CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK B2 THE VINDICATOR | WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018 SPORTS WWW.VINDY.COM SPORTS 144TH KENTUCKY DERBY | Post positions & odds PP Horse Trainer Jockey Odds digest Justify early 3-1 Derby favorite 1. Firenze Fire Jason Servis Paco Lopez 50-1 2. Free Drop Billy Dale Romans Robby Albarado 30-1 3. Promises Fulfi lled Dale Romans Corey Lanerie 30-1 Bauer starts Twitter Associated Press “The only reason I’m the Justify is 3-0 in his brief ca- 4. Flameway MarkCasse Jose Lezcano 30-1 spat on Astros pitchers LOUISVILLE, KY. favorite is because I beat Bolt reer, winning by a combined 5. Audible Todd Pletcher Javier Castellano 8-1 d’Oro and he was the horse 19 lengths. Magnum Moon 6. Good Magic Chad Brown Jose Ortiz 12-1 HOUSTON Bob Baffert had no chance 7. Justify Bob Baffert Mike Smith 3-1 to beat,” said Baffert, refer- is 4-0, winning the Arkansas 8. Lone Sailor Thomas Amoss James Graham 50-1 Cleveland pitcher Trevor Bauer to fret over the Kentucky ring to Justify’s three-length Derby and Rebel Stakes in 9. Hofburg William Mott Irad Ortiz Jr. 20-1 ignited a Twitter battle on Tues- Derby draw. 10. My Boy Jack Keith Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux 30-1 day when he insinuated Houston By the time the Hall of win over his rival in the San- his last two starts. 11. Bolt d’Oro Mick Ruis Victor Espinoza 8-1 Astros pitchers are using sticky Fame trainer managed to get ta Anita Derby last month. “It’s one of the toughest 12. Enticed Kiaran McLaughlin Junior Alvarado 30-1 Justify is one of two hors- Derbies I’ve ever seen,” Baf- 13. Bravazo D. Wayne Lukas Luis Contreras 50-1 substances to increase their spin into Churchill Downs, the 14. Mendelssohn AP O’Brien Ryan Moore 5-1 rates. process was halfway done es in Saturday’s 1 1/4-mile fert said. “All the important 15. Instilled Regard Jerry Hollendorfer Drayden Van Dyke 50-1 16. Magnum Moon Todd Pletcher Luis Saez 6-1 It started when Bauer re- and Justify had landed in the race who didn’t race at age 2. horses got good draws.” The other is 6-1 third choice More history is working 17. Solomini Bob Baffert Flavien Prat 30-1 sponded to a tweet that read: No. 7 post on Tuesday. 18. Vino Rosso Todd Pletcher John Velazquez 12-1 “Are Astros doctoring baseball or “We didn’t want the 1-hole, Magnum Moon. No horse against Mendelssohn. A 19. Noble Indy Todd Pletcher Florent Geroux 30-1 that’s for sure,” the four-time since Apollo in 1882 has won horse coming from Europe 20. Combatant Steven Asmussen Ricardo Santana Jr. 50-1 throwing spit balls. Look at spin AE. Blended Citizen Doug O’Neill Kyle Frey 50-1 rates of (Justin) Verlander, (Ger- Derby winner said. “I was the Derby after not racing as has never won America’s big- relieved when I saw him in a 2-year-old. gest race. Trained by Irish- Weights: 126 pounds. Distance: 1 1-4 miles. Purse: $2,192,800. First place: rit) Cole and (Charlie) Morton, $1,432,000. Second place: $400,000. Third place: $200,000. Fourth place: increased dramatically pitch- seven.” “I don’t buy into the Apol- man Aidan O’Brien, UAE $100,000. Fifth place: $60,000. Post time: 6:46 p.m. ing in Astros uniform. They (sic) Justify was made the early lo Curse or whatever at all, Derby winner Mendelssohn probably using a substance or 3-1 favorite for the Derby, mainly because Bob Baffert is the 5-1 second choice. He colt arrived Monday from Indy. He surpassed Lukas, and Todd Pletcher have got drew the No. 14 post. like chewing gum like Morton did with Europe-based Men- Ireland. his mentor, this year as the like postseason.” delssohn the second choice the horses,” four-time Derby- O’Brien wasn’t at the draw in a full fi eld of 20 horses. winning trainer D. Wayne and Mendelssohn won’t hit Pletcher has a leading four trainer with the most start- Bauer’s fi rst tweet was sim- horses in the fi eld: Magnum ers in Derby history with 52. ply 36 thinking emojis before he Six horses have won from Lukas said. “Todd’s going to the Churchill Downs dirt went further in a sarcastic second the No. 7 post, most recently have his (horse) ready, and strip until Wednesday after Moon, 8-1 Audible, 12-1 Pletcher won last year with tweet that read: “If only there was Street Sense in 2007. Baffert is going to have his.” clearing quarantine. The Vino Rosso and 30-1 Noble Always Dreaming. just a really quick way to increase spin rate. Like what if you could trade for a player knowing that you DP—Detroit 1. LOB—Tampa Bay 7, Detroit 6. Dreckman. MLB STATS 2B—Martin (5), Castellanos (7). SB—Gomez (3), T—2:58. A—23,534 (41,313). Los Angeles 000 002 120 — 5 could bump his spin rate a couple M.Smith (6). STANDINGS MARLINS 2, PHILLIES 1 Arizona 030 110 21x — 8 INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO hundred rpm overnight...imagine AMERICAN LEAGUE 10 innings E—C.Taylor (2). LOB—Los Angeles 5, Arizona Tampa Bay Philadelphia Miami 11. 2B—C.Taylor (8), Grandal 2 (9), Descalso (4), Continued from B1 East Division Archer L,2-2 6 6 2 2 1 6 the steals you could get on the W L Pct GB ab r h bi ab r h bi Ahmed (7), Greinke (1). 3B—Pederson (2). HR— Kittredge 1 0 0 0 0 1 C.Hrnan 2b 5 0 1 0 Ralmuto c 4 0 1 0 Muncy (2), Pollock 3 (9), Ahmed (5). CS—Pollock Boston 21 8 .724 — Venters 1 1 0 0 1 0 a full count before Brant- trade market! If only that existed.” New York 19 10 .655 2 Hoskins lf 4 0 1 1 Prado 3b 4 0 0 0 (2). SF—Pederson (1). Detroit O.Hrrra cf 5 0 1 0 S.Cstro 2b 4 0 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO ley hammered an 0-2 pitch Toronto 16 12 .571 4 1⁄2 Boyd W,1-2 6 7 1 1 1 7 Houston starter Lance McCull- 1 Altherr rf 5 0 1 0 Detrich 1b-lf 4 0 0 0 Los Angeles Tampa Bay 13 15 .464 7 ⁄2 Wilson H,4 1 1 0 0 0 1 to right for his first career 1 C.Sntna 1b 3 0 1 0 B.Andrs rf 4 0 1 0 Stripling L,0-1 4 8 4 4 1 2 ers Jr. soon came to the defense Baltimore 8 20 .286 12 ⁄2 Jimenez H,4 1 0 0 0 0 2 Central Division Franco 3b 5 0 0 0 Maybin lf-cf 4 1 1 0 Stewart 1 2-3 3 1 1 1 3 grand slam. Greene S,5-7 1 0 0 0 0 2 Kingery ss 3 0 0 0 Rojas ss 3 0 1 0 of his team with a tweet. It read in W L Pct GB HBP—by Boyd (Gomez). Hudson 1 1 2 1 2 0 Cleveland 15 13 .536 — Vlentin ss 0 0 0 0 Brinson cf 2 0 0 0 Cingrani 1-3 0 0 0 1 1 Edwin Encarnacion sin- Umpires—Home, Marvin Hudson; First, Chad Alfaro c 4 1 2 0 Wttgren p 0 0 0 0 part: “Jealousy isn’t a good look on Detroit 12 16 .429 3 Whitson; Second, Gary Cederstrom; Third, Stu Fields 1 1 1 1 0 0 Minnesota 9 15 .375 4 Efl in p 1 0 0 0 Stcknrd p 0 0 0 0 Arizona gled and was replaced by Scheuwater. N.Wllms ph 1 0 1 0 Shuck ph 1 0 0 0 you my man. You have great stuff Chicago 8 19 .296 6 1⁄2 Greinke W,3-2 6 4 2 2 1 10 T—2:28. A—17,255 (41,297). Hunter p 0 0 0 0 Gerrero p 0 0 0 0 pinch-runner Rajai Davis, Kansas City 8 21 .276 7 1⁄2 Hirano H,7 1 1 1 1 0 0 and have worked hard for it, like YANKEES 4, ASTROS 0 L.Grcia p 0 0 0 0 Tazawa p 0 0 0 0 Chafi n 2-3 1 2 2 0 0 West Division New York Houston but Yonder Alonso struck the rest of us, no need for this.” W L Pct GB Morgan p 0 0 0 0 Y.Rvera ph 1 0 1 1 Bradley H,9 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi E.Ramos p 0 0 0 0 J.Grcia p 1 0 0 0 Boxberger S,9-9 1 0 0 0 0 1 out. Kela, who converted Houston 20 11 .645 — Gardner lf 3 0 0 0 Sprnger rf-cf 4 0 1 0 Bauer responded to McCullers, Seattle 16 11 .593 2 Flrimon ph 1 0 0 0 Bour ph-1b 2 1 1 1 HBP—by Greinke (Grandal), by Cingrani 1 Judge rf 4 1 1 0 Altuve 2b 4 0 1 0 Rios p 0 0 0 0 (Peralta), by Chafi n (Barnes). his fi rst six save chances, al- Los Angeles 16 12 .571 2 ⁄2 Grgrius ss 4 1 2 0 Correa ss 3 0 0 0 saying he isn’t jealous and that he Oakland 14 14 .500 4 1⁄2 Totals 37 1 8 1 Totals 34 2 7 2 Umpires—Home, Jerry Layne; First, Greg Stanton dh 4 0 0 0 Gurriel 1b 4 0 2 0 Gibson; Second, Vic Carapazza; Third, Jordan lowed four runs and fi ve hits Texas 12 19 .387 8 G.Sanch c 4 1 2 3 Bregman 3b 4 0 0 0 respects “what you all are doing Monday’s Scores Baker.