ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2021 SPORTS 15 Atlanta United blank LAFC 1-0 Montero, Ruidiaz each score Tatis homers twice in return as twice, Sounders top Timbers PORTLAND, Ore., Aug 16, United beat Los Angeles FC 1-0. Padres pummel Diamondbacks (AP): Raul Ruidiaz scored the go- Martínez, on a breakaway, ran ahead goal directly off a free kick onto a low cross Ezequiel Barco and the Seattle Sounders went on and put away a one-touch finish to beat the rival Portland Timbers from the center of the area in the 6-2 in a Cascadia Cup match. 47th minute. Brad Guzan had Ruidiaz and Fredy Montero three saves for his fourth shut- each scored twice to help the out of the season for Atlanta Sounders (10-3-6) move into sec- (4-6-9). ond in the Western Conference LAFC (6-8-5) has lost three in behind Sporting Kansas City. a row and is winless in six games. Seattle has conceded just 16 goals Fire 1, Crew 0 this season, fewest in the league. Jimmy Medranda and Nicolas In Chicago, Luka Stojanovic Benezet also scored. Sebastian scored for the third time in the Blanco and George Fochive last two games and the Chicago scored for Portland (7-9-2). Fire beat the Columbus Crew 1-0. The game marked the return of Brian Gutierrez had his shot in the Cascadia Cup, the three-way the area deflected but it went competition between the directly to Stojanovic, who turned Sounders, Timbers and and scored in the 77th minute. Vancouver Whitecaps. The sup- Stojanovic had his first multi- porter-created award, decided on goal game in MLS in a 2-1 vic- points from head-to-head match- tory over the New York Red ups, was suspended last season Bulls last week. because the coronavirus prevent- ed capacity crowds from attend- ing matches. SOCCER Atlanta United 1, LAFC 0 In Atlanta, Josef Martínez Chicago (5-9-5) has won back- scored his third goal in his last to-back games and is unbeaten in three appearances and Atlanta its last four. The Crew (6-7-6) have lost four games in a row, conceding 12 goals over that span. Columbus allowed just 21 goals all last sea- son. Nashville 5, DC United 2 In Nashville, Tenn., C.J. Sapong and Alex Muyl each scored two goals and Nashville San Diego Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. connects for a home run, his second of the baseball game, against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the fi fth in- beat D.C. United 5-2. ning, on Aug 15, in Phoenix. (AP) After Frédéric Brillant headed home a corner kick by Julian Gressel to open the scoring for Odor, Cortes help Yankees beat White Sox D.C. United in the third minute, Sapong answered in the 14th and gave Nashville (7-2-10) the lead PHOENIX, Aug. 16, (AP): professional career and batting for good when his header, off a leadoff, Tatis posted his fi fth mul- Fernando Tatis Jr. homer- tihomer game this season and No. MLB Results/Standings perfectly placed cross by Hany ed twice and drove in four Mukhtar, made it 2-1 in the 31st 8 for his career. runs in his return from the Jake Cronenworth’s two-run homer minute. in the fi fth lifted San Diego to a 4-1 lead. injured list, and the San WASHINGTON, Aug 16, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Sunday. Mukhtar added a goal in the Reiss Knehr (1-0) got the win. Timbers forward Yimmi Chara, 37th before Ola Kamara scored to Diego Padres beat the Ari- Zac Gallen (1-7) started for the Dia- Cleveland 11 Detroit 0 Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 1 right, attempts to score, being Boston 6 Baltimore 2 Atlanta 6 Washington 5 pull D.C. United (8-8-3) to 3-2 zona Diamondbacks 8-2. mondbacks and surrendered four runs St Louis 7 Kansas City 2 Miami 4 Chicago Cubs 1 blocked by Sounders keeper Ste- over fi ve innings. fan Cleveland as the Portland Tim- just before halftime. Kamara has The 22-year-old Tatis had four Texas 7 Oakland 4 Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 4 scored in each of the last seven Yankees 5, White Sox 3 Minnesota 5 Tampa Bay 4 San Francisco 5 Colorado 2 bers face the Seattle Sounders in hits, helping the Padres snap a NY Yankees 5 Chic. W. Sox 3 San Diego 8 Arizona 2 an MLS match at Providence Park games and has eight goals over four-game losing streak. Playing In Chicago, Rougned Odor hit a two- LA Angels 3 Houston 1 LA Dodgers 14 NY Mets 4 on Aug 15. (AP) that span. right fi eld for the fi rst time in his run homer and Nestor Cortes pitched six Toronto 8 Seattle 3 solid innings, leading the Yankees to the American League National League victory. Luke Voit also hit a two-run hom- East Division East Division er in the ninth for New York, which went W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Eason effi cient, Ehlinger shines late Tampa Bay 71 47 .602 _ Atlanta 62 56 .525 _ 5-1 in the season series against Chicago. Boston 69 51 .575 3 Philadelphia 61 57 .517 1 Cortes (1-1) allowed one run and New York 65 52 .556 5-1/2 New York 59 58 .504 2-1/2 seven hits in his fi rst win since Aug. 6, Toronto 63 54 .538 7-1/2 Miami 51 67 .432 11 2019, versus Baltimore. Wandy Peralta Baltimore 38 78 .328 32 Washington 50 68 .424 12 Colts edge Panthers in preseason game got two outs for his fourth save. Central Division Central Division Andrew Vaughn hit his 14th homer W L Pct GB W L Pct GB INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 16, (AP): Chicago 68 50 .576 _ Milwaukee 72 47 .605 _ Jacob Eason was effi cient in place for the AL Central-leading White Sox, Cleveland 57 59 .491 10 Cincinnati 64 55 .538 8 who have dropped four of fi ve. Lucas Detroit 58 62 .483 11 St Louis 61 56 .521 10 of the injured Carson Wentz, and Former Jets & Robert Morris Giolito (9-9) lasted just four innings. Minnesota 52 66 .441 16 Chicago 52 68 .433 20-1/2 rookie Sam Ehlinger delivered in Indians 11, Tigers 0 Kansas City 49 67 .422 18 Pittsburgh 42 76 .356 29-1/2 the fi nal quarter for the Indianapolis West Division West Division Colts. coach Joe Walton dead at 85 In Detroit, Indians starter Triston Mc- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Kenzie retired the fi rst 23 Detroit batters Houston 70 47 .598 _ San Francisco 76 42 .644 _ Ehlinger, a sixth-round pick out NEW YORK, Aug 16, (AP): Joe going to Washington as the run- Oakland 68 50 .576 2-1/2 Los Angeles 72 46 .610 4 of Texas, began his NFL debut with in order before Harold Castro lined a Walton, the former New York ning backs coach. single to right with two out in the eighth Seattle 63 56 .529 8 San Diego 67 53 .558 10 an interception. But he regrouped Jets coach who built Robert Mor- Walton became Washington’s Los Angeles 59 60 .496 12 Colorado 52 66 .441 24 inning. Texas 42 76 .356 28-1/2 Arizona 38 81 .319 38-1/2 and drove the Colts to a tying touch- ris University’s football program offensive coordinator in 1978 The 24-year-old right-hander stunned down capped by his 2-point conver- from the ground up, has died. He and moved to the Jets in the same the Comerica Park crowd of 25,684 sion run. Ehlinger then scrambled 11 was 85. role in 1981. He replaced Walt hoping to see Miguel Cabrera’s 500th to increase the Braves’ lead to 3-0 in from their division rivals heading into a and 9 yards to set up Eddy Pineiro’s Robert Morris announced in an Michaels as the Jets’ head coach homer. Instead, they gave McKenzie (2- the third. It was his 24th of the season, three-game series against the New York 30-yard fi eld goal in the fi nal sec- obituary posted on its website that in 1983 and had one of the more 5) a standing ovation after Castro’s hit a total that includes two from Saturday Mets. Wood (10-3) allowed two runs in onds, and the Colts beat the Carolina Walton died successful coaching runs for the and another after he fi nished the inning and another Friday for four of Atlanta’s 6 2/3 innings. Jake McGee pitched the Panthers 21-18 in a preseason game. Sunday. No franchise with the two playoff with his 11th strikeout. 11 homers in the three-game set. The ninth for his 25th save. Eason played the fi rst half and fi n- cause of death runs, but he was fi red after a 4-12 Detroit’s Drew Hutchison (0-1) al- Braves have won a franchise-best eight Blue Jays 8, Mariners 3 was provided. season in 1989. lowed six runs while only getting fi ve straight games in Washington and 10 of ished 15 of 21 for 183 yards with a outs in his fi rst major league game since 12 overall. They pulled a game ahead of In Seattle, Teoscar Hernández, Ran- lost fumble as the Colts got a look Walton, “Joe Walton poured his heart a native of into this franchise for nine sea- a fi ve-game stretch in the Texas Rangers Philadelphia for the NL East lead.