SPORTS DIGEST
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Arizona Diamondbacks 2 Milwaukee Brewers 7, Boston Red Sox 5 Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 6 Cleveland Indians 3, Kansas City Royals 1 Tampa Bay Rays 2, LA Angels 2 Houston Astros 1, San Diego Padres 4 Colorado Rockies 6, San Francisco Giants 10 Cincinnati Reds 7, Chicago Cubs 5 Atlanta Braves 6, Minnesota Twins 0 Seattle Mariners 1 (extra innings).
BASKETBALL
The Golden State Warriors won the opening game of the Western Conference finals, beating the Houston Rockets 119-106. Kevin Durant scored 37 points and Klay Thompson added 28 in a game that saw the Warriors lead by 10 with four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. James Harden came out on top for the Rockets with 41 points but it was not enough. NBA PLAY-OFFS Western Conference Final: Houston Rockets 106 Golden State Warriors 119 (Golden State lead series 1-0).
CRICKET
TEST MATCH (Dublin) Pakistan 310-9 dec (Faheem Ashraf 83, Asad Shafiq 62, Shadab Khan 55, T J Murtagh 4-45) & 160-5 (ul-haq 74 no, Babar Azam 59) v Ireland 130 (Mohammad Abbas 4-44) & 339 (K J O’brien 118, S R Thompson 53, Mohammad Abbas 5-66). Pakistan beat Ireland by 5 wkts.
GOLF
WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Inbee Park (Kor) 7.35 points, 2 Shanshan Feng (Chn) 7.12, 3 Lexi Thompson (USA) 6.64, 4 Sung Hyun Park (Kor) 6.30, 5 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 5.98, 6 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 5.44, 7 In Kyung Kim (Kor) 5.19, 8 Hye Jin Choi (Kor) 5.15, 9 Jessica Korda (USA) 5.05, 10 Cristie Kerr (USA) 4.91, 11 Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha) 4.88, 12 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 4.86, 3 Lydia Ko (Nzl) 4.56, 14 Minjee Lee (Aus) 4.52, 15 In Gee Chun (Kor) 4.42, 16 Brooke M. Henderson (Can) 4.36, 17 Jin Young Ko (Kor) 4.28, 18 Michelle Wie (USA) 4.24, 19 Eun-hee Ji (Kor) 3.67, 20 Ai Suzuki (Jpn) 3.53, 21 Sei Young Kim (Kor) 3.51, 22 Amy Yang (Kor) 3.44, 23 Danielle Kang (USA) 3.38, 24 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 3.27, 25 Charley Hull (Eng) 3.26.
ICE HOCKEY
The Vegas Golden Knights levelled their Western Conference final series at one game apiece with a win against the Winnipeg Jets. Jonathan Marchessault scored two goals in the 3-1 victory on the road at Bell MTS Place. Tomas Tatar opened the scoring for Vegas, while Marc-andre Fleury made 30 saves. Kyle Connor scored the only goal for the Jets. NHL PLAY-OFFS Western Conference Final: Winnipeg Jets 1 Vegas Golden Knights 3 (series tied 1-1).
TENNIS
ATP & WTA INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA (Rome) Men’s 1st rd: (16) Lucas Pouille (Fra) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-2 3-6 7-6 (7-3), Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) bt Filippo Baldi (Ita) 6-3 4-6 6-4, Damir Dzumhur (Bih) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-3 6-1, (14) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) bt Nicolas Jarry (Chi) 6-4 6-1, Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) bt Borna Coric (Cro) 4-1 ret, Denis Shapovalov (Can) bt (15) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 1-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5), (9) David Goffin (Bel) bt Marco Cecchinato (Ita) 5-7 6-2 6-2. Women’s 1st rd: Suwei Hsieh (Tpe) bt Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 6-2 6-4, Timea Babos (Hun) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 6-3 7-6 (8-6), (14) Daria Kasatkina (Rus) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) 6-0 6-4, Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Laura Siegemund (Ger) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2, Danielle Collins (USA) bt Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 6-3 4-6 6-4, (11) Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Zarina Diyas (Kaz) 6-2 7-6 (8-6).