard (2-8) into the bull- was ruled just outside. Anderson was in the Olympics at age 38, and not just up listening to stories from her father year’s French Open, jumped out to a 5-0 scoreless innings for his fi rst big league victory and got his fi rst career hit, Pete pen in right center to make it 5-0. It was the dugout in the top of the eighth inning throwing but dominating. about competing at the 1988 Olympics lead in the opening set and then broke Tucker’s 18th of the season. in rowing, then having won a bronze midway through the second against her Alonso homered twice and New York when he got tossed. Osterman pitched six innings of beat Toronto. Phillies 5, Braves 1 one-hit ball and Monica Abbott struck medal herself in doubles at the Summer German opponent. Royals 5, Tigers 3 Youth Olympics, Iga Swiatek had been It clearly wasn’t the setting that Megill (1-0) allowed two hits, walked In Philadelphia, Zack Wheeler re- out the side in the seventh, helping the one and struck out fi ve as the rookie In Kansas City, Mo., Ryan O’Hearn thinking about competing at the Tokyo Swiatek had dreamed of, with specta- turned to his All-Star form for seven hit a three-run homer, Carlos Santana top-ranked U.S. shut out No. 5 Mexico right-hander lowered his ERA to 2.10 a Games for some time. tors banned because of the coronavirus innings, stole three bases, also connected and Kansas City ended 2-0 on Saturday. Ali Aguilar provided few hours after the Mets bolstered their Her focus was on sharp display in a pandemic, but that didn’t seem to affect including home, and Philadelphia beat Detroit’s winning streak at seven. a two-run single in the third that was injury-plagued rotation by acquiring 6-2, 6-2 win over 172nd-ranked Mona her one bit. Atlanta. Kansas City has won three in a row for just enough for the Americans to im- Rich Hill from Tampa Bay. New York Barthel in the opening match on Center The only sounds inside the vast sta- J.T. Realmuto hit his 10th homer and the fi rst time since June 4. prove to 3-0 as the country tries to re- has eight starters on the , in- Court of the Olympic tennis tournament Jean Segura had a tiebreaking, two-run Kris Bubic (3-4) gave up one earned gain the Olympic gold medal. dium came from cars and trains passing cluding ace Jacob deGrom. Saturday. nearby, mixed with the thwacking of in helping Philadelphia snap a run and six hits in six innings. Greg Hol- Osterman didn’t pitch competitively Swiatek, who became the fi rst Polish Rays 10, Indians 5 three game losing streak. land got his seventh save. from 2016-18. At the Olympics, she and Swiatek’s forehand, which accounted for 12 of her 16 winners. In Cleveland, Nelson Cruz homered in Wheeler (8-5) worked his way out of Abbott have combined on three one-hit his biggest trouble in the fi fth inning, Twins 5, Angels 4 shutouts over four days. Osterman (2-0), Swiatek also committed only 16 un- his Tampa Bay debut and Joey Wendle forced errors to Barthel’s 30. coaxing Austin Riley to ground out to In Minneapolis, Nick Gordon scored who like Abbott is 6-foot-3, has allowed hit a go-ahead single in a six-run ninth the go-ahead run in the eighth inning The eighth-ranked Swiatek will next inning to help the Rays beat Cleveland. short to get out of a bases loaded jam. two hits in 12 innings with 13 Max Fried (7-6) took the loss. on a throwing error by catcher Kurt Su- face either Paula Badosa of Spain or On a day the Indians announced they zuki in Minnesota’s victory over Los and one walk, throwing 169 pitches. Kristina Mladenovic of France. will change their name to the Guard- Orioles 6, Nationals 1 Abbott (1-0), a lanky Big Unit-like Angeles. With the heat and humidity stifl ing ians at the conclusion of the season, a In Baltimore, Pat Valaika homered Ryan Jeffers hit a tying RBI single lefty who turns 36 on Wednesday, has from the start, players wrapped towels new name for the Rays helped them beat a complete game and two three-out twice - doubling his total for the season off Raisel Iglesias (6-4), who was fi lled with ice around their necks to cool Cleveland for the 10th straight time. - and Baltimore beat Washington for charged with his fourth blown save in 24 saves. She has given up one hit in nine down on changeovers. just its second victory in its last 11 home innings with 15 strikeouts and three Cubs 8, Diamondbacks 3 attempts after being summoned with a The temperature was 90 degrees F (32 games. runner on fi rst for what would’ve been a walks, throwing 129 pitches. In Chicago, Javier Báez homered, Josh Bell went deep for Washington degrees C). Swiatek’s father, Tomasz, Robinson Chirinos went deep twice, six-out save. Japan 5, Italy 0 competed in quadruple sculls in Seoul, in the fourth inning, but that 1-0 lead Juan Minaya (1-0) worked a score- Zach Davies earned his fi rst victory since for the Nationals didn’t last long. Balti- Yu Yamamoto hit a two-run homer in fi nishing seventh. At the 2018 Youth a combined no-hitter last month and Chi- less eighth and Taylor Rogers earned his the fourth, and Yamato Fujita started with Games, Swiatek paired with Kaja Juvan more scored twice in the fourth before ninth save with a scoreless ninth. cago beat Arizona. Valaika’s solo shot in the fi fth. Valaika two innings on the mound and then as a of Slovenia to win a doubles medal. Báez gave the Cubs a 3-0 lead in the Mariners 4, Athletics 3 Also advancing on the hard courts designated player added a three-run drive fi rst inning with a long three-run homer In Seattle, Cal Raleigh and Luis Tor- in the fi fth. Yamamoto drove a 66 mph of the Ariake Tennis Park were recent to left. The Cubs added three more in the Iga Swiatek, of Poland, returns to French Open fi nalist Anastasia Pavly- BASEBALL rens hit back-to-back homers, Dylan fastball to the opposite fi eld in right-center third, capped by Nico Hoerner’s two-run Moore scored the go-ahead run on con- Mona Barthel, of Germany, during uchenkova of ROC and Viktorija Golu- single. the tennis competition at the 2020 bic of Switzerland. Pavlyuchenkova ap- secutive wild pitches and Seattle beat Summer Olympics, on July 24, in Astros 7, Rangers 3 hit another solo homer in the seventh to Oakland. peared to struggle with the heat during a make it 6-1. OLYMPICS Tokyo, Japan. (AP) 6-0, 6-1 win over Sara Errani. In Houston, Kyle Tucker hit a three- The Mariners’ Yusei Kikuchi struck Padres 5, Marlins 2 out a career-high 12 and the Athletics’ Frankie Montas fanned 10. Neither start- off Alexia Lacatena (0-1) for Japan’s fi rst In Miami, Joe Musgrove pitched six er fi gured in the decision in a game that hit of the game and her second home run MLB Results/Standings solid innings, Tommy Pham led off with included punches thrown in the stands of the Olympics. She has fi ve RBIs. a homer run and San Diego beat Miami. during a fi ght that attracted a lot of views Winless in his previous three starts, on social media. Fujita’s drive off Ilaria Cacciamani Musgrove (6-7) allowed two runs and gave her three home runs and six RBIs. WASHINGTON, July 24, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Friday. six hits, struck out four and walked one. Pirates 6, Giants 4 Miu Goto (2-0) struck out nine in NY Mets 3 Toronto 0 Seattle 4 Oakland 3 Mark Melancon pitched a scoreless ninth fi ve innings of one-hit relief, combin- Baltimore 6 Washington 1 8 Arizona 3 In San Francisco, Bryan Reynolds Tampa Bay 10 Cleveland 5 Philadelphia 5 Atlanta 1 for his major league-best 30th save. homered, Adam Frazier drew a bases- ing with Fujita on a three-hitter. Japan Boston 6 NY Yankees 2 San Diego 5 Miami 2 Adam Duvall homered for Miami. loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run (3-0) has outscored opponents 16-3. Kansas City 5 Detroit 3 Cincinnati 6 St Louis 5 Zach Thompson (2-3) was the loser. in the seventh inning when Pittsburgh Italy (0-3) has been outscored 8-0. Milwaukee 7 Chicago White Sox 1 Pittsburgh 6 San Francisco 4 Minnesota 5 LA Angels 4 Colorado 9 LA Dodgers (10 inn) 6 Reds 6, Cardinals 5 scored three times without a hit, and the Canada 7, Australia 1 Pirates beat San Francisco. Houston 7 Texas 3 In Cincinnati, Tyler Stephenson drove American League National League Gregory Polanco added an RBI triple Jenn Salling and Erika Polidori hit East Division East Division in Kyle Farmer with a tiebreaking sacri- early two-run doubles for Canada, and fi ce fl y in the eighth inning, rallying Cin- for Pittsburgh, which snapped a four- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB game skid. Australia left the bases loaded in each of Boston 60 38 .612 _ New York 51 43 .543 _ cinnati past St. Louis. the fi rst two innings. Canada improved Tampa Bay 59 39 .602 1 Philadelphia 48 48 .500 4 Farmer also homered for the Reds, It was 3-all when Dominic Leone (2- New York 50 46 .521 9 Atlanta 47 49 .490 5 1) walked Jacob Stallings leading off the to 2-1 behind 5 2/3 innings of shutout Toronto 48 45 .516 9-1/2 Washington 45 51 .469 7 The Reds shook off long home runs by Paul Goldschmidt and Harrison Bader seventh and Kevin Newman reached on relief from Jenna Caira and Lauren Baltimore 32 64 .333 27 Miami 41 57 .418 12 a fi elder’s choice when shortstop Thairo Regula, the 39-year-old sister of retired Central Division Central Division to maintain their hold on second place in W L Pct GB W L Pct GB the NL Central. Estrada’s throw to second was late. All-Star outfi elder Jason Bay. Chicago 58 39 .598 _ Milwaukee 57 41 .582 _ Rockies 9, Dodgers 6, 10 innings Canada starter Sara Groenewegen Right-hander Brad Brach (1-1) Cleveland 48 47 .505 9 Cincinnati 50 47 .515 6-1/2 pitched a perfect eighth. Right-hander In Los Angeles, Trevor Story homered walked Jade Wall with the bases loaded Detroit 47 52 .475 12 St Louis 49 49 .500 8 and drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th in the fi rst, then escaped further trouble Minnesota 42 56 .429 16-1/2 Chicago 48 50 .490 9 earned his fi rst save, Kansas City 40 55 .421 17 Pittsburgh 37 60 .381 19-1/2 striking out the side in the ninth, includ- inning as Colorado took advantage of the when she threw a called third strike past West Division West Division ing pinch-hitting Adam Wainwright for Dodgers’ recent bullpen woes. Michelle Cox and fanned Rachel Lack. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB the fi nal out. Giovanny Gallegos (5-3) Charlie Blackmon added a two-run Caira (1-1) allowed two hits in 4 2/3 in- Houston 59 39 .602 _ San Francisco 61 36 .629 _ took the loss. homer in the 10th to help the Rockies nings, relieving with the bases loaded in Oakland 56 43 .566 3-1/2 Los Angeles 59 40 .596 3 top Los Angeles for just the third time Seattle 52 46 .531 7 San Diego 58 42 .580 4-1/2 Brewers 7, White Sox 1 the second after Wall allowed Taylah Los Angeles 47 49 .490 11 Colorado 43 54 .443 18 in 11 games this season. Colorado won Tsitsikronis’ bases-loaded drive to deep Texas 35 63 .357 24 Arizona 30 69 .303 32 In Milwaukee, Tyrone Taylor hit a for the fi rst time in four games at Dodger left to drop just foul. grand slam to cap Milwaukee’s six-run Stadium.