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MONDAY.AUGUST 27.2007
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Royals let game slip in extra innings
Indians keep division lead over Tigers after late come-from-behind victory
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Kansas City Royals center fielder David Delesus dives but can't catch a ball hit by the Cleveland Indians' Grady Sizemore. The Royals lost in 11 innings after entering the ninth with a 3-2 lead.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez singled in runs with two outs in the 11th inning, and the Cleveland Indians rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
The Indians, who scored a run in the ninth to send the game into extra innings, remained two games ahead of the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. The Tigers beat the Yankees 5-4.
Hafner's single off John Bale, the sixth Royals pitcher, scored Franklin Gutierrez, who led out the inning with a walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Grady Sizemore, who was hit by a Bale pitch, scored the second run of the inning on a Martinez single.
Joel Peralta (1-3), the fifth Royals pitcher, walked Gutierrez and was charged with the loss.
chances.
Rafael Betancourt (3-0), who threw 18 strikes out of 22 pitches, struck out three in two perfect innings to pick up the victory. Joe Boroski gave his 37th save in 42
The Indians were down to their final out in the ninth when Sizemore doubled off Royals rookie closer Joakim Soria. Asdrubal Cabrera followed with a single to center to score Sizemore. Soria was charged with his fourth blown save in 18 opportunities. His last blown save was May 20 at Colorado.
The Indians finished a nine-game road trip at 5-4, and travel home to start a seven-game homestand Monday.
Emil Brown drove in two runs and scored the other for the Rivals.
Indians right-hander Fausto Carmona allowed three runs and 10 hits in six innings. Carmona is 2-4 in his past seven starts, despite a 2.29 ERA. The Indians scored 11 runs in those games.
Royals right-hander Gil Meche held the Indians to two runs and seven hits over six innings, while striking out four and walking two. Meche, whom the Royals signed to a five-year, $55 million contract in
December, is 0-5 in his past seven starts since a July 20 victory at Detroit.
Brown, who went 4-for-4 on Saturday, singled to center in the sixth to score David Delesus and Ross Gload, who began the inning with singles. Brown took second on Jason Smith's ground out and scored on Shane Costa's two-out single.
Franklin Gutierrez's fielder's choice ground out.
Casey Blake, who entered the game hitting just .232 in the second half of the season, stroked a two-out run-producing single in the second for the first Cleveland run. Blake's single to center scored Ryan Garko, who led off the inning with a single, took second on a Kenny Lofton walk and went to third on
Alex Gordon's first error in 44 games and the Royals' first in 10 games led to an Indians' run in the fifth. Blake led off the inning with an infield single and moved to second on Gordon's throwing error. Blake stopped at third on Sizemore's infield single and scored when Cabrera grounded into a double play.
Notes: C John Buck was hit by a pitch in the sixth inning, bringing the Royals' total to 76, which leads the majors and ties the club record set in 2004. ... DH Mike Sweeney struck out in his only two at-bats Sunday with Omaha, the Royals' Triple-A affiliate.
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Gay earns gold in 100-meter race American sprinter Tyson Gay defeats record holder for championship
OSAKA, Japan — A scorching final 50 meters made Tyson Gay the world champion.
Gay made it a one-man show.
The 100-meter matchup Sunday night between the latest American sprint sensation and world record holder Asafo Powell was the most anticipated event of the world track and field championships.
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"That's what I did was visualize this victory and turn it around."
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"I wanted him to relax and enjoy the moment," his mother, Daisy Lowe, said. "I'm relieved. I feel so much better now. I get so nervous before races. I am so proud."
mated 40,000. who watched from the stands.
Gay and Powell were side-by-side at the starting line, but they never looked at each other. Gay sat behind his blocks, intensely staring straight ahead and talking to
Negativity nearly overwhelmed Gay before the biggest race of his life.
Akhlito and Empress Michiko looking on — Gay surged ahead of the Jamaican in the final 40 meters to win in 9.85 seconds. A "panicked" Powell couldn't even manage second place. He was third in 9.96, behind Derrick Atkins' 9.91.
A pep talk from mom cheered him up.
"I was wondering, 'Will people still respect me if I lose?'" he said. "I was wondering if anyone would still love me."
and talking to himself, while Powell paced.
"She talked to me and made me a believer," he said. "That's something I wasn't doing. I had a lot of negative thoughts. I was just real nervous and I was getting frustrated. That's what I did was visualize this victory and turn it around."
"I was saving to myself basically that I'm the fastest in the world," Gay said. "I was ordering my steps, running through
His parents and younger brother and sister were among the esti-
the race. I was thanking God win or lose before the race even started."
Gay was smiling 10 meters from the finish, knowing he had won. When it was over, he let out "a scream of joy." There was some chest-thumping and more shouts, then he grabbed a U.S. flag, draped it around his shoulders, posed for pictures, and took a victory lap.
Powell was grimacing through the final few meters of another disappointing finish in a major event.
"I just panicked and tightened up," he said. "I made a big mistake."
Fowell has run a world record 9.77 seconds three times but has never won a world or Olympic title. In fact, his bronze Sunday was his first medal at either event.
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"Next year I will get him," Powell said, "but for now I am very disappointed."
Quarterbacks Garcia, Green prove their worth
MIAMI - Jeff Garcia saved his best for last.
Garcia played three series Saturday, and he helped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Miami Dolphins 31-28 with a 26-yard touchdown to Joey Galloway on his final pass.
Bruce Gradkowski brought the Bucs from behind twice in the fourth quarter and threw touchdown passes of 6 yards to Earnest Graham and 1 yard to Paris Warren.
"I like some of the things we did offensively," said Bucs coach Jon Gruden, whose team improved to 2-1 in the preseason. "Defensively, we have to play better."
Dolphins rookie quarterback John Beck played the entire second half and threw for 162 yards and two touchdowns.
The first-team units played to a 14-14 standoff before both teams began using backup players midway through the second quarter.
Miami quarterback Trent Green, formally awarded the starting job this week, pulled off a trick play for one touchdown and threw for another.
But he also threw a screen pass that Tampa Bay linebacker Cato June intercepted and returned 2 vards for a score.
The Dolphins fell to 2-1 in the preseason.
"We stayed healthy with all the starters," Miami coach Cam Cameron said. "That's the first thing you feel good about."
After throwing an interception that set up a Miami score, Garcia directed a 76-yard drive, capped by his touchdown pass to Galloway on third-and-11.
"We need more of those, and more consistency," said Garcia, who went 4-for-10 for 54 yards. "It's still a work in progress."
Former Bucs starter Chris Simms played for the first time since a spleen injury that sidelines him last season. He took six snaps in the third quarter, threw an incomplete pass and was penalized for an illegal forward pass.
Beck started the second half and promptly led the Dolphins on a 79-yard touchdown drive, all of it coming through the air. He connected with P.K. Sam on a 51-yard touchdown pass to put Miami ahead 21-17.
Beck's unit was stopped on downs on its final two possessions, and he finished 11-for-22.
After Tampa Bay regained the lead, Beck directed a 76-yard touchdown drive. On third-and-5, he beat a blitz by going long to Derek Hagan for a 31-yard score.
Dolphins first-round draft pick Ted Ginn Jr. made catches to convert on third- and fourth-down situations. He finished with three receptions for 29 yards.
The Bucs' Carnell Williams carried four times for 25 yards, after rushing for only 3 yards in the first two preseason games.
Miami Dolphins' Tuff Harris breaks up a pass to Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Chas Gessner as Dolphins' Jason Allen helps defend during a NFL preseason game Saturday in Miami.
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