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Dallas pip Revolution 2-1 Stuver makes 6 saves, Mariners split DH with White Sox Austin FC, Crew draw AUSTIN, Texas, June 28, (AP): Brad Stuver had six saves and expansion Austin FC played the defending champion to a 0-0 tie. Stuver, a 30-year-old who made just nine combined appearances over his fi rst eight MLS season, has two straight shutouts and three in the last four, games. Stuver, who has played every minute this season for Austin, leads MLS with 54 saves and is tied for the shutouts leads. Austin (2-5-4), which has scored a league-low six goals this season, is scoreless over its last three games and has just one goal in its last seven. Eloy Room had five saves for Columbus (4-3-3). FC Dallas 2, Revolution 1 In Frisco, Texas, Ricardo Pepi had his fi rst multi- goal game in MLS, Jimmy Maurer made four saves and FC Dallas beat the 2-1 on Sunday night.

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The 18-year-old Pepi went into the game with four career goals, including two this season. Dallas (2-4-4) snapped a six-game winless streak. Gustavo Bou scored for Eastern Conference-leading New England (7-2-2). NYC FC 2, D.C. United 1 Chicago White Sox second baseman Leury Garcia, (left), forces out Seattle Mariners’ Kyle Seager at second during the fourth inning in the first baseball game of a double- In Harrison, N.J., Keaton Parks and Thiago scored header in Chicago, on June 27. (AP) late goals to help New York City FC beat D.C. United 2-1. The 20-year-old Thiago outran Donovan Pines MLB Soccer Results/Standings Red Sox hammer Cole, rout Yanks 9-2 for 3-game sweep down the right side, cut back to evade the defender and then rolled in a left-footer that defl ected off the CHICAGO, June 28, (AP): a two-run homer in the sixth against goalkeeper to give New York City (5-3-2) the lead in WASHINGTON, June 28, (AP): Results and standings from Seattle reliever Hector Sandy Alcantara to break the game the fi fth minute of stoppage time. the MLB games on Sunday. open. The Nationals earned a split of Boston 9 NY Yankees 2 Santiago became the first their four-game series. Parks tied it in the 84th on header off Maximiliano Toronto 5 Baltimore 2 Moralez’s corner kick. LA Angels 6 Tampa Bay 4 player to be ejected as part Scherzer (7-4) struck out seven and Nigel Robertha scored in the ninth minute for D.C. Detroit 2 Houston (10 innings) 1 of Major League Baseball’s lowered his ERA to 2.14. Minnesota 8 Cleveland 2 Padres 5, Diamondbacks 4 United (4-6-1). Texas 4 Kansas City 1 new foreign substance pro- Red Bulls 0, Atlanta United 0 Seattle 3 Chic. White Sox (1st game) 2 In San Diego, Fernando Tatis Jr. Oakland 6 San Francisco 2 tocols when he was thrown hit a go-ahead double during San Di- In Atlanta, Bradley Guzan had four saves and At- Chic. White Sox 7 Seattle (7 inn 2nd game) 5 ego’s three-run rally in the seventh in- Washington 5 Miami 1 out of 3-2 victory over the lanta tied New York. Atlanta 4 Cincinnati 0 ning, and the Padres took two of three Guzan had his third shutout of the season United Philadelphia 4 NY Mets 2 Chicago White Sox. against the team with baseball’s worst (2-2-6). Carlos Coronel made three saves for the Red Pittsburgh 7 St Louis 2 record. Milwaukee 5 Colorado 0 Santiago was checked by the Bulls (4-5-1). San Diego 5 Arizona 4 umpires as he exited in the fifth Arizona routed San Diego 10-1 on LA Dodgers 7 Chicago Cubs 1 inning. His glove was confiscated, Saturday to snap its record 24-game American League road losing streak. The Diamond- East Division and it was later announced that backs were looking to win consecutive W L Pct GB Santiago had been ejected. games for the fi rst time since May 10- Boston 47 31 .603 _ Crew chief Tom Hallion told a pool Tampa Bay 47 32 .595 -1/2 Boston Red Sox’s Eduardo Rodri- 11 and take their fi rst series win since Toronto 40 36 .526 6 reporter that Santiago was ejected for the season’s fi rst month. New York 40 37 .519 6-1/2 guez delivers a pitch against the “having a foreign substance that was New York Yankees in the first in- Baltimore 24 54 .308 23 sticky on the inside palm of his glove.” Brewers 5, Rockies 0 Central Division ning of a baseball game on June In Milwaukee, Keston Hiura hom- W L Pct GB The 33-year-old left-hander said what 27, in Boston. (AP) Chicago 45 32 .584 _ the umpires found was a combination ered, doubled and drove in three runs Cleveland 41 33 .554 2-1/2 of rosin and sweat. also homered for the Red Sox. Eduar- to back a sharp performance by Eric Detroit 34 44 .436 11-1/2 Taylor Trammell homered twice for do Rodriguez (6-4) was solid in earn- Lauer, and Milwaukee beat Colorado Kansas City 33 43 .434 11-1/2 for its fi fth consecutive victory. Minnesota 33 43 .434 11-1/2 Seattle in the resumption of Saturday’s ing his fi rst win in nine starts. West Division suspended game. Paul Sewald (5-2) Boston outscored New York 18-7 in Lauer (2-3) struck out six over six W L Pct GB the three-game series at Fenway Park, innings of two-hit ball. Houston 48 30 .615 _ got one out for the win, and Kendall Omar Narváez also went deep as the Oakland 47 33 .588 2 Graveman worked the ninth for his improving to 6-0 against the Yankees Seattle 41 38 .519 7-1/2 NL Central-leading Brewers complet- seventh save. this year and moving a season-best 16 ed a three-game sweep and improved Los Angeles 37 40 .481 10-1/2 games above .500. Texas 30 48 .385 18 The White Sox rebounded in the to 26-9 in day games, the best mark in National League scheduled series fi nale, winning 7-5 Dodgers 7, Cubs 1 the majors. East Division behind Zack Collins’ four RBIs. Aar- W L Pct GB In Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw Phillies 4, Mets 2 New York 40 33 .548 _ on Bummer (1-4) pitched an inning for racked up a season-high 13 strikeouts Washington 37 38 .493 4 the win, and Liam Hendriks got two In New York, Zack Wheeler threw over eight dominant innings, and Zach seven scoreless innings against his Atlanta 37 40 .481 5 outs for his 20th save. McKinstry hit a grand slam in the sec- Philadelphia 36 39 .480 5 Mitch Haniger hit a three-run homer former team, and the Phillies beat the Miami 33 44 .429 9 ond inning as Los Angeles beat Chi- Mets for a split of their four-game se- Central Division for Seattle in the second game. Rob- cago. W L Pct GB ert Dugger (0-2) got the loss, allowing ries. Milwaukee 45 33 .577 _ two earned runs in 2 2/3 innings. Wheeler (6-4), who signed a fi ve- Chicago 42 36 .538 3 BASEBALL year deal worth $118 million in De- Cincinnati 38 38 .500 6 Red Sox 9, Yankees 2 St Louis 37 41 .474 8 cember 2019 after spending his fi rst Pittsburgh 29 47 .382 15 In Boston, Kiké Hernández and Ra- seven seasons with the Mets, allowed West Division fael Devers homered in the fi rst inning Cody Bellinger homered in his sec- four hits, walked two and struck out W L Pct GB as the Red Sox hammered Gerrit Cole, ond straight game and drove in three eight. Archie Bradley worked the ninth San Francisco 50 27 .649 _ routing the Yankees to complete a sec- runs in the Dodgers’ third consecu- for his fi rst save of the season. Los Angeles 47 31 .603 3-1/2 tive win over Chicago after four Cubs Austin FC defender (5) and Columbus Crew San Diego 47 33 .588 4-1/2 ond straight sweep of their longtime Braves 4, Reds 0 forward Gyasi Zerdes (11) vie for the ball during an MLS Colorado 31 47 .397 19-1/2 rivals. pitchers combined for a no-hitter in the Arizona 22 57 .278 29 series opener Thursday. In Cincinnati, Atlanta’s Kyle Muller soccer match, on June 27, in Austin, Texas. (AP) J.D. Martinez and Christian Vázquez earned his fi rst career victory, and Athletics 6, Giants 2 Ronald Acuña Jr. and Austin Riley In San Francisco, Cole Irvin struck went deep for the Braves. Cindric wins 4th Xfinity Series race of season out eight in eight innings to remain un- Muller (1-1) who was recalled from beaten in fi ve June starts, and Oakland Triple-A Gwinnett before the game, avoided a three-game sweep. cruised through fi ve innings, allowing Matt Chapman had two hits and two one hit with a career-high nine strike- Busch ends Hendrick win streak at Pocono RBIs for the A’s. Aramís García added outs. a pair of RBI singles. LONG POND, Pa., June 28, (AP): Buster Posey and Darin Ruf had two Blue Jays 5, Orioles 2 hits apiece for the Giants. San Francis- In Buffalo, N.Y., Toronto star Vlad- Kyle Busch came through in the clutch. Aces beat Storm 95-92 in OT imir Guerrero Jr. drove in two runs to Even when he raced without one. co missed a chance to move 25 games over .500 for the fi rst time since 2012. raise his major league-leading RBI to- Busch busted Hendrick Motor- tal to 66. sports’ winning streak and denied Angels 6, Rays 4 The Blue Jays tallied 12 hits in clos- the organization a shot at NASCAR Bonner, Sun pound Sky, end In St. Petersburg, Florida, Shohei ing out a four-game series with their history when he raced to his sec- Ohtani hit his 25th homer and drove seventh win in eight games. Five of ond vicrory of the season at Pocono in three runs, and the Angels stopped those victories came against the Ori- Raceway. Chicago’s 7-game win streak a fi ve-game losing streak. oles, who have dropped 16 of 18. He needs to give credit to his tag- Ohtani hit an opposite-fi eld shot to Ross Stripling (3-4) earned his fi rst team partner. Busch, runner-up in UNCASVILLE, Conn., June 28, rebounds for Connecticut (10-5). left in the ninth against Pete Fairbanks. win in four starts, allowing two runs and Saturday’s Pocono race, led a few (AP): DeWanna Bonner hit four The Sun limited Chicago to its He also had a run-scoring double in the six hits in fi ve-plus innings. Jordan Ro- laps early until a leak in No. 18 Toy- 3-pointers and finished with 23 lowest scoring output of the season sixth and a tying RBI triple during Los mano got three outs for his sixth save. ota’s transmission left the car stuck points, Brionna Jones added 21 on 33.3% shooting overall and 5 Angeles’ two-run seventh inning. Pirates 7, Cardinals 2 in fourth gear. Busch had a Joe Gibbs points and nine rebounds, and the of 24 (20.8%) from 3-point range. Phil Gosselin put the Angels up 5-4 In St. Louis, Pittsburgh’s Max Kranick Racing crew member jump into his Connecticut Sun cruised to a 74-58 Connecticut had nine steals and with his leadoff homer in the eighth pitched fi ve perfect innings in his major against Matt Wisler (1-3). car and work on the shift stick. win over Chicago in a Commis- forced 18 turnovers. league debut before a 64-minute rain de- sioner’s Cup game, snapping the Aces 95, Storm 92, OT Twins 8, Indians 2 lay forced him from the game. Sky’s seven-game win streak. In Minneapolis, Minnesota’s Nelson In a season in which there have al- CAR RACING In Las Vegas, Chelsea Gray Cruz hit a three-run homer shortly af- ready been a modern-day record seven Jasmine Thomas had 18 points scored 15 of her 21 points after the ter Cleveland right fi elder Josh Naylor no-hitters, Kranick (1-0) made a bid Kyle Busch raises the trophy after and three steals and Beatrice Mom- third quarter, including a go-ahead was carted off the fi eld following a for perhaps the most unlikely premiere The 2 1/2-mile tri-oval wreaked premier grabbed a season-high 11 jumper with 10.6 seconds left and havoc on fuel and William Byron and winning a NASCAR Cup Series frightening collision with a teammate. pitching performance of all-time. auto race at Pocono Raceway, on the Las Vegas Aces beat the Se- Cleveland manager Terry Francona The 23-year-old righty, who had Denny Hamlin all saw their shot at the June 27, in Long Pond, Pa. (AP) attle Storm 95-92 in overtime in a said Naylor had suffered a broken never pitched above the High-A lev- checkered fl ag disappear over the fi nal Gibbs over the fi nal two laps. The scariest moment came 25 Commissioner’s Cup game. bone, but didn’t say which one, and els of the minors until this season, set fi ve laps when they ran out of gas. Philadelphia. was being treated at a hospital. down all 15 batters he faced against Hamlin faded to 14th. laps into the race when Justin Haley, Breanna Stewart had 35 points, The Philly-based program that cre- 11 rebounds and three blocks for Nationals 5, Marlins 1 a Cardinals lineup that included All- Kyle Larson, whose blown tire on schedule to race later in the Cup race, Stars Nolan Arenado, Paul Gold- ates opportunities in racing for minori- hit the outside wall, skidded across Seattle (12-4). Mercedes Rus- In Miami, Washington ace Max the last lap cost him a win Saturday, ties developed a deeper relationship schmidt and Yadier Molina. was second for Hendrick Motors- the track and slammed into the inside sell tied her season highs with 12 Scherzer allowed one run in six in- with Larson after he was suspended nings and passed two umpire inspec- Rangers 4, Royals 1 ports. Hendrick had won six straight last season for using a slur during an wall. Haley’s Chevrolet shot into the points and 11 boards. track and took a stiff shot from Ryan tions without a fuss. In Arlington, Texas, Joey Gallo Cup races, including Alex Bow- iRacing event. Larson often calls or Mercury 88, Sparks 79 Trea Turner and Josh Bell each hit homered and Jordan Lyles pitched sev- man’s victory Saturday in the fi rst Zooms with the students and bought Vargas. Haley instantly climbed out In Phoenix, Diana Taurasi en strong innings after getting bumped race of Pocono’s doubleheader. the school racing simulators. the window and lay down on the scored 25 points and became the from the rotation for one start, helping Hendrick was trying to become NASCAR heads to Road America track. The race was red-fl agged and first player in WNBA history to Texas fi nish a three-game sweep. the fi rst team since NASCAR’s in rural Wisconsin, one of the new Haley soon walked to an ambulance. score 9,000 career points in her re- The last-place Rangers have won modern era began in 1972 to win road course events on the 2021 Vargas was collateral damage in turn from a five-week absence as three consecutive games for the fi rst seven straight races. schedule. the wreck. He took it hard as he was the Phoenix Mercury beat the Los time since sweeping Houston at home Bowman started the streak in May Meanwhile, Austin Cindric won racing in the memory of Brian Lear, Angeles Sparks 88-79. from May 21-23. at Dover and Chase Elliott followed his fourth Xfi nity Series race of the a car chief for the team, who died in Whit Merrifi eld had an RBI single the next week at Texas. Larson then season, holding off Ty Gibbs full of May. among three hits as the Royals lost ripped off three straight points vic- NASCAR ran a Truck Series race BASKETBALL their fi fth straight on a 10-game trip big hits at Pocono Raceway. that matches their longest of the sea- tories at Charlotte, Sonoma and last Cindric, the reigning champion in and Cup race on Saturday and the second Cup race was set to follow son. Brady Singer (3-6) allowed two week at Nashville - and squeezed in NASCAR’s second-tier series, won the earned runs in fi ve innings. the $1 million All-Star race for four later in the day, making Pocono the Taurasi, the league’s all-time season opener at Daytona and added leading scorer, had been out with wins, total - all while Hendrick Mo- victories at Phoenix and Dover to grab busiest race weekend on the season Tigers 2, Astros 1, 10 Innings torsports became the winningest or- the points lead. The 22-year-old Cin- schedule. a fractured sternum. The 39-year In Detroit, Robbie Grossman’s ganization in NASCAR history. Sam Mayer, who turned 18 on old guard was fouled as she made squeeze bunt in the 10th inning drove in dric has this fi nal season before mov- the winning run, and Detroit beat Hous- Brad Keselowski was third, Kevin ing next year to Cup to drive for Wood Saturday, fi nished 18th in his highly a driving layup and converted the three-point play to reach the ton for a split of their four-game series. Harvick fourth and Bubba Wallace Brothers Racing. anticipated debut. In the Houston 10th, Gregory Soto was fi fth in his best fi nish of the sea- Gibbs was second, followed by Cindric, Allmendinger, Allgaier, 9,000-point plateau. No other play- Connecticut Sun forward DeWanna er in WNBA history has scored as Bonner, (right), struggles to regain (4-1) walked leadoff hitter Chas Mc- son for Michael Jordan’s 23IX team. Justin Allgaier, Noah Gragson and Jeb Burton and Myatt Snider have control of the ball under pressure Cormick with automatic runner Abra- Larson met with 40 students at AJ Allmendinger. all clinched berths in the Xfi nity many as 7,500 points and only from Chicago Sky forward Kahleah ham Toro on second. Jason Castro the Urban Youth Racing School and Cindric won his 12th career Xfi n- playoffs. Tina Thompson (7,488) and Tami- Copper during a WNBA basketball sacrifi ced the runners over, but Jose he announced plans to race in the ity race, his 3-second lead down the Cindric made it six different win- ka Catchings (7,380) have reached game, on June 27, in Uncasville, Altuve popped out and Myles Straw school’s go-kart race in August in stretch clipped to a half-second by ners in six Xfi nity races at Pocono. the 7,000-point mark. Conn. (AP) grounded out.