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MLB: Red Sox, Price stay hot heading to break

David Price pitched one-run ball over five innings, Christian Vazquez and Xander Bogaerts each drove in two runs, and the visiting Red Sox beat the Tigers, 6-3, to complete a three-game sweep. Boston has won four straight and 15-of-22 entering the All-Star break.

Price has allowed 15 earned runs over his past 10 starts, going 6-0.

In Atlanta, Josh Donaldson capped his strong first-half finish by hitting a two-run homer and Charlie Culberson’s defensive play helped the Braves escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to beat the Marlins, 4-3.

Dallas Keuchel (2-2) allowed two runs in 7 ¹/3 innings in his fourth start since signing with Atlanta on June 7.

In Los Angeles, Fernando Tatis Jr. homered twice and had four RBIs and Manuel Margot also hit a home run as the Padres rolled into the All-Star break on a three-game winning streak after a 5-3 victory over the Dodgers.

ETC.: Wolff, 20, wins PGA Tour event with eagle

Matthew Wolff made a 26-foot putt from the fringe for an eagle on the final hole to win the 3M Open at 21-under par, beating

Collin Morikawa and Bryson DeChambeau by one stroke in a tense finish to the first-time PGA Tour event in Blaine, Minn..

The 20-year-old Wolff struck his second shot on the 573-yard, par-5 hole from the fairway to the far left of the green where it landed just a few feet away from a bunker. He sank the dramatic putt in front of a packed 18th gallery at the TPC Twin Cities, before waiting to watch Morikawa just miss his eagle attempt from 22 feet.

Just six weeks ago, Wolff won the NCAA individual title with Oklahoma State. A 500-1 long shot making just his third career Cup start, Jus

tin Haley won the rain- postponed, rain-shortened NASCAR race at Daytona Internatio­nal Speedway, inheriting the lead after a 17-car accident decimated the field and a lightning strike forced NASCAR to stop the race.

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