Rays' 11-Game Streak Halted by Royals
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ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 SPORTS 15 Rays’ 11-game streak halted by Royals Giolito, White Sox beat Flaherty, Cardinals 8-3 in HS reunion ST. PETERSBURG, Flor- ida, May 26, (AP): The MLB Results/Standings Tampa Bay Rays’ 11-game winning streak came to an end when Brad Keller WASHINGTON, May 26, (AP): Re- sults and standings from the MLB pitched seven strong in- games on Tuesday. nings and Salvador Perez Kansas City 2 Tampa Bay 1 Cleveland 4 Detroit 1 hit a tiebreaking RBI sin- Toronto 6 NY Yankees 2 Atlanta 3 Boston 1 gle to give the Kansas City Minnesota 7 Baltimore 4 Chic. White Sox 8 St Louis 3 Royals a 2-1 victory. LA Dodgers 9 Houston 2 Rich Hill struck out a career- LA Angels 11 Texas 5 Seattle 4 Oakland 3 high 13 for the Rays. Tampa Bay’s Philadelphia 2 Miami 0 winning string was the second-lon- Chicago Cubs 4 Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 2 Washington 1 gest in club history, one shy of the NY Mets 3 Colorado 1 record set in 2004 by the then-Dev- San Diego 7 Milwaukee 1 il Rays managed by Lou Piniella. San Francisco 8 Arizona 0 American League Keller (4-4) allowed one run, four East Division hits, four walks and struck out seven. W L Pct GB Jake Brentz went 1 1/3 innings before Tampa Bay 30 20 .600 _ Boston 29 20 .592 -1/2 Kyle Zimmer got two outs to get his New York 28 20 .583 1 second save. Toronto 24 23 .511 4-1/2 Perez put the Royals up 2-1 on a Baltimore 17 31 .354 12 sixth-inning single off Hill (3-2). Central Division W L Pct GB Hill became the oldest player to Chicago 28 19 .596 _ appear in a game with the Rays at 41 Cleveland 26 20 .565 1-1/2 years, 75 days. Hall of Famer Wade Kansas City 23 23 .500 4-1/2 Minnesota 19 29 .396 9-1/2 Boggs was 41 years, 73 days old when Detroit 18 30 .375 10-1/2 he played his fi nal game on Aug. 27, West Division 1999. W L Pct GB Oakland 28 22 .560 _ White Sox 8, Cardinals 3 Houston 26 22 .542 1 In Chicago, Lucas Giolito beat Jack Seattle 23 26 .469 4-1/2 Texas 22 28 .440 6 Flaherty in a major league matchup of Los Angeles 21 27 .438 6 former high school teammates, leading National League Chicago over sloppy St. Louis. East Division The Harvard-Westlake High re- W L Pct GB New York 22 20 .524 _ union also had a little history behind Atlanta 24 24 .500 1 the plate, with Joe West working a Philadelphia 24 25 .490 1-1/2 record 5,376th regular-season game, Miami 23 25 .479 2 Washington 20 24 .455 3 snapping a tie with Hall of Fame um- Central Division pire Bill Klem. W L Pct GB Giolito (4-4) pitched six innings of Chicago White Sox’s Nick Madrigal hits an RBI single off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty during the second inning of a baseball game, St Louis 26 22 .542 _ two-run ball in his second straight win, on May 25, in Chicago. (AP) Chicago 25 22 .532 -1/2 Milwaukee 24 24 .500 2 easily getting the better of a shaky Fla- but Dodger blue also dotted the stands give the Braves a 3-1 lead. Cincinnati 21 25 .457 4 herty hurt by another poor defensive Pittsburgh 18 29 .383 7-1/2 in the rematch of the 2017 World Se- Morton (3-2) allowed six of the fi rst West Division performance by the Cardinals. eight Boston batters to reach base, Flaherty (8-1), leading the majors ries. Houston won that title over Los W L Pct GB Angeles, a championship later tainted loading the bases in the fi rst with no- San Diego 31 18 .633 _ in wins, lasted just 3 2/3 innings in his body out and giving up a leadoff triple Los Angeles 30 18 .625 -1/2 shortest outing of the season. when it was revealed the Astros illic- San Francisco 29 19 .604 1-1/2 in the second. But the Red Sox man- José Abreu homered and drove in itly stole signs that season. Colorado 19 30 .388 12 aged only one run in the fi rst two in- Arizona 18 31 .367 13 four runs for Chicago, which earned its The Astros lost their fourth straight second straight win since it was swept game as Jose Altuve went 0 for 4 to nings, and Morton retired 13 straight by the Yankees over the weekend. snap a 17-game hitting streak, which batters after Xander Bogaerts’ third- Liam Hendriks entered with the bases was the longest in the majors this sea- inning single. loaded in the ninth and struck out the son and the second-longest of his ca- Mariners 4, Athletics 3 side for his 10th save. reer. In Oakland, California, J.P. Craw- Dodgers 9, Astros 2 Mets 3, Rockies 1 ford had three hits and Seattle center In Houston, Clayton Kershaw In New York, Jacob deGrom struck fi elder Kyle Lewis made a magnifi cent pitched into the eighth inning in his out nine in a successful return from the catch to save two possible runs. fi rst game against Houston since the injured list and Tomás Nido hit a tie- Paul Sewald (2-0) pitched two in- 2017 World Series, and Justin Turner breaking homer to send depleted New Los Angeles Dodgers Mookie Betts dives back to first on a pickoff attempt nings of relief for the win. Anthony York past Colorado. by Houston Astros starting pitcher Zack Greinke during the fourth inning of Misiewicz recorded two key outs in hit a two-run homer for Los Angeles. a baseball game, on May 25, at Minute Maid Park in Houston. (AP) Kershaw (7-3) allowed a run and Back from a bout with tightness on the eighth before Rafael Montero fi n- ished for his sixth save after putting four hits in 7 2/3 innings and Chris his right side, deGrom gave up only off Chi Chi Gonzalez (2-3) in the sixth batter and threw a wild pitch. Taylor drove in two runs as the Dodg- Ryan McMahon’s solo homer in fi ve runners on the corners. after Dominic Smith singled. The Mets Five of San Diego’s stolen bases Lewis robbed Ramón Laureano of ers got their eighth straight victory. innings of three-hit ball. The two-time (22-20) remained atop the NL East de- came with Burnes on the mound. The Astros fans made up the bulk of the Cy Young Award winner walked none a likely extra-base hit with two on in spite a major league-most 16 players Padres are the only team to steal six the fi fth, ranging deep into left-center 34,443 crowd in the fi rst full-capacity and was removed after 63 pitches. on the injured list. bases in a game this season and have game in Houston since the pandemic, Nido connected for a two-run shot fi eld for a running grab just in front of Miguel Castro (1-1) struck out four done it twice. No team has had seven the wall. in two hitless innings for the win. Ed- steals since Washington against the win Díaz whiffed three in the ninth for Chicago Cubs on June 27, 2017. Tigers 4, Indians 1 Never any doubt his eighth save. In Detroit, Aaron Civale dominated Cubs 4, Pirates 3 Detroit again, taking a shutout into the Blue Jays 6, Yankees 2 In Pittsburgh, Joc Pederson hit two ninth inning in Cleveland’s victory. WNBA star Liz Cambage all-in In New York, Steven Matz returned home runs and Jake Arrieta beat Pitts- Civale (7-1) improved to 6-0 with a Kansas City Royals’ Brad Keller to New York with his fi nest outing in burgh for the third time this season. 2.19 ERA in seven career starts against pitches to the Tampa Bay Rays two years, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit Arrieta (5-4) went fi ve innings and the Tigers, including three wins this during the first inning of a baseball for Australia at Tokyo Games his major league-leading 16th home gave up three runs - two earned - on season. He allowed one run, six hits game, on May 25, in St. Peters- run and Toronto beat the Yankees. fi ve hits with seven strikeouts and one and a walk in eight-plus innings. burg, Florida. (AP) walk. Four Cubs relievers combined BRISBANE, Australia, May 26, (AP): Cambage criticized two photos - one James Karinchak allowed an RBI sixth homer in the ninth off Amir Gar- In the end, there appeared to be never from the team’s offi cial underwear for four scoreless innings, with Craig single to Jonathan Schoop in the ninth BASEBALL Kimbrel working the ninth for his 10th rett, and Lucas Sims got the fi nal out any doubt WNBA star Liz Cambage supplier, and another from the Austra- and walked Akil Baddoo to load the for his second save. would suit up for her third Olympics lian Olympic team. The underwear ad- save. The bullpen has allowed only bases with one out. Willi Castro took a for Australia. vertisement featured athletes from the Corey Kluber (4-3), making his fi rst one unearned run over its last 29 2/3 called third strike and Eric Haase fl ew Phillies 2, Marlins 0 Cambage was included Wednesday Olympics and Paralympics.