SPORTS DIGEST
The Washington Nationals breezed past the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 with pitcher Stephen Strasburg striking out nine in seven innings. The Nationals snapped a three-game losing streak in a dominating performance at Nationals Park with Brian Dozier and Juan Soto both scoring home runs. But Strasburg was the star, allowing only two hits and one run in his 100 pitches as Washington held on to the last wild card spot.
The Minnesota Twins put five on the board in the first inning as they notched up an 11-1 win over the Chicago White Sox. Four Twins went deep in the victory, with Max Kepler recording his 28th homer of the season.
Elsewhere, the New York Mets piled on six runs in the first and restricted the Pittsburgh Pirates to four in the ninth to hold on for a 8-7 win, their fourth in a row. There was also joy for MLB’S other New York side with the Yankees recording a 9-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox, while the Philadelphia Phillies saw off the Atlanta Braves 9-4.
Kyle Schwarber hit two homers as the Chicago Cubs hammered the Milwaukee Brewers 11-4, the Cleveland Indians went down 9-6 to the Kansas City Royals and Jose Altuve recorded his 1,500th hit – a three-run homer – as the Houston Astros saw off the St Louis Cardinals 6-2. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Boston Red Sox 6 New York Yankees 9, Chicago White Sox 1 Minnesota Twins 11, Cincinnati Reds 3 Colorado Rockies 2, Kansas City Royals 9 Cleveland Indians 6, LA Angels 5 Baltimore Orioles 4, Miami Marlins 5 Arizona Diamondbacks 1, Milwaukee Brewers 4 Chicago Cubs 11, New York Mets 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Oakland Athletics 6 Texas Rangers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 9 Atlanta Braves 4, San Diego Padres 6 San Francisco Giants 7, Seattle Mariners 3 Detroit Tigers 2, St Louis Cardinals 2 Houston Astros 6, Toronto Blue Jays 9 Tampa Bay Rays 10, Washington Nationals 11 LA Dodgers 4.
GOLF
OFFICIAL WORLD RANKING: 1 Brooks Koepka (USA) 12.68, 2 Dustin Johnson (USA) 9.43, 3 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 8.48, 4 Justin Rose (Eng) 8.08, 5 Tiger Woods (USA) 6.93, 6 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 6.45, 7 Jon Rahm (Spa) 6.42, 8 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 6.37, 9 Justin Thomas (USA) 6.10, 10 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 6.08, 11 Xander Schauffele (USA) 5.95, 12 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.58, 13 Tony Finau (USA) 5.47, 14 Gary Woodland (USA) 5.26, 15 Matt Kuchar (USA) 5.21, 16 Rickie Fowler (USA) 5.20, 17 Webb Simpson (USA) 5.09, 18 Shane Lowry (Irl) 4.94, 19 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.82, 20 Adam Scott (Aus) 4.77, 21 Jason Day (Aus) 4.20, 22 Marc Leishman (Aus) 4.04, 23 Bubba Watson (USA) 3.94, 24 Patrick Reed (USA) 3.85, 25 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.77, 26 Matt Wallace (Eng) 3.73, 27 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 3.54, 28 Chez Reavie (USA) 3.49, 29 Kevin Kisner (USA) 3.41, 30 Keegan Bradley (USA) 3.14, 31 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 3.14, 32 Phil Mickelson (USA) 3.11, 33 Kevin Na (USA) 3.10, 34 Ian Poulter (Eng) 3.09, 35 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 3.07, 36 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 3.03, 37 Jordan Spieth (USA) 3.02, 38 Eddie Pepperell (Eng) 2.99, 39 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 2.96, 40 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 2.95, 41 Billy Horschel (USA) 2.94, 42 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 2.91, 43 Cameron Smith (Aus) 2.87, 44 Alex Noren (Swe) 2.79, 45 Andrew Putnam (USA) 2.70, 46 Haotong Li (Chn) 2.68, 47 Jim Furyk (USA) 2.59, 48 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 2.57, 49 Lucas Bjerregaard (Den) 2.52, 50 Cheng-tsung Pan (Tai) 2.46.
TENNIS
ATP CHAMPIONS RANKINGS 2019: 1 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 12415pts, 2 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 7945, 3 Roger Federer (Swi) 7460, 4 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 4595, 5 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 4415, 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 4045, 7 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 4040, 8 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 2890, 9 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 2625, 10 Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 2625, 11 Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 2500, 12 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 2380, 13 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 2215, 14 Borna Coric (Cro) 2195, 15 John Isner (USA) 2040, 16 Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 1975, 17 Marin Cilic (Cro) 1940, 18 David Goffin (Bel) 1860, 19 Gael Monfils (Fra) 1770, 20 Milos Raonic (Can) 1765, 21 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 1715, 22 Felix Auger-aliassime (Can) 1707, 23 Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 1570, 24 Guido Pella (Arg) 1560, 25 Alex De Minaur (Aus) 1515, 26 Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 1501, 27 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 1485, 28 Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) 1450, 29 Lucas Pouille (Fra) 1385, 30 Benoit Paire (Fra) 1368, 31 Denis Shapovalov (Can) 1355, 32 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 1310, 33 Gilles Simon (Fra) 1310, 34 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 1280, 35 Jan-lennard Struff (Ger) 1265, 36 Laslo Djere (Ser) 1245, 37 Christian Garin (Chi) 1233, 38 Pierre-hugues Herbert (Fra) 1108, 39 Sam Querrey (USA) 1100, 40 Frances Tiafoe (USA) 1060, 41 Radu Albot (Mol) 1046, 42 Joao Sousa (Por) 1035, 43 Reilly Opelka (USA) 1027, 44 Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 1023, 45 Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 1020, 46 Jordan Thompson (Aus) 1009, 47 Pablo Carreno-busta (Spa) 1007, 48 Filip Krajinovic (Ser) 998, 49 Andrey Rublev (Rus) 996, 50 Ugo Humbert (Fra) 989. Selected others: 51 Daniel Evans (Gbr) 980, 58 Cameron Norrie (Gbr) 950. WTA RANKINGS: 1 Ashleigh Barty (Aus) 6605pts, 2 Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 6257, 3 Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 6055, 4 Simona Halep (Rom) 5933, 5 Kiki Bertens (Ned) 5130, 6 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 4785, 7 Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 4638, 8 Sloane Stephens (USA) 3802, 9 Serena Williams (USA) 3411, 10 Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 3365, 11 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 3356, 12 Belinda Bencic (Swi) 2963, 13 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 2875, 14 Johanna Konta (Gbr) 2790, 15 Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) 2652, 16 Qiang Wang (Chn) 2647, 17 Madison Keys (USA) 2555, 18 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 2478, 19 Anett Kontaveit (Est) 2335, 20 Elise Mertens (Bel) 2305, 21 Petra Martic (Cro) 2156, 22 Caroline Garcia (Fra) 2105, 23 Amanda Anisimova (USA) 2018, 24 Julia Goerges (Ger) 1955, 25 Donna Vekic (Cro) 1950, 26 Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Can) 1937, 27 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 1865, 28 Sofia Kenin (USA) 1845, 29 Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 1842, 30 Maria Sakkari (Gre) 1790, 31 Su-wei Hsieh (Tpe) 1775, 32 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 1750, 33 Danielle Collins (USA) 1638, 34 Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) 1619, 35 Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) 1556, 36 Shuai Zhang (Chn) 1535, 37 Alison Riske (USA) 1437, 38 Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 1380, 39 Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 1355, 40 Daria Kasatkina (Rus) 1325, 41 Katerina Siniakova (Cze) 1316, 42 Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) 1210, 43 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 1185, 44 Monica Puig (Pur) 1173, 45 Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) 1151, 46 Karolina Muchova (Cze) 1139, 47 Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) 1133, 48 Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) 1105, 49 Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 1095, 50 Venus Williams (USA) 1085.