SPORTS DIGEST
BASEBALL
The New York Yankees saw off the Boston Red Sox 9-6 to wrap up their 17th victory in their last 18 games. The Yanks pulled ahead thanks to a fourrun eighth inning – with a Brett Gardner triple seeing Neil Walker and Gleyber Torres reach home, then a two-run homer from Aaron Judge. Aroldis Chapman had three strikeouts in the ninth for the save, as the Yankees climbed to the top of the American League East. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Baltimore Orioles 5 Kansas City Royals 3, Chicago Cubs 13 Miami Marlins 4, Chicago White Sox 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Cincinnati Reds 2 New York Mets 1, Colorado Rockies 0 LA Angels 8, LA Dodgers 6 Arizona Diamondbacks 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2 Cleveland Indians 6, NY Yankees 9 Boston Red Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 1 Houston Astros 4, Philadelphia Phillies 11 San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 2 Washington Nationals 1, Tampa Bay Rays 2 Atlanta Braves 5, Texas Rangers 5 Detroit Tigers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 5 Seattle Mariners 2.
BASKETBALL
The Boston Celtics will line up against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Easterm Comference finals, battling for a spot in the NBA finals after prevailing in a nailbiter against the Philadelphia 76ers. Boston, the number two seeds in the Eastern Conference, were already 3-1 up in the best-of-seven series and clinched their spot with a 114-112 win. The lead changed hands 21 times at the TD Garden before Jayson Tatum’s layup with less than half a minute left was key to the Celtics’ win. The 20-year-old scored 25 points on the night to lead the Celtics. Jaylen Brown added 24, while Terry Rozier had 17 on the night. NBA PLAY-OFFS Eastern Conference semi-finals: Boston Celtics 114 Philadelphia 76ers 112 (Boston win series 4-1).
TENNIS
ATP & WTA MUTUA MADRID OPEN (Madrid, Spain) Men’s 3rd rd: Kyle Edmund (Gbr) bt (8) David Goffin (Bel) 6-3 6-3, (6) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-3 7-6 (9-7), Dusan Lajovic (Ser) bt (4) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 3-6 6-4 7-6 (8-6), (5) Dominic Thiem (Aut) bt Borna Coric (Cro) 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 (2) Alexander Zverev (Ger) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 6-4 6-2, (7) John Isner (USA) bt Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 6-7 (9-11) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4), (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (13) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 6-3 6-4. Women’s quarter-finals: (7) Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 6-2 6-3, (6) Karolina Pliskova (Cze) bt (1) Simona Halep (Rom) 6-4 6-3, Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Maria Sharapova (Rus) 4-6 6-2 6-3.