SPORTS DIGEST
BASEBALL
The Oakland Athletics extended their winning run to six games by beating the Cleveland Indians 7-2 at Progressive Field. Frankie Montas produced an impressive performance, keeping Cleveland scoreless over six innings while striking out nine and allowing only five hits.
Mark Canha added the support with his seventh home run this season and Nick Hundley had a solo homer and two RBIS. Jake Bauers put Cleveland’s runs on the scoreboard in the eighth with a two-run homer but the damage had already been done and the A’s closed out the threegame series with another win.
In Chicago, Albert Almora Jr recorded his first career grand slam as the Cubs came from behind to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4.
Trailing 3-0 in the third inning, Anthony Rizzo blasted a three-run homer into the stands - projected to be a huge 437ft - hitting the Wrigley Field scoreboard to tie the game and bring the crowd alive. Javier Baez added the Cubs’ third homer of the night with a solo shot in the seventh inning.
Avisail Garcia and Kevin Kiermaier starred for the Tampa Bay Rays as a seven-run seventh inning powered them to an 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tied at 1-1 after six innings, Garcia and Kiermaierboth both hit three-run homers after Brandon Lowe struck the go-ahead shot in the monster inning.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Baltimore Orioles 5 New York Yankees 7, Chicago Cubs 8 Philadelphia Phillies 4, Cleveland Indians 2 Oakland Athletics 7, Detroit Tigers 3 Miami Marlins 6, Houston Astros 4 Chicago White Sox 9, Milwaukee Brewers 11 Cincinnati Reds 9, New York Mets 6 Washington Nationals 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 Colorado Rockies 9, San Diego Padres 5 Arizona Diamondbacks 2, San Francisco Giants 2 Atlanta Braves 9, St Louis Cardinals 2 Kansas City Royals 8(Game1), Tampa Bay Rays 8 Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Texas Rangers 8 Seattle Mariners 2, Toronto Blue Jays 5 Boston Red Sox 6(13), St Louis Cardinals 10 Kansas City Royals 3 (Game 2).
CYCLING
GIRO D’ITALIA
Stage 12 (Cuneo - Pinerolo - 156km): 1 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-hansgrohe 3hrs 41mins 49secs, 2 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-merida, 3 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos both at same time, 4 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-segafredo at 2secs, 5 Eros Capec chi( It a)Deceuninc kQuickstep at 6 secs, 6 Jan Po lanc(S lo) UAE Team Emirates at 25secs, 7 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-sidermec at 34secs, 8 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal at 2mins 36secs, 9 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-sidermec at same time, 10 Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF at 2mins 38secs. Selected others: 28 Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-scott at 8mins 3secs, 33 Hugh John Carthy (Gbr) EF Education First at 8mins 43secs, 53 Tao Geoghegan Hart (Gbr) Team Ineos at 10mins 37secs. General Classification: 1 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 48hrs 49mins 40secs, 2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-visma at 4mins 7secs, 3 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates at 4mins 51secs, 4 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Deceuninck-quickstep at 5mins 2secs, 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-merida at 5mins 51secs, 6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-segafredo at 6mins 2secs, 7 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-hansgrohe at 7mins 0secs, 8 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team at 7mins 23secs, 9 Andrey Amador (CRC) Movistar Team at 7mins 30secs, 10 Hugh John Carthy (Gbr) EF Education First at 7mins 33secs. Selected other: 33 Tao Geoghegan Hart (Gbr) Team Ineos at 11mins 49secs.
SPEEDWAY
FIXTURES
Tonight: Championship Shield – Edinburgh v Glasgow (7:30).
Tomorrow: Championship – Eastbourne v Berwick (7:30), Glasgow v Scunthorpe (7:00), Leicester v Birmingham (7:30).
TENNIS
FRENCH OPEN QUALIFYING Women’s semi-finals: Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Gre) bt Heather Watson (Gbr) 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-3), Katie Swan (Gbr) bt Xiyu Wang (Chn) 6-4 0-6 7-5.
WTA INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG Quarter-finals: Chloe Paquet (Fra) bt Daria Gavrilova (Aus) 6-3 7-6 (7-1), (6) Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) bt Fiona Ferro (Fra) 6-1 6-3, (4) Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) 3-6 6-3 6-2, (2) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) bt Monica Puig (Pur) 6-1 3-6 6-2.
ATP OPEN PARC AUVERGNE-RHONEALPES LYON Quarter-finals: Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) bt (2) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 6-4, Benoit Paire (Fra) bt (3) Denis Shapovalov (Can) 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-4), (1) Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) bt JoWilfried Tsonga (Fra) 6-4 6-4, (4) Felix Auger-aliassime (Can) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 6-4 2-6 6-4.