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MLB: Phillies phall to Padres

Dinelson Lamet pitched six solid innings, Ty France hit a tiebreaking single and the Padres cooled off the Phillies, 5-3, on Saturday in Philadelphia. The Phillies dropped one game out of the second NL wild-card spot. In Atlanta, Josh Donaldson and

Adam Duvall hit consecutive homers off Hyun- Jin Ryu in the sixth inning and the Braves beat the Dodgers 4-3.

Kris Bryant homered in the seventh inning, and the Cubs got out of three bases-loaded jams to snap a fourgame skid with a 2-0 win in Pittsburgh.

In Cincinnati, Aristides Aquino hit a three-run homer — becoming the first rookie since 1900 with 11 homers in his first 17 games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau — and the Reds dropped the Cardinals into a tie with Chicago for first place in the NL Central with a 6-1 victory. In St. Petersburg, Fla., Mike Bro

sseau’s pinch-hit RBI single in the 13th inning drove in Eric Sogard to give the Rays a 1-0 win over the Tigers.

In Boston, Eduardo Rodríguez pitched 7 ¹/3 stellar innings, red-hot

Rafael Devers belted a two-run homer and the Red Sox beat the Orioles 4-0 for their fourth straight win. NBA: Fox skips out on USA De’Aaron Fox of the Kings surprisingly withdrew from USA Basketball’s national team, meaning the Americans now have 13 candidates for the 12-man World Cup roster.

Fox told USA Basketball of his choice a few hours before the team was to fly to Australia for final preparations for this month’s tournament in China. Fox played a team-low six minutes in the Americans’ 90-81 win over Spain in a pre-World Cup exhibition in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday.

ETC.: NYCFC trip up Cincy Heber Araujo dos Santos and Valentín Castellanos each scored twice and visiting New York City FC (11-5-8) beat FC Cincinnati 4-1. Gustavo Bou scored in the 65th minute and the New England Revolution held on for a 1-1 draw with the Red Bulls in Harrison, N.J. Marc Rzatkowski opened the scoring for the Red Bulls (11-10-5) in the 18th minute.

Ashleigh Barty lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open in Mason, Ohio, likely costing her a chance to move back to No. 1 in the world. Novak Djokovic ended the day with another stunner, getting overwhelmed by Daniil Medvedev’s serve as the Russian pulled out a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory. Kuznetsova will face Madison

Keys for the women’s final while Medvedev will take on David Goffin in the men’s final on Sunday.

Stipe Miocic stopped Daniel Cormier with a barrage of punches in the fourth round, reclaiming his heavyweight title with a stunning comeback win at UFC 241.

Nate Diaz also returned from a three-year hiatus with a dominant decision victory over Anthony Pettis at Honda Center.