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sports Diamars 8 september 2020

Segura homers in 10th as Phillies top Mets 9-8

(AP) — Jean Segura hit a pitching seven innings of was cut to two games over
two-run homer in the 10th two-run ball. Seattle com- second-place Philadelphia,
inning and drove in a ca- pleted a four-game sweep while the third-place Marlins
reer-best five runs, bailing of Texas, which has lost six dropped 2 1/2 games behind
out Philadelphia's abomi- straight. The Mariners are the Phillies.
nable bullpen and help- 11-3 after an 8-19 start. Sea- TWINS 6, TIGERS 2
ing the Phillies beat the ger gave Seattle an early lead MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —
the New York Mets 9-8 on for the second straight day Ryan Jeffers hit his first ma-
Monday for a split of their with his seventh homer, a jor league homer to spark
four-game series. two-run drive off Kolby Al- Minnesota's four-run third
lard (0-5). Seager also hit a inning, and Michael Pineda
The Mets erased a 6-0 defi- two-run homer in the first stayed sharp in his return
cit against former teammate inning in Sunday's victory. from suspension.
Zack Wheeler and baseball's MARLINS 5, BRAVES 4, Pineda (1-0) pitched seven
worst bullpen, taking a 7-6 10 INNINGS innings of two-run ball in
lead on Jeff McNeil's three- ATLANTA (AP) — Miguel his first victory since Sept. 1,
run homer in the seventh Hendricks went eight in- Oviedo (0-2) in the fifth. Rojas had four hits for Mi- 2019. After serving a 60-game
inning. Segura hit his fifth nings, helping the NL Cen- Cardinals catcher Yadier Mo- ami, including a go-ahead penalty for taking a banned
homer of the season with tral-leading Cubs to the vic- lina exited in the sixth with a double in the 10th inning. weight-loss drug, Pineda de-
two outs in the 10th, lining a tory. The Cubs got just the bruised left elbow. Matt Wi- Atlanta's Adam Duvall led off buted last week with six in-
pitch from Miguel Castro (1- sort of start they needed from eters replaced the nine-time the ninth with a tying pinch- nings and a no-decision as
1) over the wall in left-center. Hendricks and closed out the All-Star and drove in St. Lou- hit homer off Brandon Kint- the Twins beat Chicago.
Brandon Workman (1-1) got five-game series on a win- is' lone run with a seventh- zler (2-3), the closer's second Jeffers crushed a full-count
the win. Héctor Neris al- ning note after losing three inning single. blown save in 11 chances. fastball from Michael Fulmer
lowed an RBI single to Bran- straight. They lead their long- MARINERS 8, RANGERS Garrett Cooper opened the (0-1) into the juniper wall
don Nimmo in the bottom of time rivals by 2 1/2 games. 4 10th as Miami's designated behind center field, an esti-
the 10th but still completed Hendricks (5-4) gave up a SEATTLE (AP) — Kyle Sea- runner at second and ad- mated distance of 437 feet.
his third save. run and seven hits in his sec- ger and Dylan Moore hom- vanced on Jon Berti's sacri- Byron Buxton homered in
Rhys Hoskins and J.T. Real- ond straight win. ered, and the Mariners beat fice. A.J. Minter (1-1) inten- the eighth and Taylor Rog-
muto homered for Phila- Javier Báez had three singles, the Rangers for their first six- tionally walked pinch-hitter ers struck out the side in
delphia, which moved 3 1/2 helping the Cubs earn a split game win streak since July Brian Anderson, and Rojas the ninth for the Twins (26-
games ahead of New York for of the 10-game season series 2019. doubled to right-center. 17), who improved to 18-5
second place in the NL East. against the Cardinals. Willson Moore also had a three-run Nick Vincent got three at home. Jeimer Candelario
CUBS 5, CARDINALS 1 Contreras made it 5-0 with a double. Marco Gonzales (5- straight outs for his third doubled twice and scored
CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle two-run single against Johan 2) struck out seven while save. Atlanta's NL East lead both runs for the Tigers.q

Thiem OK with how many of Big 3 are in US Open (hint: zero)

(AP) — Don't tell Domi- a member of the Big Three. Thiem is the 21-year-old de
nic Thiem the U.S. Open "It's been getting pretty bor- Minaur, who reached his first
is diminished in any way ing," said Denis Shapovalov, major quarterfinal by saving
just because it's the first the first Canadian man to four set points in the opening
Grand Slam tournament reach the U.S. Open quarter- tiebreaker and going on to a
since the 2004 French finals, "with these three guys 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-2 victory over
Open without at least one winning every tournament." Vasek Pospisil.
of Roger Federer, Rafael None of the men left has ever Pospisil led 6-2 in the tie-
Nadal or Novak Djokovic earned so much as one Slam breaker when it all fell apart.
in the quarterfinals. trophy yet. The quarterfi- "The momentum definite-
nals on the bottom half of the ly changed after that," de
"It doesn't matter at all if the draw will be Thiem against Minaur said.
Big Three are here or not," No. 21 Alex de Minaur; Pospisil, who is 30, praised
the No. 2-seeded Thiem said and No. 6 Matteo Berret- his younger opponent's court
Monday after beating No. 15 tini or No. 10 Andrey Rublev coverage, saying he thinks de
Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 against No. 3 Daniil Medve- Minaur might be the second-
(4), 6-1, 6-1 in the fourth dev or unseeded American fastest player on tour. judge in the throat with a ball a WTA ranking currently be-
round at Flushing Meadows. Frances Tiafoe. On the top "What's most impressive is he after dropping a game. cause she hasn't played in so
"Everybody wants their half, where Djokovic used to never breathes. He runs side Both of those fall below the long. She took that time away
hands on the trophy," said loom: No. 12 Shapovalov vs. to side and he's never out of maximum $20,000 the Grand to become a mother; her son,
Thiem, who won almost half No. 20 Carreño Busta; No. 5 breath," Pospisil said. "He Slam rule book says he could Alexander, is 3.
of Auger-Aliassime's service Alexander Zverev vs. No. 27 defies the laws of biology, I have been docked for each On Monday, she extended
points, 46 of 88. "It doesn't re- Borna Coric. guess. He's a freak of nature." infraction.To put the penal- her stay in her comeback
ally matter who they're going Thiem is the only remaining DJOKOVIC'S FINES ties in context: Djokovic has event, beating Alize Cornet
to beat." Djokovic — seeded man who has contested mul- Here's the total financial earned more than $140 mil- 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3 in the fourth
No. 1, unbeaten this season tiple major finals. He is 0-3, hit Novak Djokovic's U.S. lion in prize money over his round. "There was a time,
and the overwhelming favor- losing twice to Nadal at the Open default is costing him: career, aside from millions maybe for 1½-2 years after
ite — was disqualified Sun- French Open and to Djokov- $267,500. more in endorsement deals. I became a mom, where I
day after unintentionally hit- ic at the Australian Open this That's all of his $250,000 PIRONKOVA didn't really picture coming
ting a line judge in the throat February. "I am probably one prize money for reaching the Serena Williams' next op- back to the tour at all. I was,
with a ball after dropping a of the oldest players left in fourth round, plus $10,000 ponent at the U.S. Open you know, happy with the
game in the first set against the field," said the 27-year- for unsportsmanlike con- not only never has been to moment, just wanted to live
Pablo Carreño Busta. old Thiem, "which is surreal duct and an additional $7,500 the quarterfinals at Flushing through everything, through
Nadal (pandemic concerns) to me." Second oldest, actu- for skipping his post-match Meadows before, she hadn't this new exciting time in my
and Federer (two knee op- ally: Carreño Busta is 29. news conference. competed in any tournament, life," said Pironkova, who was
erations) did not enter the It's the first U.S. Open since The fines were announced anywhere, since Wimbledon a semifinalist at Wimbledon
tournament at all. This ends 2010 without at least one Monday, a day after the in 2017. Tsvetana Pironkova in 2010. "But then I started
a run of 13 consecutive ma- male quarterfinalist who Djokovic was disqualified is a 32-year-old from Bul- thinking about tennis more
jor championships won by is 30 or older. Next up for for accidentally hitting a line garia who doesn't even have and more."q