MAJOR LEAGUES
Matt Kemp singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning and Zack Greinke struck out a season-high 13 batters as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Wednesday for their season-best fifth straight victory.
Kemp scored the Dodgers’ first two runs of the game, including his 11th homer leading off the second inning.
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Pinch-hitter Justin Turner singled to open the 10th inning and took second on a wild pitch by David Hale (3-3). Kemp followed with the winning single to left.
San Francisco reliever Jean Machi took advantage of a huge base-running blunder by Pittsburgh, tagging out two runners who wandered away on the same play as the Giants beat the Pirates 7-5 to end a six-game losing streak.
San Francisco stopped a losing streak that matched its longest of the season and avoided the club’s first winless homestand of at least seven games in the 15-year history of AT&T Park.
In Cleveland, Ohio, Corey Kluber pitched a three-hitter for his first career shutout, outdueling Felix Hernandez to lead the Indians over the Seattle Mariners 2-0.
Kluber (11-6) gave up three singles, struck out eight and walked none.
In Chicago, Brandon Barnes hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the 10th inning as the Colorado Rockies beat the Cubs 6-4.
Colorado loaded the bases with two walks and Michael McKenry’s third hit of the game, before Barnes singled with one out against Wesley Wright (0-2). Drew Stubbs then scored off a wild pitch, helping the Rockies stop a three-game slide.
The National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers blanked the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 after Yovani Gallardo gave up just four hits in seven innings and Martin Maldonado equaled a career high with four RBIs.
Baltimore’s Kevin Gausman allowed three hits over seven innings and Adam Jones homered as the Orioles beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 for their seventh win in nine games.
In other games, Dallas Keuchel pitched a four-hitter and Robbie Grossman homered to cap a six-run first inning as the Houston Astros downed the Oakland Athletics 8-1, the Detroit Tigers downed the Chicago White Sox 7-2, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1, the Texas Rangers edged the New York Yankees 3-2 and the Washington Nationals defeated the Miami Marlins 4-3.
Daniel Murphy hit a three-run homer to back up Zack Wheeler’s sixth straight strong start as the New York Mets trounced the Philadelphia Phillies 11-2, the Arizona Diamondbacks edged the Cincinnati Reds 5-4, the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 and the San Diego Padres were overwhelming 12-1 winners over the St Louis Cardinals.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into today’s match at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim stung from their first league defeat in 16 months. Leverkusen were beaten 3-2 at home by RB Leipzig before the international break, the first loss since May last year for the reigning league and cup champions. While any defeat, particularly against a likely title rival, would have disappointed coach Xabi Alonso, the way in which it happened would be most concerning. Just as they did in the Supercup against VfB Stuttgart and in the league opener to Borussia Moenchengladbach, Leverkusen scored first, but were pegged back. However, while Leverkusen rallied late to
If all goes well when the biggest marathon field ever gathered in Australia races 42km through the streets of Sydney on Sunday, World Marathon Majors (WMM) will soon add a seventh race to the elite series. The Sydney Marathon is to become the first race since Tokyo in 2013 to join long-established majors in New York, London, Boston, Berlin and Chicago if it passes the WMM assessment criteria for the second straight year. “We’re really excited for Sunday to arrive,” race director Wayne Larden told a news conference in Sydney yesterday. “We’re prepared, we’re ready. All of our plans look good on
The lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as Karoline Kristensen entered for her performance. However, this was no ordinary Dutch theater: The temperature was 80°C and the audience naked apart from a towel. Dressed in a swimsuit and to the tune of emotional music, the 21-year-old Kristensen started her routine, performed inside a large sauna, with a bed of hot rocks in the middle. For a week this month, a group of wellness practitioners, called “sauna masters,” are gathering at a picturesque health resort in the Netherlands to compete in this year’s Aufguss world sauna championships. The practice takes its name from a
When details from a scientific experiment that could have helped clear Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva landed at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the leader of the organization’s reaction was unequivocal: “We have to stop that urgently,” he wrote. No mention of the test ever became public and Valieva’s defense at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) went on without it. What effect the information could have had on Valieva’s case is unclear, but without it, the skater, then 15 years old, was eventually disqualified from the 2022 Winter Olympics after testing positive for a banned heart medication that would later