ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021 SPORTS 15 DeGrom strikes out 9 in row as Mets split with Rockies Rays beat Yankees, drop New York to AL-worst 5-9 NEW YORK, April 18, (AP): Manuel Margot hit a tiebreaking two-run hom- er, Tyler Glasnow overcame cramps MLB Results/Standings and poor control to pitch fi ve innings of one-run ball and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 6-3 and dropped WASHINGTON, April 18, (AP): Re- New York to an AL-worst 5-9. sults and standings from the MLB New York lost its seventh straight games on Saturday. series to the Rays is last this late in the Toronto 5 Kansas City (7 innings 1st game) 1 season for the fi rst time since 1991, Tampa Bay 6 NY Yankees 3 Oakland 7 Detroit 0 per Elias Sports. Fans in the Bronx Cincinnati 3 Cleveland (10 innings) 2 again booed the Bombers, but they Boston 7 Chic. White Sox 4 were more restrained a day after some Kansas City 3 Toronto (7 innings 2nd game) 2 Baltimore 6 Texas 1 hurled baseballs and other items on the Houston 1 Seattle 0 fi eld late in an 8-2 loss to the Rays. Chicago Cubs 13 Atlanta 4 NY Mets 4 Colorado (7 innings 1st game) 3 Dodgers 2, Padres 0 St Louis 9 Philadelphia 4 In San Diego, Mookie Betts made Milwaukee 7 Pittsburgh 1 an outstanding diving catch and Clay- Miami 7 San Francisco (10 innings) 6 ton Kershaw starred on the mound and Colorado 7 NY Mets (7 innings 2nd game) 2 LA Dodgers 2 San Diego 0 at the plate for Los Angeles. Washington 6 Arizona 2 Kershaw (3-1) struck out eight American League while working six innings of three- East Division W L Pct GB hit ball. He also drew a bases-loaded Boston 10 4 .714 _ walk against Yu Darvish (1-1) in the Baltimore 7 8 .467 3-1/2 fi fth, leading Los Angeles to its eighth Tampa Bay 7 8 .467 3-1/2 straight win. Justin Turner hit a solo Toronto 7 8 .467 3-1/2 New York 5 9 .357 5 homer in the ninth. Central Division W L Pct GB Mets 4, Rockies 3, 1st Game Kansas City 8 5 .615 _ Rockies 7, Mets 2, 2nd Game Cleveland 7 7 .500 1-1/2 Chicago 6 8 .429 2-1/2 In Denver, New York Mets pitcher Minnesota 6 8 .429 2-1/2 Jacob deGrom struck out nine straight Detroit 6 9 .400 3 batters against Colorado, falling one West Division shy of matching Tom Seaver’s ma- W L Pct GB Los Angeles 8 5 .615 _ jor league record, and fi nished with Seattle 9 6 .600 _ 14 strikeouts to win the doubleheader Oakland 8 7 .533 1 opener. Houston 7 7 .500 1-1/2 Texas 6 9 .400 3 German Márquez pitched a two- National League hitter for his second career complete East Division as the Rockies won the nightcap, stop- W L Pct GB ping a seven-game losing streak and New York 6 4 .600 _ Miami 7 7 .500 1 the Mets’ four-game winning streak. Philadelphia 7 7 .500 1 Josh Fuentes broke open the game Washington 5 7 .417 2 with a three-run homer in the fi fth off Atlanta 6 9 .400 2-1/2 Central Division Jacob Barnes. W L Pct GB Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros (74) and defenseman Roman Josi (59) defend against Carolina Hurricanes left wing Warren Foegele (13) Cubs 13, Braves 4 Cincinnati 9 5 .643 _ during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., on April 17. (AP) Milwaukee 8 6 .571 1 In Chicago, Kris Bryant and Willson St Louis 7 7 .500 2 Contreras each homered twice, and Chicago 6 8 .429 3 Chicago won on an afternoon when Pittsburgh 6 9 .400 3-1/2 West Division Atlanta returned Sean Kazmar Jr to the W L Pct GB major leagues for the fi rst time in 13 Los Angeles 13 2 .867 _ years. San Francisco8 6 .571 4-1/2 Panthers top Lightning to Javier Báez and David Bote also San Diego 9 7 .563 4-1/2 Arizona 5 10 .333 8 homered for the Cubs. who stopped a Colorado 4 11 .267 9 three-game losing streak. Trevor Wil- liams (2-1) allowed one run and four hits in fi ve innings. Astros 1, Mariners 0 In Seattle, Zack Greinke pitched move into 2nd in Central eight sharp innings, rookie Taylor Jones drove in the only run and de- pleted Houston ended a six-game los- ing streak. Buchnevich scores hat trick on birthday in Rangers’ 6-3 win Greinke (2-1) allowed four hits and walked none. He struck out six, two on 67 mph curveballs. Ryan Pressly TAMPA, Florida, April 18, (AP): Bran- pitched the ninth for his fi rst save. don Montour, Patric Hornqvist and NHL Results/Standings Jonathan Huberdeau scored in the first BASEBALL period, and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3. WASHINGTON, April 18, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Saturday. Greinke fi nished the game with Frank Vatrano and Anthony Duclair also NY Rangers 6 New Jersey 3 Edmonton 3 Winnipeg 0 2,705 career strikeouts. His teammate, Washington 6 Philadelphia 3 Florida 5 Tampa Bay 3 Justin Verlander (18th at 3,013), and scored as Florida jumped one point ahead of Pittsburgh 3 Buffalo 2 Carolina 3 Nashville 1 the Washington Nationals’ Max Scher- Washington Nationals’ Juan Soto Tampa Bay for second place in the Central Di- Ottawa 4 Montreal 0 Minnesota 5 San Jose 2 hits a sacrifice fly during the fourth Arizona 3 St Louis 2 Dallas 5 Columbus 1 zer (22nd at 2,808) are the only active vision. Sam Bennett had two assists and Sergei Chicago 4 Detroit 0 players ahead of him on the career list. inning of a baseball game against Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots. East Division West Division Nationals 6, Diamondbacks 2 the Arizona Diamondbacks at Na- tionals Park, on April 17, in Wash- Hurricanes 3, Predators 1 GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA In Washington, Yan Gomes hom- ington. (AP) In Raleigh, N.C., Jani Hakanpaa scored his fi rst Washington 45 29 12 4 62 160 135 ered off Luke Weaver (1-1), drove in Pittsburgh 44 28 13 3 59 150 122 Colorado 43 30 9 4 64 154 101 goal with Carolina, breaking a tie in the third period NY Islanders 44 27 13 4 58 126 105 Vegas 43 30 11 2 62 142 96 two runs and became the fi rst major across the front, numbers on the back and leading the Hurricanes to the victory. Boston 42 24 12 6 54 119 107 Minnesota 43 27 13 3 57 132 115 league catcher to throw out Tim Lo- and caps, with white pants. Boston was Hakanpaa, a defenseman acquired Monday at the NY Rangers 44 22 16 6 50 146 115 Arizona 45 20 20 5 45 121 141 castro on a steal attempt after 29 con- Philadelphia 44 20 18 6 46 128 161 St Louis 43 19 18 6 44 124 135 the fi rst of seven big league teams that trade deadline from the Anaheim Ducks, was in his New Jersey 43 14 23 6 34 106 145 San Jose 44 18 22 4 40 118 149 secutive swipes to start his career, and will don a new City Series look this second game with Carolina. He blasted in a shot with Buffalo 44 11 26 7 29 107 152 Los Angeles 42 16 20 6 38 114 127 Washington strung together consecu- season. 11:05 left for just his second goal in 49 career games Central Division Anaheim 45 14 24 7 35 101 142 tive wins for the fi rst time this season. in the NHL. GP W L OT Pts GF GA North Division Athletics 7, Tigers 0 Carolina 43 29 10 4 62 140 104 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Locastro was thrown out making a Toronto 44 28 12 4 60 145 117 dive into second base in the third in- In Oakland, California, Matt Olson, Wild 5, Sharks 2 Florida 45 28 12 5 61 143 123 Aramís García and Mark Canha each Tampa Bay 44 29 13 2 60 149 115 Winnipeg 45 27 15 3 57 144 120 ning and left the game with a dislo- In St. Paul, Minn., Mats Zuccarello had a goal and Nashville 46 24 21 1 49 121 130 Edmonton 43 26 15 2 54 137 120 cated left pinkie fi nger. homered and Oakland shut out Detroit an assist, and the Wild stayed hot at home. Chicago 45 21 19 5 47 127 139 Montreal 42 19 14 9 47 125 119 for a second straight game while win- Joel Eriksson Ek, Zach Parise, Kirill Kaprizov and Dallas 43 17 14 12 46 122 109 Calgary 44 19 22 3 41 116 129 Blu Jays 5, Royals 1, 1st Game ning its seventh win in a row. Nico Sturm also scored on a night when 12 different Columbus 46 15 22 9 39 114 154 Vancouver 37 16 18 3 35 100 120 Detroit 46 16 24 6 38 103 145 Ottawa 45 15 26 4 34 122 164 Royals 3, Blue Jays 2, 2nd Game After Oakland’s 3-0 victory Friday, Wild players had at least one point.