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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Truckers stave off elimination

NEW BABF PRESIDENT STRACHAN: ‘BOXING IS BACK IN THE BAHAMAS’

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

he Commando Security Truckers took the monkey off their back and put the pressure clearly in the faces of the defending champions C&S Hitmen to respond going into game six of their New Providence Softball Association best-of-seven men’s championship series tonight in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. Trailing 3-1 in the series, but leading 3-1 going in the top of the sixth inning, the Truckers took advantage of an ejection for unsportsmanlike conduct by Hitmen’s ace Alcott Forbes to surge to a 8-1 triumph on Tuesday night. The Hitmen still hold a 3-2 lead, but will play this pivotal game tonight with Forbes, who must sit out a game. “Like I said Saturday night, the Truckers are not going down just like that,” said Commando Security’s player/manager Olando McPhee. “We took advantage of his ejection tonight, although we felt we had this one in the bag and we hope to use that as a momentum for the next game.” In another pitching duel between two national team members, Thomas Davis (Truckers) and Forbes (Hitmen), Davis rode the three unearned runs he got from centre fielder Lamar Watkins, left fielder Angelo Watson and designated player Winston Seymour Jr in the fourth. To make matters worse, Watson singled and eventually scored the Truckers’ fourth run in the sixth on

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ON THE REPLAY: The Commando Security Truckers prevailed with an 8-1 triumph Tuesday night over the defending champions C&S Hitmen to avoid elimination - Hitmen lead the series 3-2 - going into game six of the best-of-seven championship series of the New Providence Softball Association in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. Photo: Terrel W Carey Sr/Tribune Staff

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE newly formed Bahamas Amateur Boxing Federation launched the first initiative of its new administration, headed by president Vincent Strachan. The federation will host a combined amateur and professional card at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on October 26. “Boxing is back in the Bahamas,” Strachan said. “I consider this a red-letter day for the sport because this will be a resurgence for amateur and professional boxing. We will be as we were before and even exceeded those expectations as the force in the region.” The card will feature 10 bouts, five professional. “We are looking forward to having an ideal selection of boxers to select from to represent the Bahamas around the region in Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana, and other places. This event will feature boxers from those countries as well. Supporting the amateur show will be a professional card that is being facilitated by promoter Chris Joy and his iFight Promotions.” Joy CEO of I Fight Promotions has also promoted events in other Caribbean islands and has now focused on the talent in the Bahamas. Joy said he already has a list of pro fighters that are eager to stage bouts in the Bahamas, including the brother of boxing’s most recognised names. “We have elite fighters from the Mayweather camp that have already agreed to fight. Justin Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather’s brother, has agreed to come here to fight and there will be others,” he said. While the list of fighters has yet to be solidified, the pro segment of the card will be highlighted by Meacher Major in the final fight of his career dubbed, “The Last Dance.” Major will face Martin Anderson of Jamaica in an eight-round lightweight bout.

Jazz Chisholm named D-backs’ Minor League Player of Year By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net A SEASON of milestones for Jazz Chisholm continued with organisational wide recognition by the Arizona Diamondbacks. The franchise announced this week that the 20-year-old shortstop was named its Minor League Player of the Year. He hit .272 (124-for-456)/.329 OBP/.513 SLG with 23 doubles, six triples, 25 home runs, 70 RBI, 39 walks, 17 stolen bases and 79 runs scored in 112 games between the Single-A Kane County Cougars and the Single-A Advanced Visalia Rawhide. A Midwest League midseason All-Star, Chisholm led all D-backs farm system players in home runs, and ranked among the leaders

in runs (3rd), triples OPS of .783 in 307 at (T-5th), RBI (7th), slugbats. ging pct. (8th) and walks In his final game with (T-9th). the Cougars, the No.2 His season will conprospect in the Diatinue in the Arizona Fall mondbacks organisation League with the Salt hit two home runs and River Rafters when the set career highs with five league opens October 9. hits and five RBIs. The Rafters have MLB Both Baseball Ameraffiliations with the Diaica Major League mondbacks, Colorado Baseball’s milb.com Rockies, Miami Marlins, highlighted Chisholm CHISHOLM Minnesota Twins and as one of the top minor Washington Nationals. league prospects across Chisholm began his season various leagues around the with Kane County in the Midwest country. League’s Western Division. His production was recognised He appeared in 76 games for by MLBPipeline.com and he was the Cougars and hit .244 with 43 named to the “Prospect Team of RBI, 17 doubles, four triples and the Week,” which honours the 17 doubles. Chisholm also posted best performances throughout the an on-base percentage of .311, minor leagues from the previous slugging percentage of .472 and week. He received a promotion

in July when the Diamondbacks assigned him to the Rawhide. Through 36 games with the Rawhide, Chisholm hit .329 with a .369 OBP, a .966 OPS, slugging .597, 49 hits, 10 home runs, two triples, six doubles, 27 RBI, scored 27 runs with nine stolen bases. The Rawhide eventually finished as runners-up in the California League Championship series to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. In his rookie season, Chisholm was also named to the annual Pioneer League vs Northwest League All-Star Game as a member of the Missoula Osprey. A torn meniscus cut short Chisholm’s 2017 season with the Cougars. Last year, he played in just 29 games - hit .248 with, three stolen

bases, slugging .358, an on-base percentage of .325, an OPS of .683, 12 RBI and one home run. “It gave me a way different perspective of the game,” Chisholm said to the Kane County Chronicle when he referenced the injury. “I used to give it all I can, and now, I’m trying to push the limit of that. “I’m not just giving it all I can, I’m giving it all I can give...It showed me that it’s baseball, it’s not you. It gave me way more love and respect for the game. “In 2018, my goal and my plan is to get in the majors by the end of the year,” Chisholm said in the offseason. “It has been a grind to get where I’m at. So I just have to continue to put my all in everything I do and just grind to represent the 242 the right way.”

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Truckers stave off elimination

PLAY ACTION: The Commando Security Truckers prevailed with an 8-1 triumph over the defending champions C&S Hitmen on Tuesday night to avoid elimination - Hitmen lead the series 3-2 - going into game six of the New Providence Softball Association’s best-of-seven championship series in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. Photos: Terrel W Carey Sr/Tribune Staff

FROM PAGE 1 a RBI sacrifice fly from Davis. They added three more to put the game out of reach in the seventh as Watkins and Watson scored on Seymour’s two-run single and catcher Garfield Bethel’s run-producing triple that sent Seymour Jr home. Thomas, by the way, didn’t complete the game, as first baseman Eugene Pratt came in to close the door on C&S in the seventh. As for the Hitmen, they only mustered one run on Forbes’ RBI single that picked up centre fielder Rodney Forbes, who drew a lead off hit by pitch in the fourth. They struggled to cross the plate again in the fifth before the drama unfolded in the sixth. On a call out play at first base by Michael Hanna, the Hitmen argued to plate umpire Crystal Taylor to no avail. Apparently, Forbes threw his glove in disguise and was tossed from the game. C&S manager Darren Stevens said he didn’t see exactly what happened, but they will have to abide by the rules. Despite the loss of Forbes, who was replaced by right fielder Keiron Munroe, Steven said it comes with the territory. “Sometimes that happens, but we have to roll with the punches and go from there,” he said. “We have to regroup. We will

regroup. Obviously it’s a big loss, but we hope that the team can rally around without him. We just have to come out and show some more fight. I still believe we can win the series.” If the Truckers go on to tie the series, the seventh and deciding game will be played on Saturday night. If the Hitmen prevail, they will join the Sunshine Auto Wildcats in repeating as champions. The Wildcats clinched their back-to-back

title over the Johnson’s Lady Truckers on Tuesday night, winning their series 4-1. While Sunshine Auto will go on to represent the NPSA in the Bahamas Softball Federation’s National Round Robin Tournament during the first weekend in November against the visiting Family Island teams, whoever wins the men’s title will also earn their berth to compete for the national championship crown.

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Good week for football, bad week for Pro Picks By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer IN what was generally a good week of football, minus those weighty roughing-the-passer calls, it was a bad week for Pro Picks. The quality of play vastly improved compared to the opening two weeks of the schedule. The prognostications were awful. Time to rally, and a good option is presented tonight with the best matchup of Week 4. The Rams have that look. They rank third in offense, sixth in defense. Their point differential of 102-36 is astounding. They can move the ball on the ground with Todd Gurley, or through the air with Jared Goff, Brandin Cooks and Gurley. Their defense is staunch, led by a powerhouse front. No weaknesses, right? Not exactly. Take a look at their cornerback situation, where both starters are hobbled and likely will be absent against the Vikings. Aqib Talib had surgery and Marcus Peters was helped off the field on Sunday. That means backups on the outside to cover the dangerous pair of Stefan Diggs and Adam Thielen. “We can call the same calls with those guys. In fact, we did in the (last) ballgame,” defensive

coordinator Wade Phillips said. “I feel confident in those guys.” We’re not quite that confident, particularly with Minnesota getting such a nasty wakeup call from Buffalo last weekend. Minnesota, ranked eighth in the AP Pro32, is a 6½-point underdog at the No. 1 Rams. Give us the points. RAMS, 30-28 KNOCKOUT POOL So the idea is to NOT get knocked out? Now we get it — after flopping with the VIKINGS last week, as did much of America. Let’s go with the JAGUARS. No. 29 San Francisco (plus 10 1-2) at No. 20 Los Angeles Chargers Niners losing Jimmy G is as big a hit as any team has taken this season. BEST BET: CHARGERS, 33-10 No. 12 Cincinnati (plus 5 1-2) at No. 18 Atlanta Bungles no more, Cincinnati is better than people think. Falcons are hurting. UPSET SPECIAL: BENGALS, 27-23 No. 2 Kansas City (minus 5 1-2) at No. 19 Denver, Monday night Too many points to lay for such a rivalry game, and in the Mile High City. CHIEFS, 24-20 No. 9 Baltimore (plus 3) at No. 14 Pittsburgh

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer

IN this file photo, Minnesota Vikings’ Kirk Cousins warms up before a game against the Green Bay Packers, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Cousins might not be an $84 million quarterback if Sean McVay hadn’t masterminded his development in Washington. The student meets the teacher tonight when the Minnesota Vikings and the Los Angeles Rams attempt to overcome their injury woes in a short-week NFC showdown. (AP) NFL could put this bitter matchup on every Sunday night and it would be entertaining. STEELERS, 30-24 No. 6 Miami (plus 6 1-2) at No. 10 New England

Lots of excitement in South Beach, dismay at North Station. Calm down. PATRIOTS, 20-19 No. 23 Detroit (plus 3) at No. 24 Dallas

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FOCUS ON ROUGHING THE PASSER GIVING NFL A BLACK EYE By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer

THE NFL is getting roughed up over its amplified enforcement of roughing-the-passer penalties that has generated head-scratching calls — and a season-ending injury to a defender trying to comply with the league’s mandate not to land fully on the quarterback. In the offseason, NFL owners asked the league’s competition committee to better protect their prized quarterbacks after Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr broke Packers star Aaron Rodgers’ collarbone in 2017. So the league dusted off a rarely invoked

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Can Matt Patricia outscheme dormant Cowboys as he did Patriots? COWBOYS, 17-16 No. 3 Philadelphia (minus 3 1-2) at No. 15 Tennessee Two banged-up firstplace teams. Carson Wentz makes the difference. EAGLES, 21-15 No. 11 Tampa Bay (plus 3) at No. 16 Chicago Toughest game to figure on this week’s schedule. BEARS, 24-23 No. 28 Buffalo (plus 10) at No. 13 Green Bay Bills won’t catch injuryravaged Packers napping as they did Vikings. PACKERS, 27-20 No. 27 New York Jets (plus 7) at No. 4 Jacksonville That loss in Cleveland could plague Jets for a while. JAGUARS, 24-16 No. 21 Seattle (minus 3) at No. 32 Arizona Cardinals will win a game. Just not this week. SEAHAWKS, 20-13 No. 30 Houston (plus 1 1-2) at No. 26 Indianapolis Texans will win a game. Just not this week. COLTS, 19-16 No. 22 Cleveland (plus 2 1-2) at No. 31 Oakland Raiders will win a game. Yes, this week. RAIDERS, 22-20 No. 5 New Orleans (minus 3) at No. 25 New York Giants Resilient Saints march through Meadowlands. SAINTS, 30-20

SANTA CLARA, California (AP) — The time to feel down about star quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo’s season-ending knee injury has passed. The San Francisco 49ers know they now must prepare to go ahead with the rest of what was supposed to be a promising season with backup C.J. Beathard at the helm instead of the player who immediately became the face of the franchise. “There’s a lot of people out there doubting us and counting us out,” Beathard said yesterday. “I think everybody in the building is excited and we’re ready to get rolling and win some games moving forward.” There’s good reason to doubt the 49ers, who were 1-10 last year under Brian Hoyer and Beathard before Garoppolo took over as starter following a midseason trade from New England. He immediately injected life into a struggling franchise by winning all five of his starts to end last season. The 49ers (1-2) rewarded him in the offseason with a $137.5 million, five-year contract and entered this season with high hopes that might have been dashed when Garoppolo blew out his left knee when he planted and tried to cut up field rather than run out of bounds late in a 38-27 loss at Kansas City. Coach Kyle Shanahan didn’t try to sugarcoat the gloom when he delivered the bad news to his players Monday, telling them it was understandable to feel down. The players appreciated that sentiment even if they know they must move on and prepare for Sunday’s road game against the Los Angeles Chargers. “It’s cool to see your head coach acknowledge that, yeah, we all feel it for a little bit,” fullback Kyle Juszczyk said. “That’s OK to acknowledge it but we don’t need to dwell on it. We just need to find what we need to do to get better.” The Niners under Garoppolo were a dynamic offense. They ranked sixth in the league in scoring and in yards per play in eight starts with him under center. That was a big jump after ranking in the bottom 10 of the league in both categories before Garoppolo took over.

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24-year-old rule that outlaws defenders from landing on the quarterback with more than half of their body weight. “It helps me out because I’m a quarterback,” said Deshaun Watson of the Texans. “But some of the calls are just kind of crazy.” So inconsistent, in fact, that Packers linebacker Clay Matthews , whose been whistled three times, suggested the league has gone soft. He argued that what constitutes a clean hit is anybody’s guess nowadays. Defenders who are only allowed to target a strike zone basically consisting of the torso now must also concern themselves with breaking the quarterback’s fall. Or at least doing a “gator roll” where they spin the QB as they tumble to the turf. The gator roll is “an unnatural move when you are trying to tackle a big guy” like Ben

Roethlisberger or Andrew Luck, said Bengals defensive coordinator Teryl Austin. “They will shrug you off.” Broncos linebacker Shane Ray said the gator roll isn’t even an option much of the time. “Sometimes you’re at an awkward angle or you might be pushed into him,” Ray said. “It’s chaotic in there when you’ve got all these bodies flying around.” Trying to keep the quarterback safe can also be dangerous to a defender, as it was Sunday when Dolphins DE William Hayes tore his right ACL trying to avoid landing on Raiders QB Derek Carr. “They don’t care about the rest of us getting hurt. Long as the QB is safe,” fumed 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman when he retweeted a video clip of Hayes getting hurt. “Let’s keep it honest, that rule is a tough rule to gauge,” Dolphins defensive tackle Akeem Spence said.

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Astros claim AL West title TORONTO (AP) — The Houston Astros clinched another AL West title and reached 100 wins for the second straight season, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 Tuesday night behind Alex Bregman’s two-run homer. Houston improved to 100-57 and was assured of first place hours later when second-place Oakland (9563) lost at Seattle. The Astros will open the Division Series at home against Cleveland on Oct. 5. The Astros need three wins in their final five games to break the franchise record for victories in a season, set in 1998. Houston is 18-4 in September and 54-22 on the road, both best in the major leagues. Roberto Osuna needed just six pitches in the ninth for his 20th save in 21 chances. Earlier Tuesday, assault charges against Osuna were dropped because the complainant, who lives in Mexico, made clear she would not travel to Toronto to testify. Josh James (2-0) allowed one run and four hits in five innings in his third big league start. Bregman went 2 for 5 and extended his club-record streak of reaching base safely on the road to 53 games. Bregman hit his 31st homer, a two-run drive in the first off Sam Gaviglio. Billy McKinney’s sixth homer cut the gap in half in the third, but Houston widened its lead in the sixth when Tyler White chased Gaviglio with an RBI single and pinch-hitter Evan Gattis had a sacrifice fly off Danny Barnes. Gaviglio (3-9) allowed four runs — three earned — and six hits in five-plus innings, his fifth straight winless outing. MARINERS 10, ATHLETICS 8 (11 INNINGS) SEATTLE (AP) — Pinch-hitter Chris Herrmann’s two-run homer in the 11th inning gave Seattle a 10-8 win over Oakland and clinched the AL West for Houston, leaving the Athletics with a wild-card matchup against the New York Yankees. Seattle overcame an 8-5 eighth-inning deficit and dropped the A’s 2½ games behind the Yankees for home-field advantage in the Oct. 3 winner-takeall matchup. Oakland had been 68-0 when leading after seven innings.

Denard Span hit a tworun double off Fernando Rodney in the eighth. Blake Treinen was one strike from closing out his 38th save in the ninth, but Nelson Cruz punched a two-out single, Ryon Healy reached when third baseman Matt Chapman bobbled his grounder for an error and Kyle Seager hit an RBI single. Treinen had allowed just one hit in his previous 13 appearances. Ben Gamel walked with one out in the 11th against Emilio Pagan (3-1), and Herrmann batted for Andrew Romine and sent an 0-1 fastball out to deep right-center field. Alex Colome (7-5) pitched the 11th for the victory. ROCKIES 10, PHILLIES 3 DENVER (AP) — David Dahl homered for a second straight night, a three-run shot in the third, and the Colorado Rockies vaulted into the final NL wild-card spot by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 10-3 on Tuesday night. The Rockies’ fifth straight win moved them a half-game in front of St. Louis for the second wildcard after the Cardinals lost 12-4 to Milwaukee. Colorado trailed the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers by 1½ games entering the night and still has a chance to win its first division title. The Rockies have five games remaining. The game-changing hit was delivered by Dahl, who lined a fastball from Vince Velasquez (9-12) to left for his 12th homer — nearly to the same spot where Dahl hit a two-run homer the previous night. Dahl also added a run-scoring single as part of a 3-for-5, 4-RBI evening. The Rockies used seven relievers, with DJ Johnson (1-0) getting one out in the third to earn his first big league win. BREWERS 12, CARDINALS 4 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Christian Yelich homered and drove in six runs, and surging Milwaukee hurt St. Louis’ playoff chances. Ryan Braun went deep twice and Jesus Aguilar also connected as Milwaukee won for the fifth time in six games and moved within one-half game of the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs. Manny Pina had two hits and drove in a run, and pitcher Gio Gonzalez contributed an RBI single

for just his fourth hit of the season. The Cardinals (87-71) fell one-half game behind the Colorado Rockies (8770), who beat Philadelphia 10-3, for the second NL wild card. Milwaukee (9167) leads Colorado by 3½ games for the top wild card. Milwaukee scored each of its first six runs with two outs. Aguilar and Braun hit back-to-back homers in the first off rookie Austin Gomber (6-2), and Gonzalez chased the left-hander with his hit in the fourth. Gonzalez lasted four innings. Taylor Williams (1-3), the third of seven Milwaukee pitchers, got three outs for the win.

dropping his average to .180. He hit a three-run homer off Jalen Beeks in a seven-run third inning, his first long ball since Sept. 10, and added an RBI single in the fifth. Severino (19-8) is competing for Masahiro Tanaka and J.A. Happ to start in the Oct. 3 winner-take-all game against Oakland. The Yankees opened a 2½-game lead over the Athletics for home-field advantage. Adeiny Hechavarria homered against Jake Faria (4-4) leading off the third. Luke Voit had an RBI double, Beeks walked Neil Walker with the bases loaded, Miguel Andujar hit a sacrifice fly and Sanchez

starter Spencer Turnbull, who allowed one run in six innings in his second major league start. Shane Greene earned his 32nd save. Twins reliever Trevor Hildenberger (4-6) surrendered four runs and retired one batter while giving up three hits and a walk. ROYALS 4, REDS 3 CINCINNATI (AP) — Hunter Dozier led off the ninth inning with a tie-breaking home run, lifting Kansas City over Cincinnati. Dozier’s 11th homer of the season, off Raisel Iglesias (2-5), left Kansas City needing two wins in its last

COLORADO Rockies’ David Dahl (26) is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after hitting a three run home run against the Philadelphia Phillies in the third inning Tuesday night in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) PIRATES 6, CUBS 0 CHICAGO (AP) — Slugger Kris Bryant exited with a bruised left wrist, Mike Montgomery got hit hard over four-plus innings and the Chicago Cubs stumbled again in their playoff run by losing to Pittsburgh. The Cubs missed a chance to clinch a franchise-record fourth straight trip to the postseason for the second time in as many nights. And their lead in the NL Central over Milwaukee shrunk to a half game, with the Brewers beating St. Louis 12-4. Chicago needed a win plus a loss by Colorado to Philadelphia to secure a playoff spot and extend a run that includes a droughtending World Series championship in 2016. But the Cubs lost for the fourth time in sixth games while the Rockies won 10-3. Bryant got struck by a pitch from Chris Archer (3-3) in the fourth inning and was replaced at third base in the sixth by Ian Happ, who had pinch hit in the fifth. Montgomery (5-6) gave up five runs and seven hits, and the Cubs got shut out for the 11th time this season. NATIONALS 9, MARLINS 4 WASHINGTON (AP) — Max Scherzer became the 17th pitcher since 1900 to strike out 300 batters in a season, reaching that milestone by fanning 10 in seven innings during Washington’s otherwise meaningless win over Miami. Scherzer (18-7) lowered his ERA to 2.53 by allowing one run in seven innings as he bids for a third consecutive NL Cy Young Award; he also won the 2013 honor in the AL for Detroit. The righty reached the 300-strikeout mark by getting Austin Dean to whiff on an 85-mph slider at the end of a 10-pitch at-bat for the second out of the seventh. Washington’s Anthony Rendon hit a three-run shot in the first inning off Jeff Brigham (0-4), increasing his season totals to 24 homers and 90 RBIs and extending his streak of reaching base to 33 straight games. YANKEES 9, RAYS 2 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Struggling Gary Sanchez drove in four runs for the first time since early April, Luis Severino won his 19th game and New York beat Tampa Bay to keep up its push for homefield advantage in the AL wild-card game. Sanchez had been 10 for 66 (.152) since returning Sept. 1 from a groin strain and 1 for his last 28,

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INDIANS 5, WHITE SOX 4 CHICAGO (AP) — Trevor Bauer took a step toward returning to Cleveland’s rotation for the postseason by tossing four effective innings, but Chicago overcame a two-run, ninth-inning deficit and beat Cleveland. Carlos Carrasco (1610) followed Bauer with his second relief appearance this season. Carrasco tossed one-hit, shutout ball through four innings and entered the ninth with a 4-2 lead before the White Sox scored three times and snapped a three-game losing streak. The White Sox need to win one of their last five games to avoid their first 100-loss season since 1970, when they went 56-106. White Sox starter James Shields allowed four runs on six hits and four walks in six innings. Reliever Ian Hamilton (1-2) got one out in the ninth to earn the win. BRAVES 7, METS 3 NEW YORK (AP) — Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning, Ozzie Albies homered in the eighth and NL East champion Atlanta rallied past New York for its sixth straight victory. Atlanta shortstop Dansby Swanson exited early with a sore left hand, and the Braves were held scoreless by Noah Syndergaard for six innings. But they jumped all over the Mets’ bullpen for seven runs in the next two innings to match their longest winning streak of the season. Mets captain David Wright was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list before the game but did not play even though he was available off the bench. Kurt Suzuki drove in two runs for the Braves, who trailed 3-0 before rallying against Robert Gsellman (6-3) in the seventh. Acuna’s two-run single off Drew Smith gave Atlanta a 4-3 lead. Dan Winkler (4-0) allowed a run in one inning for the win. TIGERS 4, TWINS 2 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Harold Castro’s first career hit started an eighthinning rally that led Detroit past Minnesota. Joe Mauer set the Twins’ record for reaching base. He singled in the first inning, reaching base for the 3,073 time in his career and surpassing Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew. Victor Alcantara (1-0) earned the win with a scoreless inning in relief of

five games to avoid tying the franchise record of 106 losses in a season, set in 2005. Kevin McCarthy (5-4) worked out of a basesloaded, no-out jam in the eighth and earned the win. The Reds loaded the bases again in the ninth with two outs against Wily Peralta. But Joey Votto grounded out and Peralta earned his 14th save. DIAMONDBACKS 4, DODGERS 3 PHOENIX (AP) — Eduardo Escobar homered off Kenta Maeda leading off the ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks tightened the NL West race. Los Angeles (88-70) had won 10 of its previous 12 games to surge into the NL West lead, but Colorado (87-70) pulled within a halfgame of the NL champions by beating Philadelphia 10-3. Chris Taylor hit a tying double off Brad Boxberger (3-7) in the top of the ninth.

Escobar sent a full-count fastball from Maeda (8-10) into the right-field seats, stopping Arizona’s fourgame losing streak. David Peralta had a tworun double and pinch-hitter Ildemaro Vargas lined a run-scoring single in the seventh inning for Arizona (80-78), which needs two wins to ensure consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 2007-08. Cody Bellinger hit a solo home run for the Dodgers. ANGELS 4, RANGERS 1 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani, Justin Upton and Kaleb Cowart drove in runs and the Los Angeles Angels rallied with four runs in the sixth inning to beat Texas. Noe Ramirez (7-5) earned the victory in relief. The Rangers took a 1-0 lead in the third when Joey Gallo hit his 40th homer of the season to deep center. Gallo has three more homers than singles (37) this season. Gallo became the fourth Rangers player to have back-to-back 40-homer seasons. GIANTS 5, PADRES 4 (12 INNINGS) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pitcher Madison Bumgarner had the first game-ending hit of his career, a pinch-hit single in the 12th inning that drove in Gorkys Hernandez, and lifted San Francisco. Hunter Pence homered and scored three times in what was likely one of his final games with San Francisco. Gregor Blanco had a two-run single and Evan Longoria added an RBI double. The Giants recorded their 10th walk-off win of the season, and won for just the fifth time in 22 games. Freddy Galvis had four hits and a walk, continuing his offensive surge for San Diego. Eric Hosmer added a two-run single. At 63-95, the Padres are assured of their worst record since 2008, when they finished 63-99. After Hernandez tripled off Rowan Wick (0-1), and without a position player left on his bench, Giants manager Bruce Bochy turned to his best hitting pitcher. Bumgarner took a called strike and then lined a sharp single past third baseman Myers to drive in the winning run.

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FRONT-RUNNER GERMANY FACES TURKEY IN EURO 2024 HOSTING VOTE By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer

JORDAN SPIETH, of the US, Patrick Reed, Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas, from left, walk to the 18th green yesterday during a practice round for the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris, France. The 42nd Ryder Cup will be held in France September 28-30, 2018 at Le Golf National. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

AMERICAN STARS SEEK EUROPEAN SUCCESS IN RYDER CUP By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — The American team at the Ryder Cup is one of the strongest ever. It features nine players who have combined to win 31 major championships, nearly half of those by Tiger Woods, who signalled his return last week by winning the Tour Championship. It has Dustin Johnson, who is back at No. 1 in the world. One of only three Ryder Cup rookies on the team is Justin Thomas, who already has won a major and reached No. 1 in the world. Europe? That’s the team that usually wins the Ryder Cup, especially at home. These are not “mops” on the European team, the word Thomas Bjorn used to describe two of his captain’s picks. Europe has five major champions, four players among the top 10 in the world. It can make a case as one of the best teams since the days of the “Big Five” in the late 1980s when Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam and Sandy Lyle began this run of European dominance.

But it’s not about what they achieved before getting to the Ryder Cup. It’s about who they become playing under a flag, for a tour, and playing for each other. “I think that the strength of Europe has been we all get behind one another, and even whatever differences we may have, we put them to the side for this week and we’re a cohesive unit,” Rory McIlroy said Tuesday. “And that’s the way we try to be.” These are two of the strongest teams, the first time the Ryder Cup has ever featured all 10 players from the world ranking. That only raises the anticipation when the matches start Friday on the first tee at Le Golf National before a grandstand that has just under 7,000 seats. Adding to the plot is that the Americans are defending champions for only the third time since 2002. Ultimately, the Ryder Cup is decided by who keeps the ball in play, especially with the thick rough at Le Golf National, and who makes putts. Europe, however, has a spirit about it that has allowed for a spotless record at home the last 25 years. Webb Simpson is playing his third Ryder Cup and already has

seen 23 players from Europe on those three teams. But it’s not about names. “I think they are strong every year in the Ryder Cup no matter who is on the team, or what form they are in,” Simpson said. “They have a great team, obviously. They get the Ryder Cup well. You know, 2016 was a great example of how we’re getting the Ryder Cup ... we’re getting a lot better.” The Americans showed that at Hazeltine, the first year after the Ryder Cup Task Force intended to build a model of continuity. It’s the European way, and the U.S. can only hope it will end 25 years of losing the Ryder Cup away from home. It helps that so many of their young players are friends outside the Ryder Cup, even outside golf. Thomas and Jordan Spieth have been close since they were 14 and picked to represent the U.S. at the Evian Junior Masters — in France, no less. Thomas and Rickie Fowler are neighbors in Florida. Brooks Koepka spent the Saturday night before his first U.S. Open victory on the phone with Dustin Johnson (it wasn’t a long conversation). “The American team has become a little more cohesive in the last few years, and I think

that’s to do with the younger guys coming on board and really embracing the Ryder Cup and making it a very important part of their careers,” McIlroy said. “You’ve seen Jordan and Rickie and J.T. and those guys. They hang out together. They spend a lot of time together, and it seems like the togetherness is just a little bit more than maybe it used to be back in the ‘90s and early 2000s.” Come Friday, it’s about making putts and winning the 18th hole, something Woods believes has held the U.S. back, especially overseas. Europe still likes to play the underdog role, even having won eight of the last 11 times in the Ryder Cup. It has reason to feel like one in France with such a loaded lineup the Americans offer. Then again, it was like that in 1997 at Valderrama when the Americans had five major champions and eight players among the top 15. Europe had two of the top 15 in the world — Faldo and Colin Montgomerie. Europe won. “Are we underdogs? Probably on paper we are,” Bjorn said. “But we still believe that we can win. We still believe that we can go out and do a job on the golf course. And we concentrate on us.”

Spieth says Ryder Cup win would make it a good year for him By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SAINT-QUENTIN-ENYVELINES, France (AP) — Jordan Spieth went the entire PGA Tour season without a victory, and he was the only American on the Ryder Cup team who failed to reach the Tour Championship. One week can still make this year feel like a success — by winning the Ryder Cup. “I think if I came out and played really solid golf this week, I would feel like I accomplished a lot this year,” Spieth said. “I would feel like I went to places where I needed to build back up and learn a lot from my own game, and the Ryder Cup is a situation where you’re playing almost every hole with the same feel as you get on a major championship Sunday in contention.” Spieth lost a share of the 54-hole lead at the British Open. He was on the verge of a record comeback at the Masters until he made bogey on the 18th hole for a 64 and settled for third place. Those were the lone highlights. He struggled with his putting for the first half of the year and never really caught up. He thought his game was rounding into form until he played poorly at the BMW Championship and wound up 31st in the FedEx Cup. “I just ran out of gas there,” Spieth said. “I should have taken more breaks in the playoffs this year, and I went something like 26 or 28 days from before New York through that Saturday afternoon of BMW, at least six-hour days on the course and gym.”

He took a week away from golf and then began slowly working his way back during the Tour Championship. “I was able to get that rest, look back on the progression that was being made and continue that going forward,” he said. “I don’t wish that it happened considering it was the end of season. If it was the middle of the season, I would have looked at it like a blessing in disguise. But I certainly wish I was at East Lake, no question. If anything, I will not take that week for granted and work that much harder not to miss it again.” TIGER AND PHIL Hold off on that return of a Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson pairing in the Ryder Cup. U.S. captain Jim Furyk said Wednesday it’s “probably not too likely.” Mickelson raised speculation the day before by saying he and Woods would welcome a chance to play together, adding that he knows the way Furyk is thinking without revealing what he knew. The question posed to Furyk on Wednesday was how he would feel about “dusting down Hal Sutton’s 10-gallon hat?” That was a reference to Sutton being the captain in 2004 when he sent out Woods and Mickelson twice, both losses. Sutton, who grew up in Louisiana and now lives in Texas, wore a cowboy hat that U.S. caddies had presented to him the morning the matches began. “I guess nothing’s out of the realm,” Furyk said. “They did play some golf yesterday. I think they both

JORDAN Spieth plays out of a bunker on the 14th hole yesterday during a practice round for the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris, France. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) mentioned it would be a lot better pairing than it was in the past. I’m not really from Texas, so we don’t wear a lot of 10-gallon hats in Pennsylvania. “I won’t ever say it wouldn’t happen, but it’s probably not too likely.” PLAYER OF THE YEAR Brooks Koepka now has at least one award from his season of two majors. The PGA of America announced Wednesday that Koepka won its points-based Player of the Year award. He effectively clinched that by winning the PGA Championship, just two months after winning the U.S. Open. Majors are worth 20 points, and winning two has a 50-point bonus. Justin Thomas finished second, 60 points behind. Dustin Johnson won the Vardon Trophy for the second time in three years for having the lowest adjusted scoring average. He was at 68.698, narrowly

defeating Justin Rose, who was at 68.993. The PGA of America award is different from the PGA Tour award, which is decided by a vote of the players. TIGER MEETS TIGER Tiger Woods met another Tiger. Woods took a break from putting at the Ryder Cup to meet the Junior Ryder Cup teams earlier in the week. As Woods shook the hands of the youngsters standing in a line, he reached a British player named Robin Williams, whose middle name is Tiger. “You’re a big inspiration to me, thank you,” the youngster said to Woods, who approached him and gave him a pat. Woods asked Williams, who is 17 years old and from Peterborough, England, if he would be conflicted when the Ryder Cup begins Friday. “You can root for Europe,”

Woods said, “but hope I go 5-0.” QUIET, PLEASE At some point this week, Bubba Watson will hit an opening tee shot that will be different from recent Ryder Cups. It will be quiet. Watson in 2012 at Medinah was the first player to encourage the massive crowd around the first tee to keep yelling as he was teeing off. The grandstands around the first tee at Le Golf National hold nearly 7,000 people. It will be loud. The problem? The tee shot at No. 1 is difficult and likely will be an iron instead of the big head of a driver, which is easier to hit for an opening shot. “It’s a lot easier when it’s a driver off the tee, but this hole, this is a different golf course, different setup,” Watson said. “I don’t want to get (the crowd) revved up trying to hit a bullet off the tee and fat it 20 yards down the fairway. They told me I can’t do it this time.”

GENEVA (AP) — Germany is favoured to beat Turkey in today’s 2024 European Championship vote after four years as front-runner in a campaign that explicitly mixed soccer and politics. A study of the two candidates published by UEFA last week boosted Germany’s case with Turkey falling short on an assessment of human rights, which is a new factor of tournament bidding. Still, Turkey put forward its strongest bid yet — backed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian government — after losing contests to host Euro 2008, 2012 and 2016. “President Erdogan is a great football fan,” Turkey’s top elected official at UEFA, Servet Yardimci, told The Associated Press in an interview. “We are in this strong position because of him.” While Turkey has never hosted a major tournament, Germany staged a popular 2006 World Cup and Euro 1988 as West Germany before the Berlin Wall came down. Germany’s bid relies on those World Cup stadiums and positive memories of a fan-friendly event that was hugely profitable for FIFA. On Thursday, it is expected that 17 UEFA executive committee members will vote in Nyon, Switzerland. Germany’s Reinhard Grindel and Turkey’s Yardimci cannot. • Here are some things for them to consider: CORE MESSAGE Germany says it is a stable, secure choice for UEFA and easy for fans to access in the center of Europe. Turkey believes it finally deserves a chance and gives UEFA greater access to markets in Asia. Germany stresses its strength on social issues, inviting comparisons with an Erdogan government which cracked down on free speech and removed many public employees from office. “The lack of an action plan in the area of human rights is a matter of concern,” UEFA said of Turkey in its evaluation report. However, the German soccer federation and fans have troubled relations with national team players Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan, whose roots are Turkish. The issue flared after the players posed for photos with Erdogan in London in May. STADIUMS Both candidates offer 10 stadiums to play the 51-game, month-long tournament. The German venues are already in use and only Dusseldorf was not part of the 2006 World Cup. Both Berlin (70,000 capacity) and Munich (66,000) can host the final. They hosted Champions League finals in 2015 and 2012, respectively. Of Turkey’s proposed venues, only Ankara is not in use after a sweeping stadium building program this decade. However, if Turkey wins, the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul would be rebuilt with an 85,000 capacity after it hosts the 2020 Champions League final. UEFA’s decision to award Istanbul the showpiece club game was seen by some as compensating Turkey ahead of a Germany win for Euro 2024.

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‘American Pie’ Mason Cox and Magpies in AFL final By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer THE Australian Football League grand final annually attracts a crowd of about 100,000 to the Melbourne Cricket Ground — the largest single-game attendance of any sporting event Down Under. This year the Collingwood Magpies, with a tall Texan as an integral part of the team, will attempt to win their 16th league title, tying them with Essendon and Carlton for most number of premierships. The Magpies won their last league championship in 2010. Their opponents on Saturday, the West Coast Eagles based in Perth, Western Australia, are trying to win their fourth league title in a competition that was first known as the Victorian Football League, with its beginnings in 1896. • Here are a few other things to know about the “Aussie Rules” championship match, the league’s 122nd:

ANOTHER SLICE PLEASE Collingwood fans will be hoping their “American Pie” — 6-foot, 11-inch (2.12-metre) Mason Cox — will have another match like Collingwood’s semifinal win last weekend over defending champions Richmond. Cox kicked three goals in the second quarter — the first player to achieve that feat at the senior level of Australian Rules football this season. The 27-year-old Cox, from the Dallas suburb of Highland Village, had his parents, Jeanette and Phil, among the crowd last weekend at the MCG, and they are planning to be there for the grand final. Chants of “USA, USA” rang out when Cox went on his scoring spree five minutes into the second quarter that helped increase Collingwood’s lead from 23 to 42 points. Cox, who first came to the attention of AFL scouts during a league combine in Los Angeles in 2014, said

“Nobody wants to watch a losing grand final, so I probably won’t watch it unless we win one,” Sheed said.

MASON COX, a 6-foot, 11-inch (2.12-metre) ruckman from Highland Village, Texas, celebrates during the game where he kicks three goals in the second quarter - the first player to achieve that feat at the senior level of Australian Rules football this season - to help the Magpies beat the defending champion Richmond in Melbourne, Australia, last week Friday. (AP) it’s a surreal experience to have his family watch him play in Australia. “This AFL thing is a bit crazy for the whole family,” Cox said, “and for them to be here for games like this and to experience it ... it’s something that we never pictured in my life.”

AFL title, says ignorance might be bliss for Cox. “The one thing that falls in his favour is that this isn’t a Super Bowl. It’s not an NBA Finals,” Pyke told Australian Associated Press. “It’s not a sport that he grew up thinking ‘Oh my God, I hope one day I’ll get there.’ It’s helpful to be a foreigner in that case. In some ways that is a positive thing.”

PYKE’S BEEN THERE Canadian rugby union convert Mike Pyke, who helped Sydney win the 2012

AFRAID TO LOOK West Coast midfielder Dom Sheed still hasn’t watched a replay of the club’s 2015 grand final flop. Sheed was only 20 years old and on the field when the Eagles came up against Hawthorn in that year’s decider, one that the Eagles lost by 46 points. Sheed has refused to watch the match in its entirety, but his position might change if the Eagles beat Collingwood.

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ORLANDO

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High: 86° F/30° C Low: 82° F/28° C

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High: 91° F/33° C Low: 80° F/27° C

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High: 89° F/32° C Low: 76° F/24° C

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High: 90° F/32° C Low: 79° F/26° C

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Statistics are for Nassau through 2 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 88° F/31° C Low .................................................... 77° F/25° C Normal high ....................................... 87° F/30° C Normal low ........................................ 74° F/23° C Last year’s high ................................. 89° F/32° C Last year’s low ................................... 77° F/25° C Precipitation As of 2 p.m. yesterday ................................. 0.09” Year to date ............................................... 42.02” Normal year to date ................................... 28.40”

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NASSAU

High: 89° F/32° C Low: 77° F/25° C

High: 86° F/30° C Low: 81° F/27° C

KEY WEST

High: 90° F/32° C Low: 84° F/29° C

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10:36 a.m. 10:53 p.m.

3.4 3.0

4:22 a.m. 4:57 p.m.

0.4 0.6

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11:21 a.m. 11:39 p.m.

3.4 2.9

5:03 a.m. 5:45 p.m.

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Monday

12:32 a.m. 1:08 p.m.

2.8 3.3

6:42 a.m. 7:40 p.m.

0.6 0.9

Tuesday

1:32 a.m. 2:12 p.m.

2.7 3.3

7:43 a.m. 8:45 p.m.

0.7 0.9

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8:51 a.m. 9:52 p.m.

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High: 85° F/29° C Low: 81° F/27° C

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ALL-NIGHT PARTIES The grand final begins at 2:30pm in Melbourne, or 12:30am on the east coast of the United States. Expatriate Australians in the US, along with American fans of the sport, are expected to once again crowd bars and restaurants across the country for what has become an annual, allnight party to watch the live telecast. This year, the United States Australian Football League, which has 10,000 members playing on or supporting 60 men’s and women’s teams in the US, is hosting “watch” parties in at least 29 cities. That includes Detroit, home of the USAFL’s Motor City Muscle, Madison, Wisconsin, where the Wisconsin Wombats play, and Dallas, home of the Dallas Magpies.

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GREAT EXUMA

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High: 85° F/29° C Low: 80° F/27° C

High: 88° F/31° C Low: 80° F/27° C

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High: 86° F/30° C Low: 81° F/27° C

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MAYAGUANA High: 86° F/30° C Low: 81° F/27° C

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CROOKED ISLAND / ACKLINS RAGGED ISLAND High: 85° F/29° C Low: 80° F/27° C

High: 86° F/30° C Low: 79° F/26° C

GREAT INAGUA High: 88° F/31° C Low: 80° F/27° C

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