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SPORTSTuesday 5 April 2016
Royals hold off Mets 4-3 in opening rematch of World Series
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) the raising of the champi- Kansas City Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain (6) collides into the wall while chasing a fly ball
— The reigning champion onship banner in left field hit by New York Mets’ Michael Conforto during the sixth inning of a baseball game at Kauffman
Kansas City Royals picked at Kauffman Stadium. Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, April 3, 2016. Conforto doubled on the play.
up where they left off in “It was just strange, the
November, beating Matt pregame ceremony. I think Associated Press
Harvey and the New York I would have enjoyed it
Mets 4-3 on Sunday in the more if we played another his first opening day start, over eight-plus innings. Ro- season, a two-run shot
first opening-day rematch team,” Royals manager helping the Toronto Blue berto Osuna got three outs for Toronto. Edwin Encar-
of a World Series in Major Ned Yost said. “For them to Jays begin defense of their for a save. Archer struck nacion had two hits and
League Baseball history. relive that, it’s a little awk- first American League East out a Rays opening-day re- drove in two runs after not
With runners at the corners ward.” title in 22 years by beating cord 12 in five innings. batting in a major league
in the ninth inning, All-Star PIRATES 4, CARDINALS 1 Tampa Bay. Stroman al- Troy Tulowitzki hit the first exhibition all spring training
closer Wade Davis struck PITTSBURGH (AP) — Fran- lowed three runs and six hits home run of the 2016 MLB because of injuries.
out David Wright and Yoe- cisco Liriano tied a Pirates
nis Cespedes to preserve opening day record by
the win. striking out 10 and singled
Edinson Volquez (1-0), who home the first run of the
started the decisive Game new MLB season, sending
5 at Citi Field in New York Pittsburgh past St. Louis.
last fall, allowed two hits It was 39 degrees Fahren-
and three walks over six heit (4 Celsius) when Liriano
scoreless innings, his night threw the first pitch of the
curtailed by an inflated year. He allowed just three
pitch count rather than hits and walked five in six
anything the Mets did. shutout innings. His RBI hit
It wasn’t until Joakim Soria in the second came off
came on in the eighth that Cardinals ace Adam Wain-
New York rallied, scoring wright.
three times on Lucas Du- David Freese, the 2011
da’s two-run single and Neil World Series Most Valuable
Walker’s RBI groundout. Player for the Cardinals,
Harvey (0-1) allowed four had two hits against his for-
runs — three earned — on mer club in his debut with
eight hits and two walks in 5 Pittsburgh.
2-3 innings for the Mets. Wainwright gave up three
The Mets spent nearly an runs in six innings in his first
hour before the first pitch regular season start since
reliving last year’s World tearing his Achilles last April.
Series defeat through a BLUE JAYS 5, RAYS 3
steady stream of high- ST. PETERSBURG, Florida
lights on the stadium video (AP) — Marcus Stroman
screen, then had to watch outpitched Chris Archer in
Cubans on opening day
MLB rosters rise to 23
NEW YORK (AP) — Twen- est since 2013’s of 28.2; (eight each). South Ko-
ty-three Cubans were on the high of 29.2 was set rea’s previous high was
opening day major league in 2005. five.
rosters following a series of The Dominican Repub- Canada had six, Pana-
high-profile defections, an lic led with 82, followed ma four, Colombia and
increase of five over last by Venezuela with 63 Curacao three each,
year and the most since and Cuba. Puerto Rico and Brazil and Taiwan
the commissioner’s office was next with 17, its most two apiece.
began releasing data in since 2011, and was fol- Seattle had the most
1995. lowed by Mexico (12), players born outside
Major League Baseball Japan and South Korea the 50 states with 13.
said Monday that 238 of
864 players on opening New York Mets left fielder Yoenis Cespedes (52),
day rosters, disabled lists of Cuba, drops a fly ball hit by Kansas City Roy-
and the restricted list were als’ Mike Moustakas during the first inning of a
born outside the 50 states, baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas
with the percentage rising City, Mo., Sunday, April 3, 2016.
to 27.5 percent from 26.5
percent. Associated Press
The percentage is the high-
