SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

The Los Angeles Dodgers overcame the loss of star pitcher Clayton Kershaw to injury as they made it back-to-back wins over the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers ended a two-game skid on Saturday and followed that up with a walk-off 5-4 win at the bottom of the 10th inning. Kershaw lasted just 21 pitches before a back injury struck while Austin Barnes struck a three-run homer. The Colorado Rockies set up a 13-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates with a sevenrun sixth inning. Trevor Story, Pat Valaika and Mark Reynolds all recorded two-run homers, with Reynolds adding another solo two innings later. The Chicago White Sox were condemned to a ninth defeat on the bounce by a 5-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals, while Wil Myers made it three homers in three games to help the San Diego Padres to a 5-2 win over the San Francisco Giants. MLB results: Arizona Diamondbacks 2 Washington Nationals 6,Baltimore Orioles 9 Houston Astros 7,Chicago Cubs 5 St Louis Cardinals 3,Cincinnati Reds 6 Miami Marlins 3,Cleveland Indians 8 Toronto Blue Jays 1,Colorado Rockies 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 3,Kansas City Royals 5 Chicago White Sox 4,LA Angels 3 Boston Red Sox 2,Los Angeles Dodgers 5 Atlanta Braves 4 (10 innings),minnesota Twins 6 Detroit Tigers 9,New York Mets 2 Oakland Athletics 3,Philadelphia Phillies 6 Milwaukee Brewers 3,San Francisco Giants 2 San Diego Padres 5,Seattle Mariners 4 New York Yankees 6,Tampa Bay Rays 5 Texas Rangers 6.

BOWLS

Bowls Scotland National Championship Finals, Ayr Northfield Men’s Championship (over 55) Snior singles round 1: Maitland (J Robertson) bt Stonehaven (G Buchan) 21-12, Westhill (D Farquharson) bt Whitburn (R Saunders) 21-14, Lesmahagow (G Prosser) bt Lochgelly (L Kerr) 21-7, Wellington Park (I Broadfoot) bt Greenfaulds (H Mcavoy) bt Wellington Park (I Broadfoot) Anstruther (J Bryden) bt Huntly (G Stewart) 21-11, Kirriemuir (G Milne) bt Dreghorn (A Mccartney) 21-20, Springhill (A Williams) bt Houldsworth (P Jones) 21-18, Stranraer (J Arnott) bt Chirnside (G Douglas) 21-18, Slateford (G Ramsay) bt Bainford (S Jenkins) 21-16, Blacklandmill (H Macdonald) bt Bonnyrigg (L Plenderleith 21-20, Cardonald (J Craig) bt Holytown (T Sloan) 21-17, Bankfoot (S Lawrence) bt Fraser Park (M Murray) 21-16, Bearsden (A L Gunn) bt Livilands (J Bryson) bt Bearsden (A L Gunn) Dumfries (W Rice) bt Auchinaird (A Train) bt Dumfries (W Rice) Haddington (A Burt) bt Stamperland (J Curror) 21-15, Dumbarton (B Neeson) bt Coylton (B Anderson) 21-16;Kirkcudbright (C Docherty) bt Banton & Kelvinhead (E Burns) 21-16, Brunstane (H Spence) bt Willowbank (L Peat) 21-11:

GOLF

Official World ranking: 1 Dustin Johnson (USA) 11.87pts, 2 Jordan Spieth (USA) 9.35, 3 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 7.76, 4 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 7.61, 5 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 7.02, 6 Jason Day (Aus) 6.58, 7 Jon Rahm (Spa) 6.53, 8 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 6.48, 9 Alex Noren (Swe) 6.38, 10 Brooks Koepka(usa) 5.76, 11 Rickie Fowler(usa) 5.75, 12 Matt Kuchar (USA) 5.22, 13 Justin Rose (Eng) 5.03, 14 Justin Thomas (USA) 4.91, 15 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 4.79, 16 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 4.66, 17 Adam Scott (Aus) 4.62, 18 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.42, 19 Daniel Berger (USA) 3.98, 20 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 3.91

TENNIS

ATP Champions Rankings 2017: 1 Andy Murray (Gbr) 7750pts, 2 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 7465, 3 Roger Federer (Swi) 6545, 4 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 6325, 5 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 6140, 6 Marin Cilic (Cro) 5075, 7 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 4030, 8 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 3740, 9 Milos Raonic (Can) 3310, 10 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 3160, 11 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 3070, 12 Jo-wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 2805, 13 David Goffin (Bel) 2605, 14 Tomas Berdych (Cze) 2570, 15 Pablo Carreno-busta (Spa) 2350, 16 Gael Monfils (Fra) 2275, 17 Lucas Pouille (Fra) 2255, 18 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 2245, 19 Jack Sock (USA) 2245, 20 John Isner (USA) 2045, 21 Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 1940, 22 Gilles Muller (Lux) 1885, 23 Sam Querrey (USA) 1785, 24 Albert Ramos-vinolas (Spa) 1725, 25 Mischa Zverev (Ger) 1461, 26 Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 1425, 27 Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 1390, 28 Richard Gasquet (Fra) 1390, 29 Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 1340, 30 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 1280, 31 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 1270, 32 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 1249, 33 David Ferrer (Spa) 1210, 34 Steve Johnson (USA) 1170, 35 Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 1140, 36 Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 1123, 37 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 1115, 38 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 1110, 39 Gilles Simon (Fra) 1095, 40 Benoit Paire (Fra) 1050, 41 Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 1006, 42 Ryan Harrison (USA) 983, 43 Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) 980, 44 Viktor Troicki (Ser) 965, 45 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 933, 46 Aljaz Bedene (Gbr) 933, 47 Borna Coric (Cro) 921, 48 Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 902, 49 Andrey Rublev (Rus) 895, 50 Robin Haase (Ned) 888. WTA Rankings: 1 Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 6855pts, 2 Simona Halep (Rom) 6670, 3 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 5975, 4 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 4990, 5 Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 4935, 6 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 4780, 7 Johanna Konta (Gbr) 4750, 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 4500, 9 Venus Williams (USA) 4157, 10 Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 3985, 11 Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 3580, 12 Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) 3530, 13 Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 3155, 14 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 3135, 15 Serena Williams (USA) 2810, 16 Madison Keys (USA) 2353, 17 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 2265, 18 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 2160, 19 Elena Vesnina (Rus) 2121, 20 Caroline Garcia (Fra) 1955, 21 Ana Konjuh (Cro) 1785, 22 Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) 1764, 23 Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 1749, 24 Daria Gavrilova (Aus) 1740, 25 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 1725, 26 Kiki Bertens (Ned) 1665, 27 Anett Kontaveit (Est) 1660, 28 Shuai Zhang (Chn) 1645, 29 Mirjana Lucic-baroni (Cro) 1632, 30 Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 1555, 31 Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) 1543, 32 Shuai Peng (Chn) 1525, 33 Daria Kasatkina (Rus) 1520, 34 Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 1479, 35 Lauren Davis (USA) 1476, 36 Roberta Vinci (Ita) 1375, 37 Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) 1343, 38 Irinacamelia Begu (Rom) 1316, 39 Samantha Stosur (Aus) 1305, 40 Julia Goerges (Ger) 1290, 41 Lucie Safarova (Cze) 1280, 42 Timea Babos (Hun) 1261, 43 Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA) 1228, 44 Alize Cornet (Fra) 1212, 45 Alison Riske (USA) 1205, 46 Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 1155, 47 Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 1135, 48 Qiang Wang (Chn) 1120, 49 Mona Barthel (Ger) 1114, 50 Donna Vekic (Cro) 1110