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Pittsburgh beats Chicago Cubs 13-7, Bae Ji-Hwan sidelined

The Pittsburgh Pirates used a strong batting performance to defeat the Chicago Cubs.

Pittsburgh defeated the 2023 Major League Baseball Cubs 13-7 on April 21

at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA. 스포츠토토

Pittsburgh pounded the Cubs’ mound with an incredible offensive outburst, scoring 13 runs on 15 hits on the day.

Trailing 1-0 in the top of the fourth inning, the Pirates pounded out six

straight hits from leadoff hitter Keybrian Hayes to Leover Peguero to

quickly take a 4-1 lead. One inning later, Joshua Palacios hit a three-run

homer to cap a seven-run fourth inning.

Trailing 8-5 after five runs in the bottom of the fifth, Pittsburgh scored

three runs in the top of the sixth, including a two-run homer by Conor Jo.

Pittsburgh added two more runs in the top of the ninth to put the game out of reach.

Of Pittsburgh’s nine starters on the day, 토토 only catcher Jason Delay, the

No. 9 hitter, failed to collect a hit.

Bae, 24, who went 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts in the previous

day’s game, sat out.

Pittsburgh remained in fourth place in the National League Central with a 71-81 record.

They are tied for eighth in the National League wild-card race. With just 10

games remaining in the regular season, the Pirates are virtually out of

contention for a postseason berth.

The third wild-card spot is held by the Chicago Cubs (79 wins, 73 losses),

who are eight games out of the postseason with Pittsburgh’s win today, but

are virtually impossible to overturn.

On the other hand, the Cubs’ postseason hopes were shot in the foot with

this loss. They are now a half-game behind the fourth-place Miami

Marlins (79-74) and a game behind the fifth-place Cincinnati Reds (79-75)

in the wild-card race. 스포츠토토링크

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Competition heats up ahead of kickoff “to boost China’s domestic economy”

An Asian Games sculpture

Is set up inside the Asian Games Athletes’ Village in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 19.

With the opening of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games just two days away,

토토사이트 the local mood is slowly warming up. China’s Xinhua News

Agency reported on Sept. 21 that “China’s domestic economy is

revitalizing,” which is encouraging.

The Asian Games

Which will be held in China for the first time in 13 years after the 2010

Guangzhou Games, will run from Sept. 23 through Oct. 8. Twelve

thousand five hundred athletes from 45 countries across Asia will compete

for 481 gold medals in 40 sports.

As the start of the Games draws near, the festive atmosphere is growing.

The streets are lined with Asian Games-related structures, and sports fans

from around the world, 스포츠토토 including local Chinese fans, are

gathering to enjoy the festivities at venues that have already started their official schedules.

The media village, which was deserted until last weekend, has also begun

to bustle with reporters from around the world.

Xinhua reported

“As the Asian Games approach, sports consumption enthusiasm in China

continues to rise. Domestic sales of related products are also booming,”

Xinhua said, adding, “The ripple effect of the Asian Games on the Chinese

economy is expected to increase in the future.”

The media outlet also explained that the Asian Games are bringing exotic

sports events to various places, and the spending power in the field of

culture and sports is getting bigger and bigger.

“The huge number of people attracted by the Hangzhou Asian Games will

directly drive consumption in areas such as local transportation, hotels,

tourist attractions, food, shopping, and cultural tourism,” said an industry

insider, adding that “derivative events and exhibitions will also drive the

development of the sports and cultural industry.” 스포츠토토맨

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Djokovic reaches US Open quarterfinals

Cruises to 24th major title

Novak Djokovic (#2-Serbia) celebrates after defeating Borna Goyo (#105-Croatia) during their men’s singles round of 16 match at the US Open on March 3, 2018 in New York, United States. Djokovic, bidding for his 24th Grand Slam title, won 3-0 (6-2 7-5 6-4) to reach the quarterfinals where he will face Taylor Fritz (#9-USA).

World No. 2 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) has reached the quarterfinals of the men’s singles competition at the 스포츠토토 U.S. Open tennis tournament ($65 million-$857 million prize pool).

Djokovic defeated 105th-ranked Borna Goyo of Croatia 3-0 (6-2 7-5 6-4) in the round of 16 of the men’s singles at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City on Thursday.

Djokovic finished runner-up at the 2021 U.S. Open, but missed last year’s tournament as he was unable to step foot on U.S. soil due to not having received a COVID-19 vaccine.

Djokovic, who won his 23rd career major title at this year’s French Open, is making his first appearance at the US Open in two years.

Earlier in the day, 토토 Djokovic bounced back from a 1-2 set deficit against 38th-ranked László Zere (Serbia) in the round of 32 with three straight sets to win the match.

Djokovic will face Taylor Fritz (No. 9-USA) in the quarterfinals.

“It was the first time I played against Borna today and I tried to block his powerful serve,” Djokovic said after the match. “Fortunately, I was able to show my skills in the important moments and won the match in straight sets.”

Along with Djokovic, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz (No. 1-Spain) is the favorite to win the tournament. Alcaraz and Djokovic are drawn in different brackets and will not meet until both players reach the final.

With Alcaraz facing Matteo Arnaldi (#61-Italy) in the round of 16, Djokovic’s quarterfinal victory means he has plenty of time to wait for his next opponent.

Meanwhile, in the women’s singles, Jelena Ostapenko (21st-Latvia) produced an upset in the round of 16, defeating World No. 1 Iga Sibyontek (Poland) 2-1 (3-6 6-3 6-1).

Ostapenko has established herself as a clear ‘nemesis’ against Sibyontek, 스포츠토토링크 winning all four of their meetings.

Ostapenko will play Coco Goff (No. 6-USA) for a spot in the quarterfinals.

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Women’s table tennis defeats Thailand to

Reach the quarterfinals of the team event at the Asian Games

Women’s team defeats Thailand 3-0 in quarterfinal to advance to quarterfinals
Hong Kong-Kazakhstan quarterfinal winner to play the winner of the quarterfinals
The South Korean women’s table tennis team won their first match at the Pyeongchang Asian Table Tennis Championships.

South Korea defeated Thailand 3-0 in the women’s team quarterfinals of the 토토사이트 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)-Asia Table Tennis Union (ATTU) Pyeongchang Asian Championships on Thursday at the Pyeongchang Dome in Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon Province.

In the first round, Jeon Jeon-hee struggled against Thai ace Sawetabut Sutasini in a tightly contested match. Jeon battled back from deuce deficits in games one and three to win 3-0 (14-12 11-9 17-15).

At No. 2, Shin Yubin was dragged around by left-handed attacker Orawan Paranang. Down 1-2 in the game, Shin rallied to take the next two games to win 3-2 (6-11 12-10 15-17 11-9 11-4).

In the third match, top-seeded Seo Hyo-won closed out the match. She defeated her opponent, Sawetabut Jeenipa, 3-0 (11-5 11-6 15-13).

“Not every match goes the way you want it to,” said Shin. It was like this match, I didn’t let my guard down, 스포츠토토 but neither my attack nor my defense went as planned,” said Shin. “I won anyway, so I will try not to make the same mistakes in my next match.”

“It was a harder match than we thought, but we knew we could win everything in front of us, and in the end, it came true,” said captain Seo Hyo-won. “We’re playing a country other than China in the quarterfinals, but no team is easy. We will continue to believe in each other and play a good game as we got over the hump together.”

“The players are a little nervous because it’s their first game,” said Oh Kwang-heon, head coach of the women’s national team. “Our quarterfinal opponent will be either Hong Kong or Kazakhstan, but we believe it will be a good match no matter who comes up,” said Oh.

South Korean women’s table tennis reached the final of the team event at the last edition in Doha in 2021, where they were runners-up to Japan. Top-ranked China was not present at the 2021 edition.

According to this year’s bracket, South Korea will not face China before the final. 스포츠토토맨 South Korea will face the winner of the quarterfinal between Hong Kong and Kazakhstan in the semifinals.