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AL’s Verlander, NL’s
Ryu starting pitchers
in All-Star Game
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
CLEVELAND — Sit-
ting next to Justin Verlander,
American League manager
Alex Cora cheekily declared
“we’ve got the opener” as he
described his pitching plans.
Touché!
Houston’s ace has been
among the players most crit-
ical of some teams’ practice
of using relief pitchers as
ersatz starters for an inning
or two.
Verlander will be making
his second All-Star start on
Tuesday night. Los Ange-
les Dodgers manager Dave
Roberts selected Hyun-Jin
Ryu from his own staff to
make his first start for the
National League.
A 36-year-old right-
hander, Verlander is 10-4
with a 2.98 ERA this year for
the Houston Astros, striking
out 153 in 126⅔ innings.
He allowed five runs
in the first inning during
the 2012 All-Star Game at
Kansas City, including the
first bases-loaded triple in
All-Star history, to Pablo
Sandoval.
“I kind of halfway blame
it on Prince Fielder,” Ver-
lander said. “He was at first
base, and he kept whispering
at me, ‘Ver, Ver, Ver, throw
100.’ OK, Prince, here we
go. So that was back then.”
Verlander, then with
Detroit, threw five pitches
clocked at 100 mph and
another at 101 during a
35-pitch inning.
“I don’t quite throw 100
anymore. Maybe I’ll try
tomorrow,” he said. “The
goal is to get guys out. That’s
it.”
All-Star starters were
openers before the term
was coined. No starter
has pitched more than two
innings since Greg Mad-
dux threw three in 1994,
according to the Elias Sports
Bureau.
“This game has 120-plus
years of history, and I think
we’re riding this little wave
of things that are a little dif-
ferent right now,” he said.
“But I think it will come
back around.”
Verlander also is not a fan
of the dominance of power
and strikeouts — even
though he has 2,859.
“The game goes in
cycles. I think at a certain
point I think analytics will
catch up to things where it’s
hard right now,” he said. “I
think the ability to put the
ball in play will come back
in a big way and probably in
the not-too-distant future.”
Ryu, a 32-year-old
left-hander from South
Korea, is 10-2 with a major
league-leading 1.73 ERA
for the NL champion Dodg-
ers. He is the second Asian
All-Star starter after Dodg-
ers rookie Hideo Nomo of
Japan in 1995.
“When I signed with
the Dodgers, all I wanted
was to get a chance to
compete with the best in
Major League Baseball,”
Ryu said through a trans-
lator. “I wasn’t necessarily
thinking about pitching in
an All-Star Game. But like
I said before, this is all sur-
real to me.”
Roberts envisions the
Dodgers’ Clayton Ker-
shaw following Ryu and
then the New York Mets’
Jacob deGrom. Cora
plans to have the Yankees’
Masahiro Tanaka pitch
second and then decided
to go backward: New
York’s Aroldis Chapman
would pitch the ninth if the
AL is ahead, Cleveland’s
Brad Hand the eighth and
Houston’s Ryan Pressly
the seventh.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Querrey’s reward for Wimbledon
quarterfinal? Facing Nadal
By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
WIMBLEDON, England
— Sam Querrey is in the
Wimbledon quarterfinals for
the third time in four years.
His reward as he seeks to
reach his first Grand Slam
final? A matchup against
18-time major champion
Rafael Nadal.
“It’s going to just get
harder and harder,” the Amer-
ican said. “It’s his least favor-
ite place of the Slams — and
he’s ‘finaled’ it five times.
And he’s been rolling through
guys.”
Querrey, who is ranked
65th after recently return-
ing from an injured abdomi-
nal muscle, used his big serve
to get past Tennys Sandgren
6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) on
Monday in the first meeting
between two U.S. men in the
fourth round or later at Wim-
bledon in 19 years.
Querrey hit 25 aces and
saved all four break points he
faced.
“I love playing here and
I’m getting more comfortable
every year. I like playing on
the grass,” Querrey said. “It’s
becoming more of a thing
when I get here: I don’t care
so much who I’m playing,
because I have just the confi-
dence that I can make a run,
regardless of who’s in front of
me.”
In 2016, he upset defending
champion Novak Djokovic on
the way to the quarterfinals.
In 2017, he upset defending
champion Andy Murray on
the way to the semifinals.
Now comes Nadal, who
won Wimbledon twice and
was the runner-up three other
times in a span of five appear-
ances from 2006-11.
“I’m going to have to
serve incredibly well, take
my chances when I get them,”
Querrey said, “and, you know,
hopefully I can have a good
day out there.”
Nadal, who is seeded
third, carries a 16-match win-
ning streak into Wednesday’s
quarterfinal against Querrey.
That includes a 12th trophy at
the French Open last month.
“When he plays well, he
can be very, very dangerous
in all surfaces,” Nadal said.
“But, of course, in fast sur-
faces, when he serves with
his aggressive game, maybe
more.”
Nadal never had a bit of
AP Photo/Tim Ireland
Sam Querrey returns the ball to Tennys Sandgren in a men’s
singles match Monday during the Wimbledon Tennis Cham-
pionships in London.
trouble during his 6-2, 6-2,
6-2 victory over Joao Sousa
of Portugal on Monday.
Djokovic and Roger Federer
also breezed through.
Federer overwhelmed No.
17 Matteo Berrettini of Italy
6-1, 6-2, 6-2, and Djokovic did
the same to Ugo Humbert of
France 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.
On Wednesday, Djokovic
meets No. 21 David Goffin of
Belgium, Federer plays No. 8
Kei Nishikori of Japan, and
No. 23 Roberto Bautista Agut
of Spain faces No. 26 Guido
Pella of Argentina.
This is the 24th time the
Big Three all reached the
quarterfinals of a major tour-
nament; one of them ended up
with the title on 20 of the pre-
vious occasions.
“It’s pretty incredible, their
dominance. They don’t seem
to take a Slam off, rarely a
Masters Series off,” Querrey
said. “They’re engaged and
focused — match-in, match-
out — for 15 years.”
Derby: Mets’ Alonso wins home run derby
Continued from Page B1
derby lore.
They were tied 29-all
after their four-minute
round and then again fol-
lowing a 60-second session.
Guerrero and Pederson then
each homered once when
given three swings, forcing
another best-of-three round.
Guerrero
hit
two,
screaming at his second
shot, which barely cleared
the 19-foot high wall in left.
Pederson couldn’t match up,
hitting a grounder on his
final cut before both play-
ers shared an exhausted
embrace near home plate as
the fellow All-Stars stood
and applauded like regular
fans.
The last Home Run
Derby in Cleveland was
also won by a New Yorker
— Yankees first baseman
AP Photo/John Minchillo
Pete Alonso, of the New York Mets, reacts during the Major
League Baseball Home Run Derby, on Monday in Cleveland.
Tino Martinez, who took
the 1997 crown over a field
which included Hall of Fam-
ers Ken Griffey Jr. and Jim
Thome, who didn’t clear the
walls once.
Santana fared better than
Thome, hitting 13 ding-
ers in the first round. But
Alonso rallied with two
homers in the final 15 sec-
onds to hit 14 as the Cleve-
land crowd sneered.
The derby lost its top
seed on Sunday as Chris-
tian Yelich, the reigning NL
MVP and current home-
run leader, withdrew from
the contest citing a nagging
back issue. Yelich didn’t
want to risk injury and his
decision was certainly wel-
comed news to the Milwau-
kee Brewers.
Yelich, who is still play-
ing in Tuesday’s game, was
replaced by Oakland’s Matt
Chapman, who had the mis-
fortune of being paired
against the hard-swinging
Guerrero in the first round.
Guerrero mashed 29
homers in the first round,
breaking Josh Hamilton’s
record at Yankee Stadium
in 2008, and the barrage
included a 476-footer that
nearly stuck like a dart into
scoreboard in left field.
As each of Guerre-
ro’s powerful swings sent
a ball sailing into the
darkening sky, the sell-
out crowd at Progressive
Field oohed and aahed as if
watching a Fourth of July
fireworks display.
SCOREBOARD
AP Photo/Francisco Seco
United States’ Megan Rapinoe celebrates after scoring the
opening goal from the penalty spot during the Women’s World
Cup final soccer match Sunday between U.S. and The Nether-
lands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France.
Soccer: U.S. wins 2nd
World Cup title in a row
Continued from Page B1
incredible,” Rapinoe said. “I
feel like this team is in the
midst of changing the world
around us as we live, and it’s
just an incredible feeling.”
Lavelle, at 24 the team’s
up-and-coming star, added
her third goal of the tour-
nament on an 18-yard left-
footed shot in the 69th after
a solo run from the center
circle.
“It’s been a long journey.
It doesn’t seem real yet. I
hasn’t hit me, it’s so surreal,
to be part of this group and
to play with these players,”
Lavelle said.
The monthlong journey
isn’t over quite yet for play-
ers who captured the hearts
of a nation. New York City
Mayor Bill de Blasio needed
just a few seconds after the
match to invite the team to
a ticker-tape parade up the
Canyon of Heroes in Man-
hattan on Wednesday.
Fans, many dressed in
red, white and blue, chanted
“Equal Pay!” at the final
whistle, a reminder players
sued the U.S. Soccer Fed-
eration in March claiming
gender discrimination. The
sides have agreed to mediate
the lawsuit.
Rapinoe drew the ire
of U.S. President Donald
Trump by saying she would
refuse to visit the White
House. Trump called out
Rapinoe on Twitter, say-
ing she should never “dis-
respect our Country, the
White House, or our Flag,
especially since so much
has been done for her & the
team.” He said he would
invite the team win or lose.
But shortly after the
title game, Trump tweeted:
“Congratulations to the U.S.
Women’s Soccer Team on
winning the World Cup!
Great and exciting play.
America is proud of you all!”
Rapinoe also called
out FIFA on the eve of the
championship, suggesting
soccer’s governing body
was not doing enough to
grow the women’s game,
pointing to unequal prize
money and the scheduling
of the final on the same day
as the championships of the
CONCACAF Gold Cup
in Chicago and the Copa
America final in Brazil.
Whether unequal treat-
ment from soccer offi-
cials will change is uncer-
tain. The Americans’
dominance in France is
unquestioned.
They never trailed at
the tournament and set
records with 26 goals and
a 12-game World Cup win-
ning streak dating to 2015.
Jill Ellis became the first
coach to lead a team to two
Women’s World Cup titles,
and the U.S. joined Ger-
many in 2003 and 2007 as
the only repeat champions.
While the U.S. has four
titles, Germany is the only
other nation with even two.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East
W
L
Pct
GB
New York
57
31
.648
—
Tampa Bay
52
39
.571
6½
Boston
49
41
.544
9
Toronto
34
57
.374
24½
Baltimore
27
62
.303
30½
Central
W
L
Pct
GB
Minnesota
56
33
.629
—
Cleveland
50
38
.568
5½
Chicago
42
44
.488
12½
Kansas City
30
61
.330
27
Detroit
28
57
.329
26
West
W
L
Pct
GB
Houston
57
33
.633
—
Oakland
50
41
.549
7½
Texas
48
42
.533
9
Los Angeles
45
46
.495
12½
Seattle
39
55
.415
20
———
Sunday’s Games
Toronto 6, Baltimore 1
Boston 6, Detroit 3
Cleveland 11, Cincinnati 1
Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Yankees 1
Washington 5, Kansas City 2
Chicago White Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 1
Houston 11, L.A. Angels 10, 10 innings
Texas 4, Minnesota 1, 11 innings
Oakland 7, Seattle 4
Tuesday’s Games
NL (TBD) vs. AL (TBD) at Cleveland, Ohio,
4:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Houston at Texas, 5:05 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.
Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.
Houston at Texas, 5:05 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City, 5:15 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 7:07 p.m.
Seattle at L.A. Angels, 7:07 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East
W
L
Pct
GB
Atlanta
54 37 .593
—
Washington
47 42 .528
6
Philadelphia
47 43 .522
6½
New York
40 50 .444 13½
Miami
33 55 .375 19½
Central
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
47 43 .522
—
Milwaukee
47 44 .516
½
St. Louis
44 44 .500
2
Pittsburgh
44 45 .494
2½
Cincinnati
41 46 .471
4½
West
W
L
Pct
GB
Los Angeles
60 32 .652
—
Arizona
46 45 .505 13½
San Diego
45 45 .500
14
Colorado
44 45 .494 14½
San Francisco 41 48 .461 17½
———
Sunday’s Games
Cleveland 11, Cincinnati 1
Philadelphia 8, N.Y. Mets 3
Atlanta 4, Miami 3
Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 5
Washington 5, Kansas City 2
Chicago White Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 1
San Francisco 1, St. Louis 0
Arizona 5, Colorado 3
San Diego 5, L.A. Dodgers 3
Tuesday’s Games
NL (TBD) vs. AL (TBD) at Cleveland, Ohio,
4:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Miami, 4:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.
Arizona at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at Colorado, 5:40 p.m.
Atlanta at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.
TENNIS
Netherlands, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (0).
Horia Tecau, Romania and Jean-Julien
Rojer (5), Netherlands, def. Maximo Gon-
zalez, Argentina and Horacio Zeballos
(9), Argentina, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-5, 4-3, ret.
Robert Farah, Colombia and Juan Sebas-
tian Cabal (2), Colombia, def. Philipp
Oswald, Austria and Roman Jebavy,
Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 7-5.
WIMBLEDON RESULTS
WOMEN’S DOUBLES
LONDON (AP) — Results Monday from
Wimbledon at The All England Lawn
Tennis & Croquet Club (seedings in
parentheses):
Men’s Singles
Fourth Round
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Ugo
Humbert, France, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.
David Goffin (21), Belgium, def. Fernando
Verdasco, Spain, 7-6 (9), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Guido Pella (26), Argentina, def. Milos
Raonic (15), Canada, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6
(3), 8-6.
Roberto Bautista-Agut (23), Spain, def.
Benoit Paire (28), France, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.
Sam Querrey, United States, def. Tennys
Sandgren, United States, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-6
(3), 7-6 (5).
Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, def. Joao Sousa,
Portugal, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.
Kei Nishikori (8), Japan, def. Mikhail
Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Mat-
teo Berrettini (17), Italy, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.
Third Round
Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic and
Nicole Melichar (7), United States, def.
Abigail Spears, United States and Nadiia
Kichenok, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-3.
Yifan Xu, China and Gabriela Dabrowski
(4), Canada, def. Saisai Zheng, China and
Ying-Ying Duan (13), China, 7-5, 6-3.
Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany and
Demi Schuurs (8), Netherlands, def.
Yafan Wang, China and Anna Blinkova,
Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (7).
Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic and
Katerina Siniakova (2), Czech Repub-
lic, def. Laura Siegemund, Germany
and Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, 7-6
(6), 6-1.
WOMEN’S SINGLES
Fourth Round
Alison Riske, United States, def. Ashleigh
Barty (1), Australia, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Serena Williams (11), United States, def.
Carla Suarez-Navarro (30), Spain, 6-2, 6-2.
Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def.
Elise Mertens (21), Belgium, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Johanna Konta (19), Britain, def. Petra
Kvitova (6), Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Elina Svitolina (8), Ukraine, def. Petra
Martic (24), Croatia, 6-4, 6-2.
Karolina Muchova, Czech Republic, def.
Karolina Pliskova (3), Czech Republic,
4-6, 7-5, 13-11.
Simona Halep (7), Romania, def. Cori
Gauff, United States, 6-3, 6-3.
Shuai Zhang, China, def. Dayana Yas-
tremska, Ukraine, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.
MEN’S DOUBLES
Third Round
Lukasz Kubot, Poland and Marcelo Melo
(1), Brazil, def. Marcelo Demoliner, Bra-
zil and Divij Sharan, India, 7-5, 6-7 (8),
7-6 (6), 6-3.
Nicolas Mahut, France and Edouard Rog-
er-Vasselin (11), France, def. Bob Bryan,
United States and Mike Bryan (7), United
States, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (5).
Wesley Koolhof, Netherlands and Mar-
cus Daniell, New Zealand, def. Aisam
Qureshi, Pakistan and Santiago Gonza-
lez, Mexico, 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4.
Ivan Dodig, Croatia and Filip Polasek,
Slovakia, def. Nikola Mektic, Croatia and
Franko Skugor (6), Croatia, 7-6 (5), 6-4,
7-6 (3).
Henri Kontinen, Finland and John Peers
(8), Australia, vs. Rajeev Ram, United
States and Joe Salisbury (12), Britain, 7-6
(2), 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 5-5, susp.
Michael Venus, New Zealand and Raven
Klaasen (3), South Africa, def. Frederik
Nielsen, Denmark and Robin Haase (16),
MIXED DOUBLES
Second Round
Marcus Daniell, New Zealand and Jen-
nifer Brady, United States, def. Maximo
Gonzalez, Argentina and Yifan Xu (7),
China, , walkover.
Robert Lindstedt, Sweden and Jelena
Ostapenko, Latvia, def. Andres Molteni,
Argentina and Makoto Ninomiya, Japan,
6-3, 6-1.
Franko Skugor, Croatia and Raluca-Ioana
Olaru (12), Romania, def. Venus Williams,
United States and Frances Tiafoe, United
States, 6-3, 6-1.
Nikola Mektic, Croatia and Alicja Rosol-
ska (6), Poland, def. Shuko Aoyama,
Japan and Christopher Rungkat, Indone-
sia, 7-5, 6-4.
Aisam Qureshi, Pakistan and Nadiia
Kichenok, Ukraine, def. Michael Venus,
New Zealand and Katarina Srebotnik
(10), Slovenia, 6-4, 7-6 (9).
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States
and Jamie Murray, Britain, vs. Gabriela
Dabrowski, Canada and Mate Pavic (3),
Croatia, 4-6, 6-3, 3-4, susp.
Ivan Dodig, Croatia and Latisha Chan (8),
Chinese Taipei, def. Su-Wei Hsieh, Chi-
nese Taipei and Cheng-Peng Hsieh, Chi-
nese Taipei, 6-3, 6-2.
CYCLING
TOUR DE FRANCE RESULTS
Monday
At Epernay, France
Third Stage
A 133.6-mile hilly ride from Binche,
Belgium to Epernay, with three Cat-
egory 3 climbs and a Category 4 over
the second half of the stage
1. Julian Alaphilippe, France, Deceun-
inck-QuickStep, 4:40:29.
2. Michael Matthews, Australia, Sunweb,
:26 behind.
3. Jasper Stuyven, Belgium, Trek-Sega-
fredo, same time.
4. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, CCC,
same time.
5. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Bora-Hans-
grohe, same time.
6. Matteo Trentin, Italy, Mitchelton-Scott,
same time.
7. Sonny Colbrelli, Italy, Bahrain-Merida,
same time.
8. Xandro Meurisse, Belgium,
Wanty-Gobert, same time.
9. Wout Van Aert, Belgium, Jum-
bo-Visma, same time.
10. Thibaut Pinot, France, Groupa-
ma-FDJ, same time.
11. Tiesj Benoot, Belgium, Lotto Soudal,
same time.
12. Egan Bernal, Colombia, Ineos, same
time.
13. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Ineos, :31.
14. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana,
same time.
15. Guillaume Martin, France,
Wanty-Gobert, same time.
16. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La
Mondiale, same time.
17. Steven Kruijswijk, Netherlands, Jum-
bo-Visma, same time.
18. Alexey Lutsenko, Kazakhstan, Astana,
same time.
19. Rudy Molard, France, Groupama-FDJ,
same time.
20. Michael Woods, Canada, EF Educa-
tion First, same time.
Also
43. Tejay van Garderen, United States, EF
Education First, same time.
69. Joey Rosskopf, United States, CCC,
3:42.
120. Ben King, United States, Dimension
Data, 13:58.
151. Chad Haga, United States, Sunweb,
same time.
Overall Standings
(After three stages)
1. Julian Alaphilippe, France, Deceun-
inck-QuickStep, 9:32:19.
2. Wout Van Aert, Belgium, Jum-
bo-Visma, :20.
3. Steven Kruijswijk, Netherlands, Jum-
bo-Visma, :25.
4. George Bennett, New Zealand, Jum-
bo-Visma, same time.
5. Michael Matthews, Australia, Sun-
web, :40.
6. Egan Bernal, Colombia, Ineos, same
time.
7. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Ineos, :45.
8. Enric Mas, Spain, Deceuninck-Quick-
Step, :46.
9. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, CCC, :51.
10. Wilco Kelderman, Netherlands, Sun-
web, same time.
11. Michael Woods, Canada, EF Educa-
tion First, same time.
12. Thibaut Pinot, France, Groupa-
ma-FDJ, :52.
13. Rigoberto Uran, Colombia, EF Educa-
tion First, :53.
14. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, EF
Education First, same time.
15. Sonny Colbrelli, Italy, Bahrain-Mer-
ida, :56.
16. Rudy Molard, France, Groupama-FDJ,
:57.
17. David Gaudu, France, Groupama-FDJ,
same time.
18. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Bora-Hans-
grohe, 1:00.
19. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, Sunweb,
same time.
20. Matteo Trentin, Italy, Mitchel-
ton-Scott, 1:01.
Also
67. Joey Rosskopf, United States, CCC,
4:07.
126. Ben King, United States, Dimension
Data, 14:46.
156. Chad Haga, United States, Sun-
web, 16:36.