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SPORTS Wednesday 7 august 2019

Red Sox beat Royals 7-5,

snap 8-game losing streak

By The Associated Press for the cycle and first since Morton, the sixth straight
BOSTON (AP) — Rick Por- Felix Pie on Aug. 14, 2009. game in which he has dou-
cello pitched six innings of Villar tripled in the third in- bled. He hit his third home
one-run ball, Sam Travis hit ning, doubled in the fifth, run leading off the third.
a two-run homer and the homered in the sixth and Waguespack (3-1) gave up
Boston Red Sox halted their dumped a single into right four hits and a walk, strik-
eight-game losing streak field off Aroldis Chapman in ing out six in his fifth major
with a 7-5 victory over the the ninth. league start. Derek Law
struggling Kansas City Roy- Tauchman delivered a bas- got four outs for his second
als on Monday night. es-empty drive in the sixth save in four days.
Rafael Devers added a solo inning and a tiebreaking Morton (12-4) pitched sev-
shot for the Red Sox. Travis’ solo shot off Paul Fry (1-4) en innings, giving up two
gave Boston a homer in in the eighth, his first career runs on seven hits while
a club-record 18 straight multihomer game. Austin striking out nine.
games in Fenway Park. The Romine, Brett Gardner and The Rays put nine runners
old mark was set in 1969. Mike Ford also connected on base in the first seven
Bubba Starling, Meibrys for the Yankees. innings, including three via
Viloria and Cheslor Cuth- New York has hit 32 home Toronto errors. They were 0 Kansas City Royals catcher Meibrys Viloria, left, sets to tag
bert each went deep for runs at Camden Yards, a for 8 with runners in scoring out Boston Red Sox’s Xander Bogaerts, who tried to score on
Kansas City, with Viloria’s single-season record for position and were shut out a double by Andrew Benintendi, during the first inning of a
his first homer in the majors most by a visiting team in for the first time since June baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019.
and Starling’s a three-run one ballpark. The mark was 28. Freddy Galvis and Ran- Associated Press
shot. It was the seventh previously held by the Mil- dal Grichuk also had two for his seventh save. Indians three runs on eight hits and
straight loss for the Royals, waukee Braves, who hit 29 hits for the Blue Jays, who starter Aaron Civale (1-1) two walks in six innings.
who had a 10-game skid in at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field have won six of eight. allowed a run in six innings He struck out eight. Tigers
the season’s first two weeks. in 1957. The Yankees did it RANGERS 1, INDIANS 0 and struck out seven in his starter Spencer Turnbull al-
Porcello (10-8) gave up four in only eight games, and CLEVELAND (AP) — All-Star second big league ap- lowed two runs on two hits,
hits, walked two and struck they can add to the record Mike Minor struck out seven pearance. two walks and a hit batter
out five. on Tuesday and Wednes- over seven innings, Nomar WHITE SOX 7, TIGERS 4 in three innings. He struck
Brandon Workman got the day. Mazara drove in Elvis An- DETROIT (AP) — All-Star Lu- out seven. Gregory Soto (0-
final three outs for his sixth Adam Ottavino (5-3) drus with a sacrifice fly in cas Giolito ended a five- 5) took the loss.
save. pitched the seventh inning the fourth and Texas beat start winless streak, Tim An- TWINS 5, BRAVES 3
YANKEES 9, ORIOLES 6 for New York and Chap- Cleveland. derson had three hits and MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —
BALTIMORE (AP) —New York man worked the ninth for Minor (10-6) allowed seven scored twice, and Chicago Miguel Sanó’s pinch-hit,
hit five more home runs at his 30th save. hits and walked one as Tex- beat Detroit. two-run homer in the ninth
Camden Yards, including BLUE JAYS 2, RAYS 0 as won its fifth straight. All nine starters for the inning gave Minnesota a
two by Mike Tauchman, to ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Andrus started the fourth White Sox had at least one victory over Atlanta.
set a major league record — Rookie Bo Bichette hom- with a triple, coming home hit and seven either scored Sanó’s 19th home run of
and win its 13th straight ered and scored both a batter later when Mazara or drove in a run. Chicago the season went an esti-
game in Baltimore. runs, Jacob Waguespack flew out to short center. He has won three of four after mated 443 feet off reliever
New York’s power surge pitched six impressive in- easily beat the bouncing a 2-8 homestand. Chris Martin, hitting high off
and sixth straight win over- nings and Toronto ended throw home from rookie JaCoby Jones homered the wall in center field.
shadowed a memorable Tampa Bay’s six-game win- Oscar Mercado. and tripled for Detroit, Martin (0-3) was making his
night for Baltimore’s Jona- ning streak. Jesse Chavez worked which has lost 10 of 12 and second appearance for At-
than Villar, who became Bichette opened the game a 1-2-3 eighth and José gone 10-34 since June 1. lanta since being acquired
the fifth Orioles player to hit with a double off Charlie Leclerc pitched the ninth Giolito (12-5) gave up at the trade deadline.q

Blue Jays to extend protective netting for 2020 season

By IAN HARRISON The stadium is used for concerts and other
Associated Press events beside baseball.
TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays Last month, the Chicago White Sox be-
will extend protective netting at Rogers came the first team in the major leagues
Centre next season, joining other teams to extend protective netting from foul pole
that have taken measures after foul balls to foul pole. The White Sox announced the
injured fans. safety measure in June, a week after a
The team also announced Tuesday that it foul ball at their home park hit a woman in
will extend the nets next season at its spring the head and sent her to the hospital.
training home in Dunedin, Florida. The Washington Nationals also extended
There was no announcement on the their netting to each foul pole in the mid-
length and height of the new netting at dle of this season. Other teams have an-
Rogers Centre. Baseball’s first retractable nounced plans for future extensions.
roof stadium, which opened as SkyDome Several fans, including a 2-year-old girl in
in 1989, has single rows of “In the Action” Houston and a 3-year-old boy in Cleve-
seats beyond the first and third base dug- land, have been injured by hard-hit fouls
outs that jut out from the main stands. The this season. Many players and fans have Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reacts
after hitting a pop flyout during ninth-inning baseball game
lower level of seating curves into each implored Major League Baseball to require action against the Tampa Bay Rays in Toronto, Sunday, July 28,
outfield corner, and foul territory narrows pole-to-pole netting covering foul territory 2019.
to inches approaching the wall. at every ballpark.q Associated Press