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Shaunae surges to victory By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net SHAUNAE MillerUibo, running with a heavy heart, relied on some extra external help from her late spiritual leader to boost a fantastic comeback victory in the Muller Grand Prix women’s 200 metres as the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s Diamond League’s 12-race series came to a close on Saturday in Birmingham, England, and with the finals looming in two weeks. “I want to give God thanks for another win. I want to point out that I dedicated this race to my pastor, Apostle Rodney Roberts from Five Porches,” Miller-Uibo told The Tribune after the race. “He always said one day he was going to catch one of my international races and so I knew he was watching

me from above and I miss him dearly. May his soul rest in peace.” Miller-Uibo was referring to the late Apostle Roberts, who died on July 25. Inspired by his death, Miller-Uibo went on to clock 22.15 seconds to eclipse the previous meet

record held by American Sanya Richards-Ross of 22.25 from June 11, 2006. In the process, Miller-Uibo executed a well-crafted plan to surge past a talented field of competitors to remain undefeated in three races in the half-lap race to go along with her pairs of victories in

SHAUNAE Miller with Dina Asher-Smith, of Great Britain, and, top, on her way to victory.

her one-lap specialty in the 400m. “The race went well,” said Miller-Uibo, who used her towering 6ft, 1in frame to maneuver from fourth place coming off the final curve with enough real estate ahead of her to chop down Great Britain’s world leader, Dina Asher-Smith, who led the race until the closing metres to finish second in 22.31, and Netherlands’ world champion Dafne Schippers, who had to settle for third in 22.41. She was simply spectacular and very colourful. “My coach said I did a good job, so I’ll take that,” stated Miller-Uibo, with her long, flowing two-tone pink and purple dyed hair. “As expected, all of the competitors brought their A games as we all knew it was going to be a competitive race.” Asher-Smith was coming off an exceptional European Championships where

ASHLEY Moss in practice ahead of the Centro Basket Tournament in Puerto Rico. and we will do our best with what we have.” Nesbitt, the starting point guard for the Caribbean Women’s Cup, has signed to play for women’s head coach Yolett McPheeMcCuin, who has taken on the head coaching job at Ole Miss University. Meanwhile, Rolle, one of two Bahamian female professional players, didn’t make

the trip to Suriname and Watson was hoping that she would have been available for this trip. Jonquel Jones, the other pro, is still playing with the Connecticut Sun in the Women’s National Basketball Association. Without these players, the team, managed by Lavardis Johnson, will comprise of Joette Fernander, Tracy Lewis, Ashley

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AIMING FOR A PUERTO RICO SLAM DUNK By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas women’s national basketball team, fresh off their bronze medal performance at the FIBA Caribbean Women’s Cup Championships, is now in Puerto Rico where they hope to at least duplicate or surpass that performance at the Centro Basket Tournament. By virtue of winning the bronze at the Anthony Nesty Sporthal in Paramaribo, Suriname, in June, The Bahamas clinched their berth in the Centro Basket this week. The team, coached by Waye Watson and assisted by Varel Clarke-Davis and Anton Francis, got in a set of practices yesterday and will begin their round robin play today at 6.30pm against Puerto Rico. On Tuesday at 2.30pm, The Bahamas will play Mexico in their second game. Their final game in the round robin will be on Wednesday against Costa Rica. “Everyone seemed to be in good spirits,” Watson said from Puerto Rico. “We’re a little bit stronger than the team we took to Suriname about six weeks ago. But we’re lacking one of country’s premier point guards in Valerie Nesbitt and we are also lacking Waltiea Rolle. She never showed up. She could have been a big asset to us. but we are in good spirits and we have a pretty good team

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Moss, Shaniqua Thompson, Arlia Greene, Kendi Outten, Brea Forbes, Felicia Demerite, Sha-Londa Neely, Marvia Dean, Britenique Harrison and Leashja Grant. “We will rely heavily on our defence and hopefully our system will be able to pull us through,” SEE PAGE TWO

she dominated the sprints with two world-leading meet records and personal best performances in the 100 and 200m. That carried over in Birmingham where she asserted herself early as the pace setter. But as she’s done all season long, Miller-Uibo, the newly minted Bahamian 400m record holder in her last competition a month ago to add her name to the 200m mark she also possessed from a year ago, accelerated into another gear on the home stretch and nobody was able to catch her as she reverted to the shorter race. It was Miller-Uibo’s third impressive victory this season over AsherSmith, who is also having an exceptional showing. After pulling off the gold at the Games in the Gold Coast, Australia in April, leaving Asher-Smith with the bronze, the Bahamian

outshone the Briton again at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rabat last month where they had a 1-2 finish. “I was working on a few things and we’re definitely starting to put it together,” she said. “There are still a few things we have to work on, but for my first competition back in four weeks, I think I did a great job and it was a great feeling to be back on the track in yet another great race.” Miller-Uibo, 24, still has some unfinished business to take care of as what is presumably an off-year with neither a IAAF World Championships or Olympic Games on the agenda. She now prepares for the IAAF Diamond League final in Brussels, Belgium, on August 31 where she has qualified for both the 200 and 400m. SEE PAGE THREE

COLEBROOK BACK AS PRESIDENT

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net ROY Colebrook, a vice president of the Bahamas Olympic Committee, was returned as president of the Bahamas Amateur Cycling Federation. During the elections held on Saturday at the offices of the BOC and conducted by BOC executives D’Arcy Rahming and Colebrook went in unopposed as well as the rest of his team, that includes Kenton Roker as vice president, Barron ‘Turbo’ Musgrove as general secretary, Shirley Mireault as assistant secretary, Rowshan Jones as treasurer and Chad Albury, as assistant treasurer. “I think we have a young and vibrant board that is prepared to take cycling from one level to the next,” Musgrove said. “It showed the enthusiasm of persons wanting to get into the sport, so what we are trying to do in this term is to bring the inclusion of the Family Island Associations involved with their new ideas and activities that they have going on.” Over the course of the four years in office, Musgrove said the federation will ensure that they take advantage of all of the international competitions on the agenda, especially at the youth level where they hope to groom and develop a cadre of competitors that will eventually get the Bahamas prepared to compete in the Olympic Games. “We will have our first meeting next week because I have a meeting

with the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale, the sport’s governing body) headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland on September 11 where I present all of the questions from our members pertaining to the way forward for the Bahamas,” said Colebrook, who will there for his graduation for his Masters degree in Sports Organization from the International Olympic Committee’s museum on September 14 in Switzerland. Musgrove, back as well in office as the general secretary, said they have been working to get more Family Island members on the board so that they can bridge the gap between New Providence and Grand Bahama. He said they want to include Eleuthera with their Hope for Hope, the Spanish Wells Championships, the Exuma’s Ride for Pompey and the Tour de Grand Bahama in Grand Bahama. MICA, comprising of Mayaguana, Inagua, Cat Island and Acklins, doesn’t have a major event, but Musgrove said they were delighted to have a represented at the elections and hopefully they will be able to assist them in bringing more awareness of the sport to that section of the country. “Hopefully we can see some of our young cyclists coming from there too,” Musgrove said. “I think the federation is now going to take a different approach towards cycling because New Providence is not cycling. The SEE PAGE THREE

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FROM left, front, Lavardis Johnson, team manager, Joette Fernander, Tracy Lewis, Ashley Moss, Shaniqua Thompson, Arlia Greene, Kendi Outten, Brea Forbes, Felicia Demerit, Varel Clarke-Davis (assistant coach), Anton Francis (assistant coach), back, Sha-Londa Neely, Marvia Dean, Britenique Harrison, Leashja Grant, Wade Watson (head coach). Photo: John Nutt

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Watson projected. “We’re going to play point guard by committee as much as possible and hopefully our bigs, which are much better than we had in Suriname, will pull us through. “With the addition of Leashja Grant and Mavia Dean, will be a lot more

stronger, even though we still have Britinique Harris and Sha-londa Neely, Ashley Moss and Tracy Lewis. So we should not have a problem with our bigs. We have two or three guards who came in for the first time at the senior level, so that will be a challenge for us. But we hope to use our speed to compensate for that.”

PUERTO RICO WELCOMES TEAMS FOR CENTRO BASKET by RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

THE road to qualification FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2019 begins in earnest tonight for team Bahamas. The women’s senior national team will face Puerto Rico at 6.30pm in the opening game of the 2018 Centrobasket Women’s Championship hosted in Manati, Puerto Rico. The tournament continues through August 24 and the top four finishers will qualify for the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2019. The Bahamas is included

in Group B along with Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Group A includes Guatemala, Cuba, Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic. The team will be lead in the frontcourt by veteran national team standout Leashja Grant. Grant comes off a dominant season for the Lakehead Thunderwolves Athletic programme. She earned the Female Athlete of the Year and Women’s Basketball Most Valuable Player awards after she averaged 22.3 points and 14.1 points per game over the course of

the season. She was named Ontario University Athletics Player of the Year and a U SPORTS 1st Team All-Canadian. The remainder of the team includes Sha-Londa Neely, Marvia Dean, Britenique Harrison, Joette Fernander, Tracy Lewis, Ashley Moss, Shaniqua Thompson, Arlia Greene, Kendi Outten, Brea Forbes and Felicia Demeritte. The team will be coached by Wayde Watson, assisted by Varel Clarke-Davis and Anton Francis. Lavardis Johnson is the team manager. “The Centrobasket Women’s Championship

will be the official start of the road to the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2019, and we are pleased to announce Puerto Rico as the host of this 2018 edition. Puerto Rico’s recent success and future participation in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in September is proof of their commitment to the development of women’s basketball in the country and the region. We are more than confident that it will be a great and memorable event.”, said FIBA Americas president Usie Richards. “It is an honor and pride for me and our town of

Manatí, to know that thanks to the work and effort of the National Basketball Federation of Puerto Rico, the Governor of Puerto Rico, the Sports and Recreation Department of Puerto Rico, to announce we will host the Centrobasket Women’s Championship in our city, receiving several Central American countries. We will work for this activity to be one of excellence and enjoyment, giving a warm welcome to all participating countries to our Manatí,” said José A Sánchez González, Mayor of Manatí. In June, Bahamas women’s national basketball

team clinched the bronze medal at the FIBA Caribbean Women’s Cup Championships and in the process, qualified for the Centrobasket. At the Anthony Nesty Sporthal in Paramaribo, Suriname, The Bahamas defeated Barbados 65-56 to earn the bronze medal and joined Cuba and the Dominican Republic as qualifiers. The Bahamas advanced out of Group A with a 1-1 win-loss record as the number two team behind Cuba at 2-0. The Dominican Republic won Group B with a 3-0 record ahead of Barbados at 2-1.

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Sun blazing hot as Jones heads for the playoffs by RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun will enter the WNBA Playoffs as one of the league’s hottest teams. The Sun concluded the regular season with an 86-83 win over the Los Angeles Sparks yesterday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. With their fourth consecutive win, the Sun (21-13) clinched the No 4 seed and a first-round bye in the playoffs. They will host a second-round game on Thursday, August 23. Jones finished with one of her best all-around games of the season in the finale, 17 points, nine rebounds and a season-high seven assists. She shot 7-11 from the field and 2-3 from beyond the arch. She finished one rebound shy of a third double-double in the last four games. During the four-game winning streak, Jones has averaged 21.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game on 70 percent shooting from the field and 67 percent from threepoint range. Her hot shooting continued

from Friday’s 96-79 win over the Minnesota Lynx when Jones finished with 26 points and five rebounds. She equaled her career high with five threepointers made. The Sun swept the season series against both Minnesota and Los Angeles. Connecticut led the WNBA in both scoring average (87.6) and rebound average (37.00 per game), ranked second in field goal percentage (46.5 percent) and third in three-point percentage (36.2 percent). Jones was second in the league in three-point percentage (46.2 percent). Jones missed both training camp, the preseason and was a late addition to the team after awaiting paperwork at home this offseason. She eventually reported to the Sun just one day before the regular season tipped off. She finished her third WNBA season with starts in 16 of her 34 appearances. She finished with averages of 11.8 points and 5.5 rebounds per game this season. The eight teams with the highest winning percentages regardless of conference qualify for the playoffs and are

seeded based on their record. The top two seeds receive a bye to the semifinals (third round), and the third and fourth seeds receive a bye to the second round. Teams will be re-seeded after each postseason round. The first and second rounds are single elimination. In the first round, the No 5 seed hosts the No 8 seed and the No 6 seed hosts the No 7 seed. In the second round, the No 3 seed hosts the lowest-seeded first-round winner and the No 4 seed hosts the other first-round winner. The semi-finals feature a best-of-five format, with the No 1 overall seed playing the lowest remaining seed and the No 2 overall seed meeting the remaining team. The Nos 1 and 2 seeds will host Games 1, 2 and 5, and the lower-seeded teams will host Games 3 and 4 in their respective series. The WNBA Finals remain best-offive and follow the same 2-2-1 format. The Sun also finished 2017 regular season with a record CONNECTICUT Sun center Jonquel Jones, centre, battles Los Angeles Sparks centre of 21-13, second in the Eastern Jantel Lavender (42) and guard Karlie Samuelson (44) for the rebound in the second Conference. They lost to the half of a WNBA basketball game yesterdat in Uncasville, Conn. Phoenix Mercury in the second Photo: Sean D Elliot/The Day via AP round of the playoffs.

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Her performance on Saturday has pegged her at number four in the 200m with 24 points after six races were contested in 12 of the Diamond League meetings. Jamaican Shericka Jackson and American Jenna Prandini are tied for the top spot with 28 points. Ivory Coast’s double World Championship medalist Marie-Josee Ta Lou is next with 25, just ahead of Miller-Uibo. In Saturday’s race, they finished in that order behind Miller-Uibo as Jackson was fourth in 22.55, Prandini fifth in 22.58 and Ta Lou seventh in 22.88. Americans Gabrielle Thomas and Kyra Jefferson completed the field in sixth and eighth respectively in 22.85 and 23.26. Miller-Uibo, coming off her stunning 48.97 recordbreaking performance in Monaco on July 20. is occupying the fifth spot in the Diamond League 400m with 16 points. Bahrain’s rising young star Salwa Eid Naser is out front with 39 points. The USA holds the next three spots with Jessica Beard and Phyllis Francis tied with 32 and Shakima Wimbley with 29. Last year, as the IAAF changed the outcome of the final where the athletes qualify to compete for the hefty cash prizes in the final, Miller-Uibo emerged as the double champion. This year, the 400m will be

contested first and the 200m will follow about one hour and 45 minutes afterwards. Not even Miller-Uibo is certain if she will contest both events this time around. “As it relates to the finals, everything is still up in the air and I’ll have to speak things over with my manager and coach,” she summed up. Going into the final, Miller-Uibo has posted the fourth fastest time of 22.06 in the 200m, led by AsherSmith with 21.89 a week ago. But Miller-Uibo heads the 400m list with her 48.97 over Naser’s 49.08. Donald Thomas was also scheduled to compete in Saturday’s meet, but he withdrew after his bronze medal performance at the NACAC Championships to go along with his gold at the CAC Games to recuperate for the Diamond League final on August 31 in Brussels. He has qualified tied for third place with 21 points. He has a season’s best of 2.32m or 7ft, 7 1/4in. Not as active as the others, national record holder Steven Gardiner is the only other Bahamian qualified for the Diamond League final where is fifth on the list with 16 points. However, his men’s 400m will take on August 30 in Zurich. He goes in with the second fastest time this year of 43.87 behind American Michael Norman, who has ran 43.61.

FROM left, Rowshon Jones, Roy Colebrook, Teacha T Knowles, John Nixon, Wayne Price and Barron Musgrove.

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Commonwealth of the Bahamas has to be promoted in finding the next Kim Thompson, Barron Musgrove, Jay Major. Wherever we have good hills and long roads, we need to capitalize on them. “So we are going to take a proactive approach to the sport where we include the recreational cyclists and corporate Bahamas to get them more involved in putting on events where we can create a better relationship in the community. We also want to take advantage of social media where we can sensitize the public a little more on the things that we are doing in the sport to get them more involved.” Albury, who was introduced to the national team as an elite cyclist six years ago, said he’s happy to be able to give back to the sport that brought him some international exposure and recognition. “It’s also been awesome to watch the growth of cycling, both recreational and competitively in the Family Islands over the past few years with significant club membership in Freeport, Grand Bahama and Spanish Wells, Eleuthera,” said Albury, a native of Abaco. “As a result of the recent emerging Family Island interest in cycling, the BCF has had the foresight to have Family Island representation on this executive committee.” Albury, whose work has taken him throughout the United States, Saudi

Arabia and Australia, said he can attest that the Bahamas has some of the most naturally gifted young athletes in the world. “I look forward to working with this committee in identifying, developing our current and future cyclists and taking Bahamian cylcing to the next level.” Jones, who previously served as the assistant treasurer, said as the new treasurer, he will continue to do whatever he can do, especially in Grand Bahama where he reside, to get cycling to expand beyond its current borders in New Providence and Grand Bahama. “I’m looking forward to working with this new board,” he stated. “I feel that the board have some experienced and dedicated persons who can get the job done. So I feel that the federation is heading into the right direction and I will do whatever I can to make it more vibrant.” With its terrain for competition, Jones said Grand Bahama is definitely a mecca for the sport with the annual Tour de Grand Bahama every February, organized by the local association headed by Lyle Smith. But the manager/coach of the national team that recently participated in the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia in April, agreed that there are so much potential on the other islands to enhance their national programme. One of those islands is Exuma and John Nixon, who formed a local

organization at the LN Coakley High School, said they are willing and ready to make their contribution to the growth and development of the sport. He has helped to develop the Ride for Pombey by getting the students at the school involved. “I reached out to Roy and Barron because I was involved with both of them when we traveled to Carifta when I competed in the triple jump and they were on the cycling team,” Nixon said. “I know they have the intricacies that could help us in Exuma to produce some outstanding cyclists to compete at the national and international level.” Nixon said he’s excited to go back to Exuma with renewed enthusiasm, working with the federation. He said he intent to bring the executives to Exuma so that they elaborate on their programme and how they can get more of the cyclists to look at venturing into the sport and even getting scholarships to attend the University of the Bahamas. Teacha T Knowles, who reside in New Providence, but represented MICA, said they are prepared to get more cycling events on their islands and she’s willing to assist the federation in ensuring that the sport expand so that they can get more of the youngsters involved. Knowles said she was encouraged by what she heard from the programme presented by the federation and she is eager to assist in any way she can.

NEW CLUB, NEW COUNTRY AS KENTWAN HEADS TO DENMARK By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

BAHAMIAN pro basketball player Kentwan Smith is on the move again as he signed with a new club in a new country to continue his career. Smith agreed to terms with FOG Naestved of Denmark’s BasketLigaen the top level of basketball in the country. The 6ft 8in 26-year-old forward spent last season with a pair of teams in

Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Most recently he was a member of the country’s CAC team that finished sixth at the event in Barranquilla, Colombia last month. In the finale, a 90-76 loss to Mexico, Smith led the Bahamas with 21 points, shooting 7-for-13 from the field, 5-for-8 from the threepoint line and 2-for-4 from the free throw line. He also had 11 rebounds and three assists. He began last season with

BK Levicki Patrioti of the Slovak Extraliga (SBL). In 20 games he recorded 8.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. He also played six games in Alpe-Adria-Cup where he got 7.5 points and 4.5 rebounds. Smith’s team made it to the Alpe Adria Final Four. He followed with a brief stint in the NBL league in Czech Republic with JBC MMCITE Brno. Through nine NBL games, he averaged 9.6 points, six rebounds, 1.2 assists and one steal per game.

Smith spent the previous season with Finnish club, BC Nokia of the Korisliiga - the top level of basketball in Finland. He appeared in just 22 games into the season and left the team in January. In Finland he posted averages of eight points, 4.4 rebounds and one assist per game. His previous stop that year was as a member of Fuerza Guinda de Nogales in Mexican CIBACOPA. In 12 games he averaged 9.9 points and 5.3 rebounds but

left the team in May. In his first season as a pro, Smith was an impact player for his BC Timisoara Club in Romania’s Liga National. On the season, he averaged 14.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game while shooting 63 percent from the floor despite being sidelined for the last six games. The Liga National is the top-tier professional basketball league of Romania. At the national team level, Smith was also a

member of The Bahamas’ national team that finished 7th at 2016 FIBA Centrobasket tournament in Panama where they earned qualification for the aforementioned CAC Games. He has also represented Bahamas at the CBC Championships in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Smith spent his local high school career with the St George’s Jaguars before relocating to Piney Woods High in Mississippi and collegiately at Stetson University.

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HOUSTON Astros pitcher Justin Verlander works against the Oakland Athletics in the first inning of a baseball game yesterday in Oakland, Calif.

VERLANDER EARNS 200TH CAREER WIN AS ASTROS HIT THE TOP OAKLAND, California Associated Press JUSTIN Verlander pitched just well enough to earn his 200th career win and the Houston Astros hit five home runs, beating the Oakland Athletics 9-4 Sunday to avoid a sweep and retake sole possession of the AL West lead. The surging A’s had won the first two games at the Coliseum to tie shaky Houston atop the division. But Yuli Gurriel hit a threerun homer in the third inning and Evan Gattis, Alex Bergman, Marwin Gonzalez and Martin Maldonado later homered for the defending World Series champions. Maldonado also tripled and doubled. Verlander (12-8) gave up four runs in 5 1/3 innings while becoming the 114th pitcher with at least 200 career wins. Oakland’s Sean Manaea (11-9) was charged with six runs and nine hits in fourplus innings. DODGERS 12, MARINERS 1 Clayton Kershaw pitched seven sharp innings for his 150th career win, Justin Turner homered and drove in five runs, and Los Angeles routed Seattle. Kershaw (6-5) gave up four hits, struck out seven and walked one. The 30-year-old lefty with three NL Cy Young Awards improved to 150-69 in the majors. Turner extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a season-high four hits, including a three-run homer in the ninth inning with position player Andrew Romine on the mound. Kike Hernandez had an RBI single as part of the Dodgers’ five-run first inning against Roenis Elias (2-1). He added his 18th home run and a basesloaded walk as the Dodgers won for the third time in four games. BREWERS 2, CARDINALS 1 Mike Moustakas hit a two-run double, Jhoulys Chacin beat St. Louis for the first time in his career and Milwaukee edged the Cardinals. Milwaukee (69-57) snapped a three-game losing streak and moved back ahead of St Louis (6857) for the second National League wild card. The

Cardinals lost for just the second time in their last 12 games. Chacin (13-4) entered the game 0-7 with a 6.90 ERA in nine career games against the Cardinals, but shut them out through six innings as the Brewers avoided their first threegame sweep at St. Louis since July 1-3, 2016. John Gant (5-5) gave up two runs on six hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings. PIRATES 2, CUBS 1, 11 INNINGS Adam Frazier hit a gameending homer in the 11th inning, and Pittsburgh beat Chicago for a split of their four-game series. Josh Harrison grounded out and Adeiny Hechavarria struck out before Frazier drove a 3-0 pitch from Brandon Kintzler (1-3) deep to right. It was Frazier’s fifth homer of the season. The Cubs had a prime scoring chance against Richard Rodriguez (3-2) in the top half of the inning, but came up empty. Addison Russell was picked off third by catcher Elias Diaz, and Albert Almora Jr. struck out looking with the bases loaded with two out. NL Central-leading Chicago managed just one run in each game of the series, but took the first two behind strong pitching performances by Jon Lester and Cole Hamels. ROCKIES 4, BRAVES 2 DJ LeMahieu homered, German Marquez pitched seven solid innings and the Rockies closed out their first four-game sweep in Atlanta. Colorado improved to 30-16 since June 26, and each of those 46 games came against teams with winning records at the time. LeMahieu put Colorado in front with his thirdinning drive to left field. He has hit nine of his 11 homers on the road, including a tiebreaking solo shot in the 10th inning of Saturday night’s 5-3 win. Marquez (11-9) won his fourth straight road decision. He allowed two runs and five hits. Johan Camargo had two hits and two RBIs for Atlanta. Anibal Sanchez (6-4) struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings.

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HOUSTON Astros’ Yuli Gurriel, right, celebrates with Carlos Correa after hitting a three-run home run off Oakland Athletics’ Sean Manaea in the third inning of a baseball game yesterday. INDIANS 8, ORIOLES 0 Melky Cabrera hit a grand slam to cap a six-run fourth inning and Cleveland beat Baltimore for its AL-leading 13th shutout. Cabrera, batting righthanded against reliever Sean Gilmartin, hit a 1-1 pitch into the bleachers in left-center for the Indians’ ninth grand slam this season, moving them into a tie with Boston and Cincinnati for the major league lead. Mike Clevinger (9-7) pitched six innings and is 4-0 in five career starts against Baltimore. The right-hander allowed seven hits and struck out seven. Orioles starter Yefry Ramirez (1-5) allowed seven runs in three-plus innings. The rookie righthander was removed after the first five hitters reached base in the fourth. MARLINS 12, NATIONALS 1 Jose Urena made the most of his borrowed time, pitching a two-hitter for his first complete game in the majors and leading Miami over Washington. Urena (4-12) was suspended for six games by Major League Baseball after hitting Atlanta rookie Ronald Acuna Jr on Wednesday. Urena was ejected from that start after throwing only one pitch and appealed the penalty, keeping him eligible to play. Urena, tied for the NL lead in hit batters, didn’t plunk anyone on the Nationals. He struck out four, walked two and retired the last 16 batters. It was his first complete game in 74 big league starts. YANKEES 10, BLUE JAYS 2 JA Happ stayed unbeaten with New York by topping his former Toronto teammates, and Greg Bird hit a grand slam during a six-run

first inning. The Yankees completed a three-game sweep, but lost shortstop Didi Gregorius to an injured left heel. Gregorius was hurt when he collided with Toronto first baseman Kendrys Morales beating an infield hit in the first, and was taken to a hospital for evaluation. Rookie Miguel Andujar drove in two runs and backup infielder Ronald Torreyes, who replaced Gregorius, added three hits. Happ (14-6) was facing the Blue Jays for the first time since they traded him to the Yankees on July 26. The 35-year-old has won all four of his starts for New York. The Yankees’ first six batters each reached base against Ryan Borucki (2-3). RAYS 2, RED SOX 0 Jalen Beeks pitched four strong innings against the team that traded him last month and Tampa Bay limited Boston to two singles. Joey Wendle and CJ Cron homered as the Rays topped the AL East leaders for just the fifth time in 16 games this season. Six of those Tampa Bay losses have been by one run. Boston, which owns the majors’ best record, lost for only the fourth in 21 games and was shut out for the fifth time this season. Beeks (2-1) gave up one hit in relief, striking out three and walking two. Boston starter Hector Velazquez (7-1) gave up a run and three hits in four innings. RANGERS 4, ANGELS 2 Rougned Odor connected on a go-ahead, three-run homer with rain falling in the seventh inning, and Texas beat Los Angeles to wrap up a soggy weekend. Odor’s 15th home run of the season came minutes

before the second rain delay of a game that started 13 hours after the previous night’s game ended. The rain had just started for the third time in Sunday’s regularly scheduled game when Odor pulled a pitch from reliever Noe Ramirez (4-4) into the seats above the Texas bullpen in right-center field. Shohei Ohtani doubled and scored the run that put the Angels up 2-1 in the fourth inning. Three Texas relievers retired all nine hitters, starting with Matt Moore (3-6) in the seventh. DIAMONDBACKS 4, PADRES 3 AJ Pollock homered in the ninth inning, and Arizona beat San Diego to stay on top of the NL West. Pollock drove a 1-2 pitch from Kirby Yates (4-2) over the wall in left for his 16th homer, sending Arizona to its fourth win in five games. San Diego had tied it at 3 on Daniel Descalso’s solo homer off rookie Trey Wingenter in the eighth. Archie Bradley (4-4) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win, and Brad Boxberger retired the side in the ninth for his 28th save. The Diamondbacks remained a half-game ahead of Colorado, which won 4-2 at Atlanta. TWINS 5, TIGERS 4 Eddie Rosario hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and Minnesota connected three times in all, beating Detroit. Max Kepler and Jake Cave also homered as the Twins won for the fifth time in six games. Behind in the count 0-2 after two swings-and-misses to lead off the inning, Rosario launched the third fastball he saw from Alex Wilson (1-4) into the right field seats for his 22nd home run. Trevor Hildenberger

(3-3) relieved Taylor Rogers in the eighth and got James McCann on a grounder with two on to end the inning. He worked a scoreless ninth despite pinch-hitter Victor Reyes’ leadoff single and a walk to Jose Iglesias to complete the outing. WHITE SOX 7, ROYALS 6 Omar Narvaez homered and drove in the go-ahead run with a single off Brian Flynn (3-4), Chicago relievers tossed seven scoreless innings and the White Sox rallied from a six-run deficit. Avisail Garcia and Tim Anderson also homered for Chicago, which has won four of five. Hector Santiago (5-3) allowed just two hits in four innings of relief to get the win. Jace Fry, the last of six relievers, got the final two outs for his second save. Ryan O’Hearn, Whit Merrifield and Alex Gordon homered for Kansas City, which dropped to 2-13 in the rubber game of series this season. REDS 11, GIANTS 4 Eugenio Suarez hit a two-run homer during Cincinnati’s seven-run third inning, and the Reds swept San Francisco. Jose Peraza also hit a two-run homer for Cincinnati, which outscored San Francisco 18-5 in the last two games of the weekend set. Billy Hamilton tripled twice and drove in three runs. Reds right-hander Luis Castillo (7-10) struck out nine in 6 2/3 innings. He was charged with three runs, one earned, and six hits. San Francisco dropped its fourth consecutive game. Andrew Suarez (4-9) was tagged for seven runs, five earned, and seven hits in a season-low 2 2/3 innings.

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MANCHESTER RIVALS LOOK FAR APART AS UNITED SLUMP MANCHESTER City delivered yet another reminder that it is the team to beat in the Premier League this season. On Sunday’s evidence, winning the league title looks beyond Manchester United. A few hours after City thrashed Huddersfield 6-1 — mainly thanks to a hat trick by Sergio Aguero — United slumped to a 3-2 loss at Brighton after conceding three goals in a 20-minute span in the first half. City has already racked up eight goals in the first two games of its title defense. Aguero looks in peak form, fit-again Benjamin Mendy is in rampaging mood down the left, while coach Pep Guardiola had the luxury of starting Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez on the bench against Huddersfield. It looks a lot less rosy at the champions’ fierce rivals. United’s difficult

cut inside and chipped the opposition goalkeeper. City’s other scorers were Gabriel Jesus, who started up front alongside Aguero in a 3-5-2 formation, and long-serving playmaker David Silva, who curled in a free kick early in the second half. A miserable afternoon at Etihad Stadium for Huddersfield was wrapped up by Terence Kongolo’s 84thminute own-goal. City began its title defense by beating Arsenal 2-0 away last weekend, having earlier beaten Chelsea 2-0 in the seasonopening Community Shield at Wembley Stadium City’s clinic against Huddersfield was a tough act to follow for United and the sloppy display at Brighton highlighted the gulf between the rivals. Slow in possession, United fell apart in a woeful spell at the end of the first half when Brighton scored through Glenn Murray, Shane Duffy — from a

BOUQUETS and brickbats - a kiss for Sergio Aguero from Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, and a consoling handshake for Manchester United’s Romelu Lukaku from Brighton’s Shane Duffy, right. For Aguero, it was a peroffseason, notable for the especially sluggish. Mourinho failed to get formance sealed with a kiss. grumpiness of coach Jose Aguero had just scored Mourinho and the club’s a new central defender he struggles in the trans- craved, with his employers his third goal in a brilliant fer market, was briefly not prepared to spend any individual display when forgotten about thanks to more money on that posi- he was substituted by an opening-day 2-1 win tion. It might prove to be a Guardiola, who kissed the big mistake. Argentina striker on the over Leicester last week. After two games, City cheek as he walked past But the loss to Brighton exposed weaknesses in is one of five teams with a him. Aguero began the rout United’s team, particularly maximum of six points. Another is Watford, with a goal that started with its fragile defense in which center backs Eric Bailly which beat Burnley 3-1 a pinpoint 70-meter ball and Victor Lindelof — away in the other game forward from Ederson right to the feet of Aguero, who Mourinho signings — were Sunday.

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Statistics are for Nassau through 2 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 88° F/31° C Low .................................................... 79° F/26° C Normal high ....................................... 89° F/32° C Normal low ........................................ 76° F/24° C Last year’s high ................................. 90° F/32° C Last year’s low ................................... 75° F/24° C Precipitation As of 2 p.m. yesterday ................................. 0.08” Year to date ............................................... 34.88” Normal year to date ................................... 23.07”

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corner — and Pascal Gross, who converted a penalty after being fouled by Bailly. Romelu Lukaku had made it 2-1 with a glancing header following Luke Shaw’s bouncing shot from the edge of the area but United never looked like pulling it back in the second half as Brighton defended stoutly. Paul Pogba converted a penalty with virtually the last kick of the game. For the second straight year, Watford has made a fast start to the season. A 3-1 win at Burnley gave Watford a second straight win to open the season, moving the team to six points along with City, Tottenham, Chelsea and Bournemouth. Watford was in the league’s top four three months into last season before fading away. Andre Gray, Troy Deeney and Will Hughes scored the goals at Turf Moor, with James Tarkowski replying for Burnley.

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DJOKOVIC JOY AS HE FINALLY BEATS FEDERER IN CINCINATTI MASON, Ohio Associated Press

NOVAK Djokovic gave his racket to a fan and tossed his sweatbands into the stands. No need for mementos from this victory. The long-awaited Rookwood pottery trophy would be plenty. Djokovic finally mastered the one tournament that’s eluded him, beating nemesis Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday for his first Western & Southern Open championship. He got the better of a nostalgic rematch — they hadn’t played in two years because of injuries — and broke through in a tournament that Federer has won seven times, never losing a title match. “Thank you for letting me win once in Cincinnati,” he told Federer as they stood on court for the trophy presentation. After reaching the final five times and losing every time — three to Federer — Djokovic jumped and punched the air in celebration of his breakthrough. He’s the first to claim all nine ATP Masters 1000 events since the series started in 1990, something that had become his quest after so many close calls. “That’s what the headline should be about — this is such an amazing accomplishment,” Federer said. “He’s the first to do it. I think it’s very difficult to win Masters 1000s. These performances don’t come easy.” Djokovic leads their all-time series 24-22, doing better in the biggest matches. He’s 3-1 against Federer in Grand Slam finals

and 12-6 overall in championship matches, including wins at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2015. Djokovic completed a long comeback from elbow problems by winning his fourth Wimbledon title last month, then set out to get his hard-court game in order for the US Open. He got better as the rainy week went on in Cincinnati, playing his best at the end. “This seems to be a bit unreal, to be honest, to be back at this level,” he said. Federer’s serve had been untouchable all week — held for 46 consecutive games. Djokovic broke that streak to go up 4-3 in the opening set, prompting Federer to mutter angrily. Djokovic served out the set, and then traded breaks with Federer early in the second set. Federer’s game was off — 28 unforced errors — and Djokovic took full advantage. He broke him again to go up 4-3 and served it out. In the women’s bracket, top-ranked Simona Halep let a match point slip away during the second-set tiebreaker, and Kiki Bertens rallied for a 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2 victory in her first hardcourt final. Bertens served a 109 mph ace, flipped her racket away, fell to her knees and raised both arms. Moments later, she covered her face for a joyous cry, wiping the tears away with her sweatsoaked blue wristband. One point away from another loss, she had pulled off her biggest win, one that left her as stunned as everyone else. “I cannot find words for this moment,” she said.

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NOVAK DJOKOVIC, of Serbia, reacts after defeating Roger Federer, of Switzerland, during the finals at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, on Sunday. Photo: John Minchillo/AP