SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

The Milwaukee Brewers reclaimed the lead in the National League Central by beating the Chicago Cubs 4-0. The latest instalment in the series between the division’s top two teams saw Travis Shaw deliver a pair of tworun doubles for Milwaukee, while Chase Anderson struck out six and walked two. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Arizona Diamondbacks 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Atlanta Braves 8 NY Mets 2, Baltimore Orioles 4 Boston Red Sox 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Cleveland Indians 1, Detroit Tigers 4 Minnesota Twins 6, Kansas City Royals 1 Cincinnati Reds 5 (10), LA Dodgers 12 Texas Rangers 5, Miami Marlins 3 San Francisco Giants 1, Milwaukee Brewers 4 Chicago Cubs 0, NY Yankees 3 Washington Nationals 0 ,Oakland Athletics 3 Houston Astros 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5 Colorado Rockies 4, Seattle Mariners 6 LA Angels 3, St Louis Cardinals 2 San Diego Padres 4, Tampa Bay Rays 4 Toronto Blue Jays 1.

SPEEDWAY

FIXTURES Tomorrow: Championship: Edinburgh v Newcastle (7:30pm), Glasgow v Workington (7:30pm).

TENNIS

ATP & WTA LIBEMA OPEN (’s-hertogenbosch) Men’s singles 2nd rd: Marius Copil (Rom) bt (7) Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) 7-5 4-6 6-4, Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt (6) Robin Haase (Ned) 6-3 7-5, Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt (3) Gilles Muller (Lux) 6-3 7-5, (4) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 6-4 6-1. Women’s 2nd rd: (7) Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) bt Bibiane Schoofs (Ned) 7-5 6-2, (1) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) bt Arantxa Rus (Ned) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) bt Belinda Bencic (Swi) 6-2 2-6 6-3, Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) bt (6) Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-2. ATP MERCEDES CUP (Stuttgart) 1st rd: (8) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Viktor Troicki (Ser) 6-1 ret, Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Ind) bt (6) Denis Shapovalov (Can) 7-6 (8-6) 2-6 6-3, Maximilian Marterer (Ger) bt Viktor Galovic (Cro) 3-6 6-4 6-1, Benoit Paire (Fra) bt Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-2, (7) Milos Raonic (Can) bt Mirza Basic (Bih) 7-6 (10-8) 6-2. 2nd rd: Denis Istomin (Uzb) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-3 6-4, (1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Mischa Zverev (Ger) 3-6 6-4 6-2, (2) Lucas Pouille (Fra) bt Rudolf Molleker (Ger) 6-3 6-4. WTA NATURE VALLEY OPEN (Nottingham) 2nd rd: (5) Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) bt Irina Falconi (USA) 6-3 5-7 6-3, Mona Barthel (Ger) bt (2) Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-3 1-6 7-5, Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) bt Magdalena Frech (Pol) 6-4 6-3, (3) Naomi Osaka (Jpn) bt Denisa Allertova (Cze) 6-3 6-2.