ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2021 SPORTS 14 Red Sox beat Yanks, stop slide in Bronx Padres blank Mets US ‘rout’ Canada to move NEW YORK, June 5, (AP): Rafael Devers hit a three- within a win of qualifying run homer in the first in- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June the fourth off U.S. starter Homer Bai- ning off Michael King, 5, (AP): The United States moved ley, who allowed four hits in 3 1/3 in- Marwin González added within a win of qualifying for the nings. a two-run double and the Olympic baseball tournament, routing Williams homered for a 2-1 lead Boston Red Sox beat the Canada 10-1 in a game that included a in the fi fth off loser Chris Leroux, a 30-minute delay 37-year-old left-hander whose last ma- New York Yankees 5-2 in in the eighth in- jor league appearance was in 2014. Le- the first of the rivals’ 19 ning when a ball roux allowed four runs - three earned - meetings this season. initially called a and three hits in 4 1/3 innings. two-run homer Alvarez’s triple boosted the lead in Former Yankee Nathan Eovaldi was changed to the sixth. (7-2) won his third straight start, an RBI double. and the Red Sox stopped their 11- Phillies pros- game losing streak in the Bronx, pect Luke Wil- BASEBALL winning at Yankee Stadium for the liams had a solo first time since June 2, 2019. homer and a With the score 2-1 in the eighth New York lost for the eighth time in two-run double, and Logan Forsythe on fi rst follow- 11 games. Yankees hitters struck out falling a triple Williams ing a leadoff walk, Red Sox prospect 15 times. short of a cycle. Triston Casas hit a drive that struck Brewers 5, Diamondbacks 1 Todd Frazier hit a two-run homer the padding atop the right-center In Milwaukee, Freddy Peralta car- that capped a seven-run eighth, and fi eld wall and bounced off a tempo- ried a no-hitter into the eighth inning former Olympic speed skater Eddy rary wall behind and stuck, allowing on his 25th birthday and Milwaukee Alvarez had an RBI triple. right fi elder Jesse Hodges to retrieve defeated Arizona. Boston Red Sox’s Marwin Gonzalez, (right), hits a two-run double during the sixth inning of a baseball game Drew Parrish, a 23-year-old right- the ball. Peralta, Brad Boxberger and Trevor against the New York Yankees, on June 4, in New York. (AP) hander in the Royals organization, Initially ruled a home run by sec- Richards combined on a one-hitter. Per- won by pitching two scoreless innings ond base umpire Rubén Ramos of alta (6-1) struck out nine, walked three of two-hit relief. Puerto Rico, umpires held a video re- and allowed one run in 7 1/3 innings. Seattle prospect Eric Filia hit an view and plate umpire Elvin Jiménez Padres 2, Mets 0 Fouts leads Alabama past UCLA in WCWS RBI single in the third, but Detroit of Venezuela signaled for a double prospect Jacob Robson homered in but allowed Forsythe to score. In San Diego, Blake Snell took a no- OKLAHOMA CITY, June 5, (AP): Blades of Southern Mississippi in opened the inning by striking out hitter into the seventh inning, Manny Montana Fouts threw a perfect game 2000. U.S. Olympians Bubba Nickles and Machado hit an early homer and San with 14 strikeouts, and Alabama de- Rachel Garcia swinging. UCLA’s fi- Mike Mayers pitched a perfect ninth Giants 8, Cubs 5 for his 10th save. Diego beat the Mets. feated UCLA 6-0 to advance to the SOFTBALL nal batter, Aaliyah Jordan, flied out In San Francisco, Steven Duggar semifi nals of the Women’s College deep to left field. Athletics 9, Rockies 5 and Alex Dickerson homered off Jake BASEBALL World Series. Third-seeded Alabama (52-7) In Denver, Sean Murphy and Matt Arrieta as part of a six-run second in- There had been four individual per- The Alabama section of the crowd, ran its win streak to 20 games. The Canha homered off Jon Gray before ning, and San Francisco beat Chicago. fect games and one combined in World and even a fair number of UCLA Crimson Tide need one more win to the Rockies right-hander left with el- Jason Vosler and LaMonte Wade Jr. Snell (2-2) struck out 10 and pitched Series history before Fouts’ gem. fans, stood as Fouts took the circle reach the best-of-three champion- bow soreness, and Oakland beat Colo- added back-to-back shots in the fourth, into the seventh inning for the fi rst time The most recent was by Courtney in the bottom of the seventh. She ship series. rado. helping the Giants to their second con- this season. Francisco Lindor ended Murphy had three hits and three secutive victory over the Cubs. San his no-hit bid with a single leading off RBIs for Oakland, which has won sev- Francisco has won eight of 10. Kris the seventh - a ball left fi elder Tommy Pirates 9, Marlins 2 Royals 14, Twins 5 ed the evening for Matt Shoemaker (2- en of 10 road games and improved to Bryant hit his 13th home run for Chi- Pham misplayed for a two-base error. In Pittsburgh, rookie Ke’Bryan In Kansas City, Mo., Whit Merrifi eld 7). He retired just one batter, allowing Hayes homered for the second game capped a nine-run fi rst inning with a six hits and two walks. 17-8 away from home. cago. Joc Pederson also connected. Orioles 3, Indians 1 in a row since being activated from the three-run homer and Kansas City beat Reds 6, Cardinals 4 In Baltimore, Ryan Mountcastle hit injured list and drove in three runs to Minnesota for its fi fth straight win. In St. Louis, Luis Castillo earned his a go-ahead home run in the seventh in- lead Pittsburgh over Miami. Merrifi eld started the big burst with fi rst victory since early April, rookies MLB Results/Standings ning that was upheld by video review Hayes hit a two-run home run in the a leadoff single and his home run end- Tyler Stephenson and Jonathan India and Baltimore kept up its June winning fi rst and an RBI single during a fi ve-run homered and Cincinnati beat St. Louis. streak, defeating Cleveland. sixth. NL hits leader Adam Frazier had Castillo (2-8) allowed one run and three The Orioles have won their fi rst two hits, two RBIs and three runs scored hits with fi ve strikeouts over six innings. WASHINGTON, June 5, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Friday. three games this month after dropping for Pittsburgh. Hayes, Bryan Reynolds Michael Feliz picked up his fi rst save. Boston 5 NY Yankees 2 Washington 2 Philadelphia 1 14 in a row to end May. Baltimore’s and Erik Gonzalez also had two hits each. winning string matches its longest of White Sox 9, Tigers 8 Baltimore 3 Cleveland 1 Pittsburgh 9 Miami 2 the season. Rangers 5, Rays 4 In Chicago, rookie Yermín Mer- Houston 13 Toronto 1 Milwaukee 5 Arizona 1 cedes hit a game-ending RBI single, Texas 5 Tampa Bay 4 LA Dodgers 9 Atlanta 5 Nationals 2, Phillies 1 In Arlington, Texas, Kyle Gibson Kansas City 14 Minnesota 5 Cincinnati 6 St Louis 4 returned from the injured list to pitch 5 Yasmani Grandal homered twice and Chic. White Sox 9 Detroit 8 San Francisco 8 Chicago Cubs 5 In Philadelphia, Max Scherzer out- Chicago beat Detroit to put Hall of LA Angels 3 Seattle 2 San Diego 2 NY Mets 0 pitched Zack Wheeler, Juan Soto hit a 1/3 scoreless innings, and Texas ended Oakland 9 Colorado 5 a nine-game losing streak with a win Fame manager Tony La Russa in a tie tiebreaking solo homer and Washing- with John McGraw for second place American League National League ton beat Philadelphia. over Tampa Bay. East Division East Division Joey Gallo hit in his 10th homer and on baseball’s career wins list. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Scherzer (5-4) struck out nine in 7 The White Sox came out on top after 2/3 dominant innings, allowing one Charlie Culberson drove in a run with Tampa Bay 36 23 .610 _ New York 27 23 .540 _ a squeeze bunt for the Rangers, who blowing a fi ve-run lead and gave the Boston 34 23 .596 1 Atlanta 26 29 .473 3-1/2 run on fi ve hits. The three-time Cy 76-year-old La Russa career victory No. New York 31 27 .534 4-1/2 Philadelphia 26 30 .464 4 Young Award winner lowered his were back home after the nine losses 2,763. He has a long way to go to catch Toronto 29 26 .527 5 Washington 24 30 .444 5 in a row for the longest winless road Baltimore 20 37 .351 15 Miami 24 32 .429 6 ERA to 2.22 with his seventh straight Connie Mack, who won 3,731 games. Central Division Central Division start yielding two runs or less. trip in team history. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Angels 3, Mariners 2 Chicago 35 22 .614 _ Chicago 32 25 .561 _ Astros 13, Blue Jays 1 Dodgers 9, Braves 5 In Los Angeles, Shohei Ohtani Cleveland 30 25 .545 4 Milwaukee 31 26 .544 1 In Buffalo, N.Y., Zack Greinke In Atlanta, Chris Taylor hit a bases- pitched six innings of four-hit ball with Kansas City 29 26 .527 5 St Louis 31 27 .534 1-1/2 pitched his fi rst complete game since loaded double in the eight-run fi fth inning Detroit 23 34 .404 12 Cincinnati 26 29 .473 5 a season high-tying 10 strikeouts, and Minnesota 22 35 .386 13 Pittsburgh 22 34 .393 9-1/2 2017, Carlos Correa homered twice and Los Angeles beat Atlanta in a rematch José Rojas hit the go-ahead homer in West Division West Division and Martin Maldonado hit a grand of last year’s NL Championship Series.