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2B Saturday, June 29, 2019
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SPORTS
SCOREBOARD
Baseball/MLB STANDINGS
Braves 6, Mets 2
Atlanta
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New York
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Acn Jr. cf
5
1
1
0 McNeil rf
4
0
0
0
Albies 2b
5
0
0
0 Alonso 1 b
4
1
2
1
F.Frman 1b
3
1
2
0 Cano 2b
4
0
2
0
Dnldson 3b
3
0
0
1 Cnforto cf
4
0
0
0
Mrkakis rf
4
2
2
0 T.Frzer3b
4
1
1
0
B.McCnn c
4
0
0
0 D.Smith If
4
0
1
0
Riley If
3
2
2
2 A.Rsrio ss
4
0
0
0
Clbrson If
0
0
0
0 Nido c
4
0
2
1
Camargo ss 4
0
1
3 deGrom p
2
0
0
0
D.Swnsn ss 0
0
0
0 Font p
0
0
0
0
Soroka p
3
0
1
0 J..Dvis ph
1
0
1
0
Swarzak p
0
0
0
0 Gomez pr
0
0
0
0
Joyce ph
1
0
0
0 Gsllman p
0
0
0
0
Minter p
0
0
0
0 Nogosek p
0
0
0
0
L.Jcksn p
0
0
0
0 W.Ramos ph 1
0
0
0
Totals
35
6
9
6 Totals
36
2
9
2
Atlanta 021 000 030—6
New York 000 100 100—2
E—A.Rosario (12). LOB—Atlanta 6, New York
7. 2B—Markakis (17), Camargo (9). HR—Riley
(13), Alonso (28). SB—Acuna Jr. (12), F.Freeman
(2). SF—Donaldson (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
Atlanta
Soroka W,9-1 6.1 7 2 2 0 4
Swarzak H,10 .2 1 0 0 0 1
Minter 1 1 0 0 0 2
L.Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 1
New York
deGrom L,4-7 6 6 3 3 2 7
Font 1 0 0 0 0 1
Gsellman 1 3 3 3 0 2
Nogosek 100001
HBP—by Gsellman (Riley).
Umpires—Home, Mike Everitt; First, Bill Welke;
Second, Lance Barrett; Third, Roberto Ortiz.
Blue Jays 6, Royals 2
Kansas City
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Mrrfeld rf
N.Lopez 2b
A. Grdon If
H.Dzier 3b
Soler dh
Cthbert 1 b
Arteaga ss
Mldnado c
B. Hmltn cf
Toronto
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Sogard dh 4 1 2 1
Grrr Jr 3b 4 1 1 0
Grrl Jr If 4 2 2 3
Biggio 2b 3 10 0
T.Hrnan cf 4 0 0 0
Smoak 1 b 3 0 1 0
Grichuk rf 4 1 1 2
Galvisss 4 0 10
D.Jnsen c 3 0 1 0
Totals 35 2 9 2 Totals 33 6 9 6
Kansas City 000 011 000—2
Toronto 000 002 13x—6
DP—Toronto 1. LOB—Kansas City 8, Toronto 5.
2B—N.Lopez (8), A.Gordon (21), Maldonado 2
(13). HR—Maldonado (4), Sogard (9), Gurriel Jr.
2 (14), Grichuk (15). SB—Biggio (4).
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
Duffy L,3-4 6.2 7
Wi.Peralta .2 1
T.Hill .2 1
Toronto
Reid-Foley 5.1 5
Phelps .2 0
Biagini .2 2
Dan.HudsonW,4-21.1 1
Giles 1 1
WP—Reid-Foley.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pet
GB
WCGB
L10
Str
Home
Away
New York
52
28
.650
—
—
9-1
W-3
31-14
21-14
Tampa Bay
46
36
.561
7
—
3-7
L-1
20-19
26-17
Boston
44
38
.537
9
2
6-4
L-1
20-20
24-18
Toronto
30
52
.366
23
16
4-6
W-1
14-25
16-27
Baltimore
23
58
.284
29 1 /2
22 1 /z
2-8
W-1
10-30
13-28
Central Division
W
L
Pet
GB
WCGB
L10
Str
Home
Away
Minnesota
52
28
.650
—
—
5-5
L-1
26-14
26-14
Cleveland
44
37
.543
8 1 /2
1 1 / 2
7-3
L-1
25-18
19-19
Chicago
37
41
.474
14
7
3-7
W-1
20-17
17-24
Kansas City
28
54
.341
25
18
4-6
L-2
16-25
12-29
Detroit
26
51
.338
24 1 /2
17 1 / 2
1-9
L-8
11-28
15-23
West Division
W
L
Pet
GB
WCGB
L10
Str
Home
Away
Houston
50
32
.610
—
—
2-8
L-2
28-13
22-19
Texas
46
36
.561
4
—
7-3
W-6
28-15
18-21
Oakland
43
39
.524
7
3
7-3
L-1
24-19
19-20
Los Angeles
42
40
.512
8
4
7-3
W-4
22-18
20-22
Seattle
37
48
.435
14 1 /2
10 1 / 2
6-4
L-1
17-25
20-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pet
GB
WCGB
L10
Str
Home
Away
Atlanta
49
34
.590
—
—
6-4
W-1
24-17
25-17
Philadelphia
43
39
.524
5 1 / 2
—
4-6
L-1
27-17
16-22
Washington
41
40
.506
7
m
8-2
W-4
21-19
20-21
New York
37
46
.446
12
6 1 / 2
2-8
L-6
20-15
17-31
Miami
31
49
.388
16 1 /2
11
6-4
W-1
14-28
17-21
Central Division
W
L
Pet
GB
WCGB
L10
Str
Home
Away
Chicago
44
37
.543
—
—
5-5
W-1
29-16
15-21
Milwaukee
43
38
.531
1
—
3-7
W-1
25-17
18-21
St. Louis
40
39
.506
3
1 1 / 2
5-5
L-3
24-18
16-21
Pittsburgh
38
41
.481
5
3 1 / 2
7-3
W-2
17-19
21-22
Cincinnati
36
42
.462
6V2
5
6-4
L-4
19-17
17-25
West Division
W
L
Pet
GB
WCGB
L10
Str
Home
Away
Los Angeles
56
27
.675
—
—
8-2
W-1
34-9
22-18
Colorado
42
39
.519
13
1 / 2
5-5
L-1
22-16
20-23
Arizona
42
41
.506
14
1 1 / 2
4-6
W-2
17-22
25-19
San Diego
40
40
.500
14 1 /2
2
6-4
W-2
21-20
19-20
San Francisco
i 34
46
.425
20 1 /z
8
3-7
L-2
16-24
18-22
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Friday’s Games
Friday’s Games
Baltimore 13, Cleveland 0
Toronto 6, Kansas City 2
Texas 5, Tampa Bay 0
Washington 3, Detroit 1
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, late
Seattle at Houston, late
Oakland at L.A. Angels, late
Today’s Games
N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 5-5) vs. Boston
(Porcello 5-7) at London, 1:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Plesac 3-2) at Baltimore (Cashner
7-3), 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Bailey 7-6) at Toronto (Stroman
5-9), 4:07 p.m.
Texas (Sampson 6-4) at Tampa Bay (McKay
0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Washington (Voth 0-0) at Detroit (TBD), 4:10
p.m.
Minnesota (Pineda 4-4) at Chicago White Sox
(Nova 3-6), 4:12 p.m.
Seattle (Kikuchi 4-5) at Houston (Verlander
10-3), 8:15 p.m.
Oakland (Anderson 7-5) at L.A. Angels
(Skaggs 7-6), 10:07 p.m.
Atlanta 6, N.Y. Mets 2
Miami 6, Philadelphia 2
Washington 3, Detroit 1
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, late
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, late
L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, late
St. Louis at San Diego, late
Arizona at San Francisco, late
Today’s Games
Atlanta (Teheran 5-6) at N.Y. Mets (Matz
5-6), 4:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Quintana 4-7) at Cincinnati
(Castillo 7-2), 4:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Eflin 7-7) at Miami (Yamamoto
3- 0), 4:10 p.m.
Washington (Voth 0-0) at Detroit (TBD), 4:10
p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 7-1) at Colorado
(Gray 8-5), 8:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Lyles 5-3) at Milwaukee
(Woodruff 9-2), 8:15 p.m.
Arizona (Greinke 8-3) at San Francisco
(Pomeranz 2-8), 10:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Hudson 6-3) at San Diego (Paddack
4- 4), 10:10 p.m.
Marlins 6, Phillies 2
Philadelphia Miami
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h bi
ab
r
h
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Kingery cf
3
0
0
0 Rojas ss
4
1
1
0
Segura ss
4
0
0
0 H.Rmrez If
3
1
0
0
B.Hrper rf
3
0
0
0 Cooper 1b
4
1
3
2
Hoskins 1b
3
0
1
0 Bri .And rf
4
1
2
3
Ralmuto c
4
0
0
0 N.WIker 3b
3
0
0
0
Bruce If
4
0
1
0 N.Andrs p
0
0
0
0
C.Hrnan 2b
4
0
0
0 Grndrsn ph
1
0
0
0
Franco 3b
3
1
1
0 Romo p
0
0
0
0
Vlsquez p
2
1
1
2 S.Cstro 2b
4
0
1
0
E.Grcia p
0
0
0
0 Alfaro c
4
0
0
0
B.MIIer ph
1
0
0
0 Riddle cf
3
1
1
1
J.AIvrz p
0
0
0
0 E.Hrnnd p
1
0
0
0
Hunter p
0
0
0
0 J.Grcia p
0
0
0
0
Brice p
0
0
0
0
Rivera ph-3b0
1
0
0
Totals
31
2
4
2 Totals
31
6
8
6
Philadelphia 000 020 000—2
Miami 102 010 20x—6
DP—Philadelphia 1. LOB—Philadelphia 5,
Miami 4. 2B—Bruce (16), Franco (11), Cooper
(5), Bri.Anderson (17). HR—Velasquez (1), Bri.
Anderson (11), Riddle (6).
IP H R ER BB SO
Philadelphia
Velasquez L,2-54.1 6
E.Garcia 1.2 0
J.AIvarez 1 2
Hunter 1 0
Miami
E.Hernandez W,1-2 5.2
7
4 4 2 6
0 0 0 2
2 2 11
0 0 0 1
3 2 2 2
J.Garcia H,1 .1 0
Brice H,5 1 0
N.Anderson 1 0
Romo 1 1
0 1
0 0
0 2
0 1
HBP—by E.Hernandez (Kingery). WP—J.AIvarez.
Orioles 13, Indians 0
Cleveland
ab r h bi
Lindorss 4 0 0 0
M.Frman 3b 0 0 0 0
Mercado cf 4 0 2 0
C.Sntna 1b 3 0 10
Luplow rf 3 0 0 0
Kipnis 2b 4 0 10
R.Perezc 4 0 10
B.Brdly dh 4 0 10
Chang3b-ss3 0 0 0
Bauers If
Totals
Baltimore
ab r h bi
Villarss 3 3 10
Smth Jr If 4 1 1 1
Mancini 5 110
Sisco c 5 3 3 5
Sntnder rf 4 2 3 4
R. Ruiz 3b 4 1 3 1
Alberto 2b 5 0 2 2
C.Davis 1b4 0 1 0
S. WIkrs cf 4 2 1 0
3 0 0 0
32 0 6 0 Totals 38 131613
Cleveland 000 000 000—0
Baltimore 440 000 14x—13
E—Villar (11). DP—Baltimore 2. LOB—
Cleveland 7, Baltimore 6. 2B—Mercado (9),
Sisco (5), Santander (5), Alberto (10), S.Wilkerson
(7). HR—Sisco (3), Santander (3). SB—Villar
(16). SF—Smith Jr. (3).
IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland
Clevinger L,1 -21.2 5
T.OIson 1.1 2
Plutko 4.2 9
A.Cole .1 0
Baltimore
Means W,7-4 5 1
Kline 2 3
P.Fry 1 1
M.Castro 1 1
7 7 3 2
110 2
5 5 11
0 0 0 0
0 0 15
0 0 10
0 0 0 2
0 0 0 1
League leaders
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING—Bellinger, Los Angeles, .356;
McNeil, New York, .341; Yelich, Milwaukee, .335;
Blackmon, Colorado, .330; KMarte, Arizona, .320;
Dahl, Colorado, .319; Freeman, Atlanta, .315;
Arenado, Colorado, .313; Bell, Pittsburgh, .311;
Rendon, Washington, .302.
RUNS—Bellinger, Los Angeles, 66; Story,
Colorado, 65; Yelich, Milwaukee, 63; Freeman,
Atlanta, 62; Bell, Pittsburgh, 61; Bryant, Chicago,
61; Rendon, Washington, 60; Acuna Jr., Atlanta,
59; Blackmon, Colorado, 58; Arenado, Colorado,
57.
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL
— Suspended free agent LHP Christian Aragon
has received an 80-game suspension without
pay after testing positive for Methasterone, a
performance-enhancing substance; Cleveland
minor league RHP Matthew Solter (Lynchburg-
Carolina) 80 games after testing positive for
Clomiphene; and Philadelphia minor league
RHPs Engel Estevez (GCL) and Robinson
Martinez (GCL) and C Carlos Oropeza (GCL) 25
games each for their violations of the Minor
League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated LHP John
Means from the 10-day IL.
BOSTON RED SOX — Signed LHP Chris
Murphy; RHPs Cody Scroggins, Reed Harrington,
Mason Duke and Casey Sutherland; and SS
Daniel Bakst to minor league contracts.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed SS Tim
Anderson on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June
26. Designated 1B/DH Yonder Alonso for assign
ment. Purchased the contract of LHP Ross
Detwiler from Charlotte (IL). Recalled OF Daniel
Palka from Charlotte. Signed 1B Andrew Vaughn
and RHPs Matthew Thompson and Andrew
Dalquist to minor league contracts.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Activated RHP Mike
Clevinger from the 10-day IL. Recalled INF Yu
Chang from Columbus (IL). Placed INF Jose
RamiRez on the paternity list. Optioned RHP Jon
Edwards to Columbus.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed RHP Brad
Peacock on the 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Reymin
Guduan from Round Rock (PCL).
MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed OF Eddie
Rosario on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 27.
Activated INF Ehire Adrianza from the 10-day IL.
TEXAS RANGERS — Claimed LHP Jesse
Biddle off waivers from Seattle. Transferred LHP
Jeffrey Springs to the 60-day IL. Released LHP
Drew Smyly after he cleared waivers.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Reinstated 1B Justin
Smoak from the 10-day IL. Optioned OF Billy
McKinney to Buffalo (IL).
National League
CINCNNATI REDS — Placed C Tucker
Barnhart on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June
23. Reinstated 2B Scooter Gennett from the
60-day IL.
MIAMI MARLINS — Reinstated C Jorge Alfaro
from the 7-day concussion IL. Optioned C Wilkin
Castillo to New Orleans (PCL). Placed RHP
Tayron Guerrero on the 10-day IL, retroactive
to June 27. Recalled RHP Jeff Brigham from
New Orleans.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Recalled RHP
Corbin Burnes, 2B Keston Hiura and INF/OF
Tyler Saladino from San Antonio (PCL). Optioned
INF Travis Shaw to San Antonio. Placed RHP
Jimmy Nelson on the 10-day IL, retroactive to
June 26. Designated INF/OF Hernan Perez for
assignment.
NEW YORK METS — Signed RHP Matt Allan to
a minor league contract.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated 1B
Ryan Zimmerman from the 10-day IL. Optioned
OF Michael A. Taylor to Harrisburg (EL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL — Promoted Bobby Gallo to senior vice
president of club business development; Trade
Rodburg to senior vice president of sponsorship
management; and Michael Signora to senior
vice president of football and international com
munications. Suspended Los Angeles Rams OL
Aaron Neary the first four games of the season
for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy.
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed OT Brant
Weiss. Waived-injured OL Koda Martin.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Re-signed G Alex
Nedeljkovic to a two-year contract. Announced
the team has mutally agreed to part ways with
Charlotte (AHL) coach Mike Vellucci.
COLORADO AVALANCHE — Acquired F
Andre Burakovsky from Washington for F Scott
Kosmachuk and 2020 second- and 2020 third-
round draft picks.
OTTAWA SENATORS — Named Jesse
Winchester player development coach and
Clarke MacArthur part-time player develop
ment coach.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed F Kasperi
Kapanen to a three-year contract extension and
F Andreas Johnsson to a four-year contract
extension.
Golf/PGA
Friday’s scores
At Detroit Golf Club
Detroit
Purse: $7.3 million
Yardage: 7,340; Par 72
Second Round
Nate Lashley
63-67—130
-14
Cameron Champ
66-65—131
-13
Charles Howell III
65-67—132
-12
Ryan Armour
64-69—133
-11
J.T. Poston
70-63—133
-11
Peter Malnati
68-66—134
-10
Byeong Hun An
68-66—134
-10
Rory Sabbatini
65-69—134
-10
Joaquin Niemann
68-66—134
-10
Harris English
66-68—134
-10
Jonas Blixt
67-68—135
-9
J.B. Holmes
67-68—135
-9
Cameron Tringale
68-67—135
-9
Chase Wright
65-70—135
-9
Wes Roach
67-68—135
-9
Martin Piller
66-69—135
-9
Doc Redman
68-67—135
-9
Ted Potter, Jr.
68-67—135
-9
Hideki Matsuyama
68-67—135
-9
Sepp Straka
68-67—135
-9
Bronson Burgoon
66-70—136
-8
Golf/Champions Tour
Friday
At The Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame
South Bend Ind.
Purse: TBA
Yardage: 6,943; Par 70
Second Round
a-denotes amateur
Steve Strieker
62-64-
-126
-14
Jerry Kelly
64-64-
-128
-12
David Toms
62-67-
-129
-11
Retief Goosen
66-65-
-131
-9
Chris DiMarco
66-66-
-132
-8
Bob Estes
67-65-
-132
-8
Kirk Triplett
64-68-
-132
-8
Duffy Waldorf
65-69-
-134
-6
Bernhard Langer
66-68-
-134
-6
Billy Andrade
66-68-
-134
-6
Tommy Armour III
69-65-
-134
-6
Mark R. Brown
66-69—135
-5
Joe Durant
67-69—136
-4
Paul Goydos
67-69—136
-4
Jeff Gallagher
69-67-
-136
-4
Steve Jones
71-66—137
-3
Kevin Sutherland
67-70—137
-3
Tom Lehman
68-69—137
-3
Jeff Maggert
70-67-
-137
-3
Torn Suzuki
65-72-
-137
-3
Woody Austin
68-69—137
-3
Tom Watson
69-68—137
-3
TODAY ON TV
BASEBALL RACING
■ Braves at Mets,
4:10 p.m., Fox Sports
South
■ Yankees vs. Red
Sox, 1 p.m., Fox
■ Nationals at Tigers,
4 p.m., Fox Sports 1
■ Pirates at Brewers,
8 p.m., Fox
■ NASCAR XFINITY Series, Chicagoland Practice,
11 a.m., NBCSN
■ NASCAR XFINITY Series, Chicagoland
Qualifying, noon, NBCSN
■ NASCAR XFINITY Series, Chicagoland Practice,
2 p.m., NBCSN
■ NASCAR XFINITY Series: Camping World 300,
3:30 p.m., NBCSN
■ NASCAR XFINITY Series, Chicagoland
Qualifying, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
US capitalizes on pair of
goals by Rapinoe for win
ALESANDRO TARANTINO I The Associated Press
The United States’ Alex Morgan, left, takes on France’s Griedge Mbock Bathy during the
Women’s World Cup quarterfinal soccer match on Friday in Paris.
With victory over France, US
moves into semifinals in Paris
Associated Press
Controversy didn’t drive
Megan Rapinoe, the big
moment did.
Rapinoe turned turmoil
into triumph Friday night,
scoring twice in the much-
anticipated clash with host
France to send the defend
ing champion United States
into the semifinals of the
Women’s World Cup with a
2-1 victory.
Two days earlier, Rapinoe
had been called out on social
media by President Donald
Trump after video surfaced
of her saying she wouldn’t
visit the White House if
the United States won the
tournament, and the critics
pounced. Rapinoe shrugged
them off by facing the crowd
with her arms raised in cele
bration after both her goals.
“I don’t really get ener
gized by haters or all that, I
feel there are so many more
people that love me,” she
said with a laugh. “I’m more
energized by that.”
Now the top-ranked
Americans are headed to
Lyon to face No. 3 Eng
land in a semifinal match
Tuesday.
France had been vying
to become the first nation
to simultaneously hold the
men’s and women’s World
Cup trophies but fell well
short as their aggressive
play, home-field advantage
and flag-waving crowd that
belted out La Marseillaise
failed to faze the ever-confi-
dent U.S. team.
Rapinoe, her hair high
lighted with a pastel pink,
scored on a free kick in the
fifth minute that bounced
between French players
and past goalkeeper Sarah
Bouhaddi.
She did it again in the 65th
minute after blasting a cross
from Tobin Heath that Bou
haddi dove for but couldn’t
stop. It was her fifth goal of
the tournament.
Fourth-ranked France
pulled back on Wendie
Renard’s header off
Gaetane Thiney’s free kick
in the 81st. It was the 6-foot-2
defender’s fourth World
Cup goal and gave the home
crowd at the sellout Parc des
Princes hope.
“I mean, you have to give
it up to the French team. I
think they outplayed us for
sure with the ball, but we
were so good defensively, so
strong. We hit them where it
hurt. We took our chances,”
Rapinoe said. “This team
— unreal, unreal amount of
heart.”
The U.S. team is used to
grabbing attention both on
and off the field. Rapinoe
was caught up in a contro
versy this week when a
video surfaced of her using
an expletive while vowing
not to visit the White House.
While the interview was
from January, it attracted
the president’s attention
and he tweeted: “Megan
should never disrespect our
Country, the White House,
or our Flag, especially since
so much has been done for
her & the team.” Trump
also said he would invite the
team, win or lose.
A day before the match,
Rapinoe said she stood
by her comments , except
the coarse language. Rapi
noe, who also had a pair of
goals on penalty kicks in
the United States’ 2-1 vic
tory over Spain to open the
knockout stage, even sug
gested the uproar might
help her team. “I think, if
anything, it just fires every
body up a little bit more,”
she said.
Coach Jill Ellis said Rapi-
noe’s night was typical of the
outspoken 33-year-old play
ing in her third World Cup.
“She’s just a big personal
ity on and off the pitch and
I think she honestly thrives
off these big moments,” Ellis
said.
The United States went to
a five-player backline and
repeatedly kept the aggres
sive French team at bay.
Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher
was stellar in the second
half, fighting off a flurry
of attempts until Renard’s
header.
RECEIVERS
■ Continued from 1B
are making the big bucks. Now, the newness
reaches another level of prominence.
Remember when Fromm admitted at the
opening of spring practice that preparation
might’ve been “boring” at times?
There are plenty of new faces (well, many of
whom have been in the program and haven’t
yet played): Tommy Bush, Trey Blount, Matt
Landers, Lawrence Cager and Willie Erdman
to name a few. At the season’s first kick, many
of those players could be placed into new roles
and will need time to ease into them. Geor
gia’s schedule allows for that time.
The Bulldogs open the season with contests
against Vanderbilt, Arkansas State and Mur
ray State. Those games of lighter contention
allow some time for the offense to gain some
traction under newly-named offensive coor
dinator James Coley and a new wave of play
ers on the perimeter. Aside from the Notre
Dame contest (fourth week of the season), all
of Georgia’s tough in-conference tests come in
the season’s latter half.
A LOT OF TALENT PRESENT: Without
Holloman, Georgia’s wide receiver room
remains to show potential for production.
Some are proven producers. Others haven’t
done so yet, but enter the program with a
highly-touted recruiting status or have dis
played promise on the practice field.
Senior Tyler Simmons emerges as the most
obvious target. He scattered a few highlight
games throughout his junior campaign and
recorded 138 receiving yards and 131 rushing
yards. Demetris Robertson likely carries the
most anticipation and highest expectations
entering 2019 as a former five-star prospect
with a blazing element of speed.
GOLF
Strieker settles into first
place at US Senior Open
The boys from Madison are making
it look easy at Notre Dame in the U.S.
Senior Open.
For the second straight day, Steve
Strieker and Jerry Kelly, friends and
competitors since their junior years
in Madison, Wisconsin, took apart the
rain-softened Warren Golf Course, each
carding bogey-free rounds of 6-under 64
in the second round Friday morning.
Strieker broke the tournament
36-hole record at 14-under 126, a day
after shooting an event-record 62 for
a share of the first-round lead with
defending champion David Toms.
Kelly, a playoff winner over Strieker
and Retief Goosen last week in the Mad
ison event that Strieker hosts, was two
strokes back.
Lashley keeps lead at
Rocket Mortgage Classic
Nate Lashley shot a 5-under 67 on
Friday to top the Rocket Mortgage Clas
sic leaderboard for the second straight
day.
Lashley had a 14-under 130 total at
Detroit Golf Club.
Cameron Champ was a stroke back
after a 65.
He played the front nine in 8-under
28, matching the lowest nine-hole score
on the PGA Tour this season.
Champ was under par for six holes,
matching a mark this season on the
tour, after opening with a par.
Associated Press
GOLF
■ European Tour: Andalucia Masters, 8 a.m., Golf
Channel
■ PGA Tour: Rocket Mortgage Classic, 1 p.m.,
Golf Channel
■ PGA Tour: Rocket Mortgage Classic, 3 p.m.,
CBS
■ LPGA Tour: Walmart NW Arkansas
Championship, 3 p.m., Golf Channel
■ U.S. Senior Open: Third Round, 3 p.m., Fox
Sports 1
■ U.S. Senior Open: Third Round, 4 p.m., Fox
■ Korn Ferry Tour Golf: Utah Championship,
6 p.m., Golf Channel
SOCCER
■ Women’s World Cup: Italy
vs. Netherlands, 9 a.m., Fox
Sports 1
■ Women’s World Cup:
Germany vs. Sweden,
12:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1
■ CONCACAF Gold Cup:
Haiti vs. Canada, 7 p.m., Fox
Sports 1
■ CONCACAF Gold Cup:
Mexico vs. Costa Rica,
10 p.m., Fox Sports 1
BRAVES
■ Continued from 1B
runs and seven hits in 6 ]/ 3
innings to win his ninth deci
sion in a row after dropping
his season debut. He struck
out four, walked none and
showed no ill effects after
exiting his previous start
early because he was hit on
the forearm by a pitch.
New York shaved the def
icit to 3-2 on an RBI single
by Tomas Nido that chased
Soroka, who made another
strong case to be included
on the National League All-
Star team when pitchers
and reserves are revealed
Sunday.
The Mets loaded the bases
with one out but Anthony
Swarzak, traded by New
York last offseason, struck
out Jeff McNeil and retired
Alonso on a line drive to left
field to preserve the lead.
Riley, another impressive
rookie, hit his 13th home
run in the second after
Nick Markakis doubled off
deGrom (4-7).
MIRACLE METS: In a
pregame ceremony Satur
day, the Mets will commem
orate the 50th anniversary
of their 1969 World Series
championship, with about
15 members of that team
expected back. A little ear
lier, Jerry Koosman, Cleon
Jones and Jerry Grote are
among the former players
planning to be on hand when
the Miracle Mets receive
the key to the city from New
York Mayor Bill de Blasio.