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sports Dialuna 1 augustus 2022

Red Sox double up on Brewers, salvage finale with 7-2 win

(AP) — Xander Bogaerts, Ex Red Sox outfielder Hunt- Verdugo. Bogaerts drove in
J.D. Martinez and Chris- er Renfroe hit a two-run two runs with a drive down
tian Vázquez each had an homer over the Green Mon- the left-field line. Verdugo's
RBI double that helped ster for the second straight hit was off Hoby Milner.
the slumping Red Sox beat day and went 4 for 4 for NL
the Milwaukee Brewers Central-leading Milwaukee, The inning was extended be-
7-2 Sunday for just their which lost for only the sec- cause second baseman Kol-
fourth victory in 17 games ond time in nine games since ten Wong dropped shortstop
as the trade deadline ap- the All-Star break. Willy Adames' throw on an
proached. Josh Winckowski (4-5) al- attempted force play.
lowed two runs and seven The Red Sox added two
Bogaerts, Martinez and hits in five innings, becoming more runs in the sixth when
Vázquez all are in what could Boston's first starter to win in Jackie Bradley Jr. had an RBI
be in their final season with 30 games — the majors' lon- double and scored on Jaylin
the Red Sox. Bogaerts can gest streak since the Mariners Davis' single.
opt out of his contract and went 33 games in 1979. Renfroe hit his 19th homer.
the other two are eligible to He hit 31 last year in his only
become free agents. Trailing 2-0, Boston struck season with Boston and was feels he's fortunate to be
Boston, which had a season- with five unearned runs in dealt to the Brewers in No- back in baseball after being Cora shifted his batting or-
high eight doubles, was 3-7 the fifth against Aaron Ashby vember. suspended for the 2020 sea- der, moving Davis to the
on a season-long homestand (2-9) on consecutive two-out son for his part in the Astros' leadoff spot and Bogaerts to
and 8-19 in July. RBI doubles by Bogaerts, Despite his team's struggles, 2017 cheating scandal while the 2-hole in front of Mar-
Martinez, Vázquez and Alex Red Sox manager Alex Cora he was their bench coach. tinez, with Vázquez cleanup.

Messi, Neymar score in 4-0 win as PSG wins Champions Trophy

(AP) — Lionel Messi Neymar, he went past goal- Neymar converted a penalty
opened the scoring and keeper Alban Lafont before in the 82nd after being fouled
Neymar scored twice scoring with a fine finish. by Jean-Charles Castelletto,
as French champion who was sent off.
Paris Saint-Germain Neymar expertly guided a
beat French Cup win- free kick into the top left cor- Galtier, who guided Lille to
ner Nantes 4-0 to win the ner in first-half injury time to the league title against the
Champions Trophy on put coach Christophe Galti- odds in 2021, now has his
Sunday. er's side 2-0 up at Bloomfield first trophy at PSG. He re-
Stadium in Tel Aviv, which placed Maurico Pochettino
Messi, the record seven-time hosted the game for the sec- after he was fired.
Ballon d'Or winner, netted ond straight year.
midway through the first Antoine Kombouare, who
half. Veteran defender Sergio Ra- once coached PSG, helped
mos made it 3-0 in the 57th Nantes win its first trophy in
Taking a deflected pass from minute from close range and 21 years when it won the cup.

Spin and win: Verstappen rallies to eighth win of F1 season

(AP) — Formula One Vettel, who won his four F1 three days of racing in Hun- F1 aware of rampant harass-
champion Max Verstap- Verstappen's eighth win of titles with Red Bull from gary. On Saturday, F1 re- ment, sexism, racism, and
pen overcame a spin and the season was the 28th of the 2010-13, is retiring at the end leased a video condemning homophobia.
his worst starting spot Dutchman's career. of the season, by which point all forms of abusive behavior.
of the season to win the "Who would have thought Verstappen may well have Abusive behavior from spec- After a month-long break
Hungarian Grand Prix on when we woke up today we'd beaten his F1 record of 13 tators overshadowed the the season resumes with a
Sunday. His eighth win get this result? Amazing," wins in a season from 2013. Austrian Grand Prix three triple header in Belgium, the
of the season pushed Ver- Verstappen told his team, let- weeks ago, where fans — Netherlands and Italy.
stappen's lead to 80 points ting out a laugh. "I was bat- F1 said 290,000 attended the particularly women — made
over Charles Leclerc as F1 tling a lot of guys and it was a
heads into its midseason lot of fun out there. That was
break. a crazy race but (we) stayed
calm and we won."
Even though his advantage
keeps increasing, Verstappen He qualified a season-worst
is not thinking ahead. 10th because of a loss of
power on Saturday, then in
Mercedes placed both its cars Sunday's race Verstappen did
on the podium for the sec- a 360-degree spin.
ond straight race; seven-time "Unbelievable Max, that
F1 champion Lewis Hamil- is right up there with your
ton carved his way from sev- best," Red Bull team princi-
enth to a second-place fin- pal Christian Horner replied.
ish, teammate and pole-sitter "Fantastic."
George Russell was third.
Lando Norris finished sev-
Carlos Sainz Jr. finished enth for McLaren, Fernando
fourth in another disastrous Alonso was eighth and his Al-
day for Ferrari. Leclerc was pine teammate Esteban Ocon
sixth, one spot behind Sergio was ninth. Sebastian Vettel of
Perez of Red Bull. Aston Martin was 10th.