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ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 24, 2021 SPORTS 14 Hernandez homers as Indians top Twins Rays beat Jays for 9th win in row MLB Results/Standings CLEVELAND, May 23, RBI in all six games since making his Dodgers debut on Monday. (AP): César Hernández WASHINGTON, May 23, (AP): Results and Yankees 7, White Sox 0 standings from the MLB games on Saturday. hit a two-run homer in the NY Yankees 7 Chic. White Sox 0 In New York, Gerrit Cole shook off Texas 8 Houston 4 10th inning off Alex Co- rare control problems to pitch four-hit Kansas City 7 Detroit 5 ball over seven innings, and New York Cleveland 5 Minnesota (10 inn) 3 lomé, giving the Cleveland Washington 12 Baltimore 9 Indians a 5-3 victory over won its fi fth straight. Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 1 Cole (6-2) allowed four singles, Boston 4 Philadelphia 3 Minnesota that dropped struck out seven and walked as many San Diego 6 Seattle 4 Oakland 6 LA Angels 2 the Twins to 0-8 in extra- as three for the fi rst time since Aug. Colorado 7 Arizona 6 inning games this season. 31. New York had four straight starts Atlanta 6 Pittsburgh 1 Hernández’s fi rst career game- of seven shutout innings for the fi rst Miami 3 NY Mets 1 time since 1932. Milwaukee 4 Cincinnati 3 ending home run led off the 10th St Louis 2 Chicago Cubs 1 Justin Wilson and Luis Cessa fi n- LA Dodgers 6 San Francisco 3 and sliced over the right-fi eld wall ished the fi ve-hitter. The Yankees lead American League to score Austin Hedges, who start- the major leagues with eight shutouts. East Division W L Pct GB ed at second base under pandemic Gleyber Torres had three hits and Boston 29 18 .617 _ rules. four RBIs. Tampa Bay 28 19 .596 1 Colomé (2-4) also gave up Jordan New York 27 19 .587 1-1/2 Toronto 23 21 .523 4-1/2 Luplow’s leadoff homer in the 10th Baltimore 17 28 .378 11 inning of a 5-3 loss at Cleveland on BASEBALL Central Division April 26. W L Pct GB James Karinchak (2-0) got four Chicago 26 18 .591 _ Cleveland 24 19 .558 1-1/2 outs, fi nishing a 4 2/3 hitless scoreless Dylan Cease (2-1) allowed a season- Kansas City 21 23 .477 5 Indians bullpen behind AL Cy Young high fi ve runs and fi ve hits in 4 1/3 in- Detroit 18 27 .400 8-1/2 Award winner Shane Bieber. nings. Toulouse players lift the trophy after the fi nal whistle during the Heineken Champions Cup fi nal match between La Minnesota 16 29 .356 10-1/2 West Division Bieber allowed three runs and eight Rays 3, Blue Jays 1 Rochelle and Toulouse at Twickenham Stadium, London, on May 22. (AP) W L Pct GB hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out six, Oakland 28 19 .596 _ ending his 23-game streak of at least In Dunedin, Florida,Taylor Walls Houston 26 20 .565 1-1/2 seven strikeouts. hit a pair of doubles in his major Wild Knights beat Sungoliath 31-26 in Top League fi nal Seattle 21 25 .457 6-1/2 league debut and Tampa Bay won its Texas 21 27 .438 7-1/2 Dodgers 6, Giants 3 Los Angeles 19 27 .413 8-1/2 ninth straight game. National League In San Francisco, Max Muncy hit a Manuel Margot hit a go-ahead sin- East Division home run into McCovey Cove, con- gle in the eighth inning and Mike Toulouse win record 5th Champions Cup W L Pct GB Zunino homered for the Rays. Center New York 21 18 .538 _ necting off Scott Kazmir in the lefty’s LONDON, May 23, (AP): Back row Knights have shared 10 titles since the Atlanta 22 24 .478 2-1/2 fi rst big league game since 2016, and fi elder Kevin Kiermaier left in the fi fth Jerome Kaino said Toulouse was mo- tournament began in 2003. Deans has Philadelphia 22 24 .478 2-1/2 Los Angeles beat San Francisco for its inning with left eye irritation. tivated by the club’s past successes now added four Top League titles to Miami 21 24 .467 3 Washington 19 23 .452 3-1/2 seventh straight win. Five Rays combined on a six-hitter as it became the fi rst team to win fi ve his fi ve Super League titles with the to send Toronto to its fourth straight Central Division Walker Buehler (3-0) pitched seven Champions Cup titles. Christchurch-based Crusaders. W L Pct GB innings and Austin Barnes also homer- loss. Rays starter Shane McClanahan Toulouse edged out La Rochelle in Japan astronaut Akihito Hoshide St Louis 26 19 .578 _ ed for the Dodgers. allowed one run and four hits in fi ve an all-French fi nal in front of 10,000 counted down the fi nal seconds to the Chicago 23 22 .511 3 innings. Andrew Kittredge (4-0) threw Milwaukee 22 23 .489 4 The 37-year-old Kazmir (0-1) al- fans at Twickenham, a red card for fi nal from the International Space Sta- Cincinnati 20 24 .455 5-1/2 lowed just one run – on Muncy’s a scoreless seventh and Diego Castillo Levani Botia seeing its opponents re- tion with the match providing a climax Pittsburgh 18 27 .400 8 homer – and two hits in four innings. worked the ninth to get his eighth save. West Division duced to 14 men in the fi rst half. to a season disrupted by the corona- W L Pct GB The three-time All-Star struck out two, Red Sox 4, Phillies 3 virus pandemic. South Africa-born San Diego 29 17 .630 _ walked none and threw 55 pitches, In Philadelphia, Xander Bogaerts center Dylan Riley scored the opening Los Angeles 28 18 .609 1 Buster Posey homered for San and Danny Santana hit consecutive RUGBY try of the fi nal for the Wild Knights, in- San Francisco 28 18 .609 1 Francisco. The Giants have lost two Arizona 18 29 .383 11-1/2 home runs in the sixth inning, Matt tercepting a pass from the Sungoliath’s Colorado 17 29 .370 12 straight to their division rivals after a Barnes retired Bryce Harper and Rhys All Blacks fl yhalf Beauden Barrett. season-best fi ve-game winning streak. Japan winger Kenki Fukuoka, Hoskins to strand the potential tying Toulouse was still second best up (right), of Panasonic Wild Knights Japan winger Kenki Fukuoka scored Albert Pujols had an RBI single run in the ninth, and Boston beat Phila- front for the 80 minutes, but Juan Cruz runs past Suntory Sungoliath’s a try in his fi nal match before retiring dropped the ball making the tag. in the eighth and has had a hit or an delphia for its fourth straight win. Mallia’s try helped them to a 22-17 Beauden Barrett of New Zealand to put the Wild Knights ahead 23-7 at Braves 6, Pirates 1 victory, despite Tawera Kerr-Barlow’s on way to a successful try during halftime. A try to Tonga-born Japan in- Nathan Eovaldi (5-2) ended a streak In Atlanta, Ozzie Albies hit home of three no-decisions, allowing two late effort for La Rochelle. the fi nal of Japan’s Top League ternational prop Asaeli Ai Valu put the runs and fi ve hits in 5 1/3 innings. “I’m absolutely stoked and it didn’t club competition in Tokyo, on May Wild Knights further ahead at the start runs from both sides of the plate and Four relievers combined for one- come easy. I’m glad we got over the 23. (AP) of the second half. Ronald Acuña Jr. led off with his ma- jor league-best 15th homer as Atlanta run, two-hit relief, and AL East-lead- line,” Kaino said. “The pressure comes Robbie Deans guided the Panasonic But Barrett’s kicking kept Sungo- from day one when you walk into the liath in the hunt for their sixth Top beat Pittsburgh. ing Boston improved to a season-high Wild Knights to a 31-26 win over 11 games over .500 at 29-18. club and you’re quite aware of the League title and tries to scrumhalf It was Acuña’s 22nd career leadoff Philadelphia has lost four in a row golden years. It’s a relief and feels perpetual rivals Suntory Sungoliath Naoto Saito and fullback Seiya Ozaki shot, extending his franchise record, and six of seven, dropping two games great to get that fi fth star.” Sunday in the fi nal of Japan rugby’s cut the defi cit to fi ve points before time including three this season. under .500 for the fi rst time this year Meanwhile, former Wallabies coach Top League. Sungoliath and the Wild ran out. Albies added a two-run shot in the at 22-24. fi fth as a left-handed hitter. He hit an- other homer, his ninth, from the right Padres 6, Mariners 4 fi ce bunt by Joe Musgrove, a starting ton overcame a pair of fi ve-run defi cits ban rookie added another solo shot in side off Sam Howard in the seventh. In San Diego, Eric Hosmer hit a two- pitcher who sometimes is called on to in a win over Baltimore.