C8 Sports The Boston Globe MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
Baseball
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
North Division
Scranton/W-B.........75 64 .540 —W L Pct. GB
Syracuse..................74 65 .532 1
Rochester................70 69 .504 5
Buffalo .....................70 69 .504 5Lehigh Valley..........66 73 .475 9
Pawtucket...............58 81 .417 17
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Gwinnett..................79 59 .572 —
Charlotte .................75 63 .543 4
Durham....................75 63 .543 4
Norfolk.....................59 79 .428 20
West Division
Columbus ................80 59 .576 —W L Pct. GB
Toledo......................66 73 .475 14
Indianapolis ............65 74 .468 15
Louisville .................59 80 .424 21
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Scranton/W-B 15....................Buffalo 12
Lehigh Valley 5...................Pawtucket 3
Durham 3................................Gwinnett 1
Louisville 8........................Indianapolis 2
Syracuse 7............................Rochester 3
Columbus 7.................................Toledo 0
Norfolk 11...............................Charlotte 2
MONDAY'S GAMES
Buffalo at Scranton/W-B...............12:05
Indianapolis at Louisville......................1
Gwinnett at Durham.........................1:05
Columbus at Toledo..........................1:05
Syracuse at Rochester.....................1:05
Lehigh Valley at Pawtucket............1:05
Charlotte at Norfolk..........................1:05
PAWTUCKET RED SOX
Through game of September 01, 2019
BATTING
Avg. AB R H HR RBI
Brentz ........ .219 306 47 67 18 50Chatham.... .305 82 11 25 2 10
Dalbec........ .264 110 11 29 7 16
DeLopez...... 158 19 1300
Matheny.... .083 12 2 1 0 3
OHernndz.. .208 144 19 30 6 19Ockimey .... .206 374 64 77 25 57
RCastillo .... .278 460 63 128 17 64
Romanski .. .190 21 4 4 0 2
Sturgeon.... .269 338 40 91 7 39Witte .......... .280 389 45 109 8 49
PITCHING
Brewer .......... 2-3 4.91 0 11 10W-L ERA Sv. IP SO
Hart ............... 9-7 3.86 0 100‚ 80
Houck............ 0-0 3.22 1 22‚ 25
Kelley ............ 5-5 1.82 12 64‚ 62
McGrath........ 0-0 5.23 0 10‚ 3Mejia.............. 2-7 6.38 7 48 49
Poyner........... 2-5 3.51 6 56‚ 68
Shawaryn..... 1-24.52 08 9„ 76
Stankiwcz..... 6-7 3.97 0 127 103Sturgeon....... 0-1 9.00 0 4 3
Tapia ............. 4-4 5.26 2 65 51
Witte.............. 0-0 27.00 0 1 0EASTERN LEAGUE
Eastern Division
WLPct.GB
Reading....................41 30 .577 —
x-Trenton.................37 34 .521 4Hartford...................36 35 .507 5
Portland...................34 36 .486 6½
New Hampshire .....31 40 .437 10
Binghamton ............31 43 .419 11½
Western Division
W L Pct. GB
Bowie .......................46 25 .648 —Erie ...........................45 26 .634 1
x-Harrisburg ...........33 35 .485 11½
Altoona ....................33 38 .465 13
Richmond ................31 40 .437 15
Akron........................27 43 .386 18½
x-FirstHalfWinner
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
New Hampshire 7..................Portland 1
Harrisburg 3.............................Altoona 0
Richmond 2..................................Bowie 1
Akron 5.............................................Erie 1
Hartford 3..........................Binghamton 2
Reading 3..................................Trenton 2
MONDAY'S GAMES
Altoona at Harrisburg..........................12
New Hampshire at Portland.................1
Reading at Trenton................................1
Hartford at Binghamton...................1:05
Bowie at Richmond...........................1:05
Erie at Akron......................................1:05
PORTLAND SEA DOGS
Through game of September 01, 2019
BATTING
Curletta ..... .205 307 43 63 9 44Avg. AB R H HR RBI
Duran ......... .248 314 40 78 1 19
Hardy......... .162 37 2 6 0 1
JRivera....... .231 334 33 77 5 31Lovullo....... .172 58 2 10 0 3
Lucena....... .500 2 0 1 0 0
Madden ..... .225 71 6 16 5 12
Netzer........ .247 454 55 112 8 50
Rei .............. .152 79 4 12 1 8TJoseph ..... .261 46 5 12 0 5
Tendler ...... .235 409 45 96 10 56
Wilson........ .223 206 35 46 8 22
PITCHING
W-L ERA Sv. IP SO
AGomez ........ 0-0 5.06 0 5‚ 6
Bazardo......... 4-1 2.87 0 31‚ 33DJimenez ...... 4-4 3.76 10 83„ 74
DReyes........ 8-12 4.16 0 151‚ 116
Feltman......... 2-3 5.26 5 51‚ 54
Gorst.............. 2-7 4.62 2 48„ 45
Kent............... 5-7 3.95 0 116‚ 79Lau................. 1-4 3.31 7 51„ 62
Leyer............. 0-12.66 02 3„ 30
Mata.............. 4-6 5.03 0 53„ 59
Wade............. 6-4 2.74 0 95‚ 64
Weems.......... 0-2 3.98 8 43 54NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE
Stedler Division
Lowell.......................41 34 .547 —W L Pct. GB
Connecticut.............34 41 .453 7
Vermont...................33 42 .440 8
Tri-City.....................32 42 .432 8½
McNamara Division
W L Pct. GB
Hudson Valley........43 31 .581 —Brooklyn ..................42 32 .568 1
Aberdeen.................41 33 .554 2
Staten Island ..........40 35 .533 3½
Pinckney Division
W L Pct. GB
Batavia.....................40 35 .533 —
West Virginia..........40 35 .533 —State College..........39 36 .520 1
Mahoning Valley....36 39 .480 4
Williamsport ...........32 43 .427 8
Auburn.....................30 45 .400 10
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Brooklyn 5.......................Staten Island 4
Lowell 5.............................Connecticut 4
Mahoning 11.....West VA 1.....7 innings
Hudson 3......Aberdeen 2......10 innings
Tri-City 3..................................Vermont 0
Auburn 3....................................Batavia 1
State College 11..............Williamsport 1
MONDAY'S GAMES
Lowell at Connecticut.....................12:05
Batavia at Auburn..................................1
West Virginia at Mahoning Valley.1:05
State College at Williamsport.........1:05
Aberdeen at Hudson Valley............2:05
Vermont at Tri-City................................3
Staten Island at Brooklyn.....................4Tennis
U.S. OPEN
at Billie Jean King Center, New York
Men’s singles 4th round
(15), 6-2, 6-2, 6-0.; Grigor Dimitrov def.Roger Federer (3) def. David Goffin
Alex de Minaur, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.; Daniil
Medvedev (5) def. Dominik Koepfer,
3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (2).; Stan Wawrinka
(23) def. Novak Djokovic (1), walkover.;
Wang Qiang (18) def. Ashleigh BartyWomen’s singles 4th round
(2), 6-2, 6-4.; Johanna Konta (16) def.
Karolina Pliskova (3), 6-7 (1), 6-3, 7-5.;
Serena Williams (8) def. Petra Martic
(22), 6-3, 6-4.
Men’s doubles third round
(12) def. Jonny O Mara, Great Britain,Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies
and Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez, 3-6,
6-3, 6-4.; Luke Bambridge, Great Brit-
ain, and Ben Mclachlan def. FabriceMartin and Jeremy Chardy, 6-3, 7-6
(4).; Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski
(15) def. Rohan Bopanna, and Denis
Shapovalov, 6-3, 6-4.; Leonardo Mayer,
and Joao Sousa def. Lukasz Kubot, andMarcelo Melo (2), 7-6 (2), 6-3.; Marcel
Granollers, and Horacio Zeballos (8)
def. Rajeev Ram, USA, and Joe Salis-
bury (10), 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (2).
Women’s doubles third round
def. Alexa Guarachi Mathison, and Ber-Vania King and Caroline Dolehide
narda Pera, 6-3, 7-6 (4).; Elise Mertens,
and Aryna Sabalenka (4) def. Viktorija
Golubic, and Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-3,
7-5.; Xu Yifan, and Gabriela Dabrowski(3) def. Laura Siegemund and Anna-Le-
na Friedsam, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.; Aliaksandra
Sasnovich, and Viktoria Kuzmova def.
Danielle Collins, USA, and Ellen Perez,7-6 (4), 5-7, 7-5.LPGA PORTLAND CLASSIC
Sunday
At Columbia Edgewater Country Club
Portland, Ore.
Purse: $1.3 million
Final Round
a-amateur
Hannah Green.............64-63-73-67—267
Yealimi Noh..................65-68-64-71—268
Brittany Altomare.......69-65-68-69—271
Nasa Hataoka..............66-71-70-66—273
Brooke M. Henderson67-68-67-71—273
Sarah Schmelzel.........72-62-69-71—274
Jane Park..................... 65-70-74-66—275
Marina Alex..................70-65-73-67—275
Alena Sharp.................67-70-70-69—276Jeongeun Lee6.............66-68-72-70—276
Sei Young Kim.............71-61-73-71—276
Sarah Burnham...........69-66-69-72—276
Peiyun Chien................69-67-67-73—276
Mi Jung Hur..................64-70-69-73—276
Azahara Munoz...........69-70-71-67—277
Su Oh.............................70-67-72-68—277
Lydia Ko........................67-70-72-68—277
Jeong Eun Lee.............72-69-66-70—277
Dana Finkelstein..........66-69-68-74—277
Jin Young Ko................68-69-72-69—278
Giulia Molinaro............67-68-74-69—278
Gerina Piller.................71-67-69-71—278
Amy Yang.....................74-66-66-72—278
Wei-Ling Hsu...............66-69-71-72—278
Sung Hyun Park..........67-65-73-73—278
Anne van Dam.............70-69-74-66—279
Tiffany Chan................69-71-70-69—279Celine Boutier..............69-68-72-70—279
Mi Hyang Lee..............68-71-68-72—279
Elizabeth Szokol..........72-67-74-67—280
Cydney Clanton...........69-72-70-69—280
Austin Ernst.................68-71-72-69—280
Ariya Jutanugarn........70-68-71-71—280
Charlotte Thomas.......67-69-73-71—280
New England players
271 — Brittany Altomare, Shrews-
bury, 69-65-68-69Basketball
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
WLPct. GB
x-Washington.........23 8 .742 —
x-Connecticut.........22 9 .710 1x-Chicago ................19 13 .594 4½
Indiana.....................11 21 .344 12½
New York...................9 22 .290 14
Atlanta.......................7 24 .226 16
WESTERN CONFERENCE
x-Las Vegas ............20 12 .625 —
x-Los Angeles.........19 12 .613 ½x-Minnesota............17 15 .531 3
x-Seattle..................16 15 .516 3½
x-Phoenix ................15 16 .484 4½
Dallas .......................10 21 .323 9½
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Chicago 105............................Phoenix 78
Seattle 92.................................Atlanta 75
Minnesota 81..........................Indiana 73
TUESDAY'S GAMES
Washington at New York......................7
Seattle at Phoenix................................10
Atlanta at Los Angeles...................10:30Soccer
MLS
Eastern Conference
W L T Pts. GF GA
Philadelphia ........15 8 6 51 54 42
NYCFC ..................14 5 8 50 51 34Atlanta .................15 10 3 48 47 33
D.C. United ..........11 10 9 42 39 38
New York.............12 12 5 41 47 44
NEW ENGLAND...10 9 9 39 41 47Toronto FC...........10 10 8 38 44 45
Montreal ..............11 15 4 37 42 56
Orlando City..........9 13 7 34 35 39
Chicago..................8 12 10 34 44 43
Columbus...............8 15 7 31 33 44Cincinnati ..............5 20 3 18 28 67
Western Conference
Los Angeles FC...19 3 5 62 74 28
Seattle..................13 8 7 46 46 43
San Jose...............13 10 5 44 48 43
Real Salt Lake.....13 11 4 43 40 35
FC Dallas..............12 10 7 43 47 38LA Galaxy ............13 12 3 42 41 45
Minnesota............12 9 6 42 44 37
Portland...............12 11 4 40 43 40
Kansas City .........10 11 7 37 41 45Houston..................9 15 4 31 38 49
Colorado ................8 14 6 30 45 54
Vancouver .............6 15 9 27 30 53
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Seattle 4................................LA Galaxy 3
Minnesota .................at Los Angeles FC
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Colorado 2.............................New York 0
Chicago 1..............................Columbus 1
D.C. United 3..........................Montreal 0
Toronto FC 1...............NEW ENGLAND 1
Philadelphia 3...........................Atlanta 1
FC Dallas 3............................Cincinnati 1
Sporting Kansas City 1..........Houston 0
New York City FC 3............Vancouver 1
Portland 1......................Real Salt Lake 0
San Jose 3........................Orlando City 0
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
NEW ENGLND at NYCFC...................3:55
Toronto FC at Cincinnati..................7:30
Los Angeles FC at Orlando City......7:30
Seattle at Colorado................................9Kansas City at Portland.................10:50Transactions
BASEBALL
Arizona (NL):Recalled RHPs Stefan
Crichton and Jon Duplantier, P RobbyScott, C Caleb Joseph and INF Kevin
Cron from Reno (PCL). Selected the
contract of OF Abraham Almonte from
Reno.
Cann from the 10-day IL. Recalled INFAtlanta (NL):Reinstated C Brian Mc-
Johan Camargo and RHPs Chad Sobot-
kaandJeremyWalkerfromGwinnett
(IL).
Baltimore (AL):Reinstated P Shawn
Armstrong from the 10-day IL. RecalledP Branden Kline, P Tanner Scott and
OF Dwight Smith, Jr. from Norfolk (IL).
Boston (AL):Reinstated P David
Price from the 10-day IL. Selected the
contracts of P Jhoulys Chacin, C JuanCenteno and OF Gorkys Hernandez
from Pawtucket (IL). Recalled RHPs
Travis Lakins, Hector Velazquez and
Ryan Weber from Pawtucket. Trans-
ferred P Chris Sale and P StevenWright to the 60-day IL. Assigned 1B
Joey Curletta outright to Portland (EL).
Chicago (AL):Reinstated P Manny
Banuelos from the 60-day IL and P Car-
son Fulmer from the 10-day IL.
Descalso from the 10-day IL. RecalledChicago (NL):Activated INF Daniel
OF Albert Almora Jr., UTL Robel Garcia,
RHPs Alec Mills and Duane Underwood
Jr., P Brad Wieck and C Taylor Davis
from Iowa (PCL).Cincinnati (NL):Recalled RHPs Matt
Bowman, Tyler Mahle and Sal Romano,
P Wandy Peralta and INF Alex Blandino
from Louisville (IL).
Cleveland (AL):Reinstated RHPs
Carlos Carrasco and Dan Otero fromthe 60-day IL. Purchased the contracts
of P James Hoyt and INF Ryan Flaherty
from Columbus (IL). Recalled C Eric
Hasse from Columbus. TransferredLHPs Tyler Naquin and Tyler Olson and
P A.J. Cole to the 60-day IL. Designated
P Jon Edwards for assignment.
Detroit (AL):Selected the contract of
P Bryan Garcia from A Toledo (IL).
Transferred OF JaCoby Jones to the 60-day IL. Recalled P John Schreiber from
Toledo.
Houston (AL):Reinstated P Josh
James from the 10-day IL. Recalled P
Jose Urquidy from Round Rock (PCL).Placed P Collin McHugh on the 10-day
IL.
Los Angeles (AL):Recalled 1B Justin
Bour, OF Michael Hermosillo, INF-OF
Taylor Ward, 1B-LHP Jared Walsh and
RHPs Jake Jewell and Luke Bard fromSalt Lake (PCL). Selected the contract
of P Adalberto Mejia from Salt Lake.
Los Angeles (NL):Reinstated RHPs
Dylan Floro and Ross Stripling, and INF
David Freese from the 10-day IL.
Urena and Tayron Guerrero and INFMiami (NL) :Reinstated RHPs Jose
Miguel Rojas from the 10-day IL.
Milwaukee (NL):Designated OF Troy
Stokes Jr. and RHPs Jeremy Jeffress
and Aaron Wilkerson for assignment.Reinstated P Jimmy Nelson and P
Brent Suter from the 60-day IL. Select-
ed the contract 1B-OF Tyler Austin
from San Antonio (PCL). Recalled RHPs
Jake Faria, Freddy Peralta and C DavidFreitas from San Antonio.
Minnesota (AL):Placed P Kyle Gib-
son on the 10-day IL. Selected the con-
tracts of P Brusdar Graterol and OF Ian
Miller from Rochester (IL). RecalledLHPs Lewis Thorpe and Devin Smeltzer
and RHPs Zack Littell and Kohl Stewart
from Rochester. Reinstated C Willians
Astudillo and OF LaMonte Wade Jr.
from the 10-day IL. Transferred P SeanPoppen to the 60-day IL. Announced
Pensacola (SL) pitching coach Cibney
Bello will join the major league staff.
New York (AL):Recalled OF Clint
FrazierChance Adams from Scranton-WilkesandRHPsRyanDulland
Barre (IL). Signed P Tyler Lyons and se-
lected him from Scranton-Wilkes
Barre. Transferred P David Hale to the
60-day IL.
don Nimmo from the 10-day IL. Re-New York (NL):Reinstated OF Bran-
called P Tyler Bashlor and P Daniel
Zamora from Syracuse (IL). Selected
the contract of INF Sam Haggerty fromSyracuse. Activated C Tomas Nido
from the 7-day IL.
Oakland (AL):Recalled P Paul Black-
burn and INF Franklin Barreto from Las
Vegas (PCL). Selected C Sean Murphy
from Las Vegas. Reinstated P Sean Ma-naea from the 60-day IL and DH Khris
Davis from the paternity list. Designat-
ed INF Corban Joseph and P Tanner
Anderson forassignment.
tracts of INF Phil Gosselin, C DeivyPhiladelphia (NL):Selected the con-
Grullon and P Nick Vincent from Lehigh
Vally (IL). Recalled P Cole Irvin from
Lehigh Valley.
Pittsburgh (NL):Reinstated P Clay
Holmes from the 10-day IL.St. Louis (NL):Activated OF Jose
Martinez from the 10-day IL. Recalled
C Andrew Knizner, 1B-OF Rangel Rav-
elo, P Genesis Cabrera and RHPs Junior
Fernandez and Daniel Ponce de Leonfrom Memphis (PCL). Purchased the
contracts of P Mike Mayers and C Joe
Hudson from Memphis. Transferred OF
Lane Thomas to the 60-day IL.
Jankowski from EL Paso (PCL) and PSan Diego (NL):Recalled OF Travis
Javy Guerra from Amarillo (TL). Select-
ed the contract of P David Bednar from
El Paso. Transferred P Robert Stock to
the 60-day IL.
mis Garcia, P Conner Menez, INF/OFSan Francisco (NL):Recalled C Ara-
Chris Shaw and P Burch Smith from
Sacramento (PCL). Reinstated INF Pab-
lo Sandoval from the 10-day IL.
don Brennan, Austin Adams and DanSeattle (AL):Reinstated RHPs Bran-
Altavilla, and OF Braden Bishop from
the 10-day IL. Recalled INF-OF Ryan
Court from Tacoma (PCL).
Tampa Bay (AL):Recalled P Peter
Fairbanks, P Hoby Milner, INF DanielRobertson, C Michael Perez and 1B Na-
te Lowe from Durham (IL).
Texas (AL):Recalled 1B Ronald Guz-
man and P Ian Gibaut from Nashville
(PCL). Activated OF Nomar Mazaraand P Adrian Sampson from the 10-day
IL and P Jeffrey Springs and P Edinson
Volquez from the 60-day IL. Designat-
ed P Pedro Payano and P Locke St.
John for assignment.Toronto (AL) :Reinstated P Ryan Te-
pera from the 60-day IL. Recalled C
Beau Taylor from Buffalo (IL). Desig-
nated P Neil Ramirez for assignment.
Acquired RHPs Edisson Gonzalez andCurtis Taylor from Tampa Bay to com-
plete an earlier trade.
Washington (NL):Reinstated P Sean
Doolittle, P Austin Voth and 1B Ryan
Zimmerman from the 10-day IL and PJeremy Hellickson from the 60-day IL.
Recalled C Raudy Read from Fresno
(PCL) and INF Adrian Sanchez and OF
Andrew Stevenson from Harrisburg
(EL).
FOOTBALL
thony Thomas one game for violatingNfl :Suspended Kansas City WR An-
league’s policy and program on sub-
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College Football
Monday
Favorite................Pts. .............Underdog
Notre Dame........18 .........At Louisville
Friday
Wake Forest.......19½ ..................At Rice
At Boise St..........12 ...............Marshall
NFL
Thursday
Favorite................Pts. .............Underdog
At Chicago............3 ............Green Bay
Sunday
At Minnesota........3½ ..................AtlantaAt Phila..................9 .........Washington
At NY Jets..............3 ..................Buffalo
Baltimore..............6½ ..............At Miami
At Tampa Bay......1 .....San Francisco
Kansas City...........4 ....At JacksonvilleAt Cleveland.........5½ ...........Tennessee
LA Rams................3 ..........At Carolina
Detroit...................2½ ............At Arizona
At Seattle..............9½ .............CincinnatiAt La Chargers.....6½ .........Indianapolis
At Dallas................7 .............NY Giants
At NEW ENGLND..5½ ............Pittsburgh
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At New Orleans....7 ................Houston
At Oakland.........PK ..................DenverScoreboard
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TENNIS
11 a.m. US Open ESPN2
7 p.m. US Open ESPN2New Oklahoma quarterbackJalenHurtspassed for three
touchdowns and ran for three more, and the fourth-ranked
Sooners rolled past Houston, 49-31, on Sunday night in Nor-
man, Okla. It was Hurts’s first game for Oklahoma since he
transferred from Alabama. He put on a show as his predeces-
sor, 2018 Heisman Trophy winnerKylerMurray, watched.
He posted 508 total yards, the fifth-most in school history...
University of Southern California quarterbackJ.T.Daniels
will miss the rest of the season after tearing a ligament and
the meniscus in his right knee during the Trojans’ opener
Saturday.
GOLFSoderbergwinsEuropeanMasters
SebastianSoderbergwon a five-man playoff for the Eu-
ropean Masters golf title Sunday, sinking his birdie putt on
the first extra hole whenRoryMcIlroyand others could not
in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Soderberg seemed to waste
his best chance of victory on the 17th green, three-putting
from five feet to fall into a share of the lead at 14 under. So-
derberg carded a 4-under-par 66 for a 266 total, alongside his
playing partners McIlroy (67) andLorenzoGagli(67), and
was soon joined byKalleSamooja(67) and third-round lead-
erAndresRomero(70). Playing the par-4 18th as the first ex-
tra hole, Soderberg was the only player to stay on the fairway.
Soderberg made his putt from about eight feet before McIl-
roy and Samooja missed from closer range.. .HannahGreen
overcame a three-shot deficit with a final round 5-under 67
to win the Portland Classic in Oregon and deny teenager
YealimiNoh’sbid to become the third Monday qualifier to
win on the LPGA Tour.. .WesShortJr.made a short birdie
putt on the final hole to win the Champions Tour’s Shaw
Charity Classic in Calgary, Alberta. His final-round 4-under
66 gave him a 13-under 267 total, one shot ahead of defend-
ing championScottMcCarron.
BASEBALLCarrascocomesbackfromleukemia
CarlosCarrascoreturned to the mound from leukemiaand the Cleveland Indians pitcher was applauded by both
teams in a touching scene during Tampa Bay’s 8-2 victory
that completed a three-game sweep in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The righthander entered in the seventh inning and gave up
two hits, includingTravisd'Arnaud’srun-scoring single...
The Chicago Cubs scratchedYuDarvishbecause of right fore-
arm tightness, sidelining the Japanese righthander after one
of his best starts with the team. Darvish pitched eight spar-
kling innings in a 5-2 victory over the New York Mets on
Tuesday night. The Cubs haven’t sent Darvish for any tests,
and managerJoeMaddonthinks he will be able to take his
next turn in the rotation Saturday at Milwaukee... Los An-
geles Dodgers rookie pitcherDustinMayleft the game
against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix after being hit
on the right side of the head by a line drive off the bat ofJake
Lambin the fourth inning. May was down for a few minutes
before sitting up and eventually walking off the field.. .Ben
Zobrist, the 2016 World Series MVP, rejoined the Cubs after
spending almost four months on the restricted list while
dealing with a divorce from wifeJulianna.AUTO RACINGPowerwinsIndycarraceinOregon
JosefNewgardentightened his grip on the IndyCar
championship with a trouble-free run at Portland Interna-
tional Raceway in Oregon and a victory by teammateWill
Power. Power won for the second time in three races while
Newgarden finished fifth... IndyCar is not expected to re-
turn to Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., next season and
instead will replace the oval with Richmond Raceway on the
2020 schedule. IndyCar will take a three-week break to ac-
commodate NBC’s request to suspend racing during the net-
work’s August coverage of the Olympics in 2020.. .Charles
Leclercjust held offLewisHamiltonto win the Belgian
Grand Prix from the pole position, securing the first victory
of his Formula One career. Hamilton was within one second
of Leclerc on the final lap.Drivers twice observed a minute's
silence in memory of French driverAnthoineHubert, who
died Saturday after a heavy crash during a Formula Two race
at the Belgian Grand Prix.SportsLog
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US rolls past Czech Republic
By Tim Reynolds
ASSOCIATED PRESSUS 88
CzechRep.67SHANGHAI — The
first big celebratory
reaction from the
US bench in this World Cup came just a
couple of minutes after tipoff, when
Myles Turner blocked a shot at the rim.
And with that, the tone was set.
There is an emphasis on defense
with this US team, and it was evident
from the outset of its Group E opener
on Sunday. Donovan Mitchell scored
16 points to lead a balanced scoring
night, and the Americans steadily
pulled away to beat the Czech Republic,
88-67, to begin their quest for a third
consecutive World Cup title.
‘‘That’s got to be our calling card,’’
US coach Gregg Popovich said. ‘‘We’re
going to try to execute better and better
as time goes on, but defensively we've
got to put our money there. It’s what
we have to be about to have an oppor-
tunity.’’
Harrison Barnes added 14 points,
Kemba Walker scored 13, and Jayson
Tatum finished with 10 for the Ameri-
cans. Turner had seven rebounds and a
pair of blocked shots.
‘‘As long as we win, that’s all that
matters,’’ said Tatum, the Celtics for-
ward.
Tomas Satoransky, the former
Washington forward who was traded to
Chicago over the summer, led the
Czechs with 17 points.
While the Americans’ 78-game win-ning streak in international games with
NBA players ended last month with a
loss at Australia, their long winning
streak in major tournaments contin-
ued. It’s now at 54 games, starting with
the bronze-medal game of the 2006
world championships and continuing
with gold-medal runs at the 2007 FIBA
Americas, 2008 Olympics, 2010 world
championships, 2012 Olympics, 2014
World Cup, and 2016 Olympics.
‘‘We did a lot of good things,’’ Mitch-
ell said. ‘‘We guarded it well. We've got
a lot of things we can definitely work
on, and I think this is a good start to
the tournament.’’
The Czechs scored the first 4 points
of the fourth quarter to get within 66-
52, but the US wasn’t threatened.
Walker, the Celtics guard, made a 3-
pointer to stop the mini-run, then
found Mitchell in the corner for anoth-
er 3-pointer that made it 72-52 about a
minute later. The game’s outcome was
academic from there.
The Czechs had their highlight run
early for a quick 11-7 lead, and the cou-
ple thousand of their fans in Shanghai
were roaring.
It didn’t last long.
After a 9-0 run by the Czechs, order
was quickly restored. The Americans
scored the next 10 points, kick-starting
what became a 29-9 run in all, and led
by as many as 16 before going into the
half with a 43-29 edge.
And it was defense that carried the
Americans. Over a 10-minute stretch of
the half, the Czechs went 4 for 20 with
seven turnovers.
‘‘The chemistry is building,’’ Barnes
said. ‘‘Looking forward to it continuing
to build.’’
The US next faces Turkey (1-0) on
Tuesday in Shanghai.NG HAN GUAN/ASSOCIATED PRESSDonovan Mitchell dunks for 2 of his team-high 16 points Sunday in the US victory over the Czech Republic.
NG HAN GUAN/ASSOCIATED PRESSKemba Walker looks to pass as Czech Republic’s Vojtech Hruban
pressures during basketball World Cup play in Shanghai on Sunday.