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SPORTS Thursday 20 June 2019
Kepler's hit in

17th gives Twins 4-3

win over Red Sox

By The Associated Press with the Yankees and New
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Max York beat Tampa Bay to
Kepler's single with one out extend its AL East lead to
in the 17th inning gave Min- 2 ½ games. New York won
nesota a victory over Bos- its fourth straight and has
ton in the longest game by taken 9 of 12 against the
innings in Target Field his- second-place Rays dating
tory. to last season.
Kepler hit a tying homer in Gary Sanchez had two
the 13th before his hit down RBIs and J.A. Happ (7-3)
the first-base line past a pitched two-run ball over
five-man Red Sox infield five innings. Giancarlo
scored Luis Arraez to end Stanton returned from the
a game that took 5 hours, injured list to play right field Minnesota Twins' Max Kepler runs toward home after hitting a solo home run against the Boston
45 minutes and ended at and reached into the seats Red Sox during the 13th inning of a baseball game, late Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Minneapolis.
12:55 a.m. in foul territory for a key out Associated Press
The winning hit came off in the second.
reliever Brian Johnson (1-1), The Rays lost back-to-back Brett Anderson (7-4) al- Skaggs pitched into the Both homers came off
who pitched the 17th in- road games for just the sec- lowed one earned run and eighth inning, Kole Calhoun right-hander Marcus Stro-
ning for the Red Sox, who ond time this season. four hits in seven innings in and Brian Goodwin hit solo man (4-9), who allowed
had their six-game winning Stanton was 0 for 4 with beating the Orioles for the homers and Los Angeles two runs and four hits in
streak snapped. two strikeouts in his first big second time this season. remained unbeaten in five seven innings. Stroman has
Boston had a runner on league action since March Laureano finished with four games against Toronto this lost three of his past four
third and nobody out in 31. hits and made a terrific run- season. decisions.
the 17th but couldn't score ATHLETICS 16, ORIOLES 2 ning catch before crashing Skaggs (6-6) went a sea- INDIANS 10, RANGERS 3
against Zack Littell (1-0), OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — into the center field wall. son-best 7 1/3 innings. He ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)
who earned his first career Khris Davis, Robbie Gross- Matt Olson added two hits allowed a run and three —Rookie Zach Plesac al-
win. man and Stephen Piscotty and scored twice. hits, walked none and lowed only two hits pitching
The teams traded solo homered in a 10-run sixth Oakland hadn't scored 10 struck out six. Ty Buttrey got into the eighth inning and
homers in the 13th inning. inning, and Oakland hit six or more runs in an inning at two outs in the eighth, and Cleveland had four home
Mookie Betts put Boston up home runs overall in a rout the Coliseum since July 5, Hansel Robles finished for runs, including three in a
3-2 before Kepler launched of Baltimore. 1996. his 11th save in 13 opportu- row for the first time in near-
his 18th homer to keep the Ramón Laureano, Chad Three of Oakland's home nities. ly 15 years, to overwhelm
game going. Pinder and Beau Taylor also runs came off Baltimore Luis Rengifo had two hits for Texas. After Jake Bauers led
YANKEES 6, RAYS 3 homered as the A's set a starter Gabriel Ynoa (0-4). the Angels, who have won off the Indians' seventh with
NEW YORK (AP) — Cam- season-high for home runs. Ynoa allowed seven hits 17 of 23 games in Toronto. a 389-foot shot to right-cen-
eron Maybin homered It's the first time that Oak- and a career-high six runs Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hom- ter, Roberto Perez and Tyler
again with his roster spot in land has had six home runs in 5 1/3 innings. ered for the Blue Jays, who Naquin followed with hom-
doubt, Edwin Encarnación in a game since June 17, ANGELS 3, BLUE JAYS 1 have lost a season-worst six ers that measured more
went deep for his first hit 2008. TORONTO (AP) — Tyler straight at home. than 400 feet. q

Lawsuit alleges Carrie Underwood copied 'Game On' NFL intro

NEW YORK (AP) — A song- pitched to Underwood's events.
writing team sued country representatives in 2017. Merrill pitched the song to
singer Carrie Underwood, The NFL and NBCUniversal Underwood's producer in
the NFL and NBC Wednes- Media LLC declined com- August 2017 during a con-
day, saying they stole a ment. Carrie Underwood's ference in Nashville, Ten-
song and "slightly modified" representatives did not im- nessee, where Underwood
it to introduce "Sunday mediately comment. lives, the lawsuit said.
Night Football" to viewers The plaintiffs are a songwrit- It said the producer referred
last season. ing team consisting of four Merrill to his assistant, who
The lawsuit in Manhattan individuals, including Mer- told her in an email in Oc-
federal court noted that rill, from California, Tennes- tober 2017: "I'm sorry, we're
Underwood's "Game On" see and Sweden. going to have to pass."
even carried the same title The lawsuit said Merrill as- The lawsuit claimed that
as the song singer Heidi sembled the group to cre- the song that introduced
Merrill of Newport Beach, ate the song in 2016 as a 17 NFL Sunday night games
California, put on an inter- follow to her Nebraska- through the season begin-
net music video two years themed football anthem ning in September 2018
ago. "Cornhusker Strong." "is substantially — even
The lawsuit sought unspeci- It said they marketed the strikingly — similar, if not
fied damages, saying the song, aiming to get it li- identical," to the song In this June 6, 2019 file photo, Carrie Underwood arrives at the
copyright was violated on censed for use in televi- Underwood's team had CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
the song that had been sion broadcasts of sporting rejected.q Associated Press