ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021 SPORTS 15 Cole outduels Bieber in ace matchup, Yankees edge Indians Emanuel works 8 2/3 in relief debut, Astros pound Angels HOUSTON, April 25, (AP): Kent tionally walked before Madrigal deliv- Emanuel worked 8 2/3 innings in relief ered the winning hit to right field off in his major league debut, saving John King (2-1) with two outs. Houston’s bullpen after Jake Odorizzi Willie Calhoun hit his first homer of left early with an injury, and the Astros the season off Hendriks (1-0) to right- pounded the Los Angeles Angels 16-2. center to tie the game. Emanuel (1-0) allowed five hits and Nationals 7, Mets 1 two runs. The 28-year-old became the In New York, Joe Ross tossed six fourth pitcher in the modern era to solid innings and helped himself with have a relief outing of 8 2/3 innings or an RBI single as Washington beat more in his debut. New York. Alex Bregman hit a three-run Yadiel Hernandez, a 33-year-old homer, Yordan Alvarez had a season- rookie who entered with six hits in 36 high four RBIs and Carlos Correa had career at-bats, had two hits and two three hits including a homer for RBIs for the Nationals. Houston. The Astros had season highs Michael Conforto homered in the in runs and hits (18) to win their third fourth for the Mets. straight following a three-game skid. Cardinals 2, Reds 0 Odorizzi exited with tightness in his In St. Louis, John Gant earned his right forearm after retiring leadoff bat- first victory as a starter since 2018 by ter David Fletcher on five pitches. throwing six strong innings and St. Yankees 2, Indians 1 Louis sent Cincinnati to its sixth In Cleveland, Gerrit Cole was one straight loss. pitch better than Shane Bieber in a Andrew Knizner, subbing for heavyweight matchup of aces as injured catcher Yadier Molina, and Rougned Odor and Aaron Hicks hom- Nolan Arenado each drove in a run. ered for New York off Cleveland’s Cy Dylan Carlson added three singles as Young winner in the fifth inning. St. Louis won a series for just the sec- Cole (3-1) struck out 11 and allowed ond time this season. three hits in seven innings to beat After waiting out a rain delay of 2 Bieber (2-2) in a rematch of their hours, 20 minutes before throwing his meeting in last year’s playoffs. Cole’s first pitch, Gant (1-2) allowed just 50 strikeouts in his first five starts are three hits. It was Gant’s first win as a the most for any pitcher in New York’s starting pitcher since Sept. 9, 2018. storied history. Mariners 8, Red Sox 2 Bieber fanned nine - the first time In Boston, Kyle Seager, Sam he hasn’t reached double digits in five Haggerty and Ty France each had starts - and tied Hall of Famer Randy three hits, leading Chris Flexen and Houston Astros’ Kyle Tucker (30) slides just before he was forced out by Los Angeles Angels shortstop Jose Iglesias during the sixth inning of a baseball Johnson’s record with his 17th straight Seattle past Boston. game, on April 24, in Houston. Robel Garcia was safe at first. (AP) start of at least eight strikeouts. Seager singled in a run in the first Athletics 7, Orioles 2 inning, tripled home two more in the In Baltimore, Jed Lowrie hit a three- second and doubled with the bases run homer and Oakland won its 13th empty in the fifth. France scored three straight game, building a big lead early times, and Haggerty drove in two runs. and beating Baltimore. Flexen (2-1) permitted one run and This is the third-longest winning four hits in seven innings. It was the streak in Oakland history. The A’s third time in his four starts this season Crosby scores 20th goal won 14 straight in 1988, then set an American League record with 20 con- secutive victories in 2002. BASEBALL Matt Olson and Mark Canha had two hits and two RBIs apiece for Oakland, which has won nine in row that he has allowed one or fewer runs. against the Orioles dating to 2019. Royals 2, Tigers 1 Dodgers 5, Padres 4 In Detroit, Brady Singer pitched as Penguins beat Devils In Los Angeles, Corey Seager’s two- seven impressive innings, and Kansas run single in the sixth inning provided City took advantage of some defensive the go-ahead runs and Los Angeles over- sloppiness by Detroit. came another two-homer game from Willi Castro homered for Detroit in O’Reilly’s hat trick leads Blues past Avalanche 5-3 Fernando Tatis Jr. to defeat San Diego. the fifth, but that wasn’t enough to The Padres threatened in the ninth, overcome Kansas City’s two runs in putting the potential tying run in scoring the top of that inning. Singer (1-2) PITTSBURGH, April 25, four playoff teams in the West Division allowed three hits and struck out eight. position with one out, but Kenley Jansen following their sixth straight win. Scott Barlow worked the eighth, and (AP): Sidney Crosby and Kevin Fiala and Nick Bonino also retired Tatis on a grounder and struck Josh Staumont pitched a perfect ninth out Trent Grisham for his fifth save. Bryan Rust each scored scored for Minnesota and Kaapo for his first career save. The game was their 20th goal of the sea- Kahkonen made 27 saves. The NL West rivals have split six finished in 2 hours, 10 minutes. meetings this season, with the Padres Logan Couture, Evander Kane and Brewers 4, Cubs 3 son, and the Pittsburgh Joachim Blichfeld scored in the third winning the previous three. In Chicago, pinch-hitter Manny White Sox 2, Rangers 1 Penguins beat the New period for the Sharks, who lost their Piña connected for a tiebreaking two- Jersey Devils 4-2. eighth straight. Martin Jones allowed In Chicago, Nick Madrigal doubled run homer in the seventh inning, and home the winning run in the ninth Crosby got an empty-netter with three goals on eight shots in the first the Brewers held off the Cubs. period before getting pulled for the inning after Liam Hendriks allowed a Brent Suter (2-1) worked two score- 0.1 seconds to play. His goal came eighth time in 32 starts this season. tying homer in the top half, and less innings in relief of Freddy Peralta, following a tense net-mouth Golden Knights 5, Ducks 1 Chicago recovered to beat Texas. helping Milwaukee to its fourth win in scramble in which the Devils near- In Anaheim, California, Chandler Luis Robert led off the White Sox five games. Josh Hader got three outs ly tied the game. Stephenson scored two goals in the ninth with an infield single. Rookie for his fourth save in four opportunities. Crosby surpassed Evgeni Malkin first period and Vegas cruised to its phenom Yermín Mercedes was inten- Pirates 6, Twins 2 and Mario Lemieux for the most franchise-record ninth consecutive In Minneapolis, Michael Perez had 20-plus goal seasons in franchise his- victory. three hits and three RBIs, sending tory. Stephenson had the first three-point Trevor Cahill and the Pirates to the Jeff Carter and Jared McCann also night of his career, while Shea victory. scored for the Penguins, who com- Theodore and William Karlsson got Cahill (1-2) permitted one run and pleted a three-game series sweep of Pittsburgh Penguins’ Jeff Carter (77) gets tangled with New Jersey Devils’ goals against their former team as the two hits in six innings. It was his lon- the Devils. Casey DeSmith stopped 34 Pavel Zacha during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Knights rolled toward their fourth gest outing since he also worked six shots. on April 24. (AP) straight playoff appearance. William innings for the Angels at Baltimore on New Jersey dropped its ninth Carrier also scored for Vegas, which May 10, 2019. straight game. Miles Wood and Jack with 24 saves. Alexander Kerfoot also scored for completed the season series with seven Minnesota lost for the 10th time in Hughes scored for the Devils, and Panthers 4, Hurricanes 3, OT Toronto, and Jack Campbell made 25 wins over Anaheim in eight meetings. 12 games. Michael Pineda (1-1) Mackenzie Blackwood made 36 saves. In Sunrise, Florida, Aleksander saves. The Maple Leafs stretched their Robin Lehner made 23 saves in his allowed five runs, four earned, and six Blues 5, Avalanche 3 Barkov scored 24 seconds into over- North Division lead to eight points second win at Honda Center in nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. Jake Cave had In St. Louis, Ryan O’Reilly had time to help Florida tighten up the over the second-place Jets. days. two of the Twins’ three hits. three goals and an assist, and St. Louis Central Division standings. Thornton, at 41 years, 296 days, Canucks 4, Senators 2 Rays 5, Blues 3 stopped a three-game slide. After a turnover in the Panthers’ became the oldest player in Toronto In Vancouver, British Columbia, In St. Petersburg, Florida, Tampa Mike Hoffman and Ivan Barbashev end, Barkov raced the length of the ice franchise history to score. He broke Tanner Pearson and J.T. Miller scored Bay broke an eighth-inning tie when also scored for the Blues, and Jordan and fired a shot that trundled in for his the record set by Allan Stanley at 41 late in the third period and Vancouver Toronto third baseman Cavan Biggio Binnington made 28 saves.