p15_Layout 1 5/10/14 9:32 PM Page 1 SUNDAY, MAY 11 2014 SPORTS Smith leaves Caterham F1 Aussies to splash cash Ramdin to captain Windies BARCELONA: Caterham have parted company with technical director Mark KINGSTON: West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy announced his retire- Smith and replaced him with a committee, the Formula One team said yes- on medal prospects ment from test cricket on Friday after he was replaced as captain by wicket- terday. The Malaysian-owned team, who have struggled to make any MELBOURNE: Australia will throw more money at top medal prospects keeper Denesh Ramdin. impression this season and are last in the standings after four races, said in to prepare for the 2016 Rio Olympics after the sports-mad nation The 30-year-old Sammy, who played in 38 tests and all but eight of them a statement that Smith had left with immediate effect. slumped to its worst medal tally in 20 years at the London Games. Sports as skipper, remains the captain of the West Indies Twenty20 team and also “A new Technical Committee has been formed to oversee all technical minister Peter Dutton said 650 of Australia’s best athletes would benefit intends to continue playing ODI cricket. and operational aspects of the team’s activities on and off track,” it added. from a newly designed program that reallocates A$1.6 million ($1.5 mil- “Darren Sammy has formally notified the West Indies Cricket Board “John Iley, Jody Egginton and Gerry Hughes will now each take responsibili- lion) directly to the brightest medal hopes and emerging talents. (WICB) of his decision to retire from test cricket,” the WICB said in a state- ty for specific areas of the team’s operational activities.” That would come from a re-designed Direct Athlete Support (DAS) ment. “Sammy has also informed the board of his decision to continue to Smith joined Caterham, a team that has yet to score a point in Formula program of A$48 million over four years, Dutton said in a statement. make himself available for selection for the other formats of the game. One, in 2011 and took over the technical department from Mike Gascoyne The means-tested scheme would mean the top medal prospects “Sammy, in his communication to the board thanked the directors, the in 2012. could be in line for up to a 30 percent hike in funding, he said. “More selectors and team management for the confidence shown in him as a play- Formula One underwent huge technical changes over the direct funding through the Australian Institute of Sport for potential er and captain which he served as from October 2010 to May 2014.” European winter, with a new V6 turbo hybrid power unit replac- Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games medallists is an impor- While he is well-liked and a respected figure, Sammy often bat- ing the old V8s and revised aerodynamic regulations. tant part of Australia’s plan to remain on the podium of world sport,” ted low down the order in test cricket and his medium-pace Smith and his design department were under added pres- Dutton said. bowling was much less effective than in shorter forms of the sure to deliver results with team owner Tony Fernandes say- Australia has traditionally punched above its weight at the Olympics, game. ing before the season started that he could walk away from finishing sixth in the medals table at the 2008 Beijing Games and fourth at That raised some critics to question whether the St Lucian the sport unless Caterham showed significant improve- Athens and Sydney, but the 10th-placed haul at London prompted local merited a place in the team despite generally positive views of his ment.—Reuters media to slam sports authorities for wasting taxpayers’ money.—Reuters influence as captain. —Reuters Reds edge Rockies CINCINNATI: Joey Votto hit a game-ending solo homer, and the Cincinnati Reds shut down Nolan Arenado in a 4-3 win over Colorado Rockies on Friday night. Votto drove a 3-0 pitch from Boone Logan (1- 1) over the wall in center for his fifth homer. Votto’s fourth career game-ending shot traveled an estimated 437 feet. Arenado went 0 for 3, snapping his hitting streak at a club-record 28 games, the longest in the majors this season. But Arenado walked and scored on Justin Morneau’s tying double in the ninth, handing Jonathan Broxton (1-0) his first blown save in six opportunities. Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto went eight innings, giving him five consecutive starts of eight or more innings. He gave up five hits and two runs with one walk and eight strikeouts. YANKEES 5, BREWERS 3 ARLINGTON: Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts (left) is knocked backwards Masahiro Tanaka pitched into the seventh after tagging out Texas Rangers’ Leonys Martin as Martin was trying to steal second inning, Yangervis Solarte hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning of a baseball game. —AP and New York beat Milwaukee in the interleague matchup. Rangers pound Red Sox A fan jumped out of the left-field stands and ARLINGTON: Home plate umpire Mark Ripperger watches as Texas Rangers’ Robinson Chirinos walked briskly toward Derek Jeter’s spot at tags out Colorado Rockies’ Michael McKenry (8) who was trying to score from third on a shortstop while the Brewers were batting in the ARLINGTON: Yu Darvish came oh, so Verlander allowed two runs and seven Charlie Blackmon fly out in the seventh inning of a baseball game.—AP sixth inning. Jeter didn’t appear to notice until close again. The Japanese ace fell one hits in seven innings. He struck out five the fan was within an arm’s length or so. Jeter inning, and drove in four runs to power game with his single. Heyward slid home with out shy of a no-hitter for the second time and walked two. The start of the game calmly took a few steps away as several security Pittsburgh past St. Louis. the winning run as Ryan Kalish’s throw from cen- Friday night, giving up only a ninth- was delayed 27 minutes by rain. guards rushed in to tackle the person. Walker’s seventh homer came off Carlos ter field was off target. Luis Valbuena led off the inning single to David Ortiz in the Texas The injury-plagued Twins snapped a Jeter has said he will retire after this season. Martinez (0-2) and rallied the Pirates from a 4-3 10th with a single to right field off Alex Wood (3- Rangers’ 8-0 victory over the Boston Red three-game losing streak. Star first base- Tanaka (5-0) allowed two runs and seven hits in deficit for their third straight victory. 5), who then recorded three straight outs in his Sox. man Joe Mauer sat out a fifth straight his first interleague game. The Japanese right- Pittsburgh beat St. Louis for the 10th time in first relief appearance of the season. Rookie second baseman Rougned game. He’s been dealing with back hander struck out seven and walked one. Tanaka 13 games at home. St. Louis had gone ahead in Odor, positioned in shallow right field, spasms. also struck out in each of his first three major the top of the seventh on Jhonny Peralta’s solo PHILLIES 3, METS 2 made a diving attempt but the ball was league at-bats. home run, his eighth. Allen Craig’s three-run Marlon Byrd sliced an RBI double just inside out of his reach. If the Rangers had not INDIANS 6, RAYS 3 home run, his fourth, accounted for the the right field line in the 11th inning, and shifted their infield - a standard practice Mike Aviles hit a three-run homer dur- GIANTS 3, DODGERS 1 Cardinals’ other runs. Philadelphia beat New York in a game of many against Ortiz - it probably would have ing a five-run seventh inning, Corey Madison Bumgarner pitched eight superb Justin Wilson (1-0) struck out the only batter squandered opportunities. been a routine grounder to second. Kluber went 6 2-3 effective innings, and innings and Brandon Crawford hit a two-run he faced, Matt Adams, to end the top of the sev- Chase Utley had three hits and scored all the Darvish lost a perfect-game bid with the Indians stopped a seven-game road homer, leading San Francisco past Los Angeles. enth. Mark Melancon pitched a scoreless ninth Phillies’ runs, two on singles by Domonic Brown, two outs in the ninth inning last season losing streak. The Giants’ 12th victory in 15 games came at for his third save. to help Philadelphia end a four-game skid and beat the Mets for the first time in six meetings. against Houston. This time, he bent his Cleveland also got solo homers from a cost. Brandon Belt broke his left thumb when BRAVES 3, CUBS 2 Carlos Torres (2-2), the Mets’ seventh pitcher, knees and put his glove on his hips after Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Brantley. he was hit by Paul Maholm’s first pitch of the second inning. The first baseman, who leads the Freddie Freeman’s single up the middle gave up a one-out double to Utley and inten- the base hit. Texas manager Ron Kluber (3-3) allowed two runs and nine drove in Jason Heyward from second base in the tionally walked Ryan Howard. Byrd, who played Washington then made a slow walk to hits with nine strikeouts. club with nine homers, ran the bases until the inning was over but was replaced on defense by 10th inning and Atlanta recovered from Craig for the Mets last season, reached low and away the mound, with the 45,392 in atten- Jake Odorizzi struck out a career-high Joaquin Arias.