Fed up with his own bat, Hanser Alberto grabbed one belonging to teammate Delino DeShields. Alberto, the seldom-used backup infielder, lined a tiebreaking single to center in the 14th inning, helping the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five American League Division Series. ”I didn’t even ask him for it,” Alberto said, smiling at DeShields sitting beside him on the postgame interview
John Lackey lived up to his reputation as a pitcher who craves the ball in October, helping the St. Louis Cardinals cool off the upstart Chicago Cubs. Lackey outpitched old teammate Jon Lester, allowing two hits into the eighth inning, and rookies Tommy Pham and Stephen Piscotty each homered late for the Cardinals in a 4-0 victory Friday night in the opener of their NL Division Series. ”Tonight was special,
The Kansas City Royals whipped out the same formula that carried them to last year’s World Series to turn back the Houston Astros and tie their AL Division Series at a game apiece. ”Just battling,” first baseman Eric Hosmer said. The Royals rallied from a three-run deficit Friday, getting a go-ahead single from Ben Zobrist in the seventh inning, and then watched Wade Davis and the bullpen make it stand
Marshawn Lynch will miss a second straight week for the Seattle Seahawks due to a hamstring strain. The team on Friday officially ruled Lynch out for Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Lynch injured his hamstring in the second quarter of the team’s 26-0 victory over the Chicago Bears in Week 3.
Jessica Korda hit six birdies to take a two shot lead in the third round of the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Saturday, while Lydia Ko, a South Korea-born New Zealander, remains firmly in the race for the title. Ko trails her American rival Korda by just three shots as they go into the final round on Sunday. Friday’s leader Jang Ha-Na of South Korea and American Stacy Lewis trail Korda
By Tony Jimenez WOBURN, England, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Luke Donald provided the perfect response to caddie John McLaren’s decision to sack his golfer when the former world number one shot the joint second lowest round of the week at the British Masters on Saturday. McLaren said this week that his six-year alliance with the 37-year-old Englishman had simply “run its course” but may live to regret his move after
By Tony Jimenez WOBURN, England (Reuters) – The European Tour did not set a dangerous precedent by allowing Rory McIlroy to compete in the Final Series even though he has failed to play the minimum number of 2014-15 events, its chief executive said. Keith Pelley, who took over from George O’Grady in August, told Reuters in an interview at the British Masters on Saturday that the protocol he observed in
By Peter Rutherford INCHEON, South Korea, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The head-to-head showdown golf fans had been calling for between the top two players in the world, Jordan Spieth and Jason Day, failed to materialise at the Presidents Cup as team tactics took precedence ahead of the all-important Sunday singles. With the United States leading by a point, and the Internationals the closest they have been at this stage since
By Peter Rutherford INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – It was a day of great escapes and blown opportunities for the Internationals on day three of the Presidents Cup, while Jordan Spieth delivered a birdie blitz to help keep the United States a point in front with just Sunday’s singles matches to come. No team has ever won the Cup after going into the singles matches trailing. History is not the
By Ece Toksabay and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) – At least 86 people were killed when two suspected suicide bombers hit a rally of pro-Kurdish and leftist activists outside Ankara’s main train station on Saturday, weeks ahead of an election, in the deadliest attack of its kind on Turkish soil. Bodies covered by flags and banners, including those of the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), lay scattered on the