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SPORTSWednesday 8 March 2017
Japan, Israel, Netherlands
win in World Baseball Classic
Netherlands’s Randolph Oduber hits a two-run home against TOKYO (AP) - Nobuhiro the seventh inning, includ- the frame.
South Korea’s pitcher Won Jonghyun during the 6th inning of Matsuda hit a three-run ing a solo shot by Alfredo Corey Baker went 4 2/3
their first round game of the World Baseball Classic at Gocheok homer as Japan scored Despaigne, and added scoreless innings, scatter-
Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. five runs in the fifth inning two more runs in the eighth. ing three hits and striking
on its way to an 11-6 win Ayumu Ishikawa gave up out three. The 27-year-old
Associated Press over Cuba in the World one run on two hits in 58 right-hander is in the St.
Baseball Classic on Tues- pitches over four innings for Louis Cardinals’ organiza-
day. the win. tion and reached Triple-A
With two-time champion In Seoul, Ryan Lavarnway last season.
Japan leading 3-1 in the hit a two-run homer in the In the other game in Seoul,
fifth inning, Matsuda made third inning and Nate Frei- Jurickson Profar and Ran-
it 6-1 with a homer into the man added a three-run dolph Obuder both hit
left-field stands at Tokyo shot in the ninth to help Is- two-run homers to give
Dome. Yoshitomo Tsutsugo rael beat Taiwan 15-7 and the Netherlands a 5-0 win
added a two-run shot two improve to 2-0. over South Korea.
innings later to widen the Israel’s batters chased Tai- Former Major League start-
lead. wan starter Chun-Lin Kuo er Rick van den Hurk, who
Cuba scored three runs in from the game before he spent the past two seasons
could secure his third out, pitching in Japan, allowed
opening the top of the first three hits and walked two
with four straight hits and over four shutout innings for
tagging Kuo for four runs in the win.q
Bennett beats sprint favorites
in stage 3 of Paris-Nice
CHALON-SUR-SAONE, had a good feeling in my
France (AP) — Ireland’s legs and I was looking for
Sam Bennett overpowered an opportunity. With the
a world-class field of sprint- support of the team, I was
ers Tuesday to take the able to do it,” the 26-year-
third stage of the Paris-Nice old Bennett said after the
cycling race. most significant victory in
The Bora-Hansgroghe rider his career to date. “To be
surged at the right time to honest, I fought for my posi-
upstage Norway’s Alexan- tion to be in the front and
der Kristoff and German I didn’t really notice what
riders John Degenkolb and the other sprinters were do-
Marcel Kittel. Australia’s Mi- ing.” Demare, who won the
chael Matthews was fifth opening stage, keeps the
in the mainly flat 190-ki- overall lead, six seconds
lometer (118-mile) stage ahead of fellow country-
from Chablis to Chalon-sur- man Julian Alaphilippe.
Saone, across eastern Bur- Kristoff, 13 seconds behind,
gundy. took the third spot ahead
France’s Arnaud Demare of Belgium’s Philippe Gil-
had to settle for sixth but he bert, 17 seconds behind.
retained his overall leader’s “Today was much calmer
yellow jersey before a deci- than the previous days and
sive time trial in Mont Brouil- I had a chance to enjoy
ly on Wednesday. holding the yellow jersey
“I was full of confidence, I on the road,” Demare said.
