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Mercury rally past Storm 85-77 Yankees shut down Astros Sun beat Dream, wrap up Giants top Nats MLB Results/Standings Commissioner’s Cup spot HOUSTON, July 10, (AP): UNCASVILLE, Conn., July 10, Skylar Diggins-Smith added 26 (AP): had 24 points points on 8-of-13 shooting for the Nestor Cortes and three WASHINGTON, July 10, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Friday. and 16 rebounds, DeWanna Mercury (9-9). They beat the top relievers combined for a Cleveland 2 Kansas City 1 Bonner added 22 points and the two teams in the WNBA standings three-hitter and Brett Gard- Chic. White Sox 12 Baltimore 1 Tampa Bay 7 Toronto 1 beat the Atlanta in consecutive games with Diana ner and DJ LeMahieu each Boston 11 Philadelphia 5 Dream 84-72 to wrap up a spot in Taurasi sidelined by a hip injury. Minnesota 4 Detroit 2 the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup drove in two runs to lead the Texas 3 Oakland 2 Griner had 33 points Wednesday over the NY Yankees 4 Houston 0 championship. night in a 99-90 overtime win over Seattle 7 LA Angels 3 Connecticut (13-6) will repre- the Las Vegas Aces. Houston Astros 4-0. Chicago Cubs 10 St Louis 5 sent the Eastern Conference Making a spot start, Cortes per- Atlanta 5 Miami 0 The Storm (15-5) wrapped up a NY Mets 13 Pittsburgh 4 against Seattle in the inaugural spot in WNBA Commissioner’s mitted two hits in 4 2/3 innings, Cincinnati 2 Milwaukee 0 title game Aug. 12 in Phoenix after San Francisco 5 Washington 3 Cup championship when the Las striking out two and walking two San Diego 4 Colorado 2 going 8-1 in Commissioner’s Cup and lowering his ERA to 1.05. Arizona 5 LA Dodgers 2 games. The finalists will be vying Vegas Aces lost to the Minnesota (3-1) pitched 1 1/3 - Lynx later Friday. East Division for a prize pool of a $500,000. less innings for the win. W L Pct GB Brionna Jones added 16 points gave up one hit in two innings and Jona- Boston 55 34 .618 _ than Loaisiga threw a perfect ninth. Tampa Bay 52 36 .591 2-1/2 and nine rebounds and Briann It was New York’s fi rst visit to Hou- Toronto 44 41 .518 9 January scored 11 points for ston since Game 6 of the 2019 AL New York 45 42 .517 9 Connecticut. Cheyenne Parker Baltimore 28 59 .322 26 The teams will meet again Championship Series. The Astros ad- Central Division scored all 15 of her points in the vanced to the World Series with a 6-4 W L Pct GB first half for Atlanta (6-12). Sunday in Everett, Washington. win in that game on a two-run homer by Chicago 52 35 .598 _ Lynx 85, Aces 77 Jose Altuve with two outs in the ninth. Cleveland 44 42 .512 7-1/2 Mercury 85, Storm 77 Detroit 40 49 .449 13 In Las Vegas, Layshia Clarendon Giants 5, Nationals 3 Minnesota 37 50 .425 15 In Phoenix, Brittney Griner had Kansas City 36 52 .409 16-1/2 29 points and 15 rebounds to help had 18 points and nine assists and In San Francisco, hit a West Division Minnesota beat Las Vegas for its two-run homer while fi lling in for in- W L Pct GB Phoenix beat Seattle. New York Yankees starting Nestor Cortes throws to a Houston As- Houston 54 35 .607 _ sixth straight victory. jured All-Star catcher , Oakland 50 40 .556 4-1/2 late lineup addition Darin Ruf added a tros batter during the fi rst inning of a game, on July 9, in Houston. Minnesota (11-7) did not attempt (AP) Seattle 47 42 .528 7 go-ahead drive and San Francisco beat Los Angeles 44 43 .506 9 a , the second time a Texas 35 53 .398 18-1/2 Washington. nine-pitch walk. ning and Minnesota waited out another WNBA team has finished a game Ruf added an RBI single in the fi rst National League Cubs 10, Cardinals 5 young Detroit starter. East Division without an attempt. The Lynx led inning against Paolo Espino before con- Like left-hander Tarik Skubal a W L Pct GB 10-2, had a 37-18 advantage early necting for his ninth homer off loser In Chicago, Kyle Hendricks won his night earlier, Detroit rookie Matt Man- New York 46 38 .548 _ Sam Clay (0-3) in the fi fth. Wilmer Flo- ninth straight decision, Patrick Wisdom Atlanta 43 44 .494 4-1/2 in the second and led by at least 12 ning didn’t allow a hit through the fi rst Philadelphia 42 44 .488 5 the rest of the way. res homered in the seventh. hit a two-run homer and Chicago beat four innings. Minnesota fi nally broke Washington 42 45 .483 5-1/2 St. Louis. through with an RBI single by Trevor Miami 38 49 .437 9-1/2 had 16 of her 18 drove in three runs with a Central Division Larnach to start the scoring in the sixth. W L Pct GB points in the second half for the BASEBALL pinch-hit to start Chicago’s fi ve- Left fi elder Robbie Grossman tried for Milwaukee 53 37 .589 _ Aces (14-6). run burst in the seventh inning before Kepler’s sinking liner, but it hit the Cincinnati 46 42 .523 6 Fever 82, Liberty 69 Wisdom went deep against his former ground and skipped past him. Chicago 44 45 .494 8-1/2 Washington’s Tres Barrera hit a two- team. St Louis 43 46 .483 9-1/2 In Indianapolis, Kelsey Mitchell run triple in the fourth for his fi rst career Joc Pederson doubled twice, includ- Diamondbacks 5, Dodgers 2 Pittsburgh 32 55 .368 19-1/2 extra-base hit and RBIs. West Division had 20 points and Indiana won its ing a three-run hit in the fi rst. Chicago In Los Angeles, Eduardo Escobar W L Pct GB second straight game after losing Padres 4, Rockies 2 won for the second time in three games hit his 20th of the season and San Francisco 55 32 .632 _ following an 11-game losing streak. last-place Arizona pinned another loss Los Angeles 54 35 .607 2 12 in a row, beating New York. In San Diego, reliever Miguel Diaz San Diego 53 38 .582 4 Indians 2, Royals 1 on Los Angeles. Colorado 38 51 .427 18 Danielle Robinson added 18, rejoined the Padres for the fourth time The Diamondbacks, with the worst Atlanta Dream center Elizabeth this season and was part of a dominant Arizona 26 64 .289 30-1/2 Williams (1) fouls Connecticut Sun and Teaira McCowan had 15 In Cleveland, Bobby Bradley homer- record in the majors, have won three of points for the Fever (3-16). performance by the San Diego bullpen. ed leading off the ninth inning as Cleve- four. They’re coming off a successful center Brionna Jones (42) during a Trent Grisham drove in two runs, a land overcame some brutal baserunning from 1-0 and 3-2 defi cits to pull away. WNBA basketball game, on July 9, Betnijah Laney had 23 points for trip to Colorado, their fi rst series win in Uncasville, Conn. (AP) day after his game-ending single beat that led to manager Terry Francona’s since May 2. Rays 7, Blue Jays 1 the Liberty (10-10). Washington 9-8 when the Padres rallied ejection. Bradley drove a 1-2 pitch from The Dodgers have lost four of fi ve. Los from an eight-run defi cit, matching the Jake Brentz (2-2) over the wall in right- In St. Petersburg, Florida, three Tam- Angeles didn’t help its cause with a lack- pa Bay relievers combined on fi ve more biggest comeback in team history. center for his 10th homer as the Indians luster offense that produced just fi ve hits, Four San Diego relievers combined got their second straight walk-off win, scoreless innings, Ji-Man Choi drove in Hill survives demolition derby for a shaky defense that made two errors and three runs and the Rays won their fi fth for 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing just touching off another wild celebration a combined pitching performance that is- consecutive game. one hit and striking out seven. The Padres inside Progressive Field. sued seven walks and hit two batters. fi rst ‘Truck Series’ victory of year have won nine straight against Colorado On Thursday, Franmil Reyes’ three- Andrew Kittredge (6-1) and Jeffrey at Petco Park, their longest active home run homer in the ninth ended Cleve- Braves 5, Marlins 0 Springs each worked two perfect in- KNOXVILLE, Iowa, July 10, (AP): the way behind the leaders on the first winning streak against any opponent. land’s nine-game losing streak. In Miami, Charlie Morton pitched nings, with Springs striking out fi ve. Austin Hill survived demolition derby on overtime try. The race went 171 laps, 21 Mariners 7, Angels 3 James Karinchak (6-2) got his sec- seven innings of two-hit ball, Ronald J.P. Feyereisen allowed a one-out single the dirt at Knoxville Raceway for his first more than scheduled. The 19-year-old ond win in two nights, steering around Acuña Jr. was restrained after being in the ninth to Randal Grichuk before NASCAR Truck Series victory of the Smith was second, 1.207 seconds back in In Seattle, became the a leadoff double in the ninth. plunked by another Marlins and Atlanta completing a fi ve-hitter. year. Hill restarted on the inside beside Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 18 Toyota. sixth player to reach the upper deck of beat Miami. He held the top spot through seven late T-Mobile Park with a majestic blast for Rangers 3, Athletics 2 White Sox 12, Orioles 1 Chandler Smith on the fourth overtime Freddie Freeman homered and Austin attempt and pulled away in Hattori Racing restarts before Hill got the advantage on his 33rd homer, but ’s In Arlington, Texas, Adolis Garcia’s Riley doubled and tripled for the Braves. In Baltimore, Baltimore-area native two-out in the eighth inning Gavin Sheets homered in his fi rst trip to the final try with the inside position. two-run single to center fi eld highlight- Ozzie Albies and Dansby Swanson each Grant Enfinger was third, followed lifted Seattle past Los Angeles. ed Texas’ three-run sixth after Oak- had two hits and an RBI. Camden Yards as a major leaguer, and Ohtani had the most memorable shot Chicago routed Baltimore. TRUCK RACING by Todd Gilliland, Derek Kraus and land’s Cole Irvin took a no-hitter into The 37-year-old Morton (8-3) struck Matt Crafton. Kraus rallied after spin- of the night. Haniger hit the most im- the inning, and Jordan Lyles won his Sheets, whose father, Larry, played out seven and walked two. Morton al- ning early in the final segment after portant. third straight start. lowed one Miami runner to reach third six seasons with the Orioles in the Haniger drove a 2-0 pitch from Jose 1980s, said before the game it felt weird Enterprises’ No. 16 Toyota in the first starting from the pole and winning the The only Rangers hitters to reach base, but Joe Panik was stranded after NASCAR national series race on the his- Quintana (0-4) into the left-fi eld bullpen base in the fi rst fi ve innings against Irvin to arrive in Baltimore as a visitor earlier first two stages. Jessica and Stewart Jazz Chisholm Jr. fl ew out to center fi eld toric half-mile dirt oval. Friensen became the first husband and to cap Seattle’s rally from a 3-0 defi - (6-8) were two hit batters in the fourth and ended the third inning. in the week. Whatever unease he had cit. Seattle kept the inning alive thanks was long gone when he smashed a pitch The 27-year-old Georgia driver raced wife to race against each other in a inning. Eli White led off the sixth with Mets 13, Pirates 4 to Jake Bauers hit and J.P. Crawford’s a grounder deep in the hole at shortstop, from César Valdez to right-center in the to his seventh series victory in the wreck- NASCAR national series event since and the speedy White beat out the throw In New York, hit a seventh inning. filled race that had 14 cautions and a red Elton Sawyer and Patty Moise in 1998 from Elvis Andrus, who played his 12 three-run homer and Francisco Lindor flag after wipeout about about a third of at Atlanta in the Xfinity Series. previous major league seasons with clubbed New York’s fi rst grand slam Texas. this season during a 10-run sixth inning, and the Mets embarrassed Pittsburgh. Reds 2, Brewers 0 A night after being postponed be- In Milwaukee, Wade Miley pitched cause of weather for the second time in eight shutout innings and helped himself a week, New York won for the fi fth time by doubling and scoring as Cincinnati in seven games. Friday’s matchup was beat Milwaukee. delayed 41 minutes as lightning, thun- Miley (7-4) struck out four and al- der and heavy rain blanketed Citi Field lowed seven hits and three walks as the with one out in the bottom of the eighth. Reds snapped the Brewers’ seven-game Red Sox 11, Phillies 5 home winning streak. The Reds also re- duced Milwaukee’s NL Central lead to In Boston, Kiké Hernández led off six games. the Red Sox fi rst with a home run, J.D. Miley left after allowing a leadoff Martinez hit a three-run shot and Rafael double to Avisaíl García in the ninth on Devers also homered to lead Boston his 104th pitch. Heath Hembree took past Philadelphia. over from there and struck out Rowdy Hernández’s homer was his fi fth from Tellez, Jace Peterson and Omar Narváez the leadoff spot this season; only Kyle ’ Darin Ruf to earn his fi fth save. Schwarber (7) and José Altuve (6) have (33) hits a solo home run against more. Martinez hit his 18th of the sea- the during Twins 4, Tigers 2 son in Boston’s three-run second inning the fi fth inning of a baseball game, In Minneapolis, Max Kepler hit a and Devers hit his 22nd in the four-run Austin Hill, (top, center), celebrates with the team after winning the NASCAR Truck Series auto race, on July 9, at on July 9, in San Francisco. (AP) two-run triple during a four-run sixth in- fourth as the Red Sox bounced back Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. (AP)