ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 SPORTS 15 Seager homers in 12th, Dodgers top Padres Schwarber lifts Nats over D-backs

SAN DIEGO, April 17, (AP): Corey Seager hit a MLB Results/Standings tiebreaking, two-run hom- er on Tim Hill’s first pitch of the 12th inning and the WASHINGTON, April 17, (AP): Re- sults and standings from the MLB Los Angeles Dodgers beat games on Friday. Cincinnati 10 Cleveland 3 the 11-6 Tampa Bay 8 NY Yankees 2 in a tense, entertaining first Baltimore 5 Texas 2 Oakland 3 Detroit 0 matchup this season be- LA Angels 10 Minnesota 3 Seattle 6 Houston 5 tween NL West rivals who Atlanta 5 Chicago Cubs 2 Philadelphia 9 St Louis 2 have visions of deep playoff Miami 4 San Francisco 1 runs. Washington 1 Arizona 0 Pittsburgh 6 Milwaukee 1 It took 4 hours, 57 minutes to LA Dodgers 11 San Diego (12 innings) 6 American League decide this one, which ended early East Division Saturday morning. The benches W L Pct GB emptied after Dodgers reliever Boston 9 4 .692 _ Toronto 6 7 .462 3 Dennis Santana hit Baltimore 6 8 .429 3-1/2 with a pitch to put runners on the Tampa Bay 6 8 .429 3-1/2 New York 5 8 .385 4 corners with one out in the 10th. Central Division walked to load the W L Pct GB Kansas City 7 4 .636 _ bases, but Santana struck out Fer- Cleveland 7 6 .538 1 nando Tatis Jr. to escape. Chicago 6 7 .462 2 The teams met for the fi rst time Detroit 6 8 .429 2-1/2 Minnesota 6 8 .429 2-1/2 since the Dodgers swept San Diego West Division in their Division Series last year en W L Pct GB route to winning the World Series. The Seattle 9 5 .643 _ Los Angeles 8 5 .615 -1/2 Padres responded by beefi ng up their Oakland 7 7 .500 2 rotation, trading for , Blake Houston 6 7 .462 2-1/2 Snell and . Darvish and Texas 6 8 .429 3 Snell are scheduled to pitch in the fi nal East Division two games of the three-game series. W L Pct GB Seager homered with Mookie Betts New York 5 3 .625 _ on second base after making the last Philadelphia 7 6 .538 -1/2 Pakistan players celebrate after winning the fourth and final T20 match between South Africa and Pakistan at Centurion Park in Pretoria, South Miami 6 7 .462 1-1/2 Africa, on April 16. (AP) out of the 11th. The Dodgers added Atlanta 6 8 .429 2 three more runs in the inning, includ- Washington 4 7 .364 2-1/2 ing a sacrifi ce fl y by reliever David Central Division Tourists beat hosts by 3 with a ball to spare W L Pct GB Price (1-0) that was caught by Mus- Cincinnati 8 5 .615 _ grove, who took over in left fi eld after Milwaukee 7 6 .538 1 the Padres ran out of relievers. St Louis 6 7 .462 2 Pittsburgh 6 8 .429 2-1/2 Chicago 5 8 .385 3 Pakistan seal T20 series win in SAfrica West Division W L Pct GB CENTURION, South Africa, April 17, Los Angeles 12 2 .857 _ (AP): Pakistan sealed a 3-1 Left fi elder moved San Francisco 8 5 .615 3-1/2 San Diego 9 6 .600 3-1/2 series win in South Africa with a nail- Chahar’s 4-13 leads Chennai to second base as infi elder Jake Arizona 5 9 .357 7 biting victory in the fi nal game. Cronenworth came on to pitch. He got Colorado 3 10 .231 8-1/2 Cruising at 92-1 in the 10th over, while the fi nal two outs, including striking chasing a winning target of 145, Pakistan out Betts to end the inning. suddenly lost fi ve wickets for 23 runs to to 6-wkt win vs Punjab in IPL Hill (0-2) allowed fi ve runs, three slip to 115-6 in the 15th over. earned, in 1 1/3 innings. MUMBAI, India, April 17, (AP): Fast a death bowler too but he’s somebody That ensured a tense fi nish in the bowler Deepak Chahar grabbed 4-13 who gets more purchase than other After the Dodgers went ahead 6-5 in tour fi nale at SuperSport Park. the ninth when Justin Turner singled in and led Chennai Super Kings to an em- bowlers.” Betts, the Padres tied it with two outs phatic six- victory over Punjab Chahar removed the West Indian in the bottom half when CRICKET Kings with 26 balls remaining in the duo of (10) and Nicholas singled home . . Pooran (0) in his third over before he Chahar destroyed Punjab’s top order capped off his brilliant spell by having Nationals 1, Diamondbacks 0 No. 8 Mohammad Nawaz saw the in an uninterrupted impressive spell of Deepak Hooda (10) caught at mid-off In Washington, Kyle Schwarber hit a tourists home, hitting 25 from seam bowling to restrict Punjab to 106-8. that left Punjab reeling at 26-5 in the game-ending homer in the ninth inning, 21 balls at the death, including two England’s Moeen Ali then scored seventh over. giving Washington a win over Arizona crucial sixes in the last two overs. 46 off 31 balls and seasoned batter Faf after Max Scherzer passed Cy Young on Pakistan needed 16 from the last 12 du Plessis remained unbeaten on 36 as baseball’s career list. balls and, with the pressure building, Chennai recorded its fi rst victory and CRICKET The lefty-batting Schwarber con- Nawaz whipped a six over square leg off South Africa’s batsman Rassie van reached 107-4 with more than four nected on a 2-1 pitch from left-hander the fi fth ball of the 19th over, then pulled der Dussen watches his shot dur- overs to spare. Shahrukh Khan, who top-scored with Alex Young (0-3), sending a drive to another six over square leg off the fi fth ball ing the fourth and final T20 cricket Earlier, Chahar had justifi ed captain 47 off 36 balls, couldn’t up the scor- right that traveled an estimated 463 Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitch- of the 20th over. That clinched the win in match between South Africa and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s decision to ing rate as Jadeja bowled a tidy spell of feet for his fi rst homer for Washington. er Walker Buehler works against a style with a ball to spare when Pakistan Pakistan at Centurion Park in Pre- fi eld fi rst after winning the toss. The 0-19. Khan fi nally holed out to Jadeja in Brad Hand (1-0) worked a score- San Diego Padres batter during the needed two from the last two deliveries. toria, South Africa, on April 16. (AP) right-arm fast bowler hit the top of the last over to give the economical Sam less ninth for the win. The Nationals second inning of a baseball game, Pakistan fi nished on 149-7 in re- on April 16, in San Diego. (AP) al series for a highly successful tour. ’s off stump off his Curran (1-12) his fi rst wicket. allowed just three hits. sponse to South Africa’s 144 all out in fourth ball and Ravindra Jadeja’s di- Despite two late wickets for fast South Africa, 2-1 down and striving Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young Oakland joined the 1991 Mariners 19.3 overs. rect throw from short cover left captain bowler Muhammed Shami (2-21), Award winner, struck out the side in and 1915 White Sox as the only teams Batting at No. 3, Fakhar Zaman con- to save the T20 series, struggled after Lokesh Rahul well short of his crease. Punjab always looked behind as Ali the seventh while passing Cy Young to have both a six-game winning streak tinued his red-shot form with 60 from being put in to bat, with only Rassie “There was no dew and enough and du Plessis shared a 66-run second- to move into 22nd place on baseball’s and six-game losing streak in the fi rst 34 balls to put Pakistan on course. Pak- van der Dussen troubling Pakistan seam movement,” Dhoni said. “Over wicket stand to give Dhoni’s team its list. He fi nished with 10 on 14 games of a season, according to istan also won the one-day internation- with his 52 from 36 balls. the years, he (Chahar) has matured into fi rst win in two games. the day, giving him 2,808 for his ca- SportRadar. reer. Montas (2-1) walked one and from a .500 road trip and opened a six- in the bottom of the ninth inning for No. 9 hitter Freddy Galvis had two hits over fi ve innings. Rays 8, Yankees 2 struck out seven during an impressive game homestand with a prolifi c offen- Atlanta. extra-base hits and scored twice for In New York, Brandon Lowe hit a Reds 10, Indians 3 100-pitch outing. sive performance. Aaron Slegers (1-0) Wright was recalled from the club’s the Orioles, who improved to 5-2 on In Cincinnati, Joey Votto hit a two- two-run double in the fi rst inning off Mitch Moreland and Sean Murphy got the win. alternate site to replace Drew Smyly, the road this season. They were 1-6 on opener Nick Nelson (0-2), and AL cham- run homer to cap a seven-run third had two-out RBI hits in the fourth Upton’s eighth career slam off Ca- who was scratched and placed on the their fi rst homestand, and had to play inning and Cincinnati cruised past pion Tampa Bay kept up its domination against José Ureña (0-3). Matt Chap- leb Thielbar was part of a six-run, six- 10-day injured list with left forearm two doubleheaders against Seattle in of New York, setting off frustrated fans Cleveland. man homered in the eighth, and Lou hit rally in the seventh. infl ammation Friday morning. Wright the previous three days after a couple Jeff Hoffman (2-1) gave the Reds who caused a brief interruption. Trivino got his second save. Mitch Garver had a two-run double hit four batters, including Javier Báez of postponements. The young, athletic Rays spurted to another solid start, surrendering just a Mariners 6, Astros 5 and Josh Donaldson added a go-ahead twice, but limited Chicago to two runs A week after getting no-hit by San run and seven hits through six innings an 8-0, seventh-inning lead and beat single in the sixth for the Twins, who and three hits over 4 1/3 innings. He Diego Padres right-hander Joe Mus- the Yankees for the 16th time in their In Seattle, Ty France hit a game- and helping himself with a looping ending RBI single, lifting Seattle to its opened a six-game California road swing also doubled for his fi rst career hit. grove, the Rangers didn’t have a hit off RBI single in the third. Nick Castella- last 21 meetings, including during with their sixth loss in seven games. Ran- Four relievers, including win- López (1-2) until David Dahl and Nick last year’s Division Series. New York third straight win. nos homered in the sixth inning for the had three hits for dy Dobnak (0-3) got the loss. ner Josh Tomlin (2-0), kept the Cubs Solak started the fi fth with back-to- Reds, who struck fi rst in the weekend walked seven Rays, had just three hits, scoreless until Smith entered for the back homers. Those were the only hits struck out 14 times and made three er- the Mariners for the second time this Phillies 8, Cardinals 2 battle of Ohio. week. France and each ninth. Atlanta’s closer walked the bas- allowed by López, who had given up Amed Rosario and Jordan Luplow rors that led to three unearned runs. In Philadelphia, Zach Efl in pitched es loaded with two outs before striking drove in two runs. into the eighth inning and J.T. Realmu- 11 runs over 8 2/3 innings in his fi rst homered for Cleveland, and Josh Nay- The game was stopped for about 2 out to cap his third save two starts. minutes, 15 seconds with Clint Fra- The Mariners trailed 5-4 before to hit a two-run homer, leading Phila- lor had three hits. in three tries. César Valdez, the fourth Baltimore Indians starter Logan Allen (1-2) zier batting in the bottom of the eighth connected for a solo delphia past St. Louis. Willson Contreras homered off drive in the eighth. J.P. Crawford Efl in (1-0) allowed six hits, struck reliever, worked around two baserun- didn’t make it out of the third inning. when about a half-dozen balls were Wright as the Cubs lost their second ners in the ninth for his third save in thrown on the fi eld from the pandem- and Haniger opened the ninth with out six and walked none in seven- He gave up fi ve runs on three hits, but straight and fi fth of six. The fi rst four four chances. reliever Phil Maton surrendered the ic-limited crowd of 10,202 on a cool, walks against Ryne Stanek (0-1), and plus innings. The lanky right-hander runs came off Chicago starter Zach France’s drive against Ryan Pressly retired 12 straight batters at one point Rangers right-hander Mike Foltyne- big hits to Suárez and Votto before breezy night with a 45-degree temper- Davies (1-2). wicz (0-3) allowed fi ve runs and seven ature at game time. landed on the warning track in right- and exited after surrendering a two-run getting out of the inning. Michael Wacha (1-1) lowered his center and hopped over the wall. homer to Justin Williams in the eighth. Marlins 4, Giants 1 Pirates 6, Brewers 1 ERA from 7.00 to 4.20, allowing one (2-0) worked Cardinals righty Carlos Martinez (0- In Miami, Starling Marte snapped In Milwaukee, JT Brubaker struck hit in six scoreless innings with nine a scoreless inning for the win after 3) gave up six runs and fi ve hits in fi ve an eighth-inning tie with a three-run out eight in six impressive innings and strikeouts and two walks. returning from the 10-day injured list innings. homer and Miami defeated San Fran- Pittsburgh extended its recent surge by cisco. Athletics 3, Tigers 0 earlier in the day. The Phillies jumped ahead 6-0 in the beating Milwaukee. second with their biggest inning of the Jazz Chisholm Jr. also homered for Colin Moran and Gregory Polanco In Oakland, California, Frankie Angels 10, Twins 3 the Marlins. Marte’s shot to left-center Montas allowed two hits in six sharp In Anaheim, California, Justin Up- season. Nine straight batters reached homered for the Pirates, who have fol- safely after Martinez got the fi rst out. fi eld off reliever Wandy Peralta sent lowed a six-game skid by winning fi ve innings and Oakland won its sixth ton hit a grand slam in the seventh in- Miami to its fi fth victory in six games. straight game by beating Detroit. ning, and Jared Walsh homered and Braves 5, Cubs 2 of seven. Adam Frazier added a two- Pinch-hitter Jesús Aguilar began the run triple. After opening the season with six drove in three runs in the Angels’ vic- In Chicago, Kyle Wright plunked decisive rally with a one-out walk against consecutive losses, the roller-coaster tory. four Chicago batters but still left with Brubaker (2-0) yielded one run and reliever Matt Wisler (0-2). Corey Dick- four hits, lowering his ERA to 1.76 A’s (7-7) are back at .500 thanks to Mike Trout delivered a go-ahead, the lead after a last-minute call-up, and erson’s single advanced pinch-runner their follow-up winning streak. two-run single as the Angels returned Will Smith stranded the bases loaded in three starts this season. The right- Magneuris Sierra to second. hander didn’t walk anybody, though Anthony Bass (1-2) pitched a perfect he did hit three batters. eighth and Yimi García closed with a Adrian Houser (1-2) allowed three scoreless ninth for his third save. runs in 4 1/3 innings, ending Milwau- Orioles 5, Rangers 2 Washington Nationals’ Kyle kee’s franchise-record streak of eight In Arlington, Texas, Rio Ruiz and Schwarber hits a during straight games in which its starting D.J. Stewart homered, Jorge López the ninth inning of the team’s base- pitchers worked at least fi ve innings struck out eight in fi ve innings and ball game against the Arizona Dia- while allowing no more than one run. Baltimore topped Texas for its latest mondbacks at Nationals Park, on Brewers starters posted an 0.59 ERA road win. April 16, in Washington. (AP) during that stretch. Coleman to miss Olympics despite reduced ban GENEVA, April 17, (AP): American Dec. 9, 2019. details not updated where offi cials can sprinter Christian Coleman will miss A call such as that is not required fi nd them each day - within one year. the Tokyo Olympics after failing in an within the anti-doping rules, the judges The 25-year-old Coleman will be appeal to overturn his ban for missed acknowledged. One of the three CAS clear to compete in the 2022 season, doping tests. judges, German law professor Ulrich which includes the world champion- The Court of Arbitration for Sport Haas, helped write the updated World ships in Eugene, Oregon. cut the 100-meter world champion’s Anti-Doping Code. Coleman won the 2019 world title in ban from two years to 18 months, but The court also noted Coleman Doha, Qatar, after being cleared on a tech- it won’t expire until November, three “should have been on ‘high-alert’ nicality to run because of missed tests. months after the Olympics. on that day, given the two existing “I’m just really blessed the situation The panel of three judges said 18 ‘whereabout’ failures against him.” was resolved,” Coleman said in Sep- months “was the appropriate sanction tember 2019 ahead of the worlds. “I’m in the circumstances” because Coleman ATHLETICS just a regular guy who had talent and the was not entirely at fault for one of his wherewithal to be able to hone that into three missed tests in a one-year period. something I can make money doing.” They said it was “reasonable for the Coleman had challenged the two- He ran the three fastest 100 times in athlete to expect” a telephone call from year ban imposed last October by the the world in 2019, topped by his gold a sample collection offi cial to return to Athletics Integrity Unit. Athletes can medal-winning 9.76 seconds in Doha. Oakland Athletics’ Matt Olson, (right), slides into second as Detroit Tigers’ Niko Goodrum throws to first on a ball hit his apartment during the 60-minute pe- be banned for two years if they have That was the fastest 100-meter time in by Matt Chapman, who was safe during the second inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., on April 16. (AP) riod he said he would be available on three failures - missed tests or contact more than four years.