Rangers series up in air
THE HOUSTON Astros and Texas Rangers didn’t travel to Houston as planned after their games Sunday in California because of torrential floodwaters that have engulfed the city in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Rangers had been scheduled to head to Houston after playing Oakland to await the start of a three-game series with the Astros beginning Tuesday. Instead, they returned to Dallas to await word on its status. The Astros were in Anaheim and also flew to Dallas while a decision is made on when and where the series will be played.
“We have been in continuous contact with the Astros and Major League Baseball regarding travel tonight and the status of this week’s series,” Rangers president and general manager Jon Daniels said. “We will continue to talk throughout the day to get updates on the situation.”
Astros manager A.J. Hinch said the team was in a holding pattern. “We’re going to fly to Dallas and really just sit there and wait to see what happens,” he said before Houston’s game against the Angels. “Really, I think everything is up in the air. We might get to Houston sometime in the next couple of days and play. We might not, so I don’t know what’s possible.”
8 IN ROW FOR LIBS
Tina Charles scored 22 points and the host Liberty cruised to a 92-62 victory over the Chicago Sky Sunday for its eighth consecutive victory. The win clinched at least the four-seed in the playoffs for the Libs (20-12), giving them a first-round bye. They are a half-game behind Connecticut for the third seed.
The Liberty, two wins short of matching the franchise record for consecutive victories, got 18 points in the first half from Charles in jumping to a 46-29 advantage at the break.The Sky got no closer than 16.
PARK WINS LPGA
Sung Hyun Park added the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open title to her U.S. Women’s Open crown with a comeback victory Sunday at Ottawa Hunt In Ontario. Park birdied the final hole for a 7-under 64 and a two-stroke victory over fellow South Korean Mirim Lee.
Four strokes behind leaders Nicole Broch Larsen and Mo Martin entering the round, Park finished at 13-under 271. She won the U.S. Women’s Open last month in New Jersey for her first LPGA Tour title.
Michelle Wie withdrew before the round and was taken to Ottawa Hospital for surgery to remove her appendix.
American Julian Suri carded a final-round 64 to win the Made in Denmark tournament and claim his first European Tour title by four shots in just his seventh appearance. Suri, who won the D+D REAL Czech Challenge in May, becomes the third American to win on the European Tour and Challenge Tour after U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka and Peter Uihlein. Fiftyone-year-old John Daly, who was trying to become the oldest winner in European Tour history, finished in a tie for 10th with a 71.
ARENA NAMES ROSTER
Teen phenom Christian Pulisic is coming back from the Bundesliga to lead the United States as coach Bruce Arena goes with depth at every position in choosing his roster for the next round of World Cup soccer qualifying matches, naming 26 players who all have been part of the national team at some point this year.
The Americans will play Costa Rica on Friday — a rematch of the Gold Cup semifinal — in Harrison, where players began reporting Sunday for training camp. Then the U.S. is at Honduras four days later. Next up is Panama on Oct. 6 in Orlando, and at Trinidad and Tobago four days after.
DEVILS LAND HOBEY BAKER WINNER
The Devils on Sunday landed college hockey’s top player by agreeing to sign defenseman Will Butcher to a two-year, $1.85 million contract. The agreement comes about two weeks after the University of Denver player and Hobey Baker winner became a free agent by turning down an opportunity to sign with the Avalanche before a deadline passed on Aug. 15.