WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014 SPORTS Rosberg expects his ties Marussia success puts England Wilshere with Hamilton to improve pressure on Sauber ‘fit for World Cup’ ST MARTIN: Formula One leader Nico Rosberg expects his rocky relationship LONDON: Marussia’s stunning Monaco Grand Prix weekend has put LONDON: Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere, who missed the last two months with Mercedes’ team mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton to improve despite pressure on rivals Sauber — but the Swiss team remain confident they of the season after fracturing his foot, says he will be fit to play for England at the rift between them after last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix. will soon be back in front. Sauber principal Monisha Kaltenborn told the World Cup. Rosberg won the showcase race on Sunday to retake the championship Reuters after the team again failed to score their first point of the sea- The 22-year-old, who has won 15 caps, told Sky Sports that he had been lead from Hamilton, who suggested the German had used underhand tactics son that they had just been unlucky. training for the last six weeks and was over the injury he sustained playing to secure pole position in Saturday qualifying. Visiting the German soccer team “You could see the cars were in the race, the car was showing good for Arsenal against Stoke City on March 1. performance,” she said after Germany’s Adrian Sutil and Mexican at their World Cup preparations in Italy yesterday, Rosberg said such disputes Asked if he was close to peak fitness, he replied: “I am... I have been train- between drivers of the same team were nothing new. Esteban Gutierrez both crashed out. ing for a long time. I am yet to play a game, but I have been train- “In our sport we can only have success as a team,” Rosberg “To lose, or not make use of the chances of actually such sure points told a news conference. “Nothing can happen alone. I make in this way, and through such mistakes, is very unfortunate.” Sutil lost ing for six weeks and I probably need a few games, but I am feel- an effort for teamwork and for the atmosphere in the team. control under braking as he exited the tunnel on lap 24, smashing into ing good. “It is a bit more difficult internally at the moment. But it has the barriers, while Gutierrez was running in the top 10 when he hit the “I am lucky we’ve got quite a few warm-up games. Some happened in the past as well in our sport.” Mercedes bosses guardrail and spun at Rascasse, 18 laps from the end. The Mexican said nations are not playing as many, so hopefully I will be able to have warned both drivers that they must not overstep the afterwards it was “probably the most painful mistake in my career”. With get some minutes under my belt before the big kickoff.” mark in an increasingly intense fight for the Formula One title them out of the way, Marussia’s Jules Bianchi came through from the England, who spent last week training in Portugal, are contin- between the pair, with the team having won every race so far last row of the grid, and despite two stop/go penalties, took two points uing their preparations back at home this week before play- this year.—Reuters - his team’s first in more than four years of trying.—Reuters ing Peru at Wembley on Friday.—Reuters Blue Jays pound Rays TORONTO: Edwin Encarnacion hit his 13th home run in May and Dioner Navarro and Steve Tolleson added back-to-back shots as the Toronto Blue Jays won their seventh straight game Monday, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 10-5. Melky Cabrera had three hits and three RBIs as the AL East-leading Blue Jays won for the 12th time in 14 games. Toronto has hit at least one home run in nine straight games and leads the majors with 73 this season, including an ML-best 41 in May. David DeJesus, Desmond Jennings and James Loney all hit solo homers for the Rays, whose season-high four-game winning streak was snapped. Drew Hutchison wasn’t at his best, but benefited from strong run support to win his career-best third straight start. Hutchison (4-3) ATLANTA: Jason Heyward No. 22 of the Atlanta Braves is tagged out after over-running allowed five runs and seven hits in five innings, second base by Dustin Pedroia No. 15 of the Boston Red Sox during the 8th inning at matched a season-worst with four walks and Turner Field. —AFP struck out none. ATHLETICS 10, TIGERS 0 Red Sox end losing streak Kyle Blanks homered in his home debut at the Coliseum and Derek Norris capped Oakland’s ATLANTA: David Ortiz homered and drove in They also cut reliever Jose Valverde, who gave five-homer day with a grand slam as the TORONTO: Blue Jays Brett Lawrie, bottom, slides safe into second base past Tampa Bay Rays short- four runs as the Boston Red Sox ended their up Sanchez’s go-ahead hit. Athletics ended a four-game losing streak with a stop Yunel Escobar (top) after Lawrie hit a double during the fifth inning of a baseball game. —AP 10-game losing streak, rallying from a five- Sanchez upped his average against the win over Detroit. run deficit to defeat the Atlanta Braves 8-6 Mets to .324 and has 34 RBIs against New Yoenis Cespedes, Brandon Moss and Josh the Los Angeles Angels. Young (4-2) kept the 26, 2012, against the Indians. Monday. The defending World Series champi- York, his best totals against any NL team. He Donaldson also homered. Tommy Milone (3-3) Angels hitless until Kole Calhoun singled with Viciedo connected in the third inning against ons trailed 6-1 after the fourth inning of the homered off Scott Rice while hitting for Ike allowed four hits in 6 2-3 scoreless innings. He is one out in the sixth. Josh Tomlin (3-2). Jose Quintana (3-4) pitched six interleague matchup, with starter Clay Davis, who was making his return to Citi Field 3-0 with a 1.03 ERA in his past four starts. An inning later, Pujols hit his 506th career effective innings. Scott Downs got four outs for Buchholz walking a career-high eight in only after being traded to the Pirates in mid-April. The A’s got four solo homers against Drew home run, pulling within three of Gary Sheffield his first save. three-plus innings. Valverde (1-1) was booed off the field after Smyly (2-3) to win the first meeting of the sea- for 24th on baseball’s all-time homer list. The But Ortiz tied it by hitting a three-run allowing pinch-hitter Jose Tabata’s tying sin- son against the team that eliminated them in Mariners scored five times in the first two RANGERS 7, TWINS 2 homer off Ervin Santana in the fifth. With Red gle in the eighth. Valverde returned for the Game 5 of the division series the past two post- innings off Tyler Skaggs (4-2). Three of the runs Nick Tepesch won his second consecutive Sox fans at Turner Field chanting “Papi! Papi!” ninth and was even worse. Tony Watson (5-0) seasons. were unearned runs. start, Elvis Andrus and Chris Gimenez each had the World Series MVP then gave Boston the pitched an inning for the win. Mark Melancon two RBIs, and the Texas Rangers beat Minnesota. lead with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly off Ian got his 10th save. ASTROS 9, ROYALS 2 WHITE SOX 6, INDIANS 2 Tepesch (2-0) allowed two runs in 6 2-3 Thomas (1-2) in the seventh. George Springer homered in his fourth Conor Gillaspie hit three doubles while going innings, striking out four to win consecutive Following pregame declarations of confi- MARLINS 3, NATIONALS 2 straight game and went 4 for 4 with three RBIs 4 for 4 and Dayan Viciedo had a three-run homer starts for the first time in his career. Alex Rios dence from manager John Farrell and general Giancarlo Stanton hit his NL-leading 15th and scored five runs in Houston’s victory over as the Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland. added two more hits and now has six straight manager Ben Cherington, the Red Sox came home run and also doubled and singled in his Kansas City. Gillaspie scored twice and drove in a run. He multihit games. Trevor Plouffe homered for the back to end their worst skid since an 11-game latest power performance for Miami at The Astros have won three straight, matching became the first White Sox player with three Twins, who have lost four in a row. Kevin Correia slide in 1994. Nationals Park. Stanton doubled and scored their longest winning streak this season, and doubles in a game since Paul Konerko on May (2-6) took the loss. —AP in the first inning, then launched a long two- snapped a six-game losing streak to the Royals. YANKEES 6, CARDINALS 4 run homer in the third. Stanton is hitting .333 Springer led off the eighth with a home run Brian Roberts hit a tiebreaking single in a (43 for 129) with 14 home runs and 27 RBIs in off Louis Coleman, his fifth homer in four games. MLB results/standings three-run 12th inning after Brett Gardner’s Washington since his career began in 2010. He is the first Houston rookie to homer in four leaping catch at the left-field fence kept New He has homered at Nationals Park more than straight games.