SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Cincinnati Reds 11 San Diego Padres 3, Kansas City Royals 3 St Louis Cardinals 11, LA Angels 2 Baltimore Orioles 6, Minnesota Twins 5 Milwaukee Brewers 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 Detroit Tigers 0, San Francisco Giants 3 Chicago Cubs 5 ,Washington Nationals 3 Miami Marlins 2.

CRICKET

Lancashire’s hopes of keeping the pressure on Division One leaders Essex were thwarted by rain which wiped out most of yesterday’s action in the Specsavers County Championship. Essex had made full use of the dry weather earlier in the week as they saw off Yorkshire inside two days at Scarborough and now hold a 49-point advantage at the top with five games to go. At the Ageas Bowl, Lancashire’s drive to secure a positive result against Hampshire was hampered as rain prevented any action on day three, with another poor forecast for today. TOUR MATCH (Canterbury) West Indies 265 (S D Hope 57, J Blackwood 50, C F Hartley 4-80) & 132-4 v Kent 331-9 dec (S R Dickson 142, Z Crawley 62, A S Joseph 4-72) Kent drew with West Indies

TENNIS

WTA ROGERS CUP presented by National Bank (Toronto) 1st rd: Ashleigh Barty (Aus) bt Oceane Dodin (Fra) 5-0 ret, Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Mirjana Lucic-baroni (Cro) 7-5 6-0, Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA) bt Julia Goerges (Ger) 4-6 6-3 6-2, (16) Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Alison Riske (USA) 6-3 6-3, Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 6-4.