ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021 SPORTS 15 Red-hot Rays win, keep Yanks reeling Astros down Red Sox as Cardinals fall to Dodgers NEW YORK, June 1, (AP): Rich Hill fi nished May with the low- MLB Results/Standings est monthly ERA in 75 years of a pitcher in his 40s, and the Tampa WASHINGTON, June 1, (AP): Results and Bay Rays won for the 16th time standings from the MLB games on Monday. Tampa Bay 3 NY Yankees 1 in 17 games by keeping up their Minnesota 3 Baltimore (10 inns) 2 Milwaukee 3 Detroit (10 inn) 2 domination of the reeling Yan- Chic. Wht. Sox 8 Cleveland (1st game) 6 kees with a 3-1 victory. San Francisco 6 LA Angels 1 Houston 11 Boston 2 Hill (4-2), a 41-year-old left-hander Seattle 6 Oakland (10 inns) 5 who is the oldest player in Rays’ history, Cleveland 3 Chic WS (2nd game) 1 Kansas City 7 Pittsburgh 3 improved to 3-0 against the Yankees this Cincinnati 11 Philadelphia 1 season. Hill was 3-1 with a 0.78 ERA in Chicago Cubs 7 San Diego 2 six May starts. Atlanta 5 Washington 3 LA Dodgers 9 St Louis 4 Miguel Andújar homered in the seventh, just NY Mets 6 Arizona 2 his second since 2018. J.P. Feyereisen, acquired American League May 21 from Milwaukee for shortstop Willy East Division Adames, fi nished a fi ve-hitter for his third save. W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 35 20 .636 _ The AL East-leading Rays (35-20) improved Boston 32 21 .604 2 to 7-3 against the Yankees this season. New York 29 25 .537 5-1/2 New York (29-25) limped to the season’s Toronto 27 25 .519 6-1/2 Baltimore 17 37 .315 17-1/2 one-third mark with its fourth straight defeat Central Division and sixth in seven games. W L Pct GB Jameson Taillon (1-4) lost to Hill for the sec- Chicago 33 21 .611 _ ond time this year. He allowed three runs and Cleveland 29 24 .547 3-1/2 Kansas City 26 26 .500 6 fi ve hits in fi ve-plus innings. Minnesota 22 31 .415 10-1/2 Manuel Margot hit an RBI double in the Detroit 22 32 .407 11 third. Austin Meadows homered into the right- West Division W L Pct GB Oakland 31 25 .554 _ Houston 29 24 .547 -1/2 BASEBALL Seattle 28 27 .509 2-1/2 Los Angeles 24 30 .444 6 Texas 22 33 .400 8-1/2 fi eld short porch in the fourth and Randy Aroza- National League rena had an RBI single in the fi fth. East Division Astros 11, Red Sox 2 W L Pct GB In Houston, Kyle Tucker had a season-best New York 26 20 .565 _ Atlanta 25 26 .490 3-1/2 three hits and tied a career high with four RBIs Philadelphia 25 29 .463 5 as Houston handed former bench coach Alex Miami 24 28 .462 5 Cora and the Boston Red Sox their most lop- Washington 21 29 .420 7 sided loss of the season. Central Division W L Pct GB This was the fi rst time Cora, now managing Chicago 30 23 .566 _ the Red Sox again, had faced the Astros since St Louis 30 24 .556 -1/2 being suspended last year for his role in Hou- Milwaukee 29 25 .537 1-1/2 ston’s illegal sign-stealing scheme in 2017. Cincinnati 24 28 .462 5-1/2 Pittsburgh 20 33 .377 10 Cora helped Houston win the 2017 World Se- Tampa Bay Rays’ Randy Arozarena hits an RBI single during the fi fth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on May West Division ries as bench coach, then managed Boston to the 31, in New York. (AP) W L Pct GB 2018 championship. He was let go by the Red San Francisco 34 20 .630 _ Cubs 7, Padres 2 WHIP in 51 innings. less appearance for Brad Boxberger (2-1). San Diego 34 21 .618 -1/2 Sox following Major League Baseball’s investi- Los Angeles 32 22 .593 2 gation into the Astros, then suspended by MLB In Chicago, Javier Báez and Patrick Wisdom Billy McKinney also went deep for New Twins 3, Orioles 2, 10 Innings Colorado 20 34 .370 14 through the 2020 postseason before getting re- each homered twice, helping Kohl Stewart and York. Eduardo Escobar hit his 13th homer for In Baltimore, Rob Refsnyder bounced back Arizona 19 36 .345 15-1/2 hired in Boston last November. Chicago beat San Diego. the Diamondbacks. from a run-in with the center-fi eld fence to score Eduardo Rodriguez (5-4) allowed a season- Stewart pitched fi ve innings of one-run ball White Sox 8, Indians 6, 8 Innings, 1st Game the go-ahead run in the 10th inning on a wild high six runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings to in his fi rst major league win since July 21, 2019, Indians 3, White Sox 1, 2nd Game pitch and Minnesota handed Baltimore its 14th extend his losing streak to a career-long four for Minnesota against Oakland. Stewart (1-0) In Cleveland, José Ramírez’s two-run homer consecutive loss. games. Jose Altuve hit a two-run homer and opted out of last season because of the COV- and a solid start by reliever Cal Quantrill led The Orioles’ skid ties for second-longest in Alex Bregman drove in two runs for Houston. ID-19 pandemic. Cleveland over Chicago, giving the Indians their team history - they also dropped 14 in a row in Dodgers 9, Cardinals 4 Kris Bryant also went deep as Chicago won second straight doubleheader split in two days. 1954, the season the club moved from St. Louis In Los Angeles, Chris Taylor drove in three for the seventh time in eight games. Ramírez connected in the third inning off to Baltimore. The Orioles’ worst losing streak runs with a tiebreaking double that capped a San Diego dropped to 4-4 on its 10-game Jimmy Lambert (0-1) to break a 1-all tie as the came in 1988 when they lost their fi rst 21 games 14-pitch at-bat in the sixth inning, rallying Los road trip. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his 16th homer Indians, who rallied to win Game 2 on Sunday of the year. Angeles past St. Louis to snap a three-game and Wil Myers drove in a run, but that was it for against Toronto, got back the game they dropped The Twins have beaten Baltimore 16 consec- skid. the Padres. earlier to the AL Central-leading White Sox. utive times, one away from Minnesota’s fran- Taylor fouled off nine pitches - four in a row Chris Paddack (2-4) allowed fi ve runs and six Phil Maton (1-0) was the winner in the night- chise-record against one opponent. The Twins twice - by Genesis Cabrera before delivering the hits in 4 1/3 innings in his fi rst loss since April cap. Emmanuel Clase struck out three in the sev- topped Boston 17 straight times in 1965-66. two-out double for a 6-3 lead. Two batters ear- 27. The right-hander struck out six and walked enth for his ninth save. Refsnyder smacked into the padded wall lier, Cabrera issued a bases-loaded walk to Will one. Codi Heuer (4-1) worked the seventh and chasing Ryan Mountcastle’s home run in the Smith that tied the game. Mets 6, Diamondbacks 2 Aaron Bummer gave up a run in the eighth be- fi fth that fl ew well over the fence. Refsnyder Taylor also homered and doubled, going 3 for In Phoenix, Pete Alonso homered and had fore getting his fi rst save. went down hard on the warning track, but stayed 4 with four RBIs and two runs scored. four RBIs in his return from the injured list, César Hernández homered twice but also in the game. Trevor Bauer (6-3) allowed four runs - three Jacob deGrom pitched six shutout innings and made two errors for Cleveland. Giants 6, Angels 1 earned - and fi ve hits in 6 2/3 innings. Gavin New York beat Arizona for its fi fth straight vic- Both games were scheduled for seven innings. In San Francisco, Evan Longoria hit a two- Lux hit a pair of solo homers for the Dodgers on tory. Reds 11, Phillies 1 run homer before leaving with a sore muscle on Houston Astros starting pitcher Jose Urquidy manager Dave Roberts’ 49th birthday. Making his second start since coming off the In Cincinnati, Max Schrock homered, tripled his right side, and Johnny Cueto pitched seven throws against the Boston Red Sox during the Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty exited with IL, deGrom (4-2) allowed two hits while strik- and doubled before leaving with an apparent leg stellar innings in San Francisco’s victory over first inning of a baseball game on May 31, in left side tightness after fi ve innings. He equaled ing out eight and walking none. He lowered his injury, Wade Miley pitched six solid innings and Los Angeles. Houston. (AP) his season high with nine strikeouts. The right- ERA to 0.71, the lowest for a qualifying starter Cincinnati cruised past Philadelphia Phillies. LaMonte Wade Jr. also went deep for the Gi- hander gave up two runs and two hits against through May since Phillies left-hander Curt Kyle Farmer homered and drove in fi ve runs ants, his fi rst major league home run since hit- In Seattle, Ty France hit a tying single and his favorite team while growing up in nearby Short was at 0.64 in 1964.