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Friday 10 March 2023

Ohtani leads Japan in World Classic, Bogaerts lifts Dutch

TOKYO (AP) — Shohei NETHERLANDS 3, PANAMA 1
Ohtani hit a two-run dou- TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP)
ble off the left-field wall, — The Netherlands, after
allowed one hit over four beating Cuba in the open-
innings and got the win, er, won its second game in
leading Japan over China two days.
8-1 on Thursday night in its Bogaerts homered in the
opener at the World Base- third off loser Jaime Bar-
ball Classic. ría, and Profar went deep
The Los Angeles Angels in the fifth against Alberto
two-way star, struck out five Guerrero.
and walked none in the Erasmo Caballero's RBI
Group B game at the To- single in sixth against Mike
kyo Dome. His fourth-inning Bolsenbroek pulled Pana-
double off Weiyi Wang ma to 2-1, and Bogaerts
gave Japan a 3-0 lead. doubled in the eighth and
Ohtani retired his first 10 bat- scored on a Alberto Baldo-
ters before Weiyi Wang's nado's wild pitch.
single in the fourth. Ohtani Winner Shairon Martis al-
threw 32 of 49 pitches for lowed three hits in 3 1/3
strikes. scoreless innings.
In the other Group B game, ITALY 6, CUBA 3, 10 innings
Robbie Perkins and Robert TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) —
Glendinning hit three-run Netherlands Shairon Martis pitches to a Panama batter in the first inning during the World Baseball Cuba dropped to 0-2.
homers to lead Australia Classic (WBC) at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium in Taichung, Taiwan, Thursday, Brett Sullivan hit a go-
March 9, 2023.
over South Korea 8-7. In Associated Press ahead sacrifice fy in the
Group A, Xander Bogaerts sixth off Naykel Cruz and
and Jurickson Profar hom- Nootbar made a sprawling lic. ble in the sixth that made it Miles Mastrobuoni added
ered as the Netherlands catch in center on Jinjun AUSTRALIA 8, SOUTH KOREA 4-2, a play originally called an RBI double in the sev-
beat Panama 3-1 and It- Luo in the second. 7 a home run before an um- enth against Liván Moinelo.
aly beat Cuba 6-3 behind Pei Liang cut the gap to 3-1 TOKYO (AP) — Perkins gave pire review. Glendinning Lorenzo Quintana pulled
Nicky Lopez's two-run single with a sixth-inning homer Australia an 8-4 lead with homered off loser Won Cuba to 2-1 in the bot-
that capped a four-run off Shosei Togo, but Shugo an eighth-inning homer off Jung Kim in the seventh tom half with an RBI single
10th inning. Maki homered in the sev- Hyeon-Jong Yang, who and Perkins against Hyeon- against Vinny Nittoli, and
Before a crowd of 41,616 enth against Changlong Su threw only seven pitches Jong Yang in the eighth Erisbel Arruebarrena hit a
in the Tokyo Dome, Japan and Takuya Kai capped a and got no one out. Steven Kent, Will Sherriff and tying single in the eighth
went ahead in the first four-run eighth with a two- Logan Wade's second-in- Sam Holland combined for off winner Matt Festa
when the St. Louis Cardi- run double after Tetsuto ning sacrifice fly and Ken- five walks and a hit batter that drove in Alfredo De-
nals' Lars Nootbar singled Yamada hit an RBI single nelly's solo homer off Young in a three-run bottom of spaigne.
leading off and loser Xiang and Sosuke Genda walked Pyo Ko in the fifth built a the eighth, when Holland John Valente hit a tie-
Wang walked three straight with the bases loaded. 2-0 lead but Euiji Yang hit struck out Sung Bum Na to breaking single in the 10th
batters, including two-time Japan, the 2006 and 2009 a three-run homer against strand two runners. off loser Raidel Martínez.
Central League MVP Mu- champion, plays South Ko- Daniel McGrath in the bot- Jon Kennedy, the fourth of Italy is 1-0 and faces winless
netaka Murakami with the rea on Friday while China tom half. nine Australia pitchers, got Taiwan on Friday. Cuba
bases loaded. takes on the Czech Repub- ByungHo Park had RBI dou- the win. plays Panama.q

Suns’ Kevin Durant out after injuring

ankle in pregame slip

against the Oklahoma City He immediately hopped "I know how much he loves
Thunder because of left an- up and continued his pre- to play and wanted to
kle soreness. game work, but several play," guard Chris Paul said.
The game was supposed minutes later, the Suns con- "But stuff happens."
to be Durant's home de- firmed that Durant would Phoenix traded for Durant
but with his new team. He miss the game. and T.J. Warren in a block-
has played in three games He was not on the bench buster deal in February,
since being traded to the during the game. Torrey sending Mikal Bridges, Cam
Suns, but all were on the Craig started in Durant's Johnson, Jae Crowder, four
road. place and the Suns rolled first-round picks and other
"We'll get more testing to a 132-101 victory for their draft compensation to the
Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (35) drives to the basket
during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the done tomorrow," Suns fourth straight win. Devin Brooklyn Nets.
Dallas Mavericks, Sunday, March 5, 2023, in Dallas. coach Monty Williams said. Booker scored 44 points. The Suns have looked like
Associated Press "Right now, it's just an ankle Durant averaged 26.7 a juggernaut in the three
sprain and we don't have points and 7.3 rebounds in games Durant has played,
By DAVID BRANDT wait a little longer. anything official to report." his three games with Phoe- winning all of them. But the
AP Sports Writer The 13-time All-Star slipped Video showed Durant driv- nix. He wasn't in the locker slip was a reminder that the
PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Du- on the floor during pre- ing to the basket during room when it was opened 34-year-old has missed a lot
rant's home debut with the game warmups and was warmups when he rolled for postgame media ac- of time with injuries over the
Phoenix Suns will have to ruled out Wednesday night his left ankle as he jumped. cess. past four seasons.q