C6 Sports The Boston Globe MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2019
Baseball
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
North Division
W L Pct. GB
Scranton/W-B.........66 59 .528 —
Syracuse..................64 61 .512 2
Buffalo .....................64 61 .512 2
Rochester................63 62 .504 3Lehigh Valley..........60 64 .484 5½
Pawtucket...............53 71 .427 12½
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Gwinnett..................72 52 .581 —
Charlotte .................69 56 .552 3½Durham....................69 56 .552 3½
Norfolk.....................51 73 .411 21
West Division
W L Pct. GB
Columbus ................71 54 .568 —
Indianapolis ............61 64 .488 10Toledo......................57 68 .456 14
Louisville .................53 72 .424 18
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Syracuse 9.................................Norfolk 5
Toledo 4...............................Pawtucket 3
Durham 10..................................Buffalo 7
Scranton/W-B 9.....................Gwinnett 3
Indianapolis 8.........L. Valley 7 (10 inn.)
Rochester 12..........................Louisville 1
Charlotte 8............................Columbus 2
Indianapolis at Toledo......................6:35 MONDAY'S GAMES
Louisville at Columbus.....................6:35
Charlotte at Durham.........................7:05
Pawtucket at Scranton/W-B...........7:05
Syracuse at Lehigh Valley...............7:05
Gwinnett at Norfolk..........................7:05
Buffalo at Rochester.........................7:05
TUESDAY'S GAMES
Indianapolis at Toledo......................6:35Louisville at Columbus.....................6:35
Charlotte at Durham.........................7:05
Pawtucket at Scranton/W-B...........7:05
Buffalo at Rochester.........................7:05
Syracuse at Lehigh Valley...............7:05
Gwinnett at Norfolk..........................7:05
EASTERN LEAGUE
Eastern Division
W L Pct. GB
Reading....................33 25 .569 —
x-Trenton.................30 28 .517 3Hartford...................28 28 .500 4
Portland...................28 29 .491 4½
New Hampshire .....25 33 .431 8
Binghamton ............25 35 .417 9
Western Division
Erie ...........................41 16 .719 — W L Pct. GB
Bowie .......................38 19 .667 3
Altoona ....................26 31 .456 15
x-Harrisburg ...........23 30 .434 16
Richmond ................23 34 .404 18Akron........................22 34 .393 18½
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Richmond 7.........................Harrisburg 1New Hampshire 10................Portland 1
Erie 3.............................................Akron 2
Hartford 8..........................Binghamton 1
Trenton 12..................Reading 6 (7 inn.)
Altoona 5......................................Bowie 4
MONDAY'S GAMES
Hartford at Altoona...........................6:30
Erie at Richmond...............................6:35
Reading at Portland...............................7New Hampshire at Trenton..................7
Binghamton at Bowie.......................7:05
Harrisburg at Akron..........................7:05
TUESDAY'S GAMES
Hartford at Altoona...........................6:30
Erie at Richmond...............................6:35
Reading at Portland...............................7
New Hampshire at Trenton..................7Binghamton at Bowie.......................7:05
Harrisburg at Akron..........................7:05
NY-PENNLEAGUE
Stedler Division
Lowell.......................34 29 .540 — W L Pct. GB
Connecticut.............30 32 .484 3½
Vermont...................29 34 .460 5
Tri-City.....................25 36 .410 8
McNamara Division
Hudson Valley........36 26 .581 — W L Pct. GB
Brooklyn ..................34 27 .557 1½
Staten Island ..........34 28 .548 2
Aberdeen.................34 28 .548 2
Pinckney Division
West Virginia..........34 27 .557 — W L Pct. GB
Batavia.....................34 29 .540 1
State College..........32 30 .516 2½
Mahoning Valley....31 31 .500 3½
Williamsport ...........25 37 .403 9½Auburn.....................21 39 .350 12½
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
West Virginia 7...............Williamsport 3
Mahoning Valley 1.....Batavia 0 (7 inn.)Mahoning Valley 8.....Batavia 0 (6 inn.)
State College 4...........Auburn 3 (7 inn.)
State College 3...........Auburn 1 (7 inn.)
Brooklyn 2..................................Tri-City 1
Brooklyn 5...................Tri-City 3 (8 inn.)
Vermont 6..............................Aberdeen 5
Staten Island 4.............Hudson Valley 1
Lowell 7.............................Connecticut 3 MONDAY'S GAMES
Williamsport at West Virginia........6:35
Tri-City at Brooklyn................................7
Staten Island at Hudson Valley......7:05
Connecticut at Lowell.......................7:05
Batavia at Mahoning Valley............7:05
Auburn at State College...................7:05
Vermont at Aberdeen.......................7:05
NO GAMES TUESDAY
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
Northern Division
W L Pct. GB
x-Delmarva..............35 20 .636 —Hickory ....................33 22 .600 2
Greensboro .............29 26 .527 6
Kannapolis ..............27 29 .482 8½
Hagerstown ............27 29 .482 8½West Virginia..........26 30 .464 9½
Lakewood................24 30 .444 10½
Southern Division
W L Pct. GB
Asheville..................32 24 .571 —
Augusta ...................31 25 .554 1Charleston SC.........28 28 .500 4
Rome........................28 28 .500 4
Columbia.................25 31 .446 7
x-Lexington.............24 32 .429 8
Greenville................20 35 .364 11½
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Delmarva 4...........................Lakewood 2
Charleston SC 9.....................Asheville 5
West Virginia 4................Hagerstown 2
Greenville 3...............................Hickory 2Augusta 3...........................Greensboro 2
Kannapolis 4.........................Lexington 0
Rome 3...................................Columbia 2
NO GAMES MONDAY
TUESDAY'S GAMES
Kannapolis at Rome...............................7
Columbia at Hickory..............................7
Asheville at Augusta.........................7:05West Virginia at Charleston SC......7:05
Greensboro at Delmarva..................7:05
Greenville at Hagerstown................7:05
Lakewood at Lexington....................7:05
CAROLINA LEAGUE
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Down East 5.......................Wilmington 4
Frederick 5.........................Fayetteville 3Winston-Salem 4...................Potomac 1
Carolina 7.............................Lynchburg 2
Myrtle Beach 4.............Salem 3 (7 inn.)
Myrtle Beach 6......................... 2 (7 inn.)
NO GAMES MONDAY
TUESDAY'S GAMES
Winston-Salem at Lynchburg........6:30.
Salem at Wilmington........................6:35Fayetteville at Down East.....................7
Potomac at Frederick............................7
Carolina at Myrtle Beach.................7:05Golf
PGA-BMW CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday
At Medinah Country Club
Medinah, Illinois
Par: 72
Final Round
$1,665,000 (-25)
Justin Thomas.............65-69-61-68—263
$999,000 (-22)
Patrick Cantlay............66-67-68-65—266
$629,00 0 (-20)
Hideki Matsuyama.....69-63-73-63—268
$444,000 (-18)
Tony Finau....................67-66-68-69—270
$351,500 (-16)
Jon Rahm......................68-69-66-69—272
Brandt Snedeker.........66-71-67-68—272
$298,313 (-15)
Corey Conners.............69-66-69-69—273
Lucas Glover................66-69-69-69—273
$259,000 (-14)
Kevin Kisner.................68-68-69-69—274
Adam Scott..................67-71-69-67—274
$196,100 (-13)
Tommy Fleetwood......70-66-70-69—275
Rickie Fowler...............67-70-68-70—275Sungjae Im...................70-72-66-67—275
Louis Oosthuizen........70-69-68-68—275
Kevin Tway..................69-67-70-69—275
$148,000 (-12)
J.T. Poston....................68-74-66-68—276
Rory Sabbatini.............67-68-67-74—276
Vaughn Taylor.............73-70-67-66—276
$112,110 (-11)
Jason Kokrak...............65-73-70-69—277
Marc Leishman............72-71-67-67—277
Rory McIlroy................69-67-70-71—277
Patrick Reed................68-71-68-70—277
Xander Schauffele......67-68-70-72—277
$78,856 (-10)
Paul Casey...................70-70-67-71—278
Joel Dahmen................66-71-69-72—278
Brooks Koepka............68-71-72-67—278
Webb Simpson............70-72-67-69—278
CHAMPIONS-DICK’S SPORTING
At En Joie GC
Endicott, New York
Par: 72
Final Round
$307,500 (-17)
Doug Barron......................65-68-66—199
$180,400 (-15)
Fred Couples.....................70-68-63—201
$147,600 (-13)
Woody Austin...................68-68-67—203
$110,700 (-12)
Scott McCarron................69-66-69—204
Colin Montgomerie..........70-68-66—204
$73,800 (-11)
Miguel Angel Jiménez.....65-72-68—205
Scott Parel.........................66-69-70—205
Kevin Sutherland..............67-70-68—205
$51,250 (-10)
Billy Andrade.....................67-70-69—206
Marco Dawson..................66-69-71—206
Kenny Perry.......................68-73-65—206
Duffy Waldorf...................68-69-69—206
Joe Durant.........................73-66-68—207 $35,875 (-9)
Retief Goosen....................72-66-69—207
Paul Goydos......................68-69-70—207
Jay Haas.............................68-68-71—207
Tim Petrovic......................69-68-70—207
Tommy Tolles...................68-68-71—207
$26,291 (-8)
Paul Broadhurst................71-66-71—208
Ken Duke............................68-76-64—208
Steve Flesch......................68-69-71—208
Tom Lehman.....................68-72-68—208
U.S. AMATEUR
At Pinehurst Resort & Country Club
Pinehurst, N.C.
Championship (36 holes)
Andy Ogletree, Little Rock, Miss., def.
John Augenstein, Owensboro, Ky., 2
and 1Football
NFL PRESEASON
Week 2
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
New Orleans 19...........L.A. Chargers 17
Seattle.................................atMinnesota
MONDAY'S GAME
San Francisco at Denver.......................8
Week 3
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati.......................7
Carolina at New England.................7:30
Washington atAtlanta.....................7:30
Baltimore at Philadelphia................7:30
Green Bay vs Oakland...........................8
Jacksonville at Miami............................8
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
Cleveland at Tampa Bay..................7:30
Buffalo at Detroit....................................8
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
Arizona at Minnesota............................1
Houston at Dallas...................................7
Chicago at Indianapolis.........................7
New Orleans at N.Y. Jets,................7:30
San Francisco at Kansas City...............8
Denver at L.A. Rams...............................9
Seattle at L.A. Chargers......................10
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25
Pittsburgh at Tennessee,......................8
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
NEW ENGLAND 22............Tennessee 17
Cleveland 21...................Indianapolis 18
Houston 30...............................Detroit 23
Pittsburgh 17.....................Kansas City 7
Dallas 14..............................L.A. Rams 10
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Buffalo 27...............................Carolina 14
N.Y. Giants 32........................Chicago 13
Tampa Bay 16...........................Miami 14WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct. GB
x-Washington.........20 7 .741 —
Connecticut.............19 8 .704 1Chicago....................15 11 .577 4½
Indiana.......................9 17 .346 10½
New York...................8 18 .308 11½
Atlanta.......................5 21 .192 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Las Vegas................18 9 .667 —
Los Angeles ............15 10 .600 2Seattle......................15 13 .536 3½
Phoenix....................13 13 .500 4½
Minnesota ...............13 14 .481 5
Dallas .........................9 18 .333 9
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Washington 107......................Indiana 68
Connecticut 78..........................Dallas 68
Las Vegas 100........................Chicago 85
Phoenix 78...........................New York 72
Seattle 82...........................Minnesota 74
NO GAMES MONDAY
TUESDAY'S GAMES
New York at Indiana..............................7
Chicago at Atlanta..................................7
Phoenix at Las Vegas..........................10
Minnesota at Los Angeles.............10:30Sailing
HUSTLER CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday
At Squantum Yacht Club
Wollaston, M.A.- Steve Perry, Portsmouth, R.l.; 2. RobHealy, Scituate, M.A.; 3. Allan Powell,
Sanbornton, N.H.
Latestline
College Football
Saturday
Favorite................Pts. .............UnderdogFlorida....................7 ...................Miami
Arizona................11 .............At Hawaii
NFL
Monday
Favorite................Pts. .............UnderdogAt Denver..............1½ .....San FranciscoTransactions
BASEBALL
Houston (AL): Reinstated P Brad Pea-
cock from the 10-day IL. Recalled P CySneed from Round Rock (PCL).
Los Angeles (AL): Optioned P Jose Su-
arez to Salt Lake (PCL). Recalled P
Miguel Del Pozo from Salt Lake (PCL)
New York Yankess : Reinstated P CC
Sabathiafromthe10-dayIL.Placed
INF Thairo Estrada on the 10-day IL.Recalled INF/OF Tyler Wade from
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
Chicago (NL): Reinstated P Craig Kim-
brel from the 10-day IL. Recalled OF
Mark Zagunis from Iowa (IL). Optioned
P Duane Underwood to Iowa (IL).
Cincinnati (NL): the 10-day IL. Recalled OF Brian O'Gra-Place 1B Joey Votto on
dy from Louisville (IL).
Colorado (NL): Recalled P DJ Johnson
from Albuquerque (PCL). Placed P
Scott Oberg on the 10-day IL.
Los Angeles (NL): Reinstated P Tony
Gonsolin and INF Jedd Gyorko from the60-day IL. Optioned P Josh Sborz and IF
Edwin Rios to Oklahoma City (PCL).
Milwaukee (NL): Recalled P Jay Jack-
son and P Aaron Wilkerson from San
Antonio (PCL). Optioned P Ray Black
and Freddy Peralta to San Antonio(PCL).
Pittsburgh (NL): Optioned INF Cole
Tucker and P Montana DuRapau from
Indianapolis (IL).
San Francisco (NL): Recalled INF Abi-
atal Avelino from Sacramento (PCL).
Designated P Travis Bergen for assign-ment.
Washington (NL): Placed P Sean
Doolittle on the 10-day IL. Recalled P
Kyle McGowin from Harrisburg (IL).
FOOTBALL
Chicago (NFC): Waived K Elliott Fry.
Washington (NFC): Signed LB Gary
Johnson. Waived DE Myles Murphy.Soccer
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts. GF GA
Philadelphia........1 386454840
Atlanta .................13 9 3 42 43 30
NYC FC.................11 5 8 41 45 32
D.C. United ..........10 8 9 39 34 33New York.............11 10 5 38 44 39
NEW ENGLAND.....9 9 8 35 38 45
Montreal ..............10 13 4 34 39 50
Orlando City..........9 11 7 34 35 35
Toronto FC.............9 10 7 34 41 43Chicago..................8 11 9 33 42 40
Columbus...............7 14 6 27 29 41
Cincinnati ..............5 18 3 18 26 61
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Los Angeles FC...18 3 4 58 67 25
Minnesota............12 8 6 42 44 36
LA Galaxy ............13 11 2 41 35 38Real Salt Lake.....12 10 4 40 38 34
Seattle..................11 8 7 40 40 39
San Jose...............11 9 5 38 42 38
Portland...............11 9 4 37 41 36
FC Dallas..............10 10 7 37 39 36Houston..................9 13 4 31 37 43
Kansas City ...........8 11 7 31 39 45
Colorado ................7 13 6 27 43 52
Vancouver .............6 12 9 27 27 45
NOTE: Three points for victory, one
point for tie.
SUNDAY’S GAME
Portland at Atlanta...............................10
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
New York City FC at Columbus...........7
D.C. United at New York.......................8
Los Angeles FC at San Jose...........10:30
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Sporting Kansas City at Minnesota9:30
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Orlando City at Atlanta.........................8
Portland at Seattle...............................10
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
New York City FC at New York............7
NEW ENGLAND at Chicago..............7:30
Philadelphia at D.C. United..............7:30
Toronto FC at Montreal....................7:30
Real Salt Lake at Colorado.................10
San Jose at Vancouver........................10
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
New York 1..................NEW ENGLAND 1
New York City FC 4.............Cincinnati 1
Columbus 2.........................Toronto FC 2
Montreal 3..............................FC Dallas 3
Chicago 2..........................Philadelphia 0
Minnesota 1.....................Orlando City 1
Sporting Kansas City 2.........San Jose 1
Houston 2...............................Colorado 2
LA Galaxy 2................................Seattle 2
Los Angeles FC 2.........Real Salt Lake 0
Vancouver 1.......................D.C. United 0
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
GP W D L Diff. Pts.
Liverpool..............2 2 0 0 +4 6
Arsenal.................2 2 0 0 +2 6
Man. City .............2 1 1 0 +5 4Brighton ...............2 1 1 0 +3 4
Tottenham...........2 1 1 0 +2 4
Bournemouth......2 1 1 0 +1 4
Sheff. United .......2 1 1 0 +1 4
Everton.................2 1 1 0 +1 4Man. United.........1 1 0 0 +4 3
Burnley.................2 1 0 1 +2 3
Norwich City .......2 1 0 1 –1 3
Leicester City......2 0 2 0 0 2
WolveS .................1 0 1 0 0 1Crystal Palace.....2 0 1 1 –1 1
Chelsea.................2 0 1 1 –4 1
West Ham............2 0 1 1 –5 1
Aston Villa...........2 0 0 2 –3 0Newcastle............2 0 0 2 –3 0
Southampton ......2 0 0 2 –4 0
Watford................2 0 0 2 –4 0
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Leicester City 1........................Chelsea 1
Sheffield United 1........Crystal Palace 0
MONDAY’S GAME
Man. United at Wolverhampton..........3
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Arsenal 2...................................Burnley 1
Bournemouth 2...................Aston Villa 1
Everton 1..................................Watford 0
Liverpool 2......................Southampton 1
Norwich City 3........Newcastle United 1
West Ham United 1...............Brighton 1
Tottenham 2..........................Man. City 2
NWSL
SUNDAY’S RESULT
Sky Blue FC 1.........................Reign FC 1
WEDNESDAY’S GA,E
Washington Spirit at Utah FC.........7:30
Chicago at Orlando Pride................7:30
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
North Carolina Courage at Reign FC..7
Washington Spirit at Orlando Pride7:30
Houston at Sky Blue FC...................8:30
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25
Portland at Chicago...............................3
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Utah Royals FC 2..........Orlando Pride 0
Portland 3...............Washington Spirit 1Tennis
WESTERN & SOUTHERN
At Mason, Ohio
Sunday
Championship
Men
Daniil Medvedev (9) def. David Goffin
(16), 7-6(3), 6-4
Women
Madison Keys (16) def. Svetlana Kuz-
netsova, 7-5, 7-6(5)
Doubles
Men
Ivan Dodig, and Filip Polasek def. JuanSebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (1),
4-6, 6-4, 10-6.Scoreboard
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SOCCER
3 p.m. Premier: ManU at Wolverhampton NBCSNer Emilie Bydwell despite only picking
up the sport shortly after her 2017 col-
lege graduation, when a friend called
with an invite to a local club rugby
practice.
“It took me a little convincing, I was
a little hesitant at first, but probably
half a year later, February of 2018, I fi-
nally went to practice,” Kirshe said. “I
got convinced, and I just kind of ran
with it.”
She ran right up the learning curve.
Despite not having picked up a new
sport since she was about 8 years old,
Kirshe devoured the game, suddenly
finding the perfect outlet for all the
ones she’d played before. There was
soccer, obviously, the game both of her
parents had played at Cornell, the one
she played all those years in the yard
with her brother, the one that gave her
such foundational elements in fitness,
foot skill, and speed.
There was lacrosse, for field vision
and agility of movement. Basketball for
teamwork and hand-eye coordination.
And football, when she’d been one of
the only girls on the field in Franklin
and had played quarterback and wide
receiver, for the tackling and contact.
And now there is rugby, this beauti-
ful sporting stew of teamwork, skill,
physicality, and fun, a recipe for which
she already had every ingredient. She
just had to learn how to put it together,
and in what seems like an eyeblink, she
did it well enough to make the US ros-
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ter.
“I think it’s starting to get there,”
Kirshe said. “Soccer and rugby are both
fluid games, but are so different. The
fact in rugby you can’t pass the ball for-
ward, that’s one of the hardest things to
adapt to. I played forward in soccer.
I’m learning to be in support lines, re-
align, and be in a good position. I kept
running by the ball, and my teammates
would be like, ‘You can’t do anything
there!’ I think now my brain is finally
starting to be more rugby wired. I’m
starting to understand and see the
game better. It comes with playing and
time.”
She recently helped the US win a sil-
ver medal at the Pan American Games
in Peru (losing to Canada in the gold
medal match) and will return to Cali-
fornia soon to resume training with the
national team, with an eye on the
Olympics. No guarantees, of course,
but Kirshe is certainly trending in the
right direction.
“It was her center of gravity and her
ability to not just get herself into spaces
but the ability to power herself through
those spaces that really stuck out to us,”
Bydwell said.
“She understands space well, and
coming from a soccer background she
understands the relationship between
attack and defense. She already had re-
ally good defensive tracking, and her
ability to tackle after not playing rugby
for very long is something we often
struggle with with crossover athletes.
She took that on board pretty quickly,so we knew she would accelerate pretty
fast.
“She has experience in a high-per-
formance environment, so she knows
what it’s like to be an elite athlete, she’s
brought those behaviors into this envi-
ronment, and her work ethic and atten-
tion to detail and her intent is second
to none. We started investing in her as
a leader... she is really thoughtful,
thinks about the team, the people
around her, how they can maximize
their output, and really thinks about
the team in a meaningful way.”
That’s what can happen when you
find a new passion, when you are pres-
ent enough in a moment to realize
something amazing might be unfold-
ing before you, when your mind and
heart are open enough not only to see a
new course, but have the willingness to
take it.
“The sport completely changed my
entire world, completely flipped my
world upside down in the best way pos-
sible,” Kirshe said. “Getting to play for
the US team is amazing. As a kid I grew
up dreaming of playing for the soccer
team. I kind of realized when I was in
high school, and picked a Division 3
school, that it probably wasn’t going to
happen. I’d come to terms with that.
But life works in mysterious ways. You
have to be open.”Tara Sullivan is a Globe columnist. She
can be reached at
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on Twitter @Globe_Tara.Rugby could lead Kirshe to Olympics
ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE GLOBEKristi Kirshe has made a seamless transition to rugby since picking up the sport less than two years ago.
SportsLog
Cleveland Indians aceCoreyKluber
was removed from a minor league start
after one inning with abdominal tight-
ness on Sunday. The team said Kluber,
who hasn’t pitched in the majors since
breaking his arm during a start on May
1, was taken out of Sunday’s game for
Triple A Columbus in Charlotte, N.C.,
for precautionary reasons. The two-
time Cy Young Award winner, making
his third start as he attempts to return
from the injury. Kluber walked two and
didn’t allow a run in his one inning.
The 33-year-old was scheduled to
spend Monday’s off day in Cleveland
before re-joining the club in New York.
BlueJaysrelievedafter
MRIonGuerrero’sknee
An MRI onVladimirGuerreroJr.
showed no major damage to his left
knee, and Toronto’s rookie slugger will
not require a stint on the injured list.
Guerrero tweaked his knee playing de-
fense Saturday and left after two in-
nings... Rockies righthanderScott
Obergwas placed on the 10-day IL af-
ter being treated Saturday at a hospital
for a blood clot in his pitching arm for
the second time in his career... The
Reds put first basemanJoeyVotto
(lower back tightness) on the 10-day in-
jured list... The NL wild-card leading
Nationals put struggling closerSean
Doolittleon the 10-day injured list with
right knee tendinitis, a day after he
gave up three home runs in the ninth
inning against Milwaukee... Phillies
outfielderBryceHarperleft a 3-2 home
loss to the Padres after five innings due
to dehydration. ManagerGabeKapler
said Harper had blurred vision and re-
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time temperature was 90 degrees...
Braves All-Star outfielderRonaldAcu-
naJr.was was pulled before the fifth in-
ning after failing to run out a drive off
the right field wall in the third, the ball
bouncing off the wall for a long single
in Atlanta’s 5-3 win over the Dodgers.
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CourtneyWilliamsscored 18 points
and the Connecticut Sun beat the Dal-
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andJasmineThomasadded 16 points
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expected to pursue veteranDwight
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but Memphis is expected to waive or
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firstCincinnatititles
MadisonKeysandDaniilMedvedev
embraced their first Western & South-
ern Open championship trophies afterwinning the biggest titles of their ca-
reers in Mason, Ohio. Keys rallied late
in both sets to overcomeSvetlanaKuz-
netsova, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5). Keys will move
up to the No. 10 ranking. The Ameri-
can broke Kuznetsova to pull even in
both sets at 5-5 and then won with a
steady serve. On the men’s side, Medve-
dev beatDavidGoffin, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 for
his first Masters 1000 title. Medvedev,
23, is the youngest Cincinnati champ
sinceAndyMurrayat age 21 in 2008.MISCELLANYPowerwinsshortened
racemarredbywreck
WillPowerwon the shortened ABC
Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long
Pond, Pa., the 13th straight season he’s
won an IndyCar race.ScottDixonwas
second andSimon Pagenaudwas
third. The race was called with 72 laps
left because of lightning and severe
weather in the area. The green flag had
barely been dropped whenTakuma Sa-
totried to shoot a gap on the first lap,
cut offAlexanderRossiand connected
withRyanHunter-Reayinacrashthat
left cars and debris strewn across the
track. Sato’s car landed upside down on
Hunter-Reay’s Honda.Felix Rosen-
qvisthit the fence nose first and his car
slammed back on the track. He was
sent to the hospital with non-life-
threatening injuries.. .JackWhitaker,
whose Hall of Fame broadcasting ca-
reer ranged from the first Super Bowl
to Secretariat’s Triple Crown to short
essays from major sporting events,
died Sunday morning, CBS reported.
The network said Whitaker died of nat-
ural causes in his sleep in Devon, Pa.
He was 95. Obituary, D6...StipeMio-
cic(19-3) stoppedDaniel Cormier
(22-2) with a barrage of punches in the
fourth round, reclaiming his heavy-
weight title with a stunning comeback
victory at UFC 241 Saturday night in
Anaheim, Calif.Kluber exits rehab start early
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Madison Keys (above) rallied past
Svetlana Kuznetsova on Sunday to
win her second title of the season.