06122018 sports

SPORTS SECTION E

TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018

Team Bahamas selected for Caribbean Cup

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

WITH a combination of players from New Providence and Grand Bahama and a number of collegians, the Bahamas Basketball Federation has selected the team to represent the Bahamas at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation’s FIBA Women’s Caribbean Cup. The team, headed by interim coach Wayde Watson, is scheduled to leave town on Wednesday for the tournament, scheduled for June 17-21 in Paramaribo, Suriname. They were announced to the media at a press conference on Monday in the foyer of the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

The team is made up of Taniel Poitier, Valerie Nesbit, Joette Fernander, Brea Forbes (Grand Bahama), Arlia Greene (Grand

Bahama), Tracy Lewis, Latoya Rolle, Ashley Moss, Britenique Harrison, Pamela Bethel, Taronya Wildgoose (Grand Bahama) and Shalonda Neely.

“I’m very comfortable with the make-up of the team,” said Watson, who will be assisted by Varel Clarke-Davis and Anton Francis. “I think we have a group of ladies who have shown that they are truly committed to the Bahamas Basketball Federation and its basketball programme.

“I want to publicly applaud them and commend them for their effort that they have done because for someone who is considered a rigid task master when it comes to coaching, they have all responded very positively. So, at the end of the day, I think the make-up of the team is very good, the attitudes are very good and the commitment to the national team programme is very good.”

Watson, who is filling in for women’s national coach Yolett McPhee-McCuinn, who is unable to travel as she has taken on a new coaching job at Ole Mississippi University, commended his coaching staff and predicted that they “hope to be our best as we travel to Suriname for this Caribbean World Cup Qualifier.”

Looking at the make-up of their team, Watson said they assembled a good core of youth and speed in the guards in the backcourt and they have a dynamic and experienced frontcourt of forwards and centres in Shalonda Neely, Britinique Harrison, Ashley Moss and Tracy Lewis.

Clarke-Davis, a former national team player, was a member of the last senior women’s team that won the tournament two years ago as an assistant to McPhee-McCuinn.

“We have a talented bunch of young ladies,” Clarke-Davis said.

“Our goal is to come back with a medal. Over the past five weeks, these girls have been working very hard and we are confident that they will do very well.”

Team Bahamas will play in Group A against Cuba at 4:30pm on Sunday, June 17 and the Virgin Islands on Monday at the same time.

The first and second place teams from Group A and B, comprised of Guyana, Barbados and Dominica, will advance to the semi-final playoff and final June 20-21.

The top three teams will qualify for the Centro Basket August 20-24 in Puerto Rico.

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Michael Pintard, thanking Courtyard Marriott for coming on board as a major sponsor, congratulated the ladies on making the team and the coaching staff.

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BURROWS HELPS TEAM TO GAME 1 VICTORY IN THE FINALS

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net JARAUN Burrows and FOS-Provence Basket are one step closer to a championship title and league promotion after a game one win in the LNB French Pro B Division Finals.

Burrows was limited to just 17 foul-plagued minutes and scored six points in Fos-Sur-Mer Provence Basket’s 72-68 win over Rouen as the series got underway yesterday.

Game two is set for Thursday, June 14.

Roanne won both previous matchups between the teams during the regular season. On December 8, they won 76-71 and on March 20, they scored a decisive 99-64 blowout win.

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‘FIREMAN’ BROWN PRESSING ON WITH ATHLETIC CAREER TEAM BAHAMAS: Women’s national team members, including coaches and players, are scheduled to leave town on Wednesday where they will compete at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation’s FIBA Women’s Caribbean Cup in Paramaribo, Suriname, June 17-21.

Photo: John Nutt/10th Year Seniors

‘Our goal is to come back with a medal’

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

espite some familiar names missing, members of the women’s national team selected to participate in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation’s FIBA Women’s Caribbean Cup feel that what they lack in size, they hope to make up with their heart and speed.

The team, announced yesterday in the foyer of the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium, are scheduled to leave town on Wednesday where they will compete in Paramaribo, Suriname, June 17-21.

It was revealed by BBF first vice president Mario Bowleg that they had to go with the team selected after some of the players wanted to be paid to participate on the team.

“The Bahamas Basketball Federation is a non-profit organisation that seeks to obtain funding from corporate sponsors and the government,” Bowleg said. “We are not USA Basketball, we are not

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Canada Basketball, so we can only provide stipends for our players from which our pocket can provide. We do our best to ensure that our players are very well insured.”

However, Bowleg said they can only provide assistance to players as is available and they will not allow players to make demands on them when they have coaches, who make the commitment to work with the team without being fully compensated.

Wayde Watson is the team’s head coach, assisted by Varel Davis and Anton Francis. The team’s manager is Lavardis Johnson and the trainer is George Burrows.

Watson admitted that there are others who could and should have made the team, but he and the coaching staff selected the best team out of the players who came out to practice.

“If we had those players who were committed to the team, yes, we could have had them on the team,” Watson said.

“But those young ladies have been committed and they are being rewarded by going to Suriname.”

Selected to travel are Taniel Poitier, Valerie Nesbit, Joette Fernander, Brea Forbes (Grand Bahama), Arlia Greene (Grand Bahama), Tracy Lewis, Latoya Rolle, Ashley Moss, Britenique Harrison, Pamela Bethel, Taronya Wildgoose (Grand Bahama) and Shalonda Neely.

“I have good confidence in our team. A lot of us have been playing together since the junior level so we have good team chemistry,” said Harrison, a centre.

“I feel we will go out there and give it our best in Suriname,” she added.

Moss, home from school in Canada, said although there’s a lot of focus on what they are lacking, they have been working extremely hard as a cohesive unit.

“What one person lacks, the next person brings, so you can’t say height is our downfall or shooting,” she said. “All of us make up one team and we accept the challenge to conquer, or at least try to.

“That is our goal and our mission and we are going to try bring it (title) back.”

As a point guard on the team, Poitier said she likes the camaraderie displayed by each member on the team.

“We have a lot of speed and so I think this team is going to be very competitive,” she said. “Don’t mind the size, small axe cut down big trees, so we will be using our speed to our advantage in the tournament.”

Nesbit said as another point guard, a lot of responsibility will be placed on the backcourt and she’s eager to make her contribution.

“I have to be a big leader for the team because I am an extension of the coach,” she stressed.

“So if I do what I have to do as a leader, we will do very well in the tournament.”

One of three players from Grand Bahama, Forbes, a shooting guard, said she’s confident that with the hard work and dedication that they all put into practice over the past five weeks, there’s nothing they can’t accomplish.

“We just have to go out there and make it happen,” she summed up.

Mackey drives in seven RBI over last two games

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net DAVONN Mackey has hit a hot streak at the plate in the Dominican Summer League and has been

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the leading run producer for his club in its latest series.

Mackey drove in seven RBI over the last two games for his DSL Athletics as they split games against the DSL Red Sox in Santo Domingo.

In yesterday’s 10-4 win for the Athletics, the 17-year-old outfielder went 3-4 with four RBI, scored three runs and added one stolen base.

In his first at-bat, Mackey’s two-RBI single gave the Athletics an early lead. He would go on to steal second but was left stranded in scoring position after the Red Sox ended the inning with a strikeout. In the top of the fourth, it was another RBI single for Mackey on a line drive to centrefield and he eventually scored in an inning where the A’s would tack on another four runs. He added another RBI single in the top of the eighth.

In game one of the affiliated with a difseries, Mackey went ferent major league 1-4 with three RBI in a franchise with the 13-11 loss. After going exception of the coop0-7 over the first four erative team formed games of the season, by the Brewers and Mackey’s first minor Indians, each team is league hit came on a affiliated with a difline drive to centrefield ferent major league to drive in three runs, a franchise with thirteen part of a six-run inning organisations fieldfor the A’s. ing two teams - the The DSL A’s moved Cardinals, Cubs, DiaMACKEY to 5-3 on the season. mondbacks, Dodgers, The Dominican Summer League Mets, Phillies, Pirates, Rangers, is a branch of affiliated minor Rays, Red Sox, Rockies, Royals league baseball which is played and Tigers. in the Dominican Republic, the Six teams make the playoffs, only Latin American based rookie the winners of each division plus league. The league was founded the best runner-up. The two diviin 1985. The 2015 72-game season sion champions with the best began June 2 and ends August winning percentages receive byes 25 with the playoffs starting on to the semi-finals. Mackey signed August 27. with the A’s last July during the The league consists of 46 teams in six divisions. Each team is SEE PAGE 8

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

ALTHOUGH he’s still disappointed his Chris Brown Invitational has been called off again, veteran quarter-miler Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown said he’s pressing on with his athletic career and he’s looking towards his completion in 2020.

While he has not competed for the year, 39-year-old Brown said he’s still contemplating whether or not he will come home to compete in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National Track and Field Championships next weekend at the Thomas A Robinson National Track and Field

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BAHAMIAN PLAYERS SHINE IN DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net MINOR League Baseball’s Dominican Summer League recently began play and several Bahamian players made their professional debuts on their first assignment with their franchise.

Courtney Smith and Keithron Moss began their first seasons with the DSL Rangers1 in the Dominican Republic, their first appearance for the Rangers since they signed during the last international signing period.

Smith got the first minor league hit of his career in his second appearance.

In an 8-2 loss to the DSLCubs1, Smith entered the game as a designated hitter and went 1-1 with a run

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NEW PROVIDENCE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION REGULAR SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Commando Security Truckers stop BTC Elite Warriors 12-11

Photos by Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff

LAMAR Watkins scored the tying run and D’Juan Seymour got the winning run in the seventh inning as the Commando Security Truckers came from behind to nip the BTC Elite Warriors 12-11 as the New Providence Softball Association continued its regular season in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday night.

Watkins led off the inning with a double, moved to third on a wild pitch that got Seymour on base. After Philip Rolle singled to place the two runners in scoring position, Watkins and Seymour came home on an error that allowed Watson to reach safely at first. Watson was left stranded on second as Garfield Bethel struck out, but the damage had already been done.

The Truckers scored three runs in the second, third and sixth inning before they pulled it off in the seventh.

Seymour went 2-for-3 with three runs batted in (RBI) and scored as many times, while Watson was 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored to pace the Truckers. Philip Rolle was 3-for-4 with a RBI and run scored. Miguel Hanna was 1-for-3 with two runs scored and Steven Russell was 1-for-4 with a run scored.

BTC led off with three runs in the first, two in the second, four in the fourth and two in the fifth. But when it counted the most, they got shut out in the sixth and seventh innings.

Sherman Ferguson just missed the cycle with a double, triple and home run in his 3-for-3 plate appearance, driving in three runs and scoring as many times.

Jordan Gibson was 2-for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored and Navardo Gilbert was 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Alex Clarke got the win on the mound and Jeffery Woodside was tagged with the loss.

The NPSA returns to action with the following games this week: TONIGHT 7pm - Johnson’s Lady Truckers vs Hennessy Lady Panthers (L) 8:30pm - BTC Elite Warriors vs C&S Hitmen (M) THURSDAY 7pm - Aliv Strykers vs Sunshine Auto Wildcats (L) 8:30pm - Chances Mighty Mitts vs Commando Security Truckers (M) SATURDAY 7pm - BTC Lady Warriors vs Johnson’s Lady Truckers (L) 8:30pm - BTC Elite Warriors vs Commando Security Truckers (M)

ON THE REPLAY: The Commando Security Truckers came from behind to nip the BTC Elite Warriors 12-11 on Saturday night as the New Providence Softball Association continued its regular season in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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More offseason rumblings from Lakerville NOW, before we get started, bare in mind that these are rumours, they only carry so much weight.

With that out of the way, it is has been rumoured recently, and post this year’s NBA Finals, that both of Magic Johnson‘s superstar free agent targets are considered to be cooling off on the notion of coming to Los Angeles.

Yes, apparently Paul George allegedly quite content to stay in OKC alongside Russell Westbrook for one more season.

Forward the tape to now, according to ‘reliable sources,’ apparently LeBron James isn’t smitten either.

This is what ESPN‘s Chris Haynes had to say when speaking on the “TK Show” on ESPN. “Houston has been linked a lot. I’ve been told that Philly of course, that’s legit.

The Lakers are still in play but they’re not as hot as it was before, but you’re going to grant Magic Johnson a meeting.

That’s just, you’re gonna do that.

And you’re gonna listen.

So they have things in play, the Lakers have been setting up for two years for this summer.”

Now before you run hot on me, let’s look at this logically and rationally.

With the way the NBA Finals went, and another ‘L’, LeBron has every reason to ditch the Cleveland Cavaliers, again.

Getting him to the open market is the first step.

Now it would have been extremely naive to assume he’d just stroll on in to Los MICHAEL Porter Jr gives the Lakers a truly elite talent to pair with Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram and whoever else they manage to sign in free agency.

‘Test Your Drug’ app hits the Anti-Doping Commission website

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

THE Bahamas AntiDoping Commission (BADC) seeks to repurpose its profile in order for athletes and the general public to get a greater understanding and appreciation of what the organisation does.

Newly appointed executive director of the BADC, Petra Haven, said the group continues to implement a series of initiatives including an updated website, community outreach and educational campaign.

The commission’s site http://www.bahamasadc. org/ has become an accessible information hub complete with a complete list of prohibited drugs, the anti-doping sports act and a “Test Your Drug” app that allows users to input the name of their product in question and receive an immediate response on whether it is fit for legal consumption.

“One of the things we wanted to do was a digital information hub. We wanted persons to have access to the information at any hour of the day, no matter where they are, once you have access to the Internet you are able to educate and protect yourself. We want them on the go, or out of the country to be able to find any and everything they need to know.

“Even though they have access to us within the office, the website is now our first point of contact,” she said. “We also needed to have something appealing to millennials. Many athletes still have difficulty understanding the full scope of what doping is.

It’s not just testing and we want them to grasp that and have all of the information

necessary to make responsible decisions for their supplementation and nutrition.”

According the commission, their primary function is to facilitate the control and prevention of doping in sports, including: implementing the policies and programmes of the Government against doping in sports; doing all things necessary to comply with and implement the articles of the Anti-Doping Code and making rules for controlling the occurrence of doping in sports.

“WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT OUR SMALL COUNTRY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUR REPUTATION OF FAIR PLAY.” — Petra Haven

“We have to let people know who we are and what we do because some people just don’t know. To that end we will feature ad campaigns, educational seminars, social media outreach, working along with the ministry to host ‘Clean Sports Week,’ and showing up at as many of the sporting events as we can to interact with the community,” Haven said.

“In addition to the website, we want to revisit going into the schools, talking to the kids, even those that are not athletes to get that education started early and forming relationships

with the sporting federations when they are having events, practices, anywhere athletes gather – we want the commission to have a presence outside of testing just to build relationships.

People always have questions about this topic of anti-doping because it is something that affects everyone. So an issue this wide ranging deserves the attention of the entire community.”

The basic framework for the commission’s work is “to protect the athletes’ fundamental right to participate in doping-free sport and thus promote health, fairness and equality for athletes nationwide.”

Additionally, the current environment and emerging trends in the areas of education, science, medicine, international trafficking of doping substances, and investigations as well as WADA’s governance and operational activities provide the context for the objectives and strategies of the commission.

“There are certain things that we must have in place.

We need to have standard procedures that need to be in place and we need to have those for our organisation. We need to ensure our athletes know they are in or out of a registered testing pool. Things as simple as that we always need to make sure we have in place because that is a part of our compliance,” Haven said.

“We want everyone to be involved in the process and if you have everyone involved in the process it makes things run smoother.

When you look at what our small country has been able to achieve on the international stage we have to protect the integrity of those achievements and our reputation of fair play.”

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PRESS BOX ZELAYA

BY INIGO ‘NAUGHTY’ ZENICA

Angeles, sign a contract and call it a day.

There was always going to be competition.

Other teams will throw their hats in the ring, that’s a given. It’s going to take a lot for the Rockets to get involved, but Rockets GM Daryl Morey is a cap genius — he’s always in the hunt.

I think the scenario with Sixers GM Bryan Colangelo hurts the 76ers, but they’re worth taking seriously as well.

Still, don’t count out the Lakers and Magic, who I’m sure have already drawn up the perfect pitch.

DRAFT RUMOURS Although they only own the No. 25 and No. 47 picks, the Lakers have a knack for turning nonlottery picks into quality talent. (See Jordan Clarkson, Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hart) Here’s a hot rumour regarding what Magic and Co. may do with the 25th pick in this year’s NBA Draft.

Lakers trade up for Michael Porter Jr. There’s this crazy notion right now that Michael Porter Jr could suffer a disastrous tumble on draft night.

ESPN recently had him mocked to the Washington Wizards at No. 15 despite the Missouri product clearly possessing top-five talent/potential (via NBC Sports Washington).

If Porter’s back injury and uncertainty surrounding it forces teams to look elsewhere during the lottery, allowing the outstanding forward prospect to still be on the board at No. 15 or possibly a pick or two earlier at No. 13 or No.14, expect the Lakers to spring into action, trying to get a deal done for the multi-talented forward.

In order to move up for Porter the Lakers give up the No. 25 pick and Kyle Kuzma. It’s a terribly high price to pay, but the upgrade in talent is tremendous.

Porter gives the Lakers a truly elite talent to pair with Lonzo Ball, and Brandon Ingram and whoever else they manage to sign in free agency. The departure of Kuzma sucks, but that’s the price the Lakers will have to pay in order to return to relevance in the NBA. If the Lakers somehow actually get Porter, that would be a dream come true for Magic, who can turn the 6’11” forward with a two-guard’s skill-set into a superstar, alongside the young stars presently on the Lakers roster.

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Scherzer takes rare loss, Richard flirts with no-no WASHINGTON (AP) — Brandon Crawford went 4 for 4 with a two-run homer, and the San Francisco Giants dealt Max Scherzer his first loss in more than two months, defeating the Washington Nationals 2-0 on Sunday.

After Pablo Sandoval walked leading off the fourth, Crawford homered into the second deck in right for his eighth of the season. He singled in the first and doubled in the sixth and eighth innings.

Since May 1, Crawford is hitting an MLB-best .439 (58-for-132) and has raised his average to .338.

Scherzer (10-2) had won nine straight decisions since his last loss on April 4. He allowed two runs and four hits while striking out nine over seven innings.

Derek Holland (4-6), a 10-year veteran facing Washington for the first time, allowed three hits and two walks in five innings as five pitchers combined for the three-hitter. Hunter Strickland pitched the ninth for his 13th save.

PADRES 3, MARLINS 1 MIAMI (AP) — Clayton Richard became the latest pitcher to flirt with the first no-hitter in San Diego Padres’ history, losing his bid with two outs in the seventh inning against the Miami Marlins.

The Padres are the only team in the majors that has never thrown a no-hitter.

They have played 7,881 games since starting out in 1969. Last month, Jordan Lyles was perfect for 7 1/3 innings until Colorado’s Trevor Story singled. In April, Tyson Ross didn’t give up a hit until Arizona’s Christian Walker doubled on a ball misplayed by center fielder Franchy Cordero.

Richard (5-6) took a shutout into the seventh, but Miguel Rojas grounded a clean single up the middle to spoil Richard’s try and JT Riddle followed with an RBI single. Richard gave up two hits in seven innings, striking out five and walking three. Brad Hand pitched a perfect ninth for his 19th save. Eric Hosmer hit a

two-run homer as the lastplace Padres won a fourth consecutive series for the first time since August 2015.

METS 2, YANKEES 0 NEW YORK (AP) — Seth Lugo (2-1) pitched six dominant innings in a stellar spot start, Todd Frazier hit a two-run homer off Luis Severino (9-2), and the New York Mets snapped an eight-game skid.

Frazier went deep for the second consecutive night to help the Mets prevent a Subway Series sweep at Citi Field. They ended a 10-game home losing streak and avoided an 0-9 homestand that would have matched the worst in team history.

Despite losing another important player to injury when second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera exited with a tight left hamstring, the Mets broke a six-game slide against their New York rivals.

Anthony Swarzak finished the three-hitter, pitching a hitless ninth for his third career save and first with the Mets.

INDIANS 9, TIGERS 2 DETROIT (AP) — Corey Kluber continued his dominance of the American League Central, allowing two runs in eight innings as the Cleveland Indians topped the Tigers.

Kluber (10-2) is 5-0 with a 0.76 ERA in five starts against division rivals this season and has won his last 11 decisions against teams from the AL Central. He allowed five hits and struck out eight without walking a batter.

Melky Cabrera and Erik Gonzalez each drove in three runs for Cleveland, which expanded its divisional lead to five games over the Tigers.

Artie Lewicki (0-2) took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits and a walk in five innings. He struck out four in his third major-league start. Leonys Martin drove in two runs for Detroit, which lost a home series for the first time since April 13. The Tigers were playing their 18th game in 17 days.

MARINERS 5, RAYS 4 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Right fielder Mitch Haniger threw out Johnny Field at the plate to end the game, and the Seattle Mariners held off the Tampa Bay Rays for their 17th win in 22 games. Field tried to score from first on a twoout, bloop single by Carlos Gomez.

James Paxton struck out 10 and Kyle Seager hit a go-ahead home run for Seattle. Nelson Cruz and Mike Zunino also homered for the Mariners, who took three of four from Tampa Bay. Paxton (6-1) gave up three runs and five hits in seven innings. Edwin Diaz got defensive help from Haniger to post his 23rd save.

Seager gave Seattle a 5-3 lead on his seventh-inning drive off Jose Alvarado (0-3). Tampa Bay, which stopped an eight-game skid Saturday, got a homer from C.J. Cron.

ASTROS 8, RANGERS 7 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — George Springer scored the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning on a balk after homering on the first pitch, and the Houston Astros swept their Texas rivals in a four-game series for the first time, beating the Rangers despite blowing a six-run lead.

Texas closer Keone Kela had already thrown a pitch to Evan Gattis with two outs when Astros manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout apparently to question whether Kela had balked. After a brief conversation among the four umpires, Springer was awarded home. Replay showed Kela (3-3) not pausing in his delivery, and Rangers manager Jeff Banister was ejected while arguing the decision.

The World Series champion Astros won their fifth straight and moved a season-high 17 games over .500 (42-25) despite Dallas Keuchel failing to hold a 6-0 lead.

DODGERS 7, BRAVES 2 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy homered in his third straight game, Logan Forsythe and Enrique Hernandez also connected, and the Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves.

Muncy has 12 home runs, matching the total he hit last year while spending the whole season at TripleA Oklahoma City. He hit a solo drive in the fifth inning to extend the Dodgers’ lead to 4-2, and drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth. The Dodgers took the series from Atlanta and have won seven of their last nine games. The NL champions moved to 33-32 — they have not been more than one game over .500 this season.

Ross Stripling (5-1) allowed home runs by Ozzie Albies and Freddie Freeman in the fourth inning. He gave up four hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Forsythe hit a solo home run off Sean Newcomb (7-2) in a three-run third to give the Dodgers the lead. He hadn’t allowed a home run in his previous 44 innings pitched.

WHITE SOX 5, RED SOX 2 BOSTON (AP) — Reynaldo Lopez pitched into the seventh inning, Daniel Palka had a two-run double and the Chicago White Sox beat the Red Sox. Lopez (2-4) gave up two runs and six hits while striking out six with three walks in 6 1/3 innings to improve to 1-3 in eight road starts this season.

Jose Abreu, Tim Anderson and Trayce Thompson added one RBI apiece for Chicago, which won two of three in the series and six of its last 10 overall.

The White Sox capped their second winning road

WASHINGTON Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer throws during the first inning of Sunday’s game against the San Francisco Giants at Nationals Park in Washington.

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) trip of the season by going 4-3. Joakim Soria pitched a scoreless ninth for his eighth save.

BLUE JAYS 13, ORIOLES 3 TORONTO (AP) — Curtis Granderson had four hits and a career-high six RBIs, Marco Estrada pitched six innings to snap an eight-start winless streak and the Blue Jays routed the struggling Baltimore Orioles to complete a fourgame sweep.

Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run homer and Kendrys Morales and Kevin Pillar each added solo blasts as the Blue Jays finished with a season-high 19 hits.

Toronto had 17 hits in an 11-inning win at Cleveland on May 3. Estrada (3-6) allowed two runs and four hits, leaving after Jonathan Schoop homered to begin the seventh.

Orioles starter Alex Cobb (2-8) matched a career-worst by allowing nine runs and a season-high 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings. Baltimore has lost four straight and 11 of 13. Baltimore is 9-27 on the road and 19-45 overall, both worst in the majors, and has allowed 10 or more runs nine times this season.

REDS 6, CARDINALS 3 CINCINNATI (AP) — Center fielder Billy Hamilton made a bunch of key defensive plays and the Reds ended their 13-game losing streak to St. Louis, beating the Cardinals.

Hamilton threw out two runners, then made outstanding catches against the wall in the eighth and ninth innings. He also tripled and scored twice.

The Cardinals’ overall winning streak against Cincinnati was their longest since the 1930-1931 seasons. The Reds had lost 11 straight home games to St. Louis. Scooter Gennett drove in two runs and the Reds capitalized on the Cardinals’ season-high 11 walks.

The Cardinals piled up 10 hits in five-plus innings against Anthony DeSclafani (1-1), who was making his second start since Sept.

28, 2016. Jared Hughes pitched the eighth and ninth for his fourth save.

The Reds scored five runs on just four hits in 3 2/3 innings against Carlos Martinez (3-3), who was making his second start since coming off the disabled list with a strained back muscle.

He issued a season-high seven walks, one short of tying his career high.

PHILLIES 4, BREWERS 3 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zach Eflin tied his career high with nine strikeouts over six innings and the Phillies snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off the Milwaukee Brewers.

Eflin (3-2) had his second strong start after two subpar outings, allowing two runs and three hits with one walk. Rhys Hoskins drove in two runs, including a go-ahead sacrifice fly in a three-run fifth off reliever Dan Jennings (3-2) in the Phillies’ fourth win in 14 games. Milwaukee left the tying run at third in each of the final two innings.

Seranthony Dominguez got Jonathan Villar to ground to the mound to end the eighth and Christian Yelich grounded to second for the final out to give Tommy Hunter his first save.

PIRATES 7, CUBS 1 CHICAGO (AP) — Josh Harrison led off the game with a home run and Gregory Polanco hit a bases-loaded triple, leading Ivan Nova and the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Cubs.

Pittsburgh, which had managed a total of three runs in its previous four road games, ended its losing streak at three.

Nova (3-5) allowed one run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings to snap a fourdecision skid and pick up his first win since April 15.

He was activated before the game after missing two weeks with a sprained finger.

DIAMONDBACKS 8, ROCKIES 3 DENVER (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt doubled and tripled and had two RBIs to finish off a dominating series and the Arizona Diamondbacks earned a victory over the Colorado Rockies.

Ketel Marte led off the second inning with his fourth home run of the season and added an RBI single in a three-run sixth.

The single ended his streak of 10 straight hits for extra bases for Marte.

Kyle Freeland (6-6) allowed four runs and struck out eight in six innings for Colorado. The Rockies have lost seven straight at home for the first time since April 23 to May 10, 2016.

ATHLETICS 3, ROYALS 2 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Matt Chapman homered leading off the eighth, moments after shortstop Marcus Semien’s defensive gem, and the Athletics beat

the Kansas City Royals.

Stephen Piscotty and Jonathan Lucroy both drove in runs for the A’s, who squandered numerous scoring chances before Chapman came through with a solo home run off Royals reliever Jason Adam (0-1).

Blake Treinen (3-1) retired five batters to win following a strong start by left-hander Sean Manaea.

Winless since May 14, Manaea allowed six hits and two runs over 7 1/3 innings and had six strikeouts with no walks. Whit Merrifield doubled off Manaea in the eighth and advanced to third on Mike Moustakas’ groundout.

Treinen replaced Manaea and got Salvador Perez to hit a grounder to shortstop.

Semien made a diving stop then threw to home while still on his knees to nail a siding Merrifield at the plate.

TWINS 7, ANGELS 5 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jake Cave had a careerhigh three hits, including a home run, and the Minnesota Twins held on to beat the Los Angeles Angels.

Eduardo Escobar doubled twice to take over the major league lead with 26 and the Minnesota bullpen threw 3 2/3 shutout innings before a two-run single by Albert Pujols in the ninth.

Los Angeles had the goahead run at the plate against closer Fernando Rodney, but Zack Cozart popped out.

Fernando Romero (3-2) had control issues from the outset, but managed to complete five innings to win for the first time in six starts. He allowed five hits and struck out five while throwing 94 pitches.

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WORLD CUP: Argentina reliant Star-studded on Messi, burdened by setbacks Croatia has the potential to shine

By DEBORA REY Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Without Lionel Messi, would Argentina even be going to the World Cup? The team’s destiny is more closely tied to the Barcelona forward than ever before.

There are plenty of doubts for coach Jorge Sampaoli ahead of the tournament in Russia.

Defender Javier Mascherano is reaching the end of his career, while striker Sergio Aguero and midfielder Lucas Biglia both experienced injury problems recently. Paulo Dybala is yet to deliver for his country despite all the promise on display at Juventus.

Much of the squad also carries the burden of mass disappointment, following three successive losses in finals: 2014 World Cup, 2015 Copa America and 2016 Copa America.

Argentina secured its spot in Russia in the last round of South American qualifiers thanks to Messi’s hat trick against Ecuador.

The deficiencies in the team were underscored in a 6-1 loss to Spain in a friendly in March.

The 58-year-old Sampaoli took over in June 2017 to replace Edgardo Bauza when Argentina was on the verge of missing a World Cup spot.

Sampaoli was never a footballer and didn’t manage a first division club at home, developing his career in Peru and then

LIONEL MESSI, centre, winks as the Argentina national soccer team arrive at Zhukovsky international airport outside Moscow, Russia, on Saturday to compete in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The 21st World Cup begins on Thursday when host Russia takes on Saudi Arabia.

(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Chile. His success at Universidad de Chile pushed him to the Chilean national team in 2012.

At the 2014 World Cup, Sampaoli’s Chile reached the round of 16 but lost to host Brazil on penalties. But a year later, Chile won its first-ever title while hosting the Copa America tourney. Sampaoli’s first experience in European football came with Sevilla in 2016, but he quickly left to carry Argentina to the World Cup in its last four games of the South American qualifiers.

Drawing inspiration from Marcelo Bielsa, Sampaoli likes his teams to attack as a block to impose their superiority during the match. But Argentina is still to implement his style after 10 matches.

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press EVEN with the talent oozing through the squad, Croatia only squeezed through the playoffs to qualify for a second straight World Cup. More is expected of Real Madrid playmaker Luka Modric, Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic and Juventus striker Mario Mandzukic in Russia.

Can they emulate the performance in 1998 when Croatia finished third at its first World Cup? Davor Suker, who was that tournament’s topscorer, now has overall

responsibility as the head of Croatia’s football federation.

After France, Croatia qualified for three more World Cups in 2002, 2006 and 2014 but was always eliminated in the group stage.

In qualifying for the 2018 edition, Croatia was robust in defence but lacked consistency in attack. Only 15 goals were scored, the second lowest after Ireland among the top two finishers from all qualifying groups in Europe.

Whenever an opponent scored, Croatia could find no way to win.

NIGERIA’s line up team poses for photos before a World Cup soccer qualifier match against Zambia at Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo Nigeria.

(AP Photo/Segun Ogunfeyitimi)

NIGERIA STRONG AND CALM UNDER ROHR, FOR NOW

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer COACH Gernot Rohr has restored stability to Nigeria heading into the World Cup. The German brought a sense of calm to a team that went through five coaches in two years

following the 2014 tournament in Brazil.

Africa’s most populous nation flew through qualifying and was the first team to qualify from the region, seeing off continental champion Cameroon.

Nigeria then showcased its qualities by winning a friendly last

year against Argentina, its final Group D opponent at the World Cup. Nigeria has an array of attacking options.

These include Premier League talent in Victor Moses, Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Ahmed Musa.

The challenge is to ensure the defence is similarly strong and the squad doesn’t get sidetracked by off-the-field issues that have undermined previous campaigns at major tournaments.

At the 2014 World Cup, it was a disagreement over player payment that almost caused the

team to go out on strike ahead of the last 16 game against France, which Nigeria lost.

Rohr will be hoping there’s no repeat, as will the Nigeria Football Federation, which has made a point recently of publicising the fact that the players are now paid on time.

Tiny Iceland continues to live the dream

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer THE thunderclap is headed to Russia.

Any neutrals looking for a team to get behind at the World Cup shouldn’t look any further than Iceland, a feel-good story of international soccer that just keeps on giving.

With about 330,000 inhabitants, the Nordic country is comfortably the smallest to ever qualify for the tournament. Two years ago, Iceland reached the European Championship for the first time, too, and got to the quarter-finals — famously eliminating England along the way.

The Icelandic fairytale is made more charming by its

vociferous and passionate fans, who made the “thunderclap” war chant the soundtrack of that summer in France in 2016.

Don’t be surprised if it has the same impact in Russia.

Adding to the legend is the team’s coach, Heimar Hallgrimsson, who combines managing the national team with running a dental surgery clinic in a small town in Iceland. And a hard-working, selfless group of mostly unheralded players who are simply living out their dream in front of the watching world.

Giving the Icelanders more global attention is the identity of their first opponent in Group D: Lionel Messi’s Argentina.

ICELAND’S ARON GUNNARSSON, left, is challenged by Croatia’s Luka Modric during their World Cup qualifying playoff second leg soccer match in Zagreb, Croatia. (AP)

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018, PAGE 7

LUKAKU ON TARGET AGAIN AS BELGIUM DEMOLISHES COSTA RICA 4-1 BRUSSELS (AP) — A rampant Romelu Lukaku scored twice and set up a third goal as Belgium closed its World Cup preparations in style by demolishing Costa Rica 4-1 yesterday.

Dries Mertens opened the scoring for the Red Devils before striker Lukaku took his international tally to 36 in 69 matches with a volley and header either side of halftime.

Substitute Michy Batshuayi completed the Belgium scoring in the 64th thanks to a pass from Lukaku.

Eden Hazard tormented Costa Rica with his instant control and darting runs while fellow midfielder Kevin De Bruyne cut through the defence with his trademark incisive passing.

Hazard limped off in the 70th after a couple of tough challenges, but did not appear too badly hurt.

Lukaku said after the match Hazard looked fine.

“He got a knock, but that happens to him a lot,” Lukaku said of the midfielder who often endures rough treatment from defenders.

Costa Rica, one of the surprise packages of the last World Cup where it reached the quarter-finals, took a surprise lead at King Baudouin Stadium through a Bryan Ruiz volley, but was outclassed for much of the match.

“We shouldn’t have conceded the goal, it can be tough to score at tournaments,” Mertens said.

“But we’ve proved today that we can play very good football.”

The pick of the Belgium goals was Lukaku’s second, early in the second half.

Hazard started the move, fed De Bruyne, who threaded a perfectly

BELGIUM’s Romelu Lukaku jubilates after scoring his sides second goal during a friendly soccer match between Belgium and Costa Rica at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels yesterday.

(AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Belgium was again without centre back Vincent Kompany, who suffered a groin injury just over a week ago in a warmup against Portugal.

Coach Roberto Martinez has given Kompany

weighted pass to Nacer Chadli. The midfielder looked up, saw Lukaku and Mertens in the middle, and chipped a cross toward them. Lukaku leapt in front of Mertens to power a header past Keylor Navas.

until the day before Belgium’s opening match in Russia, against Panama next Monday, to prove his fitness.

Belgium also plays Tunisia and England in Group G. England beat Costa Rica

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Chris Brown pressing on with athletic career FROM PAGE 1 Stadium. In the meantime, Brown said it was good to watch as his friend and rival Kirani James of Grenada made his return at the JN Racers Grand Prix in Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday.

“This year I decided just to rest my body a little bit because it’s not a major championship year,” Brown said.

“Since I’ve been going for the last 18-19 years, I decided to give my body a rest so I would be fresh and ready for the World Relays and the World Championships next year.

“I want to be able to preserve my body for 2020 when I hope to call it quits. So I didn’t want to try to push myself this year so that I can try to preserve my body a little longer to compete at the end of my career. I want to come out and put in two more strong years before I give it up.”

The former national compete,” Brown stated. record holder, who has “It’s good to see him back been the face of the out there and on top of men’s quarter-mile for the his game again. He came Bahamas for the past two back when there are so decades, said he would many other quarter-millike to be on the Bahaers like Steven Gardiner, mian team going to the who is performing very IAAF World Champiwell, so I know I have my onships in Doha, Qatar, work cut out for me.” next year and the OlymWith the BAAA pic Games in Tokyo, Nationals set for next Japan. in 2020. weekend, Brown said he With Republic of South would like to compete BROWN Africa’s world record and if he does, he will holder Wayde van Niekerk out probably sign up for the men’s with an injury after he won the 200m, rather than the 400m.

Olympic and World title back“I’m in great shape because to-back over the last two years, I’ve been working out,” he said. previous World, Olympic and “I’m just not sure if I’m ready to Commonwealth Games champion compete in the 400m yet because Kirani James made his return in with this not being a major year winning in Jamaica in 44.35. for competition, I probably just “Kirani is a good friend of want to take it easy.” mine and so it puts himself back On the cancellation of the third into the mix, so it’s a good feel- version of the Chris Brown Inviing to know that there is a lot of tational again, Brown said with stake when I do come back and this being an off year without any

major international competition, this would have been the perfect time to stage the invitational that was first held in 2013 and again in 2016. “I just believe that this would have been the perfect time to get the international athletes to come here and to showcase their talent in another meet held in the Caribbean to go along with the others in Grenada, Jamaica and Bermuda,” Brown said.

“At the same time, we could have showcased our up and coming talent against the worldclass athletes, who are all looking for some meets to compete in because they don’t have the World Championships or the Olympics.”

Brown, who was instrumental in helping Grenada to put together their inaugural Grenada Invitational in 2017, said he has been given the same assurance from the Bahamas Government as he has received in the past that “they will help him put it on next year.”

“Every time I get an email, it says the same thing. I got an email saying we will help to put it on next year.

“I’ve been getting the same email every year that I had to cancel it. So I will see what happens next year.”

While he has enjoyed a great deal of success as a member of the men’s 4 x 400m relay teams in the past, Brown is still looking for his first individual medal in the men’s 400m at the World Championships and Olympics.

In the cycle of the four major international meets, Brown has also fallen short at the Commonwealth Games, but he was a gold medallist at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He has won a silver and bronze respectively at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in St George’s, Grenada and here at home in 2003 and 2005 respectively.

MINISTER of Youth, Sports and Culture Michael Pintard speaks yesterday during the announcement of the women’s national team for the FIBA Caribbean Cup. Photo: John Nutt/10th Year Seniors

Team Bahamas selected for FIBA Caribbean Cup FROM PAGE 1 “To the entire corporate Bahamas, the Bahamas Basketball Federation needs your support and we encourage you to come on board and partner with them,” Pintard said. He suggested one of the ways they can achieve this

is by sponsoring our athletes as spokespersons for their products and they can look at some of the players who are a part of the national team.

As a corporate sponsor, Leon Lundy, the director of finance at Courtyard Marriott, said they are delighted to be able to assist the

federation and they look forward to the team’s success in Suriname.

And Steve Barnes, the technical director of Bahamas Basketball, commended the federation on the team selected and he indicated that he knows that they will perform very well in the World Cup qualifier.

TEAM BAHAMAS Taniel Poitier Valerie Nesbit Joette Fernander Brea Forbes (Grand Bahama) Arlia Greene (Grand Bahama) Tracy Lewis Latoya Rolle Ashley Moss Britenique Harrison Pamela Bethel Taronya Wildgoose (Grand Bahama) Shalonda Neely Head coach - Wayde Watson 1st assistant coach - Varel Davis 2nd assistant coach - Anton Francis Manager - Lavardis Johnson Trainer - George Burrows

Bahamian players shine in Dominican Summer League FROM PAGE 1 scored. Moss has appeared in six games thus far this season.

He finished 1-4 with two runs scored in an 11-2 win over the DSL Indians/Brewers. He went 1-3 in a 5-4 loss to the DSL Cubs and in Saturday’s 5-2 win over the DSL Indians, he went 2-4 with one RBI. Both players, along with D’Vaughn Knowles, signed with the Rangers in 2017 out of the International Elite Sports Academy. Smith, 21, signed last January alongside Cliff Terracuso, the Ranger’s scout for the South area, including Puerto Rico and the Bahamas.

In staying focused as he watched so many other players sign their contracts over the last few years, Smith said with the help of Fox and Todd Isaacs of the Cleveland Indians, he continued to trust the process and relied on I Elite directors Albert Cartwright and Geron Sands to keep him abreast of everything that was taking place.

“I’m excited. I’m excited to be a Ranger and to start a new chapter in my journey. It’s going to be tough, but it’s going to be a lot of fun living your dreams,” he said at his signing ceremony.

“Even though I felt discouraged along the way, I realised that when it’s written for you, it’s

written for you and no one can take that away from you.”

Moss, a 16-year-old switch hitting shortstop, signed with the team in December. “I have to thank my coaches, my teachers, my parents. I’m just really excited right now and it’s difficult to explain. It wasn’t easy but I’m proud to say that I accomplished it, and I know it’s just a start and the real work starts now,” he said.

Hamilton Wise, assistant to international scouting for the Rangers, applauded both players for their accomplishments as he welcomed them to the organisation.

“What these players continue to do for the game of baseball in the Bahamas is amazing. You look back at some of the players that have come through the Bahamas, there is a lot of good things happening here and it is an exciting time,” he said. “It has been a pleasure getting to know the character of these young men and their make-up and their character is so high it made the decision. That is the character of I-Elite and the character of this community. These kids possess incredible ability on and off the field, more importantly, they are high character individuals.

Burrows helps team to Game 1 victory in Finals FROM PAGE 1 The B-Division is the second-tier level league in the country and the champions are promoted to the A-Division at the end of each season.

Following a late season stint and playoff run with FOS Provence Basket last season, Burrows agreed to a contract extension to return to the club this year. He helped the club to the league’s semi-finals and in 12 games last season, he averaged 10.7 points, four rebounds and

three assists in just lose to the 17th over 25 minutes per ranked team. It’s game. that kind of fight.”

This season, he FOS-Provence posted averages ended the season of 13.9 points, 5.1 with six consecutive rebounds per game wins and headed on 62 per cent into the playoffs as shooting from the one of the league’s field. “We’re now hottest teams. They BURROWS into the final, so finished the season anything is possiranked No.4 with a ble,” Burrows told the Tribune 24-10 record. last week. “This pro B France They continued that momenis no pushover. It’s tough. Night tum in the playoffs, undefeated in and night out, one team could after five games thus far. In the

quarter-finals they completed a two-game sweep over Nancy and in the semi-finals, it was another two-game sweep over Rouen. “It was a long season, but a good season,” Burrows said, We finished as the No.3, ending the regular season on 4-5 game winning streak coming into the playoffs. We were rolling in the playoffs where we had all best-of-three series.The quarter-final was a 2-0 sweep and the semi-final was a sweep as well so we are just hoping that streak can continue.”

MACKEY FROM PAGE 1

international signing period. He took a route seldom travelled by Bahamian players and signed out of In the BigInning Baseball Academy in Maracay, Venezuela.

The Grand Bahama native was recently a member of the gold medal-winning team for Grand Bahama Little League in the 16-18 division at the 2017 Bahamas Baseball Federation’s Andre Rodgers National Championship.

He became the second Bahamian player to join the Athletics’ farm system following Simeon Humes in the late 1960s.

BigInning Academy offers elite level skills training for prospective players on the path to professional baseball. The academy’s mission statement published on its website lists it In the BigInning as: “An organisation of sports character oriented to prepare in an integral way athletes with high conditions and aspirations to arrive at the Major Leagues under a systematised work that allows athletes to fulfil the exigencies of the best baseball in the world.

“To carry out this task, we have personnel specialised in the different physical aspects of baseball practice, as well as support in the area of health and education. The services are oriented to the development and optimum performance of each of our young people, as athletes and citizens, in large part, due to the unsurpassable quality of our services.”

The recent impact of Bahamians on the period prompted MLB. com international reporter Jessie Sanchez to call the Bahamas an “emerging market in baseball and a country to definitely keep an eye on.”