SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

The St Louis Cardinals snapped a fourgame losing streak to reclaim a grip on the second National League wild card spot, downing the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 at Busch Stadium.

The Cardinals are now tied with the Dodgers in the wildcard standings, largely thanks to an impressive outing from Adam Wainwright.

The pitcher struck out nine across six scoreless innings – a season high – and allowed only two hits and three walks. The Dodgers, having previously recorded a three-game sweep over the Cardinals, are now second in the National League West, a half-game behind the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies moved to the division top spot after edging the San Francisco Giants 3-2, while the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Mets 4-3 to edge nearer to the American League East title.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Atlanta Braves 4 Washington Nationals 6, Baltimore Orioles 8 Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 4 New York Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 1 Cincinnati Reds 2, Cleveland Indians 4 Detroit Tigers 6, Houston Astros 5 Arizona Diamondbacks 4, Kansas City Royals 6 Minnesota Twins 9, LA Angels 4 Seattle Mariners 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 3, New York Yankees 2 Toronto Blue Jays 3, Philadelphia Phillies 4 Miami Marlins 6, San Diego Padres 7 Texas Rangers 3, San Francisco Giants 2 Colorado Rockies 3, St Louis Cardinals 5 Los Angeles Dodgers 0, Tampa Bay Rays 5 Oakland Athletics 4.

GOLF

OFFICIAL WORLD RANKING: 1 Justin Rose (Eng) 10.25pts, 2 Brooks Koepka (USA) 10.20, 3 Dustin Johnson (USA) 10.13, 4 Justin Thomas (USA) 9.57, 5 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 7.29, 6 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 7.26, 7 Jon Rahm (Spa) 7.04, 8 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 6.93, 9 Rickie Fowler (USA) 6.80, 10 Jordan Spieth (USA) 6.49, 11 Jason Day (Aus) 6.21, 12 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.99, 13 Bubba Watson (USA) 5.44, 14 Patrick Reed (USA) 5.21, 15 Alex Noren (Swe) 4.92, 16 Tony Finau (USA) 4.88, 17 Webb Simpson (USA) 4.74, 18 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.71, 19 Xander Schauffele (USA) 4.70, 20 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 4.62, 21 Tiger Woods (USA) 4.29, 22 Marc Leishman (Aus) 4.27, 23 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 4.16, 24 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 4.13, 25 Phil Mickelson (USA) 4.09, 26 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 3.99, 27 Kyle Stanley (USA) 3.75, 28 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 3.74, 29 Kevin Kisner (USA) 3.69, 30 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 3.67, 31 Keegan Bradley (USA) 3.43, 32 Matt Kuchar (USA) 3.34, 33 Cameron Smith (Aus) 3.34, 34 Ian Poulter (Eng) 3.30, 35 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.16, 36 Brian Harman (USA) 3.07, 37 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 3.06, 38 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 3.03, 39 Charley Hoffman (USA) 2.92, 40 Adam Scott (Aus) 2.90, 41 Gary Woodland (USA) 2.90, 42 Kevin Na (USA) 2.82, 43 Branden Grace (Rsa) 2.80, 44 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 2.75, 45 Daniel Berger (USA) 2.64, 46 Byeong-hun An (Kor) 2.64, 47 Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn) 2.62, 48 Billy Horschel (USA) 2.50, 49 Zach Johnson (USA) 2.49, 50 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 2.44.

LEADING EUROPEAN TOUR RACE TO DUBAI STANDINGS (prize money in Euros (Gbr & Irl unless stated): 1 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 4,635,909, 2 Patrick Reed (USA) 3,057,948, 3 Tommy Fleetwood 2805043, 4 Rory Mcilroy 2,760,667, 5 Alex Noren (Swe) 2,729,725, 6 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 2,459,412, 7 Jon Rahm (Sco) 2,161,574, 8 Russell Knox 2,054,929, 9 Tyrrell Hatton 1,892,819, 10 Rafael Cabrerabello (Spa) 1,775,523, 11 Ryan Fox (Nzl) 1,664,461, 12 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 1,624,451, 13 Eddie Pepperell 1,592,247, 14 Matthew Fitzpatrick 1,582,845, 15 Brandon Stone (Rsa) 1,582,334, 16 Justin Rose 1,579,266, 17 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 1,559,612, 18 Matt Wallace 1,463,339, 19 Xander Schauffele (USA) 1,392,488, 20 Alexander Bjork (Swe) 1,365,954.

GRIDIRON

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Atlanta Falcons 31 Carolina Panthers 24, Buffalo Bills 20 Los Angeles Chargers 31, Green Bay Packers 29 Minnesota Vikings 29 (OT), New Orleans Saints 21 Cleveland Browns 18, New York Jets 12 Miami Dolphins 20, Pittsburgh Steelers 37 Kansas City Chiefs 42, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Philadelphia Eagles 21, Tennessee Titans 20 Houston Texans 17, Washington Redskins 9 Indianapolis Colts 21, Denver Broncos 20 Oakland Raiders 19, Jacksonville Jaguars 31 New England Patriots 20, Los Angeles Rams 34 Arizona Cardinals 0, San Francisco 49ers 30 Detroit Lions 27,Dallas Cowboys 20 New York Giants 13.

TENNIS

ATP RANKINGS: 1 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 8760pts, 2 Roger Federer (Swi) 6900, 3 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 6445, 4 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 5980, 5 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 4890, 6 Marin Cilic (Cro) 4715, 7 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 3755, 8 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 3665, 9 Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 3595, 10 John Isner (USA) 3470, 11 David Goffin (Bel) 3435, 12 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 2475, 13 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 2225, 14 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 2110, 15 Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 1962, 16 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 1855, 17 Jack Sock (USA) 1850, 18 Borna Coric (Cro) 1825, 19 Lucas Pouille (Fra) 1825, 20 Milos Raonic (Can) 1755. Selected other: 74 Cameron Norrie (Gbr) 758.

WTA RANKINGS: 1 Simona Halep (Rom) 8061pts, 2 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 5975, 3 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 5425, 4 Caroline Garcia (Fra) 4725, 5 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 4585, 6 Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 4555, 7 Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 4115, 8 Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 4105, 9 Sloane Stephens (USA) 3912, 10 Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) 3787, 11 Julia Goerges (Ger) 3730, 12 Kiki Bertens (Ned) 3380, 13 Daria Kasatkina (Rus) 3355, 14 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 3330, 15 Elise Mertens (Bel) 3170, 16 Serena Williams (USA) 2976, 17 Ashleigh Barty (Aus) 2850, 18 Madison Keys (USA) 2692, 19 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 2600, 20 Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 2320. Selected others: 43 Johanna Konta (Gbr) 1170, 92 Heather Watson (Gbr).