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SPORTS Wednesday 6 september 2017

Bauer sharp again as Indians win 12th straight

The Associated Press Day, and Kole Calhoun hit
CHICAGO (AP) — Jose a two-run triple in the 11th
Ramirez homered again inning to beat Oakland.
and Trevor Bauer earned Fernando Salas (1-0), the
his eighth straight win as the ninth Angels pitcher, tossed
Cleveland Indians beat the a perfect 10th for the vic-
Chicago White Sox 5-3 for tory. Keynan Middleton
their 12th victory in a row. came in as the third pitch-
Ramirez connected a er of the 11th and got his
day after tying the major third career save as the
league record with five ex- Angels tried to move up in
tra-base hits, including two the wild-card race. The A’s
homers. Bauer (15-8) gave have lost a season-worst
up two runs on three hits, seven in a row.
striking out nine in 6 1/3 in- Three Angels pitchers didn’t
nings. The AL Central lead- record an out. The 12 pitch-
ers moved closer to the ers overall topped the pre-
team-record 14-game win- vious AL mark of 11 done
ning streak they posted last four times, most recently
season. James Shields (2-6) by Tampa Bay in 2013. The
kept the White Sox in the Colorado Rockies set a ma-
game before taking a line jor league record by using
drive by Francisco Mejia 13 pitchers in 2015 during a
off the knee in the seventh. Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer delivers against the Chicago White Sox during the 16-inning game.Angels star
Shields limped off the field first inning of a baseball game, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, in Chicago. Mike Trout fouled a ball off
after his 11th consecutive Associated Press his lower right leg in the 11th
start without a win, and is Yankees. Kendrys Morales ed by Justin Smoak’s 37th who got his 36th homer, but stayed in the game af-
considered day-to-day. hit a three-run shot for To- homer and a run-scoring and Kevin Kiermaier each ter being checked by man-
Cody Allen worked around ronto in the first inning. Jose double for Morales. added three hits for the ager Mike Scioscia and a
two walks to pitch a score- Bautista connected for a J.A. Happ (7-10) gave up Rays. Evan Longoria drove trainer. Matt Olson hom-
less ninth for his 24th save in solo drive in the third, and one earned in 5 2/3 innings. in three runs with a pair of ered twice for Oakland,
28 chances. Raffy Lopez chased Por- RAYS 11, TWINS 4 singles. Alex Cobb (10-9) including a tying, two-run
BLUE JAYS 10, RED SOX 4 cello (9-16) with a two-run ST. PETERSBURG, Florida gave up one run on three drive with two outs in the
BOSTON (AP) — Steve homer in the sixth. (AP) — Corey Dickerson hit hits 5 2/3 innings. Jose Ber- ninth against Blake Parker.
Pearce had three hits as Porcello, who had won five his 26th home run and also rios (12-7) alllowed five runs Blake Treinen (1-3) gave up
Toronto sent Red Sox starter of his previous six starts, al- doubled twice, powering on seven hits in five innings. Calhoun’s go-ahead hit.
Rick Porcello to his major lowed seven runs and 10 Tampa Bay past Minneso- ANGELS 11, ATHLETICS 9, 11 ASTROS 6, MARINERS 2
league-leading 16th loss. hits in 5 1/3 innings. He ta. INNINGS SEATTLE (AP) — Dallas
Boston fell for the fourth won the 2016 AL Cy Young The Twins’ lead for the sec- OAKLAND, California (AP) Keuchel pitched effec-
time in five games. Its lead Award. ond wild-card spot was — Los Angeles employed tively into the eighth inning
in the AL East was trimmed The Blue Jays added three trimmed to a half-game by an American League-re- as Houston won its fifth in a
to 2 1/2 games over the more in the ninth, highlight- the Angels. Logan Morrison, cord 12 pitchers on Labor row. q

Froome wins Vuelta time trial, extends his overall lead

LOGRONO, Spain (AP) — of Dutch rider Wilco Kel- Froome said. “That’s an ta, a race in which he fin- have four very hard days
Chris Froome won Tues- derman and 57 seconds amazing feeling to extend ished second three times, ahead,” the Spaniard said.
day’s individual time trial in front of Italian rider Vin- my lead. The race is not including last year. Froome “We will see what we can
to increase his Spanish cenzo Nibali. over. I’m gonna have to is trying to become the do.” Riders will travel 180.5
Vuelta lead and remain in In the overall standings, fight every day.” third rider to complete the kilometers (112.1 miles) on
position to win the race for the British rider’s lead over It was Froome’s second Tour-Vuelta double in the Wednesday in what is ex-
the first time. Nibali increased to 1 min- stage win in the Vuelta. same season. Three-time pected to be one of the
The Tour de France winner ute, 58 seconds following He had not won any stag- Vuelta winner Alberto Con- most challenging stages in
had a dominant perfor- the 16th-stage time trial. es on his way to victory in tador, who is retiring from this year’s Vuelta. They will
mance in the flat 40.2-ki- Kelderman moved to third the Tour de France earlier cycling after this year’s face steep descents and
lometer (24.9-mile) stage overall, 42 seconds behind this season. The Team Sky Vuelta, finished fifth in the ascents, including a diffi-
from the Navarra Circuit to Nibali. “It’s a big relief and rider has been wearing the time trial to move to fifth cult climb near the end.
Logrono in northern Spain, obviously I’m super hap- leader’s red jersey since overall, nearly five minutes The Vuelta ends Sunday in
finishing 29 seconds ahead py to be in this position,” the third stage in the Vuel- behind Froome. “Now we Madrid.q