the runs

A few lusty blows from Shepherd, Matthew Forde and debutant Terrance Hinds got West Indies beyond 150 but, with Buttler in such fine form, England made light work of knocking off the runs.

There was an obvious change in the runs he made, because now he was going around the outside of Son and dragging McGinn with him.

Following a grand slam by the Yankees’ Anthony Volpe in the third, which made Kanno hang his head and groan, New York was piling on the runs to make the score 11-4, seemingly hell-bent on avoiding a sweep.

The tourists at least have the advantage of bowling last, but need the runs to make it count.

As the Dodgers piled on the runs — again — the Mets increasingly ran out of the batter’s box with quick swings and offered only minor mound resistance with haphazard pitching.