Giants Wait out Ohtani, Rally in 13Th Inning for Win Over Angels
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ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 25-26, 2021 SPORTS 14 UEFA abolishes away-goals rule in club competitions Qatar’s 2020 World Cup stadiums inspired by Arab, Gulf culture DOHA, June 24, (Agencies): Qatar’s fi ya varies slightly from country to Gulf region. Meanwhile, the away-goals rule after the regulation 90 minutes in the home and away” including more tel- 2020 World Cup stadiums embody country, yet still binds Arab nations Ahmad bin Ali stadium embodies was abolished Thursday by UEFA second leg will go direct to extra time evision coverage to better understand the Arab and Gulf culture through together through shared tradition. the Qatari desert, while the Educa- after 56 years as a fundamental way and then to a penalty shootout. opponents’ styles, comfortable travel their magnifi cent architectural de- Lusail magnifi cent stadium is in- tion City stadium’s design represents of deciding matches in its European UEFA president Aleksander and better playing surfaces. signs. spired by the interplay of light and club competitions. Čeferin cited the “unfairness, espe- Čeferin said the rule outlived its Al-Thumama stadium’s design is shadow that characterizes the (fa- SOCCER The move was often proposed in cially in extra time, of obliging the usefulness and inhibited home teams inspired by the (Gahfi ya), a tradi- nar) lantern, while Al-Bayt stadium recent years by club coaches who felt home team to score twice when the from attacking “because they fear tional woven cap worn for centuries takes its name from Bayt Al-Shaar, an idea from the 1960s was no longer away team has scored.” conceding a goal that would give by men in many Arab countries. The which is a tent historically used by quality, durability and resilience relevant. UEFA cited several factors that their opponents a crucial advan- style and even the name of the gah- nomadic people in Qatar and the through an Islamic inspiration. Games now tied on aggregate score “blurred the lines between playing at tage.” Vandy stays alive Giants wait out Ohtani, rally in Vanderbilt beats Stanford at CWS OMAHA, Nebraska, June 24, (AP): Enrique Bradfi eld Jr. enjoyed the view from second base as the biggest play of the season unfolded for 13th inning for win over Angels Vanderbilt. Bradfi eld had just driven in the tying run against Stanford, and what happened next was Padres top Dodgers for 1st sweep of rivals in 8 seasons nearly unimaginable for a Commodores team that had played from behind all game. Spencer Jones scored from third on Brendan ANAHEIM, Calif., June 24, Beck’s wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, allowing Vanderbilt to stay (AP): Shohei Ohtani struck out alive in the College World Series with a 6-5 vic- nine over six innings of one-run tory. ball for the Angels, but the San “We’ve done some crazy things this year, down in the last inning, two outs,” Bradfi eld Francisco Giants rallied for sev- said. “Nobody’s on to start the inning. We get to en runs in the 13th inning of a 9-3 two outs, we get a baserunner, another base hit victory over Los Angeles. follows. So we knew it was always possible.” Steven Duggar had an RBI double in the Possible, yet improbable. 12th and a two-run single in the 13th for The reigning national champions were down to their last strike before the shocking fi nish the Giants, who fi nally blew it open while against the Pac-12 pitcher of the year, who had the Angels had outfi elder Taylor Ward been dominant since beginning his rare relief playing catcher and starting pitcher Grif- appearance in the seventh. fi n Canning playing left fi eld as the fallout The Commodores (47-16) were uncharacter- from an untimely injury to Kurt Suzuki istically sloppy against Stanford (39-17) until and a series of strategic decisions made to the middle innings and pulled within 5-4 after allow Ohtani to hit for himself. being down 4-0. Mike Tauchman struck out five times before They avoided their shortest stay at the CWS hitting a three-run homer to cap the Giants’ in their fi ve appearances, all since 2011, and will 13th-inning rally. Brandon Crawford put San play North Carolina State in the Bracket 1 fi nal. Francisco ahead to stay with a bases-loaded They would have to beat the Wolfpack on Fri- walk from Alex Claudio (1-2), who walked day and again Saturday to reach the best-of-three three straight in the 13th. championship series a second straight time. The 13-inning game matched the longest in Vandy won the national title in 2019. There the majors since the institution of the runner- was no CWS last year because of the pandemic. on-second-base rule to open extra innings last The fi rst fi ve batters that faced Beck (9-3) season. struck out, and no one reached base until Javier Dominic Leone (1-0) won despite yielding Vaz walked on a 3-2 pitch with two outs in the the tying run in the 12th for the major league- ninth. leading Giants, who swept the two-game inter- Jones hit a pinch infi eld single, and Vaz end- league series with their eighth victory in nine ed up on third on shortstop Adam Crampton’s games - long after Ohtani and Kevin Gausman off-target throw to fi rst. Bradfi eld then singled staged a compelling pitchers’ duel. to right to bring home Vaz and send Jones to Padres 5, Dodgers 3 third. In San Diego, Trent Grisham drew a go- ahead, bases-loaded walk with one out in the BASEBALL eighth, San Diego hit three solo homers off Trevor Bauer and the Padres completed their San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Kevin Gausman throws to the plate during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los first three-game sweep of the NL West rivals in Angeles Angels, on June 23, in Anaheim, California. (AP) On a 1-0 count to Carter Young, Beck threw a curveball that slipped out of his hand, sailed eight seasons. with his ninth homer of the season off Kyle The game ended in front of a sellout crowd high and glanced off catcher Kody Huff’s glove. Wright (0-1) to make it 5-0. Huff gave chase, but Jones was able to score of 43,961 when pinch-hitter Albert Pujols MLB Results/Standings Rangers 5, Athletics 3 lined out to third baseman Manny Machado, easily as the Vanderbilt dugout emptied for a In Arlington, Texas, Major league rookie celebration at home plate. who doubled Will Smith off second. That home run leader Adolis García went deep twice earned Mark Melancon his 23rd save, most in “One of those classic World Series games,” for his 19th and 20th, Brock Holt had a tie- Stanford coach David Esquer said. “Of course, the majors. Tim Hill (4-3) got the win. WASHINGTON, June 24, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Wednesday. breaking RBI single in the seventh inning and it didn’t fall our way. I’ve been part of a few of Chicago White Sox 4 Pittsburgh 3 NY Yankees 6 Kansas City 5 Texas beat Oakland. them, and some have gone my way. That hap- Detroit 6 St Louis 2 Texas 5 Oakland 3 BASEBALL Colorado 5 Seattle 2 Washington 13 Philadelphia 12 Nate Lowe homered into the Texas bullpen pens in Omaha sometimes. You get in those late San Francisco 9 LA Angels (13 inn) 3 Milwaukee 3 Arizona 2 in right-center field for his 10th, Eli White innings and you have a magical ending for one Machado, Jake Cronenworth and Victor Houston 13 Baltimore 0 NY Mets 7 Atlanta 3 lined a double to left-center and Holt blooped team or the other. No regrets on our side.” Toronto 3 Miami 1 San Diego 5 LA Dodgers 3 the third pitch from Yusmeiro Petit (7-1) down The key, Vandy coach Tim Corbin said, was Caratini homered for San Diego, which is 7-3 Tampa Bay 8 Boston 2 this season against the Dodgers, including the line in left to bring home White and give the his players’ ability to overcome their poor start American League National League Rangers a 4-3 lead in the seventh. to put themselves in position to win. winning four straight, and has won two of the East Division East Division three series against the eight-time defending W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Sean Murphy opened Oakland’s three-run “We just had to tie it up,” he said, ”so good division champions. San Diego has won seven Boston 44 30 .595 _ New York 38 31 .551 _ seventh with a 443-foot home run to center for the kids. They didn’t back down. They’ve Tampa Bay 44 31 .587 -1/2 Washington 35 36 .493 4 field after García had put Texas ahead 2-0 with been tough. They’ve showed a lot of resiliency straight games overall. This was San Diego’s New York 39 34 .534 4-1/2 Atlanta 35 38 .479 5 first sweep of the Dodgers since April 15-17, a solo shot that barely cleared the same fence in and played a lot of one-run games - regional, Toronto 37 35 .514 6 Philadelphia 34 37 .479 5 super regional, tonight. So nothing’s been easy 2013, at Dodger Stadium.