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Friday 5 april 2019
Laureano nails another Red

Sox runner, Athletics win 7-3

By GIDEON RUBIN
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
When the reigning AL MVP
openly regrets challeng-
ing you, that’s pretty high
praise.
Center fielder Ramon Lau-
reano threw out another
Red Sox runner in a key In this March 20, 2019, photo Kelly Slater of the U.S. surfs during
spot, and the Oakland Ath- his heat in the Sydney Surf Pro at Manly in Sydney, Australia.
letics kept Boston stumbling Associated Press
with a 7-3 win on Thursday.
Laureano tossed out three Wipeout for Kelly
runners as the A’s took
three of four in the series. Slater at big season-
“Rarely do you see three
impactful plays like that in
a series, because some- opener on Gold Coast
times they stop running on
you, but they continued to GOLD COAST, Australia that. I better get hungrier.”
be aggressive on him, and (AP) — Eleven-time world Australian Owen Wright
every time he made a dif- champion Kelly Slater is out won the heat with 13.73
ferent play from the one of the season-opening Qui- points ahead of Peterson
before — but all big plays in ksilver Pro in the World Surf Crisanto of Brazil, who both
the course of a game,” A’s League. advanced. Slater, who
manager Bob Melvin said. Slater, returning from a would be 48 if he qualified
“It’s tough to keep find- Boston Red Sox’s Mookie Betts reacts after striking out looking lengthy layoff because of for the U.S. team for next
ing adjectives for Ramon’s in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Oakland broken right foot, placed year’s Tokyo Olympics,
throwing, but it’s one of a Athletics Thursday, April 4, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. last in his three-man open- where surfing will debut on
kind,” he said. Associated Press ing heat and was last again the program, finished with
Mookie Betts led off the one right there can’t hap- Piscotty got a gift two-run in his second-round elimi- 10.63.
Red Sox ninth inning with a pen and he knows it. He double with two outs in a nation heat Thursday in the Poor surfing conditions at
walk and tried to take third came up to me, and for three-run third. Oakland event which marks the start the usual Snapper Rocks
when Andrew Benintendi how great a player he is, had runners at second of Olympic qualifying for venue, caused by a recent
followed with a bloop sin- he makes mistakes and and third when Piscotty hit surfing. cyclone shifting the regular
gle. But Laureano charged he owned it. He came up a fly to the warning track The veteran American dug sandbank, meant com-
the ball hard and threw on to me and said ‘that’s my that split Jackie Bradley Jr. in the rail on his first wave petition had to be move
the run to catch Betts, with fault.’” in center and Betts in right and failed to catch his two around the point to Duran-
the out call being upheld Why would anyone chal- — neither outfielder called rivals in his elimination heat. bah for a second straight
on replay. lenge Laureano? for the ball and it landed Slater appeared upset with day.
“I should have known,” Bet- “They might, I don’t why between them, bouncing the conditions and with The Quiksilver Pro and Boost
ts said. “He’s pretty much they would, but they over the fence for a dou- some of his scores, throwing Mobile Pro are the first elite
thrown everybody out. might,” Stephen Piscotty ble. up his hands at times while events where men and
That’s what my instincts told said. “I was shocked to see “The whole game was un- in the water. He needed women will receive equal
me to do and I should have it ... The guy’s got a cannon usual,” Cora said when a score of 8.07 on his final prize money.
let myself know before any- and he’s laser accurate.” asked about the outfield wave to move into second Seven-time world champi-
thing even happened that Piscotty led the A’s offense miscommunication. place in the heat, but with on Stephanie Gilmore ad-
my run meant nothing.” as he went 4 for 4 with a “You didn’t see that last 30 seconds left, missed out vanced after the first round
On Tuesday night, Laure- home run, double and five year, but last year was last entirely. Thursday in the women’s
ano threw out Xander Bo- RBIs to help Oakland win for year ... We have to play He said he’d struggled event.
gaerts at third as he tried the fifth time in six games. better, that’s the bottom to read the lineup on the Reigning men’s series
to stretch a double in the The Red Sox fell to 2-6, the line.” Gold Coast, where he has champion Gabriel Medina
ninth inning of a game worst start for a defend- A’s relievers Lou Trivino, Joa- been a multiple winner, advanced directly to the
Oakland won 1-0. On Mon- ing World Series champion kim Soria and Liam Hendriks and he needed to regroup third round by winning his
day night, Laureano threw since the stripped-down combined for 3 2/3 innings before the next event at first-round heat on Wednes-
out Bogaerts at the plate Marlins struggled in 1998. of shutout ball. Bells Beach on the southern day. Defending Quiksilver
early in a 7-0 win for the A’s. J.D. Martinez homered for SHORT HOPS Australian coast. Pro champion Julian Wilson
The 24-year-old Laureano Boston. Anderson walked Martinez has hit safely in “I didn’t get many good moved into the third round
made his major league de- home two runs in the first in- all eight games for Boston. waves in the end ... it’s a by finishing second in his
but last year. He now has ning. Martinez connected ... Rodriguez recorded his tough pill to swallow. Hor- three-man elimination heat
12 assists in only 57 games for his third home run in the 500th career strikeout in rible performance,” Slater on Thursday.
in the outfield with the A’s. third, making it 3-0. the first when he got Khris said. “The last three days The top 10-ranked men and
“It’s a bad decision and he The A’s tied it in the third on Davis swinging to end the something has come over eight highest-ranked wom-
knows it,” Red Sox manag- Piscotty’s three-run homer inning. ... The Red Sox are me and I’ve been really en on the 2019 WSL tour will
er Alex Cora said of Betts’ off Eduardo Rodriguez (0- 16-38 in their past 54 games struggling. All the pressure, be among those qualifying
base-running blunder. 2). Rodriguez gave up six at Oakland and 3-13-1 in the buildup, has really kind when surfing makes its de-
“The three plays were runs and eight hits and their past 17 full series at the of thrown me off enjoying but at the Olympics next
bang-bang plays, but that three walks in 3 2/3 innings. Coliseum.q it. “I need to break out of year in Tokyo.q