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BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The Navy’s top SEAL on Friday fired SEAL Team 7’s top three leaders from their duties as the service cracks down on a cultural and ethical cri- sis within the ranks of its elite commandos, according to Navy officials. Rear Adm. Collin Green, the command- er of Naval Special Warfare Command, dismissed Cmdr. Edward Mason, the team’s commander, Lt. Cmdr. Luke Im, its executive officer, and Command Mas- ter Chief Hugh Span- gler, the unit’s senior enlisted leader, over problems with lead- ership in the team’s ranks, according to a Navy statement. The move comes after Two of a kind at least one of the Green California-based SEAL Team 7 pla- toons was sent home early from Iraq in July amid allegations of serious miscon- duct, including alcohol abuse downrange Sisters attain general’s rank in an Army first and accusations of a sexual assault occur- ring during an unofficial Independence BY TOM VANDEN BROOK Day celebration within the unit. USA Today ‘ Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett and Brig. Gen. Paula Green fired the SEAL leaders “due to a loss of confidence that resulted from lead- WASHINGTON Lodi represent the best America has to offer. ership failures that caused a breakdown of heir brother, Rus Lodi, calls Ryan McCarthy’ good order and discipline within two sub- them “leadership junkies.” acting Army secretary ordinate units while deployed to combat If you’re a soldier, you’d zones,” a Navy statement reads. better just call them ma’am A Navy spokesperson declined to pro- and salute. vide additional details about Green’s deci- TMaj. Gen. Maria Barrett and younger “Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett and Brig. This is a proud moment for their fami- sion but said the SEALs were not expected sister Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi are each ac- Gen. Paula Lodi represent the best lies and for the Army.” to face additional disciplinary action and complished in their own fields. But to- America has to offer,” said Acting Army Fathers and sons have risen to gen- would remain in the Navy. The spokes- gether, they have become the first two Secretary Ryan McCarthy. “Howev- eral, including Gen. George Casey, who person declined to say where the SEALs sisters, the Army believes, to attain the er, this comes as no surprise to those retired as chief of staff of the Army; would be reassigned or to provide their general’s rank in the service’s 244-year who have known them and loved them service records. history. throughout this extraordinary journey. SEE FIRST ON PAGE 3 The admiral’s decision comes after he ordered major cultural changes for the Na- vy’s special operations community late last Above: Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett, left, and her sister, Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi, stand together after month following a short probe into possible then-Col. Lodi’s outgoing Change of Command for the 44th Medical Brigade at Fort Bragg, N.C. in July 2018. causes of misconduct among SEALs that have captured headlines in recent years. Courtesy of the US Army SEE FIRED ON PAGE 4

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BY KIM GAMEL Stars and Stripes SEOUL, South Korea — Strong winds knocked out power on Yongsan Garrison on Saturday, forcing the Army post to lock down for the night as Typhoon Lingling tore through South Korea. The powerful storm left heavy damage in its wake as it skirted the peninsula’s western coast with winds of more than 80 mph before making landfall in North Korea. Yongsan, which sits in the heart of Seoul, already had urged people to stock up on essentials and to stay inside. By Saturday afternoon, the garrison made that mandatory and closed all gates except for emergency traffic. “Due to dangerous weather conditions, including fallen trees and blowing debris, all gates are closed and no walking outside is permitted until the all clear no- tice is given,” Yongsan said in an Yongsan Garrison emergency alert. Toppled trees knocked out Above and left: Typhoon Lingling knocks down trees and power lines power lines, leaving the largest DONALD ROBERTSON/U.S. Army as it swept through Yongsan Garrison, South Korea, on Saturday. populated section of the garri- son known as South Post without would remain closed in the the garrison said. “Please ex- phreys, south of Seoul. three people dead, according to power. meantime. “South Post will be ercise patience during this res- Humphreys and other bases The Associated Press. The Brian D. Allgood Army out of power for approximately toration timeframe. Typhoon also remained in Tropical Cy- Traffic to Incheon Interna- Community Hospital and Drag- 24 hours,” according to an up- Lingling has hit Korea hard,” it clone Condition of Readiness 1. tional Airport also was disrupted on Hill Lodge were operating date issued Saturday evening. said. Most nonessential services, in- due to the closure of its gateway with emergency generators, of- “The Shelter in Place is still in Yongsan has sharply reduced cluding stores, taxis and buses, bridge and a power failure on a ficials said. effect until the morning due to its population to just over 5,600 were unavailable. The garrison initially said limited visibility and downed in recent months as it prepares Elsewhere in South Korea, the commuter rail network, the news crews were working to restore power lines.” to close after the U.S. military storm grounded planes, knocked agency reported. power but later said the outage The situation will be reas- moved its main headquarters to out electricity to more than [email protected] would last all night and gates sessed at first light on Sunday, the newly expanded Camp Hum- 57,000 homes and left at least Twitter: @kimgamel T O D A Y IN STRIPES

American Roundup ...... 14 Books ...... 18 Business ...... 22 Gadgets ...... 20 Music ...... 16-17 Opinion ...... 21 Sports ...... 24-32 Weather ...... 22 Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Naval Academy probes First: Sisters a report of a noose ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The U.S. described as Naval Academy is investigating a report that a noose was hung on academy property on the 56th ‘exceptional’ anniversary of the March on Washington. Naval Academy Superinten- Army leaders dent Vice Adm. Sean Buck said in a statement Friday that the noose was found in a construction zone FROM FRONT PAGE off-limits to staff. his father, Maj. Gen. George Buck said while it’s possible Casey Sr., was killed in action in the noose was part of a hoisting Vietnam. Then there’s the Brooks system to complete ductwork, the family. Leo Brooks retired as a academy will investigate it be- brigadier general, and his sons, cause it “takes all allegations of Leo Jr. and Vincent, went on to race hate very seriously.” become a one- and a four-star general, respectively. There is Navy seeking to test even a wife-and-husband team private wells near base of three-stars: Laura and James Richardson. GROTON, Conn. — The U.S. The military didn’t officially Navy is seeking to test private accept women into its ranks until ERICK THRONSON/U.S. Army drinking wells near the Connecti- the Army Nursing Corps was cut submarine base for potentially Then-U.S. Army Col. Paula Lodi, left, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kristopher Rick, 44th Medical dangerous industrial compounds established in 1901. Women, of Brigade commander and command sergeant major, address members of Task Force Medical Role 3 course, served unofficially be- known as “forever chemicals.” during a visit to the 28th Combat Support Hospital near Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 8, 2017. Navy officials said they’re try- fore that, some in disguise since ing to determine whether certain the Revolutionary War, accord- vilian. Ten years and out of the chemicals used at the Groton sub- ing to the U.S. Army Women’s service. That was the plan. marine base migrated through Museum. “I don’t know at what point, groundwater to private drinking The Pentagon and Congress probably four, maybe five years levels at unsafe levels. had limited the role of women in in, it just occurred to me, I abso- Officials will be testing for per- combat until opening all fields lutely loved what I was doing in and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in 2015. Since then, more than the medical service corps,” Lodi known collectively as PFAS. Au- a dozen women have graduated said. thorities say the most common from the Army’s Ranger School, Navy use of the chemicals has its proving ground for elite infan- Climbing the ranks been in a firefighting foam. try soldiers. Command of combat The chemicals have been linked units is key to ascending to the Up the ranks she climbed, like to various health risks, including highest ranks in the military. her sister, but in a separate field, developmental issues in children Overall, women make up more the medical service corps. She and decreased liver, thyroid and than 16% of the military’s active- has risen to become deputy chief immune system function. duty force of 1.3 million. Women of staff for operations in the Ar- account for 69 of the 417 generals my’s Surgeon General’s office. Exercise to increase and admirals. “The fact that we’re sisters, not flights from Utah base The sisters’ achievement is a brothers, I think it’s a huge illus- U.S. Army remarkable milestone for women tration of how far we’ve come as a HILLS AIR FORCE BASE, in the military, said Melissa Dal- service,” said Lodi, 51. Utah — Hill Air Force Base of- The NETCOM commanding general, Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett, Gen. James McConville, the ton, a senior fellow at the Center presents the Regional Cyber Center of the Year award to Lt. Col. ficials said residents of nearby for Strategic and International Army’s chief of staff and top of- communities will notice more Howie Smyth, director of Regional Cyber Center -- Europe, during a ficer, has taken note of the sisters’ Studies and a former Defense De- ceremony in front of the Robert E. Gray Cyber Center -- Europe. flights than usual in coming days success. partment official. She put it in the as units conduct a large combat “Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett and class of retired Army Gen. Ann “They were two just beautiful of managing and defending the exercise. Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi are excep- Dunwoody, the first woman in girls growing up,” said Rus, 63. Army’s information networks. Officials said the 388th and tional, proven leaders who’ve dis- any service to attain four stars. “Maria would do something aca- “When I talk to younger of- 419th fighter wings will fly rough- tinguished themselves over the “For both men and women, in- demically that just blew us away, ficers, I tell them the reason ly 80 sorties a day during daylight course of their careers at various creasingly normalizing women while Paula was doing something I joined is not the reason why hours on Monday through Thurs- levels of command and during in leadership positions matters,” athletically, flipping off a diving I stayed,” Barrett said. “Our day, compared with the usual 60 multiple combat tours,” McCon- Dalton said. “The fact that it board, before anybody else. They democratic experiment, even on or so on a typical day. ville said. “These officers serve in comes from the same family is an have just been a great source of its most imperfect day, is worth According to base officials, pi- critical career fields and lead or- incredible accomplishment.” pride and admiration our entire defending.” lots will take off in waves to simu- life.” Paula Lodi remembers watch- ganizations essential to the Army late a large force engagement Role model at home The sisters shared a bedroom, ing a documentary on the first mission. Their success showcases with enemy aircraft. if not the same interests, growing women at West Point. That sealed how talented people can find mul- Barrett and Lodi didn’t need up. it. She was 8, maybe 10 years old, tiple pathways to success serving ‘Heart Flight’ to be to look far for role models. Their “She was a great athlete,” Bar- and she announced to her father in the Army.” showcased by exhibit father, Ruston, an Italian immi- rett said. “I was probably more of that she wanted to attend the Neither sister said she started grant, was a World War II vet- a student.” school. He encouraged her. out with the goal to be general of- FARGO, N.D. — A highly pub- eran and recipient of the Silver Barrett, 53, recalls a key reason “If you’re a little girl and your ficers, and both express pride in licized North Dakota Air National Star, although he rarely spoke for joining the Army was largely father responds positively to the other’s accomplishments. Guard flight to bring an infant’s about his service, his children practical: paying for school. She something that you want to do “I don’t think either one of us heart to a waiting transplant pa- said. Just as important, Rus Lodi was interested in joining the for- with your life,” Paula Lodi said, told us back in high school when tient in California more than 30 and Barrett said, their father and eign service. So she enrolled in “you tend to grab ahold of it.” we were both playing soccer years ago is set to be showcased mother Clara were educators who the Reserve Officer Training Instead of West Point, she grad- together that this is where we in Fargo. stressed public service to their Corps at Tufts University and uated from the Rutgers Universi- would be 27, 30 years from now,” The flight of the F-4 Phantom, five children. was commissioned a second lieu- ty ROTC program. Barrett said. “I don’t think either a supersonic fighter, took place in “Both of my parents were tenant in 1988. “My dad passed away when I one of us would have told you that December 1986 after a Lear jet schoolteachers,” Barrett said. A funny thing happened on was a senior in high school, so I this is how the story would end.” flown from California to Fargo “When my mother started hav- her way to a career at the State may not have been on the most Their brother said he isn’t sur- to pick up the heart broke down ing children, she got out, but she Department. Barrett found the solid footing after high school,” prised. Over the years, he said, in cold weather. The flight took continued to be active in the com- Army a better fit. She had a great Lodi said. “And I knew the Army he’s noticed the way his younger place on emergency orders from munity. So I do think probably battalion commander, found the was the end state. So I would say sisters were “always talking about North Dakota Gov. George Sin- underlying everything is that ser- signal corps and discovered her going through ROTC, staying fo- leadership, right way of leading, ner, who died last year. vice component to it.” passion for leading soldiers. Bar- cused on that end state was really right way of motivation.” The pilot, current North Dako- Rus recalls his kid sisters as the rett moved steadily up the ranks, what kind of pulled me through Those were the very lessons ta Air National Guard Brig. Gen. focus of family dinners decades commanding at the company, college.” their parents stressed, he said. Bob Becklund, flew the golf ball- ago in Franklin, Mass., each top- battalion and brigade level. As a She received her commission He called Paula’s promotion to sized organ to Stanford Medical ping the other’s exploits in sports two-star general, she commands in the medical services corps and general the “closing chapter on a Center. or school. NETCOM, placing her in charge planned to be a dietitian as a ci- job well done by my parents.” From The Associated Press PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 8, 2019 WAR/MILITARY Soldier killed in Afghanistan was known as leader

BY J.P. LAWRENCE 2018. Stars and Stripes “With honor and courage, Sgt. 1st Class Barreto answered our The U.S. soldier who died nation’s call to deploy and serve Thursday in Afghanistan from in Afghanistan,” Col. Arthur wounds in a bomb blast was a Sellers, commander of the 3rd compassionate leader whose Brigade Combat Team, said in a troops say he always encouraged statement. people who are struggling to ask Barreto Ortiz served as a for help. wheeled vehicle mechanic with NISHANUDDIN KHAN/AP Now those soldiers are grap- Sieck. pling with the loss of Sgt. 1st He had a way of making peo- Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani, center, speaks at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Class Elis A. Barreto Ortiz, 34, ple laugh, Sieck and others said. last month. Ghani is planning a trip to Washington to meet with U.S. officials this week. from Morovis, Puerto Rico, who Friends and fellow soldiers re- left behind a wife, two sons and a called him as funny and intelli- daughter. gent. In photos, he often cracked Barreto Ortiz, described as a a wide, cheesy smile. Afghan president set for US visit “mainstay” Everyone would call him “Papi,” in his unit Sieck said, a nod to Barreto Ortiz’s BY PAMELA CONSTABLE AND SIOBHAN O’GRADY There is particular concern that insurgents will by his lead- roots in Puerto Rico. The Washington Post target Shiite communities in Kabul, which are cel- ership, died “He was always happy, a tre- ebrating the sacred religious period of Muharram in a Taliban mendous friend; he never said KABUL, Afghanistan — With U.S.-Taliban peace this week. Both the Taliban and Islamic State mili- suicide bomb no,” said Miguel Otero of San talks at a critical moment and insurgent violence on tants have attacked mosques, shrines and other Shi- explosion Juan, Puerto Rico, a friend of Bar- the rise, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is planning ite targets during Muharram in previous years. Thursday reto Ortiz for more than 30 years, to travel unexpectedly to Washington this week to “Everyone is scared now. Nobody wants to go to and became since childhood. meet with U.S. officials, an aide to a senior official in work or send their kids to school because there might the 16th U.S. Sieck said sometimes he would Ghani’s administration confirmed Friday. The trip be more explosions,” said Kamal Khan, 32, a mason combat fatal- come into work steaming mad, and was planned for Saturday but has now been delayed who was sharing tea with his brothers on a blanket by several days, the aide said. ity this year Barreto Ortiz then see Barreto Ortiz, who would outside a hospital Friday morning. They were wait- in Afghani- smile, or say something funny, or Meanwhile, the top U.S. peace negotiator, Zalmay ing to visit an elderly cousin who was blinded in a stan as the Pentagon prepares to give him a hug. Khalilzad, returned to Qatar on Thursday to meet suicide bombing in Jalalabad this week. draw down its forces there after “I’d be like, ‘Stop it, man, I’m with Taliban officials after the latest round of talks “We have all been hoping for peace, but the Tal- nearly 18 years of war. trying to be mad,’ ” Sieck recalled. there had already ended, according to a U.S. offi- iban want to show they are strong by killing,” Khan He was assigned to the 82nd In a twist of fate, Sieck said cial, who spoke on the condition of anonymity be- said. “We would like to have elections, but people Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd he was supposed to deploy to Af- cause they were not authorized to discuss sensitive will be too afraid to vote. Everything is stuck now. Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Air- ghanistan with Barreto Ortiz but negotiations. We have lost our way.” borne Division, out of Fort Bragg, instead was selected for staff ser- Both unscheduled moves came as Afghan society After years of conflict, Afghans have become N.C., the Pentagon said in a state- geant school. reeled from a surge of Taliban bombings and at- used to the dreadful routine of urban violence — the ment Friday. Sieck said knowing he was sup- tacks that erupted over the past week in Kabul and gruesome wounds inflicted by explosives, the hasti- “This guy touched so many posed to be downrange with his elsewhere, even as Khalilzad and other U.S. officials ly dug graves. But the growing anticipation of peace, people’s lives,” recalled a soldier friend, as his right-hand man, declared that a peace deal was imminent. The at- and plans for presidential elections later this month, in his company, Sgt. Tylar Sieck, makes the grief hit hard. tacks left scores of people dead and residents full of had allowed people to imagine a life without war for anxiety, confusion and anger. the first time in decades. 24. But he said he knows he’s not Barreto Ortiz taught soldiers it the only one in the unit grieving. was OK to say when they needed “Everyone’s hurting; there’s help, Sieck said. On missions, Bar- paratroopers and soldiers all reto Ortiz always would say he around Fort Bragg that are hurt- Fired: Leadership failures blamed for issues was there to help, even if people ing,” Sieck said. “A lot of our peo- thought they didn’t need it. Now, ple are hurting in Afghanistan.” Sieck said, he wants to employ The blast that killed Barreto FROM FRONT PAGE special warfare history and heri- Navy official said Friday that what Barreto Ortiz taught him Ortiz also killed a Romanian sol- In addition to the problems al- tage into regular activities, and they were not aware of a similar about being honest about needing dier, Cpl. 3rd Class Ciprian-Stefan leged within SEAL Team 7 in for the service provide all SEALs action occurring in the SEAL’s help. Polschi, 38, a married father of two Iraq this year, SEALs from other formal legal briefings. history. “Everyone is trying to act like on his third tour in Afghanistan. units in recent years have faced Leadership failures throughout In his memo last month, Green we’re fine, because that’s what we At least 10 people died and a range of other troubling allega- the SEAL organization were to wrote his efforts to better the blame for the ethical and cultural do as paratroopers, but at the end another 42 were wounded in tions, including committing war SEAL force were meant to ensure problems, Green wrote in a mem- of the day, we know we’re strug- the explosion, Interior Ministry crimes such as killing unarmed, the public trusted his commandos orandum last month announcing gling,” Sieck said. “We’re hurt- spokesman Nasrat Rahimi told detained enemy fighters, mur- were up to the task of defending his decisions. ing, I’m hurting.” The Associated Press. dering a Green Beret in Africa, the nation. Barreto Ortiz joined the Army Since the U.S. first launched “The root of our problem begins “In our business, trust is earned and use of illegal narcotics. with members who fail to correct in August 2010. Family friends military operations in Afghanistan by demonstration of competency In an attempt to rein in his force, this behavior within their sphere said Barreto Ortiz followed in the in October 2001, more than 2,400 and character,” Green wrote in Green ordered last month that the of leadership and prioritize this footsteps of his father, who also troops have been killed and more the memo. “I charge all of you to SEAL force return to standard misalignment over the loyalty to perform at the highest level and served. than 20,000 have been wounded Navy uniform and appearance Navy and nation,” Green wrote. own your responsibility with un- “He was a great person, hon- in action, according to Pentagon standards, including undergoing “We must take a ‘back to basics’ est, caring and full of hopes and statistics. regular inspections. SEALs have leadership approach to correct mitigated competence and char- dreams,” said his recruiter, Julio Sieck said many soldiers in often sported beards, longer hair our drift,” he added. “I will hold acter — every time, everywhere. Torres, who signed him up in Barreto Ortiz’s unit spent hours and non-standard uniforms, es- the chain of command account- The mission is too important. 2010. “I do carry a burden for during the past few days sharing pecially during the wars in Iraq able, as I am accountable for the The nation needs us countering his death, but in this line of duty, stories about him. and Afghanistan. Green also or- good order and discipline in our violent extremist organizations, there is a risk.” He added, “It’s still one of those dered the implementation of a formations.” rogue regimes and in constant Barreto Ortiz was assigned to things that’s unreal, and you don’t program “to track and develop an The firing of the three top lead- competition with peer and near- 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, know how … it happened.” individual’s leadership and ethi- ers of a SEAL team appeared to peer adversaries.” 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd [email protected] cal development” through his or be an unprecedented move. The [email protected] Airborne Division, in January Twitter: @j.p.lawrence3 her career, the implementation of Navy spokesperson and another Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 WAR Iran now operating advanced centrifuges

BY NASSER KARIMI AND JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Saturday said it now uses arrays of advanced centrifuges prohibited by its 2015 nuclear deal and can enrich uranium “much more beyond” current levels to weapons-grade material, taking a third step away from the accord while warning Europe has little time to offer it new terms. While insisting Iran doesn’t seek a nu- clear weapon, the comments by Behrouz Kamalvandi of the Atomic Energy Organi- zation of Iran threatened pushing uranium enrichment far beyond levels ever reached in the country. Prior to the atomic deal, Iran only reached up to 20%, which itself still is only a short technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%. The move threatened to push tensions between Iran and the U.S. even higher more than a year after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the nuclear deal and imposed sanc- tions now crushing Iran’s economy. Mys- terious attacks on oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran shooting down a U.S. military surveillance drone and other incidents across the wider Middle East fol- lowed Trump’s decision. “So far, Iran has showed patience before the U.S. pressures and Europeans’ indif- ference,” said Qassem Babaei, 33, an elec- trician in Tehran. “Now they should wait Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP and see how Iran achieves its goals.” Iran separately acknowledged Saturday Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi speaks in a news briefing as advanced centrifuges are it had seized another ship and detained 12 displayed in front of him in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday . Filipino crewmembers, while satellite im- ages suggested an Iranian oil tanker once are capable inside the country to increase of Iran’s announcement and “agency in- diesel fuel near the Strait of Hormuz. The held by Gibraltar was now off the coast the enrichment much more beyond that.” spectors are on the ground in Iran and report did not elaborate. In Manila, the of Syria despite Tehran promising its oil Iran has already increased its enrich- they will report any relevant activities to Philippines’ Department of Foreign Af- wouldn’t go there. ment up to 4.5%, above the 3.67% allowed IAEA headquarters in Vienna.” It did not fairs said it was checking details of the re- Speaking to journalists while flanked by under the deal, as well as gone beyond elaborate. ported seizure. advanced centrifuges, Kamalvandi said its 300-kilogram limit for low-enriched In Paris, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Also Saturday, satellite images showed a Iran has begun using an array of 20 IR-6 uranium. Esper said Iran’s announcement wasn’t a once-detained Iranian oil tanker pursued centrifuges and another 20 of IR-4 centri- While Kamalvandi stressed that “the Is- surprise. by the U.S. appears to be off the coast of fuges. An IR-6 can produce enriched ura- lamic Republic is not after the bomb,” he “The Iranians are going to pursue what Syria, where Tehran reportedly promised nium 10 times as fast as an IR-1, Iranian warned that Iran was running out of ways the Iranians have always intended to pur- the vessel would not go when authorities officials say, while an IR-4 produces five to stay in the accord. sue,” Esper said at a news conference with in Gibraltar agreed to release it several times as fast. “If Europeans want to make any decision, his French counterpart, Florence Parly. weeks ago. The nuclear deal limited Iran to using they should do it soon,” he said. France had For his part, Trump has said he remains Images obtained by The Associated only 5,060 first-generation IR-1 centrifug- floated a proposed $15 billion line of credit open for direct talks with Iran. A surprise Press from Maxar Technologies appeared es to enrich uranium by rapidly spinning to allow Iran to sell its oil abroad despite visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Moham- to show the Adrian Darya-1, formerly uranium hexafluoride gas. By starting up U.S. sanctions. mad Javad Zarif to the Group of Seven known as the Grace-1, some 2 nautical these advanced centrifuges, Iran further Another trade mechanism proposed summit in France last month raised the miles off Syria’s coast. cuts into the one year that experts estimate by Europe called INSTEX also has faced possibility of direct talks between Trump Iranian and Syrian officials have not Tehran would need to have enough materi- difficulty. and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, acknowledged the vessel’s presence there. al for building a nuclear weapon if it chose Kamalvandi also said Iran would allow perhaps at this month’s United Nations Authorities in Tehran earlier said the 2.1 to pursue one. U.N. inspectors to continue to monitor sites General Assembly in New York, though of- million barrels of crude oil onboard had “Under current circumstances, the Is- in the country. A top official from the U.N.’s ficials in Tehran later seemed to dismiss been sold to an unnamed buyer. That oil lamic Republic of Iran is capable of in- International Atomic Energy Agency was the idea. is worth about $130 million on the global creasing its enriched uranium stockpile as expected to meet with Iranian officials in Meanwhile Saturday, Iranian state TV market, but it remains unclear who would well as its enrichment levels and that is not Tehran on Sunday. said the tugboat and its 12 crewmembers buy the oil as they’d face the threat of U.S. just limited to 20%,” Kamalvandi said. “We The IAEA said Saturday it was aware were seized on suspicion of smuggling sanctions. Yemeni medics say 130 bodies pulled after deadly airstrike

BY SAMY MAGDY humanitarian crisis. part of the local community col- holding at least 170 people when Yemen’s civil war started in Associated Press The Saudi-led coalition, which lege before Iran-backed Houthi it was hit. The detainees were 2014 when the Houthis overran has fought the Iran-backed rebels turned it into a detention captured forces loyal to Yemen’s the capital, Sanaa, and much of CAIRO — Yemeni medics said Houthis since 2015, has faced center, one of dozens in areas internationally recognized gov- the country’s north. The Saudi- Saturday they have pulled at least international criticism for air- under their control. ernment as well as civilians who led coalition of mostly Arab states 130 bodies from the rubble of a strikes that have hit schools, hos- Families have begun to take the had been arrested for criticizing intervened in March 2015 to try rebel-run detention center that pitals and wedding parties, killing bodies from a hospital in Dhamar, the Houthis in recent years. and restore the internationally was hit earlier this month by thousands of civilians. al-Dawrani said. The International Committee recognized government of Presi- Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Bashir al-Dawrani, a spokes- The Saudi-led coalition said it for the Red Cross, which inspects dent Mansour Abed Rabbo Hadi the country’s southwest. man for the Yemeni Red Cres- had bombed a “legitimate mili- detention centers as part of its to power. The attack was one of the dead- cent, told The Associated Press tary target,” and blamed the global mission, said earlier this The fighting has killed more liest in more than four years of that the death toll has yet to be Houthis for using the former col- week that 40 wounded were being than 94,000 people including over war in Yemen that have claimed confirmed as search efforts are lege as a detention center for forc- treated for injuries while the rest 16,000 in 2019, according to the tens of thousands of lives, thrust ongoing for more bodies at the ibly disappeared Yemenis. were presumed dead, and that it Armed Conflict Location & Event millions to the brink of famine site in the Dhamar province. Houthi and medical officials would likely take days to recover Data Project, or ACLED, which and spawned the world’s worst The complex of buildings was have said the detention center was all the bodies. tracks the war. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 8, 2019 NATION SC, Kansas GOP scrap presidential preference votes

BY MEG KINNARD mittee planned to approve rules Associated Press Saturday for an “internal party process” for selecting conven- COLUMBIA, S.C. — Repub- tion delegates, according to Kelly lican leaders in South Carolina Arnold, the party’s former state and Kansas voted to scrap their chairman, and Helen Van Etten, presidential nominating contests a member of the Republican Na- in 2020, while party officials in tional Committee from Topeka. Nevada were deciding whether Officials in Nevada scheduled to follow suit as the GOP erects meetings later Saturday to deter- EVAN VUCCI/AP more hurdles for the long shots mine the fate of their contests. A challenging President Donald States began canceling GOP presidential caucuses or primaries as part of the party’s effort to shut out decision in Arizona is expected Trump. the Trump primary challengers. later in the month. Canceling primaries, caucuses and other voting is not an unusual Challengers have emerged to bents are rarely successful, and that Trump hasn’t completely ce- nominating contests when an move for the party of the White Trump, including Bill Weld, a for- Trump’s poll numbers among Re- mented his grip on the GOP and incumbent president from their House incumbent seeking a sec- mer Massachusetts governor, and publican voters have proved re- might not coast to the nomination party ran for a second term. In ond term, and allows Trump to Joe Walsh, a former Illinois con- silient. Nonetheless, Trump aides without some opposition. To that 1984, South Carolina GOP leaders try to consolidate his support as gressman. Others may join them. are looking to prevent a repeat of end, the campaign has worked opted to call off their primary as Democrats work to winnow down Walsh told CNN after the South the convention discord that high- over the past year to scuttle any President Ronald Reagan sought their large field of candidates. Carolina vote that his campaign lighted the electoral weaknesses attempts at a Trump challenge a second term. In 2004, the GOP A spokesman for the South would “fight South Carolina and of Presidents George H.W. Bush by party dissidents, mindful that again canceled the state’s prima- Carolina Republican Party, Joe any other state that considers and Jimmy Carter in their failed a serious primary opponent could ry with leaders deciding instead Jackson, confirmed that the party doing this.” He also noted that reelection campaigns weaken Trump heading into the to endorse President George W. voted Saturday against holding a Trump complained during the Since last year, Trump’s cam- general election. Bush’s reelection bid. presidential primary next year. 2016 election “about how the paign has worked to monitor and In January, the Republican Na- The South Carolina Demo- The Kansas GOP tweeted on Fri- Democrats were rigging the sys- at times control the process by tional Committee voted to express cratic Party didn’t hold presiden- day that it will not organize a cau- tem to get Hillary (Clinton) elect- which delegates to next year’s Re- its “undivided support” for Trump tial primaries in 1996 or in 2012, cus “because President Trump ed. Well, look what he’s doing now. publican National Convention in and his “effective presidency.” when Presidents Bill Clinton and is an elected incumbent from the You talk about rigging a system.” Charlotte, N.C. , are selected. In years past, both Republicans Barack Obama faced no opposi- Republican Party.” Its state com- Primary challenges to incum- T h e e f f o r t i s a n a c k n owl e d g m e n t and Democrats have cut state tion for second terms. Kan. lawmaker runs for 2020 Dems Senate to block Kobach urge voters BY JOHN HANNA Roberts, who is not seeking re- in NH to not Associated Press election in 2020. Kobach, a for- mer Kansas secretary of state, TOPEKA, Kan. — Western built a national profile by advo- play it safe Kansas’ congressman launched cating tough immigration poli- a Senate campaign on Saturday, cies, though he lost the Kansas BY HUNTER WOODALL pitching himself to fellow Repub- governor’s race last year after his AND JULIE PACE licans as a pragmatic conserva- take-no-prisoners style alienated Associated Press tive who can keep the seat in GOP moderate voters. hands by thwarting immigration MANCHESTER, N.H. — A trio “Nobody is more pro-life or of Democratic presidential candi- hardliner Kris Kobach’s bid for pro-Second Amendment than I JOHN HANNA/AP the party’s nomination. dates urged voters in New Hamp- am,” Marshall said. “Am I a kind- U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., launched a Senate campaign Two-term Rep. Roger Mar- shire on Saturday to not play it er, gentler voice? Probably. Am I Saturday to replace four-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, who is safe in the 2020 election, leveling shall entered the race facing going to work across the aisle to not seeking reelection. an implicit critique of front-run- some skepticism from the right solve problems? You bet.” ner Joe Biden. despite his anti-abortion and Despite his assertion that he’d kid,” said he is confident he can from the greater voter turnout in Biden has centered his cam- gun-rights views and a consistent be a more congenial presence in win a crowded GOP primary by a presidential election year and a paign on his years of experience record of voting with President the Senate, Marshall’s announce- building on his western Kansas focus on issues such as immigra- in Washington and a perceived Donald Trump. Marshall ended ment Saturday included a scath- political base. His 1st District tion. He said in opening his cam- ability to steal the support of June with $1.4 million in cam- ing rebuke of what he called covers roughly 60 percent of the paign in July that Kansas doesn’t white, working-class voters away paign funds, giving him a jump Democrats’ “liberal, socialist state and Dole, Roberts and Kan- need “a quiet senator.” from President Donald Trump. on fundraising. agenda trying to take your way of sas’ other senator, Republican Kobach’s campaign held to that Speaking at the New Hampshire Marshall kicked off his cam- life” — a clear appeal to the Kan- Jerry Moran, all held the House tack Saturday. Democrats’ state convention, paign at the state fair, making sas GOP’s conservative base. seat previously. Biden’s rivals told voters to aim the announcement at a podium Many Republicans fear a re- “Marshall has disappointed The safe Republican district’s conservatives on multiple issues, for more. festooned with state’s ubiquitous peat of last year when Kobach GOP voters tend to turn out in “Beating Donald Trump is the from immigration to government sunflowers. In an AP interview narrowly won a crowded GOP disproportionately high percent- floor, it’s not the ceiling,” said spending, and Kansas conser- beforehand, he stressed his rural primary only to lose the gover- ages in primaries, putting Mar- New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, as ties and portrayed himself as part nor’s race to Democrat Laura shall in “a very good spot,” said vatives aren’t going to support the crowd erupted in cheers. of a line of western Kansas con- Kelly. Some prominent Repub- Bob Beatty, a Washburn Univer- him,” said Kobach spokeswoman Pete Buttigieg, 37, the mayor gressmen who later served in the licans have been nudging U.S. sity political scientist. Danedri Herbert. of South Bend, Ind. , was more Senate, including former Senate Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “He fits the classic Kansas Marshall said he’s determined explicit. Majority Leader and Kansas po- to jump in, though Marshall said U.S. Senate mold, the traditional to fight proposals from Demo- “Every time we’ve tried to play litical icon Bob Dole. Pompeo was “encouraging” about mold,” Beatty said. crats, such as “Medicare for All” it safe with established and Wash- Marshall and Kobach are Marshall’s candidacy when they Kobach relied on a strong con- government health coverage and ington-tenured figures, every among five GOP candidates ac- spoke a few weeks ago. servative base to win the Repub- the sweeping Green New Deal single time we’ve come up short,” tively campaigning to replace Marshall, who describes him- lican nomination for governor. aimed at combatting climate Buttigieg told reporters after his four-term Republican Sen. Pat self as a “fifth-generation farm He contends that he’ll benefit change. remarks. Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 NATION Smoke blamed for deaths in boat disaster Preliminary report says victims died from inhalation before being scorched by flames

BY STEFANIE DAZIO a vigil at a Santa Barbara park. AND BRIAN MELLEY The dead were “our friends Associated Press and our family members. Our common love for diving binds us SANTA BARBARA, Calif. together for eternity,” dive in- — Dozens of people trapped on a structor Don Barthelmess said. scuba diving boat that caught fire Thirty-four scuba tanks were off the Southern California coast arranged in memory of those appear to have died from smoke killed when the Conception inhalation, not burns, authorities caught fire Monday off Santa said Friday. Cruz Island. The 34 people who died were Mourners wept, embraced and sleeping in a cramped bunkroom placed white carnations in bas- below the main deck of the Con- kets. The flowers and a wreath ception when the fire broke out will be placed at an existing wa- before dawn Monday and quickly terside memorial to those lost at engulfed the boat. sea. Preliminary findings on the While local, state and federal causes of death, announced by agencies try to solve the mystery Santa Barbara County Sheriff of what doomed the dive boat, Bill Brown, raise the possibility the investigation has not turned the victims inhaled highly toxic criminal, Brown said, though he smoke and died in their sleep said that was a possibility. before being scorched by flames Under federal law known as the that burned their bodies beyond seaman’s manslaughter statute, a recognition. captain or crew member can be MARK J. TERRILL/AP “The indicators are from the charged with a crime if their neg- preliminary examination of the ligence or misconduct results in A growing memorial to those who died aboard the dive boat Conception is seen Friday in Santa Barbara, bodies that the victims died prior death. Calif. A preliminary report said the 34 victims died from smoke inhalation. to being burned,” Brown said. Laurie Levenson, a former fed- The revelation came as inves- eral prosecutor who is a professor “Certainly, if they find out there down as far away as Singapore, to know how the people died with- tigators searched for the cause at Loyola Law School, said it’s too was negligence or misconduct Japan and India. out an autopsy. But he said it’s pos- of the deadly blaze and divers early to discuss charges. this is a possibility, but it’s too Brown said the cause and man- sible they died in their sleep from looked for the body of the one “There are lots questions to an- soon.” ner of death was being deter- carbon monoxide poisoning. missing victim. The Coast Guard swer, including what even consti- Twenty-three of the 33 bodies mined through external exams Robin said the lack of autopsies said safety concerns over the tutes negligence. In other words, recovered have been positively and not traditional autopsies. could present a challenge during weather halted efforts to salvage do you have to have somebody on identified through DNA, and Final results will depend on toxi- any lawsuits brought by family the boat Friday. watch, enough fire extinguish- their family members around the cology tests. members because those results Clergy and others offered ers or ways to, you know, get out world are being notified, Brown Dr. Howard Robin, an expert in are typically used to support words of solace Friday evening in — enough exits?” Levenson said. said. Relatives have been tracked forensic pathology, said it’s hard damages for pain and suffering. Pompeo: U.S. trade policy won’t lead to recession

BY JONATHAN SHORMAN But facing audience questions after the The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle speech, Pompeo said the U.S. was fighting to end China’s oppression of Uighur’s “in- MANHATTAN, Kan. — Secretary of sufficiently, because it’s still going on.” State Mike Pompeo struck an uncompro- “The mission continues. We’ve used the mising tone toward China on trade and diplomatic tools that we have,” Pompeo human rights Friday as Kansas farmers said. feel the effects of the continuing trade University officials estimated about 875 war. attended the lecture. Pompeo faced sever- The former Wichita congressman, in al skeptical questions from audience mem- Kansas to deliver a speech at Kansas State bers afterward. University, acknowledged there will be Friday’s speech was a very public home- “bumps in the road” as the United States coming for Pompeo, and came as specula- battles China over trade. But he rejected tion continues to swirl over whether he’ll concerns that President Donald Trump’s run for Senate. It was at least the secre- increasingly aggressive tariffs would push tary’s third trip to the state this year. the U.S. toward a recession. Talk of a possible Pompeo candidacy CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP Pompeo also said the U.S. has acted “in- began almost immediately after Sen. Pat sufficiently” in fighting China’s oppression Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, while giving a speech at the London Lecture series Roberts announced in January he wouldn’t of Uighur Muslims. Hundreds of thousands at Kansas State University on Friday, defended U.S. trade policy toward China. run for reelection. Senate Majority Leader of the ethnic minority have been sent to in- Mitch McConnell has said he would wel- ternment camps. China stopped purchasing U.S. agricul- technology. come a Pompeo run. Sen. Jerry Moran Overall, the nation’s chief diplomat tural products a month ago. But the tariffs “And previous administrations frankly said Thursday that Pompeo would be a shared a vision of a confident, assertive have been wearing on the agricultural in- just ignored it. President Trump’s not ig- “solid candidate.” American foreign policy while in Kansas. dustry for months. noring it. We’re going to get a set of fair Pompeo has previously said a Senate run At the same time, he did little to definitive- Commodity prices have fallen because reciprocal trading arrangements with was “off the table” but he was less defini- ly resolve speculation that he may run for tive on Friday. He said he is aware of the of retaliatory tariffs. The Trump adminis- China. We’re going to grow the American the U.S. Senate. “noise” and speculation over a possible tration has provided billions in aid to U.S. economy because we’ll get access to those “The American economy is strong. We campaign, but reiterated that he intends are confident. We will get this right,” Pom- farmers so far to combat the effects of the markets,” Pompeo said. to serve as secretary of state as long as peo said . “Recession risk is when America tariffs. Pompeo said during the interview Pompeo also sought to pressure China Trump wants him in the job. is weak. When America allows China to that Kansas farmers have been seeing on Friday over human rights. While giving “You can take it however you’d like,” walk over us and treat us horribly. That’s the trade challenge in China for decades. the prestigious Landon Lecture at K-State, Pompeo said of his response when pressed. what’s happened for 20 years. And I think As a congressman, Pompeo said he heard he said over the past two years China has “I hear all the speculation. There’s a lot of Kansans get that. There’ll be some bumps from farmers unable to sell their crops. tried to brainwash more than a million Ui- people thinking about my future a lot more in the road.” He added that China has stolen American ghur Muslims in camps. than I am.” PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 8, 2019 NATION Agency now backs Trump’s Alabama hurricane claim

BY SETH BORENSTEIN The latest defense came a few graphics issued by the Na- AND KEVIN FREKING out Friday evening, when the tional Hurricane Center to sup- Associated Press National Oceanic and Atmo- port Trump’s claims. The maps spheric Administration issued a show percentage possibility of WASHINGTON — A federal statement from an unidentified tropical storm force winds in the agency has reversed course on spokesman stating that informa- United States. Parts of Alabama the question of whether Presi- tion provided by NOAA and the were covered, usually with 5% dent Donald Trump tweeted stale National Hurricane Center to the to 10% chances, between Aug. 27 EVAN VUCCI/AP information about Hurricane president had demonstrated that and Sept. 3. Dorian potentially hitting Ala- “tropical-storm-force winds from Maps on Aug. 30 grew to cover President Donald Trump holds a chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of bama, upsetting meteorologists Hurricane Dorian could impact far more of Alabama, but for only the White House on Wednesday in Washington. around the country. Alabama.” The advisories were 12 hours, and the highest percent- On Sunday, Trump had warned dated from last Wednesday, Aug. age hit 20% to 30% before quickly that Alabama, along with the Car- 28, through Monday, the state- shrinking back down. the situation “so disappointing” wrote. olinas and Georgia, was “most ment read. Alabama was not mentioned in and saying he would comment “What the Birmingham NWS likely to be hit (much) harder The statement also said the any of the 75 forecast advisories because NOAA employees were office sent out Sunday morning than anticipated.” Birmingham NWS tweet Sunday the hurricane center sent out be- ordered to be quiet. was correct and served the public The National Weather Service morning “spoke in absolute terms tween Aug. 27 and Sept. 2. From “Either NOAA Leadership well,” Read continued. “It clearly in Birmingham, Ala. , tweeted that were inconsistent with prob- Aug 28 to Aug. 31, a handful of truly agrees with what they post- let the public know that they were later: “Alabama will NOT see any abilities from the best forecast locations in Alabama were men- ed or they were ordered to do it. not at risk from the impacts of impacts from #Dorian. We re- products available at the time.” tioned in charts that listed per- If it is the former, the statement Hurricane Dorian.” peat, no impacts from Hurricane The statement from NOAA centage chance of tropical storm shows a lack of understanding of Dan Sobien, president of the #Dorian will be felt across Ala- contrasts with comments the force winds or hurricane winds, how to use probabilistic forecasts union representing weather ser- bama. The system will remain agency’s spokesman, Chris Vac- maxing out at about 11% chance in conjunction with other forecast vice employees, tweeted Friday, too far east.” caro, made Sunday. “The current for Montgomery to get tropical information. Embarrassing. If it “Let me assure you the hard But the president was adamant forecast path of Dorian does not storm force winds. is the latter, the statement shows working employees of the NWS throughout the week that he was include Alabama,” Vaccaro said Former National Hurricane a lack of courage on their part had nothing to do with the utter- correct, and the White House has at the time. Center Director Bill Read blasted by not supporting the people in ly disgusting and disingenuous deployed government resources Friday’s NOAA statement, re- NOAA leadership Friday night the field who are actually doing tweet sent out by NOAA manage- and staff to back him. leased just before 5 p.m., points to on his Facebook page calling the work. Heartbreaking,” Read ment tonight.” Administration officials mull slashing refugee cap

Associated Press for citizens of 11 countries des- ignated by the administration as WASHINGTON — Trump ad- presenting the greatest potential ministration officials will meet threat. this week to discuss whether to The State Department acknowl- further restrict the number of edged that the screening and vet- refugees accepted into the U.S. ting procedures have resulted each year, according to a senior in fewer refugee admissions in administration official. 2018. Some administration officials The tighter screening of refu- believe that the cap should be re- gees reflects one of Trump’s duced because of the number of signature issues. He imposed a asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mex- travel ban on people from seven ico border and other protections majority Muslim countries as one afforded to migrants who live in of his first actions upon taking of- war-torn countries or those dev- fice in January 2017. astated by natural disasters. Some The Department of Home- have argued for the number to be land Security has since made it 15,000 or fewer, according to two harder to enter the U.S. entirely, other administration officials. with more rigorous interviews The officials were not allowed to ISMAEL FRANCISCO/AP and background checks. Admin- speak publicly and spoke to the istration officials say refugee ap- Under images of revolutionary icons Camilo Cienfuegos, top left, and Ernesto “Che” Guevara, youths Associated Press on condition of plicants are now subject to the shoot pellet guns at targets in Old Havana, Cuba, last month. anonymity. strictest, most comprehensive Nothing has been decided. Se- background check process for nior leaders will meet in the Situ- any group seeking to come to the ation Room on Tuesday to discuss U.S. US toughens sanctions against Cuba the cap, which is set by the presi- Officials collect more data on dent and must be decided before refugee applicants and conduct Associated Press to financially isolate the Cuban bers. Such remittances totaled the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. higher-level security vetting. Of- regime,” Treasury Secretary some $3 billion in 2016. The New York Times first report- ficers have been given training WASHINGTON — The Trump Steven Mnuchin said in a state- President Donald Trump ed the meeting. on how to determine credibility. administration toughened sanc- ment. “Through these regulatory changed course, steadily reinstat- Right now, the cap is set at Fraud detection and national se- tions against Cuba on Friday by amendments, Treasury is deny- ing the financial restrictions and 30,000, and 28,501 refugees were curity officers now come over- reducing the amount of money ing Cuba access to hard curren- other sanctions targeting Cuba’s accepted between Oct. 1, 2018, seas with U.S. Citizenship and that Cuban-Americans can send cy, and we are curbing the Cuban communist government in what and Sept. 6. Last budget year the Immigration Services teams who to family members on the island. government’s bad behavior while his administration says is an at- cap was 45,000 and 22,491 were are processing refugees. Changes announced by the continuing to support the long- tempt to change Cuban behavior. admitted. That’s one-quarter of Administration officials have Treasury Department will limit suffering people of Cuba.” In June, the Republican pres- the number allowed to enter two said the U.S. remains at the fore- remittances to $1,000 per person The Obama administration ident’s administration revoked years ago and the lowest since front of helping those fleeing per- per quarter when they take ef- removed limits on family remit- authorization for most nonfam- Congress passed a law in 1980 secution, and they note that from fect on Oct. 9. The new rules also tances in 2009 as it took steps to ily travel to Cuba, forcing cruise creating the modern resettlement the 2008 budget year to 2017, the will no longer allow transfers of restore diplomatic relations with lines to abruptly cancel port system. U.S. gave lawful permanent resi- money to nonfamily members. Cuba and later ended restrictions calls in Havana and other Cuban Behind the reductions were dent status to 1.7 million people “We are taking additional steps on transfers to nonfamily mem- cities. more stringent security protocols for humanitarian reasons. Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 HURRICANE DORIAN Stranded North Carolinians assess damage

BY JEFFREY COLLINS aged, but he said he’s blessed that AND BEN FINLEY his condominium is on the third Associated Press floor and he is insured. Of the 11 units in his complex, seven had ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. — water in them, he said. As the sky cleared and floodwa- “It’s just a strange picture,” ters receded Saturday, residents Harris said. “If you’ve been a of North Carolina’s Outer Banks regular guest down here for began to assess the damage years, you can’t imagine what we wrought by Hurricane Dorian. saw.” Steve Harris has lived on Oc- The U.S. Coast Guard began racoke Island for most of the last landing local law enforcement 19 years. He’s ridden out eight officers on the island Friday via hurricanes, but he said he’d never helicopter and airlifting out the seen a storm bring such devasta- sick, elderly and others in dis- tion to his community, which is tress, Hyde County authorities accessible only by boat or air and said. National Guard helicopters is popular with tourists for its un- developed beaches. also flew in supplies and a rescue “We just thought it was gonna team. be a normal blow,” Harris, a By Friday evening, the gover- semi-retired contractor, said Fri- nor said that officials were aware day. “But the damage is going to of no serious injuries on the Outer be severe this time. This is flood- Banks from the storm. People in ing of biblical proportions.” need of temporary housing were Gov. Roy Cooper said about being taken to a shelter on the 800 people had remained on the mainland, the governor said. island to wait out Dorian. The Connie Leinbach, who pub- lishes the Ocracoke Observer storm made landfall Friday morn- STEVE HELBER/AP ing over the Outer Banks as a far newspaper, said sheriff’s deputies weaker storm than the monster and other rescue personnel per- North Carolina Division of Highways crews work to clear the beach road to Hatteras Island, N.C., on that devastated the Bahamas. Yet formed at least two rescues from Saturday. despite having been downgraded attics. She said the Coast Guard to a Category 1 storm, it still sent was also called in to help a man While tropical-storm force winds meteorologist Ian Hubbard said land by late Saturday or early seawater surging over neighbor- who was having problems with buffeted southeastern Massachu- Saturday that the storm is expect- Sunday. hoods, flooding the first floors of his oxygen. setts, hurricane-force winds are ed to lose its title as a hurricane At least four deaths in the many homes. “We’ve got a ton of water here. unlikely to pose any threat to land as it crosses the province. Southeast were blamed on Dorian. “There is significant concern It’s more than (Hurricane) Mat- in the U.S. However, the U.S. hurricane All were men in Florida or North about hundreds of people trapped thew,” Leinbach said, comparing Canadian officials expected center said that even if Dorian Carolina who died in falls or by on Ocracoke Island,” Cooper it to the damaging 2016 storm. Dorian to remain a Category 1 downgrades to a tropical storm, electrocution while trimming said. Dorian was expected to remain hurricane when it makes landfall hurricane conditions are expect- trees, putting up storm shutters Harris lost his car to the storm a hurricane as it went up the East- in Nova Scotia. ed in portions of eastern Nova or otherwise getting ready for the and his air conditioning is dam- ern Seaboard through Saturday. Canadian Hurricane Centre Scotia and western Newfound- hurricane. ‘Hour of darkness’ in Bahamas as the death toll rises

BY MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN for a boat that could take them to the capi- Associated Press tal, Nassau. “The government is trying their best, but at the same time, I don’t ABACO, Bahamas — Search and rescue think they’re doing a good enough job to teams are still trying to reach some Baha- evacuate the people. It ain’t livable for no- mian communities isolated by floodwaters body. Only animals can live here.” and debris after Hurricane Dorian, while There were no government-organized the official death toll has risen to 43 and is evacuations yet, but the Royal Bahamas likely to increase even more, top officials Defense Force helped people board a 139- said. foot ferry that came to pick up its employ- Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said, ees and had room for an additional 160 late Friday, 35 were known dead on Abaco people. The crowd waited calmly as ma- Island and eight in Grand Bahama. “We rines separated women and children to let acknowledge that there are many missing them board first. and that the number of deaths is expected Also, a barge that had dropped off por- to significantly increase,” he said. “This is table toilets and heavy equipment in Abaco one of the stark realities we are facing in this hour of darkness.” carried away about 300 other people to Security Minister Marvin Dames said Nassau. authorities were striving to reach every- Minnis spoke to the crowd at the port, one, but the crews can’t just bulldoze their using a Creole interpreter for a group of RAMON ESPINOSA/AP way through fallen trees and other rubble Haitians awaiting evacuation. “All of you because there might be bodies not yet A woman searches the wreckage of her home, destroyed by Hurricane Dorian, in High will be treated with respect,” he assured recovered. Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, on Friday. them. “We have been through this before, but Minnis said he was satisfied with the not at this level of devastation,” Dames went on five days after Dorian slammed Dames said the runway at the airport on speed of the government’s response and said. “These are very serious times and the Bahamas with 185 mph winds that Grand Bahama island had been cleared told the storm victims, “All I need you to very sensitive times.” obliterated countless homes. and was ready for flights. Authorities also do is just be patient and wait because ev- erybody is coming.” He expressed understanding for the An array of organizations, countries and said that all ports had been reopened on On Grand Bahama, a long line formed at complaints of people who are calling for companies, including the United Nations, that island and Abaco, both of which were a cruise ship that had docked to distribute help after having their lives shattered by the U.S. government, the British Royal devastated by the Category 5 storm. Dorian, but he urged patience for efforts food and water. Among those waiting was Navy, American Airlines and Royal Carib- Hundreds of desperate storm victims by authorities to get in humanitarian aid. Wellisy Taylor, a housewife. “Nothing is going to happen overnight. bean, have mobilized to send in food, water, gathered Friday at the port on Grand “What we have to do as Bahamians, The knee-jerk reaction is always, ‘Let’s get generators, roof tarps, diapers, flashlights Abaco in hopes of getting off the devastat- we have to band together. If your brother everything all in at once,’ but there’s only and other supplies. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio ed island amid signs of rising frustration needs sugar, you’re going to have to give so much you can move at any one time,” he of Florida said the U.S. aid agency has over the pace of the disaster-relief effort. him sugar. If you need cream, they’ll have said. asked the Defense Department to provide “It’s chaos here,” said Gee Rolle, a con- to give you cream,” she said. “That’s how I The search for victims and survivors heavy-lift cargo planes to fly in supplies. struction worker who waited with his wife grew up. That’s the Bahamas that I know.” PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 8, 2019 NATION US health officials report new deaths linked to vaping

BY MIKE STOBBE Deaths previously were report- Associated Press ed in Illinois and Oregon. Indiana officials said the per- NEW YORK — U.S. health of- son who died there was an adult, ficials Friday again urged people but they didn’t say when it hap- to stop vaping until they figure pened or release other details. out why some are coming down Health officials in Los Angeles with serious breathing illnesses. said they were investigating a Officials have identified about vaping death as well. And Min- 450 possible cases, including as nesota health officials said that many as five deaths, in 33 states. state’s first known vaping-related The count includes newly report- death was a person over 65 years ed deaths in California, Indiana with a history of lung problems and Minnesota. who had vaped illicit THC prod- No single vaping device, liq- ucts and died in August. uid or ingredient has been tied Recent attention has been fo- to all the illnesses, officials said. cused on devices, liquids, refill Many of the sickened — but not pods and cartridges that are not all — were people who said they sold in stores. had been vaping THC, the chemi- New York state has focused its cal that gives marijuana its high. investigation on an ingredient Many are teens. called Vitamin E acetate, which Health officials have only been has been used to thicken mari- counting certain lung illnesses in juana vape juice but is considered which the person had vaped with- dangerous if heated and inhaled. in three months. Doctors say the State investigators have found the illnesses resemble an inhalation substance in 13 cartridges col- injury, with the body apparently lected from eight patients. In sev- reacting to a caustic substance eral cases, the ingredient made that someone breathed in. Symp- up more than half of the liquid in toms have included shortness of the cartridge. breath, fatigue, chest pain and CDC officials said they are vomiting. looking at several ingredients, The illnesses have all surfaced including Vitamin E acetate. But RICHARD VOGEL/AP this year, and the number has Meaney-Delman added that no A woman takes a puff from a cannabis vape pen in Los Angeles. U.S. health officials are again urging been growing quickly in the last single factor has been seen in people to stop vaping until they figure out why some are coming down with serious breathing illnesses. month as more states have begun every case. investigations. A week ago, U.S. Also Friday, the New England But others say studies have not officials pegged the number at Journal of Medicine released a ‘ 215 possible cases in 25 states. series of articles that give medi- We’re all wondering if this is new or just established that adult smokers It’s unclear whether such ill- cal details about cases reported newly recognized. who try vaping end up quitting nesses were happening before in Illinois, Wisconsin and Utah. ’ smoking long term. this year. An article on 53 illnesses in Il- Dr. Dana Meaney-Delman The National Association of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “We’re all wondering if this is linois and Wisconsin noted that County and City Health Officials new or just newly recognized,” nearly one-fifth of the cases were “has long been cautious about en- Dr. Dana Meaney-Delman of the people who said they vaped nico- Meaney-Delman said avoiding cans will become wary. dorsing e-cigarettes even before Centers for Disease Control and tine and not anything that con- the recent spate of illnesses, be- Prevention told reporters Friday. tained THC or CBD oil. vaping is “the primary means There’s been a split among pub- cause little scientific evidence ex- An Illinois health official, Dr. For that reason, doctors and of preventing this severe lung lic health experts about the value Jennifer Layden, said officials health officials are continuing to disease.” of vaping nicotine. Some argue e- ists to show that e-cigarettes and there don’t know when such ill- suggest people stay away from all It’s not yet clear what impact cigarettes are not as lethal as con- other nicotine delivery devices nesses first began, but she said vaping products until the investi- the recent illnesses are having ventional cigarettes and can be a are effective cessation devices,” there has been a marked increase gation establishes exactly what’s on vaping rates, but some health valuable aid to smokers trying to spokeswoman Adriane Casalotti since spring. at the root of the illnesses. officials are hoping more Ameri- kick the habit. said in a statement. Trump fights California’s mileage rules

BY TOM KRISHER Trump’s effort to relax Obama-era mileage stan- AND ELLEN KNICKMEYER dards nationwide, weakening one of the past ad- Associated Press ministration’s main efforts to slow climate change. California’s congressionally granted authority to set DETROIT — The Trump administration Friday its own, tougher emissions standards under the 1970 launched an all-out assault on California over auto- Clean Air Act has long prodded automakers to adopt motive mileage rules, telling state officials that only more fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, which emit the federal government has the power to regulate less climate-damaging tailpipe exhaust. greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy. Ford and Honda confirmed receiving a letter from The assault began with the Justice Department the Justice Department informing them of an anti- opening an antitrust investigation into a deal be- trust inquiry into the July deal with California. The tween California and four automakers for tougher two automakers, along with Volkswagen and BMW, pollution and related mileage requirements than agreed to stricter emissions standards than those /AP PATRICK SEMANSKY those sought by President Donald Trump. Then, two preferred by Trump. The Department of Transpor- The U.S. Justice Department is conducting an antitrust investigation federal agencies told the state it has no authority to tation and the Environmental Protection Agency of four automakers that have signed on with California in a deal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. sent a letter to California saying the deal appears to toughen tailpipe emissions standards. The outcome of the fight will make or break violate the Clean Air Act and other laws. Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 WORLD Berlin probes driver’s health after 4 deaths BERLIN — Berlin police are investigating whether a health 11 Islamists sentenced in Egypt issue caused a driver to lose control of his Porsche SUV and BY SAMY MAGDY veer onto a sidewalk, killing four branded the process as a mock- people. Associated Press ery of justice. Tens of thousands Police in the German capital of Egyptians have been arrested CAIRO — An Egyptian court since 2013, and many had fled the say a 3-year-old boy, a 64-year- Saturday sentenced 11 people to country. old woman and two men in their life in prison — including the head Morsi was a defendant in the late 20s died in the Friday eve- of the outlawed Muslim Brother- ning accident. Five others were hood, Mohammed Badie — after prison-break case, but he col- injured. a retrial on charges related to lapsed in a courtroom and died Police say a blood sample was mass prison breaks at the height while appearing in a separate taken from the 42-year-old driver of the 2011 popular uprising. trial in June. of the SUV and he was treated at The retrial was related to a case Chief Judge Mohammed a hospital for head injuries. rooted in the escape of 20,000 in- Sherin Fahmi dropped the charg- Berlin police said Saturday: mates from Egyptian prisons in es against Morsi, who in 2011 “Initial indications that a medical Jan. 2011, early in the 18-day up- escaped with other Brotherhood emergency involving the driver rising that toppled longtime auto- leaders two days after they were could have been the cause, as well cratic President Hosni Mubarak, detained amid a crackdown by as all other witness statements, who testified in the case in De- Mubarak’s security forces trying information and evidence, are cember. The verdict cannot be to undercut the planned protests. part of the investigation.” appealed. The court also acquitted eight The Cairo criminal court also AHMED OMAR/AP others. Mysterious disease sentenced eight others to 15 years In June 2015, the Cairo Crimi- in prison on the same charges, An Egyptian court on Saturday, sentenced 11 people to life in killing dogs in Norway nal Court issued sentences of which include orchestrating pris- prison, including Mohammed Badie, above in 2015, after a retrial death and life imprisonment HELSINKI — Authorities in on breaks and undermining na- on charges related to mass prison breaks in 2011. Norway say they haven’t been tional security by conspiring with against Morsi and other key fig- able to detect the cause behind foreign groups: the Palestinian 2013 following the military oust- that yielded dozens of death sen- ures in the Muslim Brotherhood. an unexplained disease that is militant group Hamas and Leba- er of Egypt’s first democratically tences have been held in Egypt However, in November 2016, the estimated to have killed dozens nese militant group Hezbollah. elected president, the late Mo- since Morsi’s ouster. Court of Cassation, Egypt’s final of dogs in the country in recent This is the latest of several life hammed Morsi, a Brotherhood The trials and death sentences recourse for appeals in crimi- days. sentences for Badie. He’s also leader, amid nationwide protests have consistently drawn scath- nal cases, annulled the sentence The Norwegian Food Safety been sentenced to death in sepa- against his one-year rule. ing criticism from rights groups and ordered a retrial of the Authority said Saturday that it rate trials held after his arrest in Several mass trials of Islamists at home and abroad, which have defendants. had been informed of another six cases of dogs falling ill, with two them already dead, all with the same symptoms of vomiting and bloody diarrhea. Lawyer of American teen in Italy drops release bid

UN: Floods and heavy BY GIADA ZAMPANO a scuffle. teens. rainfall in Sudan kill 78 Associated Press A hearing on Natale-Hjorth’s petition for Prosecutors contend that Elder stabbed release will be held Sept. 16. Cerciello Rega while Natale-Hjorth scuffled CAIRO — A U.N. humanitarian ROME — The lawyer for one of two Ameri- In a family statement issued Friday, Elder’s with the officer’s partner during a rendezvous agency says flooding triggered by can teenagers being held in the slaying of mother, Leah, said “she has been grateful to organized by the teens to obtain money and an Italian police officer said Saturday that heavy rains in Sudan have killed have been able to see her son” in Rome in the cocaine in exchange for a backpack they had he has dropped a request for his client to be a total of 78 people across the past two days and sent her thoughts to Cerci- snatched. released. country in the past two months. ello Rega’s family. The backpack belonged to an Italian man Finnegan Lee Elder’s lawyer, Renato Bor- Mary Keller, head of monitoring “Finn is trying to stay hopeful but has suf- suspected of being an intermediary in the and reporting at the U.N. Office zone, said in a statement that the defense still fered from severe depression since the inci- drug deal, who called the Carabinieri asking for the Coordination of Humani- needs more time to get a full picture of what dent,” the family said. “While in prison he them to intervene. tarian Affairs, told The Associat- happened. He added that he is still working to ed Press on Saturday the deaths clarify “key passages” in the investigation. has seen the way the media has portrayed Both teens have told investigators that they were mainly because of collapsed Elder and his friend, Gabriel Natale-Hjorth him and the circumstances of the case and didn’t know that the two officers were Cara- roofs and electrocution. who is also in custody, were jailed in Rome in it has been difficult to hear the facts unfairly binieri as they were in plainclothes and didn’t She says that over 41,000 homes July as authorities investigate their alleged misrepresented.” identify themselves. But their version con- have been destroyed, and that the roles in the fatal stabbing of Italian police offi- Cerciello Rega was stabbed to death while tradicts that of Cerciello Rega’s partner, who floods have affected 346,300 peo- cer Mario Cerciello Rega. Italian prosecutors he was investigating with a colleague an al- said they both showed their badges when they ple in 16 of Sudan’s 18 provinces. say Elder confessed knifing the officer during leged drug deal gone wrong involving the two confronted the teens. 2 German climbers die hiking in Austrian Alps Mugabe to be buried at the BERLIN — Austrian authori- ties say two German men have died in separate accidents while hilltop shrine in Zimbabwe hiking in the Alps. Austria’s APA news agency BY FARAI MUTSAKA “Comrade Mugabe will be bur- reported Saturday a 60-year- Associated Press ied at the Heroes Acre,” deputy old man died while hiking near information minister Energy Nassereith in western Austria HARARE, Zimbabwe — Rob- Mutodi said. “That is where he after falling Friday as part of a ert Mugabe will be buried at a deserves to rest.” three-man climbing team roped hilltop shrine reserved exclu- Leo Mugabe, a nephew of Rob- /AP together. sively for Zimbabwe’s ruling elite, ert Mugabe and a family spokes- TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI The man was the lead climber an official said Saturday, as the man, told The Associated Press Robert Mugabe will be buried at the hilltop shrine reserved and fell past the middle climber southern African nation began that the date of the funeral and exclusively for Zimbabwe’s ruling elite, an official said Saturday . and ended up hanging upside several days of official mourning. other details, including when down and suffering fatal injuries. Mugabe, who was 95 when he Mugabe’s body will arrive in Zim- Mugabe is viewed by many linquish power by a previously About 25 miles to the south died Friday in Singapore, will be babwe, weren’t yet available. as a national hero despite de- loyal military in November 2017. near St. Leonhard im Pitztal, a laid to rest in Harare at the Na- “Arrangements are not in place cades of rule that left the country Flags flew at half-staff Sat- 50-year-old climber fell into a tional Heroes Acre, which has yet,” he said in a text message. struggling. He was an ex-guer- urday, but there were no public crevasse at high altitude on Fri- been set aside for Zimbabweans Located on a hilltop, and built rilla chief who took power in 1980 activities to mark the death of a day and suffered serious injuries. who have made huge sacrifices with the help of North Korean ar- when Zimbabwe shook off white Rescue crews were able to get during the war against white- chitects, the plot has a command- minority rule and presided for man who singularly shaped the him to a hospital for treatment minority rule and who dedicated ing view of Harare, features a decades while economic turmoil once-prosperous country in his but APA reported he died Satur- themselves to the nation, which huge bronze statue of three guer- and human rights violations erod- own image and created a repres- day morning. emerged from the ashes of colo- rilla fighters and boasts black ed its early promise. sive system that some say re- From The Associated Press nial Rhodesia. marble and granite flourishes. Mugabe had been forced to re- mains even today. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 8, 2019 WORLD Hong Kong mounts airport security blitz

BY EILEEN NG AND KATIE TAM of the Chinese territory’s eroding Associated Press autonomy since the former Brit- ish colony was returned to China HONG KONG — Hong Kong in 1997. authorities mounted a security Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam blitz at and near the airport on announced Wednesday that her Saturday, averting a second government would withdraw the straight weekend of disruptions bill, but that failed to appease pro- by pro-democracy activists who testers, who have expanded their have refused to yield even after goals to include other issues. gaining a concession from the The airport rail link was sus- government last week. pended last weekend after pro- Police mounted road checks testers threw objects on the track, and inspected passengers on blocked roads near the airport trains and buses heading to the and damaged a nearby subway airport to weed out protesters. An station. Associated Press journalist at an area near the airport witnessed Last month, the airport was at least two bus passengers being shut down for two days after pro- handcuffed and taken away after testers occupied the terminals, police found face masks in their leading to violent clashes. bags. There were calls online for pro- The express train service to testers to shed their trademark the airport was limited, running black shirts and forge boarding to and from downtown Hong passes to gain access to airport Kong but skipping all stations in terminals on Saturday. between. Only people with plane Police warned using fake tickets were allowed to enter boarding passes to gain entry the terminals, and those milling could land offenders up to 14 VINCENT YU/AP around an adjoining bus terminal years in jail. They also said mo- were chased off. Riot police check passengers’ bags at the Airport Express central station in Hong Kong on Saturday. torists who intentionally slow Several hundred angry protest- down to disrupt traffic could be ers, many in masks, converged brutality against demonstrators ning as the mood grew tense. Pro- frequent target during a summer charged with dangerous or reck- at a subway station in the Tung during three months of protests testers spilled onto the street but of protests sparked by an extradi- less driving. Chung area adjacent to the air- in the city that have become in- left after riot police with batons tion bill that would have allowed Airport operations were run- port. They chanted slogans and creasingly violent. confronted them. criminal suspects to be sent to ning normally, although some called police “murderers” amid Shops were shuttered and the Hong Kong’s airport, the mainland China for trial. Many travelers complained they had to widespread anger over alleged station was shut down in the eve- world’s eighth busiest, has been a saw the bill as a glaring example get to the airport early. India loses touch with lunar lander Associated Press the spacecraft was lost.” Dr. Kailasavadivoo Sivan, the BANGALORE, India — India’s agency chairman, said the data space agency said it lost touch was being analyzed to find out with its Vikram lunar lander on what happened. Saturday as it made its final ap- The roughly $140 million mis- proach to the moon’s south pole to sion, known as Chandrayaan-2, deploy a rover to search for signs was intended to study permanent- of water. ly shadowed moon craters that are The fate of the lander — wheth- thought to contain water deposits er it crashed or landed — wasn’t that were confirmed by the Chan- immediately known. drayaan-1 mission in 2008. A successful landing would India’s achievements in space have made India just the fourth have been hailed by Modi as a country to land a vessel on the symbol of the country’s rising lunar surface and only the third ambition as a global power. to operate a robotic rover there. Even after communication was EFREM LUKATSKY/AP The space agency said the land- lost, scientists at mission control Ukrainian prisoners freed by Russia are greeted upon their arrival at Kyiv Boryspil International Airport in er’s descent was normal until 1.2 chanted, “Victory for Mother Ukraine on Saturday. miles from the lunar surface. India” in response to Modi’s “Let us hope for the best,” said speech. Indian Prime Minister Narendra The space agency’s chairman Modi, who was at mission control had earlier called Chandrayaan-2 Ukraine, Russia exchange prisoners in the southern city of Bangalore. the “most complex mission ever” The entire control center was undertaken by the agency. Associated Press steps on crutches and another was held by the arms jubilant during the first 10 min- The mission lifted off on July as he slowly navigated the steps. utes of the lander’s descent, with 22 from the Satish Dhawan space MOSCOW — Russia and Ukraine on Saturday At Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport, the scientists breaking out in occa- center in Sriharikota, an island exchanged 35 prisoners each to the other country, sional cheers. The mood suddenly off the coast of the southern state a move that could be a significant step toward eas- released prisoners stayed aboard the plane for about turned somber and then dejected of Andhra Pradesh. ing Russia-Ukraine relations and raise chances for 15 minutes for unexplained reasons, then disem- when the lander stopped sending After its launch, Chandrayaan- resolving the conflict in Ukraine’s east. barked with many toting baggage. data during its final minutes of 2 spent several weeks making its At Kyiv Boryspil International Airport in the The released prisoners aboard the Russian plane descent. way toward the moon, ultimately Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, the prisoners were greeted included Kirill Vyshinsky, head of the Russian state “I can understand the sadness entering lunar orbit on Aug. 20. by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as they stepped news agency RIA-Novosti’s Ukraine branch, who in your face,” Modi later told gath- On Sept. 2, Vikram separated down the stairway from an airplane that had brought had been jailed since 2018 on treason charges. ered scientists after being briefed from the mission’s orbiter, and them from Moscow. Relatives waiting on the tarmac The prisoners from the Russian side included 24 by the space agency’s chairman. the lander began a series of brak- surged forward to hug them. Ukrainian sailors who were seized by Russia in No- “I have lived the moment with ing maneuvers to lower its orbit Most of the prisoners appeared to be in good vember, and filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, convicted of you when communication with and ready itself for landing. physical condition, although one struggled down the plotting terrorist acts. Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 8, 2019 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Man charged for leaving ‘stink bomb’ at office

CAPE GIRARDEAU MO — A Cape Girardeau man is charged with making a terrorist threat after he allegedly dropped a “stink bomb” at a cable service office. The Southeast Missourian re- ported a court statement filed by police said Deandre Dunn, 35, was arrested after the incident at a Spectrum office in Cape Gi- rardeau Tuesday. An employee trying to help Dunn, who was upset with his service, said Dunn at one point ducked below the counter and then he left in a hurry. The statement said after Dunn left, several employees reported feeling sick. Four employees and six customers who left the build- ing were treated at the scene. Police said liquid found inside a broken glass vial in the office contained no harmful chemicals. Post office renamed for soldier killed in combat

ALPHA — A western Il- IL linois post office has been named in honor of a 26-year-old soldier who died while serving in Afghanistan. The Alpha Post Office was for- mally renamed the Capt. Joshua E. Steele Post Office during a re- cent ceremony . Steele was raised on his fam- DON CAMPBELL, THE (ST. JOSEPH, MICH.) HERALD-PALLADIUM/AP ily farm in North Henderson. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 2002 and was Secret sanctuary commissioned that year as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He A student relaxes in the 22-foot concrete sculpture titled “Regeneration” by artist Alan Collins on Thursday in the Science complex on the served in Iraq and the Republic campus of Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich. of Georgia before he was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghani- annual fall festival. THE CENSUS that Lindsey Scott entered the stan in 2007. The maze features a depic- plea last week as part of a deal tion of a football player wearing that includes a suspended 180- Woman hits another the No. 87 making Gronkowski’s The number of whooping cough cases confirmed this year in Montana’s Missoula County. Health promotion day jail sentence. James “J.R.” signature post-touchdown spike, woman with bottle director Cindy Farr said the number of cases is unprec- Moore was attacked in the city’s along with the phrases “Thanks 169 edented, noting the highest number the county saw in Hall of Justice in July. He has Gronk” and “Go Pats.” HARTFORD — Au- the past was 23 cases in 2012. The county health said he was eating when he sud- The farm said in the post, CT thorities said a Con- department hired 10 nurses to help contact people with whooping cough and try denly felt “a thud” on his scalp. necticut woman is facing charges “What an a-maize-ing person you to curb the outbreak. The agency encouraged caution for anyone showing symp- Scott’s attorney, Shaun Wimberly for allegedly smashing a glass are on and off the field, Gronk.” toms of the illness, especially among children who are just returning to school. Sr., said Moore bullied Scott. bottle over another woman’s face outside a restaurant. 130-year-old painting Woman kept boyfriend’s Hartford police Lt. Paul Cicero restored, hung back up corpse in apartment said Avon resident Ronda Heard, a car. Niko is 16-year-old Caden The underground tunnels at 40, is accused of hitting a woman SARASOTA — After Alt’s adventure partner. the former prison, Old New-Gate MONROE, MICH. — A with a bottle and breaking it over spending more than half On July 26, Niko went camping Prison & Copper Mine in East FL southeastern Michigan her face after an argument on a century in storage, a massive oil with Caden’s father, David Alt, in Granby, are the winter home of MI woman who authorities said kept March 28 in Hartford. painting will once again hang in the Gifford Pinchot National For- several state-endangered bat Heard was arrested Saturday the corpse of her boyfriend, 61, the Ringling Museum of Art after est. Later that night, Niko wan- species. and faces first-degree assault and undergoing major restoration dered over to the road and got On Saturday, the public can in their apartment and used his first-degree reckless endanger- made possible by a grant awarded hit by a car. David ran from the catch a glimpse of endangered credit card has been sentenced to ment charges. to the museum. campsite just in time to see Niko bats in the “bat cave.” Other fam- six months in jail. The Hartford Courant reported “Emperor Justinian,” created sprint off into the woods. ily friendly activities are planned The Monroe News reported the victim went to the police and that Angela Shock, 50, received showed them medical records by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Con- For the next 31 days, he and as well. stant in 1886, is a towering 13.3- Caden spent as much time as they The Department of Energy and her punishment Thursday after that indicated she needed 45 earlier pleading guilty to conceal- stitches on her face. by-22-foot oil on canvas piece could going back to look. Environmental Protection and depicting the Byzantine Emperor Then last weekend, they got a Department of Economic and ing a death and illegal use of a fi- Farm pays tribute to atop his throne in the company of call from two men who had seen a Community Development are nancial transaction device. his consuls. post about Niko on Facebook and planning “Bat Appreciation Day” Shock apologized for her ac- Gronk with corn maze The painting was acquired by spotted him about 100 yards from to highlight the site’s importance tions. She said her boyfriend was John Ringling from a private col- where he disappeared. to conserving the bat population. her only means of support. NORTHBOROUGH lector in 1929 and is considered Niko lost about 15 pounds but is Monroe police were called in MA — A Massachusetts one of the most important works otherwise doing well. Attorney beats colleague April by a relative of the man who farm is paying tribute to recently by the French artist. bloody with a Lysol can said his family hadn’t heard from retired New England Patriots Bat appreciation day to him in several weeks. Officers at- tight end Rob Gronkowski with a Dog survives 31 days in tempting to check on him found corn maze. be held at former prison LOUISVILLE — A his corpse at the apartment in West End Creamery in North- woods after being hit KY Kentucky attorney has Monroe, located about 35 miles bridge in a post on social media EAST GRANBY — The pleaded guilty to fourth-degree last weekend that included an aer- VA NCOU VER — CT nation’s oldest prison assault in an attack on a fellow south of Detroit. Police said he ial view of the maze announced WA Niko, a Vancouver will be the backdrop for a day lawyer who was beaten bloody had died of medical issues a few that its Gronk maze opens later family’s dog, survived 31 days in devoted to the importance of con- with a Lysol can. weeks earlier. this month as part of the farm’s the wilderness after getting hit by serving bats in Connecticut. The Courier Journal reported From wire reports Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 MOVIES

essential to re-create the magic of the kids’ face. It was the only take they could use. friendship from the fi rst fi lm. So on the “Andy told me that in many of the takes fi rst night on location, Muschietti gathered he couldn’t fi nd me,” Chastain said. “I was The Losers are back them all for drinks at a place in Toronto to hiding because I was laughing so much.” break the ice. Hader remembers walking Overnight shoots and 18-hour days were in and being presented with what he can not uncommon during the grueling few only describe as “scotch in a smoky orb.” months, nor were some minor injuries. The cast of ‘It Chapter Two’ bonds over scotch, His co-stars jumped in to help. Bean re- One who avoided the scrapes and strains membered it being a “Dracula-like glass,” of the others, however, was Mustafa. long days and a mission to take down Pennywise while Ransone, whom everyone calls PJ, “I was the one cast member who was offered that it was more like “ ‘Beauty and stretching before,” Mustafa said. “I came the Beast’ with the rose inside.’ BY LINDSEY BAHR from a fairly physical TV show and also school, going back to Derry. Now we’re “Andy was like, you must drink this!” Associated Press getting to the end, and it’s bittersweet.” played in the NFL. I know better. You Hader said, imitating Muschietti’s Argen- need to warm up.” After fi ve straight years of work, there tine accent. “I was like, I guess I’m having t’s a weekday morning in Los Ange- is a kind of ease on his part, fi nally, thanks But he also said that psychologically, les and three “losers” — Bill Hader, a drink, and I sat down and within two he was haunted throughout the produc- to the enormous success of the fi rst fi lm, minutes we got real, like super real.” James Ransone and Andy Bean which earned more than $700 million tion (thanks in part to reading some 14 — are sitting around a bright juice Hader pulled up a photo from the Stephen King books during fi lming) and I globally from a $35 million production night as proof. And there they were, the shop with a view of the ocean discussing budget. It also won over the critics. That didn’t fully unplug from the experience babies, surf lessons and trips to Hawaii soon-to-be losers smiling around the table for another eight months. goodwill played a role in recruiting what and this smoky scotch glass, a scene that over iced coffees and eggs. It is a scene Chastain had one day where she had to he describes as his “dream cast” to play looked equal parts awkward, intense, fun that’s far too idyllic and nice for the movie the grown-up losers for “Chapter Two.” be submerged in blood, which was tough they’re promoting, “It Chapter Two.” But and a little strange. It would be an apt Chastain, who’d worked with Muschietti enough, but she didn’t realize that it also after the physically and psychologically prelude to what they’d all go through to- on “Mama,” was the fi rst to board, and she meant that for the next month, she had to taxing fi ve-month shoot, not to mention gether for the next few months in Canada put the word out to her frequent co-star to make the nearly three-hour conclusion be doused daily with the cold fake blood to the pressures to live up to both Stephen keep up the continuity. King’s novel and the fi rst installment, “It,” McAvoy on the set of “Dark Phoenix.” to the It saga. “I loved the book as a kid, and I really The next night they fi lmed their fi rst “There was a lot of empathy for Jessica they deserve a little bit of a break. on the set,” Ryan said. Hader, Ransone and Bean are just three enjoyed the movie as well,” McAvoy said. scene together: A dinner gathering at the Chastain quipped back: “No, there of the seven-member Losers Club — Rich- “I didn’t need convincing.” Chinese restaurant where the characters wasn’t: There was a lot of teasing!” ie, Eddie and Stanley — who battled the Hader was actually someone his meet for the fi rst time in almost three demonic clown Pennywise (Bill Skars- younger counterpart, Finn Wolfhard of decades. (According to Ryan, most of that teasing gard) as kids. They and Jessica Chastain “Stranger Things,” suggested in an ar- “I was concerned about how the group came by way of Hader.) But they were all (Beverly), James McAvoy (Bill) and Jay ticle, which amused Hader and his agent. would work,” Muschietti said. “But it was in the trenches together, and they’ve come Ryan (Ben) are called on to return to their But then a few months later Muschietti exhilarating. I saw the chemistry happen out of the experience as friends too. Now hometown of Derry, Maine, 27 years later actually called to request a meeting. in front of my eyes.” it’s just a matter of getting the fi lm out to by Mike (Isaiah Mustafa). Pennywise has “Finn owns Hollywood, basically,” Ryan added that there was another the world for the fi nal test. As for whether come back and they made a blood pact Hader said with a shrug. “But I’d never element to the bonding. Three nights of 7 or not they’re nervous that it’ll live up to to fi nish the job, even if the ones who left been in a horror movie before and I love p.m.-to-7 a.m. shoots led to “some halluci- expectations? (that is, everyone but Mike), don’t remem- these kinds of monster movies. I thought it nation going on, too,” Ryan recalled. “That’s like thinking while you’re driv- ber anything. would be fun.” Chastain even found herself getting the ing, ‘Is my car going to fall apart?’ ” Hader “I was so happy to go back,” said direc- Beyond McAvoy and Chastain, none of giggles watching Hader improvise a scene said. “You just kind of have to do it.” tor Andy Muschietti. “When ‘Chapter the seven had a close relationship or his- with a young kid. Look closely and you Not a dissimilar philosophy to taking Two’ kicked off it was like going back to tory, and their chemistry was going to be might just catch her with a smile on her down an evil supernatural clown.

Andy Muschietti, far right, director of “It Chapter Two,” poses with his “dream cast,” from left, James McAvoy, Jay Ryan, Bill Hader, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Isaiah Mustafa and Jessica Chastain at the Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles on Aug. 27.

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PHOTOS BY CHARLES SYKES, INVISION/AP Country singer Morgan Wallen poses for a portrait after getting a mullet at Paul Mole Barber Shop on Aug. 27 in New York. Wallen, 26, who has turned heads with his likable hit song “Whiskey Glasses,” said he decided to try a mullet after seeing old photos of his dad proudly rocking the hairstyle at around the same age. How to get a mullet, and popping career, like country singer Morgan Wallen

BY MESFIN FEKADU Wallen’s mullet isn’t overshadowing his Associated Press success in music: “Whiskey Glasses,” the third single from his 2018 debut album reakthrough country “If I Know Me,” became a sleeper hit and singer Morgan Wallen is topped Billboard’s Hot Country Songs making moves with his chart for two weeks this year. The song is hit single about drinking just one of three country tunes to reach away heartache, “Whis- the Top 20 of the all-genre Hot 100 chart key Glasses,” but he’s also this year. turning heads thanks to And last week, Wallen — who competed Bhis trendy mullet. on “The Voice” in 2014 and co-wrote Wallen, 26, whose grandfather was songs for Jason Aldean and Kane Brown a barber, confidently rocks the hairdo, — earned a nomination for new artist of which he said he decided to try after see- the year at the Country Music Association ing old photos of his dad proudly rocking Awards. He’s currently performing on the a mullet. road with Florida Georgia Line, he’ll open “When my parents got married, my up for Luke Combs’ fall tour and he just dad had a mullet. Me and my dad are dropped a new collaboration with Gram- very similar-type people with the way my-winning DJ-producer Diplo. we look and the way we act, and I figured “It’s been a good year,” he said with a if he could get away with it when he was smile on his face. around 25, then I could try to do the same Wallen was raised in Sneedville, a small thing,” Wallen said. town in Tennessee with fewer than 1,500 During a trip to the Paul Mole barber- people. He grew up listening to lots of shop — which claims to be the oldest shop different music: Because his father was a in New York City at 106 years old — Wal- Wallen and hair stylist Amy Georgulis discuss how much to take off the top. preacher, he was into Christian and gospel len’s hair stylist, Amy Georgulis, gives the music, but he loved classic rock and bands performer a fresh haircut, as they trade as I know. If you come to my shows or similar mullets and it’s pretty cool,” he like the Eagles. thoughts on how much to trim. if you see a lot of fans or things that I’m said. “I didn’t really expect it to become (a “It definitely has become a thing as far tagged in, I’ve seen a lot of people with thing).” CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 MUSIC REVIEWS

FROM PAGE 16 Whitney Jesse Malin He never imagined a career in music: Forever Turned Around Sunset Kids “I played baseball my whole life. I end (Secretly Canadian) (Wicked Cool/Velvet Elk) up getting hurt. And that’s when I kind of started writing music to kind of get Indie-rock duo Straighten out the my feelings out.” Whitney might have a turns in Jesse Malin’s In an interview with The Associated light, easy sound, but career and you’ll Press, after getting his fresh haircut, that isn’t an indica- have yourself a long Wallen spoke about his mullet and his tion of the themes road. From his pre- music. they touch on or emotions they evoke. pubescent start on the New York hardcore AP: Did you have a mullet as a kid? Wallen Diplo The pair piqued interest with their debut scene to his days in the punkish D-Gen- Wallen: No. I had a bowl cut. That was album “Light Upon the Lake,” and with eration and an extensive solo résumé, pretty bad. Definitely a bowl cut. And How Morgan Wallen “Forever Turned Around,” they’ve proved the Flushing-born singer-songwriter has I used to have blond, like really, really, that the success of their fi rst wasn’t a produced plenty of highlights. blond hair when I was a kid. So blond got paired with Diplo fl uke. You can put “Sunset Kids” among them, bowl cut — that’s what I was rocking Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek, both an album where the ghosts of the punk when I was a little kid. Rising country singer Morgan Wallen in their mid-20s, write well beyond their years permeate the lyrics while the musi- What did you think when you first has a new collaboration with three-time years. The 10-track sophomore album is cal side hovers over the genres he’s mas- got a mullet? Grammy-winning mega-producer Diplo, one that is both melancholy and hopeful, tered since his solo debut, “The Fine Art I liked it. We kind of shaped it really, but Wallen admits Diplo probably didn’t contemplating the impermanence of both of Self-Destruction” — pop songs, rockers, so I didn’t really have a mullet at first. know who he was before they worked love and being. alt-country/Americana and ballads that go It was just like an idea and we had to cut together. Ehrlich’s distinctive cooing falsetto directly for the tear ducts. it to where it would grow into a mullet. Managers for Diplo, who is working paired with horns on songs like “Giving There’s a saying that something’s twice ... It took a few months until it grew into on a country music project under his Up” and “Friend of Mine” gives their as good if it’s brief, and the 14 songs on a mullet; I think probably around six real name, Thomas Wesley, reached sound its youthful feel, while lines such “Sunset Kids” — produced by Lucinda months before you could actually see out to Wallen’s manager, Seth England, as “I don’t feel alive but I’ve been living” Williams and husband Tom Overby — of- what I was trying to do. Before those six looking for new material. England, who ground the album in reality. ten stay around the ideal three-minute months you might have wondered like, also manages Florida Georgia Line and The lyrics are both vulnerable and reso- mark. “What is this guy doing?” But you might Chris Lane, sent over songs including a lute, with choruses that are often astonish- Opener “Meet Me at the End of the still wonder that (laughs). tune Wallen worked on. ingly simple — the repetition of two to fi ve World Again” is very ’70s, like Lou Reed Did you think “Whiskey Glasses” “(Seth) was like, ‘Oh, by the way, I words sung gently by Ehrlich. fronting the Rolling Stones, and Malin would become a No. 1 hit? also want to throw in this one with this Simple words follow poignant lines such feeling like he’s “at the wrong end of It’s one of the songs that I had a good kid’ — me — which is a song that I had as in “Valleys (My Love)” when a chorus someone else’s joke.” feeling about before we put it out just put my voice on,” Wallen recalled. “And of “my love” echoes after Ehrlich sings, “I Williams co-wrote “Room 13,” her sing- because I saw the reaction live before they ended up liking that one the best, I feel like I’m holding on / To a place in your ing roughing up the edges of the Eagles- it was a single. I saw that people were guess. And we just went back and forth.” heart that’s long gone.” like backing vocals. “Chemical Heart” is really naturally just drawn to it ... and The result is “Heartless,” which was The album is full of sound, coloring cozy fun and brief like a Replacements song it’s just been cool to see the relation released last month. Wallen said he and guitar riffs and twinkling keys with strings and mentions Jake LaMotta, Ike and Tina people have made to that song. It’s been Diplo, who has produced for everyone and brass. Turner and Bernie Taupin seemingly at awesome and we’ve gone from playing from Justin Bieber to Beyonce, recorded The title track is a shining example of random. shows where there wasn’t hardly any- their parts separately. what Whitney is capable of, allowing the “Shane” is about former Pogues front- body there to a drastic change with the They didn’t meet until they filmed listener to drink in the bittersweet sound man Shane MacGowan and it’s probably amount of people being there. the music video. Wallen called Diplo “a of a song that is both beautiful in composi- sadder than it should be, while Billie Joe You’ve written a lot of songs, but you super cool guy.” tion and wary in tone. “The highs keep Armstrong adds a dose of energy to the falling back down / But it gets no better nostalgic “Strangers and Thieves.” didn’t write “Whiskey Glasses.” Did “It’s way very different than anything thinking about / The way forever turned “Dead On,” boosted by an overripe the song remind you of your own life? I’ve done before,” Wallen said. “I’ve al- around.” guitar, details Malin’s escape from the Yeah. I mean, I didn’t necessar- ways liked all kinds of different types of — Ragan Clark clutches of a femme fatale, with Williams’ ily (think of) one breakup when I was music. Right after high school ... the first Associated Press singing in character and bound to put a recording it, when I was singing it, but time I ever recorded music was with a fright into even the sturdiest soul. I think we’ve all been at a place in our rapper, a friend of mine, and I would Over the years, Malin has worked him- life, whether it’s a breakup or whether just be like, ‘I’ll sing your choruses.’ So I Jason self into the extensive and distinguished it’s just something that happened, and would sing his hooks and he would go in Hawk Harris line of New York troubadours stretching you didn’t want to think about it at that there and rap.” Love & the Dark from Dion and Lou Reed to Garland Jef- moment in time. And that’s definitely “If a song can make you feel some- thing, then that’s what’s most important, (Bloodshot) freys and Willie Nile, and “Sunset Kids” something I felt I had been through, confi rms his membership in that tradition. and I figured a lot of people would have and it did, so I’m glad it’s out.” A single guitar solo — Mesfin Fekadu — Pablo Gorondi agreed. is by itself worth the Associated Press Can you recall a time you regretted price of admission to drunk-dialing or sending a drunken Jason Hawk Harris’ text? world. Missy Elliott I don’t do that a whole lot, actually. I’m ‘ I think it’s just The climactic moment on the Houston Iconology (Atlantic) trying to think if there’s been a certain a fresh-sounding song native’s full-length debut album comes one that’s been embarrassing to me. midway through the nine-song set. It’s Take “Iconology” Probably more so, like not necessarily with the phrasing and a carefully constructed 24-bar coda to for what it sounds like: an exceedingly heartbroken, but like FaceTiming Luke “Phantom Limb,” a wrenching song about slapdash and mini- Bryan at like 5 in the morning. That’s the rhythm and all of the the death of Harris’ mother, and the emo- mal release under probably worse. He didn’t answer, to say tions channeled through his six-string are production that we used, 15 minutes in length the least (laughs). We’re buddies, though. sad, angry, beautiful and enough to make rush-released to cash in on Missy Elliott’s Is whiskey your preferred drink? so it doesn’t completely you cry. Video Vanguard honor at the best VMAs Yeah. I like whiskey and I like vodka, That’s not all. shock me. But it is cool in more than a decade. Her fi rst collec- too. And beer. And tequila. Actually, I’ll “Love & the Dark” explores self-de- tion since 2005 is even shorter when you take tequila shots every once in a while, that I’ve noticed a lot struction, the great unknown and mat- snip one of the two versions of the sung but it’s not my favorite anymore. ters of the heart with bracing honesty doo-wop “Why I Still Love You” — I’d Pop fans have gravitated toward of people who say, “I and humor. Harris’ entertaining array of keep the a cappella one, more impres- “Whiskey Glasses” — did that surprise musical stylings includes a punk gospel don’t listen to country sive for bucking longtime accusations you? stomper (“I’m Afraid”), a twangy toe- music, but I like ‘Whiskey tapper (“Cussing at the Light”) and an that her beats call the shots. The three I definitely didn’t expect that with this other tunes are high-quality, low-budget song. Just because I feel like it’s really Glasses.’ ” arena-ready power ballad (“The Smoke and the Stars”). Harris’ training in clas- reboots of her signature bump: “Throw It country. It definitely is. The subject mat- ’ Back” pretends a single sleigh bell shake ter, the sounds, everything that we used. Morgan Wallen sical composition shows in arrangements on the success and crossover that benefi t from a range of dynamics and is as striking as the elephant in “Work It,” But I think it’s just a fresh-sounding and the footwork-goes-old-school “Cool song with the phrasing and the rhythm appeal of his hit song surprising tempo shifts, along with lots of terrifi c playing and singing by the sup- Off” is cleverly infl ected to sound like and all of the production that we used, so “culo.” Most forgettable and conventional it doesn’t completely shock me. But it is porting cast. Harris himself sounds a lot like Jason Isbell, but that quickly becomes is “DripDemeanor,” featuring someone cool that I’ve noticed a lot of people who named Sum1. Just because we missed say, “I don’t listen to country music, but I immaterial because his material’s so good. For example, take album closer “Grand- her so much doesn’t mean she owed us an like ‘Whiskey Glasses.’ ” And they’ll start album, though it wouldn’t have killed her listening to other songs of mine. It’s cool father,” another refl ection on the dearly departed. It’s musically inventive — cue to put 2015’s stickier “WTF (Where they to be able to relate to people who aren’t From)” on this. And when that album does necessarily from the same way of life as the xylophone — with death undone in the powerful fi nal two verses. Can’t beat that arrive, you betcha “Iconology” helped me or don’t even maybe know what I’m take the pressure off. talking about in some of my songs. It’s for a happy ending. — Steven Wine — Dan Weiss just cool that music has that ability to do The Philadelphia Inquirer that. Associated Press PAGE 18 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 8, 2019 BOOKS

BY RAGAN CLARK the news, they were very aware Associated Press that they were receiving one of Greta’s organs and the person ayson and Stacy Greene actually reached out to us to let speak of grief matter-of- us know that their child was alive factly and calmly, as it’s because of Greta,” Stacy Greene Jsomething they’ve come to said. know intimately since the tragic “That was such a closed circle death of their 2-year-old daugh- in a way that we never would ter, Greta, in 2015. have imagined,” Jayson Greene “I wouldn’t say that the work said. is complete because I don’t think Since the book’s publica- it ever is when you’re grieving,” tion, they say their lives have Stacy Greene said. changed, but in many ways, Greta was sitting outside on they haven’t. On the night of the a bench with her grandmother book release, their 3-year-old in New York’s Upper West Side son, Harrison, threw a temper when she was struck by a falling tantrum. piece of a windowsill. She was “Before we’re leaving like, you rushed to the emergency room know, again, it’s this book about where she died. our family and the beauty and As an editor at online music Harrison just throws the world’s magazine Pitchfork, writing biggest tantrum,” Greene says was a natural outlet for Jayson with a laugh. “And Stacy’s put- Greene. “I always wanted to ting on makeup and she looks, write a book,” he said, but he and he’s screaming, and she’s didn’t know the fi rst one would like, ‘Cherish every moment.’ ” be so personal. What started The tantrum ended, but as journal entries turned into something more six months after Greene says that life is “just as Greta’s death. real as it was before.” “Once More We Saw Stars” is They still have to juggle with a memoir about the aftermath of school out for the summer, and their daughter’s death and the they still make “the same mis- experience of coping with grief. takes,” like letting Harrison stay While the death of a young up too late. child is a dark and diffi cult jour- But what has changed is the ney to take a reader on, Greene way they talk about Greta. says it was important to him that “Before the book published, the reader felt safe. what we had to tell people about “If I’m going to write a book Greta was something so awful: about this, I need it to be bear- Our daughter died. She died able and readable without being Power of love meaninglessly and violently in false or untrue in some way,” he an accident. She was 2,” Greene said. said. “And now what I say is, ‘I He took inspiration from wrote a book about my daughter. Paul Kalanithi’s “When Breath It’s called ‘Once More We Saw Becomes Air” and Joan Didion’s Author Jayson Greene fi nds community Stars.’ ” “The Year of Magical Think- If readers of his memoir take ing” for their ability to provide a with book on young daughter’s death away anything, he hopes that it “window” into the world of death is this: “It’s possible to live your and “tell the truth without sort of life; not just survive, but to live. It howling it at you.” was possible for us; it is possible.” “I think that there were books moved by the outpouring of sup- provided them with a sense of tions to these readers who are I opened up where I didn’t feel port from readers. community. fellow bereaved people or people Stacy Greene and her husband, safe with the narrator,” Greene “We’ve heard from lots of “I feel like the book has been who are in some way connected Jayson Greene, discuss Jayson’s said. “I’m stepping into this people, particularly people sort of this beautiful extension to the grief that we experienced.” book, “Once More We Saw person’s wound rather than into who’ve lost children, who’ve where people have reached out One person they heard from Stars,” a nonfiction narrative of their story, and it felt dangerous said, ‘Thank you for articulating that are this extended part of this after the book release was a par- grief and acceptance following in a way that I was careful to what it was that I was feeling,’ community that we would have ticular surprise — the parent of a the death of their 2-year-old avoid.” and that’s an incredible thing,” never otherwise reached,” Stacy child who received one of Greta’s daughter, Greta, at their home Since the book’s publication Greene said. Greene said. “I’ve been grateful organs. in Brooklyn, N.Y., in July. in May, the couple have been He said the book has also that we’ve had these connec- “Because our story was in BEBETO MATTHEWS/AP After his daughter died, a father turned his pain into a beautiful memoir

BY HELLER MCALPIN become a lactation consultant and cable, suddenly looks thin, translucent.” Special to The Washington Post nutritionist. Their story is not just At the park, he also begins to sense an “opening” that of loss, but of their remarkable will somehow reconnect him with Greta. He and Stacy Four years ago, a horrible accident shook my Upper love, which helps them through are forever on the hunt for such openings — partings West Side Manhattan neighborhood: A toddler sitting this tragedy. in “the curtain separating us from her spirit.” In the with her grandmother on a sidewalk bench was hit on the The fi rst section painfully absence of ties to any formal religion, they practice yoga head by masonry that fell from an eighth-fl oor window- reconstructs the immediate religiously. The couple heads to the Kripalu Institute in sill. The injury was fatal. aftermath of the accident, includ- Stockbridge, Mass., for a workshop called “From Griev- Now the little girl’s father, Jayson Greene, has pub- ing excruciating hours at their ing to Believing,” and attend a local grief group. lished a beautiful memoir, “Once More We Saw Stars,” daughter’s hospital bedside, sur- At Kripalu, writer and grief expert David Kessler about coping with the loss of his 2-year-old daughter, rounded by friends and family . instructs that “a broken heart is an open heart.” Accord- Greta. Needless to say, it’s heartbreaking. I read much of Greene writes movingly of his ingly, Jayson and Stacy open themselves up to sessions it through a blur of tears. But Greene’s book is also heart- traumatized mother-in-law, who with a medium — though Greene admits to skepticism: warming, a valuable addition to the literature of grief and Once More We suffered leg injuries from the “What had our grief made us? Had we joined ranks with an answer to the question: How does one survive such a falling bricks: “her heartbreak is the suckers, the wide-eyed, the willfully deluded?” devastating tragedy? Saw Stars so acute it is like the sun — I can’t Greene’s writerly skills are in evidence throughout The book’s title, from Dante’s “Inferno,” tips us off that Jayson Greene look at it.” this book. He opens with a lovely memory of the only Greta’s bereft parents will, in the poet’s words, “get back Aware that his story will reli- time his daughter dipped her feet in ocean water, shortly up to the shining world.” But “Once More We Saw Stars,” ably elicit shock and tears, Greene at one point bitterly before her death. Just as deliberately, he holds off for 200 an outgrowth of a journal Greene began after the acci- calls himself “a rock star of grief.” But he also writes pages before detailing their last day together, when he dent, is a chronological account, which means there’s un- gorgeously of grief — from its initial “blaze” and ensuing and Stacy, at their wit’s end with fatigue and desperate thinkable pain before the arduous “path toward healing.” “drudgery” to moments of transcendence. During a run for a break, dropped off Greta with her grandmother. Like Virgil, Greene makes for a good guide on this in the park he had frequented with Greta, Greene writes This explains his guilty, posthumous apologies: “I’m so journey to hell and back. He’s a Brooklyn-based journal- about sensing her — and her loss: “Grief at its peak has a sorry, baby girl ... your mommy and daddy just needed a ist and editor who met his wife, Stacy, a cellist by train- terrible beauty to it, a blinding fi ssion of every emotion. weekend. If we hadn’t gotten overwhelmed you’d still be ing, at the classical-music nonprofi t where they both The world is charged with signifi cance, with meaning, here. You have no idea how exhausted I would agree to be worked. After Greta’s birth, Stacy switched tracks to and the world around you, normally so solid and impla- to keep you here.” Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 19 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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A charge ABEC9 bearings are built into will keep the keyboard running BY SAM DEAN simulation changed slightly each time, letting new the wheels, which are the same for weeks. Los Angeles Times hires rack up months’ worth of experience in just type used in most high-quality a few days. skateboards. The Plugable USB 3.0 7-port arry shifted uncomfortably in his seat. The company has grown to 75 employees to Standard offi ce chairs typical- hub ($28.95) is compact and por- He didn’t know why I’d called him into match the demand for VR training coming from ly have wheels that snap out with table for ensuring that all your my offi ce, but he knew it couldn’t be Farmers and other large corporate clients, fueled a little pull. Turn your chair on USB devices are connected and Bgood. only by $5.6 million in outside investment. But the its side and give it a try. Once the charged. I told him we had gotten another report of inap- company always uses Barry’s termination as a old wheels are out, the replace- The USB 3.0 hub is backward propriate behavior — his sixth this year. demo for new clients — it’s a compelling proof- ments press right in. compatible with USB 2.0 and “Oh come on, everyone is so sensitive,” he said. of-concept experience designed, Jackson said, The smooth-rolling wheels USB 1.1 devices. Using it is “You know, it wasn’t like this 10 years ago.” “to see if talking to a virtual human can actually also can roll over cables, and if simple; just plug the included Barry was in his 60s. Finding another job to fi ll make you uncomfortable. It’s proved to be pretty they get as little as 15 minutes USB cable into an open port on the years before retirement wouldn’t be easy. effective.” of daylight or 1.5 hours of room your computer and from there, “It doesn’t seem like it now, but this may be a That emotional realism is what separates light, they will glow in the dark. it’s plug and play. good thing for you,” I said. virtual reality from all the other tools for teach- The Stealtho wheels will fi t One feature I instantly liked is Comforting lies were not the move. Barry ing interpersonal skills in the workplace, from standard offi ce chairs that have that all the ports are on one side, buried his face in his hands, sobbing. Then every- pamphlets and role-playing workshops to interac- the universal grip-ring stem. and the power and connection thing went black. tive tutorials. The visuals that trick the brain into Online: stealtho.store/chair- for USB cable are on the other. I took off the virtual reality headset, and the Other simple devices have ports feeling like you’ve been transported to another wheels; $39.99 for a set of 5 real-life offi ces of the Culver City, Calif., VR on multiple sides, which causes space, the speech recognition software that allows studio Talespin, the architects of Barry’s very bad cable confusion on my desk. you to speak and be understood, and the compel- We all need USB gadgets; in day, came back into focus around me. Included in the ports are 2 BC ling character design of Barry himself (many of fact, many of us can’t get enough. I had failed the termination simulation. 1.2 fast charger ports (ports 1 the company’s employees have past experience in Plugable Technologies has some Kyle Jackson, Talespin’s chief executive, and 7 on each end) to use with video game design) all make for a more visceral great choices for use in your started the company in the thick of 2015’s VR your charging cables. experience than watching a video on a computer work or playtime. hype cycle, back when Facebook had just paid The Plugable site lists compat- screen. If I had to choose three words $3 billion for the scrappy headset maker Oculus to describe Plugable’s folding ibility with most Windows 10, 8.1, VR, and Time and Vanity Fair devoted splashy Early VR boosters often touted it as a tool for 8, 7, Vista, XP, Mac OS X, Linux building empathy, allowing people to inhabit the Bluetooth keyboard ($54.95), I’d cover stories to the technology that was “about to say “simple, cool, and useful.” (kernels 3.0 and later) and Unix change the world.” experience of others rather than merely read or systems. They also list the hub hear about them. Innovators in the genre such as Other folding portable key- Today, the dream of goggle-wearing masses has boards I’ve used worked well, to support USB 3.0 transfer rates defl ated, and investment in the tech has dwindled. Nonny de la Pena and Janicza Bravo made experi- up to 5Gbps (640MBps). But VR companies like Talespin have found a ences that put the user in the middle of a bomb- A 36W power adapter is in- growing market in simulating the least entertain- ing raid in war-torn Damascus, or alongside an cluded. ing content imaginable: our jobs. Consumers may unarmed black man killed by the police. Online: plugable.com not yet feel the pull of visiting fantasy worlds in Talespin and its competitors turn that idea on their free time, but for businesses that need to its head. By letting you experience the pain of oth- train their workers, better tools are a necessity, ers over and over again, they train you to shrug it not a luxury. off. After confronting a thorny HR problem like “What you’re seeing today is not an evolu- Barry in the safety of the goggles, I could more tion, but a return to the application that’s always effectively stick to the script in real life. worked,” said Jeremy Bailenson, the director of The company has built multiple custom train- Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab and ing scenarios that bring users face to face with one of the founders of Strivr, a competing virtual virtual humans. There’s a simulation for making reality training start-up. He traces the roots of a hard sell, which prompts trainees to accomplish virtual reality back to the Link trainer, a mock a certain goal, rather than providing multiple- airplane fuselage mounted on a platform that choice options as in the Barry training, and uses could simulate real fl ying sensations, which half a speech recognition software to track whether million military pilots used to safely train during they’re hitting the right notes to seal the deal. World War II. Down the line, Jackson hopes that Talespin Talespin found its fi rst major client in Farm- might be able to partner with schools and state ers Insurance Group, which needed a new way to regulatory bodies, with an accreditation program train claims adjusters for home inspections. The that job seekers could list on their resumes. start-up designed a virtual house, complete with And with 13 million people forecast to get laid cluttered closets and leaky sinks, that trainees off in the coming years, being Barry-certifi ed STEALTHO/TNS could scour for evidence of water damage. The could carry some weight in the hiring process. Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Address ballistics to actually save lives Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY JULIUS WACHTEL Lawmakers have chipped as well as citizens who want such weap- EDITORIAL Special to The Washington Post ons for self-defense. It would also threaten away at the margins the interests of the gun industry, whose Terry Leonard, Editor merica’s assault weapons laws economic viability depends on produc- [email protected] seem largely a failure. The fed- — say, by limiting ing and importing ever-more-formidable Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor eral ban, enacted in 1994, did not ammunition capacity. hardware. [email protected] Ademonstrably reduce violence So lawmakers have chipped away at the and was allowed to expire 10 years later. But even 10 highly lethal margins — say, by limiting ammunition Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content State-level equivalents seem equally inef- capacity. But even 10 highly lethal rounds [email protected] fective. In California, where a 1989 assault rounds are an awful lot. are an awful lot. With guns and gun parts Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation weapons act was the first in the nation, gun- readily available from private parties and [email protected] men armed with .223 mm- and 7.62 mm- through the internet, restrictions on how caliber rifles, respectively, took the lives of munition capacity to 10 rounds. Those weapons are configured are also easy to Managing Editor for Digital Joe Gromelski, Sacramento police Officer Tara O’Sullivan characteristics, though, aren’t the main circumvent. Consider the 2015 San Ber- [email protected] in June and California Highway Patrol reason assault-style weapons are so dan- nardino massacre in California, when a officer Andre Moye last month. Another gerous. That’s fundamentally a matter married couple murdered 14 and wounded BUREAU STAFF gunman killed three people and wounded of ballistics. High-energy, high-velocity 22 with a pair of state-legal AR-15 clones. a dozen more at an outdoor festival in July. .223-, 5.56- and 7.62-caliber projectiles Both weapons had been modified to accept Europe/Mideast So should we give up on banning danger- have unbelievable penetration power. high-capacity magazines in a simple pro- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief ous firearms? Absolutely not. The reason When these bullets pierce flesh, they pro- cess that’s described online. [email protected] these laws have proved ineffective isn’t be- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 duce massive wound cavities, pulverizing Bottom line: Many semiautomatic fire- cause a ban can’t work. It’s because none blood vessels and destroying nearby or- arms are exceptionally lethal whether Pacific has addressed the underlying characteris- they’re short- or long-barreled, have hand- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief tic that makes some firearms so lethal in gans. Rifles can deliver this mayhem from a distance. That’s what happened in 2017, grips or extended magazines. What can [email protected] the first place: their ballistics. be done? Following the examples set by +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 when an ostensibly law-abiding gambler After O’Sullivan’s death, Sacramento’s Britain and, most recently, New Zealand, opened fire with AR-15-type rifles from grieving police chief pointed out that “bul- we could ban them outright. Or we could Washington his Las Vegas hotel room, killing 58 and Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief letproof” vests are no match for high-pow- create a scale of lethality, assigning scores wounding more than 400 others. [email protected] ered rifles. He’s correct. According to FBI for penetration ability and wounding effect Such massacres have become common- (+1)(202)886-0033 data, 471 police officers were feloniously along with ammunition capacity, rate of Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News shot and killed in the United States during place. On Aug. 3, a 21-year-old man alleg- [email protected] fire and accuracy at range. Guns that wind the past decade. More than 100 were killed edly used an AK-47-style rifle to kill 22 and up at the dangerous extreme could be pro- CIRCULATION by rifles, 65 in the powerful .223 mm-, 5.56 wound more than two dozen at an El Paso, hibited, while others would be subject to a mm- and 7.62 mm-calibers common to as- Texas, shopping center. One day later, a 24- range of controls. Mideast sault-style weapons. Rifles also figured in year-old man donned body armor, grabbed Of course, even the best-crafted scale Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager 20 of the 21 fatalities caused by rounds that an AR-15-type rifle and burst into a Dayton, won’t solve our epidemic of gun violence. [email protected] penetrated body armor. Ohio, nightclub, killing nine and wounding By all means, expand background checks [email protected] more than two dozen. Then came the car- DSN (314)583-9111 California, six other states and the Dis- and implement “red flag” laws. But don’t trict of Columbia “ban” assault weapons. nage in West Texas, where another AR-15- use that as an excuse to keep ignoring Europe But these laws skirt around caliber. In- style rifle was used to kill seven and wound what lies at the root of the mayhem: fear- Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager stead, they focus on a weapon’s physical 22, including three police officers. some ballistics. Address that, and the toll [email protected] attributes. For example, California re- Despite the deplorable toll, not one state [email protected] will ease. quires that semiautomatic firearms with has dared address ballistics. Why? Be- +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Julius Wachtel is a retired agent at the Bureau of external baubles such as handgrips have cause it might offend hobbyists who get a Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and a Pacific nondetachable magazines and limits am- thrill from tinkering with powerful guns, university lecturer. 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BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER outcome of the next presidential clear signals, but “other times it Associated Press election through its interest-rate is murky out there and there are policies. a range of views. That is one of WASHINGTON — Federal Re- Former Fed official Bill Dud- those times.” serve Chairman Jerome Powell ley, former head of the Fed’s New Economic uncertainty caused said Friday that the Fed is not ex- York regional bank, had made by trade policy is not something pecting a U.S. or global recession. that suggestion in an opinion that central banks have a lot of But it is monitoring a number of piece last month. experience dealing with, Powell uncertainties, including trade “Absolutely not,” Powell said. said. conflicts, and will “act as appro- “Political factors play absolutely While it is “challenging” to get priate to sustain the expansion.” no role in our process … We are the Fed’s rate-setting panel to Powell gave an upbeat view of strongly committed to nonpoliti- reach agreement in the current the U.S. economy during an ap- cal decision making. We serve all environment, “I expect we will pearance with Swiss National Americans regardless of their po- have strong support as we had in Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan litical party.” July,” he said. in Switzerland. Powell said that Dudley said in a follow-up opin- trade policy is causing “some un- ion piece that “my intention was certainty” but that the U.S. con- to be provocative.” EXCHANGE RATES sumer is in good shape. Powell was asked about oppos- Military rates Euro costs (Sept. 9) ...... $1.1328 “I would not see a recession as ing comments this week from two Dollar buys (Sept. 9) ...... €0.8828 the most likely outcome for the Fed colleagues. James Bullard, British pound (Sept. 9) ...... $1.26 Japanese yen (Sept. 9) ...... 104.00 United States or the global econ- head of the Fed’s St. Louis regional South Korean won (Sept. 9) ...... 1,167.00 omy,” Powell said. bank, said he favored a half-point Commercial rates Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Powell was speaking at a con- reduction in the Fed’s bench- British pound ...... $1.2318 MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP ference sponsored by the Swiss mark rate in September, double Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3174 China (Yuan) ...... 7.1179 Institute of International Stud- Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that the Fed is the quarter-point cut in July. But Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7520 ies at the University of Zurich in not expecting a U.S. or global recession. Eric Rosengren, president of the Egypt (Pound) ...... 16.4795 Fed’s Boston regional bank, said Euro ...... $1.1051/0.9049 Switzerland. Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.8404 It was his first public appear- At its last meeting in July, the expressed unhappiness with the he does not believe rates should Hungary (Forint) ...... 299.40 ance since his remarks at the Fed cut rates for the first time small move in July and has con- be cut further. Rosengren was Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5188 Japan (Yen) ...... 106.71 Fed’s annual monetary confer- in a decade, lowering its key pol- tinued to attack Powell in a series one of two officials who dissented Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3038 ence in Jackson Hole, Wyo., on icy rate to a new range of 2% to of tweets since then, suggesting at the July meeting, arguing that Norway (Krone) ...... 8.9688 Philippines (Peso) ...... 51.84 Aug. 23. Financial markets were 2.25%. Markets believe there is a in one tweet that Powell should there was no need for the July Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.93 eager to see whether Powell near certainty that the Fed will be considered an “enemy.” rate cut. Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7513 Powell said that sometimes it Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3799 would provide any more clues cut rates for a second time at the Powell strongly rejected a sug- South Korea (Won) ...... 1190.89 about what the Fed will do at its September meeting. gestion that the Federal Reserve is easy to get a unanimous deci- Switzerland (Franc) ...... 0.9878 sion when the economy is sending Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.61 next meeting on Sept. 17-18. President Donald Trump has should consider influencing the Turkey (New Lira) ...... 5.7122 (Military exchange rates are those MARKET WATCH available to customers at military banking facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Generic drugmaker settles opioid lawsuits nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., purchasing British pounds in Germany), check with your local military banking Associated Press facility. Commercial rates are interbank day. 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Sports Pro football Pro soccer Deals Josh Oliver (hamstring). DOUBTFUL: T NFL injury report Cam Robinson (knees). QUESTIONABLE: MLS Friday’s transactions on AFN NEW YORK — The National (foot)ball DT Marcell Dareus (elbow). DNP: T Ced- EASTERN CONFERENCE BASEBALL League injury report, as provided by the ric Ogbuehi (hamstring), TE Josh Oliver W L T Pts GF GA American League league (DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: (hamstring), T Cam Robinson (knees). Philadelphia 15 8 6 51 54 42 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Promoted limited participation; FULL: full partici- LIMITED: DT Marcell Dareus (elbow). New York City FC 14 5 8 50 51 34 Mike Shirley to director of amateur Go to the American Forces pation): FULL: LB D.J. Alexander (hamstring), QB Atlanta 15 10 3 48 47 33 scouting. Sunday Nick Foles (abdomen), WR Marqise Lee D.C. United 11 10 9 42 39 38 LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled RHP Network website for the most ATLANTA at MINNESOTA — FALCONS: (knee), DE Lerentee McCray (ankle), LB New York 12 12 5 41 47 44 Taylor Cole from Salt Lake (PCL). up-to-date TV schedules. OUT: T Matt Gono (back). DNP: T Matt Quincy Williams (knee). New England 10 9 9 39 41 47 OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Reinstated OF Gono (back). VIKINGS: OUT: CB Mike LOS ANGELES RAMS at CAROLINA PAN- Toronto FC 10 10 8 38 44 45 Ramon Laureano from the 10-day IL. Re- myafn.net Hughes (knee). QUESTIONABLE: TE Tyler THERS — RAMS: No Report. PANTHERS: Montreal 11 15 4 37 42 56 called RHP J.B. Wendelken Las Vegas. Conklin (ribs), WR Stefon Diggs (ham- OUT: DE Bruce Irvin (hamstring), T Greg Orlando City 9 13 7 34 35 39 National League string). LIMITED: TE Tyler Conklin (ribs), Little (concussion). DNP: DE Bruce Irvin Chicago 8 12 10 34 44 43 ATLANTA BRAVES — Recalled OF Aus- WR Stefon Diggs (hamstring), CB Mike (hamstring), T Greg Little (concussion). Columbus 8 15 7 31 33 44 tin Riley from Gwinnett (IL). Hughes (knee). FULL: CB Mackensie Al- FULL: G Trai Turner (groin). Cincinnati 5 20 3 18 28 67 LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled College football exander (hamstring), LB Kentrell Broth- NEW YORK GIANTS at DALLAS COW- WESTERN CONFERENCE C Austin Barnes from Oklahoma City ers (wrist), DE Everson Griffen (elbow), BOYS — GIANTS: OUT: TE Garrett Dick- W L T Pts GF GA (PCL). DT Linval Joseph (shoulder), T Brian erson (quadricep), WR Darius Slayton Los Angeles FC 19 4 5 62 74 30 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Recalled Friday’s scores O’Neill (elbow). (hamstring). DNP: TE Garrett Dickerson Seattle 13 8 7 46 46 43 C Jacob Nottingham from San Antonio BALTIMORE RAVENS at MIAMI DOL- (quadricep), WR Darius Slayton (ham- Minnesota 13 9 6 45 46 37 (PCL). EAST San Jose 13 10 5 44 48 43 Alvernia 20, Gallaudet 14 PHINS — RAVENS: QUESTIONABLE: WR string). FULL: CB Antonio Hamilton (ad- SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Claimed Marquise Brown (foot), CB Brandon Carr ductor), G Mike Remmers (illness, back). Real Salt Lake 13 11 4 43 40 35 RHP Ricardo Pinto off waivers from Tam- Becker 33, Anna Maria 19 FC Dallas 12 10 7 43 47 38 California (Pa.) 59, St. Anselm 13 (hip), CB Cyrus Jones (finger), RB Patrick COWBOYS: OUT: LB Luke Gifford (ankle), pa Bay and optioned him to Sacramento Ricard (foot). DNP: WR Marquise Brown S Darian Thompson (ankle), S Donovan LA Galaxy 13 12 3 42 41 45 (PCL). Transferred RHP Trevor Gott to the Delaware Valley 37, Kean 7 Portland 12 11 4 40 43 40 Endicott 55, Framingham St. 27 (foot). FULL: CB Brandon Carr (hip), CB Wilson (ankle). DNP: LB Luke Gifford 60-day IL. Recalled LHP Sam Selman from Cyrus Jones (finger), RB Patrick Ricard (ankle), LB Sean Lee (knee, not injury Sporting KC 10 11 7 37 41 45 Sacramento. Nichols 37, Dean 12 Houston 9 15 4 31 38 49 Salisbury 63, Albright 28 (foot). DOLPHINS: QUESTIONABLE: CB related), S Darian Thompson (ankle), FOOTBALL Johnson Bademosi (hip), DE Charles Har- S Donovan Wilson (ankle). LIMITED: G Colorado 8 14 6 30 45 54 National Football League Stevenson 34, Curry 0 Vancouver 6 15 9 27 30 53 ris (wrist), DE Trent Harris (foot), G Dan- Zack Martin (back). FULL: WR Amari INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Announced WPI 51, Worcester St. 0 Note: Three points for victory, one SOUTH ny Isidora (hamstring), CB Bobby McCain Cooper (foot), DE Tyrone Crawford (hip), the resignation of Howard Mudd assis- point for tie. tant coach. Millikin 27, Hope 21 (shoulder), WR Albert Wilson (hip, calf). TE Blake Jarwin (foot), CB Byron Jones Saturday, Aug. 31 Virginia 52, William & Mary 17 DNP: DE Trent Harris (foot). LIMITED: CB (hip), DE Demarcus Lawrence (shoul- KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed WR Colorado 2, New York 0 Tyreek Hill to a three-year contract ex- SOUTHWEST Johnson Bademosi (hip), G Danny Isidora der), TE Dalton Schultz (ankle), T Tyron Chicago 1, Columbus 1, tie Wake Forest 41, Rice 21 (hamstring), CB Bobby McCain (shoul- Smith (back). tension. D.C. United 3, Montreal 0 MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed OT FAR WEST der), WR Albert Wilson (hip, calf). FULL: PITTSBURGH STEELERS at NEW ENG- Toronto FC 1, New England 1, tie Arizona St. 19, Sacramento St. 7 DE Charles Harris (wrist). LAND PATRIOTS — STEELERS: DOUBTFUL: J’Marcus Webb. Placed LB Andrew Van Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 1 Ginkel on IR. Boise St. 14, Marshall 7 BUFFALO BILLS at NEW YORK JETS S Sean Davis (ankle). DNP: S Sean Davis FC Dallas 3, Cincinnati 1 Chapman 45, Pacific (Ore.) 14 — BILLS: OUT: WR Andre Roberts (quad- (ankle). FULL: LB Mark Barron (not in- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed Sporting Kansas City 1, Houston 0 OL James Ferentz. Rreleased C Russell ricep). DOUBTFUL: TE Tyler Kroft (foot). jury related). PATRIOTS: QUESTIONABLE: New York City FC 3, Vancouver 1 DNP: WR Andre Roberts (quadricep). TE Matt LaCosse (ankle), S Obi Meli- Portland 1, Real Salt Lake 0 Bodine. LIMITED: TE Tyler Kroft (foot). JETS: fonwu (ankle), WR Demaryius Thomas San Jose 3, Orlando City 0 TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms Boxing QUESTIONABLE: WR Robby Anderson (hamstring). LIMITED: TE Matt LaCosse Sunday, Sept. 1 with LS Beau Brinkley on a multi-year (calf), WR Braxton Berrios (hamstring), (ankle), S Obi Melifonwu (ankle), WR De- Seattle 4, LA Galaxy 3 contract extension. CB Trumaine Johnson (hamstring). LIM- maryius Thomas (hamstring). Minnesota 2, Los Angeles FC 0 HOCKEY Fight schedule ITED: WR Robby Anderson (calf), WR SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS at TAMPA BAY Saturday’s games National Hockey League Braxton Berrios (hamstring), CB Tru- BUCCANEERS — 49ERS: OUT: WR Jalen New England at New York City FC CAROLINA HURRICANES — Signed D Sept. 13 maine Johnson (hamstring). FULL: DE Hurd (back), WR Trent Taylor (foot), CB Toronto FC at Cincinnati Jake Gardiner to a four-year contract. At Madison Square Garden, New York, John Franklin (foot), CB Nate Hairston Jimmie Ward (hand). QUESTIONABLE: DE Los Angeles FC at Orlando City SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed C Joe Devin Haney vs. Zaur Abdullaev, 12, for (hip), CB Bennett Jackson (shoulder), LB Nick Bosa (ankle), C Weston Richburg Seattle at Colorado Thornton to a one-year contract. the interim WBC World lightweight title; Frankie Luvu (hand), DT Steve McLendon (knee), CB Jason Verrett (ankle), CB Sporting Kansas City at Portland SOCCER Michael Hunter vs. Sergey Kuzmin, 10, (wrist), S Rontez Miles (hip), G Kelechi K’Waun Williams (knee). DNP: WR Jalen Wednesday, Sept. 11 Major League Soccer for Hunter’s WBA Inter-Continetal heavy- Osemele (chest), T Brandon Shell (knee), Hurd (back), WR Trent Taylor (foot), CB Toronto FC at New York City FC NASHVILLE SC — Signed M Randall weight title. G Brian Winters (shoulder). Jimmie Ward (hand). LIMITED: DE Nick Minnesota at Houston Leal. Sept. 14 CINCINNATI BENGALS at SEATTLE SE- Bosa (ankle), C Weston Richburg (knee), LA Galaxy at Colorado COLLEGE At London, Sunny Edwards vs. Hugo AHAWKS — BENGALS: OUT: T Cordy Glenn CB Jason Verrett (ankle), CB K’Waun Wil- San Jose at Real Salt Lake CAL STATE-NORTHRIDGE — Named Sean Denard, Vanitta Kinard, Jake Hurysz Rosendo Guarneros, 12, for Edwards (concussion), WR A.J. Green (ankle), RB liams (knee). FULL: DE Dee Ford (knee), Saturday, Sept. 14 IBF International super flyweight title; Trayveon Williams (foot). DOUBTFUL: WR WR Dante Pettis (groin), T Joe Staley San Jose at New York City FC and Jacob Yowell assistant track & field coaches. Brad Foster vs. Lucien Reid, 12, for Fos- Auden Tate (knee). DNP: T Cordy Glenn (not injury related). BUCCANEERS: OUT: FC Dallas at Chicago (concussion), WR A.J. Green (ankle), RB S Justin Evans (achilles), QB Blaine Gab- Columbus at Atlanta CLAYTON STATE — Named Adriano ter’s British super bantamweight title; Moraes men’s assistant soccer coach. Dec Spelman vs. Shakan Pitters, 10, for Trayveon Williams (foot). LIMITED: WR bert (left shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: WR Cincinnati at Montreal Auden Tate (knee). FULL: DT Andrew Mike Evans (illness). DNP: S Justin Evans New England at Orlando City FLORIDA — Named Chip Howard ex- Spelman’s BBBofC English light heavy- ecutive associate athletic director. weight title; Zak Chelli vs. Kody Davies, Brown (quadricep), S Clayton Fejedelem (achilles), WR Mike Evans (illness), QB Los Angeles FC at Philadelphia (ankle), CB Dre Kirkpatrick (achilles), WR Blaine Gabbert (left shoulder). FULL: TE KANSAS CITY — Signed women’s bas- 10, light heavyweights. Houston at Vancouver ketball coach Jacie Hoyt to a contract ex- At T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Tyson John Ross (hamstring). SEAHAWKS: OUT: Antony Auclair (calf), LB Devante Bond DE L.J. Collier (ankle), C Joey Hunt (an- (hamstring), TE Cameron Brate (calf), tension through the 2022-23 season. Fury vs. Otto Wallin, 12, heavyweights; NWSL OLD WESTBURY — Named Krishna Emanuel Navarrete vs. Juan Miguel kle), WR David Moore (shoulder). QUES- LB Lavonte David (calf), S Mike Edwards TIONABLE: G Mike Iupati (foot). (hamstring), LB Demone Harris (illness), Dass women’s volleyball coach and Tom Elorde, 12, for Navarrete’s WBO junior W L T Pts GF GA Pennino softball coach. featherweight title; Jose Pedraza vs. DETROIT LIONS at ARIZONA CARDI- LB Anthony Nelson (knee), DT Vita Vea Portland 10 4 6 36 39 23 Jose Zepeda, 10, junior welterweights; NALS — LIONS: QUESTIONABLE: LB Jar- (knee). North Carolina 9 4 4 31 32 17 Isaac Lowe vs. Ruben Garcia Hernandez, rad Davis (ankle), DE Da’Shawn Hand TENNESSEE TITANS at CLEVELAND Utah 9 6 4 31 20 15 10, featherweights; Felix Valera vs Vy- (elbow), CB Rashaan Melvin (knee), C BROWNS — TITANS: OUT: LB Reggie Gil- Chicago 9 8 2 29 29 26 bert (knee). QUESTIONABLE: G Kevin AP sportlight acheslav Shabranskyy, 10, light heavy- Frank Ragnow (ankle). LIMITED: LB Jar- Reign FC 7 5 6 27 16 20 rad Davis (ankle), DE Da’Shawn Hand (el- Pamphile (knee). DNP: LB Reggie Gilbert weights. Washington 7 7 4 25 22 19 bow), CB Rashaan Melvin (knee), C Frank (knee), G Kevin Pamphile (knee). FULL: Houston 6 8 4 22 18 28 Sept. 8 At Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, Ragnow (ankle). FULL: DE Trey Flowers T Jack Conklin (knee). BROWNS: QUES- Calif., Jaime Munguia vs. Patrick Allotey, Sky Blue FC 4 11 4 16 15 25 1957 — Althea Gibson becomes the (shoulder). CARDINALS: OUT: G Lamont TIONABLE: LB Sione Takitaki (hamstring). Orlando 4 12 2 14 19 37 first black to win the U.S. Open, beat- 12, for Munguia’s WBO World super wel- Gaillard (knee), T Marcus Gilbert (knee). LIMITED: LB Sione Takitaki (hamstring). tereight title; Ryan Garcia vs. Avery Spar- Note: Three points for victory, one ing Louise Brough, 6-3, 6-2. Australia’s QUESTIONABLE: LB Haason Reddick FULL: WR Odell Beckham (hip), DT Deva- point for tie. Malcolm Anderson defeats countryman row, 10, lightweights. (knee), LB Ezekiel Turner (hand). DNP: G roe Lawrence (shoulder). Sept. 20 Saturday, Aug. 31 Ashley Cooper in three sets to become Lamont Gaillard (knee), T Marcus Gilbert WASHINGTON REDSKINS at PHILA- Washington at Orlando, ppd. the first unseeded player to win the U.S. At La Hacienda Event Center, Midland, (knee), LB Terrell Suggs (not injury relat- DELPHIA EAGLES — REDSKINS: OUT: QB Texas, Ruben Villa vs. Enrique Vivas, Friday’s game Open. ed). LIMITED: LB Haason Reddick (knee), Colt McCoy (fibula), CB Fabian Moreau Utah 1, Portland 0 1968 — Virginia Wade wins the first of- 10, for Villa’s WBO International feath- LB Ezekiel Turner (hand). (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: DE Caleb Brant- erweight title; Michael Dutchover vs. Saturday’s games ficial U.S. Open (formerly known as U.S INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at LOS ANGE- ley (foot), LB Cassanova McKinzy (con- North Carolina at Sky Blue FC National Championships). Wade upsets Thomas Mattice, 10, lightweights. LES CHARGERS — COLTS: OUT: DE Jabaal cussion), TE Jordan Reed (concussion). Orlando at Reign FC Sept. 21 Billie Jean King, 6-4, 6-2 and Arthur Ashe Sheard (knee), RB Jonathan Williams DNP: QB Colt McCoy (fibula), CB Fabian Sunday’s game beats Tom Okker, 14-12, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 At Rabobank Theater, Bakersfield, (rib). QUESTIONABLE: DE Kemoko Turay Moreau (ankle). LIMITED: TE Jordan Reed Houston at Chicago Calif., Jeison Rosario vs. Bakhram Mur- for the men’s title. (neck), RB Jordan Wilkins (ankle). DNP: (concussion). FULL: DE Caleb Brantley Wednesday’s games — Australia Rod Laver wins the tazaliev, 12, super welterweights; Pe- (foot), LB Shaun Dion Hamilton (chest), 1969 T Anthony Castonzo (not injury related), Chicago at Orlando U.S. Open and the grand slam of tennis ter Quillin vs. Alfredo Angulo, 12, super LB Cassanova McKinzy (concussion), WR WR T.Y. Hilton (not injury related), DE North Carolina at Portland for the second time in his career with middleweights; Chris Colbert vs. Miguel Justin Houston (not injury related), DE Paul Richardson (quadricep). EAGLES: Friday, Sept. 13 a victory over fellow countryman Tony Beltran Jr., 10, featherweights; Thomas Jabaal Sheard (knee), DE Kemoko Turay OUT: LB Kamu Grugier-Hill (knee), T Jor- Utah at Houston Roche. Laver wins 7-9, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. Dulorme vs. Terrel Williams, 10, wel- (neck), RB Jonathan Williams (rib). FULL: dan Mailata (back), QB Nate Sudfeld (left Saturday, Sept. 14 terweights; Jesus Ramos vs. Rickey Ed- WR Devin Funchess (back), S Clayton wrist). DNP: LB Kamu Grugier-Hill (knee), 1973 — Australia’s Margaret Court Orlando at North Carolina Smith wins the U.S. Open for the fifth wards, 10, super lightweights. Geathers (not injury related), CB Kenny T Jordan Mailata (back), QB Nate Sud- Reign FC at Washington Sept. 28 Moore (thumb), RB Jordan Wilkins (an- feld (left wrist). FULL: DE Derek Barnett time with a 7-6, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Sunday, Sept. 15 Evonne Goolagong. At Staples Center, Los Angeles, Errol kle). CHARGERS: OUT: CB Trevor Williams (shoulder), G Brandon Brooks (achilles), Chicago at Sky Blue FC Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter, 12, for Spen- (quadricep). DOUBTFUL: LB Jatavis Brown S Rudy Ford (achilles), WR Alshon Jef- 1974 — Billie Jean King wins her fourth Tuesday, Sept. 17 U.S. Open with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 triumph over ce’s IBF/WBC World welterweight titles; (ankle), WR Geremy Davis (hamstring), S fery (biceps), C Jason Kelce (not injury Houston at North Carolina Anthony Dirrell vs. David Benavidez, 12, Roderic Teamer (hamstring). QUESTION- related). Evonne Goolagong. for Dirrell’s WBC World super middle- ABLE: K Michael Badgley (right groin), Monday 1996 — Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf win the men’s and women’s singles weight title; Mario Barrios vs. Batyr LB Denzel Perryman (ankle), LB Drue DENVER BRONCOS at OAKLAND RAID- Tranquill (back). DNP: LB Jatavis Brown ERS — BRONCOS: No Report. RAIDERS: titles, respectively, in the last U.S. Open Akhmedov, 12, for the vacant WBA World Pro basketball championship matches played in Louis super lightweight title; Josesito Lopez (ankle), WR Geremy Davis (hamstring), DNP: Gabe Jackson (knee). LIMITED: DT S Roderic Teamer (hamstring), CB Trevor Corey Liuget (knee), LB Nicholas Morrow Armstrong Stadium. Sampras beats Mi- vs. John Molina Jr., 10, welterweights; chael Chang, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6, and Graf de- Robert Guerrero vs. Jerry Thomas, 10, Williams (quadricep). LIMITED: K Mi- (ankle), WR J.J. Nelson (ankle). chael Badgley (right groin), LB Denzel HOUSTON TEXANS at NEW ORLEANS WNBA feats Monica Seles, 7-5, 6-4. welterweights. 1998 — Mark McGwire breaks Roger Oct. 1 Perryman (ankle). FULL: DE Isaac Rochell SAINTS — TEXANS: LIMITED: WR Keke EASTERN CONFERENCE (ribs), LB Drue Tranquill (back). Coutee (ankle), C Greg Mancz (ankle). W L Pct GB Maris’ 37-year-old home run record, lin- At Osaka, Japan, Hiroto Kyoguchi vs. ing historic No. 62 just over the wall in Tetsuya Hisada, 12, for Kyoguchi’s WBA KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at JACKSONVILLE FULL: G Zach Fulton (toe), T Tytus How- x-Washington 25 8 .758 — JAGUARS — CHIEFS: QUESTIONABLE: S ard (finger), S Justin Reid (shoulder), x-Connecticut 23 10 .697 2 left field with two outs in the fourth in- Super World light flyweight title. ning. McGwire’s shot off the Chicago Oct. 5 Jordan Lucas (back), DT Xavier Williams DE Carlos Watkins (non-football injury). x-Chicago 20 13 .606 5 (illness). DNP: S Jordan Lucas (back), DT SAINTS: DNP: DE Mario Edwards (ham- Indiana 12 21 .364 13 Cubs’ Steve Trachsel sets off a wild cel- At Madison Square Garden, New York, ebration in Busch Stadium. Sergiy Derevyanchenko vs. Gennady Xavier Williams (illness). FULL: S Tyrann string). LIMITED: DT Sheldon Rankins New York 9 24 .273 16 Mathieu (shoulder), S Armani Watts (achilles), LB Craig Robertson (ham- Atlanta 8 25 .242 17 2001 — Venus Williams wins her sec- Golovkin, 12, for the vacant IBF middle- ond consecutive U.S. Open title by beat- weight title. (shoulder), RB Darrel Williams (shoul- string). FULL: LB Alex Anzalone (shoul- WESTERN CONFERENCE der), TE Deon Yelder (ankle). JAGUARS: der), RB Zach Line (knee), RB Dwayne W L Pct GB ing her sister, Serena, 6-2, 6-4 in the first Oct. 12 prime-time women’s Grand Slam final. At Leeds, England, Josh Warrington vs. OUT: T Cedric Ogbuehi (hamstring), TE Washington (ankle, concussion). x-Los Angeles 21 12 .636 — x-Las Vegas 20 13 .606 1 2002 — Pete Sampras beats Andre Sofiane Takoucht, 12, for Warrington’s x-Minnesota 18 15 .545 3 Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to win his 14th IBF featherweight title; Zelfa Barrett vs. x-Seattle 17 16 .515 4 Grand Slam title and the U.S. Open for Jordan McCorry, 12, for Barrett’s Com- Golf x-Phoenix 15 18 .455 6 the fifth time. monwealth super featherweight title; Dallas 10 23 .303 11 2008 — Roger Federer salvages the Lyndon Arthur vs. Emmanuel Anim, 12, x-clinched playoff spot 2008 season by easily beating Andy Mur- for the vacant Commonwealth light Pedro Figueiredo, Portugal 70-71—141 Friday’s games ray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 to win his fifth consecu- heavyweight title; Michael Ramabeletsa European Open Louis DeJager, South Africa 72-69—141 Washington 86, Dallas 73 tive U.S. Open championship and 13th vs. Jack Bateson, 10, super bantam- PGA European Tour Dominic Foos, Germany 74-67—141 Indiana 86, New York 81 major title overall. Federer is the first weights; Troy Williamson vs. Nav Man- Friday Jeff Winther, Denmark 72-69—141 Chicago 109, Connecticut 104, OT man since Bill Tilden in the 1920s to win souri, 10, super welterweights. Green Eagle Golf Course Pablo Larrazabal, Spain 70-71—141 Minnesota 83, Phoenix 69 the tournament that many times in a Oct. 19 Hamburg, Germany Saturday’s games row. At Charleroi, Belgium, Ryad Merhy vs. Ricardo Gouveia, Portugal 72-70—142 Yardage: 6,898; Par: 72 Ben Evans, England 69-73—142 No games scheduled 2013 — Riquna Williams sets a WNBA Imre Szello, 12, for Merhy’s interim WBA record with 51 points to help the Tulsa Second Round Thomas Pieters, Belgium 70-72—142 Sunday’s games World cruiserweight title; Mikalai Vesi- Robert MacIntyre, Scotland 68-65—133 Chicago at Washington Shock rout the San Antonio Silver Stars alou vs. Abdul Khattab, 12, for Vesialou’s Bernd Ritthammer, Germany 71-66—137 Xander Schauffele, United States 73-69—142 Connecticut at Indiana 98-65. WBA Continental middleweight title. Paul Casey, England 66-73—139 Ashley Chesters, England 71-71—142 Seattle at Dallas 2018 — Naomi Osaka wins the U.S. Oct. 25 Matthias Schwab, Austria 67-72—139 Darren Fichardt, South Africa 73-69—142 New York at Atlanta Open to become the first Grand Slam At TBA, South Africa, Chayaphon Guido Migliozzi, Italy 71-68—139 Also Minnesota at Los Angeles champion from Japan, beating Serena Moonsri vs. Simpiwe Konkco, 12, for Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 71-69—140 Padraig Harrington, Ireland 71-74—145 Las Vegas at Phoenix Williams 6-2, 6-4 after the American is Moonsri’s WBC World/IBO minimum- Alexander Bj Sweden 69-71—140 Patrick Reed, United States 74-72—146 Monday’s games penalized one game for a third code vio- weight titles. K. Krogh Johannessen, Norway 70-71—141 Kurt Kitayama, United States 74-72—146 No games scheduled lation. Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 25 MLB Keuchel sharp as red-hot Braves top Nationals

8th straight victory ‘ We’re winning a lot of games, so it’s fun to be a part of. for NL East leaders ’ Josh Donaldson Atlanta Braves third baseman BY GEORGE HENRY Associated Press ATLANTA — Dallas Keuchel three hits and two runs — one able all year long, showing up and struggled in his first two starts earned — with nine strikeouts. supporting it us,” Donaldson said. against Washington. He showed Washington, which began the “We’re winning a lot of games, so no signs of letting up this time. four-game series badly needing it’s fun to be a part of.” “What a great team over there,” to make up ground in the divi- Luke Jackson allowed Ryan Keuchel said. “That’s really, real- sion, has lost four of five for the Zimmerman’s fifth homer, a ly quality lineup. It’s probably my first time since July 30-Aug. 4. three-run shot that cut the lead to favorite to face, just because of “We’re still a confident group 4-3 in the eighth. Shane Greene how good they are. Some of their here,” Corbin said. “We know how earned his first save in three role players are just pros.” hot that they’ve been, and we’ll tries with Atlanta and 23rd over- Keuchel pitched six scoreless come back tomorrow and get over all after facing the minimum with innings, Ozzie Albies and Josh this one. We’re still in good posi- two strikeouts in the ninth. JOHN BAZEMORE/AP Donaldson homered, and the tion to do stuff.” Dazzling: Swanson backhand- streaking Atlanta Braves picked Braves starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel allowed six hits and two walks The Braves tacked on runs with ed a grounder deep in the hole up another division win over the with three strikeouts on Friday in Atlanta against the Washington Albies’ 20th homer in the third at short and jumped to throw out Washington Nationals with a 4-3 Nationals to win his fourth straight start. and Tyler Flowers’ sacrifice fly Trea Turner on a head-first slide victory on Friday night. RBI in the fourth. at second and end the third. ... The The NL East-leading Braves start. After posting a 6.10 ERA in with a 0.87 ERA over his last five Donaldson, the self-proclaimed Nationals were solid in the field have won eight in a row, 19 of his first two outings in the season starts. “I make the hitter guess Bringer of Rain, broke out an- in the sixth. CF Michael Taylor 23 overall and 12 consecutive series, the lefty protected a 2-0 and I’ve been guessing right for other umbrella celebration in the threw out Flowers at the plate, at home, dropping Washington lead in the sixth by striking out myself.” dugout after going deep for the and RHP Tanner Rainey picked nine games back. It was Atlanta’s slugger Juan Soto with a runner Nationals starter Patrick 35th time, a two-run shot that off pinch-runner Billy Hamilton fourth straight victory and eighth on first, and getting Yan Gomes Corbin (11-7) walked a career- made it 4-0 in the seventh. at second. ... The home winning in 11 tries over the Nationals. to ground out with runners on the high six, issuing three consecu- Fans are joining in, too, as um- streak is Atlanta’s best since the Keuchel (7-5) allowed six hits corners. tive passes before striking out brellas are popping up around 2000 team also won 12 in a row. and two walks and struck out “That’s what I’m predicated Dansby Swanson, his last batter, SunTrust Park during his at-bats. ... The Braves improved to 40-21 three to win his fourth straight on,” said Keuchel, who is 4-0 to end the fifth. Corbin gave up “The fan base has been remark- against the NL East. Statistics

D.Santana Sea 441 63 113 21 69 .256 Goldschmidt StL 496 81 128 29 71 .258 American League Grossman Oak 343 48 87 6 34 .254 National League Heyward ChC 440 64 113 18 49 .257 TEAM BATTING Kipnis Cle 398 43 101 13 58 .254 TEAM BATTING Harper Phi 479 83 122 28 95 .255 AB R H HR RBI Avg Ramírez Cle 473 65 120 20 75 .254 AB R H HR RBI Avg Muncy LAD 442 89 112 33 87 .253 Houston 4699 762 1296 230 740 .276 Gardner NYY 379 67 96 17 51 .253 Colorado 4754 715 1277 178 688 .269 Cain Mil 486 64 122 8 41 .251 Soler KC 462 69 117 35 88 .253 Pittsburgh 4710 637 1251 146 619 .266 Robles Was 450 74 113 16 56 .251 Boston 4826 781 1329 214 744 .275 Grandal Mil 422 57 105 21 63 .249 Sánchez ChW 388 47 98 2 31 .253 Washington 4549 713 1202 188 671 .264 New York 4681 793 1271 250 756 .272 Atlanta 4706 725 1225 213 701 .260 DeJong StL 478 85 118 24 64 .247 Minnesota 4760 795 1297 262 766 .272 Adames TB 436 57 110 16 40 .252 Los Angeles 4646 746 1203 232 725 .259 Fowler StL 385 51 94 15 56 .244 Chicago 4560 563 1160 142 536 .254 Kepler Min 472 87 119 34 84 .252 Arizona 4711 696 1212 195 665 .257 Hoskins Phi 469 73 112 25 75 .239 Tampa Bay 4735 633 1197 179 601 .253 Pujols LAA 382 44 96 19 76 .251 New York 4677 645 1201 192 624 .257 Dozier Was 382 49 90 19 45 .236 Cleveland 4520 632 1133 189 599 .251 Goodrum Det 423 61 105 12 45 .248 Chicago 4508 664 1136 213 640 .252 Pederson LAD 388 65 91 27 58 .235 Los Angeles 4670 677 1172 192 646 .251 Kiermaier TB 385 52 94 13 52 .244 Cincinnati 4485 602 1120 190 582 .250 Belt SF 441 69 103 16 54 .234 Núñez Bal 448 64 109 28 73 .243 Milwaukee 4609 632 1150 210 613 .250 Crawford SF 427 52 99 10 51 .232 Oakland 4627 697 1157 213 655 .250 Calhoun LAA 448 77 107 28 64 .239 Philadelphia 4573 649 1136 168 619 .248 T.Frazier NYM 383 50 88 18 57 .230 Baltimore 4595 593 1135 171 564 .247 Grichuk Tor 471 61 112 23 58 .238 St. Louis 4420 611 1092 167 575 .247 Schwarber ChC 434 65 100 32 73 .230 Texas 4654 675 1145 187 638 .246 Smith Sea 425 57 100 5 33 .235 San Francisco 4604 594 1117 147 575 .243 Arcia Mil 415 47 94 14 48 .227 Kansas City 4614 575 1120 136 544 .243 Bradley Jr. Bos 401 55 90 16 50 .224 San Diego 4469 587 1082 194 563 .242 Renfroe SD 402 59 91 31 62 .226 Carpenter StL 352 52 76 12 35 .216 Seattle 4615 659 1112 211 634 .241 Vogelbach Sea 386 65 85 28 69 .220 Miami 4536 499 1091 117 484 .241 INDIVIDUAL BATTING TEAM PITCHING Toronto 4613 606 1093 206 580 .237 Davis Oak 385 49 84 18 55 .218 Detroit 4568 478 1081 124 452 .237 AB R H HR RBI Avg ERA H ER BB SO Sh Sv Smoak Tor 352 48 75 19 53 .213 Rendon Was 454 97 151 29 107 .333 Los Angeles 3.39 1035 460 317 1261 14 34 INDIVIDUAL BATTING Profar Oak 366 46 75 15 51 .205 Yelich Mil 456 93 151 41 89 .331 St. Louis 3.92 1051 508 443 1139 9 41 AB R H HR RBI Avg Odor Tex 412 58 82 21 67 .199 Reynolds Pit 398 71 131 14 57 .329 Chicago 4.08 1134 542 419 1154 10 36 Brantley Hou 475 78 160 18 78 .337 TEAM PITCHING McNeil NYM 420 68 137 16 57 .326 Cincinnati 4.20 1072 550 444 1284 10 38 LeMahieu NYY 479 88 159 21 86 .332 ERA H ER BB SO Sh Sv K.Marte Ari 509 88 164 28 77 .322 Atlanta 4.27 1217 579 485 1173 6 38 Devers Bos 516 106 171 27 103 .331 Cleveland 3.62 1068 483 367 1263 13 37 Blackmon Col 495 98 157 27 74 .317 Washington 4.33 1126 570 417 1235 11 34 Martinez Bos 471 80 147 30 82 .312 Tampa Bay 3.65 1074 501 389 1343 9 37 Arenado Col 509 90 158 34 103 .310 New York 4.36 1166 585 428 1246 9 31 Alberto Bal 406 43 126 9 43 .310 Houston 3.72 1021 505 384 1369 9 36 Newman Pit 397 44 123 9 50 .310 Arizona 4.38 1177 591 430 1167 7 33 Bellinger LAD 475 104 146 42 101 .307 San Francisco 4.44 1168 597 421 1131 6 34 Bogaerts Bos 497 96 153 27 96 .308 Oakland 4.06 1134 549 408 1037 8 34 Minnesota 4.14 1205 558 375 1179 8 40 Story Col 497 97 149 29 75 .300 San Diego 4.56 1172 602 373 1194 4 44 Gurriel Hou 478 71 146 26 91 .305 Freeman Atl 523 104 156 36 109 .298 Philadelphia 4.63 1215 615 439 1118 6 31 Moncada ChW 380 60 116 22 63 .305 New York 4.45 1161 597 419 1252 7 49 T.Turner Was 400 72 119 13 44 .298 Milwaukee 4.71 1169 631 487 1218 5 37 Altuve Hou 377 70 113 23 57 .300 Boston 4.65 1184 632 484 1348 8 26 S.Marte Pit 516 94 153 23 77 .297 Miami 4.72 1091 626 512 1156 7 22 Merrifield KC 540 85 162 15 65 .300 Toronto 4.74 1220 635 511 1103 6 26 Iglesias Cin 423 55 125 9 49 .296 Pittsburgh 5.09 1255 678 472 1200 6 26 Lindor Cle 458 75 136 22 55 .297 Chicago 4.86 1204 633 473 1075 6 27 Ramos NYM 400 44 117 13 65 .293 Colorado 5.61 1328 754 477 1063 5 21 Polanco Min 512 82 151 19 66 .295 Texas 4.87 1261 654 476 1159 8 28 Soto Was 452 90 132 29 90 .292 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Los Angeles 5.03 1193 678 474 1203 2 28 J.Turner LAD 448 77 131 25 64 .292 Trout LAA 436 103 128 42 98 .294 ERA H ER BB SO Sh Sv Seattle 5.06 1270 676 407 1037 3 28 Rizzo ChC 445 80 129 25 82 .290 Ryu LAD 157 141 20 137 12 52.35 Springer Hou 386 74 113 27 68 .293 Detroit 5.16 1254 677 448 1102 3 26 Moran Pit 395 43 114 13 75 .289 Soroka Atl 147 128 33 113 10 32.44 C.Santana Cle 452 91 132 30 79 .292 Kansas City 5.17 1287 688 487 1037 6 29 Rojas Mia 380 44 110 4 33 .289 Scherzer Was 142 118 27 200 9 52.46 Fletcher LAA 468 70 135 5 42 .288 Baltimore 5.78 1281 761 466 1028 5 25 Braun Mil 399 57 115 18 57 .288 deGrom NYM 169 134 39 214 8 8 2.66 Torres NYY 443 84 127 32 76 .287 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Eaton Was 482 90 139 12 42 .288 Kershaw LAD 150 119 31 159 13 32.76 Dozier KC 395 60 113 22 70 .286 Albies Atl 543 84 156 19 71 .287 Greinke Ari 146 117 21 135 10 42.90 ERA H ER BB SO Sh Sv Rosario NYM 512 64 147 12 58 .287 S.Gray Cin 144 104 58 170 10 62.92 Betts Bos 505 118 144 21 66 .285 Verlander Hou 184 114 34 243 16 52.69 L.García ChW 475 81 135 7 35 .284 Acuña Jr. Atl 553 107 158 36 91 .286 Buehler LAD 154 129 28 185 11 33.03 Cole Hou 170 122 41 252 15 52.85 Segura Phi 487 70 139 11 53 .285 Corbin Was 168 139 51 193 10 63.15 Laureano Oak 380 67 108 21 58 .284 Miley Hou 156 136 54 134 13 43.06 Hernández Phi 497 61 141 8 57 .284 Castillo Cin 160 119 63 190 13 53.21 Andrus Tex 479 64 135 10 59 .282 Morton TB 165 133 47 201 13 63.11 Hosmer SD 521 65 148 20 89 .284 Flaherty StL 152 118 47 178 8 73.31 Benintendi Bos 468 62 132 12 63 .282 Giolito ChW 157 119 54 203 14 73.20 Bryant ChC 479 95 135 26 64 .282 Samardzija SF 151 123 42 126 9 103.38 Rosario Min 439 74 124 27 85 .282 Minor Tex 174 153 57 175 11 83.25 Báez ChC 525 88 148 29 85 .282 Teheran Atl 151 128 72 141 8 83.39 Vázquez Bos 386 53 109 18 53 .282 Bieber Cle 181 147 36 224 12 73.27 Wong StL 403 49 113 10 51 .280 Nola Phi 174 147 64 194 12 43.45 Bregman Hou 445 96 125 31 86 .281 Fiers Oak 164 141 48 111 13 33.40 Bell Pit 485 90 135 34 108 .278 Hendricks ChC 148 137 29 125 9 93.47 Cabrera Det 417 33 117 9 50 .281 Odorizzi Min 137 121 49 145 14 63.55 Realmuto Phi 467 81 130 20 71 .278 Hudson StL 140 141 66 106 13 63.47 Berríos Min 169 165 42 163 11 73.57 Peralta Ari 382 48 105 12 57 .275 Bumgarner SF 176 157 36 177 9 83.62 A.García TB 399 49 111 17 57 .278 Strasburg Was 171 141 43 201 15 5 3.63 Lynn Tex 176 170 50 202 14 9 3.77 A.Frazier Pit 460 65 125 7 37 .272 Meadows TB 410 56 114 23 67 .278 Jones Ari 432 63 117 15 61 .271 Sánchez Was 135 126 52 116 8 63.80 Voit NYY 349 60 97 19 54 .278 Bauer Cle 156 127 63 185 9 83.79 Seager LAD 399 66 108 12 61 .271 J.Gray Col 150 147 56 150 11 83.84 Abreu ChW 510 65 141 28 98 .276 Rodríguez Bos 165 163 62 160 16 53.97 Escobar Ari 529 83 143 31 108 .270 Ray Ari 147 122 67 193 11 73.86 Villar Bal 500 85 138 18 58 .276 Anderson Oak 156 158 45 77 11 94.04 Ozuna StL 378 68 102 24 77 .270 Quintana ChC 152 154 41 137 12 83.90 Castellanos Det 403 57 110 11 37 .273 Pineda Min 134 132 25 121 10 54.16 Castro Mia 530 46 141 15 71 .266 DeSclafani Cin 135 133 42 139 9 74.05 Keller KC 165 154 70 122 7 144.19 Semien Oak 516 92 141 22 61 .273 Alonso NYM 487 81 129 42 101 .265 Fried Atl 142 154 42 150 15 44.05 Leake Sea 137 153 19 100 9 84.27 Pillar SF 487 70 129 19 73 .265 Lucchesi SD 138 116 46 132 9 74.11 Mancini Bal 481 83 130 29 74 .270 Gonzales Sea 169 184 44 128 14 114.30 Machado SD 500 72 132 28 75 .264 Maeda LAD 138 105 47 149 8 84.11 Mazara Tex 406 65 109 17 62 .268 Sale Bos 147 123 37 218 6 114.40 Walker Ari 444 71 117 23 59 .264 Syndergaard NYM 163 155 43 161 9 74.14 Choo Tex 454 77 121 20 48 .267 Tanaka NYY 157 155 37 128 10 74.47 Moustakas Mil 464 71 122 31 76 .263 Alcantara Mia 155 142 72 116 4 124.22 Galvis Tor 450 55 120 18 54 .267 Boyd Det 159 145 42 208 6 104.47 Conforto NYM 455 73 119 28 79 .262 Darvish ChC 152 122 52 183 5 64.25 Pham TB 450 60 120 19 54 .267 Nova ChW 162 187 40 97 9 114.48 Ahmed Ari 467 70 122 17 73 .261 Mikolas StL 154 165 25 119 8 134.32 Anderson Mia 459 57 120 20 66 .261 Lester ChC 144 167 41 138 11 94.36 Gordon KC 457 66 121 12 63 .265 Pérez Min 139 144 57 116 9 54.53 Gonzalez Min 389 47 102 14 47 .262 McMahon Col 399 59 104 18 72 .261 Wheeler NYM 161 164 45 160 9 7 4.41 Gibson Min 149 157 45 146 13 64.58 Suárez Cin 485 74 126 38 83 .260 Wainwright StL 135 141 57 130 9 94.52 Olson Oak 351 49 92 26 63 .262 Junis KC 160 172 52 151 8 124.93 Desmond Col 386 59 100 15 58 .259 Arrieta Phi 135 149 51 110 8 84.64 Reddick Hou 419 46 109 10 37 .260 López ChW 152 164 56 138 8 115.08 Swanson Atl 397 65 103 17 58 .259 Musgrove Pit 148 148 34 131 8 12 4.67 Cron Min 375 42 97 20 65 .259 Kikuchi Sea 139 160 46 104 5 95.36 Votto Cin 437 63 113 12 39 .259 Márquez Col 174 174 35 175 12 54.76 Chapman Oak 466 82 120 29 71 .258 Porcello Bos 149 169 42 117 12 105.42 Donaldson Atl 469 81 121 32 76 .258 Kelly Ari 150 161 46 123 9 134.91 PAGE 26 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 8, 2019 MLB SCOREBOARD

American League Friday Pirates 9, Cardinals 4 Indians 6, Twins 2 (11) Rays 5, Blue Jays 0 East Division Athletics 7, Tigers 3 St. Louis Pittsburgh Cleveland Minnesota Toronto Tampa Bay W L Pct GB ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi New York 92 50 .648 — First game Fowler rf 5 0 0 0 Newman ss 3 2 2 1 Lindor ss 6 1 2 2 Kepler cf 5 0 2 0 Bichette ss 3 0 0 0 Sogard 2b 2 0 0 0 Oakland Detroit Tampa Bay 84 59 .587 8A Wong 2b 4 0 1 0 Reynolds lf 5 1 1 0 Mercado cf 5 1 3 2 Polanco ss 5 0 2 1 Hrnandez cf 4 0 0 0 Duffy 3b 2 0 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Boston 76 65 .539 15A J.Mrtinez ph 1 0 1 0 Marte cf 4 1 2 2 Santana 1b 5 0 2 0 Cruz dh 4 0 1 0 Grichuk dh 4 0 1 0 Meadows lf 4 1 2 1 Toronto 55 87 .387 37 Semien ss 5 1 2 1 Goodrum 1b 3 1 1 0 Gldschmdt 1b 3 0 1 0 Bell 1b 3 1 1 2 Puig rf 5 1 1 1 Schop ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Guerrero 3b 4 0 0 0 Garcia rf 4 0 1 1 Baltimore 46 95 .326 45A Chapman 3b 3 3 2 0 Reyes rf 1 0 0 0 Ozuna lf 3 0 0 0 Moran 3b 2 0 0 0 Kipnis 2b 5 0 0 0 Rosario lf 5 1 1 0 Tellez 1b 3 0 0 0 Choi 1b 4 0 0 0 Central Division Pinder lf-rf 4 2 2 3 Lugo 3b 3 0 1 1 DeJong ss 4 1 1 0 M.Cbrra ph-rf 2 1 1 1 Reyes dh 5 0 0 0 Sano 3b 5 0 0 0 Drury 2b 3 0 0 0 Lowe dh 4 0 0 0 Minnesota 87 54 .617 — Davis dh 5 0 1 0 Cstllanos rf 2 2 1 1 Molina c 4 0 1 0 Osuna rf-3b 4 1 2 1 Bauers lf 2 0 0 0 Arraez 2b 4 0 1 0 Davis rf 3 0 0 0 Adames ss 3 1 2 0 Cleveland 82 60 .577 5A Piscotty rf 4 0 2 3 H.Castro cf 1 0 0 0 Edman 3b 4 2 2 3 Frazier 2b 3 1 2 2 Luplow ph 0 0 0 0 Cron 1b 5 0 1 1 Jansen c 2 0 0 0 Kiermaier cf 3 1 0 0 Chicago 62 79 .440 25 Neuse 2b 1 0 0 0 Cabrera dh 4 0 1 0 Bader cf 3 1 0 0 Stallings c 2 0 0 0 Allen ph-lf 0 1 0 0 Castro c 2 0 0 0 Alford lf 3 0 1 0 Zunino c 3 1 1 2 Kansas City 52 90 .366 35A Olson 1b 3 0 0 0 Rdrguz ss-2b 4 0 0 0 Mikolas p 2 0 0 0 Tucker ph 2 1 1 0 R.Perez c 5 1 1 1 Garver ph-c 2 0 0 0 Wndle 3b-2b 3 1 2 0 Detroit 42 98 .300 44A Profar 2b-lf 4 0 1 0 Stewart lf 3 0 1 0 Webb p 0 0 0 0 Liriano p 0 0 0 0 Chang 3b 3 0 1 0 Cave rf 2 0 1 0 Totals 29 0 2 0 32 5 9 4 West Division Laureano cf 3 1 2 0 Harrison 2b 3 0 0 0 Carpenter ph 1 0 1 1 Vazquez p 0 0 0 0 Frman ph-3b 0 1 0 0 Wade pr-rf 1 1 0 0 Toronto 000 000 000—0 Canha cf 1 0 0 0 Mrcer ph-ss 1 0 0 0 Houston 92 50 .648 — Arozarena pr 0 0 0 0 McRae p 1 0 0 0 Totals 41 6 10 6 41 2 9 2 Tampa Bay 120 100 01x—5 A Phegley c 2 0 0 0 Greiner c 2 0 0 0 Gant p 0 0 0 0 Kramer ph 1 0 0 0 Oakland 82 59 .582 9 Cleveland 001 000 010 04—6 E—Drury (4). DP—Toronto 1, Tampa Texas 70 73 .490 22A Grssman ph 1 0 0 0 Jones cf 2 0 0 0 Miller p 0 0 0 0 Feliz p 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 000 110 000 00—2 Bay 0. LOB—Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 3. 2B— Los Angeles 66 76 .465 26 Hundley c 0 0 0 0 Cndlrio ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Brebbia p 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 E—Santana (9). DP—Cleveland 1, Min- Garcia (20), Adames (21). 3B—Grichuk Seattle 58 84 .408 34 Murphy c 1 0 0 0 Mayers p 0 0 0 0 Wang p 0 0 0 0 (4). HR—Zunino (9). Totals 37 7 12 7 30 3 5 2 Munoz ph 1 0 1 0 Reyes ph 1 0 0 0 nesota 0. LOB—Cleveland 10, Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Oakland 003 000 202—7 Diaz c 1 0 0 0 8. 2B—Cron (24). 3B—Mercado (3). HR— National League Detroit 201 000 000—3 Totals 35 4 9 4 34 9 12 9 Lindor (28). SF—Puig (1). Toronto East Division E—Fiers (2). DP—Oakland 1, Detroit 1. St. Louis 020 000 200—4 IP H R ER BB SO Buchholz L,1-4 6 7 4 3 0 3 W L Pct GB LOB—Oakland 8, Detroit 4. 2B—Semien Pittsburgh 001 000 62x—9 Pannone 1 0 0 0 0 1 Cleveland Shafer 1 2 1 0 0 2 Atlanta 88 54 .620 — (36), Piscotty (17), Lugo (7). 3B—Semien DP—St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1. LOB—St. Plutko 6 7 2 2 1 5 Washington 78 62 .557 9 (6), Goodrum (5). HR—Pinder (12), Cas- Louis 8, Pittsburgh 8. 2B—Carpenter (16), O.Perez 1 1 0 0 0 2 Tampa Bay New York 72 68 .514 15 tellanos (11). SF—Pinder (3), Lugo (3). Molina (22), Newman (17), Reynolds (34). Carrasco 1 1 0 0 0 2 McKay 3C 1 0 0 0 7 B Philadelphia 72 68 .514 15 IP H R ER BB SO 3B—Frazier (7). HR—Edman 2 (7). Cimber C 0 0 0 1 0 Fairbanks W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Miami 50 90 .357 37 IP H R ER BB SO Clippard W,1-0 1B 0 0 0 0 3 Kittredge 2 0 0 0 0 2 Oakland Sulser 1 1 0 0 2 1 Central Division Fiers, W, 14-3 6 4 3 3 3 3 St. Louis Goody 1 0 0 0 0 2 St. Louis 79 62 .560 — Mikolas 5 3 1 1 4 7 Pagan S,19-26 1 0 0 0 0 1 A Hendriks, H, 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 Minnesota Sulser pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. Chicago 76 64 .543 2 Diekman, H, 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 Webb H,5 1 0 0 0 0 1 Pineda 6 4 1 1 2 10 Milwaukee 72 68 .514 6A WP—Shafer. T—2:35. A—10,853 (25,025). Wendelken 1 0 0 0 0 2 Gant H,17 B 1 2 2 1 1 May H,14 1 0 0 0 1 1 Cincinnati 66 76 .465 13A Miller L,4-5 BS,5-8 B 3 3 3 0 1 Romo BS,3-5 1 1 1 1 0 0 Pittsburgh 62 79 .440 17 Detroit Brebbia B 2 1 1 0 0 Soto 4 4 3 3 2 3 Littell 1 0 0 0 1 1 Royals 3, Marlins 0 West Division Mayers 1 3 2 2 1 1 C Los Angeles 92 51 .643 — Farmer 1B 2 0 0 0 0 Stashak 1 0 0 0 0 Kansas City Miami Stumpf B 2 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh Thorpe L,2-2 1 1 1 1 0 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Arizona 74 67 .525 17 McRae 5 3 2 2 2 1 San Francisco 68 73 .482 23 Reininger, L, 0-2 1 2 2 2 2 0 Graterol 0 2 3 3 1 0 Merrifield 2b 4 0 2 1 Berti ss 4 0 1 0 A Alcantara B 0 0 0 0 0 Feliz 1 0 0 0 1 1 Hildenberger B 1 0 0 1 0 San Diego 64 76 .457 26 Rodriguez B 2 2 2 1 1 Mondesi ss 5 0 1 0 Diaz 2b 4 0 0 0 Colorado 60 82 .423 31A McKay 2 2 2 2 0 4 Thorpe pitched to 3 batters in the Soler rf 4 0 0 0 Castro 3b 4 0 0 0 Wang W,2-0 C 0 0 0 0 0 11th, Graterol pitched to 4 batters in the Reininger pitched to 6 batters in the C Starling rf 0 0 0 0 Walker 1b 4 0 1 0 7th. T—2:58. A—15,680 (41,297). Liriano H,11 2 0 0 0 0 11th. HBP—Graterol (Freeman). WP— Vazquez S,25-28 1B 2 0 0 0 3 Dozier 3b 4 1 2 1 Dean lf 4 0 1 0 Wild-card race Pineda(2), Thorpe. T—4:16. A—35,418 Gordon lf 3 1 1 0 Sierra cf 4 0 0 0 HBP—Mikolas (Newman). T—3:28. A— (38,649). AMERICAN LEAGUE Tigers 5, Athletics 4 (11) 19,090 (38,362). O’Hearn 1b 4 0 2 1 Brinson rf 3 0 1 0 W L Pct WCGB Viloria c 3 1 1 0 Holaday c 2 0 1 0 Tampa Bay 84 59 .587 — Second game Brewers 7, Cubs 1 Phillips cf 4 0 0 0 Ramirez ph 1 0 0 0 Oakland 82 59 .582 — Detroit Oakland Diamondbacks 7, Reds 5 Lopez p 1 0 0 0 Alfaro c 0 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Chicago Milwaukee McBroom ph 0 0 0 0 P.Lopez p 2 0 1 0 Arizona Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h bi McCarthy p 0 0 0 0 Kinley p 0 0 0 0 Cleveland 82 60 .577 ½ Reyes cf 6 0 1 0 Semien ss 4 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi NATIONAL LEAGUE H.Castro 2b 5 0 0 0 Chpman 3b 3 0 0 1 Zobrist 2b 4 0 0 0 Cain cf 3 2 1 0 Barlow p 0 0 0 0 Brigham p 0 0 0 0 Marte cf-2b 4 1 3 3 Blandino 2b 1 3 1 0 Schwarber lf 4 0 0 0 Grandal c 5 2 2 1 Cuthbert ph 1 0 0 0 Grndrson ph 1 0 1 0 W L Pct WCGB Cabrera dh 3 1 2 0 Olson 1b 5 0 1 1 Flores 2b 5 0 2 1 Lorenzen p 0 0 0 0 Washington 78 62 .557 — Bckhm pr-dh 1 1 0 0 Canha rf 3 0 0 0 Cstellanos rf 4 1 2 1 Yelich rf 4 1 3 3 Kennedy p 0 0 0 0 K.Keller p 0 0 0 0 Locstro pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Alaniz p 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 9 3 33 0 7 0 Chicago 76 64 .543 — Stewart lf 4 1 2 2 Brown lf 4 1 1 0 Escobar 3b 5 1 1 0 Barnhart ph 1 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 0 0 Braun lf 2 0 0 0 Dixon pr-lf 0 1 0 0 Pinder ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Walker 1b 4 1 1 0 Romano p 0 0 0 0 Bryant 3b 3 0 1 0 Gamel lf 2 1 1 1 Kansas City 001 000 110—3 Arizona 74 67 .525 2½ Cndelario 1b 4 0 0 0 Davis dh 5 0 0 0 Rojas lf 5 0 1 2 Votto 1b 3 1 2 0 Caratini c 3 0 0 0 Austin 1b 2 1 1 0 Miami 000 000 000—0 Milwaukee 72 68 .514 4 Lugo 3b 5 1 3 2 Profar 2b 5 1 3 0 Jones rf 3 0 0 0 Suarez 3b 5 1 3 4 Strop p 0 0 0 0 Thmes ph-1b 1 0 0 0 E—Walker (2), Castro (11). DP—Kansas New York 72 68 .514 4 Demeritte rf 4 0 0 0 Laureano cf 4 1 0 0 Ginkel p 0 0 0 0 Senzel pr 0 0 0 0 Alzolay p 0 0 0 0 Perez 3b 5 0 1 0 City 0, Miami 3. LOB—Kansas City 8, Mi- Philadelphia 72 68 .514 4 Greiner c 5 0 2 0 Phegley c 2 1 1 2 Lamb ph 1 0 0 0 Aquino rf 5 0 1 1 Russell ss 3 0 0 0 Spngnbrg 2b 3 0 1 1 ami 6. 2B—O’Hearn (10), P.Lopez (2), Berti Thursday’s games W.Castro ss 5 0 1 1 Grssman ph 1 0 0 0 Bradley p 0 0 0 0 J.Iglesias ss 3 0 0 0 Heyward cf 1 0 0 0 Arcia ss 2 0 0 1 (11). HR—Dozier (25). S—Lopez (1). Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 1 Murphy c 1 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 3 1 1 1 Garrett p 0 0 0 0 Hamels p 1 0 0 0 Davies p 2 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Detroit 6, Kansas City 4 Totals 42 5 11 5 38 4 6 4 C.Kelly c 4 2 2 0 Bowman p 0 0 0 0 Undrwood p 0 0 0 0 Freitas ph 1 0 0 0 Kansas City Oakland 10, L.A. Angels 6 Detroit 000 000 220 01—5 Ray p 2 1 1 0 VanMtr ph-2b 2 0 0 0 Kemp ph 1 0 0 0 Suter p 0 0 0 0 Lopez, W, 3-7 6 4 0 0 0 5 Texas 3, Baltimore 1 Oakland 040 000 000 00—4 Crichton p 0 0 0 0 Ervin cf 4 0 0 0 Chatwood p 0 0 0 0 Grisham ph 1 0 0 0 McCarthy, H, 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 Minnesota 2, Boston 1 DP—Detroit 0, Oakland 1. LOB—Detroit Cron ph 1 0 0 0 Casali c 4 0 0 0 Lucroy c 1 0 0 0 Guerra p 0 0 0 0 Barlow, H, 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 4 8, Oakland 9. 2B—Stewart (22), W.Castro Andriese p 0 0 0 0 Peraza lf 2 0 0 0 Black p 0 0 0 0 Kennedy, S, 27-31 1 1 0 0 0 1 Houston 11, Seattle 9, 13 innings (3), Phegley (18). HR—Stewart (8). S—De- Chafin p 0 0 0 0 Sims p 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 3 1 33 7 10 7 St. Louis 10, San Francisco 0 meritte (1). Dyson rf-cf 0 0 0 0 Galvis ss 1 0 0 0 Miami Chicago 001 000 000—1 P.Lopez, L, 5-8 6B 8 2 2 0 6 Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 3, 11 innings IP H R ER BB SO Mahle p 1 0 0 0 Milwaukee 004 100 11x—7 C Atlanta 4, Washington 2 O’Grady lf 2 0 0 0 Kinley 0 0 0 1 0 Detroit E—Heyward (5), Russell (4). DP—Chi- Brigham 1 1 1 1 1 2 Miami 10, Pittsburgh 7 C Totals 37 7 12 7 34 5 7 5 cago 1, Milwaukee 1. LOB—Chicago 3, Chicago Cubs 10, Milwaukee 5 Turnbull 1 4 4 4 3 2 K.Keller 1 0 0 0 2 1 Ramirez 2B 0 0 0 1 3 Arizona 001 050 010—7 Milwaukee 11. 2B—Castellanos (11), Bry- T—2:52. A—8,915 (36,742). Friday’s games Cincinnati 101 030 000—5 ant (35). HR—Castellanos (13), Yelich Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 0 Alexander 3 1 0 0 0 5 DP—Arizona 0, Cincinnati 1. LOB—Ari- Farmer 1 0 0 0 1 1 (44), Grandal (24). SB—Spangenberg (1), Texas 7, Baltimore 6 zona 8, Cincinnati 11. 2B—Flores (15), Perez (5), Yelich (27), Austin (1). SF—Ar- Rangers 7, Orioles 6 Boston 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Cisnero 1 0 0 0 1 1 Walker (23), Escobar (26), C.Kelly (18), Stumpf B 0 0 0 1 1 cia (6). Texas Baltimore L.A. Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 4 C Aquino (6). HR—Ahmed (18), Marte (31), Oakland 7, Detroit 3, first game Schreiber W,1-0 0 0 0 0 1 Suarez (42). SB—Locastro (14). S—Dyson IP H R ER BB SO ab r h bi ab r h bi Detroit 5, Oakland 4, 11 innings, sec- Jimenez S,6-11 1 1 0 0 0 1 (1). Chicago Choo rf 5 1 2 1 Albrto 3b-2b 4 1 1 0 B DeShields cf 0 0 0 0 Mancini 1b 4 1 1 1 ond game Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Hamels L,7-6 3 9 5 5 2 3 Houston 7, Seattle 4 Bailey 6B 5 2 2 1 3 Underwood C 0 0 0 1 1 Andrus ss 5 0 2 2 Sntnder rf 5 1 1 2 Cleveland 6, Minnesota 2, 11 innings Soria H,19 C 1 0 0 0 0 Arizona Chatwood 2 0 0 0 0 1 Calhoun lf 5 2 2 4 Nunez dh 4 0 2 0 C Ray 4B 3 3 3 3 8 Solak 2b 3 0 0 0 Wlkrson pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Kansas City 3, Miami 0 Diekman H,9 2 2 2 0 0 C Strop 1 0 1 0 2 1 Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 4 Trivino BS,0-5 B 1 0 0 0 1 Crichton 1 2 2 1 0 Alzolay 1 1 1 1 2 1 Santana 3b 4 0 1 0 Villar 2b-ss 4 0 1 0 Andriese H,3 C 0 0 0 1 0 Odor dh 4 0 2 0 Williams cf 4 0 1 0 Atlanta 4, Washington 3 Hendriks 1 0 0 0 0 2 B Milwaukee Wendelken 1 0 0 0 0 0 Chafin H,21 1 0 0 1 1 Hneman cf-rf 3 1 1 0 Severino c 3 1 1 0 N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 4 Ginkel W,2-0 2 0 0 0 2 3 Davies W,9-7 5 3 1 1 1 4 Milwaukee 7, Chicago Cubs 1 Blackburn L,0-2 1 2 1 1 0 1 Guzman 1b 3 1 1 0 Trumbo ph 1 0 0 0 Bradley S,13-16 1 2 0 0 1 1 Suter 2 0 0 0 0 2 Trevino c 3 2 1 0 Wynns c 0 0 0 0 Arizona 7, Cincinnati 5 HBP—Turnbull (Laureano), Diekman Guerra 1 0 0 0 1 0 Cincinnati Stewart lf 3 1 1 0 Colorado 3, San Diego 2 (Candelario), Wendelken (Dixon). T— Black 1 0 0 0 0 1 San Francisco 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 3:44. A—16,080 (46,765). Mahle L,2-11 4B 6 5 5 2 3 R.Martin ss 2 1 1 3 Sims 1B 2 1 1 1 3 HBP—Hamels (Braun). WP—Un- Ruiz ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Saturday’s games derwood Jr., Strop. T—2:51. A—38,139 N.Y. Yankees at Boston Garrett 1 2 0 0 0 1 Totals 35 7 12 7 35 6 10 6 B (41,900). Toronto at Tampa Bay Mets 5, Phillies 4 Bowman 0 0 0 1 0 Texas 103 000 300—7 Philadelphia New York Lorenzen C 2 1 1 0 1 Baltimore 130 020 000—6 Texas at Baltimore B Cleveland at Minnesota ab r h bi ab r h bi Alaniz 0 0 0 0 1 Giants 5, Dodgers 4 DP—Texas 1, Baltimore 3. LOB—Texas L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox Segura ss 5 2 3 0 McNeil lf-3b 3 1 1 1 Romano 1 0 0 0 0 0 5, Baltimore 6. 2B—Choo (29), Heineman Garrett pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. San Francisco Los Angeles (5), Odor (25), Alberto (21). HR—Cal- Seattle at Houston Realmuto c 5 1 2 3 Alonso 1b 4 0 1 2 ab r h bi ab r h bi Detroit at Oakland WP—Ray, Crichton. T—4:10. A—19,048 houn 2 (18), Mancini (30), R.Martin (5), Harper rf 1 0 0 0 Conforto rf 4 1 1 1 (42,319). Solano 2b 5 0 1 0 Pederson rf 3 1 2 0 Arizona at Cincinnati Rodriguez rf 1 0 0 0 Ramos c 4 0 1 1 Santander (18). S—Alberto (3). Kansas City at Miami Slater rf 5 1 1 0 Hrnndz ph-rf 1 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Dckrson ph-lf 2 0 1 0 Cano 2b 4 0 1 0 Pillar cf 4 1 2 0 Seager ss 4 0 0 0 St. Louis at Pittsburgh Hoskins 1b 3 1 0 0 Rosario ss 4 0 1 0 Astros 7, Mariners 4 Longoria 3b 4 0 1 0 Turner 3b 4 0 0 0 Texas Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Kingery cf 4 0 0 0 Nimmo cf-lf 4 0 0 0 Burke 5 6 6 6 2 1 Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets Hrnandez 2b 4 0 0 0 Frazier 3b 2 1 1 0 Seattle Houston Posey c 3 1 0 0 Bellinger cf 4 0 1 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Rickard lf 2 0 0 0 Beaty 1b 3 0 0 0 B.Martin W,2-3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Washington at Atlanta Franco 3b 4 0 2 1 Haggerty pr 0 1 0 0 Ystrzmski ph-lf Clase H,3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado at San Diego Pirela lf-rf 3 0 1 0 Lagares cf 1 1 1 0 Moore ss 5 0 0 1 Altuve 2b 4 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 Freese ph 1 0 0 0 A.Garcia 1b 1 0 0 0 Pollock lf 4 3 3 3 Montero H,6 1 2 0 0 0 0 San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers Eflin p 2 0 0 0 Matz p 1 0 1 0 M.Smith rf 4 1 0 0 Brantley lf 4 1 1 1 Leclerc S,11-15 1 1 0 0 1 1 Nola c 3 1 0 0 Bregman ss 4 2 2 1 Belt ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Lux 2b 2 0 0 0 Sunday’s games Gosselin ph 0 0 0 0 Avilan p 0 0 0 0 Baltimore Texas (Minor 12-8) at Baltimore Hughes p 0 0 0 0 Brach p 0 0 0 0 Seager 3b 2 0 0 0 Alvarez dh 3 0 0 1 Dubon ss 4 1 3 3 Sadler p 0 0 0 0 Murphy dh 3 0 1 2 Gurriel 1b 3 0 1 1 Samardzija p 3 0 0 0 Sborz p 0 0 0 0 Bundy 6 8 5 5 1 4 (Wojciechowski 2-7) Suarez p 0 0 0 0 Wilson p 0 0 0 0 Fry L,1-8 0 1 2 2 2 0 Toronto (Waguespack 4-3) at Tampa Parker p 0 0 0 0 Guillrme ph 0 0 0 0 Nrvaez ph-dh1 0 0 0 Diaz pr-1b 1 0 0 0 Rogers p 0 0 0 0 Martin ph 0 0 0 0 Vgelbach 1b 3 1 1 1 Tucker rf 4 0 1 0 Shaw ph 1 0 0 0 Negron pr 0 0 0 0 Armstrong BS,4-6 1B 2 0 0 1 1 Bay (Glasnow 6-1) Neris p 0 0 0 0 Diaz p 0 0 0 0 Scott C 0 0 0 0 1 Cleveland (Clevinger 10-2) at Minne- Morrison ph 1 0 0 0 J.Davis ph 1 0 1 0 Lopes lf 3 1 1 0 Marsnick cf 0 0 0 0 Abad p 0 0 0 0 Wil.Smith c 4 0 0 0 Long 2b 4 0 1 0 Toro 3b 2 0 0 0 Gustave p 0 0 0 0 Kershaw p 1 0 0 0 Tate 1 1 0 0 0 2 sota (TBD) Morin p 0 0 0 0 Bundy pitched to 1 batter in the 7th, L.A. Angels (Barria 4-7) at Chicago Bishop cf 1 0 0 0 Mldonado c 4 1 1 0 Wil.Smith p 0 0 0 0 Floro p 0 0 0 0 Vincent p 0 0 0 0 Fraley ph-cf 2 0 0 0 Rddick cf-rf 4 1 1 1 Fry pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. T— White Sox (Cease 3-7) Gyorko ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 9 4 32 5 10 5 Totals 31 4 4 4 33 7 9 5 3:03. A—10,596 (45,971). Seattle (Hernandez 1-5) at Houston Philadelphia 000 011 002—4 Y.Garcia p 0 0 0 0 (Cole 15-5) Seattle 200 101 000—4 Kolarek p 0 0 0 0 New York 001 100 021—5 Houston 300 112 00x—7 Detroit (Norris 3-11) at Oakland (Ma- DP—Philadelphia 2, New York 1. Taylr ph-2b 1 0 0 0 This date in baseball E—McClain (2), Maldonado (1). LOB— Totals 35 5 9 5 33 4 6 4 naea 0-0) LOB—Philadelphia 9, New York 7. 2B—Se- Sept. 8 N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 10-8) at Boston Seattle 8, Houston 8. 2B—Bregman (34), San Francisco 000 140 000—5 gura 2 (35), Realmuto (34), Dickerson (9). Gurriel (40), Maldonado (3). HR—Vogel- 1905 — The Pittsburgh Pirates strand- (Porcello 12-11) HR—Realmuto (23), Conforto (29). SB— Los Angeles 010 011 001—4 ed 18 runners in an 8-3 loss to the Cincin- Arizona (Leake 11-10) at Cincinnati bach (30), Reddick (12). SB—M.Smith DP—San Francisco 0, Los Angeles 1. Hoskins (2). S—Matz (4), Guillorme (2). (40), Moore (11), Diaz (1), Bregman (5), nati Reds to set a National League record (DeSclafani 9-8) LOB—San Francisco 8, Los Angeles 4. IP H R ER BB SO Tucker (1). for men left on base. Kansas City (Montgomery 3-7) at Mi- 2B—Dubon (2), Yastrzemski (17), Peder- 1939 — With his 12-1 victory over the ami (Alcantara 4-12) Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO son (14). HR—Dubon (2), Pollock 3 (13). Browns in St. Louis, 20-year-old Bob Eflin 5 6 2 2 0 6 Philadelphia (TBD) at N.Y. Mets (Syn- Seattle IP H R ER BB SO Feller became the youngest modern-era dergaard 10-7) Hughes 1 0 0 0 0 1 McClain 1 3 3 3 2 0 San Francisco player to win 20 games. Washington (Scherzer 9-5) at Atlanta Suarez 1 0 0 0 0 2 Milone L,3-9 4 3 4 3 1 5 1940 — Joe Gordon of the New York (Soroka 11-3) Parker B 0 2 2 2 0 Altavilla C 1 0 0 1 1 Samardzija W,10-11 6 5 3 3 0 3 Yankees hit for the cycle in a 9-4 win over Neris C 2 0 0 0 0 B Rogers H,1 1 0 0 0 1 2 St. Louis (Flaherty 9-7) at Pittsburgh Guilbeau 0 0 0 0 0 C the Boston Red Sox. Morin L,1-2 C 2 1 1 0 0 Brennan 2 2 0 0 0 1 Abad H,3 0 0 0 0 1 (TBD) B 1940 — Johnny Mize of St. Louis hit Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 9-9) at Mil- Vincent 0 0 0 0 1 0 Gustave H,3 0 0 0 0 0 three homers and drove in six runs in a Houston Wil.Smith S,32-36 1 1 1 1 1 2 waukee (Houser 6-5) New York Valdez 4 2 3 3 6 6 16-14 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Colorado (Lambert 2-6) at San Diego Matz 5C 6 2 2 3 4 Biagini 1 1 1 1 1 0 Los Angeles first game of a doubleheader. Mize be- (Lauer 8-8) Avilan 0 0 0 0 1 0 J.Smith W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kershaw L,13-5 4 7 3 3 3 6 came the first player to hit three homers San Francisco (Rodriguez 5-8) at L.A. Brach 1B 1 0 0 0 2 Rondon H,16 1 0 0 0 0 0 Floro 1 2 2 2 2 2 in one game four times in a career. Dodgers (Urias 4-3) Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 2 Harris H,24 1 1 0 0 0 3 Y.Garcia 1B 0 0 0 0 2 1955 — The Brooklyn Dodgers beat Diaz W,2-7 1 2 2 2 0 3 Osuna S,32-38 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kolarek C 0 0 0 0 1 the Milwaukee Braves 10-2 to clinch the Vincent pitched to 2 batters in the Milone pitched to 2 batters in the 6th, Sadler 1 0 0 0 0 1 National League pennant with a 17-game Calendar 9th, Avilan pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Biagini pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. Sborz 1 0 0 0 0 0 lead. Oct. 1-2 — Wild-card games. HBP—Matz (Harper), Vincent (McNeil). HBP—Milone 2 (Alvarez,Toro), Rondon Kershaw pitched to 2 batters in the Oct. 3 — Division Series start. T—3:32. A—28,107 (41,922). (Seager). T—3:31. A—33,149 (41,168). 5th. T—3:22. A—53,317 (56,000). SEE SCOREBOARD ON PAGE 27 Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 27 MLB Scoreboard Roundup

FROM PAGE 26 Braves 4, Nationals 3 Washington Atlanta Red Sox 6, Yankees 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Turner ss 5 0 2 0 Acuna cf-rf 5 0 1 0 Surging Red Sox beat Yankees New York Boston Kendrick 2b 4 1 2 0 Albies 2b 4 1 2 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Rendon 3b 3 1 1 0 Freeman 1b 3 1 1 0 LeMahieu 3b 3 0 0 0 Betts rf 3 1 0 0 Soto lf 3 0 0 0 Dnldson 3b 2 1 1 2 Associated Press Judge rf 4 0 0 0 Devers 3b 2 2 1 0 Zmmermn 1b 4 1 1 3 Duvall lf 3 1 1 0 Gregorius ss 4 0 1 0 Bogaerts ss 4 0 1 2 Robles cf 4 0 1 0 Swanson ss 3 0 0 0 Sanchez c 2 0 0 0 Martinez dh 2 0 0 0 Gomes c 4 0 1 0 Riley rf 3 0 0 0 BOSTON — Mitch Moreland Encrncion dh 4 0 0 0 Bnintendi lf 3 1 0 0 Taylor rf 2 0 1 0 Martin p 0 0 0 0 hit a three-run homer and seven Torres 2b 3 0 0 0 Holt 2b 4 1 1 1 Eaton ph 1 0 0 0 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 Gardner cf 3 1 2 1 Mreland 1b 4 1 3 3 Suero p 0 0 0 0 Newcomb p 0 0 0 0 pitchers combined on a three-hit- Voit 1b 3 0 0 0 Vazquez c 4 0 0 0 Tauchman lf 2 0 0 0 Bradley cf 2 0 0 0 Rodney p 0 0 0 0 Camargo ph 1 0 0 0 ter to lead the Boston Red Sox to Frazier ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 Greene p 0 0 0 0 a 6-1 victory over the New York Totals 29 1 3 1 28 6 6 6 Corbin p 2 0 0 0 Flowers c 0 0 0 1 Rainey p 0 0 0 0 Keuchel p 2 0 0 0 Yankees on Friday night. New York 000 010 000—1 Parra ph-rf 2 0 0 0 Joyce ph 1 0 1 0 Boston 000 420 00x—6 Hmlton pr-cf 1 0 0 0 Xander Bogaerts added a two- DP—New York 1, Boston 0. LOB—New York 4, Boston 5. 2B—Gregorius (11), De- Totals 35 3 9 3 28 4 7 4 run double and Moreland two vers (49), Bogaerts (49). HR—Gardner Washington 000 000 030—3 singles for the Red Sox, who won (21), Moreland (15). Atlanta 001 100 20x—4 E—Rendon (9), Suero (1). DP—Wash- for the 13th time in 19 games. The IP H R ER BB SO ington 0, Atlanta 1. LOB—Washington New York 7, Atlanta 9. 2B—Albies (39), Duvall (4). defending World Series champi- German, L, 17-4 4B 3 5 5 4 5 HR—Zimmerman (5), Albies (20), Don- ons remained 6 ½ games out of Cortes Jr. C 1 1 1 2 1 aldson (35). SF—Flowers (2). Lyons 1 1 0 0 0 1 the AL’s second wild-card spot Gearrin 1 0 0 0 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO with 21 games to play. Washington Adams 1 1 0 0 0 1 Brett Gardner homered for AL Boston Corbin L,11-7 5 3 2 1 6 9 Chacin 2 0 0 0 0 4 Rainey 1 2 0 0 0 0 East-leading New York, which Suero 1B 2 2 2 0 1 Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 2 C Walden, W, 9-2 1 1 0 0 1 2 Rodney 0 0 0 1 1 lost for just the third time in 11 Cashner 1 1 1 1 0 1 Atlanta games. The Yankees’ lead atop Weber 2 1 0 0 1 1 Keuchel W,7-5 6 6 0 0 2 3 Hernandez 1 0 0 0 1 1 Martin H,4 1 0 0 0 0 1 the East dropped to 8 ½ games Poyner 1 0 0 0 0 2 Jackson B 3 3 3 0 1 over Tampa Bay, a 5-0 winner at T—3:08. A—36,162 (37,731). Newcomb H,16 C 0 0 0 0 1 Greene S,1-3 1 0 0 0 0 2 home against Toronto. HBP—Rainey (Flowers). T—3:20. A— New York starter Domingo Rockies 3, Padres 2 37,181 (41,149). Colorado San Diego German (17-4) gave up five runs 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi in 4 ⁄3 innings, allowing three hits Story ss 4 1 2 0 Garcia 2b 1 1 0 0 Angels 5, White Sox 4 Blackmon rf 4 1 1 1 Martini lf 4 1 2 0 Los Angeles Chicago with four walks and five strike- Arenado 3b 3 0 1 0 Machado 3b 4 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi outs in his bid to become the ma- Murphy 1b 3 0 0 0 Hosmer 1b 4 0 1 2 Fletcher 3b 4 1 0 0 Andrson ss 4 2 2 2 jors’ first 18-game winner. McMahon 2b 4 0 1 1 Naylor rf 3 0 0 0 Trout cf 2 0 0 0 Moncda 3b 4 1 2 0 Tapia lf 4 0 0 0 Baez p 0 0 0 0 Goodwin cf 2 1 1 2 Abreu 1b 3 0 1 1 Marcus Walden (9-2), Boston’s Hilliard cf 4 0 0 0 Strahm p 0 0 0 0 Calhoun rf 4 0 0 0 Jimenez lf 4 0 0 1 third pitcher, threw a scoreless Nunez c 4 1 1 0 Mrgot ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Upton lf 4 1 1 1 McCann c 3 0 0 0 Melville p 1 0 0 0 Myers cf 4 0 1 0 Hermosillo lf 0 0 0 0 Castillo dh 4 0 0 0 inning for the victory. Pazos p 0 0 0 0 Bednar p 0 0 0 0 Ohtani dh 4 1 2 0 Mendick 2b 4 0 1 0 Hampson ph 1 0 1 0 Allen c 2 0 1 0 Indians 6, Twins 2 (11): Rober- Rnfroe ph-rf Simmons ss 4 0 0 1 Cordell rf 3 0 0 0 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Walsh 1b 3 0 0 0 Palka ph 1 0 0 0 to Perez hit a two-out RBI single Estevez p 0 0 0 0 Urias ss 2 0 0 0 Rengifo 2b 3 1 1 1 Engel cf 1 1 0 0 against rookie Brusdar Graterol MICHAEL DWYER/AP Diaz p 0 0 0 0 Lamet p 2 0 0 0 Bemboom c 2 0 0 0 Hedges c 2 0 0 0 Ward ph 0 0 0 0 to ignite a four-run 11th inning, Totals 32 3 7 2 31 2 5 2 The Red Sox’s Mitch Moreland gets the throw at first base on a Smith c 0 0 0 0 as host Cleveland broke open a Colorado 210 000 000—3 Totals 32 5 5 5 31 4 6 4 ground out by the New York Yankees’ Gleyber Torres during the San Diego 002 000 000—2 critical game against AL-Central E—Machado (14). DP—Colorado 1, San Los Angeles 001 000 121—5 second inning of Friday’s game in Boston. The Red Sox won 6-1. Diego 1. LOB—Colorado 5, San Diego 7. Chicago 200 020 000—4 leading Minnesota, trimming the 2B—Hampson (9), Martini (2). SB—Story DP—Los Angeles 2, Chicago 0. LOB— division lead to 5 ½ games. (20). S—Melville (2). Los Angeles 2, Chicago 4. 2B—Ohtani (19), Milwaukee pulled within four reached first base. Abreu (33), Moncada (26). 3B—Ohtani Francisco Lindor drove in an- IP H R ER BB SO (5). HR—Rengifo (7), Goodwin (16), Upton games of Chicago for the second Rays 5, Blue Jays 0: Bren- Colorado (12), Anderson (16). other run with an infield single off NL wild card. The Cubs, who had C dan McKay and four relievers Melville W,2-1 5 5 2 2 2 8 IP H R ER BB SO Graterol. Then Oscar Mercado, Pazos H,1 B 0 0 0 0 0 won their last six road games, re- combined on a two-hitter, Mike Johnson H,2 B 0 0 0 2 0 Los Angeles who tied the game in the eighth B mained 2 ½ back of NL Central- Zunino hit a two-run homer, and Estevez H,7 1C 0 0 0 0 1 Peters 4 6 4 4 3 3 by scoring on a one-out sacrifice Diaz S,1-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Middleton C 0 0 0 0 1 leading St. Louis, which lost 9-4 AL playoff-contending Tampa San Diego Rodriguez 2 0 0 0 1 1 fly by Yasiel Puig after hitting a at Pittsburgh. Bay beat visiting Toronto. Lamet L,2-4 6 6 3 1 1 4 Robles W,5-0 2 0 0 0 0 3 leadoff triple off Sergio Romo, Baez 1 1 0 0 1 1 Chicago Giants 5, Dodgers 4: Mauri- Rangers 7, Orioles 6: Willie Strahm 1 0 0 0 0 0 Giolito 7 3 2 2 1 6 tacked on a two-run single against cio Dubon went 3-for-4 and drove Calhoun homered twice and drove Bednar 1 0 0 0 0 2 Bummer BS,1-3 1 1 2 2 1 1 Trevor Hildenberger, the seventh Baez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Colome L,4-3 1 1 1 1 0 1 in three runs, Jeff Samardzija in a career-high four runs, help- HBP—Melville (Garcia). WP—Lamet. T— WP—Middleton. T—3:02. A—20,026 reliever for the Twins after a stel- pitched six strong innings, and 3:05. A—26,073 (42,445). (40,615). ing Texas beat host Baltimore. lar start by Michael Pineda. visiting San Francisco beat NL Royals 3, Marlins 0: Jorge Tyler Clippard (1-0) struck West-leading Los Angeles. Lopez pitched six innings of four- out three of four batters he faced The Giants ended a stretch in hit ball and Hunter Dozier hom- for the victory, and Nick Goody which they lost eight of 10 and ered, leading visiting Kansas City fanned two of three in a perfect 12 of 16 on a night when retir- over Miami. 11th to finish it. ing manager Bruce Bochy was Pirates 9, Cardinals 4: Adam The Twins had their “magic honored by the Dodgers in a pre- Frazier capped a six-run seventh number” for clinching the Central game ceremony. inning with a two-run triple, and stay at 14, meaning any combina- Clayton Kershaw (13-5) lost his tion of their wins and losses by host Pittsburgh beat St. Louis. third straight start for the Dodg- Angels 5, White Sox 4: Brian the Indians reaching that total. ers, whose four-game winning Goodwin’s two-run homer in the Athletics 7-4, Tigers 3-5 (11, streak ended. eighth inning tied the game, and second game): Chad Pinder Mets 5, Phillies 4: Pete Alonso Justin Upton hit a solo shot in the homered, Mike Fiers earned the drew a bases-loaded walk with ninth that proved to be the win- victory and host Oakland beat two outs to cap a chaotic ninth in- ner as Los Angeles rallied to beat Detroit in a game that was sus- ning and lift host New York over pended on May 19 because of the Philadelphia. host Chicago, snapping a four- weather. New York took a 4-2 lead in the game losing streak. Fiers (14-3) is unbeaten over 21 bottom of the eighth on RBI sin- Diamondbacks 7, Reds 5: starts dating to his no-hitter May gles by Alonso and Wilson Ramos. Ketel Marte hit a three-run 7. He allowed three runs and four However, embattled closer Edwin homer, Josh Rojas singled home hits over six innings. Diaz (2-7) gave up a one-out, two- two more, and visiting Arizona It took 39 minutes to finish the run homer to J.T. Realmuto in the beat Cincinnati. 2-hour, 58-minute game half a top of the ninth. The Diamondbacks have won country away. However, the Mets bailed out 10 of 11 and 13 of 17, leaving them In the regularly scheduled Diaz when Mike Morin (1-2) re- 2 ½ games behind the Cubs for game, Willi Castro hit a go-ahead tired the first two batters he faced the final NL wild card. double in the top of the 11th as before Juan Lagares singled to Astros 7, Mariners 4: Josh the Tigers rallied from a four-run left-center. Lagares went to third Reddick homered for the second deficit to snap Oakland’s three- when J.D. Davis, pinch-hitting straight game and Alex Bregman game winning streak. for Diaz, got ahead 3-0 before sin- had two hits and stole home to Brewers 7, Cubs 1: Christian gling to left on a full-count pitch. help host Houston beat Seattle. Yelich hit his 44th homer and Nick Vincent then plunked Jeff Rockies 3, Padres 2: Rookie MORRY GASH/AP Zach Davies pitched five effec- McNeil with an 0-2 pitch to load Tim Melville struck out eight in 2 The Brewers’ Christian Yelich hits a three-run home run — his 44th tive innings for his first win since the bases. Alonso walked on a 5 ⁄3 innings and visiting Colorado of the season — during the third inning of Friday’s game against the July, helping Milwaukee beat vis- full count and then had his uni- beat San Diego to snap a season- Chicago Cubs in Milwaukee. iting Chicago. form torn off by teammates as he long, nine-game losing streak. PAGE 28 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 8, 2019 BASKETBALL/US OPEN/NFL US tops Raiders Greece, release Giannis Brown

BY TIM REYNOLDS BY JOSH DUBOW Associated Press Associated Press SHENZHEN, China — Kemba ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Oak- Walker scored 15 points, Dono- land Raiders released disgruntled van Mitchell scored 10 on his star receiver Antonio Brown on 23rd birthday and the U.S. con- Saturday before he ever played a tained NBA MVP Giannis An- game for the team. tetokounmpo, defeating Greece The Raiders made the move 69-53 in a second-round game at just hours after Brown requested the World Cup on Saturday. his release in the latest turn in a Harrison Barnes and Der- dramatic first summer with the rick White each scored nine for team. the U.S. (4-0), which can clinch Brown was upset about his lat- a quarterfinal berth Monday in est team fine over an outburst multiple ways. It needs either at practice at general manager a win over Brazil or a Greece Mike Mayock. That fine allowed /AP win over the Czech Republic or PHOTOS BY CHARLES KRUPA the Raiders through a three-way tiebreaker, Spain’s Rafael Nadal serves to Italy’s Matteo Berrettini during the semifinals of the U.S. Open on Friday to void more if necessary. in New York. Nadal won 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-1 to advance to Sunday’s final against Russia’s Daniil Medvedev. than $29 Antetokounmpo, the Milwau- million in kee Bucks star and reigning NBA guarantees MVP, scored 15 points for Greece over the next (2-2). two years The U.S. national team has won Nadal outlasts Berrettini in Brown’s 57 consecutive games in inter- contract. national tournaments with NBA Oakland players, starting with the 2006 instead de- world championships bronze- cided to cut Brown medal game and continuing ties entirely. through every FIBA Americas, to wrap up berth in final The Raiders had been counting world championships, World Cup heavily on Brown after trading and Olympic event since. a third and fifth-round pick to The streak started after a 101- Pittsburgh for the game’s most BY HOWARD FENDRICH 95 loss to Greece in 2006 — a de- Scoreboard prolific receiver in March. They feat that forced the U.S. to change Associated Press also gave him a new three-year its program. contract worth $50.1 million that NEW YORK — Rafael Nadal now is void following the release. The Americans haven’t lost in was down 4-0 in a first-set tie- Friday the biggest tournaments since. USTA Billie Jean King The final twist to this melo- breaker against a bigger, young- National Tennis Center drama in Oakland comes a day “I thought we played well,” er opponent finding ways to New York Walker said. “Stuck to the game Men’s Singles after Brown returned to the team cause trouble in their U.S. Open Semifinals following a one-day banishment plan.” Daniil Medvedev (5), Russia, def. Grig- semifinal. or Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3. and apologized in a meeting and So, a reporter wanted to know Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Matteo Berrettini (24), Italy, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-1. in a brief public statement. Coach later, was Nadal already thinking Men’s Doubles Jon Gruden said the plan was for ahead to how to come back in the Final Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Ca- Brown to play in the opener Mon- next set? bal (1), Colombia, def. Marcel Granollers, day night against Denver, but that “No,” Nadal responded quickly, Spain, and Horacio Zeballos (8), Argen- tina, 6-4, 7-5. changed after Brown requested shaking his head. “No. My goal Women’s Doubles and was granted his release. Semifinals was to win that point.” Elise Mertens, Belgium, and Aryna Sa- Brown posted on his Instagram He did, of course. And while he balenka (4), Belarus, def. Vania King and account Saturday morning that Caroline Dolehide, United States, 4-6, 6-3, would soon twice stand a single 6-4. he’s not angry but wants the “free- point from ceding that set, Nadal dom” to disprove his skeptics. never panicked, never allowed “I have worked my whole life himself a letdown. He hung tough, his way, while Nadal is, as the to prove that the system is blind waited for 24th-seeded Matteo Italian’s coach, Vincenzo Santo- to see talent like mines (sic),” he Berrettini to wilt ever so slightly padre, put it: “a champion with a wrote. “Now that everyone sees and then pounced. capital ‘C,’ superhuman.” it, they want me to conform to Nadal moved closer to a fourth This will be Nadal’s 27th major that same system that has failed U.S. Open championship and 19th final, and Medvedev’s first. me all those years. I’m not mad Grand Slam title overall — one They’ve played each other once Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, 23, at anyone. I’m just asking for away from Roger Federer’s re- before, in the final of the Mon- will face Spain’s Rafael Nadal the freedom to prove them all cord for men — by pulling away treal Masters hard-court tourna- in the final after eliminating wrong. Release me @raiders. for a 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-1 victory over ment in August, and Nadal won Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in #NOMore” Berrettini on Friday night. 6-3, 6-0. straight sets, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3. A person familiar with the “I was a little bit lucky, no?” said “He’s one of the more solid situation said Brown had been Nadal, who will face No. 5 Daniil players on tour,” Nadal said. “He week, saying he knew it was “not fined by the team Friday for the Medvedev of Russia in Sunday’s is making steps forward every going to be easy with the public.” confrontation with Mayock in final. “I survived at that moment single week.” Medvedev’s tennis was a bit practice two days earlier. The and ... after that, the match com- Medvedev advanced earlier scratchy Friday, and like Nadal, person spoke on condition of ano- pletely changed.” Friday by beating Grigor Dimi- he barely avoided dropping nymity because the fine wasn’t Sure did. He took the last four trov 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3 for his tour- the opening set. But he did just announced. points of the tiebreaker, then leading 50th win of the season. enough with his mostly defensive ESPN reported the new fine broke once in the second set and The 23-year-old Russian first style to get past Dimitrov, who was for $215,073 for conduct NG HAN GUAN/AP three times in the third, while made a name for himself at the had eliminated Federer in a five- detrimental to the team. That The United States’ Harrison never facing a single break point U.S. Open by earning the wrath set quarterfinal. allows the Raiders to release Barnes, left, is enveloped in the match. of spectators. During his on- “I do think he was better player Brown before the season opener by Greece’s Giannis “For a good part of the match, court interview Friday, Medve- in first set. I do think I was kind of without having to pay him more Antetokounmpo during their I felt up to the test,” said Berret- dev referenced his “tournament lucky to win it,” Medvedev said. than $29 million in guarantees second-round game Saturday tini, a 23-year-old from Rome. “I of controversies,” which included “Then the momentum changed over the next two years, although at the World Cup in Shenzhen, was ready.” accumulating $19,000 in fines completely. I think after, I was Brown could still contest that in a China. The U.S. won 69-53. But Berrettini is still learning and antagonizing booing fans last playing better than him.” grievance. Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 29 COLLEGE FOOTBALL/NFL Winning: Prescott wants to avoid dubious distinction

FROM BACK PAGE to a franchise-record 11 straight There’s one year left for that wins and the top seed in the NFC breakthrough since Dallas won before a divisional loss to Green the last of a proud franchise’s five Bay in 2016. Super Bowl titles during the 1995 “He’s ready every single day. season. Prescott’s pursuit starts Ask any guy in the locker room, Sunday with the opener at home they’ll run through a wall for against the New York Giants. him. It’s been a true joy for me at “I mean, obviously I want to this point in my career to have a see it done,” Prescott said of a young teammate come in at that contract that will be the position and to see him richest in franchise his- take each step.” tory when it happens. ‘ At this Prescott and Elliott “At this point, my focus point, my formed a rare pair in is all on the Giants, the leading an offense from Giants defense, what focus is the first snap of their this team needs to do to all on the first season together. They missed Witten last win the game and then Giants, next week we’ll go to the year, particularly inside next opponent. the Giants the 20-yard line. Receiv- “I don’t want to blur defense, er Amari Cooper was a my mind or distract my- huge boost in a midsea- OTTO KITSINGER/AP self any bit with think- what this son trade. ing about those talks or Now the Cowboys Boise State quarterback Hank Bachmeier, center, picks up yardage during the first half of Friday’s game team thinking about what’s have added one of Aaron against Marshall in Boise, Idaho. Bachmeier passed for 282 yards and a touchdown. needs going on when I’ve got Rodgers’ favorite targets enough on my plate to to do to in Green Bay, Randall College football roundup handle.” win the Cobb, as the slot receiv- That doesn’t mean the er with Cole Beasley’s deal can’t get done dur- game.’ departure to Buffalo in ing the season. It just Dak Prescott free agency. Michael means Prescott proba- Cowboys QB Gallup, who was solid as bly won’t be as involved on contract a rookie, appears poised in the talks as he was negotiations for a big improvement in Boise State grinds out over the summer. The his second year. 26-year-old has left little doubt Center Travis Frederick re- that he will be the face of the turns after missing last season franchise, perhaps for another 10 with a nerve disorder, re-solidify- years. ing an offensive line that has been Prescott accomplished that by among the best in the league but close win over Marshall showing his leadership skills even slipped last year. Prescott was sacked 56 times, second-most in Associated Press before 10-year starter Tony Romo Tom Stewart completed 19 was injured in a preseason game the NFL. of 30 passes for 185 yards and a BOISE, Idaho — With a pair a few months after the Cowboys Three years after starting touchdown after replacing starter of true freshmen guiding Boise drafted Prescott in the fourth against the Giants when many fig- Wiley Green, who was carted off round, having failed in their pur- ured the Cowboys were on their State’s sputtering offense, the the field with 4:44 left in the first Broncos leaned on their defense to suit of two other QBs earlier in way to another lost season with- quarter. Brad Rozner finished the 2016 draft. out an injured Romo, Prescott is deliver a win against Marshall. with 103 yards on six catches for The No. 24 Broncos held the When Romo went down with trying to meet lofty expectations Rice (0-2). another back injury at Seattle, instead of surpassing modest Thundering Herd to zero yards of Arizona State 19, Sacramento offense in the second half and got Prescott came off the bench and ones. State 7: Eno Benjamin caught converted a third-and-long with a The Cowboys lost that game by just enough offense to grind out a a 72-yard touchdown pass in the 14-7 victory Friday night. completion on his first play. Jason a point. They didn’t lose again for fourth quarter, Cristian Zendejas Witten, who came out of retire- three months. It wasn’t flashy or dominant, kicked four field goals and the perhaps something fans and ana- ment this year for what will be a “It’s not even comparable to the host Sun Devils labored to a 19-7 club-record 16th season, still re- last three years,” Prescott said lysts expected after Boise State win over the Hornets. won in Tallahassee last week members that play. of his confidence going into his Arizona State (2-0) had a few “Amidst all the contract stuff, fourth season. “Just from a knowl- against Florida State. growing pains against Sacramen- But Boise State coach Bryan the guy comes to work ready,” edge standpoint, how comfortable to State (1-1) after winning 55-0 said Witten, who watched his I am in my game. So to compare Harsin didn’t care. in the teams’ only other meeting. “Our defense played great, and best friend in Romo lose his job my confidence right now to any of Arizona State’s offense sput- when Prescott led the Cowboys the three years isn’t fair.” our offense did just enough to tered, plagued by off-target take care of the football at the end passes, drops and an ineffective of the game so we could run the running game against a team MICHAEL WYKE/AP clock out,” Harsin said. “It’s hard ranked 115th in total defense last to be 1-0 every week. Like every- Wake Forest defensive back season — in the FCS. body, you like to dominate on all Essang Bassey, left, breaks up Virginia 52, William & Mary phases of the game, but it doesn’t a pass to Rice tight end Robert 17: Bryce Perkins threw for two always work out like that. It’s nice French during the second half of touchdowns and ran for a third to be able to learn with a win.” Friday’s game in Houston. and the host Cavaliers drubbed Boise State (2-0) is learning the Tribe. that its freshman quarterback, for 312 yards and three touch- Joe Reed caught a 40-yard Hank Bachmeier, is more than downs, Scotty Washington had touchdown pass and returned competent to continue the pro- seven catches for 158 yards and a kickoff 100 yards for Virginia gram’s burgeoning lineage of star two touchdowns and the visiting (2-0), which spoiled the return of quarterbacks. Demon Deacons beat the Owls. former coach Mike London, who Bachmeier, who threw for over Newman, who started 13-for- now is coaching the Tribe. Virgin- 400 yards in the season opener, 14, also rushed for 29 yards. Sage ia led 21-0 by the end of the first was 22-for-34 passing for 282 Surratt finished with six catches quarter and 35-3 at halftime. yards with a touchdown and an for 45 yards and a score, and Ken- William & Mary (1-1) got its interception. He also scored on a neth Walker III had 125 yards on only points against Virginia’s first 1-yard run just before the end of nine rushes, including a school- team after recovering a muffed the first half, diving and extend- record 96-yard touchdown run punt at the Cavaliers’ 13 yard-line ing the ball across the goal line as with 13 minutes left in the fourth in the second quarter. The Tribe GUS RUELAS/AP he absorbed a hit. quarter, for the Demon Deacons began the fourth quarter trailing Wake Forest 41, Rice 21: (2-0). Wake outgained Rice, 513- 45-10 and having gained just 75 Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, right, has his backfield Jamie Newman was 21-for-27 321 yards. yards. mate back now that Ezekiel Elliott’s holdout is over. 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BY GREG BEACHAM franchise’s first Super Bowl in 17 Associated Press years with one of the healthiest teams in the league. THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. Much of the NFL edged toward — Eric Weddle is one of the most adopting McVay’s philosophy last durable safeties of his generation, month, with many teams playing and he never sat out an entire their key starters far less than in preseason in the first 12 years of previous preseasons. his NFL career. The Rams started game prep- When he joined the Los Ange- arations Monday with almost les Rams, Weddle realized coach every significant expected con- Sean McVay does things a little tributor in good health. That was bit differently. the goal when McVay decided to Weddle and nearly every Rams avoid the preseason again, pre- starter didn’t participate at all ferring to keep his players fresh in the just-completed preseason, for the grind of defending an NFC and they won’t get their first real championship. game action together until Sun- “There’s a difference in the day in their regular-season open- preparation and the way that er at Carolina. we’re approaching things right The veteran safety appears now,” McVay said Monday. “We’re to be meshing splendidly with focused on this year. I think our his new teammates, but Weddle guys have done a great job of hav- truly won’t know how they all fit ing that singular focus on just MIKE STEWART/AP together until they finally get on producing in the present.” Redskins running back Derrius Guice is itching to make his debut after missing 2018 with a torn ACL. the field for the first time. The Rams’ only big injury in “I know for me personally, the preseason happened to line- there are some benefits of play- backer Micah Kiser, a backup ing (in the preseason), but the last season projected to be a benefits don’t outweigh the nega- starter this fall before he injured tive enough to chance it,” Weddle his pectoral muscle and required Guice, Peterson provide said. “With the way we practice, season-ending surgery. Because the way we compete, it’s as game- he was trying to cement his new like as it can be with the low risk role on the defense, Kiser was one of injury. You’d hate to lose a guy of the few key players who suited playing in one preseason game. up in the preseason. You’ll get your timing down in a Los Angeles’ starters didn’t go Redskins with 1-2 punch quarter or two, and you’ll be right without competition in August. back in the rhythm. We’ve had They held joint practices with the great work, though. We’ve pushed Oakland Raiders and the cross- BY STEPHEN WHYNO each other to the limit.” town Chargers, and McVay staged Associated Press McVay kept his entire offense a handful of practice scrimmages out of the 2018 preseason, pre- for his team with officials and ASHBURN, Va. — Adrian Pe- ferring to preserve his players’ game-like conditions. terson told Derrius Guice to grab health at the expense of poten- But the revamped defensive some ice cubes and wrap them tially beneficial experience. His lineup has yet to be in a real around his surgically repaired extreme measures were met with game, and the offensive line still left knee. a few raised eyebrows, but then hasn’t tested its two new starters. Guice chuckled a bit. the ostensibly rusty Rams start- Center Brian Allen and left guard “You’re really old school,” ers went 8-0 and steamrolled the Joe Noteboom will make their Guice said. “We got all this Cryo- NFC West before reaching the first NFL starts Sunday. therapy and stuff, and you’re talk- ing about bags of ice.” Old school, meet new school in the Washington Redskins’ back- field headlined by a 34-year-old climbing the career rushing list and a 22-year-old itching to make his NFL debut 13 months after a torn ACL. That injury opened the door for Peterson’s resurgence in SUSAN WALSH/AP Washington, and now he is play- ing a part in helping Guice sup- Redskins running back Adrian Peterson, at 34, is serving as a plant him as the Redskins’ No. 1 mentor to up-and-coming running backs in Washington. running back. “I’m not going to knock anyone future. ... That type of role model Guice to bounce back as effec- or not give someone some advice is fantastic.” tively as possible, be it not rush- because I’m competing against Even third-down back Chris ing back, stretching muscles or that person,” Peterson said. “I Thompson was “star struck” feeling confident that he won’t want to see him be the best player when Peterson joined the team tear the ligament again. he can be. When I see things on prior to last season. Within days, “Know that four months out the field that I feel like he can do Peterson fit right in as one of the (from surgery), that new ACL is better, I’m on him about it.” guys, but his résumé makes him stronger than the other one,” Pe- Guice sometimes just watches stand out to Guice and many terson said. “That’s something Peterson — how he runs, how he other younger teammates. that you can lock into your mind dissects film and even how he “It’s like a son watching their and have that confidence.” takes notes in meetings. Call it an father,” Guice said. “Obviously Guice doesn’t lack for confi- added benefit of Peterson sign- he’s not our dad, but this is the dence. Slipping to the second ing a two-year extension with the same thing. We watch everything round of the 2018 draft and this Redskins. you do. We’re soaking it all up. He ordeal taught him he’s “really a “Adrian is a future Hall of doesn’t even have to say anything. strong son of a gun.” Famer,” Redskins President We just respect him that much.” The LSU product has shown it. Bruce Allen said. “A lot of people Peterson might be the perfect Despite just 11 carries in exhibi- want to be in the Hall of Fame mentor for Guice given that he tion play because it took time to KELVIN KUO/AP and are striving for it who are rushed for almost 2,100 yards in get physically cleared to play, Safety Eric Weddle and nearly every Rams starter did not participate currently playing, but throughout 2012 after coming back from a Guice is listed as the Redskins’ in the just-completed preseason, and they won’t get their first real the league everyone knows he’s torn ACL in his left knee. He and starting running back going into game action together until Sunday in the season opener at Carolina. going to have a gold jacket in his Thompson have plenty of tips for Week 1 at Philadelphia. Sunday, September 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 31 NFL WEEK 1 TELEVISED GAMES MARQUEE MATCHUP Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0) at New England Patriots (0-0) Tennessee Titans (0-0) Los Angeles Rams (0-0) at Cleveland Browns (0-0) AFN-Sports, 2 a.m. Monday Central European Time at Carolina Panthers (0-0) AFN-Sports2 AFN-Sports 7 p.m. Sunday CET SERIES RECORD: Steelers lead 15-12. PATRIOTS DEFENSE (2018): OVERALL (19), 7 p.m. Sunday CET Series: Browns lead 35-30. LAST MEETING: Steelers beat Patriots 17-10, Dec. RUSH (7) PASS (27). Series: Panthers lead 12-8. Last meeting: Titans beat Browns 12-9 in 16, 2018. STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: Steelers QB Ben Last meeting: Panthers beat Rams 13-10, overtime, Oct. 22, 2017. STEELERS OFFENSE (2018): OVERALL (15), Roethlisberger led NFL with 5,129 pass yards in Nov. 6, 2016. Notes: Titans QB Marcus Mariota has won RUSH (20), PASS (17). 2018 (also tied for first in 2014, with 4,952). Has Notes: Rams QB Jared Goff ranked 4th in last two starts vs. Cleveland and owns 144 wins as a starting QB and needs 3 to tie No. 6 NFL in pass yards (4,688) and tied for 6th 99.6 passer rating against Browns (his STEELERS DEFENSE (2018): OVERALL (20), in pass TDs (32) in 2018. RB Todd Gurley 5 TD passes vs. Cle. are more than any RUSH (26), PASS (13). on the all-time list, Hall of Famer Dan Marino (147). led NFL with 21 scrimmage TDs (17 rush, non-division foe). RB Dion Lewis registered PATRIOTS OFFENSE (2018): OVERALL (1), RUSH Also ranks 7th in NFL history with 363 career TD 4 rec.) and ranked 4th with 1,831 scrim- 59 receptions and 400 rec. yards in 2018, mage yards in 2018 but missed some time (15), PASS (1). passes and 6th with 56,194 pass yards. Patriots bid- both career bests. DE Cameron Wake ding to extend NFL record with 11th straight playoff later in the season with an injured knee. makes Tennessee debut. Has 5 sacks and DT Aaron Donald was named AP Defensive forced fumble in 4 career games vs. Cleve- berth and establish 2 other marks: 7 Player of Year for 2nd consecutive season. land. Browns QB Baker Mayfield set NFL Super Bowl titles (Steelers also Led NFL with 20.5 sacks and 25 TFL in rookie record with 27 TD passes. Has TD have 6) and 10-pus wins in 2018. Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey pass in all 13 starts. WR Odell Beckham 17th straight year, breaking had 107 catches in 2018, most by RB Jr. makes Cleveland debut. Has two-plus in single season in NFL history. Ranked catches in all 59 games, and three-plus in tie with 49ers (1983-98). 3rd in NFL with 1,965 scrimmage yards. all but one contest. DE Myles Garrett had QB Tom Brady begins Became 1st player in NFL history with 13.5 sacks in 2018, 6th in NFL, CB Den- 20th season, tying 50-plus rush yards and 50-plus rec. yards zel Ward had two INTs in NFL debut, first Hall of Famers Darrell in 5 consecutive games (Weeks 9-13). LB rookie with two-plus INTs in season-open- Green (Redskins) and Luke Kuechly led team with 130 tackles ing game since Eugene Daniel, 9/2/84. in 2018 . Jackie Slater (Rams) for second-most years with one team in NFL history.

New York Giants (0-0) Houston Texans (0-0) at Dallas Cowboys (0-0) at New Orleans Saints (0-0) AFN-Sports AFN-Sports 10:25 p.m. Sunday CET 1 a.m. Monday CET Series: Cowboys lead 66-45-2. Series: 2-2. Last meeting: Cowboys beat Giants 36- Last meeting: Texans beat Saints 24-6, 35, Dec. 30, 2018. Nov. 29, 2015. Notes: Cowboys have won past four. Notes: Texans won AFC South (11-5) for Giants QB Eli Manning passed for 4,299 third time in past 4 years. QB Deshaun yards in 2018, seventh season with Watson became 1st QB to pass for 4,000- 4,000-plus passing yards. Has seven TDs plus yards (4,165) & 25 TDs (26) and rush vs. two INTs and a 93.9 rating in his past for 500 yards (551) and 5 TDs (5) in a five at Dallas. RB Saquon Barkley led NFL season in NFL history. WR DeAndre Hop- in scrimmage yards (2,028) and ranked kins tied franchise record with 115 catches 2nd in rush yards (1,307) last season. QB in 2018. Saints won NFC South for second Dak Prescott had career-high 3,885 pass consecutive season. Lost to Rams in NFC yards and 22 TDs vs. eight INTs for 96.9 title game. QB Drew Brees is NFL career rating last season. In past 4 vs. Giants, leader in pass yards (74,437) and comple- has 1,147 pass yards (286.8 per game) tions (6,586). WR Michael Thomas led and nine TDs vs. 0 INTs for 111 rating. RB Ezekiel Elliott led NFL with 1,434 rush NFL with 125 catches and had franchise- yards and ranked 2nd in scrimmage yards Steelers quarterback record 1,405 rec. yards in 2018. (2,001) last season. LB Leighton Vander Ben Roethlisberger Esch tied for 3rd in NFL with 138 tackles, JOHN SLEEZER Game capsules compiled ALSO ON AFN most by rookie in franchise history. KANSAS CITY STAR/TNS from nfl media.com Washington Redskins (0-0) at Philadelphia EXPANDED STANDINGS Eagles (0-0), AFN-Atlantic, 7 p.m. Sunday CET American Conference National Conference Indianapolis Colts (0-0) at Los Angeles East East Chargers (0-0), AFN-Sports2, 10 p.m. W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Sunday CET Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Detroit Lions (0-0) at Arizona Cardinals (0- New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0), AFN-Atlantic, 10:25 p.m. Sunday CET South South Denver Broncos (0-0) at Los Angeles Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Raiders (0-0), AFN-Sports, 4:15 a.m. Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Tuesday CET Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 North North Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 10 3 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 3 10 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 REST OF THE SCHEDULE Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 West West Bills (0-0) at N.Y. Jets (0-0) Falcons (0-0) at Vikings (0-0) Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Ravens (0-0) at Dolphins (0-0) Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 L.A. Rams 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Chiefs (0-0) at Jaguars (0-0) L.A. Chargers 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Bengals (0-0) at Seahawks (0-0) Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 49ers (0-0) at Buccaneers (0-0) S TARS AND STRIPES Sunday, September 8, 2019 Men’s fi nal set Nadal goes after 19th major title SPORTS against Medvedev » US Open, Page 28 FOCUSEDNFL Prescott only interested in winning, not contract

BY SCHUYLER DIXON Associated Press FRISCO, Texas ak Prescott smiled without saying a word when a reporter wondered aloud why the star quar- terback of the Dallas Cowboys didn’t hold out for a new contract, a strategy that just led to a $90 million extension for backfield mate Eze- kiel Elliott. The 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year is going into the final season of his rookie deal — a year ahead of Elliott — while trailing only New England’s Tom Brady in victories since entering the league and coming off his first playoff win. Yet Prescott has never shown even a slight interest in stay- ing away to try to get a contract that will be worth more than twice as much as Elliott’s annually, assuming the two-time Pro Bowler and the Cowboys find that common ground. As with Elliott, the deal figures to get done. In the meantime, Prescott wants to push the Cow- boys past the divisional round of the playoffs before they reach the 25th anniversary of their previous trip to the NFC championship game and beyond. SEE WINNING ON PAGE 29

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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is entering the final season of his rookie contract. Prescott may be the next Cowboy to get a big extension.

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