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Wednesday 22 May 2019
Mets snap 5-game

skid with 5-3 win

over Nationals

By The Associated Press delivered a two-out RBI sin-
NEW YORK (AP) — Amed gle in the eighth on the first
Rosario and Pete Alonso pitch from left-hander Tony
homered in the first inning Sipp, who came off the in-
as New York, after learn- jured list earlier in the day.
ing embattled manager Font, starting in place of in-
Mickey Callaway is staying jured Jason Vargas, lasted
around, broke out of its of- four innings before Drew
fensive funk a bit to beat Gagnon (2-0) tossed two
Washington. hitless innings. Edwin Díaz
Carlos Gómez cracked an pitched a scoreless ninth
RBI double off the wall for for his 11th save.
his first Mets hit in 12 years, PHILLIES 5, CUBS 4, 10 IN-
and slumping Todd Frazier NINGS New York Mets' Pete Alonso (20) celebrates with Todd Frazier (21) after hitting a home run during
the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Monday, May 20, 2019, in
had a run-scoring single to CHICAGO (AP) — J.T. Real- New York.
help New York (21-25) stop muto hit a solo homer in the Associated Press
a five-game losing streak. 10th, Jake Arrieta allowed
After the Mets built a 4-0 one run over six innings in Héctor Neris (1-1) worked a walks in innings while strik- for the Braves, who won the
lead in the third, fill-in starter his return to Wrigley Field scoreless ninth. Adam Mor- ing out seven. Anthony Riz- opener of a seven-game
Wilmer Font and five reliev- and Philadelphia beat Chi- gan struck out Jason Hey- zo had three hits, including trip and have won eight of
ers held off the rival Nation- cago. ward leading off the 10th, an RBI single. 11. Soroka (5-1) struck out
als. Anthony Rendon hom- Realmuto connected with and Juan Nicasio gave up BRAVES 4, GIANTS 1 seven and allowed one
ered and Yan Gomes had two outs against Kyle Ryan a single to Albert Almora SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — run and two hits in eight
three hits for Washington, (0-1), driving a 1-2 fastball a Jr. before Daniel Descalso Mike Soroka carried a per- innings. The 21-year-old
including an RBI single. few rows into the left-field grounded into a double fect game into the sixth Braves rookie retired the
Patrick Corbin (4-2) was seats to decide the open- play, giving Nicasio his first inning, Ronald Acuña Jr. first 15 batters before Bran-
tagged for four runs and six er of a four-game series save since last June 28. homered twice and Atlan- don Crawford led off the
hits over five innings. between the NL East and Yu Darvish gave up three ta topped San Francisco. sixth inning with a homer to
Pinch-hitter Dominic Smith Central leaders. runs, four hits and three Austin Riley also homered straightaway center field.q
KOEPKA 4-2 for Koepka. PGA Championship. Spi-
Continued from Page 18 Don't get the idea that eth won the Masters and
Why wasn't it enough when Koepka would trade any U.S. Open in 2015 when he
he won last summer at Shin- of his four majors for a few chased the Grand Slam,
necock Hills to become the more Texas Opens or Phoe- but he also won the Val-
first repeat winner of the nix Opens. It simply explains spar Championship, the
U.S. Open in 29 years, and why it took longer for golf John Deere Classic and the
only the second player to fans to embrace what he Tour Championship that
successfully defend the U.S. has done in the last two year. Spieth was 23 when
Open since Ben Hogan in years. he won the third leg of the
1951? Same major, yes, but Koepka touched on this career Grand Slam at the
Erin Hills and Shinnecock Saturday night after he had 2017 British Open, and he
were entirely different tests. a seven-shot lead — a PGA already had 11 titles on the
What kept him from mega- Championship record — PGA Tour (14 worldwide).
star status when he added and faced questions that They also had name recog-
the PGA Championship last were intended to find out nition before they turned
summer at Bellerive to join Brooks Koepka poses with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning what he was doing differ- pro. McIlroy was the low
Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, the PGA Championship golf tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, ently to win majors so regu- amateur at Carnoustie in
Hogan and Gene Sarazen at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. larly. the 2007 British Open when
as the only players to win Associated Press "I'm just that much more he was 18. Spieth tied for
the U.S. Open and the PGA focused," Koepka said. 16th in the Byron Nelson
in the same year? That kind tournaments Koepka won one. He won at a rate nev- "I think I'm more focused Classic when he was 16.
of company is as elite as it during his run of majors was er before seen in golf, and than anybody out there. Koepka?
gets. the Dunlop Phoenix in Ja- it probably won't happen My focus probably goes His last name was pro-
What made Koepka differ- pan in 2017 (by nine shots) again. up, I don't know, tenfold of nounced "Cupcake" on
ent was that he seemed and the CJ Cup last fall in Koepka is aware that his what it does in a tour event the first tee at the Phoenix
to show up only at the big South Korea. trophy collection is weight- — which isn't good. I mean, Open in 2015, his first PGA
events. That's a nice prob- Woods won 19 other times ed heavily toward the ma- it's good that I'm doing it in Tour victory.
lem to have. during his stretch of majors, jors. Justin Ray of a golf an- the majors, but I need to do The game was always
Koepka now has won four 15 of them on the PGA Tour. alytics group called "15th that in regular weeks." there.
of his last eight majors, Roger Maltbie's description Club" pointed out over the Consider some other play- His caddie, Ricky Elliott, re-
a stretch not seen since of Woods at Pebble Beach weekend that Woods and ers from his generation. calls being asked to work
Woods won seven of 11 in — "It's not a fair fight" — Koepka are the only active McIlroy won 12 times start- for Koepka in the 2013 PGA
an amazing run through goes well beyond that 2000 players who have more ing with his first major in the Championship. He saw
the 2002 U.S. Open at Beth- U.S. Open. It's never fair to victories than missed cuts in 2011 U.S. Open through his him for the first time on the
page Black. The only other compare Woods with any- the majors: 15-9 for Woods, fourth major in the 2014 range at Oak Hill. q