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sports Dialuna 21 September 2020

Mane double gives Liverpool 2-0 victory over 10-man Chelsea

(AP) — More than $250 mil- to go in front.
lion spent trying to catch Liv- An interchange between Ro-
erpool, and Chelsea is still far berto Firmino and Mohamed
from the level of the Premier Salah ended with Mane head-
League champions. ing into the net.
Two months since Chelsea It took four minutes to
finished 33 points behind double the lead -- helped by
Liverpool, a 2-0 loss on Sun- Kepa.
day to Jürgen Klopp's side The Chelsea goalkeeper
showed just how far the gap stopped Fikayo Tomori's back
is to be bridged. pass before trying to clear to
For all the attacking options Jorginho. It was easily inter-
now available for Frank Lam- cepted by Mane, who slotted
pard, the Chelsea manager into the net.
was let down by a reckless With spectators still prohib-
foul by defender Andreas ited from stadiums to contain
Christensen and yet another the spread of the coronavi-
blunder by goalkeeper Kepa rus, the Chelsea players were
Arrizabalaga. at least avoided any taunting
What had been a tepid game chants from Liverpool fans.
swung in Liverpool's favor in A thigh problem for Jordan
first-half stoppage time when Henderson forced the Liver-
Christensen grabbed Sadio pool captain off at halftime,
Mane from behind with both allowing Thiago Alcantara to
hands, hauling down the come on for his debut.
winger and seeing red. The recruit from Bayern game, according to Opta. ner, another Premier League by Alisson.
With a man advantage, an Munich slotted seamlessly The only blot on the Spain off-season arrival from the It's two wins out of two for
assertive Liverpool pressed into the side, with his 75 suc- midfielder's first appearance Bundesliga. Liverpool at the start of its ti-
immediately after the break cessful passes more than any was bringing down former But it was Jorginho who took tle defense. Chelsea is already
-- and took just five minutes Chelsea player in the entire Leipzig striker Timo Wer- the penalty, and it was saved three points adrift.

Happ, Frazier lift Yanks over Red Sox for 10th straight win

(AP) — Less than two weeks and missing star sluggers "I don't think I can put it into field. Chapman's appeal of a three-
removed from a slide that Aaron Judge and Giancarlo words," Happ said. "I appre- With runners on first and game suspension for throw-
threatened to derail their sea- Stanton before starting this ciate the support from the third, Tyler Wade hit a ground ing a fastball near the head of
son, the New York Yankees streak. Now, the Yankees' players here in this room. It ball to Bogaerts, who stepped Tampa Bay's Michael Bros-
are on the cusp of another magic number is one to en- certainly means a lot and feels on second for a force out seau on Sept. 2 may not be
postseason berth. sure themselves a fourth con- good." but overthrew first baseman heard this season.
J.A. Happ pitched eight secutive postseason berth. Happ has a 3.25 ERA over 44 Bobby Dalbec as he tried to "There could be another
scoreless innings, Clint Fra- The Yankees can clinch Sun- 1/3 innings pitched this sea- turn the double play, allow- hearing and more informa-
zier hit a two-run home run day with a win or a loss by the son. That is second on the ing Mike Tauchman to score. tion to be inserted in there,"
and the Yankees beat the Bos- Seattle Mariners. team among pitchers with at "We played so well yesterday Boone said. "It could be
ton Red Sox 8-0 Saturday The Yankees improved to 31- least five starts, behind only and then today didn't look something that could even be
night for their 10th consecu- 21 and earned their 28th con- ace Gerrit Cole (3.00). like the same guys," Red Sox put off until next year."
tive win. secutive winning season, the "Just a good job of executing manager Ron Roenicke said. Chapman has previously said
New York has beat Boston second-longest streak in big all night," Yankees' manager Boone said Happ will defi- the pitch was not intentional.
12 straight times dating to league history behind their Aaron Boone said. "He's just nitely be part of the Yankees' UP NEXT
last season, tying the Yan- 39 in a row from 1926-64. in a really good place on the postseason plans. How much Yankees: Right-hander Deivi
kees' longest winning streak Happ (2-2) allowed four mound right now." is to be determined. García (2-1, 3.28 ERA) will
in baseball's most historic ri- hits and struck out nine. It's Frazier finished with three of "We'll see," Boone said. "He's make his fifth start of the sea-
valry. his second win of the season the Yankees' 11 hits. obviously going to be on the son in Sunday's series finale.
"It's probably a little bit fluky, over the Red Sox. He allowed Boston starter Chris Mazza team and playing a big role. He gave up six hits and three
a little aberration," Yankees one run over 5 2/3 innings in (1-2) lasted four innings, giv- But we'll cross that bridge runs over seven innings to
manager Aaron Boone said. a victory against them last ing up four runs on five hits over the next 10 days." get the victory in the Yankees'
"It's a collection of a few se- month in New York. and three walks. TRAINER'S ROOM 20-6 win over the Blue Jays
ries where obviously they He said the way he's been able He struggled from the out- Yankees: Giancarlo Stanton, on Tuesday.
haven't quite been the same to turn his season around af- set, giving up a hit and pair of Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Red Sox: Right-hander Tan-
team this year." ter a slow start is something walks to load the bases in the Torres had the night off. All ner Houck (1-0, 0.00) al-
New York was on a 5-15 slide he isn't taking for granted. first. three are expected to be back lowed two hits, no runs and
Gio Urshela took advantage, in the lineup for Sunday's fi- struck out seven over five in-
putting the Yankees on the nale. nings in his lone start of the
scoreboard with a sacrifice Red Sox: 2B Christian Ar- season last week at Miami.
fly that scored DJ LeMahieu. royo left the game with back
Frazier made it 2-0 with a spasms. ... Outfielder Alex
line drive single to left field, Verdugo sat out Saturday
bringing in Aaron Judge. with left hamstring soreness
The Yankees benefited from after leaving in the third in-
two errors by Boston short- ning of Friday's loss. Man-
stop Xander Bogaerts to add ager Ron Roenicke said his
two more runs in the fourth. status for Sunday is to be
First, Bogaerts couldn't get determined. ... IF/OF Yairo
the ball out of his glove to Muñoz was placed on the 10-
start a double play, allowing day injured list with a lower
Frazier to advance to second. back strain.
Frazier then scored off a Kyle CHAPMAN APPEAL
Higashioka's single to right Boone said closer Aroldis