Athletes Unlimited’s Team Mulipola beats Team Harshman

ROSEMONT, Ill. — While the temperature at the Parkway Bank Sports Complex may have cooled off a bit because of rain, it certainly didn’t cool off the bats for Team Mulipola during its Week Two finale against Team Harshman on Sunday afternoon.

The squad exploded for a season-high 13 runs, including seven in the first two innings, en route to completing a three-game sweep with its 13-8 victory over Team Harshman.

Team Mulipola outfielder Erika Piancastelli blasted her way to MVP 1 honors and 210 leaderboard points after going 3-for-4 with a grand slam and five runs batted in. Catcher Dejah Mulipola, the game’s MVP 3 choice, rose to the top of the leaderboard after adding a single and a double with four runs batted in to claim 140 leaderboard points.

Catcher Taylor Edwards secured MVP 2 notice in the loss for Team Harshman, going 2-for-4 with a tworun home run and an RBI single. Edwards fashioned 120 leaderboard points for her efforts.

Team Mulipola relief pitcher Sydney Littlejohn Watkins earned her second win of the season in the circle after allowing two runs on four hits over two innings of work. Danielle Watson (0-2) took the loss after giving up seven runs, including six earned runs, over 1.1 innings with seven hits.

Rachel Garcia was not in the lineup for Team Harshman. She fell 28 spots on the leaderboard and sits in 33rd with 446 points after two weeks.

Mulipola is in first place with 826 points and will captain Team Gold in Week 3. Haylie McCleney rose 35 spots to finish second (748) and will captain Team Orange, while Sahvanna Jaquish (728) is in third and will captain Team Blue and Amanda Chidester, who rose 29 spots to No. 4 with 728 points of her own, will captain Team Purple. Week 3 begins on Friday.

Tom Kim earns first PGA Tour win

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Joohyung “Tom” Kim announced his arrival on the PGA Tour when the 20-year-old South Korean closed with a 9-under 61 for a five-shot victory in the Wyndham Championship on Sunday, making him the second-youngest winner on tour since World War II.

A marathon day because of storm delays turned into a sprint for Kim.

He finished the third round in the morning and was two shots behind, and then shot 27 on the front nine to leave the rest of the field in his wake.

No one came close the rest of the way.

The victory gave Kim instant membership on the PGA Tour, making him eligible for the FedEx Cup playoffs that start next week. He is No. 34, assured of playing two postseason events and with a reasonable shot at getting to the finale at East Lake.

Sungjae Im, who finished seven holes Sunday morning to take the 54hole lead, had a 68 and tied for second along with John Huh (67).

Kim is the first PGA Tour winner born after 2000. Jordan Spieth was 19 when he won the John Deere Classic for his first tour win.

Rickie Fowler nailed down the final spot among the top 125 in the FedEx Cup that advance to the postseason, even though he missed the cut. Justin Lower was set to be in the top 125 until missing a 6-foot par putt on the last hole.

Kyrgios wins Citi Open again; Samsonova takes women’s title

WASHINGTON — Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios ended a three-year title drought by claiming the trophy at the site of his last triumph, saving the only break point he faced in the Citi Open final Sunday along the way to a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Yoshihito Nishioka.

Kyrgios’ seventh career tour-level championship came where his sixth did in 2019 — on the hard courts of the U.S. Open tuneup in the American capital.

Earlier Sunday, Liudmila Samsonova won her second career WTA title by coming back to beat sixth-seeded Kaia Kanepi 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the Citi Open women’s final.

As usual when Kyrgios is on his game, the serve led the way for the

27-year-old Australian: He hit 12 aces and won 22 of 25 first-serve points. He won all nine of his service games against Nishioka, making him 64 for 64 in the tournament, wrapping up the week by saving all 10 of his opponents’ break points. The only one Kyrgios had to deal with Sunday came at 3-2 in the first set, and Kyrgios dismissed it via a volley winner.

Browns RB Kareem Hunt practices after demanding trade

BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns’ training camp hasn’t lacked for drama because of quarterback Deshaun Watson’s NFL disciplinary case over sexual misconduct allegations.

Now, there’s a new storyline involving running back Kareem Hunt — even if the head coach insists the 27-year-old’s fight for an extension is “normal.”

The NFL’s rushing leader in 2017 demanded a trade after the team denied his request for a long-term contract extension, holding himself out of team drills Friday and Saturday in protest, but rejoining on Sunday. Hunt was not made available to speak with the media.

“We are working, there is no distraction,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said on the practice field. “I understand there are things that happen that certainly get attention, and that’s OK . ... This is normal. This is NFL football, as far as I know.”

Hunt did his best to prove Stefanski’s point, taking part in all offensive sets on the sunny afternoon before voluntarily running post-practice sprints in the sweltering 90-degree heat. He was joined by backup quarterbacks Jacoby Brissett and Josh Rosen.

Stefanski declined to answer questions specifically about Hunt, just as he has about the status of Watson, the controversial quarterback who is waiting to see how long he will be suspended for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.

White Sox shortstop Anderson starts reduced 2-day suspension

ARLINGTON, Texas — Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson had his suspension for making contact with an umpire late last month cut from three to two games.

Anderson sat out the afternoon game at the Texas Rangers to begin the suspension, which will end with the first game of a doubleheader at Kansas City on Tuesday. Leury Garcia, primarily a second baseman, was in Sunday’s starting lineup at shortstop.

Major League Baseball suspended the All-Star shortstop Anderson for three games initially (and fined him an undisclosed amount) for making contact on July 29 with plate umpire Nick Mahrley during an argument.

Anderson appealed, and his suspension was reduced.

“We just picked a day … seemed to make the most sense,” manager Tony La Russa said of starting the suspension.