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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, shook off Texas 8 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 1 Justin Wilson and fi n- LA Dodgers 6 San Francisco 3 and sliced over the right-fi eld wall ished the fi ve-hitter. The Yankees lead to score , who start- the major leagues with eight shutouts. East Division W L Pct GB ed at second base under pandemic 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 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 high fi ve runs and fi ve hits in 4 1/3 in- Detroit 18 27 .400 8-1/2 Award winner . 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 , 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 . hit a pair of doubles in his major Wild Knights beat Sungoliath 31-26 in 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. 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 . 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 . season-best fi ve-game winning streak. Japan winger , Hoskins to strand the potential tying Toulouse was still second best up (right), of Wild Knights Japan winger Kenki Fukuoka scored had an RBI single run in the ninth, and Boston beat Phila- front for the 80 minutes, but Juan Cruz runs past ’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 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- who sometimes is called on to in a win over Baltimore. the seventh off Andre Scrubb (1-1). Bryse Wilson (2-2) allowed one run run, bases-loaded single and Fernando pinch-hit. The Mariners committed Zimmerman’s home run in the Jose Trevino hit a two-run double on fi ve hits in 6-2/3 inning. Michael Tatis Jr. came around and scored on an three errors in the inning, two after fourth against Adam Plutko (1-1) broke during a fi ve-run seventh inning as the Pérez hit a homer off Wilson in the error on the play to highlight the fi ve- Hosmer singled. a 6-all tie. Rangers overcame a 4-3 defi cit. third. run fi fth inning for San Diego, which Athletics 6, Angels 2 Baltimore (17-28) dropped its fi fth Brewers 4, Reds 3 Royals 7, Tigers 5 beat Seattle for its eighth straight win. straight and lost for the 11th time in 13 The game was tied at 1 when the Pa- In Anaheim, California, Chris games. The Orioles led 5-0 after an in- In Cincinnati, Daniel Robertson hit In Kansas City, Mo., Andrew Beni- Shane Bieber delivers in the fi rst dres broke through against left-hander Bassitt pitched fi ve-hit ball into the ning and 6-1 after 2 1/2 frames. his fi rst home run in more than two ntendi drove in three runs, Josh Stau- inning of a baseball game against Justus Sheffi eld (3-4) in the fi fth. The eighth inning and Seth Brown hit a In his 907th career game, Josh Har- years, a tiebreaking, seventh-inning mount escaped a bases-loaded jam the , on May 22, in Padres scored fi ve runs on four singles, two-run homer in the Athletics’ victory rison started for the fi rst time in center drive in his second game back from in the ninth inning and Kansas City Cleveland. (AP) two walks, a stolen base and a sacri- over the Angels. fi eld for the Nationals and hit his fi rst a concussion, and Milwaukee topped stopped Detroit’s four-game winning Matt Olson and Aramís García hit career grand-slam in the third. Cincinnati. streak. solo homers, while Mark Canha tri- Robertson came into the game in the Detroit’s hit a pled, doubled and scored two runs as Rockies 7, Diamondbacks 6 sixth inning as part of a double switch, two-run homer, and the Tigers went 3 New Zealand men, women beat the fi rst-place A’s took the fi rst two In Denver, Charlie Blackmon hit a led off the seventh and homered on a for 15 with runners in scoring position. games and claimed the series victory tiebreaking, two-run homer off Madi- fi rst-pitch from Heath Hembree Brady Singer (2-3) gave up three over their last-place downstate rivals. son Bumgarner in a four-run sixth in- (0-1). runs on four hits in 6-1/3 innings, strik- Australia in pre-Olympic sevens Bassitt (4-2) gave up only a leadoff ning, left fi elder Raimel Tapia made a Brent Suter (3-2) won after allowing ing out six. walk and David Fletcher’s slow-rolling dazzling catch to thwart a rally attempt Tyler Stephenson’s sixth-inning RBI Akil Baddoo had the fi rst three-hit WELLINGTON, New Zealand, wins on Sunday, 36-5 and 31-14. single during the fi rst seven innings. and Colorado dealt Arizona its 12th single that tied the score 3-3. Josh Ha- game of his career, including a two-run May 23, (AP): New Zealand’s They had won the first four match- Although he struck out eight and got straight road loss. der struck out two in a perfect ninth for single in the Detroit second. Harold men’s and women’s rugby sevens es on Friday and Saturday. within four outs of his fi rst career com- Bumgarner (4-4) allowed seven runs his 10th save in 10 chances. Castro added an RBI single in the fi fth. teams both set themselves up as The women’s team won its plete game, Bassit gave up three hits - fi ve earned - and eight hits in six in- Marlins 3, Mets 1 Cardinals 2, Cubs 1 and both runs in the eighth, getting nings. favorites for the Tokyo Olympics series against Australia 5-1. After chased by Shohei Ohtani’s RBI triple Tyler Kinley (1-0) earned the win In Miami, Garrett Cooper hit a two- In St. Louis, Four combined with commanding victories over dropping the opening match 19-15 to center. and Daniel Bard earned his fi fth save in out, two-run homer in the ninth inning, for fi ve innings of scoreless, two-hit on Friday, New Zealand won the Ohtani also doubled - giving him eight chances. and Miami Marlins beat New York. relief after Miles Mikolas appeared to Cooper’s fi fth homer of the year get injured in his delayed season de- next five. a major league-leading 28 extra-base Rangers 8, Astros 4 RUGBY The Australian women beat hits - and drove in his team-leading came on a 3-2 pitch from Drew Smith but, and Yadier Molina hit a tiebreak- New Zealand to take the gold 34th run of the season for Los Angeles, In Arlington, Texas, Adolis García (1-1). ing home run that lifted St. Louis over which has lost nine of 12. hit two homers and helped power Tex- The Mets’ tied the Chicago. medal when sevens was first con- as past Houston. game at 1 with a two-out, RBI single Molina broke a 1-1 tie when led off Australia in weekend series. tested at the Olympics in Rio de Nationals 12, Orioles 9 García, who hit a three-run, walkoff in the eighth. the seventh inning with his seventh The New Zealand men’s rugby Janeiro in 2016. Fiji won the gold In Washington, Ryan Zimmerman drive in the 10th inning to beat the Brian Anderson scored the Marlins’ home run this season, connecting on a sevens team completed a 6-0 series in the men’s event after beating hit a tiebreaking three-run homer and Astros 7-5 on Friday night, had a solo fi rst run from third on a sacrifi ce fl y in slider with an 0-2 count from Adbert sweep over Australia with two New Zealand in the quarter-finals. fi nished with three hits, and Washing- homer in the fi fth. The 28-year-old Cu- the seventh when catcher Tomás Nido Alzolay (2-4).