WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 SPORTS Liverpool ready for special day at expanded Anfield ANFIELD: Liverpool will play in front of The latest figures from 2014-15 put on a par with London clubs West Ham It promises to be another special anthem of You’ll Never Walk Alone at the their biggest home crowd in 39 years Manchester United on £108.1 million United, who have just moved into the Anfield day with more than 40 banners stadium, which has been the club’s home when Anfield’s main stand is reopened for ($145.16 million), followed by Arsenal on 2012 Olympic Games stadium, and and flags, dating back from 1940 through since its formation in 1892. “I’ve been wait- the Premier League visit of champions £100.2 million ($134.55 million), Chelsea Arsenal but still way below Manchester to the present day and featuring tributes ing the whole pre-season to make my first Leicester City on Saturday. on £71 million ($95.34 million) and United (76,000). to memorable moments in Liverpool’s his- steps at the stadium,” he said. Although ground capacity has yet to be Liverpool on £50.9 million ($68.35 mil- Anfield’s 18-month redevelopment tory, being displayed. “I think Liverpool is famous for its confirmed by the local council, a full house lion). Liverpool expect their increased took longer than scheduled, meaning They will include the tribute to defender stadium, for its atmosphere. To hear of about 54,000 is expected to see Juergen capacity to boost revenue by £20 million Liverpool’s opening Premier League fixture Joey Jones at the 1977 European Cup final ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ for the first Klopp’s side play their first home game of ($26.86 million) with the possibility of against Burnley was switched to their against Borussia Moenchengladbach in time at the stadium will be a special the season. more to come if the club go ahead with opponents’ Turf Moor home. Rome, which read memorably: “Joey Ate moment.” Liverpool’s record attendance, The new three-tier stand will contain an the redevelopment of the Anfield Road Now, though, the famous old ground is The Frogs Legs, Made The Swiss Roll, Now set before the introduction of all-seater extra 8,500 seats and be a significant step End for which they have planning per- preparing to house its biggest crowd since He’s Munching Gladbach.” stadiums, is 61,905 for an FA Cup tie in the club’s attempts to narrow the gap in mission. That would further boost capaci- 55,675 watched Liverpool play West Ham Liverpool defender Joel Matip said he against Wolverhampton Wanderers in match-day revenues on their competitors. ty by 6,000 to about 60,000, putting them on the final day of the 1976-77 season. was relishing hearing the club’s famous 1952. — Reuters

NEW YORK: ’ swings at a during the seventh of a game against the in New York, Monday. Ellsbury had three hits in the game, including a two- during the first inning, as the Yankees won 5-3. — AP Ellsbury’s 3 RBIs back Tanaka as Yanks beat Blue Jays 5-3

NEW YORK: Jacoby Ellsbury overcame a first- 21st home run. It was his second game-win- son is one off his career high set in 2012 while Cincinnati since Wayne Simpson in enth. He stayed in the game and got a two-run inning deficit against R.A. Dickey with a two- ning homer in two days after connecting in with the New York Yankees. The two-run shot 1970 to win each of his first three major single in a four-run eighth for the NL Central run homer on the knuckleballer’s third pitch of the eighth inning Sunday against Kansas City. also set the tone for Seattle’s largest offensive league starts. leaders. Hendricks (14-7) gave up one run - on the game, then added an RBI single to lead the Cabrera became the fourth player to reach 300 output since scoring 14 in a win over Toronto Chris Carter’s 33rd homer - and five hits in six New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays homers with the Tigers with a liner to right in in late July. Franklin Gutierrez drove in four DODGERS 10, DIAMONDBACKS 2 , and left with a 2.07 ERA. He is 5-0 with 5-3 Monday. In a matchup of teams fighting the first. Alex Wilson (2-0) gave up one in runs, including a solo home run in the second Adrian Gonzalez and four others combined a 1.30 ERA over his last seven starts. Ryan for playoff berths as the season passed Labor the 10th and Francisco Rodriguez gave up a inning and finished a triple short of the cycle. to homer five times off in his first Braun hit his 25th homer in the ninth for Day, (12-4) settled down after run in the 11th before securing his 39th . Hamels (14-5) was knocked around for the sec- road start against his former team and Los Milwaukee. Zach Davies (10-7) was charged a shaky first to win his fifth straight decision. ond time in a week by the Mariners and failed Angeles beat Arizona for its third straight vic- with three runs, two earned, and six hits in 6 New York (71-65) matched its season high of ASTROS 6, INDIANS 2 to make it through two innings for just the sec- tory. Kenta Maeda (14-8) allowed one run and 2/3 innings. six games over .500 but remained on the Rookie Alex Bregman continued his hot hit- ond time in his career. Felix Hernandez (10-5) three hits in 6 1/3 innings, struck out eight and periphery of contention, 3 1/2 games back for ting with a two-run homer in the third inning made it through 5 2/3 innings and gave up six walked one to tie Kazuhisa Ishii and Hyun-Jin NATIONALS 6, BRAVES 4 the AL’s second wild card. The AL East-leading and Houston ended Cleveland’s six-game win- runs before being lifted. Ryu for the second-most wins by a Los Trea Turner and Chris Heisey each homered Blue Jays (77-60) started the day one game ning streak. Bregman has hit all seven of his Angeles rookie, trailing only ’s 17 during a five-run third inning, ahead of Boston. Dellin Betances, the Yankees’ homers and driven in 22 runs over his last 19 CARDINALS 12, PIRATES 6 in 1979. The Japanese right-hander has won pitched seven strong innings for his 16th vic- sixth pitcher, got three straight outs for his games for the Astros, who remain two games drove in three runs and six of his last seven. The Dodgers increased tory and Washington beat Atlanta. Scherzer ninth save. Dickey (9-14) allowed five runs and out of the second wild-card spot in the AL. survived five occasionally bumpy innings to their lead in the NL West to a season-high four (16-7) scattered seven hits and yielded two seven hits in four innings on a blustery after- Mike Fiers (10-6) allowed two runs in five pick up his first victory since mid-July. games over San Francisco. They have won four runs to win his fourth consecutive start. He has noon. He is 0-6 in his last nine starts at Yankee innings and defeated the Indians for the sec- Wainwright hit an RBI-double off Chad Kuhl (3- of five. Greinke (12-5) imploded in his return to a 2.45 ERA in that span. Ryan Weber (1-1) lost Stadium. ond time this season. The Indians took strug- 3) in the second and added a two-run single in Dodger Stadium for the first time since spurn- his first start of the season for Atlanta. gling right-hander Josh Tomlin out of the rota- the fourth as the Cardinals held on to the sec- ing the team as a free agent last December. TIGERS 5, WHITE SOX 3, 11 INNINGS tion last week, forcing them to go with eight ond wild card spot in the by PADRES 2, RED SOX 1 Justin Upton hit a three-run home run in Monday in what amounted to a sending the Pirates to their seventh straight ROYALS 11, TWINS 5 struck out 11 in seven score- the 11th inning to lift Detroit over Chicago for game for the AL Central leaders. Mike loss. Wainwright (10-8) allowed four runs and Brian Dozier hit three home runs for less innings to outpitch former Padres ace its 11th win in 14 games. Miguel Cabrera Clevinger (2-2) allowed a run in the first and struck out five as his ERA rose to 4.61. He hard- Minnesota, but the Royals used homers by Drew Pomeranz, Adam Rosales hit a two-run homered twice and had four hits off Chris Sale, was pulled after 1 2/3 innings. ly needed to be sharp as the Cardinals bat- Kendrys Morales and Eric Hosmer to get the homer and San Diego edged Boston. Jackson and struck out 11 in seven tered Pittsburgh’s beleaguered pitching staff. road win. Jarrod Dyson had three hits and (4-5) gave up four hits and ended his three- innings as the Tigers stayed tied with MARINERS 14, RANGERS 6 scored three times for Kansas City, which won start losing streak. Pomeranz (2-4 for Boston) Baltimore for the second AL wild card. Chris Robinson Cano homered during a five-run ORIOLES 7, RAYS 3 for the second time in six games and stayed was an All-Star for the Padres this season and Beck (1-1) issued consecutive two-out walks to first inning and Seattle knocked out starter Ubaldo Jimenez threw a two-hitter for his on the edge of the AL wild-card race. Dozier 8-7 in the NL before being traded to the Red Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez before early and pulled away with a six- first since 2011, leading homered on the first pitch from Sox in mid-July. Brandon Maurer worked the Upton crushed a 1-2 fastball to right for his run sixth inning. Cano’s 32nd homer of the sea- Baltimore to the win. Jimenez (6-11) struck out (10-9), and then hit a two-run shot in the third ninth for his eighth save in 13 chances. six and walked one. He retired 25 of 26 - the and a solo drive into the upper deck in the lone baserunner coming on a fourth-inning eighth. Dozier became the sixth Minnesota PHILLIES 6, MARLINS 2 MLB results/standings walk - after giving up ’s three- player to hit three home runs in a game, and Freddy Galvis hit a two-run homer and the run homer in the first. Chris Davis homered the first to do it at home. Morales hit a three- Phillies snapped a six-game losing streak. The and drove in three runs for the Orioles. Rays run drive off Jose Berrios (2-5) in the fifth for a Phillies’ run total was their highest since Aug. NY Yankees 5, Toronto 3; Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 3; 7, Milwaukee 2; NY Mets 5, slugger left with soreness in his 5-4 lead. Hosmer, who had four RBIs, belted a 14. They rank last in the majors in runs, and Cincinnati 0; Philadelphia 6, Miami 2; Kansas City 11, Minnesota 5; Washington 6, Atlanta 4; LA right hand. He was hit by a pitch in the first three-run homer in the eighth. managed only 11 while going 0-6 during a Angels 10, Oakland 7; St. Louis 12, Pittsburgh 6; Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 3 (11 Innings); but remained in the game until being pulled homestand last week. The Marlins lost their Colorado 6, San Francisco 0; Seattle 14, Texas 6; San Diego 2, Boston 1; Houston 6, Cleveland 2. after the fifth inning. The Rays said X-rays on ROCKIES 6, GIANTS 0 fourth game in a row and are 11-22 since Aug. American League National League Longoria’s hand were negative. Matt Andriese Chad Bettis threw a two-hitter for his first 1. They fell two games below .500 for the first Eastern Division Eastern Division (6-7) lost his seventh straight decision, allow- career complete game, Carlos Gonzalez hit a time since April 27 and could be headed for a W L PCT GB Washington 80 57 .584 - ing seven runs and nine hits in five innings. grand slam and the Rockies beat the slumping seventh consecutive losing season. Toronto 77 60 .562 - NY Mets 72 66 .522 8.5 Giants. Bettis (12-7) was perfect until Eduardo Philadelphia’s Jerad Eickhoff (10-13) allowed Boston 76 61 .555 1 Miami 68 70 .493 12.5 METS 5, REDS 0 Nunez singled with two outs in the fifth the first two batters to score and then settled Baltimore 75 62 .547 2 Philadelphia 61 76 .445 19 Bartolo Colon pitched six innings of five-hit inning. The right-hander struck out seven and down to pitch six innings. The Phillies have NY Yankees 71 65 .522 5.5 Atlanta 54 84 .391 26.5 ball and Matt Reynolds homered as the Mets walked none. San Francisco intentionally won five of his past six starts. Miami’s Jake Tampa Bay 58 78 .426 18.5 Central Division won for the sixth time in eight games. Kelly walked Nolan Arenado to face Gonzalez in the Esch (0-1) allowed three runs in five innings in Central Division Chicago Cubs 89 48 .650 - Johnson also went deep in New York’s 12th third. Gonzalez lined a fastball from Matt his second major league start. Cleveland 79 57 .581 - St. Louis 72 64 .529 16.5 straight victory over Cincinnati. Colon (13-7) Moore (9-11) over the fence in right-center for Detroit 75 62 .547 4.5 Pittsburgh 67 68 .496 21 improved to 4-1 with a 2.25 ERA in his last sev- his second grand slam of the season. The ANGELS 10, ATHLETICS 7 Kansas City 71 66 .518 8.5 Milwaukee 60 77 .438 29 en starts. Giants had the best record in baseball at the Kole Calhoun hit a solo home run in the Chicago W Sox 65 72 .474 14.5 The Reds put a runner on third with All-Star break. But they are a major league- second inning, had a two-run Cincinnati 57 79 .419 31.5 Minnesota 51 87 .370 29 nobody out on two occasions, and Colon wig- worst 16-31 since then and are now trying to double in the fourth and Los Angeles held off Western Division Western Division gled out of the jam each time. Jay Bruce went hang on to a wild-card spot. Oakland. Jose Valdez (1-1) earned his first Texas 82 56 .594 - LA Dodgers 77 60 .562 - 0 for 4 with two in his first game in major league win before former A’s closer Houston 73 64 .533 8.5 San Francisco 73 64 .533 4 Cincinnati since the Reds traded him to the CUBS 7, BREWERS 2 Andrew Bailey finished for the Angels in a sec- Seattle 70 67 .511 11.5 Colorado 66 71 .482 11 Mets on Aug. 1. Robert Stephenson (2-1), one Major league ERA leader ond straight game. It was just his second save LA Angels 62 75 .453 19.5 Arizona 58 79 .423 19 of Cincinnati’s top prospects, struck out nine in threw six strong innings and the Cubs pulled since 2013. Raul Alcantara (0-1) plunked three Oakland 58 79 .423 23.5 San Diego 57 80 .416 20 5 1/3 innings. He allowed two runs and six hits, away for the victory. Pinch hitter batters in the first inning alone and allowed but fell short in his bid to become the first delivered a go-ahead single in a two-run sev- five runs in four innings. — AP