SPORTS DIGEST
BASEBALL
The Cleveland Indians recorded an improbable victory over the Houston Astros, coming back twice to clinch a 10-9 win in 14 innings. The Indians scored five runs in the ninth inning before Greg Allen’s walk-off home run in the 14th secured victory. It was the rookie outfielder’s first homer of the year and the first walk-off blast of his career. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Boston Red Sox 1 Atlanta Braves 7, Chicago Cubs 8 San Francisco Giants 3, Cleveland Indians 10 Houston Astros 9 (14 innings), Colorado Rockies 8 Cincinnati Reds 2,Detroit Tigers 3 Chicago White Sox 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 6 San Diego Padres 1, Miami Marlins 2 Washington Nationals 5, Milwaukee Brewers 8 New York Mets 7, New York Yankees 3 LA Angels 1, Oakland Athletics 2 Arizona Diamondbacks 1, Philadelphia Phillies 3 Toronto Blue Jays 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 St Louis Cardinals 6, Seattle Mariners 3 Minnesota Twins 1, Tampa Bay Rays 8 Baltimore Orioles 3, Texas Rangers 3 Kansas City Royals 5.
BASKETBALL
Lebron James earned a spot in his eighth consecutive NBA finals by leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a thrilling series victory over the Boston Celtics. A nail-biting deciding game of the Eastern Conference finals saw the Celtics blow an early lead as James scored 35 points in the Cavs 87-79 win. Before half-time, Boston had been in the driving seat and were ahead by 10 points early in the second quarter thanks to impressive performances by Al Horford and Jayson Tatum. But the Cavs rallied in the second half and then pulled away to reach their their fourth-straight NBA finals. As well as his 35 points, James finished with 15 rebounds and nine assists, while Jeff Green, who made his first start since the opening game of the first round against Indiana, recorded 19 points and eight rebounds. Tatum scored 24 for Boston, who had been bidding to make the NBA finals for the first time since 2010. NBA PLAY-OFFS Eastern Conference Final: Boston Celtics 79 Cleveland Cavaliers 87 (Cleveland win series 4-3).
GOLF
OFFICIAL WORLD RANKING: 1 Justin Thomas (USA) 9.10, 2 Dustin Johnson (USA) 8.90, 3 Justin Rose (Eng) 8.39, 4 Jon Rahm (Spa) 7.91, 5 Jordan Spieth (USA) 7.89, 6 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 7.05, 7 Rickie Fowler (USA) 6.86, 8 Jason Day (Aus) 6.72, 9 Brooks Koepka (USA) 6.14, 10 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 5.72, 11 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.31, 12 Paul Casey (Eng) 5.30, 13 Patrick Reed (USA) 5.21, 14 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.00, 15 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 4.93, 16 Marc Leishman (Aus) 4.90, 17 Alex Noren (Swe) 4.84, 18 Bubba Watson (USA) 4.56, 19 Phil Mickelson (USA) 4.50, 20 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 4.28, 21 Webb Simpson (USA) 4.18, 22 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 4.03, 23 Matt Kuchar (USA) 3.88, 24 Xander Schauffele (USA) 3.82, 25 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 3.79. WOMENS WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Inbee Park (Kor) 7.80, 2 Shanshan Feng (Chn) 6.90, 3 Lexi Thompson (USA) 6.59, 4 Sung Hyun Park (Kor) 6.06, 5 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 6.05, 6 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 5.87, 7 In Kyung Kim (Kor) 5.46, 8 Minjee Lee (Aus) 5.12, 9 Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha) 5.12, 10 Jessica Korda (USA) 5.06, 11 Hye Jin Choi (Kor) 4.95, 12 Cristie Kerr (USA) 4.89, 13 In Gee Chun (Kor) 4.77, 14 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 4.75, 15 Lydia Ko (Nzl) 4.54, 16 Brooke M. Henderson (Can) 4.48, 17 Jin Young Ko (Kor) 4.31, 18 Michelle Wie (USA) 4.28, 19 Eun-hee Ji (Kor) 3.82, 20 Ai Suzuki (Jpn) 3.57, 21 Sei Young Kim (Kor) 3.45, 22 Amy Yang (Kor) 3.44, 23 Danielle Kang (USA) 3.33, 24 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 3.22, 25 Charley Hull (Eng) 3.18