SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

A two-run triple by relief pitcher Archie Bradley took the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Colorado Rockies 11-8 in the National League wild card game. Colorado had staged a remarkable fightback after going 6-0 down, in part thanks to a three-run homer by Paul Goldschmidt in the first inning, cutting it to 8-7 by the eighth. But the Diamondbacks, who scored three times in their half to set up a best-of-five with the LA Dodgers that begins tonight. NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD: Arizona Diamondbacks 11 Colorado Rockies 8.

CYCLING

MILANO-TORINO (Italy): 1 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-drapac 4h 24m 51s, 2 Adam Yates (Gbr) Oricascott at 10s, 3 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team at 20s, 4 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team at 28s, 5 David Gaudu (Fra) FDJ at 31s, 6 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky at same time, 7 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-step Floors at 33s, 8 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ at 35s, 9 Pierre Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale at 43s, 10 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-segafredo at 53s.

ICE HOCKEY

Alex Pietrangelo got St Louis’ season off to a flying start in Pittsburgh with two goals that helped the Blues beat the Penguins 5-4. After a grand pre-game banner-raising celebration the reigning champions were edged out by captain Pietrangelo’s final intervention one minute and 15 seconds into overtime. That marked an respectable recovery for the Blues, who had lost a two-goal lead in the third period, with the skipper finding the net after hitting Penguins goaltender Matt Murray. Veteran Patrick Marleau enjoyed a double in his debut appearance for the Maple Leafs that saw the Toronto team beat the Winnipeg Jets 7-2. At 38 years old, Marleau already has 510 career goals and joined the Leafs as a free agent after 19 seasons with the San Jose Sharks. The Jets hauled new free agent goalie Steve Mason, off the ice in the third period after he let in five goals on 20 shots, replacing him with Connor Hellebuyck. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Edmonton Oilers 3 Calgary Flames 0,San Jose Sharks 3 Philadelphia Flyers 5,Pittsburgh Penguins 4 St Louis Blues 5,Winnipeg Jets 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 7.

TENNIS

ATP & WTA China Open (Beijing) Men’s 2nd rd: (6) John Isner (USA) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 6-0 6-3, (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Karen Khachanov (Rus) 6-3 6-3, Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt (7) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 1-6 6-4 6-1, (2) Alexander Zverev (Ger) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-4 6-2. Women’s 3rd rd: Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-2 6-1, Sorana Cirstea (Rom) bt (4) Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 6-1 7-5, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) bt Daria Gavrilova (Aus) 6-0 6-4, (9) Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 3-0 ret, (3) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-2 7-5, (12) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt (5) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 6-1 6-4. ATP RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS (Tokyo) 2nd rd: Steve Johnson (USA) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 6-2 6-4, Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Yen-hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-0 7-6 (7-5), (4) David Goffin (Bel) bt Matthew Ebden (Aus) 2-6 7-5 7-6 (7-1), Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) bt (3) Milos Raonic (Can) 1-0 ret.

SNOOKER

EUROPEAN MASTERS (Lommel, Belgium) 3rd rd: Mark Williams (Wal) bt Neil Robertson (Aus) 4-2, Cao Yupeng (Chn) bt Billy Joe Castle (Eng) 4-3, Judd Trump (Eng) bt David Gilbert (Eng) 4-2.