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Miller-Uibo ends up 8th in 100, Thomas seventh

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net OPTING not to compete in the rematch of the women’s 400 metres from the 16th IAAF World Championships in London, England, Shaunae Miller-Uibo decided to try her hand in the 100 metres yesterday at the Grand Prix Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Miller-Uibo, however, got left in the blocks and couldn’t turn it on the stretch to catch the rest of the pack and ended up in eighth place in 11.37. Jamaican Olympic double sprint champion Elaine Thompson, shaking off her disappointing fifth place in London,

won the final in 10.93.

10.95.

Ivory Coast’s MaMany were expectrie-Josee Ta Lou, the ing to see Miller-Uibo World Championships’ go against the three double silver medallist medallists in the 400m (100 and 200), came in from London in Birsecond in 10.97 and Jamingham. But in her maica’s Jura Levy was absence, Salva Nasar, third in 11.08. Neththe new star from Baherland’s Dafne Scheprain, who shattered the pers, the 100m bronze national record in the and 200m gold medalthree rounds on her list in London, was sixth MILLER-UIBO way to the silver, took in 11.22. the tape in 50.59.

Earlier in the day in the heats, American Allyson Felix, the Miller-Uibo came in fifth in 11.19 bronze medallist in London, held and advanced to the final with the on for second place in 50.66 just last of the two fastest losing quali- ahead of her compatriot Courtney fying times. Ta Lou took the heat Okolo in 50.63. World champion in 10.94 over Levy, who did 11.15. Phyllis Francis could only musThompson won the other heat in ter a fourth place in 51.18. Three

Jamaicans followed in order with Nolvene Williams-Miller (51-62), Shericka Jackson (52.08) and Chrisann Gordon (52.08).

Meanwhile on the field, Donald Thomas ended up in a four-way tie for seventh place with 2.20 metres or 7-feet, 2 1/2-inches in the men’s high jump. Thomas is coming off his disappointment in London where he failed to advance out of the qualifying round with 2.22m after he was 14th in his group and tied with another for 22nd.

Olympic and world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim put on another show as he posted a season’s high of 2.40m (7-10 1/2) for the victory. His nearest rival was World Championships’ bronze medallist Majd Aldin Ghazal of

Cyprus with 2.31 (7-7). After the event, Barshim took possession of the bar as it was the final major meet for the year featuring the high jump.

Left on the circuit are the Grand Prix final meetings.

The first will take place at the Weltklasse Zurich on August 24 in Zurich, Switzerland where World Championships’ silver medallist Steven Gardiner will compete in the men’s 400m. It’s not known yet if Miller-Uibo will contest the women’s 200m. She will probably wait for the final meet at the AG Memorial Van Damme that will take place on Friday, September 1 in Brussels, Belgium, with the women’s 400m on the programme.

Bodybuilders named for CAC

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

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ational champions Charles Reckley, Shakeria Ferguson, Angelica WallaceWhitfield, Enderich Rahming and Giovanne Farrington will head the Bahamas’ 22-member team that will compete at the 2017 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

The championships will be held in Mexico City, Mexico, September 28 to October 1. The team will be managed by Nardo Dean and Jan Johnson will serve as the women’s coach, while Raymond Tucker will be the men’s coach. Dr Cyprian Strachan will be the team physician.

In naming the team along with Tucker, Dean said it’s a young, versatile team mixed with some veteran competitors who should make a very good showing in the championships, although they are a Spanish-speaking territory where the competition is generally much stiffer than in the Englishspeaking countries.

“This time it’s again in a Spanish-speaking region so of course all Spanish-speaking countries will definitely be there in full force,” Dean stated. “It’s always Venezuela and San Salvador and Puerto Rico as the three top key ones there for us. In our region, we are always head-to-head with Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad &

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CHARLES RECKLEY (left) and Angelica Wallace-Whitfield strike a pose during the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation’s Nationals and Novice championships at Loyola Hall, Gladstone Road.

JONES, THOMAS LEAD SUN TO 9466 WIN OVER MERCURY UNCASVILLE, Conn.

(AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 17 points, 12 rebounds and five assists, Jonquel Jones added 20 points and eight rebounds and the Connecticut Sun beat the Phoenix Mercury 94-66 yesterday.

Courtney Williams had 16 points, Jasmine Thomas finished with 14 and Shekinna Stricklen added 12 for Connecticut (19-10).

The Sun shot 52.9 per cent (37 of 70) from the field, including 8 of 20 from 3-point range.

Connecticut led 46-45 at halftime, but limited Phoenix to just 21 second-half points, its lowest-scoring half of the season.

Jasmine Thomas hit two 3-pointers during a 16-2 run to open the third quarter and the Sun led by double figures the rest of the way.

They scored 16 consecutive points late in the fourth quarter to take a 94-64 lead, the biggest of the game, with 1:54 to play.

Brittney Griner led Phoenix (15-14) with 18 points, and Monique Curry had 12.

The Mercury shot just 33.8 per cent (24 of 71) from the field, their second-worst shooting percentage of the season.

Bahamas 6th overall after 75-50 loss to Guatemala

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net IT wasn’t what she expected, but head coach Varel Davis said her young team gave it their best shot, finishing as the sixth best team in the FIBA Under-17 Centrobasket Championship for Women.

Playing in their last matchup on Saturday in Aguada, Puerto Rico for their final position, the Bahamas suffered a 75-50 loss to Guatemala for sixth place. Guatemala took fifth place overall.

The tournament concluded with Mexico beating host Puerto Rico 83-77 for the gold, while El Salvador knocked off Costa Rica 5641 for the bronze.

By virtue of their finishes as the top three teams, Mexico, Puerto Rico and El Salvador all qualified to compete in the FIBA Under-18 Women’s Americas Championship 2018.

“I was very pleased with the performances. My goal was to go there and at least medal and be in the top three so that we could at least move on to the next tournament,” said Davis, who was assisted by Terrance ‘Red Eye’ McSweeney and Deven Johnson.

“But we fell short, losing the first game. We tried to bounce back in the second and third games, but overall the performances were very good. This is a fairly new team from last year. We had about five veterans on the team and the rest were all new.”

Davis, however, said the exposure and experience they gained from the tournament will only make them better in the future.

“We matched up very well against those teams, but we were not aggressive against them. We had a little butterfly in our stomachs that caused us to turn the ball over a few times. But

BAHAMAS’ Bronte Riley tries to block a Guatemala player.

overall, it was a good experience with a 2-3 record for sixth place. So I was happy with the outcome.”

The Bahamas came out of Group B in third place with a 1-2 record, losing their opener 53-39 to Costa Rica and 99-35 to Puerto Rico in their third game. In between those two losses, the Bahamas got some consolation with a 86-69 win over Suriname.

On Saturday, the team played in the reclassification round, pulling off a 79-60 rout over the British Virgin Islands. However, against Guatemala, the Bahamas got outclassed in just about every category as they wrapped up tournament play.

Guatemala 75, Bahamas 50: The Bahamas failed to get any player in double figures compared to their opponents with four in their balanced scoring attack.

Centre Erin Williams came off the bench and was listed as the team’s

best performer in the game, scoring eight points in 18 minutes and 30 seconds as she connected on 4-of-6 shooting from the field. She also pulled down seven rebounds.

Forward Valencia Demeritte, by far the best Bahamian player in the tournament, had nine points with three assists, but she also had eight turnovers.

Centre Bronte Riley also contributed nine points with six rebounds and three steals.

Forward Shaian James had five points and 10 rebounds, point guard Tanea Bowleg also had five points with four assists, three rebounds, three steals and three turnovers, guard Alana Pinder had four points with three steals and seven turnovers and both guards Denika Lightbourne and Diondrea Nixon chipped in with four points.

Other members of the

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TEAM BAHAMAS members can be seen during the opening ceremonies of the International University Sports Federation’s (FISU) 2017 Summer Universaide.

Team Bahamas in middle of political protest at FISU Summer Universaide TEAM Bahamas found itself right in the middle of a political protest on Saturday night during the opening ceremonies of the International University Sports Federation’s (FISU) 2017 Summer Universaide.

According to head coach Andy Knowles, just as the Bahamas team, with Joanna Evans carrying the flag, marched pass before a capacity crowd in the Taiwan Sport University Arena, there

was a political protest, resulting in all the other countries having to wait, while only their flag was marched in.

Once that was done, all the athletes came in together and they spent the seven hours of the ceremony sitting rather than standing.

It was quite an experience for the athletes who were able to sit on a bus on the ride to the venue and sit in a basketball arena

while they waited for the marchin.

Gershwin Green was the first member to taste the competition on Sunday’s opening day, competing in the heats of the men’s 50 metre butterfly.

He placed sixth in heat three in 26.25 for 60th place overall in the field of 77 competitors, who contested the event. Greene was shy of his personal best of 25.87.

Today, the other members of

Team Bahamas will be in action.

Both Albury Higgs in lane two and Laura Morley in seven have drawn to compete together in the third of six heats in the women’s 100 breaststroke and Evans will swim in heat five, lane four in the women’s 100 freestyle.

There are approximately 750 swimmers at the games with a number of Olympic champions from around the world participating.

In a promotion of the event, the city has turned the grounds of subway cars into running tracks, soccer fields, baseball diamonds, basketball courts and swimming pools.

The cars come across incredibly realistically in pictures.

Rather than just putting flat painted images, they’ve gone so far as to capture the texture of the various playing surfaces as well.

Bodybuilding team is named for the CAC Championships BAHAMAS 6TH OVERALL AFTER 75-50 LOSS TO GUATEMALA IN FIBA U-17

FROM PAGE 1 Tobago. That’s our little family of competition right there.

“It’s up for grabs, but going so far away, our team is not as big as we want it to be because we would like to have A and B team also and carry more athletes, but our turnout this year at Nationals was a little smaller. Although it was good and the mere fact that we had a lot of new persons, that was very encouraging. But we are looking forward to bigger and better things next year with a stronger team.”

The team will comprise of the following: Men’s bodybuilding - Sidney Outten, men’s masters and heavyweight divisions; Jimmy Norius, men’s masters and middleweight; Charles Reckley, men’s bodybuilding welterweight; Paul Wilson, men’s bodybuilding welterweight; Giovanne Farrington, men’s bodybuilding light heavyweight and Bernard Davis, men’s bodybuilding super heavyweight.

Women’s figure - Dekel Nesbitt, open figure D class; Tammy Stubbs, women’s figure A class; Chritiann Butler, figure B class.

Bikini - Shakira Ferguson, open bikini D class; Tashara Seymour, open bikini F class; Women’s Physique - Tamara Moxey-Green, open physique; Lakiesha Miller, open physique.

Wellness - Cara Saunders, open A class; Angelika Wallace-Whitfield, open B class.

Men’s physique - Antone Shepherd, junior physique and open E class; Terran Mackey, open A class; Alberto Armbrister, open B class; Gemo Smith, open D class; Enderich Rahming, E class; Sheikh Ellis, open E class; Jay Darling, muscular physique open B class.

“We have a lot of new members of the team, but we will coach them along, making sure they get their stance right and they have the proper equipment and hopefully they can get into the final and make it in the top three,” Tucker said. “It’s a transition period for the federation because we’re trying to regroup.

“There are some members who have decided to sit out this year and there are a lot of new members, if you look at the names here. They are willing to give it a try because they believe in themselves and they believe the federation could propel them to excellence.”

Every year there seems to be an additional division added to the competition and that is because the sport continues to grow, according to Tucker.

“The IFBB would not just want

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JIMMY NORIUS receives his award for winning the middleweight division. the Raymond Tucker and the Nardo Dean to be there, but they want the athletes who don’t want to show all of their accolades on the stage.

We partly cloth you or we half way fully cloth you and we allow you to be relaxed on the stage and you are able to present the package that you want to present and to be comfortable with it,” he said.

Dean said the good thing about the additional categories is that it allows for more people to be able to obtain their professional cards as the winners of each category instead of just the overall champion of bodybuilding, which was the case not so long ago.

“I think they are seeing the consistency of these athletes coming year after year that are winning their divisions year after year and still not getting their pro cards,” Dean stressed. “So comparing us to a lot of the MPC shows and pre qualifiers on the US circuit, from the Caribbean regional standpoint, I think they are now allowing the Caribbean athletes to really get their pro cards in a more consistent basis from competition to competition.

“A lot of our Caribbean athletes would compete in the Caribbean here and then they would want to go in a US show just to get a pro card when they were quite eligible for it and have the physique and the ability and the potential to get that same pro card right here in the

Caribbean.”

Also accompanying the team at the championships will be federation president Joel Stubbs; vice president Kenny Stubbs; Danny Sumner, CAC Senior Vice President of Antilles Region and Area President; Britney Hamilton, treasurer; Lillian Moncur, general secretary; Timothy Rolle, team security and protocol officer as well as Wellington Sears and Nicole Richardson as judges.

During the federation’s nationals and novice championships combined on Saturday, August 12 at Loyola Hall, Gladstone Road, Reckley won over the men’s overall bodybuilding title and was named the most muscular as the welterweight champion. Giovanne Farringtonm, the light heavyweight winner, was the best poser. Other divisional winners were Jimmy Norius in the middleweight; Sidney Outten in the heavyweight and Bernard Davis in the super heavyweight.

Jomar Farrington was the light heavyweight runner up and Rick Roberts got third.

Shakeria Ferguson emerged as the overall champion in the women’s open bikini. She took the C class. Akaela Nesbitt won the A class and the junior B class, while Tashara Seymour won the E class over Nadia Vanderpool and Stacy Sargent in that order.

Angelika Wallace-Whitfield was

the overall women’s wellness class, taking the B title over Cara Saunders. Daphane Fox was the A class winner.

Jay Darling won the men’s muscular physique as the D champion over Rasheid Edgecombe. Andrew Brennen was the E class winner.

Enderich Rahming took the E class in the men’s open physique and the overall title. He beat out Anton Shepard and Cornelius Knowles in his category. Terran Knowles was the A class winner, Alberto Armbrister won the B class over Patrick Rolle and Floyd Collie. Brendan Hanna won the C class. Gemo Smith won the D class over Joel Hall and Arron Mackey.

The men’s junior physique was won by James Bain, followed by Floyd Collie and Jeremy Misiewicz.

Tanya Moxey-Green was the women’s physique winner over Tammy Stubbs.

Dekel Nesbitt captured the women’s open figure, taking the D class. Chritiann Butler won the B class.

Nathan Morley was the lone competitor in the men’s fitness, taking the B class.

Also, Jimmy Norius didn’t have any competition as he captured the men’s masters open.

But there was a showdown in the men’s grand masters category with Sidney Outten outduelling Arthur Eldon for the open title.

team were guards Terrell Cox and Joanna Munroe and centres Ulrica Woodside and Michell Butler.

Lightbourne, by the way, was the smallest and youngest member of the team at age 12.

Point guard Luisa Enriquez led Guatemala with 19 points, four assists and two steals.

After posting a 14-2 lead at the end of the first quarter, Guatemala watched as the Bahamas outscored them 19-16 in the second quarter to cut the deficit to 30-21 at the half. But Guatemala came out of the locker room and went on a 25-11 tear in the third to push their margin to 55-32 and they never looked back, outscoring the Bahamas 2018 in the fourth.

In the game, Guatemala shot 37.3-33.3 per cent from the field, 36-0 per cent from the three-point line and 5047.6 from the free throw line. They won the battle in rebounds 55-43; 23-13 in assists, 21-14 in steals and 6-3 in block shots. The Bahamas, however, had 32 turnovers compared to just 24 by their opponents.

Guatemala scored 16-12 points on fast breaks and they enjoyed their biggest lead of 27 points in the game. The Bahamas never led but used their depth to outscore Guatemala 38-37 in the paint. Guatemala got the 20-18 edge in points off the bench and 33-16 in points from turnovers. They even had a 10-6 margin in second-chance points and their biggest scoring run was 11 points, compared to eight by the Bahamas.

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Cubs sweep Blue Jays with wild 6-5 win in 10 innings

By JAY COHEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Avila felt for Raffy Lopez. It was quite a day for catchers.

Avila capped Chicago’s three-run 10th inning with a two-run single, and the Cubs swept the Toronto Blue Jays with a wild 6-5 victory on Sunday.

With two outs and the bases loaded, Avila lined a base hit into right field against Roberto Osuna (34). Ben Zobrist scored easily and Javier Baez slid in safely just ahead of the tag attempt by Lopez.

“The first pitch that I fouled off was a cutter in deep and he tried to go back in there with another cutter and just kind of left it more middle of the plate,” Avila said.

The improbable rally also included two batters reaching on swingand-miss strikeouts and a wild pitch that scored Kyle Schwarber — all with Lopez behind the plate.

The 29-year-old backstop also got beat up by a couple other balls in the inning.

“It is a tough one,” he said. “You feel like it’s your fault. Sometimes the game gets the best of you. You’ve just got to bounce back.

Just learn from it. I just have to respond.”

Toronto grabbed the lead with two runs in the top of the inning on Kevin Pillar’s RBI single off Koji Uehara, and Norichika Aoki’s bases-loaded loaded walk against Justin Wilson (4-4).

Osuna, however, was handed his eighth blown save of the year.

“They’ve got the magic here. There’s no doubt about it,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.

Pillar also robbed Kris Bryant of extra bases with a spectacular leaping catch against the ivy-covered wall in center in the seventh, drawing appreciative cheers from the crowd of 41,459 at Wrigley Field.

Albert Almora Jr. hit a three-run double for NL Central-leading Chicago, which completed its fifth three-game sweep of the season. Kyle Hendricks allowed three runs and six hits in six innings.

“I do love that we don’t quit,” manager Joe Maddon said. “We talk about it all the time. We do not quit.”

Chicago jumped in front on Almora’s big hit in the third, but Toronto responded with single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth, capped by Miguel Montero’s second homer since the Cubs traded the catcher to the Blue Jays. After Jose Bautista flied out to begin the sixth, Montero drove Hendricks’ next pitch over the wall in left-center.

Montero helped Chicago win the World Series last year, but was designated for assignment on June 28 after he blamed pitcher Jake Arrieta for allowing seven stolen bases in a loss to Washington. Montero and Arrieta quickly patched things up, and each side has said everything is fine.

By ADRY TORRES Associated Press

CHICAGO Cubs’ Javier Baez, left, scores as Toronto Blue Jays’ Raffy Lopez, right, applies a late tag during the 10th inning of yesterday’s game.

(AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski) “We’ve already been texting,” Hendricks said after allowing the homer to Montero. “Those were just dumb pitches honestly, bad pitches to him. He’s a good hitter. He can hit mistakes.”

MAKING MOVES The Cubs added veteran catcher Rene Rivera to their roster and activated Uehara from the 10day disabled list. Rookie catcher Victor Caratini and left-hander Rob Zastryzny were optioned to Triple-A

Iowa.

Rivera was acquired Saturday on a waiver claim from the New York Mets.

He used to watch the Cubs play with his grandfather when he was growing up in Puerto Rico.

“It’s an honor for me to be here (with) a team he loved so much and now I play for,” said Rivera, who singled and scored on Almora’s double.

A REAL SHIFT Toronto had an unusual look on the left side of its

infield. Regular third baseman Josh Donaldson made his first career start at shortstop, and veteran outfielder Bautista began the game at third.

Donaldson played a total of three innings at shortstop in the first two games of the series.

He also played one inning at the position with Oakland in 2013.

Bautista, who played a lot of third early in his career, made his second start and sixth appearance of the season at the position.

GONZALEZ PITCHES 6 SCORELESS, WHITE SOX HOLD OFF RANGERS 3-2 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Miguel Gonzalez and Juan Minaya pitched out of trouble just well enough on Sunday.

Gonzalez escaped early trouble to finish six scoreless innings and Minaya recorded the final out after giving up a two-run homer, leading the Chicago White Sox over the Texas Rangers 3-2.

Texas dropped 2 ½ games behind the Twins and the Angels for the AL’s second wild-card spot.

The Rangers finished a 10-game homestand 7-3, but split the fourgame series against Chicago.

Gonzalez (7-10) pitched out of one-out, bases-loaded jams in both the second and third innings.

“I just didn’t have that feel in the

STANTON HITS 45TH HR, CONLEY FANS 11, MARLINS BEAT METS 6-4

second and third inning,” he said.

“I was just pushing the ball instead of going through my catcher.”

Rangers manager Jeff Banister said his batters couldn’t take advantage. “I felt like Gonzalez made some pitches,” he said, and added, “There were no productive outs in today’s game.”

With the bases loaded, Texas batters went down on two popups and two short flyballs.

After allowing singles to the first two batters in the fourth, Gonzalez retired the last nine batters he faced. “Just one of those days where you had to think through it and make adjustments while the game went on.”

Gonzalez tied his season high

with six strikeouts, and gave up four walks and four hits, all singles.

He’s 2-0 in his last three starts, allowing two runs in 20 innings.

“I thought he was running the ball, cutting the ball, working both sides of the plate, staying on the fringes,” White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. “He never really left anything to the middle that allowed them to do a whole lot.”

Minaya recorded his second save, both in the last three games, despite giving up Rougned Odor’s 27th homer with two outs in the ninth.

Minaya got pinch hitter ShinSoo Choo to ground into a double play ahead of the homer. After it, Minaya retired Elvis Andrus on a

game-ending flyball.

The Rangers left 10 runners on base after scoring 29 runs in the series’ first three games. They were 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position.

Chicago capitalised on the Rangers’ stranding runners by scoring three runs in the fourth inning against A.J. Griffin (6-4).

Omar Narvaez stretched his hitting streak to eight games with an RBI single and Tyler Saladino followed with a two-run double. Saladino had only six RBIs in his 53 previous games this season.

“I just wasn’t able to get ahead,” Griffin said. “They got a couple of base hits with guys on and scored a couple of runs.”

NO HITS UNTIL 6TH: VERLANDER, TIGERS TOP MAEDA, DODGERS 6-1

By NOAH TRISTER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander and Kenta Maeda both took no-hitters into the sixth inning, but only the Detroit star was able to keep his outstanding performance going as the Tigers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 yesterday.

Verlander (9-8) allowed a home run to Curtis Granderson in the sixth.

But shortly after his no-hit bid ended, the Tigers scored four runs in the bottom of the inning against Maeda.

The Los Angeles righthander retired the first 15 Detroit batters before allowing five hits in the sixth.

The homer by Granderson was one of only two hits off Verlander. He walked one and struck out nine in eight innings.

Maeda (11-5) was pulled after the sixth inning and lost for the first time in seven starts.

The Tigers snapped a sixgame skid and halted a sixgame winning streak by the Dodgers.

Verlander has pitched two no-hitters in his career.

He retired the first 13 Los Angeles hitters, taming the team with by far the best record in the major leagues.

He walked Yasiel Puig on a full count in the fifth, and Granderson’s drive to right field an inning later hit the pole for a homer.

The only other hitter to

reach base against Verlander was Austin Barnes, who singled in the eighth.

John Hicks lined a clean single to left-centre to lead off the bottom of the sixth and break up Maeda’s perfect game. Andrew Romine followed with a double, and Dixon Machado hit a tworun double that put the Tigers up 2-1.

Justin Upton added a two-run homer later in the inning.

Verlander, who has been the subject of trade speculation for several weeks, waved to the crowd as he entered the dugout after the top of the eighth. Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run double in the eighth to make it 6-1.

TRAINER’S ROOM Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (lower back strain) is expected to pitch a threeinning simulated game today. 1B Cody Bellinger sat out after spraining his right ankle Saturday.

UP NEXT Dodgers: LHP Alex Wood (14-1) takes the mound at Pittsburgh tonight against RHP Gerrit Cole (10-8) of the Pirates.

Tigers: Detroit has today off before hosting the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. LHP Matthew Boyd (5-6) starts the opener of that series against RHP Masahiro Tanaka (8-10).

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets rookie Amed Rosario learned a painful lesson: When speedy Dee Gordon is running, there’s no time to waste.

The 21-year-old shortstop scooped up a seventh-inning grounder Sunday and patted his glove with the ball before throwing to first base, allowing Gordon to beat the play for an infield single.

New York ace Jacob deGrom (13-7) threw up his hands in disgust for a moment, and the mistake soon cost the Mets. Giancarlo Stanton hit the next pitch for a three-run homer that gave the Miami Marlins a four-run lead in a 6-4 victory. If the Mets had retired Gordon, they might have been much more inclined to pitch around Stanton or walk him intentionally with a runner on third and two outs. Instead, with runners at the corners and one out, he made them pay.

“That changes the whole dynamic of my at-bat,” said Stanton, who upped his major league-leading total to 45 home runs. “Even though it’s first pitch, it changed the whole dynamic of my at-bat for sure.”

Stanton’s homer backed a stellar performance by Adam Conley, who struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings. “I think Adam’s seven strong is really what set the tone for the whole day,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said.

Conley (6-5) allowed one run and three hits. Brad Ziegler pitched the ninth for his sixth save. “Just really encouraged, in contrast to my last start (when) I was telling you guys about how I didn’t feel I could do anything,” Conley said.

Yoenis Cespedes homered and hit an RBI double for the Mets, who have lost six of seven. They fell to 6-15 on Sundays this season, including 2-9 at Citi Field.

Miami went up 1-0 with two outs in the first on Christian Yelich’s hard grounder that glanced off Wilmer Flores’ glove. Yelich then picked on Flores again in the 3rd with another shot that the Mets’ 3rd baseman couldn’t corral, allowing Gordon to score from 2nd as the ball rolled into foul territory.

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Wimbledon champion Muguruza beats Halep for title

By JOE KAY Associated Press MASON, Ohio (AP) — Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza added another trophy in her breakthrough summer, beating Simona Halep yesterday for her first Western & Southern Open title.

Muguruza’s 6-1, 6-0 victory in only 56 minutes extended her streak of playing deep into tournaments and denied Halep a chance to move to No. 1 in the next WTA rankings.

The Spaniard won her first title in the US and her second of the year, along with Wimbledon. In three tournaments since, she has

at least reached the quarterfinals.

It was a big disappointment for Halep — the third time this season that she needed one more win to move up to No. 1 and couldn’t get it. She also finished as the runner-up at Cincinnati in 2015, losing to Serena Williams.

Halep brought a lot of momentum into the final.

She was feeling good and moving well after being hampered by a knee injury early in the season. The Romanian didn’t lose a set all week until Sunday, when she was never in the match.

Muguruza broke her to go up 2-0 in the first set and was in control. Halep won

only 12 points in the set, which lasted 23 minutes.

Muguruza broke her again to open the second set and faced only two break points all match.

When it ended, Muguruza congratulated Halep and walked around the court with her smiling face cradled in both hands, taking it all in.

Then she put her hands over her heart and reached toward the applauding crowd.

The women’s bracket was missing Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova. Muguruza knocked off defending champion Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-2 in the semi-finals.

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — All soccer matches in Spain held a minute’s silence to honour victims as the Spanish league began a new season under the shadow of recent attacks in Barcelona and a nearby coastal town.

Yesterday’s game in Barcelona became a focal point for a city insisting it won’t be afraid. Barcelona beat Real Betis 2-0, while defending champion Real Madrid eased to a 3-0 victory at Deportivo La Coruna.

GARBINE MUGURUZA, of Spain, holds the Rookwood Cup after defeating Simona Halep, of Romania, in the women’s singles final at the Western & Southern Open yesterday. Muguruza won 6-1, 6-0.

(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Rookie Conner stars in Steelers’ 17-13 victory over the Falcons

By DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie running back James Conner set up Pittsburgh’s winning fourth-quarter touchdown pass in the Steelers’ 17-13 exhibition victory over the Atlanta Falcons yesterday.

Conner, the former University of Pittsburgh star who overcame Hodgkin’s lymphoma and a serious right knee injury to reach the NFL, broke off runs of 17 and 19 yards, leading to Bart Houston’s 6-yard touchdown pass to Justin Hunter.

Conner was greeted with an ovation on the third series of the game when he made his first carry. The third-round pick busted off three other runs longer than 10 yards and ended his NFL debut with 98 yards rushing on 20 carries.

Matt Ryan led the Falcons to a touchdown in his only series and finished 4 of 6 for 57 yards. In two series during the preseason, Ryan, the 2016 NFL’s Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year, has gone 6 of 8 for 88 yards with a touchdown and a 123.6 passer rating.

Pittsburgh receiver Martavis Bryant played his first game more than 18 months.

The NFL suspended Bryant in March 2016 for a second violation of its substance abuse policy. He also opened the 2015 season with a four-game suspension because of multiple violations of the league’s substance abuse policy. Bryant, who is still in the process of being fully reinstated by the league, remains suspended, but is permitted to participate in all preseason activi-

ceptions (106) and touchdowns (12) and fifth with 1,284 yards in 2016.

Jones was held out for the second straight preseason game following offseason foot surgery. Jones, who has reported no problems in his recovery, has been limited in training camp. The twotime All-Pro caught 136 passes in 2015, second-most in NFL history, and finished with 1,409 receiving yards last season.

PITTSBURGH Steelers running back James Conner (30) is tackled by Atlanta Falcons defensive end Courtney Upshaw (91) in the first half of last night’s preseason game.

(AP Photo/Don Wright) ties — including practices and games.

Steelers rookie Josh Dobbs targeted Bryant on the first play of the game, but the offence sputtered with consecutive three-andouts. Dobbs, a fourth-round pick, was 10 of 19 for 70 yards with an interception.

Bryant, who had two catches for 20 yards, later fumbled an end-around, but made up for it with a 23yard reception on a drive that ended with a field goal.

Tevin Coleman got the start at running back for the Falcons with Devonta Freeman previously ruled out with a concussion. But the Falcons’ primary backfield focus was the competition

for the third running back spot.

Terron Ward, who ran for 48 yards against Miami, was strong again Sunday. He finished with nine carries for 37 yards and a touchdown.

Ward ran for 151 yards in five games last season.

Fifth-round pick Brian Hill rushed for 14 yards on seven carries. The former Wyoming product player also struggled in the team’s first preseason game against Miami, gaining 10 yards on nine carries.

Falcons first-round pick Takkarist McKinley made his NFL debut.

The defensive end had surgery for a torn labrum and fractured right shoul-

der socket in March and was held out of the preseason opener. The 6-foot-2, 250-pound McKinley had 10 sacks and 18 tackles for loss as a college senior last season at UCLA. He is expected to add punch to a pass rush that features Vic Beasley, who led the league with 15.5 sacks in 2016.

WIDE OUTS OUT Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown and Atlanta’s Julio Jones, two of the top receivers in the NFL, sat out Sunday.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin held out Brown for the second straight preseason game. Brown finished second in the league in re-

ALSO MISSING Freeman (concussion) was previously ruled out in what coach Dan Quinn described as a precaution.

Quinn previously said the injury is not expected to be a long-term issue. Freeman, the league’s highest-paid running back, has rushed for 1,000 yards in back-toback seasons. He caught a 15-yard touchdown pass in the Falcon’s first preseason game.

Tomlin held out quarterback Ben Roethlisberger out for the second straight preseason game. Backup Landry Jones also sat out with an abdominal injury.

BIG PLAYS Pittsburgh’s Trey Williams returned a punt 64 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. Steelers linebacker Anthony Chickillo had two sacks. Pittsburgh’s Jordan Dangerfield picked off two passes, while Quincy Mauger and Akeem King had interceptions for the Falcons.

INJURY REPORT Steelers nose tackle Javon Hargrave left in the first quarter with a concussion, and linebacker Steven Johnson sustained a hamstring injury.

CHELSEA TITLE DEFENCE BACK ON TRACK, HUDDERSFIELD WINS AGAIN

By ROB HARRIS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Any doubts Antonio Conte had about his Chelsea players were dispelled with a victory over Tottenham that lifted the gloom surrounding the champions.

With a 2-1 victory yesterday secured through Marcos Alonso’s double, the Premier League champions are finally up and running after a tough couple of weeks.

Defeat to Arsenal in the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium was followed by a surprise capitulation to Burnley as Chelsea made a losing start to its league title defence. Back at Wem-

bley — Tottenham’s home for the season while White Hart Lane is being redeveloped — Chelsea players were smiling again.

Conte too.

“I want to thank my players,” Conte said. “They won. They showed me great desire, great spirit, great willingness to fight. I saw today the fighters.”

Wembley wasn’t the only ground staging a Premier League game for the first time on Sunday. Huddersfield’s Kirklees Stadium is now a destination in soccer’s richest league, and its occupant has opened its first-ever Premier League campaign with two wins out of two.

Huddersfield’s victory at

Crystal Palace last weekend was followed by a 1-0 victory over fellow promoted side Newcastle yesterday.

Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion are the only other teams to open with two wins. The second round will be completed today by a meeting of Everton and Manchester City, who both triumphed last week.

TOTTENHAM’S WEMBLEY WOES It could be a long, gruelling season away from White Hart Lane for Tottenham unless the Wembley jinx ends. In 11 matches at the national stadium since it was rebuilt in 2007, Tottenham has only won twice.

And it’s now eight losses.

Tottenham fell behind in the 24th minute when Alonso curled a free kick past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. Although Chelsea gifted Tottenham an equaliser in the 82nd, when Michy Batshuayi headed into his own net after three minutes on the pitch, the visitors still had time to grab a winner.

Inside six minutes Alonso was on target again, with a shot squirming under Lloris. “Wembley is not the reason we lost the game,” Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said. “I think the team played really, really well and it’s not fair to blame Wembley because for me Wembley is one of the best places in the world,

if not the best place in the world to play football.”

HUDDERSFIELD’S HIGH It is two wins out of two and two clean sheets for a Huddersfield team playing in the top flight for the first time since 1972 — two decades before the inception of the Premier League.

Aaron Mooy secured the victory over Newcastle with a strike five minutes into the second half.

“I don’t have to pinch myself but I didn’t expect it,” Huddersfield manager David Wagner said. “We only wanted to be brave in every single game, to search for our chance, and I think we’ve done it so far.”

HONOURING VICTIMS Barcelona’s players had the word “Barcelona” instead of their names on the back of their shirts, and the Catalan hashtag “TOTSSOMBARCELONA” (We are all Barcelona) was on display around the Camp Nou stadium. The message was also shown on the stadium’s large screens, as well as on many banners carried by fans.

An emotional minute’s silence was held before the game as the music of Catalan cellist Pau Casals played in the background.

Before the minute was up, the more than 55,000 fans at the stadium broke into a round of applause and began chanting “No tinc por” (I’m not afraid), a chant which has become a symbol of people’s reaction to the attacks that killed 14 people and injured more than 120 in Barcelona and the nearby seaside resort of Cambrils.

Without Neymar and the injured Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi thrived and led the Catalan club to its comfortable victory.

He came agonisingly close to scoring his 350th La Liga goal, but was denied by the woodwork three different times.

Barcelona scored goals three minutes apart near the end of the first half — an own-goal by Betis defender Alin Tosca and a close-range shot by Sergi Roberto.

Barcelona was coming off consecutive losses to Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final.

BALE LEADS WAY Gareth Bale made the most of the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo by scoring one goal and setting up another to make sure Madrid got its title defence off to a winning start.

It was also an important opportunity for Bale to show that he should keep his spot in the starting 11 after Ronaldo completes the remaining three matches of his suspension for pushing a referee in the Spanish Super Cup. Francisco “Isco” Alarcon and Marco Asensio had superb performances to lead Madrid to both the European and Spanish Super Cups and they are putting pressure on Bale for his spot in the lineup.

After withstanding Deportivo’s early surge, Bale provided the opening goal in the 20th when he tapped in a rebound.

Casemiro added a second goal seven minutes later, and Bale assisted Toni Kroos to round off the victory in the 63rd.

Madrid’s easy win was only marred by Sergio Ramos being sent off in stoppage time when he picked up his second booking.

DISAPPOINTING START Athletic was held by Getafe to a 0-0 draw despite playing nearly 30 minutes with an extra man at its San Mames Stadium.

Getafe midfielder Alvaro Jimenez was sent off with a second yellow card in the 66th minute but Athletic was not able to take advantage.

Getafe claimed a firsthalf goal but the referee ruled that the ball did not cross the goalline.

THE TRIBUNE

Monday, August 21, 2017, PAGE 7

Mo Farah wins his last track race in Britain BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah signed off track racing in Britain by winning the 3,000 metres at the Diamond League meet in Birmingham yesterday.

The 34-year-old Farah, who is quitting track to focus on marathon running, won in 7 minutes, 38.64 seconds.

“Emotions have been high coming into this event - not as much as (the 2012 Olympics in) London but it is my last time at home and I really enjoyed it,” said Farah, who paid tribute to the home fans.

“They have been amazing. This is what it is all about. This is what we dream of. I’ve had some amazing support throughout my career and they have followed my journey so thank you.”

Farah will retire from the track at the Diamond

BRITAIN’s Mo Farah celebrates winning the 3,000 metres during the Grand Prix at the Alexandra Stadium yesterday.

League finals in Zurich on Thursday. Adam Gemili was disqualified after a false start in the 100 final, won by Chijindu Ujah in 10.08 seconds ahead of an all-British field.

Another British runner, Dwayne Cowan, won the 400 in 45.34, while Turkey’s Ramil Guliyev beat Ameer Webb of the United States to win the 200 in 20.17.

There was success for the US in the 110 hurdles, where world record holder Aries Merritt won in 13.29 ahead of Russia’s Sergey Shubenkov, competing as an authorised neutral athlete. Another American, Devon Allen, was third.

In women’s events, Olympic champion Elaine Thompson of Jamaica won the 100 in 10.93, while Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain took the 400 gold ahead of an American trio of Allyson Felix, Courtney Okolo and Phyllis Francis.

JAMAICA’s Elaine Thompson wins the women’s 100m.

AP Photos: David Davies

THE WEATHER REPORT

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Statistics are for Nassau through 2 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 90° F/32° C Low .................................................... 86° F/30° C Normal high ....................................... 89° F/32° C Normal low ........................................ 76° F/24° C Last year’s high ................................. 90° F/32° C Last year’s low ................................... 76° F/25° C Precipitation As of 2 p.m. yesterday ................................. 0.62” Year to date ............................................... 23.16” Normal year to date ................................... 23.03”

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