SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

Reigning World Series champions the Boston Red Sox won for the first time in five games with an 8-5 victory over rivals the New York Yankees.

David Price was the star for the Sox as he gave up only two runs and six hits across 6⅓ innings, while Brandon Workman recorded the save and Boston put five runs on the board in the seventh and eighth innings.

Albert Pujols drove in five as the Los Angeles Angels recorded a 13-3 win over the Seattle Mariners.

The Angels put seven on the board in the second with three coming after a Pujols home run, his 11th of the season, and he added a two-run double in the fifth. The Washington Nationals continued their purple patch with a 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds with Max Scherzer striking out 15 and allowing only three hits across eight innings, while the Minnesota Twins topped the Tampa Bay Rays 9-7. Elsewhere, the Houston Astros needed 12 innings to beat division rivals the Oakland Athletics 6-4 and Adrian Sampson struck out 11 as the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Arizona Diamondbacks 7 New York Mets 1, Atlanta Braves 7 Detroit Tigers 4, Baltimore Orioles 1 San Francisco Giants 8, Chicago White Sox 2 Cleveland Indians 0, Cincinnati Reds 1 Washington Nationals 4, Colorado Rockies 5 Toronto Blue Jays 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 8 Philadelphia Phillies 0, New York Yankees 5 Boston Red Sox 8, Oakland Athletics 4 Houston Astros 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Milwaukee Brewers 4, San Diego Padres 3 Miami Marlins 9, Seattle Mariners 3 LA Angels 13, St Louis Cardinals 2 Chicago Cubs 1, Tampa Bay Rays 7 Minnesota Twins 9, Texas Rangers 5 Kansas City Royals 1.

BASKETBALL

The Golden State Warriors levelled their NBA Finals series against the Toronto Raptors with a 109-104 victory in Canada. Klay Thompson and Steph Curry both put 15 on the board in the first half, and the Warriors went on an 18-0 run to start the third quarter in the victory.

The closing seconds of the game were closer than the reigning NBA champions would have liked, with the Raptors going on a 10-0 run late to bring the game to within five points with a minute remaining. Fred Van Vleet missed a shot, while Kawhi Leonard also failed to score but a Danny Green three made it 106-104 with 26.9 seconds left. Andre Iguodala put the game beyond reach with a three-pointer with 7.0 seconds left to seal the win. Thompson, who left the game early, finished the night with 25 points, while Curry added 23 and Draymond Green 17.

NBA PLAY-OFF FINAL

Toronto Raptors 104 Golden State Warriors 109 (series tied 1-1).

GOLF

OFFICIAL WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Brooks Koepka (USA) 10.94, 2 Dustin Johnson (USA) 10.86, 3 Justin Rose (Eng) 8.42, 4 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 7.75, 5 Tiger Woods (USA) 7.48, 6 Justin Thomas (USA) 7.08, 7 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 6.79, 8 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 6.59, 9 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 6.55, 10 Xander Schauffele (USA) 6.05, 11 Rickie Fowler (USA) 5.47, 12 Jon Rahm (Spa) 5.40, 13 Matt Kuchar (USA) 5.27, 14 Tony Finau (USA) 5.24, 15 Paul Casey (Eng) 5.18, 16 Jason Day (Aus) 4.76, 17 Adam Scott (Aus) 4.58, 18 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 4.56, 19 Bubba Watson (USA) 4.27, 20 Webb Simpson (USA) 4.04, 21 Marc Leishman (Aus) 4.01, 22 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.83, 23 Patrick Reed (USA) 3.83, 24 Gary Woodland (USA) 3.80, 25 Phil Mickelson (USA) 3.73, 26 Matt Wallace (Eng) 3.61, 27 Kevin Kisner (USA) 3.53, 28 Jordan Spieth (USA) 3.51, 29 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 3.41, 30 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 3.40, 31 Kevin Na (USA) 3.26, 32 Ian Poulter (Eng) 3.22, 33 Cameron Smith (Aus) 3.15, 34 Eddie Pepperell (Eng) 2.99, 35 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 2.98, 36 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 2.96, 37 Keegan Bradley (USA) 2.95, 38 Alex Noren (Swe) 2.94, 39 Billy Horschel (USA) 2.89, 40 Haotong Li (Chn) 2.88, 41 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 2.87, 42 Shane Lowry (Irl) 2.74, 43 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 2.68, 44 Lucas Bjerregaard (Den) 2.65, 45 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 2.65, 46 Justin Harding (Rsa) 2.63, 47 Cheng-tsung Pan (Tai) 2.57, 48 Andrew Putnam (USA) 2.54, 49 Jim Furyk (USA) 2.52, 50 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 2.46.

WOMENS WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Jin Young Ko (Kr) 7.60, 2 Minjee Lee (Au) 6.74, 3 Sung Hyun Park (Kr) 6.51, 4 Lexi Thompson (Us) 5.80, 5 Jeongeun Lee (Kr) 5.75, 6 Ariya Jutanugarn (Th) 5.73, 7 Nasa Hataoka (Jp) 5.68, 8 So Yeon Ryu (Kr) 5.29, 9 Brooke M. Henderson (Ca) 5.25, 10 Inbee Park (Kr) 5.16, 11 Sei Young Kim (Kr) 5.03, 12 Carlota Ciganda (Es) 4.75, 13 Nelly Korda (Us) 4.73, 14 Jessica Korda (Us) 4.48, 15 Amy Yang (Kr) 4.10, 16 Eun-hee Ji (Kr) 4.09, 17 Danielle Kang (Us) 3.90, 18 Jiyai Shin (Kr) 3.58, 19 Lydia Ko (Nz) 3.44, 20 Charley Hull (En) 3.23, 21 Moriya Jutanugarn (Th) 3.14, 22 Shanshan Feng (Cn) 3.12, 23 Bronte Law (En) 3.09, 24 In-kyung Kim (Kr) 3.05, 25 Georgia Hall (En) 3.02. EUROPEAN TOUR RACE TO DUBAI: 1 Kevin Kisner (USA) 1606.50, 2 Matt Wallace (Eng) 1598.90, 3 Shane Lowry (Irl) 1533.30, 4 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 1397.20, 5 Justin Harding (Rsa) 1338.40, 6 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 1270.10, 7 Ian Poulter (Eng) 1253.50, 8 Haotong Li (Chn) 1109.50, 9 David Lipsky (USA) 1093.70, 10 Xander Schauffele (USA) 1083.10, 11 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 1061.80, 12 Robert Macintyre (Sco) 1008.20, 13 Kurt Kitayama (USA) 992.80, 14 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 991.60, 15 Richard Sterne (Rsa) 979.80, 16 Scott Hend (Aus) 933.90, 17 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 909.00, 18 Joost Luiten (Ned) 892.30, 19 Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa) 881.30, 20 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 852.10. PGA TOUR MONEY LEADERS: 1 Brooks Koepka (USA) $5,905,127, 2 Matt Kuchar (USA) $5,659,339, 3 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) $5,332,659, 4 Dustin Johnson (USA) $5,160,139, 5 Xander Schauffele (USA) $4,792,299, 6 Patrick Cantlay (USA) $4,533,390, 7 Paul Casey (Eng) $3,575,536, 8 Rickie Fowler (USA) $3,376,230, 9 Gary Woodland (USA) $3,306,461, 10 Justin Rose (Eng) $3,240,556, 11 Jon Rahm (Spa) $3,075,538, 12 Francesco Molinari (Ita) $3,070,507, 13 Marc Leishman (Aus) $3,048,854, 14 Tiger Woods (USA) $3,041,317, 15 Adam Scott (Aus) $3,014,154, 16 Tony Finau (USA) $2,993,259, 17 Justin Thomas (USA) $2,745,300, 18 Kevin Kisner (USA) $2,732,704, 19 Sung Kang (Kor) $2,713,772, 20 Charles Howell III (USA) $2,640,302.

SPEEDWAY

FIXTURES

Friday: Championship – Scunthorpe v Glasgow (7:30), Scottish Open (Edinburgh, 7:30).