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                                                                                                       sports Diabierna 27 augustus 2021

                                 Orioles snap 19-game skid with 10-6 win over Angels


            (AP) — After 19 consecu-     Hyde said. “It’s good to hear  the fourth.
            tive  losses,  the  Baltimore  our guys feel good about the
            Orioles  were  ready  to  try  game they just played.”    “I feel like the homers were a
            just about anything.                                      little bit ambushed,” Ohtani
                                         Ohtani  allowed  three  hom-  said  through  a  translator.  “I
            Newcomer Chris Ellis found  ers on the mound and struck  need  to  make  better  pitches
            that  out  while  preparing  to  out  three  times  at  the  plate,  when  they’re  expecting  the
            make his first big league start.  but  the  Orioles  still  seemed  fastball.”
                                         headed to a 20th straight loss
            “I  was  sitting  at  my  locker,  after Brandon Marsh hit his  Jared Walsh hit a solo homer
            kind  of  just  going  over  the  first  career  homer,  a  three-  for the Angels.
            lineup  for  the  day,  and  I  run  shot  in  the  fourth  that
            saw  Trey  Mancini  walking  made it 6-2.                 Tanner Scott (5-4) won in re-
            though there with a bunch of                              lief for the Orioles.
            sage. Everybody was getting a  It  was  6-5  when  Jake  Pet-
            whiff of it,” Ellis said. “May-  ricka  (0-1)  allowed  a  single,  Ohtani  allowed  four  runs
            be  we’ll  have  to  start  doing  a  double  and  an  intentional  and five hits in five innings.
            that before every game.”     walk  to  start  the  bottom  of  Ellis  yielded  three  runs  and                     to push him.”
                                         the  eighth.  He  then  walked  five hits in three-plus innings  “He and I just walked around
            The  Orioles  finally  stopped  Urías, his final batter, on four  after the Orioles claimed him  the ballpark and just saged ev-  TRAINER’S ROOM
            their slide Wednesday night,  pitches to tie the game.    off waivers from Tampa Bay  erything we possibly could,”  Angels: Los Angeles put RHP
            rallying  to  beat  Los  Angeles                          on Friday.                   Mancini said.                Dylan Bundy (right shoulder
            10-6  after  a  shaky  start  by  James  Hoyt  came  on  and                                                        strain) on the 10-day injured
            Shohei  Ohtani  left  the  An-  struck out Jahmai Jones, but  Mullins’  homer  came  on  Mancini also said he was let-  list after he left his start Tues-
            gels’ bullpen with too much  then  he  walked  Gutierrez  Ohtani’s  first  pitch  of  the  ting his mustache grow until  day  night  after  nine  batters.
            to do.                       on  a  full  count.  Hays  then  game,  but  after  Santander’s  the team won.         The  Angels  also  put  RHPs
                                         doubled to left with the bases  solo  shot  gave  Baltimore  a                         Austin Warren and Reid Det-
            ADVERTISEMENT                loaded,  and  Cedric  Mullins  2-0 lead, the Angels tied it al-  “I  hate  having  a  mustache,”  mers on the IL. ... The An-
            The  Angels  were  up  6-2  in  added a sacrifice fly.    most immediately on a two-   the  Baltimore  first  baseman  gels recalled INF Kean Wong
            the  fourth  inning  and  6-4                             run  single  by  Marsh  in  the  said.  “As  kind  of  a  form  of  from Triple-A Salt Lake and
            when  Ohtani  left  the  game  When Tyler Wells retired the  second.                   self-punishment,  but  also  selected the contracts of Pet-
            after  the  top  of  the  sixth.  final  batter  of  the  game  on                     trying  to  keep  things  a  little  ricka and RHP Elvis Pegue-
            Baltimore  scored  a  run  in  a  flyout  to  right,  he  hugged  Walsh homered for Los An-  lighter, I told all the guys that  ro. ... OF Justin Upton, who
            the  seventh  and  five  in  the  catcher  Pedro  Severino  and  geles  in  the  fourth,  and  I  was  going  to  shave  it  off  turned 34 on Wednesday, did
            eighth.  Ramón  Urías  and  the  Orioles  celebrated  casu-  Marsh  added  his  three-run  whenever we won.”        not  play  because  of  left  calf
            Kelvin Gutierrez drew bases-  ally  on  the  field.  The  fans  shot later in the inning.                           problems.
            loaded walks to put the Ori-  —  many  of  whom  probably                              PULLED
            oles up 7-6, and pinch-hitter  came to see Ohtani — roared  Mullins brought home a run  Ohtani  was  taken  out  af-  Orioles:  SS  Jorge  Mateo
            Austin Hays added a two-run  their approval.              in the seventh with a ground-  ter  84  pitches.  Manager  Joe  (lower  back  discomfort)  did
            double.                                                   out.                         Maddon  indicated  he  might  not play.
                                         “They really were behind us                               have left the two-way sensa-
            The Orioles were two losses  tonight,”  Mancini  said.  “I’m  Conner  Greene,  recalled  tion in for the bottom of the  UP NEXT
            shy of the American League  so  thankful  and  we  are  so  from  Triple-A  Norfolk  be-  sixth, but his spot in the or-  RHP Jaime Barria (2-2) takes
            record for the longest skid —  thankful, especially after this  fore  the  game,  pitched  two  der came up in the top half,  the  mound  for  the  Angels
            which they set themselves in  streak,  that  they’re  still  so  hitless  innings  of  relief  for  so there was no need to leave  against  Baltimore’s  Keegan
            1988 when they started 0-21.  supportive of us.”          the Orioles.                 him on the mound to get him  Akin (0-8) in Thursday’s se-
                                                                                                   another plate appearance.    ries finale. Akin allowed four
            “The clubhouse is loud right  Mullins   and     Anthony  SUPERSTITIONS                                              runs in three innings against
            now. There’s a lot of people  Santander hit solo homers in  Mancini  credited  catcher  “I  just  thought  that  was  a  Los Angeles on July 2.
            that  are  very  excited,  re-  the first, and DJ Stewart hit  Austin  Wynns  with  the  idea  hard  five  innings,”  Maddon
            lieved,”  manager  Brandon  a two-run shot off Ohtani in  for the sage.                said. “I didn’t see any reason

                               Pulisic uncertain for World Cup qualifying after COVID


            (AP) — Christian Pulisic’s                                Arsenal  last  weekend.  The  ans  of  the  2017  team  that  for the opener, hosts Canada
            availability  for  the  Unit-  The top American player was  U.S. starts at El Salvador on  failed to qualify for the World  in  Nashville  on  Sept.  5  and
            ed  States’  opening  World  on  the  26-man  roster  an-  Sept. 2.                    Cup, ending a streak of seven  plays Honduras in San Pedro
            Cup qualifier remains un-    nounced  Thursday  for  the                               straight  appearances  for  the  Sula on Sept. 8.
            clear  following  his  posi-  first  three  qualifiers  after  “It’s going to be just day-to-  U.S. Other holdovers include
            tive COVID test.             missing  Chelsea’s  match  at  day,  seeing  where  he’s  at,”  Kellyn  Acosta,  John  Brooks,  There  will  be  three  more
                                                                      U.S.  coach  Gregg  Berhalter  Sebastian Lletget, Tim Ream  qualifiers  from  Oct.  7-13,
                                                                      said.  “He’s  still  under  quar-  and DeAndre Yedlin.    two  from  Nov.  12-16  and
                                                                      antine conditions in England,                             three  each  in  from  Jan.  27-
                                                                      and we’re going to have to get  Tyler  Adams,  Weston  McK-  Feb. 2 and March 24-30. The
                                                                      him  stateside  once  he  clears  ennie,  Gio  Reyna  and  Zack  Americans  had  three  draws
                                                                      the  quarantine  and  assess  Steffen are among 20 players  and two losses on the road in
                                                                      him.  It’s  really  to  tell  if  he  who could make World Cup  qualifying for 2018.
                                                                      will be available for the 2nd,  qualifying debuts.
                                                                      for the 5th or for the 8th.”                              The top three teams in North
                                                                                                   The  U.S.  roster  will  aver-  and Central America and the
                                                                      The  22-year-old  Pulisic  is  age  24  years,  43  days,  and  Caribbean  qualify  for  the
                                                                      scheduled to report Sunday.  18  international  appearances  2022  World  Cup  in  Qatar,
                                                                                                   when training starts Monday  and the No. 4 team advances
                                                                      “There’s a lot of tests that he  in Nashville, Tennessee. Un-  to a playoff for a berth. The
                                                                      needs  to  go  through  before  der  the  compacted  schedule  final  round  was  expanded
                                                                      he arrives,” Berhalter said.  caused  by  the  coronavirus  from six nations to eight be-
                                                                                                   pandemic,  the  U.S.  travels  cause  of  the  pandemic  and
                                                                      Pulisic  is  among  six  veter-  to El Salvador on Wednesday  the start delayed a year.
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