SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Baltimore Orioles P Tampa Bay Rays P, Chicago Cubs 13 St Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago White Sox 2 Boston Red Sox 9, Cincinnati Reds 5 San Francisco Giants 6, Cleveland Indians 0 Seattle Mariners 10, Colorado Rockies 8 Arizona Diamondbacks 7, Detroit Tigers 5 Kansas City Royals 2, LA Angels 4 Houston Astros 10, Miami Marlins 1 Atlanta Braves 3, Milwaukee Brewers 3 NY Mets 2, NY Yankees 4 Minnesota Twins 1, Philadelphia Phillies 7 Washington Nationals 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 5 Oakland Athletics 3, San Diego Padres 8 LA Dodgers 5, Texas Rangers 10 Toronto Blue Jays 2.

BASKETBALL

NBA Eastern Conference playoff semifinals: Philadelphia 76ers 96 Toronto Raptors 101 (Series tied 2-2)

Western Conference play-off semi-finals: Portland Trail Blazers 112 Denver Nuggets 116 (Series tied 2-2).

GOLF

OFFICIAL WORLD RANKING: 1 Dustin Johnson (USA) 9.68pts ave, 2 Justin Rose (Eng)8.97, 3 Brooks Koepka (USA) 8.70, 4 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 8.02, 5 Justin Thomas (USA) 7.59, 6 Tiger Woods (USA) 7.53, 7 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 7.12, 8 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 6.92, 9 Xander Schauffele (USA) 6.22, 10 Rickie Fowler (USA) 5.81, 11 Jon Rahm (Spa) 5.75, 12 Paul Casey (Eng) 5.41, 13 Matt Kuchar (USA) 5.31, 14 Tony Finau (USA) 4.92, 15 Jason Day (Aus) 4.90, 16 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 4.76, 17 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 4.49, 18 Bubba Watson (USA) 4.48, 19 Patrick Reed (USA) 4.16, 20 Webb Simpson (USA) 4.08, 21 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 4.00, 22 Marc Leishman (Aus) 3.96, 23 Phil Mickelson (USA) 3.90, 24 Gary Woodland (USA) 3.75, 25 Kevin Kisner (USA) 3.69, 26 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 3.49, 27 Adam Scott (Aus) 3.46, 28 Ian Poulter (Eng) 3.43, 29 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 3.32, 30 Cameron Smith (Aus) 3.29, 31 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 3.13, 32 Alex Noren (Swe) 3.11, 33 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 3.10, 34 Keegan Bradley (USA) 3.08, 35 Haotong Li (Chn) 2.98, 36 Matt Wallace (Eng) 2.96, 37 Eddie Pepperell (Eng) 2.86, 38 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 2.86, 39 Jordan Spieth (USA) 2.86, 40 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 2.76, 41 Billy Horschel (USA) 2.70, 42 Lucas Bjerregaard (Den) 2.64, 43 Shane Lowry (Irl) 2.64, 44 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 2.64, 45 Justin Harding (Rsa) 2.59, 46 Branden Grace (Rsa) 2.52, 47 Kyle Stanley (USA) 2.52, 48 J.B. Holmes (USA) 2.48, 49 Charles Howell III (USA) 2.40, 50 Kevin Na (USA) 2.37. WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Jin Young Ko (Kor) 7.44pts ave, 2 Minjee Lee (Aus) 6.80, 3 Sung Hyun Park (Kor) 6.61, 4 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 6.03, 5 Nasa Hataoka (Jpn) 5.42, 6 Inbee Park (Kor) 5.22, 7 Lexi Thompson (USA) 5.15, 8 Brooke M. Henderson (Can) 5.02, 9 Sei Young Kim (Kor) 4.96, 10 Nelly Korda (USA) 4.76, 11 Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 4.70, 12 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 4.61, 13 Jessica Korda (USA) 4.28, 14 Amy Yang (Kor) 4.25, 15 Danielle Kang (USA) 4.19, 16 Eun-hee Ji (Kor) 4.10, 17 Jeongeun Lee (Kor) 4.00, 18 Lydia Ko (Nzl) 3.66, 19 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 3.61, 20 Georgia Hall (Eng) 3.49, 21 Shanshan Feng (Chn) 3.36, 22 In-kyung Kim (Kor) 3.32, 23 Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha) 3.32, 24 Charley Hull (Eng) 3.18, 25 In Gee Chun (Kor) 2.98.

LEADING RACE TO DUBAI POINTS (Gbr & Irl unless stated): 1 Kevin Kisner (USA) 1606.5pts, 2 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 1397.2, 3 Shane Lowry 1335.1, 4 Justin Harding (Rsa) 1303.3, 5 Ian Poulter 1253.5, 6 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 1241.6, 7 David Lipsky (USA) 1077.2, 8 Haotong Li (Chn) 1037.5, 9 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 1014.8, 10 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 991.6, 11 Richard Sterne (Rsa) 968.1, 12 Kurt Kitayama (USA) 960.4, 13 Xander Schauffele (USA) 957.5, 14 Scott Hend (Aus) 903.3, 15 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 852.1, 16 Joost Luiten (Ned) 787.8, 17 Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 765.9, 18 Matt Wallace 739.3, 19 Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa) 683.1, 20 Lucas Bjerregaard (Den) 672.0.

USPGA TOUR MONEY LEADERS (USA unless stated, prize money in dollars):

1 Matt Kuchar 5,394,944, 2 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 5,068,264, 3 Xander Schauffele 4,485,399, 4 Dustin Johnson 3,972,139, 5 Brooks Koepka 3,545,927, 6 Paul Casey (Eng) 3,510,536, 7 Rickie Fowler 3,164,230, 8 Jon Rahm (Spa) 3,075,538, 9 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 3,027,438, 10 Gary Woodland 3,020,845, 11 Justin Rose (Eng) 2,968,469, 12 Tiger Woods 2,804,717, 13 Justin Thomas 2,745,300, 14 Kevin Kisner 2,700,854, 15 Marc Leishman (Aus) 2,684,854, 16 Charles Howell III 2,604,266, 17 Ryan Palmer 2,338,840, 18 Patrick Cantlay 2,319,890, 19 Phil Mickelson 2,293,980, 20 Corey Conners (Can) 2,282,750.

ICE HOCKEY

NHL Stanley Cup play-offs rd 2: Dallas Stars 1 St Louis Blues 4 (series tied 3-3).

TENNIS

ATP CHAMPIONS RANKINGS 2019: 1 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 11160pts, 2 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 7765, 3 Roger Federer (Swi) 5590, 4 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 5565, 5 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 5085, 6 Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 4115, 8 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 3225, 9 Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 3190, 10 John Isner (USA) 3085, 11 Marin Cilic (Cro) 2845, 12 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 2840, 13 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 2685, 14Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 2625, 15 Borna Coric (Cro) 2525, 16 Milos Raonic (Can) 2050, 17 Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 1930, 18 Gael Monfils (Fra) 1920, 19 Marco Cecchinato (Ita) 1875, 20 Denis Shapovalov (Can) 1820, 21 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 1680, 22 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 1575, 23 David Goffin (Bel) 1540, 24 Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 1511, 25 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 1485, 26 Guido Pella (Arg) 1470, 27 Alex De Minaur (Aus) 1439, 28 Lucas Pouille (Fra) 1385, 29 Gilles Simon (Fra) 1385, 30 Felix Auger-aliassime (Can) 1319, 31 Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 1275, 32 Laslo Djere (Ser) 1246, 33 Christian Garin (Chi) 1243, 34 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 1230, 35 Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 1215, 36 Marton Fucsovics (Hun) 1205, 37 Frances Tiafoe (USA) 1185, 38 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 1155, 39 Richard Gasquet (Fra) 1105, 40 Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 1050, 41 Pierre-hugues Herbert (Fra) 1038, 42 Pablo Carreno-busta (Spa) 1030, 43 Benoit Paire (Fra) 1018, 44 Radu Albot (Mol) 1016, 45 Cameron Norrie (Gbr) 995, 46 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 985, 47 Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 970, 48 John Millman (Aus) 965, 49 Jan-lennard Struff (Ger) 965, 50 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 940.

SNOOKER

BETFRED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Final: Judd Trump (Eng) bt John Higgins (Sco) 18-9 - Frame scores (Trump first): 66-1 (51), 72-45 (63), 0-139 (139) 105-0 (105), 8-70 (69), 0-74, 0-101 (101) 103-4 (103), 1-125 (125), 66-0, 139-4 (135), 67-45, 118-0 (114), 64-30, 95-28 (71), 70-20 (58), 85-19 (70), 0-113 (113), 35-60 (59), 101-0 (101), 72-0 (71), 126-0 (126), 16-92 (67), 11-79 (70), 104-0 (104), 94-0 (94), 63-1 (62).