sign in sign up
<<
Home , Anthony Bemboom, Ashley Fletcher, Charlie Blackmon, Ryan Fraser

15 Sports Sunday, September 13, 2020 Blackmon, Rockies slam past Angels Smith belts grand slam to power Mets past Blue Jays : Charlie Blackmon’s two-out grand slam in six innings. The Mets defeated the Philadelphia in the bottom of the ninth capped a five-run rally Phillies 14-1 on Sunday. Toronto starter Chase and lifted the to an 8-4 victory Anderson (0-1) allowed four runs, four hits and three over the on Friday night in walks in 2 2/3 innings. Blue Jays shortstop Santiago Denver. The Rockies entered the ninth inning trailing Espinal pitched the ninth and allowed one run. 4-3 after Angels catcher Anthony Bemboom home- red in the top of the inning off (3-2). YANKEES 6, ORIOLES 0 (GAME 1) Ryan McMahon’s one-out homer off Angels reliever Gerrit Cole pitched a dominant two-hitter and Ty Buttrey got the Rockies even in the bottom of the New York beat visiting Baltimore to open a double- ninth, but they weren’t finished. After Josh Fuentes header, winning for only the seventh time in its past doubled and Daniel Murphy walked, Angels manager removed Buttrey (1-3) in favor of Jose Quijada. The lefty struck out for the second out but walked on four pitches to load the bases for Blackmon. Quijada Voit hit fell behind in the count 3-1, then grooved a fastball that Blackmon hit over the fence in right-center field three-run to end it. Tapia, Story, Blackmon and Fuentes each homers MILWAUKEE: #22 of the Milwaukee Brewers strikes out in the third inning against the had two hits for Colorado, while and Chicago Cubs at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. — AFP had two hits apiece for Los Angeles.

BREWERS 1, CUBS 0 fourth. He tied Mike Trout for the major league lead ond place in the NL East, which comes with an hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bot- with 16 homers when he blasted a 2-0 slider from automatic playoff berth. Miami’s offense was led by tom of the ninth inning to lift Milwaukee over visiting 22 games. Cole (5-3) held the Orioles hitless for 4 Wojciechowski into the left field seats in the fifth. Alfaro’s two-run , Lewis Brinson’s solo homer Chicago. Christian Yelich drew a leadoff walk and 2/3 innings until Hanser Alberto cleanly singled to and RBI singles from Isan Diaz and Starling Marte. moved to third on Jedd Gyorko’s single to right right field. Before Alberto’s hit, Ryan Mountcastle PHILLIES 11, MARLINS 0 (GAME 1) Alfaro has 10 RBIs on the season but eight in his against Rowan Wick (0-1). Jeremy Jeffress came in was the lone Oriole to reach as he reached on a Aaron Nola struck out 10, and Andrew past four games. Reliever (2-0) threw to face Braun, but his third pitch was the last of the throwing error by third baseman DJ LeMahieu in the McCutchen went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, leading three pitches and earned the win. Yimi Garcia game. Josh Hader (1-1) earned the win with a perfect second and walked in the fourth. LeMahieu hit a solo Philadelphia to a win at Miami in the first game of pitched a one-run ninth for his first save since 2015, inning. He and fellow reliever Devin Williams fol- homer. Brett Gardner and Kyle Higashioka slugged the doubleheader. Nola (5-3) pitched a complete- doubling his career total. lowed starter Brandon Woodruff, who struck out 12 two-run drives for New York, which won consecu- game, seven-inning three-hitter — all singles — over seven scoreless innings while yielding just one tive games for the first time since winning three walking none. Two of the singles were by Brian NATIONALS 8, BRAVES 7 (12 INNINGS) hit, two hit batters and no walks. Cubs starter Jon games against the New York Mets on Aug. 29-30. Anderson, who produced Miami’s first hit of the Michael A. Taylor’s two-out, two-strike hit into right Lester tossed six scoreless innings. game in the fifth inning. It was Nola’s first career field drove in Adam Eaton and gave host Washington YANKEES 10, ORIOLES 1 (GAME 2) complete game. Marlins rookie lefty Trevor Rogers an extra-innings win over Atlanta — just the METS 18, BLUE JAYS 1 Luke Voit hit three-run homers in consecutive (1-1), who struck out 10 in his previous start, had his Nationals’ second extra-innings win of the season. The Dominic Smith hit a grand slam, Michael Conforto innings, Masahiro Tanaka (2-2) pitched five strong first rough outing, allowing nine hits and nine runs, Braves rallied from a five-run deficit for the second hit a three-run homer and had four RBIs, Jacob innings, and New York completed a doubleheader eight earned, in three-plus innings. He struck out the straight night and scored three times in the ninth to tie deGrom struck out nine and visiting New York sweep of visiting Baltimore, sweeping a doublehead- side in the first and finished with five punchouts. the game 7-7. , who was 5-for-6 with a defeated Toronto at Buffalo. Wilson Ramos added a er for the second time this season. Baltimore lost its double and a , drove in two of his four runs three-run double in New York’s 10-run fourth inning third straight following a four-game winning streak MARLINS 5, PHILLIES 3 (GAME 2) with a single that inning and Travis d’Arnaud tied it in the opener of a three-game series. Ramos finished that included three home wins over the Yankees last Jorge Alfaro produced his fourth straight multi- with a single to right. Atlanta Ronald Acuna with two doubles, a solo homer and four RBIs. It was weekend. Voit hit his first homer when he slugged a ple-RBI game, leading host Miami to a doublehead- Jr. had to leave the game in the fourth inning when he the second straight lopsided win in a start by deGrom 1-2 fastball from Asher Wojciechowski into the er split with Philadelphia. The Marlins are now a fouled a pitch off his left foot. X-rays revealed no frac- (4-1), who allowed one run, three hits and two walks Yankee bullpen in center field with no outs in the half-game back of the Phillies in the battle for sec- ture, and Acuna is listed as day-to-day. — Reuters

Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy. Islanders snap Jean-Gabriel Pageau capped the scoring by wristing a shot into an empty net with just 36 sec- onds remaining despite being hounded by Tampa’s Lightning’s six Nikita Kucherov. Korda grabs Pageau was poked and prodded as he drove the game win streak empty net and then slashed by Kucherov as he scored. He turned to fight Kucherov, which set off a two-stroke skirmish near the Lightning net involving all the LOS ANGELES: Brock Nelson scored the eventu- skaters for both teams. lead on Lee al game winner as the New York Islanders avoided The Islanders’ and Tampa Bay’s falling into a huge hole in their Eastern Conference Barclay Goodrow then fought immediately after the final series by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 faceoff with Martin getting the upper hand. LOS ANGELES: Third-ranked Nelly Korda, on Friday in Edmonton. Cal Clutterbuck and Adam Pelech also scored chasing her first major golf title, fired a five- American forward Nelson and Anthony and goalie Semyon Varlamov stopped 34 shots for under-par 67 to seize a two-stroke lead after Beauvillier both had a goal and an assist for the the Islanders in the NHL’s quarantine bubble. Friday’s second round of the LPGA ANA Islanders, who cut the Lightning’s lead in the best- Mikhail Sergachev, Ondrej Palat and Tyler Inspiration. The 22-year-old American daugh- of-seven Stanley Cup playoff series to 2-1. Johnson scored for the Lightning, who had their six- ter of Czech tennis star Petr Korda, the 1998 “This is a big win for us after being down 2-0 in game winning streak snapped. Tampa is trying to Australian Open champion, stood on 11-under the series,” said Canada’s Beauvillier. “We need to reach their first Stanley Cup final since 2015. 133 after 36 holes at Mission Hills Country Club play the Islanders’ way, be relentless, physical and New York bounced back from a heartbreaking in Rancho Mirage, California. work hard at both ends of the ice.” Game four is loss in game two when Russian forward Kucherov “Everything in golf I feel like is all about con- today in Edmonton. scored the tiebreaking goal with eight seconds left fidence and momentum, so just having that con- Nelson scored the tie-breaking goal with 3:25 to give the Lightning a 2-1 victory. EDMONTON: Brock Nelson #29 of the New York Islanders fidence and believing in yourself is definitely left in the third period as New York squandered a Tampa had to play without right winger Alex is congratulated by Josh Bailey #12 after scoring a goal really important,” Korda said. South Korea’s Lee 3-1 lead but managed to pull out the victory with Killorn, who was suspended for an illegal hit that against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the third period Mi-rim was second on 135 after a bogey-free 65 two late goals. sent Nelson crashing into the boards in game two. in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Final during with Denmark’s Nanna Madsen and American Nelson picked off a Ryan McDonagh clearing Tampa Bay was also missing its leading playoff the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place in Lexi Thompson — the 2014 winner — sharing pass to begin a play that ended with Nelson taking scorer, centre Brayden Point, who has an undis- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. — AFP third on 137. South Korea’s Chun In-gee and a pass from Beauvillier and firing a shot past Tampa closed injury. — AFP Malaysia’s Kelly Tan shared fifth on 138. Korda, who began on the back nine, birdied the par-3 14th and 17th holes then birdied the Middlesbrough nearly grabbed an instant first and made key par saves from 20 feet at the Watford win in equaliser when Ashley Fletcher’s deflected shot Klopp dismayed by par-5 second and 25 feet at the par-4 third. flashed just past the far post. But Warnock was left “Definitely really important. I did not know to bemoaning the sloppy winner. what I was doing on those two holes. I was Championship “Sunday League goal, what can you say?” he end to five-sub happy those two (par putts) went in. said. “I don’t expect to concede them at any stage “Golf is all about momentum. When those opener of the season. It is just elementary.” rule in EPL roll in, it makes it a lot easier.” Korda, who led by one after 18 holes, rolled in a 10-foot down- ‘MY BLOOD IS YELLOW’ hill putt to birdie the par-3 eighth as well in LONDON: Watford’s bid for an immediate return The rest of the Championship’s opening round of LONDON: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp desert heat. to the got off to a promising start matches take place on Saturday, with Norwich in branded the decision to not extend the use of five “Thank God for my putting today,” she said. as they opened the Championship season with a 1- the spotlight as they head to Huddersfield looking substitutes in the Premier League as a lack of com- “Just consistent play and having fun. We have a 0 win against Middlesbrough on Friday. to bounce straight back to the Premier League after mon sense as he voiced his concerns for player wel- lot of fun on the golf course and try to keep it The Hornets were relegated on the final day of last season’s relegation. fare in a congested season. super light.” Korda won last year’s Women’s last season after five years in England’s top flight. Daniel Farke’s team could only manage a one- The Reds begin the defence of their Premier Australian Open and French Ladies Open while But they are among the favourites for promotion season stay in the top tier and finished a woeful 13 League title at home to Leeds on Saturday in a defending her title at the LPGA Swinging this term and ’s early goal at points adrift at the bottom. campaign that is starting a month later than normal Skirts Taiwan event. Vicarage Road ensured they made a winning start Of their key players, Norwich have only sold due to the three-month halt to last season caused by “She played really well,” Thompson said of under new Serbian boss Vladimir Ivic. so far and Farke is confident they can the coronavirus pandemic. Both domestic cup com- Korda. “I’m just going to try to play my own “It is a good start, a clean sheet and we won the repeat their promotion success of two seasons ago. petitions in England have been retained, while game out here this weekend and see how it game so we can be satisfied,” Ivic said. “My blood is already yellow and for that I am Liverpool are among the clubs who will face six goes.” Lee birdied the par-5 second and ninth After a close-season break lasting just 38 days, keen to bounce back with this club,” he said. Champions League group games in seven weeks holes as well as the par-3 fifth, then opened the the English Football League has returned for a Huddersfield are beginning a new era under between late October and early December. back nine with a birdie and birdied three of the campaign that promises drama and despair in equal Carlos Corberan, who served as Marcelo Bielsa’s Despite the fixture pile up, the Premier League last five holes to stand second. measures. The coronavirus-delayed finish to last assistant at Leeds. has not followed the example of other major “It feels so good to be back and playing season saw Leeds, West Bromwich Albion and Bournemouth, who were relegated after five sea- European leagues in extending a temporary rule competitively,” said Lee, who spent the shut- Fulham reach the Premier League after a thrilling sons in the Premier League, are also starting life after the resumption of last season that allowed down in her homeland. Madsen birdied the par- promotion race and play-off battle. under a new manager. matchday squads to increase from 18 to 20 and 5 ninth and 11th holes and sank another at the With promotion worth an estimated £160 million The Cherries host Blackburn in Jason Tindall’s managers to make five substitutions instead of three. par-3 17th in a bogey-free 69 round. ($204 million), clubs will be more desperate than first match since succeeding Eddie Howe. “We press a normal season into a shorter period “I was feeling pretty good,” Madsen said. ever to go up as football faces up to an uncertain Ryan Fraser, Callum Wilson, and which will be a proper challenge, especially with the “Only hit four fairways today. I’m just happy I future off the pitch. Nathan Ake have left but promotion is a clear tar- wonderful rule we set up with 18 (players) and three kept it going. I’ve been out of position a lot, so Fans are still locked out of stadiums due to the get for Tindall. (substitutes),” Klopp said on Friday. it has been very defensive.” pandemic and some teams are teetering on the “That is our aim, it has to be. We are ambitious. “It’s only about player welfare, nothing else, but I Chun began on the back nine with back-to- edge of financial ruin as a result. That is what I want to achieve, it is what the players don’t know why we have to discuss it at all and not back bogeys, but ran off three birdies in a row Against that troubled backdrop, Watford were want to achieve, it is what the club wants,” he said. everybody says yes of course, like the whole world starting at 18 and battled to a 71. “I started to especially keen for a convincing start. Sheffield Wednesday begin what could be a dif- is doing, at least the whole of Europe!” focus after first and second hole. Good concen- They were without several injured players ficult season after their 12-point deduction with a Two votes on the rule found a majority of Premier tration after,” Chun said. “I kept trying. Enjoyed including , Ismaila Sarr and Gerard trip to Cardiff. League clubs were against the rule being extended the play out there. It was a great comeback.” Deulofeu, but Cathcart opened the scoring as he Having won two Premier League titles and a with those nearer the bottom of the table fearing it Chun, whose major titles include the 2015 US headed home from ’s cross from a short Champions League crown, the most decorated new gave the bigger clubs with better squads an even Women’s Open and 2016 Evian Championship, corner in the 11th minute. addition to the Championship is John Obi Mikel, the greater advantage. “I thought from a common sense rediscovered her love for golf after the coron- remains in charge of former Chelsea midfielder who has joined Stoke. point of view that for this year, only this year not for- avirus layoff. “Did weight training when we got Middlesbrough after saving club from relegation Wycombe will play their first ever match in the ever, that we would have 20 and five,” added Klopp. the break,” she said. “Now I’ve got the passion when he took over on a caretaker basis towards the second tier when they host fellow promoted side “What I really don’t like is that we deal with this back to play golf a lot.” — AFP end of last season. Rotherham. — AFP thing based on the wrong facts. — AFP