ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021 SPORTS 14 Cardinals win 5th in row, NFL Roundup Broncos release No. 3 QB Driskel Vikings decline 5th-year option Mets fi re hitting coaches on injury-hampered CB Hughes EAGAN, Minn., May 4, (AP): The Browns are giving Malik The Minnesota Vikings declined McDowell the chance to revive an the fi fth-year contract option for NFL career stopped by some seri- cornerback Mike Hughes, with ous legal trouble. the injury-hampered 2018 fi rst- Cleveland signed the free agent round pick’s future with the team defensive tackle and former Seat- in doubt. tle draft pick and fi ve undrafted free Hughes has 13 passes defensed, agents Monday. Selected in the sec- three fumble recoveries and two ond by the Seahawks in 2017, Mc- interceptions Dowell was sentenced to 11 months in 24 career in jail in 2019 for several offenses, games. He has including the assault of a Michigan missed more police offi cer who couldn’t subdue than half of the 6-foot-6, 295-pounder despite them to inju- using a Taser. ries, fi rst tear- ❑ ❑ ❑ ing the ACL in his left knee The Dallas Cowboys declined as a rookie. the fi fth-year option on linebacker He cracked a Leighton Vander Esch’s rookie bone in his contract, setting up an interesting neck in the Driskel season at the position after the last regular- club used this year’s fi rst-round season game in 2019 that kept pick on a potential replacement. him out of the playoffs, and that Vander Esch had a strong rookie trouble persisted last year, limit- season after the Cowboys drafted ing him to four games. him 19th overall in 2018. But inju- ❑ ❑ ❑ ries limited him to 19 games the past two years, most notably the revela- The Denver Broncos released tion that the former Boise State play- quarterback Jeff Driskel when er has always had spinal stenosis, a they signed veteran tight end Eric narrowing of the spinal column that Saubert. makes neck injuries more risky. Driskel began last season as ❑ ❑ ❑ Drew Lock’s backup and played ’ Shohei Ohtani (right), slides into second base with a past the tag attempt by third baseman Mike Brosseau during the fi rst inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on May 3, in Anaheim, California. (AP) well in relief during a Week 2 The Chicago Bears released loss at Pittsburgh. He lost his one veteran left tackle Charles Leno start the following week, 28-10 to Jr.. Tampa Bay, and was leapfrogged Leno tweeted that his “time in Adames, Margot slug Rays past Angels 7-3 by Brett Rypien for the No. 2 job Chicago has offi cially come to an the rest of the season. end” and called it “a bittersweet ❑ ❑ ❑ day.” He said he will “be rooting ST. LOUIS, May 4, (AP): Jake Diekman worked the ninth for his third save. for the young guys to succeed” Jacksonville declined to pick and thanked Bears fans. came up the fi fth-year option in defen- off the COVID-19 injured 3-time Indy 500 winner, Indians 8, Royals 6 ❑ ❑ ❑ In Kansas City, Mo., Eddie Rosario sive tackle Taven Bryan’s rookie list and hung tough, St. watched anxiously as plate umpire Dan contract, meaning 2021 likely will Tennessee Titans fourth-round Louis got a lights-out per- Bobby Unser dies at 87 Bellino called a ball what could easily be his fi nal year with the Jaguars. draft pick Rashad Weaver has formance from its bullpen have been strike three, then swatted the NFL teams had until Monday to been charged with simple assault INDIANAPOLIS, May 4, (AP): and he his brother grew up tooling next into the right-fi eld stands for decide whether to exercise fi fth- following an incident in Pitts- and the Cardinals beat Bobby Unser, a three-time Indian- around in old jalopies before he a tiebreaking three- homer that sent year options on 2018 fi rst-round burgh last month. New York for their fi fth apolis 500 winner and part of the began his racing career in 1949 at Cleveland over Kansas City. picks. The 29th overall selection The complaint against Weaver, straight win. only pair of brothers to win “The Roswell New Mexico Speedway. Josh Naylor added a two-run shot from Florida that year, Bryan has who played defensive end at the Greatest Spectacle in Racing” has After a two years in the U.S. Air off Royals reliever Jakob Junis (1-2) played in every game in three sea- After the game, the Mets fi red two batters later, turning what would University of Pittsburgh, was fi led died. He was 87. Force from 1953 to 1955 - a stint for sons. But he has just 11 tackles for Friday, a day before the Titans hitting Chili Davis and as- He died Sunday at his home in which he was always proud - Unser have been a scoreless seventh inning with Rosario’s would-be punch-out loss, including 3 1/2 sacks. selected Weaver with the 135th sistant hitting coach Tom Slater. Albuquerque, New Mexico of natu- turned to racing full time and be- ❑ ❑ ❑ New York has struggled badly ral causes, The came one of the greatest racers in In- into a fi ve-run frame. Bryan Shaw (1- overall pick in the draft. with runners in scoring position Indianapolis dianapolis Motor Speedway history. 0) coughed up a run in relief of Indians Speedway He was one of just 10 drivers to starter Aaron Civale, and James Karin- this season, a trouble spot last chak gave up Hunter Dozier’s two-run year as well when Davis worked said Monday. win the 500 at least three times and Unser won homer later in the seventh, before their remotely because of coronavirus the Indy 500 bullpen fi nally wrapped up their sixth concerns. in 1968, 1975 CAR RACING win in eight games. Several accomplished hitters are off and 1981. Orioles 5, Mariners 3 to slow starts for the Mets, including His younger $341 million newcomer Francisco Lin- In Seattle, Cedric Mullins and Freddy brother, Al, Unser and Rick Mears are the only Galvis each hit a two-run homer in Bal- dor. The Cardinals were clinging to a is one of only drivers to win the 500 in three dif- one-run lead in the ninth with two outs timore’s fi ve-run eighth inning against three four- ferent decades. Unser was one of six Seattle. and a runner on base when the lights at time Indy 500 Unser members of the Unser family to race Busch Stadium fl ickered, then went out Shut down by Seattle’s bullpen for winners in in the Indianapolis 500. seven innings, the Orioles broke loose race history. Al Unser won the race His fi nal Indy 500 victory in 1981 in the eighth. Mullins got it started with in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. The came in a Roger Penske entry in a shot off Anthony Misiewicz (2-1) to BASEBALL Unser family tradition stretched to one of the most controversial and right-center fi eld that was nearly stolen Al Unser’s son, Al Unser Jr., who contentious outcomes. Unser beat at the wall by right fi elder Mitch Hani- won the Indy 500 in 1992 and 1994. Mario Andretti by 5.18 seconds, but ger. The ball appeared to graze the top for a moment. When play resumed, re- Bobby Unser was born Feb. 20, offi cials ruled Unser passed cars il- liever Alex Reyes walked Pete Alonso of Haniger’s glove as he crashed into 1934, in Colorado Springs, Colo- legally while exiting the pit lane un- the fence. before retiring Dom Smith on a fl yball rado, but moved with his family as der caution - drawing a penalty that for the fi nal out. Dean Kremer had arguably the best In this Dec. 8, 2019 fi le photo, shows Detroit Lions wide receiver Mar- a child to New Mexico. His father docked him one position and moved start of his young career, throwing six vin Jones catching a pass ahead of Minnesota Vikings cornerback Rays 7, Aangels 3 owned a garage along Route 66 Andretti to winner. innings for Baltimore and allowing just Mike Hughes, (right), during the fi rst half of an NFL football game, in In Anaheim, California, Willy Ad- two hits and one run. The only blemish Minneapolis. (AP) ames and homered, was Tom Murphy’s solo homer in the single with two outs to chase Anderson. Marcus Semien’s return to the Colise- fi fth. Mike Brosseau had a two-run single and had just three hits. um. also went deep for Tampa Bay opened a seven-game Cali- Oakland. doubled twice and Twins 6, Rangers 5 fornia road trip with a victory over Los Athletics 5, Blue Jays 4 had three hits. In Minneapolis, Kenta Maeda steered MLB Results/Standings Angeles. In Oakland, California, Ramon Lau- (3-2) pitched six un- (4-1) pitched six in- himself back on track by keeping Texas reano homered for the third consecutive even innings to win the fi rst meeting be- scoreless into the sixth inning, and Min- nings of four-hit ball with three walks for day and Oakland beat Toronto, spoiling tween the teams in more than two years. the defending AL champion Rays. The nesota won the opener of a four-game Los Angeles-area native largely dominat- series. Maeda (2-2) had a season-high WASHINGTON, May 4, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Monday. ed the Angels’ lineup until a rocky sixth, eight in 5 1/3 innings, allow- Minnesota 6 Texas 5 Tampa Bay 7 LA Angels 3 striking out eight for his fourth win in fi ve ing only two singles and two walks in Cleveland 8 Kansas City 6 Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 3 what was by far the best of his six starts Oakland 5 Toronto 4 St Louis 6 NY Mets 5 starts. Shohei Ohtani hit his ninth homer Baltimore 5 Seattle 3 San Diego 2 Pittsburgh 0 after being scratched from his scheduled this season. Jorge Polanco had an RBI American League pitching start earlier in the day for the An- East Division East Division gels, who have lost eight of 12. and an RBI double, and rookie Alex W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Kirilloff kept up his torrid start with Boston 17 12 .586 _ Washington 12 12 .500 _ Padres 2, Pirates 0 two doubles for the Twins. One of them Toronto 14 13 .519 2 Philadelphia 14 15 .483 ½ Tampa Bay 15 15 .500 2½ New York 11 12 .478 ½ In San Diego, singled with was a two-out, run-scoring line drive to New York 14 14 .500 2½ Atlanta 12 16 .429 2 no outs in the seventh inning to end Ty- left fi eld in a three-run sixth that came Baltimore 14 15 .483 3 Miami 11 16 .407 2½ ler Anderson’s no-hit bid and San Diego against the left-handed reliever, Kolby Central Division Central Division gave Pittsburgh its fi fth straight loss. Allard, brought in to face him. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Kansas City 16 11 .593 _ Milwaukee 17 12 .586 _ Anderson (2-3) kept the Padres off- Phillies 4, Brewers 3 Chicago 15 12 .556 1 St Louis 17 12 .586 _ balance for six innings before they In Philadelphia, Vince Velasquez Cleveland 14 13 .519 2 Cincinnati 13 14 .481 3 broke through in the seventh. Anderson Minnesota 11 16 .407 5 Chicago 12 16 .429 4½ issued a leadoff walk to Manny Macha- threw six sharp innings, J.T. Realmuto Detroit 8 21 .276 9 Pittsburgh 12 16 .429 4½ do before Myers singled to right fi eld. hit a two-run homer and Philadelphia West Division West Division beat Milwaukee. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Until then, Anderson had allowed only ’ Ramon Laure- St. Louis Cardinals starting Oakland 18 12 .600 _ San Francisco 17 11 .607 _ Velasquez (1-0) allowed one run and Houston 15 13 .536 2 Los Angeles 17 12 .586 ½ three baserunners, two on walks and one ano (22) hits a single against the Adam Wainwright throws during four hits, striking out six in his longest on his error in the fi fth inning. Seattle 16 14 .533 2 San Diego 17 13 .567 1 during the sev- the fi rst inning of a baseball game outing this season. Hector Neris struck Los Angeles 13 14 .481 3½ Arizona 15 13 .536 2 After Myers’ hit, Tommy Pham hit a enth inning of a baseball game in against the New York Mets on May out Lorenzo Cain with the bases loaded Texas 13 17 .433 5 Colorado 10 18 .357 7 sacrifi ce fl y and hit an RBI Oakland, Calif, on May 3. (AP) 3, in St. Louis. (AP) in the ninth to preserve the win.