SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

Three consecutive homers in the sixth inning set the Houston Astros on their way to a 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. The first team in the Majors to reach 50 wins this season, the Astros had been level 1-1 until they blasted off in the sixth. Jose Altuve homered twice, the first being Houston’s fourth-inning opener and the second at the end of the searing sixth. MLB: Chicago Cubs 4 LA Dodgers 0, Cincinnati Reds 5 Detroit Tigers 3, Cleveland Indians 12 Chicago White Sox 0, Colorado Rockies 10 NY Mets 8, Houston Astros 5 Tampa Bay Rays 1, Kansas City Royals 2 Texas Rangers 3, Minnesota Twins 4 Boston Red Sox 1, NY Yankees 7 Seattle Mariners 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4 St Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates P Milwaukee Brewers P, San Diego Padres 4 Oakland Athletics 12, San Francisco Giants 6 Miami Marlins 5, Toronto Blue Jays 5 Atlanta Braves 4, Washington Nationals 0 Baltimore Orioles 3.

TENNIS

FEVER-TREE CHAMPIONSHIPS (London) 2nd rd: Nick Kyrgios (Aus) bt (7) Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3. NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC (Birmingham) 2nd rd: (4) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Daria Gavrilova (Aus) 6-2 6-2, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) bt (1) Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 6-2 6-4. GERRY WEBER OPEN (Halle) 2nd rd: Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt (6) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 4-6 6-1 6-2, Borna Coric (Cro) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 6-4 6-2, (1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Benoit Paire (Fra) 6-3 3-6 7-6 (9-7), Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-2 6-4. MALLORCA OPEN 2nd rd: Alison Riske (USA) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 3-6 7-5 6-3, Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) bt Rebecca Peterson (Swe) 6-3 6-3, (7) Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 6-3, 6-4.