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MIAMI, July 11, (AP): Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. will have season-ending surgery to repair a com- United States’ Darius Garland (25) and Nigeria’s Caleb Agada (3) chase the ball during an exhibition game, on July 10, in Las Vegas. pletely torn ACL in his (AP) right knee after he was in- jured during Atlanta’s 5-4 Australia top Argentina win over the Miami Mar- lins. An MRI showed the severity of the injury and the Braves made the US fall to Nigeria 90-87 announcement shortly before mid- night that their three-time All-Star will be out until at least next year. in pre-Olympic opener Acuña landed awkwardly on his right leg after jumping on the warn- LAS VEGAS, July 11, (AP): This is Nigeria pulled off an international ing track in right fi eld to try to catch not how USA Basketball expected to shocker with a roster primarily filled a drive from Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the open its Olympic summer. of little-known NBA players that fi fth inning. The 23-year-old slammed Nigeria probably didn’t expect it, found a way to beat a group of All- into the outfi eld wall and crumbled on either. NBA, All-Star and max-contract per- the warning track, immediately grab- If there was any expectation of formers. bing his right knee while Chisholm invincibility for the Americans head- “I thought that the Nigerian team sprinted out an inside-the-park homer. ing into the Tokyo Olympics, it’s played very physically, did a great job The 23-year-old Acuña did not put already gone - after Nigeria shocked in that regard and knocked down a lot any weight on his right leg and had to be helped to a cart before being taken the U.S. 90-87. of 3s,” U.S. coach Gregg Popovich said. “Give them credit.” from the fi eld. Gabe Nnamdi, who goes by Gabe Dodgers 22, Diamondbacks 1 Vincent when playing for the Miami In Los Angeles, Justin Turner and Charles shines Heat, led Nigeria with 21 points. Mookie Betts hit grand slams, Albert Caleb Agada scored 17 points, Ike Pujols and AJ Pollock each homered Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, right, hits a grand slam as Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Bryan Holaday, Nwamu added 13 and Nigeria out- twice and Los Angeles matched a fran- second from left, watch along with home plate umpire Tony Randazzo during the seventh inning of a Mystics end scored the U.S. 60-30 from 3-point chise record by connecting eight times game, July 10, in Los Angeles. (AP) range. in all, routing Arizona. Kevin Durant, who had never Cody Bellinger and Zach McKinstry 4-game skid before played in a loss for USA also homered as the Dodgers matched Basketball in 39 senior international a Los Angeles mark for runs, last scor- CHICAGO, July 11, (AP): Tina games, had 17 points. Jayson Tatum ing 22 in 2001 at Colorado. This was B’desh beat Zimbabwe in one-off Test Charles had 32 points and 17 added 15, Damian Lillard had 14 and their highest-scoring game ever at HARARE, Zimbabwe, July 11, babweans had to bat through the Zimbabwe captain Brendan Tay- rebounds to continue her renais- Bam Adebayo 11. Dodger Stadium. (AP): Bangladesh beat Zimba- entire day with just seven wickets lor made 92 on the fourth day and sance season and the Washington The Dodgers won for just the sec- bwe by 220 runs in their one-off nightwatchman Donald Tiripano Mystics beat the Chicago Sky ond time in six games. The Dodgers Test in Harare on Sunday as the put up some fi ght on the last day 89-85 in overtime to snap a four- BASKETBALL improved to 8-1 against the Diamond- home team was all out for 256 CRICKET with 52. game losing streak. backs this season. in its second innings on the final Bangladesh fell to 132-6 in its Charles, the 2012 WNBA day and well short of its target of fi rst innings at the start of the Test Phillies 11, Red Sox 2 477 to win. in hand to save a draw but didn’t but 150 not out from Mahmudullah MVP, is having a career year in “Just goes to show that we have to In Boston, Jean Segura and Alec Bangladesh spinner Mehidy come close. batting at No. 8 turned the Bangla- her 11th season - her fi rst with the play better,” Tatum said. Mystics. The fi ve-time fi rst team Bohm homered, and Philadelphia Hasan Miraz claimed 4-66 in the Bangladesh wrapped it up be- desh innings around. Bangladesh The Americans had gone 39-0 in snapped Boston’s nine-game home Zimbabwe second innings for nine fore tea when Mehidy bowled last- eventually made 468 all out in that all-WNBA pick is averaging a their last three Olympic seasons - wickets in the match. man Richard Ngarava for his fourth fi rst innings and was in control from career-best and league-leading winning streak. including pre-Olympic exhibitions Segura opened the game with a Resuming on 140-3, the Zim- wicket. there. 25.8 points and 9.6 rebounds - on their way to gold medals and while shooting a career-high 36% drive over the Green Monster, and had been 54-2 in major exhibitions Bohm made it 3-0 with a two-run drive Oakland , worked both extra in- Twins 9, Tigers 4 homer, and Cleveland beat struggling from 3-point range. since NBA players began playing off Martín Pérez (7-5) in the second. nings as the A’s won for the third time In Minneapolis, Jorge Polanco hit a Kansas City. for USA Basketball in 1992. Plus, The Phillies then broke it open with in nine games. Hernández’s 15th homer capped a they’d beaten Nigeria by a com- go-ahead three-run homer in the sev- BASKETBALL eight runs in the eighth, earning their Pirates 6, Mets 2, 1st Game enth inning and Minnesota rallied from six-run fourth inning against Mike Mi- bined 127 points in their last two fourth win six games. nor (6-8). Mercado’s drive highlighted meetings, one at the 2012 London a four-run defi cit to beat Detroit. Segura fi nished with three hits and Mets 4, Pirates 2, 2nd Game Alex Kirilloff also homered for a four-run seventh that put the game Ariel Atkins added 14 points, Games, the other a warm-up for the three RBIs. Rhys Hoskins and Bryce In New York, homered, away. 2016 Rio Games. Minnesota. Luis Arraez drove in two Shatori Walker-Kimbrough had Harper each hit a two-run double, and Jeff McNeil drove in two runs and insurance runs with an eighth-inning The Indians have beaten the Royals 12 and Theresa Plaisance added Nigeria lost to the U.S. at the 2012 Ronald Torreyes had three hits. Bailey New York beat Pittsburgh for a dou- single. eight straight times this season. The 10 points and eight rebounds Olympics by 83 points. Lost to the Falter (1-0) pitched two hitless innings bleheader split. Niko Goodrum and Zack Short hit Royals have dropped 15 of 18 to fall for Washington (8-10). Natasha Americans again four years later in an for his fi rst major league victory. Alonso gave the Mets a 3-1 lead back-to-back solo homers in the sec- a season-worst 17 games under .500. Cloud tied her career high with exhibition, that time by 44 points. Giants 10, Nationals 4 when he connected on a 1-1 fastball ond inning for Detroit. Reds 4, Brewers 3 11 assists. Cloud made a driving Not this time. from Max Kranick (1-1) with two outs “Nigeria’s come a long way with In San Francisco, Brandon Craw- White Sox 8, Orioles 3 In Milwaukee, Eugenio Suárez hit layup and then Charles stole a ford had three hits, including his 18th in the third inning. The Pirates won a leadoff home run in the ninth inning pass from Courtney Vandersloot their basketball,” USA Basketball the opener behind fi ve innings and a In Baltimore, Brian Goodwin had managing director Jerry Colangelo home run, and San Francisco routed four hits, including a solo homer, and against All-Star closer Josh Hader and before hitting a 3-pointer that Washington. tiebreaking homer by Tyler Anderson Cincinnati beat Milwaukee in a game made it 87-82 with 3:43 left in said. off . drove in three runs as Chicago beat Meanwhile, Patty Mills hit a Anthony DeSclafani (10-3) had six Baltimore for its fourth straight win. that included three ejections. overtime and the Mystics led the and pitched three-hit ball All-Star Bryan Reynolds hit a two- Suárez hit a 2-0 pitch from Hader rest of the way. 3-pointer as time expired, giving run homer in the opener and an RBI Australia an 87-84 win over Argentina over six scoreless innings to win his (3-1) into the second deck of the right- Stefanie Dolson scored a sea- 10th for the Giants. Thairo Estrada single in the nightcap for the Pirates. BASEBALL fi eld bleachers for his 18th homer. son-high 20 points and Candace in a pre-Olympics exhibition. Jacob Stallings connected for Pitts- Heath Hembree took care of Mil- Mills inbounded the ball with 2.5 added four hits and two RBIs. Darin burgh in the second game. Parker had 17 points, 13 rebounds, Ruf doubled and scored twice. waukee in the bottom half for his sec- six assists, two steals and two seconds left to Jock Lansdale, who Mets right-hander Tylor Megill al- Washington’s Starlin Castro sin- ond consecutive save and sixth over- blocks for Chicago (10-10). Allie handed it back to Mills for the win- lowed one run and four hits in 3 2/3 Chicago has won nine of i12 and has gled to extend his hitting streak to 13 taken seven in a row from the Orioles all. Josh Osich (2-0) got one out in the Quigley was 4 of 8 from 3-point ning shot at the buzzer - capping a innings in the nightcap. eighth for the win. range and fi nished with 16 points comeback that was needed after the games. Alcides Escobar added a two- (4-1) got the fi nal out of the fourth, and dating to 2019. and Courtney Vandersloot added Australians wasted a 10-point lead run triple. allowed Stallings’ homer in Lucas Giolito (7-6) struck out nine Cardinals 6, Cubs 0 13 points and 15 assists. midway through the final quarter. Athletics 8, Rangers 4, 11 Innings the sixth. Edwin Díaz struck out the while allowing two runs in 5 1/3 in- In Chicago, Paul Goldschmidt, Paul Vandersloot slipped around a Mills had 17 points for Australia, In Arlington, Texas, Jed Lowrie hit side in the seventh for his 19th save nings to beat the Orioles for the sec- DeJong and Tommy Edman homer- screen by Dolson and another by which got 16 from Joe Ingles, 15 from a tiebreaking RBI single in the 11th in 20 chances. Kranick allowed three ond time this season. Liam Hendriks ed in the fi fth inning, and St. Louis earned his AL-leading 23rd save. Parker on the sideline and then Matisse Thybulle and 14 from Aron inning after an earlier home run and runs and four hits in three innings. blanked Chicago. slipped a bounce pass to a rolling Baynes. Oakland beat Texas. Yankees 1, Astros 0 Indians 14, Royals 6 Kwang Hyun Kim (4-5) struck out Dolson for a layup that gave the seven in six innings, permitting fi ve led all scorers with 25 Lowrie hit a sharp single to right In Houston, Gerrit Cole demanded In Cleveland, César Hernández and Sky an 82-80 lead with 4.0 seconds points for Argentina, which trailed by with one out in the 11th off Spencer Óscar Mercado each hit a three-run hits and walking one. He extended his left in regulation but, after Atkins on the mound that manager Aaron scoreless streak to 15 innings. 10 points midway through the fourth Patton (0-1), who then threw a wild Boone let him get the fi nal out, then missed a potential winning 3-point before going on an 11-0 run to reclaim pitch that allowed another run before Zach Davies (5-6) gave up three shot for Washington, Charles’ of- struck out Yordan Alvarez with a 99 runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. the lead. scored Stephen Piscotty added a two-run mph fastball on his career-high 129th fensive and putback as 12 for Argentina and homer. Mariners 2, Angels 0 time expired forced overtime. pitch to cap the New York’s win over scored 11. J.B. Wendelken (2-1), the sixth Houston. In Seattle, Chris Flexen pitched Aaron Judge hit a solo homer and three-hit ball for seven innings in an- Cole completed a three-hitter for his other home win, Luis Torrens added Burton fi nishes 2nd, Gragson 3rd fi fth career complete game and third an RBI triple and Seattle beat Los An- shutout. Cole (9-4) tied a season low in geles. hits and struck out 12. David Fletchers of the Angels ex- Rays 5, Blue Jays 2 tended his hitting streak to 23 games. Busch completes 5-for-5 Xfi nity sweep Patrick Sandoval (2-3) struck out In St. Petersburg, Florida, Brandon six and gave up six hits over seven in- HAMPTON, Ga., July 11, (AP): Kyle Lowe homered twice and Mike Zunino nings, but got no run support. Busch completed a 5-for-5 sweep of also connected, helping Tampa Bay what might be his fi nal season in the beat Toronto for its sixth straight win. Rockies 3, Padres 0 Xfi nity Series with a late recovery at Ryan Yarbrough (6-3) pitched fi ve In San Diego, German Marquez Atlanta Motor Speedway. innings of two-run ball, improving to pitched seven dominant innings, limit- Busch fi nished 0.550 seconds ahead 5-0 in his last 12 appearances. Diego ing the Padres to three hits and leading of Jeb Burton for his 102nd Xfi nity vic- Castillo fi nished the six-hitter for his Colorado over San Diego. tory and 222nd overall in NASCAR’s 13th save. Colorado is a major league-worst three national series. Lowe has four career multihomer New York Yankees starting pitcher 8-34 on the road. The Rockies had lost Busch took the lead after pushing games, including May 21 against the Gerrit Cole delivers during the fi rst nine in a row at Petco Park before Mar- Daniel Hemric on a restart with six laps Blue Jays. He opened the scoring with inning of a baseball game against quez (8-6) took over. remaining. Busch appeared to be trying his 19th homer, connecting on the fi rst the Houston Astros, on July 10, in Marquez struck out nine and threw to give Hemric, his Joe Gibbs Racing pitch leading off the fi rst. Houston. (AP) 86 pitches, 58 for strikes. teammate, a helpful push on the restart but instead Hemric lost control and hit the wall. MLB Results/Standings “I just wanted to hit him forward and straight but turned him sideways a lit-

WASHINGTON, July 11, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Saturday. Tampa Bay 5 Toronto 2 Pittsburgh 6 NY Mets (7 inn 1st game) 2 CAR RACING Minnesota 9 Detroit 4 San Francisco 10 Washington 4 Kyle Busch celebrates in Victory Lane after wining a NASCAR Xfi nity Se- Chicago White Sox 8 Baltimore 3 Atlanta 5 Miami 4 ries auto race, on July 10, in Hampton, Ga. (AP) Philadelphia 11 Boston 2 NY Mets 4 Pittsburgh (7 inn 2nd game) 2 tle bit,” Busch said, adding the incident Oakland 8 Texas (11 inn) 4 Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 3 Cleveland 14 Kansas City 6 St Louis 6 Chicago Cubs 0 made the victory “a little somber.” and 222 overall in NASCAR’s three With 17 laps remaining, Carson NY Yankees 1 Houston 0 Colorado 3 San Diego 0 Busch has hinted that this might national series. Ware’s crash into the wall caused a Seattle 2 LA Angels 0 LA Dodgers 22 Arizona 1 be his fi nal season in Xfi nity. He re- Noah Gragson was third, followed caution, sending leaders to the pits. On American League National League by Justin Haley and Ty Dillon. the restart with 11 laps remaining, there East Division East Division peated that plan Saturday, saying he W L Pct GB W L Pct GB didn’t plan to return to Xfi nity “as far NASCAR only allows Cup Series was another crash when Kyle Weath- Boston 55 35 .611 _ New York 47 39 .547 _ as what’s going to happen right now.” drivers, including Busch, to compete erman appeared to lose power and fell Tampa Bay 53 36 .596 1-1/2 Atlanta 44 44 .500 4 Busch added “Never say never, but in fi ve Xfi nity and fi ve Truck Series back quickly from the lead pack. New York 46 42 .523 8 Philadelphia 43 44 .494 4-1/2 Toronto 44 42 .512 9 Washington 42 46 .477 6 this is it.” races each year. Atlanta was Busch’s Busch will start second, behind Baltimore 28 60 .318 26 Miami 38 50 .432 10 Busch won the fi rst two stages in At- fi fth and fi nal Xfi nity event - and fi fth Chase Elliott, in Sunday’s NASCAR Central Division Central Division lanta before needing to reclaim the lead win - of 2021. Cup Series event, the fi nal race before W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Chicago 53 35 .602 _ Milwaukee 53 38 .582 _ following a fi nal restart. Before the race, Busch tweeted the Atlanta Motor Speedway track is Cleveland 45 42 .517 7-1/2 Cincinnati 47 42 .528 5 One week after Hemric had a runner- “Let’s go out w one more.” It appeared repaved and remodeled. Detroit 40 50 .444 14 Chicago 44 46 .489 8-1/2 up fi nish to Busch, he was on the verge to be another sign he doesn’t intend to Austin Dillon fi nished 11th as a late Minnesota 38 50 .432 15 St Louis 44 46 .489 8-1/2 of his fi rst career win before spinning return to the Xfi nity Series next season. fi ll-in for Michael Annett, who was un- Kansas City 36 53 .404 17-1/2 Pittsburgh 33 56 .371 19 West Division West Division on a restart when pushed by Busch with Busch raced as if determined to able to drive the No. 1 Chevrolet due to W L Pct GB W L Pct GB six laps remaining. make sure he departed Xfi nity on top. a nagging leg injury. Dillon started at the Houston 54 36 .600 _ San Francisco 56 32 .636 _ Hemric took the lead on the fi nal He raced to the lead from start, led eve- back of the fi eld. Most NASCAR Cup Oakland 51 40 .560 3-1/2 Los Angeles 55 35 .611 2 Seattle 48 42 .533 6 San Diego 53 39 .576 5 stage after Busch won the fi rst two ry lap of the fi rst stage and also won the drivers were not at the track, but Dillon Los Angeles 44 44 .500 9 Colorado 39 51 .433 18 stages. second stage after briefl y falling behind arrived early for Sunday’s race and was Texas 35 54 .393 18-1/2 Arizona 26 65 .286 31-1/2 Busch has 102nd Xfi nity victories Gragson. available for the substitute role.