SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

Dee Gordon’s 10th-inning run earned the Miami Marlins a 6-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. With the scores tied at the bottom of the first extra inning, Gordon hit an RBI single to break the deadlock and seal a walk-off win as the Marlins ended a three-game slump. The Seattle Mariners also triumphed in the 10th inning as Kyle Seager and Danny Valencia hit consecutive home runs to earn a 9-7 win over the Houston Astros. The Detroit Tigers mauled the Kansas City Royals 10-2. Nicholas Castellanos and Mikie Mahtook clobbered home runs, while pitcher Jordan Zimmermann allowed only seven hits in almost seven innings. Eddie Rosario had two RBIS as the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees 4-2, five first-inning runs set up a 6-1 win for the Washington Nationals against the Cincinnati Reds while the St Louis Cardinals scored all of their runs in a 6-3 win against the New York Mets in the sixth inning. There were also wins for the Toronto Blue Jays, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Baltimore Orioles, the Chicago Cubs, the Colorado Rockies, the Cleveland Indians and the Tampa Bay Rays. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Atlanta Braves 3 Chicago Cubs 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 Texas Rangers 1, Boston Red Sox 3 Toronto Blue Jays 4, Cincinnati Reds 1 Washington Nationals 6, Colorado Rockies 9 San Diego Padres 6, Houston Astros 7 Seattle Mariners 9 (10 innings), Kansas City Royals 2 Detroit Tigers 10, Miami Marlins 6 Philadelphia Phillies 5, Minnesota Twins 4 New York Yankees 2, New York Mets 3 St Louis Cardinals 6, Oakland Athletics 2 Tampa Bay Rays 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Milwaukee Brewers 2, San Francisco Giants 3 Cleveland Indians 5.

CRICKET

Sri Lanka denied Zimbabwe their first Test series away win in 16 years by chasing down a record-breaking 388 to win the one-off Test by four wickets in Colombo. Niroshan Dickwella (81) and Asela Gunaratne (80 not out) shared a sixthwicket century partnership to help Dinesh Chandimal’s side complete the highest fourth-innings chase in Sri Lanka – beating Pakistan’s 382 for three two years ago. It was also the highest successful run chase in Sri Lanka’s Test history, and the fifth highest ever by any nation. It also helped Sri Lanka and avoid further embarrassment against Zimbabwe. The African nation had beaten Sri Lanka 3-2 in the one-day international series and came close to adding the islanders to their list of away Test scalps following previous series victories in Pakistan and Bangladesh. They were in pole position to win when spinner Graeme Cremer removed Kusal Mendis, for 66, and Angelo Mathews to take his match haul to nine wickets. But, from 203 for five, Dickwella and Gunaratne dragged Sri Lanka back on track with a stand of 121 in 31 overs until the former, 19 runs short of a maiden Test century, paid the price for attempting to reverse-sweep Sean Williams and was caught behind. Gunaratne remained firm and saw his side home with an unbeaten 80, alongside Dilruwan Perera (29no), to help Sri Lanka finish on 391 for six.

TENNIS

ATP SKISTAR SWEDISH OPEN (Bastad) 1st rd: Andrey Kuznetsov (Rus) bt Janlennard Struff (Ger) 6-3 7-4, Thiago Moura Monteiro (Bra) bt Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 6-3 ret, Facundo Bagnis (Arg) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-2, Renzo Olivo (Arg) bt Paul-henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-2 6-4, (7) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) bt Maximilian Marterer (Ger) 6-1 6-3, Dustin Brown (Ger) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-4 6-3, Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 6-3 6-2, (9) Horacio Zeballos (Arg) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 6-3 6-3, Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Arthur De Greef (Bel) 4-6 6-3 6-2, (8) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Federico Del Bonis (Arg) 6-3 6-4, (6) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Elias Ymer (Swe) 4-6 6-3 6-4. LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP (Gstaad, Switzerland) 1st rd: (3) Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt Martina Trevisan (Ita) 6-1 6-3, Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa) bt (8) Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5), (1) Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Elitsa Kostova (Bul) 7-5 6-1, Tamara Korpatsch (Ger) bt Jil Belen Teichmann (Swi) 6-3 6-0, Barbara Haas (Aut) bt Basak Eraydin (Tur) 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-3), Antonia Lottner (Ger) bt (7) Viktorija Golubic (Swi) 5-7 6-4 7-6 (7-5), Tereza Martincova (Cze) bt Irina Khromacheva (Rus) 6-1 6-2.