SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

The St Louis Cardinals continued their hot streak at the top of the National League Central with a resounding 12-2 defeat of the Milwaukee Brewers. After conceding top spot in the division to the Chicago Cubs last week, the Cardinals have now won five straight matches to go three games ahead. The win at Milwaukee, who are third in the standings, came off the back of a six-run second inning highlighted by Marcell Ozuna’s bases-loaded double. Yadier Molina and Paul Dejong each homered and drove in three runs for St Louis, who have won 14 of 17

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Colorado Rockies 3 Atlanta Braves 1, Kansas City Royals 4 Oakland Athletics 19, Miami Marlins 3 Cincinnati Reds 6, Milwaukee Brewers 2 St Louis Cardinals 12, Philadelphia Phillies 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 5, San Diego Padres 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 3, San Francisco Giants 4 Arizona Diamondbacks 6, Seattle Mariners 4 New York Yankees 5.

GOLF

WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Jin Young Ko (Kor) 10.22pts ave, 2 Sung Hyun Park (Kor) 8.45, 3 Lexi Thompson (USA) 6.47, 4 Minjee Lee (Aus) 6.18, 5 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 6.12, 6 Jeongeun Lee (Kor) 6.12, 7 Inbee Park (Kor) 5.97, 8 Brooke M. Henderson (Can) 5.96, 9 Nasa Hataoka (Jpn) 5.61, 10 Nelly Korda (USA) 5.56, 11 Sei Young Kim (Kor) 5.04, 12 Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 5.01, 13 Hinako Shibuno (Jpn) 4.86, 14 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 4.79, 15 Danielle Kang (USA) 4.49, 16 Hyo Joo Kim (Kor) 4.42, 17 Lizette Salas (USA) 4.39, 18 Jessica Korda (USA) 4.28, 19 Amy Yang (Kor) 4.06, 20 Shanshan Feng (Chn) 3.98, 21 Eun-hee Ji (Kor) 3.62, 22 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 3.48, 23 Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha) 3.40, 24 Bronte Law (Eng) 3.13, 25 Lydia Ko (Nzl) 3.12.

EUROPEAN TOUR RACE TO DUBAI (after the Scandinavian Invitation. Gbr & Irl unless stated): 1 Shane Lowry 3344.6pts, 2 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 2828.6, 3 Jon Rahm (Spa) 2658.3, 4 Tommy Fleetwood 2114.5, 5 Matt Wallace 2103.2, 6 Matthew Fitzpatrick 1991.8, 7 Kevin Kisner (USA) 1822.8, 8 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 1792.6, 9 Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa) 1703.4, 10 Xander Schauffele (USA) 1691.1, 11 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 1658.6, 12 Ian Poulter 1618.5, 13 Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 1477.0, 14 Justin Harding (Rsa) 1447.6, 15 Robert Macintyre 1365.7, 16 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 1360.0, 17 Haotong Li (Chn) 1353.0, 18 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa) 1308.0, 19 Romain Langasque (Fra) 1291.4, 20 Tony Finau (USA) 1197.7.

SPEEDWAY

FIXTURES

Tonight: Championship – Somerset v Edinburgh (7:30). Newcastle 7.30

Friday: Championship – Edinburgh v Newcastle (7:30).