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sports Thursday 12 May 2022
Gleyber day: Torres' 5 RBIs lead surging Yanks over Jays 5-3

NEW YORK (AP) — Gley- rifice fly. Bichette hit a long
ber Torres drove in all drive just foul before striking
New York's runs with a go- out as he swung under a
ahead, three-run homer off 100 mph pitch, and Guer-
José Berríos in the fourth in- rero popped out as Chap-
ning and a two-run single, man remained perfect in
leading the surging Yan- eight save chances.
kees over the Toronto Blue Berríos gave up five runs
Jays 5-3 Wednesday for and five hits in 5 1/3 innings,
their 15th win in 17 games. raising his ERA to 5.82.
An All-Star in his first two sea- Toronto loaded the bases
sons who slumped in 2020 with no outs in the first when
and '21, Torres restored a Springer walked, Bichette
two-run lead with his sixth- singled and Guerrero was
inning single off Trevor Rich- hit by a sinker on the left el-
ards. Torres has four home bow pad. Taillon gave up a
runs in his last 11 games. run when Teoscar Hernán-
Overall, he is batting .222 dez grounded into a force-
with five homers and 18 RBIs out, then struck out Lourdes
New York won its seventh Gurriel Jr. and retired Kirk
straight series and im- on a foulout. Hernández
proved to a major league- reached on an infield sin-
best 22-8, its best 30-game gle leading off the sixth —
start since 2003. The Yan- he originally was called out
kees are 13-0 when scoring by first base umpire Shane
five runs or more. New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres celebrates in the dugout after hitting a three-run home run Livensparger but the call
off Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Jose Berrios (17) in the fourth inning of a baseball game,
Toronto has lost a season- Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in New York. was reversed on a video re-
high four straight and seven Associated Press view — and scored on Matt
of nine. On a sloppy day for Chapman's sacrifice fly off
the Blue Jays, Bo Bichette grounder in the sixth for the ro was hit by a pitch in the fastball over the plate that Michael King.
failed to advance to third first of his two errors, Alejan- first inning, a plunking that Torres drove 361 feet into JUDGE-MENT DAY
on an errant pitch follow- dro Kirk tripped over sec- didn't raise any issues. the right field short porch. Yankees GM Brian Cash-
ing his fifth-inning double. ond base and was tagged Jameson Taillon (3-1) al- Clay Holmes got Guerrero man said he will not dis-
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. then by Torres after initially beat- lowed Toronto's first three to ground into an inning- cuss publicly whether any
struck out, slammed his bat ing the throw. batters to reach, then set- ending double play with contract talks are going on
against the ground and There didn't appear to be tled down and allowed two on in the seventh. with Aaron Judge. The out-
snapped the lumber over any carryover from the two runs in 5 1/3 innings. Espinal doubled leading fielder is eligible for arbitra-
his left knee. Yankees' 6-5 win the pre- Torres gave the Yankees a off the ninth against Arol- tion, with a hearing possible
After Yankees shortstop vious night, a game that 3-1 lead after Anthony Rizzo dis Chapman, No. 9 hitter up until June 24, and can
Isiah Kiner-Falefa bobbled turned testy and saw three and DJ LeMahieu singled in Raimel Tapia walked and become a free agent after
Santiago Espinal's two-out Blue Jays ejected. Guerre- the fourth. Berríos left an 0-2 George Springer hit a sac- the World Series. q
Démare sprints to win 5th stage of Giro, López stays in pink

MESSINA, Sicily (AP) — "My victory today means ment, it's the first day of my
French cyclist Arnaud Dé- that in cycling we must life with the maglia rosa,"
mare won a bunch sprint at never give up," Démare López said. "A lot of riders
the end of the fifth stage of said. "The sprint has been say to me, 'Congratula-
the Giro d'Italia on Wednes- fluid from my point of tions, enjoy, enjoy the day,
day and Juan Pedro López view, even though it might enjoy the moment,' and for
kept hold of the leader's have appeared chaotic. sure I enjoy the moment
pink jersey. I've been patient before I because it's one of the best
Démare, who rides for launched the sprint. days of my life."
Groupama–FDJ, edged "I lost a fair bit of time up Meanwhile, one of the
Fernando Gaviria at the the hill but my teammates outside favorites, two-time
end of the 174-kilometer have done a great job winner Vincenzo Nibali, an-
(108-mile) route from Cata- to bring me back quickly nounced he will retire from
nia to Messina after sprint in the downhill. Then we the sport at the end of the
favorites Mark Cavendish worked hard to maintain year. An emotional Nibali, Arnaud Demare celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win
and Caleb Ewan had been Cavendish and Ewan be- who is one of only seven the fifth stage of the Giro D'Italia cycling race from Catania to
dropped earlier in the day. hind." riders in history to have won Messina, Italy, Wednesday, May 11, 2022.
Giacomo Nizzolo was third. Most of the overall con- all three grand tours, made Associated Press
Démare also struggled on tenders crossed the line to- the announcement after
the climb but his team man- gether. López maintained arriving in his hometown. the only climb of the day, pha Vinyl team put in a sol-
aged to eventually get him his 39-second advantage The 37-year-old Nibali is a second-category ascent id effort but the high speed
back to the peloton. over Lennard Kämna af- nicknamed "The Shark of up to Portella Mandrazi. of the peloton eventually
It was a sixth stage win in ter moving into the overall Messina." Five riders es- With Cavendish and Ewan forced them to give up
the Giro for the 30-year- lead on Tuesday. Rein Ta- caped early in the day but dropped, the peloton hope of closing the gap.
old Démare but his first win aramäe was third, 58 sec- they were caught after 100 upped the pace and they Cavendish and Ewan
of the year after a difficult onds behind López. kilometers (62 miles). The were unable to catch up. crossed the line almost 12
start to 2022. "I don't believe the mo- main drama happened on Cavendish's Quick-Step Al- minutes behind the sprint.q