HRs, defense help Brewers finish sweep

Brad Miller and Nate Orf hit solo home runs in the seventh inning to carry the Brewers to a 3- 2 victory Wednesday against the visiting Twins. The result enabled the Brewers to complete a sweep of the threegame series and sent the Twins to their sixth loss in a row.

With the score tied 1- 1, Miller homered against Jose Berrios ( 8- 7) to lead off the seventh. Two batters later, Orf homered for his first major- league hit in his eighth atbat. Teammates Jesus Aguilar and

Manny Pina lifted Orf by his legs at the dugout steps to help him answer a curtain call from the fans.

Center fielder Keon Broxton helped preserve the Brewers’ victory by stealing a homer from Brian

Dozier with a leaping catch at the wall for the second out of the ninth. The play was magnified when Edu

ardo Escobar, the next batter, homered to pull the Twins to 3- 2.

† Eduardo Rodriguez ( 10- 3) allowed three hits in six innings, Jack

ie Bradley Jr. drove in two runs and the Red Sox blanked the host Nationals 3- 0 to finish a three- game sweep and move a season- high 30 games above .500. The Nationals held a players- only meeting after their fifth loss in a row dropped them below .500.

† Giancarlo Stanton hit a threerun home run, and the Yankees overcame an injury to rookie second baseman Gleyber Torres ( strained right hip) to defeat the visiting Braves 6- 2. After the game, the Yankees said they would put Torres on the 10- day disabled list.

TENNIS Wozniacki out at Wimbledon

Ekaterina Makarova continued the string of upsets in the women’s field with a 6- 4, 1- 6, 7- 5 victory against second- seeded Caroline Wozniacki in the second round at Wimbledon. Wozniacki’s loss left only three of the top eight women’s seeds — No. 1 Simona Halep, No. 3 Garbine Muguruza and No. 7 Karolina Pliskova — alive in the tournament. Among other second- round winners before rain halted play were ninth- seeded Venus Williams, 10thseeded Madison Keys and 25th- seeded Serena Williams on the women’s side and top- seeded Roger

Federer, 11th- seeded Sam Querrey and 13th- seeded Milos Raonic on the men’s side.

SOCCER No U. S. hurts World Cup ratings

No U. S. team in the World Cup has caused a big viewership drop for English- language telecasts of the tournament. Nielsen Media Research said the 48 group- stage broadcasts on Fox and FS1 averaged 2,069,000 viewers, down 42 percent from the 3.54 million average on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC in 2014.

NBA 76ers bring back Johnson

Multiple outlets reported forward

Amir Johnson agreed to terms on a one- year contract to return to the 76ers. Financial terms weren’t immediately disclosed. He averaged 4.6 points and 4.5 rebounds with the team last season.