Barcelona, Spain
Hamilton put in a dominant performance at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, winning with ease and showing Ferrari that Mercedes remains the team to beat in Formula One.
Hamilton’s strong run helped Mercedes re-establish order at the top of the field after seeing Ferrari dominate most of the early season.
“This is more like it,” Hamilton said on the team radio. “Let’s keep this up.”
Valtteri Bottas secured a one-two for Mercedes at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, while Max Verstappen completed the podium despite finishing the race with a broken front wing on his Red Bull.
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who now trails Vettel by 17 points in the drivers’ standings, was only fourth after a change in strategy didn’t pay off.
It was the first one-two of the season for Mercedes, which had struggled to keep pace with the Ferraris.
Saint Peter’s Ends 78-Game Loss Streak
New Rochelle, n.y.
Willie Krajnik pitched a three-hitter on Sunday to lead the Peacocks in a 7-1 victory over Iona in the first game of a doubleheader. Iona won the second game 19-2.
Saint Peter’s last win was over Rider on May 20, 2016. The Peacocks lost their final game that season, went 0-38 last year and were 0-39 before beating the Gaels.
Krajnik struck out seven and walked one in the seven-inning complete game, and Cole Roberts, Anthony Assante and Chris Marquart drove in two runs apiece.
The Jersey City, N.J., school was outscored an average of 12-3 over the 78 games and allowed 25 or more runs six times. The Peacocks were shut out 14 times.
Zverev Wins Madrid Open
Madrid
Zverev broke Thiem’s opening service games in each set to win in 1 hour, 19 minutes.
The 21-year-old Zverev won his eighth career title and second of the season after also winning the Munich Open last weekend.
Thiem lost his second consecutive final at the Caja Magica. He avenged last year’s final loss to Rafael Nadal by beating him in Friday’s quarterfinals for the Spaniard’s first clay-court loss in a year.
It was Zverev’s second win in six meetings with Thiem.
