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NEW YORK, July 18, (AP): Ger- rit Cole struck out 11 and New York beat Boston 3-1 in a game called after six innings because of heavy rain. Gary Sánchez and Gleyber Torres hit back-to-back homers in the sixth off Hi- rokazu Sawamura (4-1) as the Yankees beat the rival Red Sox for the fi rst time in eight meetings this year. Cole (10-4) allowed one run and fi ve hits in a six- inning complete game. It was his seventh double- digit game this season. DJ LeMahieu hit an RBI single for the Yankees, who were blanked in the fi rst 13 innings of the series. Cubs 4, Diamondbacks 2 In Phoenix, Willson Contreras capped a three- St Helens players celebrate with the trophy after the Challenge Cup fi nal match against Castleford Tigers at Wembley Stadium, London, run ninth inning with a two-run homer, sending on July 17. (AP) Chicago past Arizona. Chicago was down 2-1 before it rallied with pitcher throws two out in the ninth. doubled and against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the ninth inning during a game, on Big boost for Lions in big win while A lose scored on Robinson Chirinos’ pinch-hit single July 17, in Phoenix. (AP) off Joakim Soria (1-4). Contreras then hit a drive to left for his 14th homer. Schoop hit a tying RBI single off Taylor Rog- Dodgers 9, Rockies 2 ers (2-4). After Robbie Grossman struck out, Ca- Australia top France to clinch 3-Test series In Colorado, Max Muncy had two home runs brera dropped a hit into shallow center as Schoop and four hits, had a homer among raced around the bases. BRISBANE, Australia, July 18, (AP): Austral- his four extra-base hits before leaving with a hip ia played with 14 men for most of the match White Sox 10, Astros 1 but sensationally overcame France with a late Jutanugarn sisters shoot 59 to In Chicago, pitched a three- penalty goal for a 33-30 win to clinch the three- BASEBALL hitter, José Abreu launched a three-run homer match test series. and Chicago beat Houston in a matchup of AL With less than two minutes remaining in the division leaders. (three hits), series decider, fl yhalf Noah Lolesio slotted the win Dow Great Lakes Bay title and rookies and Jake problem, and Los Angeles won its fourth straight. Burger also went deep as the White Sox broke crucial three points to give Australia the win. Muncy homered is his last two at-bats and fi n- Lolesio accounted for 23 of the Wallabies’ MIDLAND, Michigan, July 18, (AP): Thai sis- and Suwannapura. out against the Astros. ished with fi ve RBIs. Giolito (8-6) struck out eight and walked none points with a try, three conversions and four ters Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn won the Dow “I would say it’s really special,” Ariya said. Walker Buehler (10-1) pitched seven strong penalty goals. Great Lakes Bay Invitational, shooting their “Every tournament I won she always with me, while throwing 107 pitches in his fi fth career innings to reach double digits in wins. He set complete game. After Michael Brantley doubled The Wallabies had played almost the entire second 11-under 59 in best-ball play for a three- and when she won I with her. The way we played down the last 13 batters he faced after yielding stroke victory over defending champions Cydney today, I just told myself, `This is going to be a with one out in the fi rst, Giolito retired 22 in a match with just 14 players after winger Marika a double with two outs to Ryan McMahon in the row before Abraham Toro connected with two Koroibete was handed a contentious red card Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapura. great memory for us to win together.’” bottom of the third. “But before we went to the tee, I walked to my Clanton and Suwannapura shot 64. They won outs in the eighth. for a high tackle fi ve minutes into the match. Angels 9, Mariners 4 Koroibete was red-carded for his tackle on sister and told her like, ‘You know what, Mo, to- the inaugural event by six shots in 2019. The Pirates 9, Mets 7 French captain Anthony Jelonch. New Zealand day the goal is we’re going to try to make birdie tournament was canceled last year because of the In Anaheim, California, David Fletcher ex- In Pittsburgh, Jacob Stallings’ grand slam in referee Ben O’Keeffe and his assistants delib- every hole. ... That’s the goal today I told her.” COVID-19 pandemic. tended the second-longest hitting streak in An- the bottom of the ninth inning off closer Edwin “Jasmine and I just talked on the 18th green, gels history to 26 games with three doubles and Díaz rallied Pittsburgh over stunned New York. erated for several minutes before determining man, we felt like we won this one,” Clanton said. Koroibete had raced in from a distance and con- fi ve RBIs, and Taylor Ward homered and drove Trailing 6-0, the Pirates scored all their runs in GOLF “It was tough conditions today, it was windy. We in three runs in Los Angeles’ victory over Seat- the fi nal two innings - fi ve in the eighth and four tacted him high without any mitigating factors. didn’t think anybody would go super low, but tle. The French raced ahead 10-0 but the Walla- in the ninth. Stallings got his sixth career game- Ariya and Moriya played great today, so they de- Alex Cobb (7-3) yielded fi ve hits over 6 2/3 ending RBI. J.D. Davis hit a pair of two-run hom- bies fought back to lead before Lolesio kicked The 25-year-old Ariya won for the 12th time served it.” innings. Jack Mayfi eld and Taylor Ward (three the hosts clear with 90 seconds to play. ers for New York in his fi rst start since coming on the LPGA Tour and second this season, and Lim Kim and Yealimi Noh (64) and Pajaree hits) also homered for the Angels. off the 60-day injured list, and rookie starter Ty- The win was Australia’s ninth in a row at the 26-year-old Moriya took her second title. Ari- Anannarukarn and Aditi Ashok (66) tied for the stadium dating to 2016 and capped a tight Tigers 1, Twins 0, 1st Game lor Megill pitched six scoreless innings. ya won the Honda LPGA Thailand in May 9 for third at 19 under. U.S. Women’s Open winner Tigers 5, Twins 4, 8 Inn, 2nd Game series that had featured two-point wins to both her fi rst victory since July 2018. Yuka Saso and Minjee Lee were 18 under after Indians 3, Athletics 2 sides in a three-match series compressed over “I would say this is the best moment for me be- a 62. In Detroit, ’s bloop single In Oakland, California, Franmil Reyes hit his 11 days. cause we won together,” Ariya said. “We helped Nelly and Jessica Korda shot a 67 to tie for scored Jonathan Schoop from fi rst base, and De- 15th into a luxury suite in center fi eld, Australia coach Dave Rennie was full of each other to win the golf tournament.” 17th at 13 under. Nelly Korda was making her troit beat Minnesota for a doubleheader sweep. and Cleveland beat Oakland for its fourth win in praise for the resolve and determination of his The Jutanugarns fi nished at 24-under 256 at fi rst start since winning the Meijer LPGA Clas- The second game was tied at 3 after seven in- fi ve games team after losing both wingers inside the fi rst windy Midland Country Club. They opened with sic and the KPMG Women’s PGA in consecutive nings, and the Twins went in front when pinch- (2-2) threw fi ve effective innings fi ve minutes of the match, with Filipo Daugunu a 67 in alternate shot, had a 59 on Thursday in weeks to take the No. 1 spot in the world. runner Nick Gordon scored on a wild pitch by to win his second consecutive start, fi nishing injuring his arm in a tackle inside the fi rst 90 best ball, and shot 71 in alternate shot Friday to The Evian Championship, the fourth major of Joe Jiménez (3-1) in the eighth. with fi ve and allowing one run. James seconds before Koroibete’s contentious red enter the fi nal round two strokes behind Clanton the year, is next week in France. But the Tigers rallied in the bottom half. Karinchak pitched the ninth for his 10th save. card. Cesar Hernandez hit an RBI double, Amed In Cape Town, South Africa, The British and Rosario had a sacrifi ce fl y and Irish Lions rounded off the warmup part of their MLB Results/Standings added two hits for Cleveland. tour of South Africa with a resounding 49-3 Braves 9, Rays 0 win over the Stormers. In Atlanta, hit a two-run homer There were a bunch of positives for the Lions WASHINGTON, July 18, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Saturday. in his fi rst start with Atlanta, Max Fried had a Detroit 1 Minnesota (7 inn 1st game) 0 LA Angels 9 Seattle 4 two-run double among three hits while throwing Cleveland 3 Oakland 2 Chicago Cubs 4 Arizona 2 seven dominant innings, and the Braves shut out RUGBY Detroit 5 Minnesota (8 inn 2nd game) 4 St Louis 3 San Francisco 1 Tampa Bay. Atlanta 9 Tampa Bay 0 Pittsburgh 9 NY Mets 7 NY Yankees 3 Boston (6 inn) 1 LA Dodgers 9 Colorado 2 Fried (7-5) did not allow a baserunner to reach Chic Sox 10 Houston 1 Milwaukee 7 Cincinnati (11 inn) 4 second. The left-hander gave up four hits with on top of the seven-try victory a week out from Baltimore 8 Kansas City 4 one walk and had seven strikeouts. Pederson had the fi rst test against the Springboks at the same American League National League two hits, including an infi eld single to a vacant Cape Town Stadium: Lock Alun East Division East Division third base against the Rays’ defensive shift in the came off the bench to play the last 25 minutes W L Pct GB W L Pct GB eighth. His homer, off Josh Fleming (7-5), was and confi rm his return from a dislocated shoul- Boston 56 37 .602 _ New York 47 42 .528 _ the highlight of a six-run fourth inning. der that initially ruled the Lions captain out of Tampa Bay 54 38 .587 1-1/2 Philadelphia 45 45 .500 2-1/2 Toronto 46 42 .523 7-1/2 Atlanta 45 46 .495 3 Brewers 7, Reds 4, 11 Innings the tour completely. New York 47 44 .516 8 Washington 42 48 .467 5-1/2 The forwards were rampant, contributing six Baltimore 29 62 .319 26 Miami 40 51 .440 8 In Cincinnati, Christian Yelich doubled home of the tries. Marcus Smith provided a thorough Central Division Central Division the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and Milwau- display at No. 10 after being a late callup to the W L Pct GB W L Pct GB kee beat Cincinnati to widen its lead in the NL Chicago 55 36 .604 _ Milwaukee 55 39 .585 _ Central. squad as injury cover. Cleveland 46 43 .517 8 Cincinnati 48 44 .522 6 Wing Duhan van der Merwe broke tackles The Reds loaded the bases in the bottom of the Detroit 42 51 .452 14 Chicago 46 46 .500 8 11th, but with an empty bench, manager David and made ground all night, including a burst Minnesota 39 52 .429 16 St Louis 45 47 .489 9 Kansas City 37 54 .407 18 Pittsburgh 36 56 .391 18 Bell sent pitcher up to pinch hit for down the touchline that sent the Lions on their reliever Ryan Hendrix. He grounded out to sec- way to their fi rst try. And there were solid re- West Division West Division W L Pct GB W L Pct GB ond to end the game. turns to action for center and Houston 56 37 .602 _ San Francisco 58 33 .637 _ fullback . of the British and Irish Li- Oakland 53 41 .564 3-1/2 Los Angeles 58 35 .624 1 Cardinals 3, Giants 1 In Cardiff, Wales, Argentina warmed up for ons, (left), in action during a rugby match Seattle 49 44 .527 7 San Diego 54 40 .574 5-1/2 In St. Louis, Kwang Hyun Kim tossed six shut- the Rugby Championship by beating Wales’ between the DHL Stormers and British and Los Angeles 46 45 .505 9 Colorado 40 53 .430 19 out innings, Tyler O’Neill and Paul Goldschmidt second string 33-11 and completing an unde- Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Texas 35 56 .385 20 Arizona 26 68 .277 33-1/2 homered and St. Louis snapped San Francisco’s feated tour of Europe. Town, South Africa, on July 17. (AP) fi ve-game winning streak.