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Monday, August 2, 2021 SECTION B Paul Farmer . Sports Editor . 427.6926

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Monday’s TV sports

Baseball MLB •Cleveland at Toronto, MLB, noon •Philadelphia at Washington, ESPN, 4 p.m. •San Francisco at Arizona, NBCSBA, 6:30 p.m. Basketball NBA Summer League •Miami vs. L.A. Lakers, ESPN2, 5 p.m. •Sacramento vs. Golden State, ESPN2, 8 p.m. The Basketball Tournament •Championship, ESPN, 6 p.m. Olympics •Women’s soccer, semifinals, USA, 4 a.m. •Diving, women’s springboard final; beach volleyball; women’s gymnastics, finals in vault and uneven bars; track and field, finals in men’s long jump and women’s 100 hurdles and more, Ch. 3, 4:05 a.m. •Equestrian, individual jumping final, NBCSN, 4:45 a.m. •Men’s golf, fourth round, GOLF, 5 a.m. (replay) •Badminton, men’s singles gold medal game,

NBCSN, 5:45 a.m. •Weightlifting, final in women’s 87kg class; beach volleyball, round of 16, USA, 6 a.m. •Women’s soccer, semifinals, NBCSN, 7 a.m. (replay) •Women’s kayak, single 200m, men’s canoe double 1000, men’s kayak single 1000 and women’s K-2 500 heats and quarterfinals, USA, 8 a.m. •Beach volleyball, round of 16, NBCSN, 9 a.m. (delayed) •Equestrian, eventing and jumping finals; early round matches in men’s beach volleyball and water polo;

Men’s springboard diving, qualifying; men’s gymnastics, finals in vault and rings, Ch. 3, 10 a.m. •Women’s handball, Spain vs. Russician Olympic

Committee, USA, 10 a.m. •Women’s badminton, doubles gold medal game,

NBCSN, 10 a.m. •Equestrian, jumping final, NBCSN, 11 a.m. (replay) •Weightlifting, final in 87kg and 87+kg events, USA, 11:15 a.m. •Wrestling, medals awarded in Greco-Roman 60kg and 130kg, women’s freestyle 76kg, semifinals in three other divisions, USA, 12:15 p.m. •Women’s basketball, United States vs. France, USA, 1 p.m. (replay) •Women’s field hockey, quarterfinals, NBCSN, 1 p.m. (replay) •Women’s handball, Netherlands vs. Montenegro,

NBCSN, 2:15 p.m. (delay) •Women’s soccer, semifinals, USA, 3 p.m. (replay) •Men’s badminton, singles gold medal game, NBCSN, 3:30 p.m. (replay) •Women’s beach volleyball, quarterfinals; track and field, finals in men’s 400 hurdles, women’s long jump and more; Women’s gymnastics, floor final,

Ch. 3, 5 p.m. •Men’s water polo, Greece vs. Germany, NBCSN, 5 p.m. (replay) •Track and field, finals in men’s 400 hurdles and women’s long jump; first round in men’s 200, men’s 1500 and women’s 400 and more, CNBC, 5 p.m. •Women’s volleyball, United States vs. Italy, NBCSN, 6 p.m. (replay) •Diving, men’s springboard semifinals, USA, 8 p.m. •Women’s basketball, United States vs. France,

NBCSN, 8 p.m. (replay) •Beach volleyball, quarterfinals, CNBC, 8:30 p.m. •Canoe/kayak sprint finals; men’s volleyball, quarterfinals, Ch. 3, 8:30 p.m. •Men’s volleyball, quarterfinals, Ch. 3, 9:05 p.m. •Women’s soccer, semifinals, NBCSN, 9:30 p.m. •Women’s kayak single 200 m, men’s canoe double 1000m, men’s kayak single 1000m and women’s

K-2 500m, CNBC, 9:30 p.m. •Women’s water polo, quarterfinals, USA, 10 p.m. •Diving, men’s 3-meter springboard final, CNBC, 11 p.m. •Men’s volleyball, quarterfinals, USA, 11:10 p.m. •Beach volleyball, round of 16, NBCSN, 11:15 p.m. (delay) •Women’s beach volleyball, quarterfinals; track and field, finals in men’s 400 hurdles, women’s long jump and more; Women’s gymnastics, floor final,

Ch. 3, 11:35 p.m. Soccer Canadian Premier League •HFX Wanderers vs. Atlético Ottawa, FS2, 11 a.m. Tennis •Center Court, ATP Washington DC, WTA San Jose, early rounds, TENNIS, 10 a.m. •Center Court, ATP Washington DC, WTA San Jose, early rounds, TENNIS, 6 p.m. •Center Court, ATP Washington DC, WTA San Jose, early rounds, TENNIS, 10 p.m.

Tuesday’s TV sports

Baseball MLB •Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees OR Boston at Detroit, MLB, 4 p.m. •San Diego at Oakland, NBCSCA, 6:30 p.m. •San Francisco at Arizona, NBCSBA, 6:30 p.m. Olympics •Beach volleyball, quarterfinals, NBCSN, midnight •Men’s handball, quarterfinals, CNBC, 12:15 p.m. •Men’s soccer, semifinals, NBCSN, 1 a.m. •Men’s basketball, quarterfinals, USA, 1:15 a.m. •Cycling, men’s and women’s team pursuits, NBCSN, 3 a.m. (replay) •Women’s beach volleyball, quarterfinals; track and field, finals in men’s 400 hurdles, women’s long jump and more; Women’s gymnastics, floor final,

Ch. 3, 3:05 a.m.

Bryant homers in debut as SF secures series win over Astros

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SAN FRANCISCO — Already owners of the best record in baseball, the Giants’ acquisition of Kris Bryant could have almost seemed superfluous if not for the outrageous competition in their own division.

Bryant received huge cheers and gave the Giants a boost in his debut, but it was the usual cast of characters who made the difference in a 5-3 win over the Astros to clinch a series win.

With a solo home run to left field in the third inning, Bryant started a three-run rally that gave the Giants a lead they never relinquished. In his first at-bat, Bryant received a standing ovation as he stepped to the plate. He worked a full count and saw eight pitches but eventually struck out with a runner on second base.

The rest of the runs came via the usual culprits: Mike Yastrzemski and Buster Posey each scored from second base on consecutive singles by Brandon Crawford and Darin Ruf, to round out the third-inning rally and open a 3-2 lead. Ruf made it 5-2 a couple innings later with a homer of his own – No. 13 this season – that scored Crawford, who singled a batter earlier.

Ruf finished a triple shy of the cycle. Maybe that sounds far-fetched for a 6-foot-2, 232-pound left fielder, but he also stole second base in the third inning (his second of the season, a new career high).

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Isaiah Jewett of Team United States and Nijel Amos of Team Botswana react after falling in the Men’s 800-meter

semifinals on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium, Sunday, in Tokyo, Japan. Jewett of U.S. falls in 800 semis, then embodies Olympic spirit

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TOKYO — Isaiah Jewett emulates anime superheroes.

He watches them, quotes them. He tries to live by their credo and example.

Jewett has said that lessons learned from Japanese animation cartoons fueled his drive and helped him become a first-time Olympian.

In the immediate aftermath of a devastating setback, Jewett demonstrated the embodiment of the superhero — and the Olympic spirit — on Sunday night at Olympic Stadium.

On a night when Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy won the men’s 100meters race and Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela established a world record in the women’s triple jump, Jewett left a memorable impression.

It did not begin as the Olympic moment that Isaiah Champion Jewett dreamed of as a child when he was trying to keep up with his older sisters, Victorya and Olympia. Or when he was losing races and failing to make the roster of other sports teams.

But Jewett’s actions after a fall in the men’s 800-meter semifinals will endure.

Jewett, the NCAA 800meters champion from USC, was in the third position and Nijel Amos of Botswana the fourth as the racers approached the final turn. A moment later, both fell hard on the track. Jewett helped Amos to his feet, shook his hand and then put his arm over his shoulder as they finished the race.

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“I was super frustrated, I was so mad because I felt like I had a chance,” Jewett said, “and I learned from like from all the superhero anime I watch, regardless of how mad you are, you have to be a hero at the end of the day.

“And that was my version of trying to be a hero, standing up and up and showing good character even if it’s my rival or whoever I’m racing, or if anything happened.”

Immediately after the race, it was not clear what caused the runners to fall.

Jewett said it felt as if he had been hit in the back of his heel, which threw off his stride and caused his legs to tangle.

“I just fell from there, from what I remember at least,” he said. “I just remember hitting my head, too.”

Amos offered an

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In series clincher, newest A’s show why they could transform team’s offense

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To be a legitimate postseason threat, the A’s added three offensive players to help boost a somewhat average offense into, at least, an above average one.

A 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim showed how big of a difference those additions can make on this offense.

Yan Gomes, Starling Marte and Josh Harrison, the newest A’s, were penciled into the lineup all together for the first time. Marte and Gomes were at the center of what’s become a rare outpouring of runs and helped turn the A’s bad habit of hitting solo home runs into a handful of demoralizing multi-run home runs.

Down three runs heading into the third inning, Marte’s first hit of the game followed a leadoff single by Elvis Andrus and set the table for Matt Olson, who just cleared the center field fence for a gametying, three-run home run. His 28th of the season. In the sixth with the A’s up 6-3, Mark Canha singled and Marte collected his second hit of the game and stole second base to put two in scoring position for Jed Lowrie, the A’s best hitter with runners in scoring position. Lowrie knocked a two-run single.

Marte reached base four times with three hits and a walk.

The A’s brass coveted Gomes because he rakes left-handed pitching. He upped his .365 average and 1.032 OPS against left-handers when he smashed a two-run home run off Angels starter Reid Detmers – making his big league debut as one of their top prospects – to break a 3-3 tie. Gomes’ home run traveled 421 feet and came off his bat with a 107 exit velocity. Gomes added another run with a single off reliever Austin Warren.

Gomes, Marte and Harrison weren’t the only new faces making waves. With James Kaprielian on the injured list with shoulder impingement, Daulton Jefferies was called up from Triple-A Las Vegas Sunday morning to take Kaprielian’s start.

Jefferies started shaky, hanging a curveball to Max Stassi for a two-run home run after issuing a rare walk and allowing another run in the second inning. But he settled in, allowing just two hard hits and those early runs in a five inning outing.

Harrison, playing second base, helped Jefferies out of a leadoff single to Adam Eaton by turning a 4-6-3 double play on Shohei Ohtani – a fast, therefore difficult hitter to get out on a double play at first. Harrison would turn