Major League Baseball
52 44 41 33 27
W W
43 50 57 62 68
L L
.547 .468 .418 .347 .284
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_ 7 1⁄2 12 1⁄2 19 25
GB
Houston Seattle Oakland Los Angeles Texas Tuesday’s games AL 8, NL 6, 10 innings Friday’s games N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 5-1) at N.Y. Yankees (German 2-5), 7:05 p.m. Baltimore (Bundy 6-9) at Toronto (Gaviglio 2-3), 7:07 p.m. Boston (Price 10-6) at Detroit (Boyd 4-8), 7:10 p.m. Miami (Straily 3-4) at Tampa Bay (Eovaldi 3-4), 7:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 8-6) at Texas (Perez 2-4), 8:05 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 4-6) at Kansas City (Duffy 5-8), 8:15 p.m. San Francisco (Rodriguez 4-1) at Oakland (Jackson 1-1), 9:35 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 7-8) at L.A. Angels (Skaggs 7-5), 10:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Shields 4-10) at Seattle (LeBlanc 5-1), 10:10 p.m. Saturday’s games N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE
64 35 58 39 55 42 49 48 41 56
53 42 52 42 48 48 41 57 39 55
W
55 55 48 48 43
W
L
38 43 46 49 53
L
.646 .598 .567 .505 .423
_ 5 8 14 22 GB
.558 _ .553 1⁄2 .500 5 1⁄2 .418 13 1⁄2 .415 13 1⁄2
Pct
GB
.591 _ .561 2 1⁄2 .511 7 1⁄2 .495 9 .448 13 1⁄2
Pct
GB
Los Angeles Arizona Colorado San Francisco San Diego Tuesday’s games AL 8, NL 6, 10 innings Thursday’s games St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Friday’s games St. Louis (Flaherty 3-4) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 12-2), 2:20 p.m. Atlanta (Sanchez 4-2) at Washington (Strasburg 6-6), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 5-1) at N.Y. Yankees (German 2-5), 7:05 p.m. San Diego (Richard 7-8) at Philadelphia (Arrieta 7-6), 7:05 p.m. Miami (Straily 3-4) at Tampa Bay (Eovaldi 3-4), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Taillon 6-7) at Cincinnati (Mahle 7-7), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (TBD) at Milwaukee (TBD), 8:10 p.m. San Francisco (Rodriguez 4-1) at Oakland (Jackson 1-1), 9:35 p.m.
53 53 51 50 40 W
Bowling Green (Rays) 17 Lansing (Blue Jays) 13 Fort Wayne (Padres) 13 South Bend (Cubs) 13 Captains (Indians) 13 Dayton (Reds) 12 W. Michigan (Tigers) 12 Great Lakes (Dodgers) 8 Western W
43 44 45 48 59 L
9 13 13 13 14 14 14 18
L
.552 .546 .531 .510 .404 Pct
.654 .500 .500 .500 .481 .462 .462 .308 Pct
_ 1⁄2 2 4 14 1⁄2 GB
— 4 4 4 41⁄2 5 5 9 GB
Beloit (Athletics) 17 Cedar Rapids (Twins) 18 Peoria (Cardinals) 14 Clinton (Mariners) 14 Quad Cities (Astros) 13 Wisconsin (Brewers) 11 Kane County (D’backs) 11 Burlington (Angels) 6 Thursday’s games Captains 8, Clinton 1 Burlington at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m. Cedar Rapids at Great Lakes, 7:05 p.m. Peoria at Lansing, 7:05 p.m. West Michigan at Kane County, 7:30 p.m. South Bend at Quad Cities, 7:35 p.m. Bowling Green at Beloit, 8 p.m. Dayton at Wisconsin, 8:05 p.m. Friday’s games Clinton at Captains, 7 p.m. Burlington at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m. Cedar Rapids at Great Lakes, 7:05 p.m. Peoria at Lansing, 7:05 p.m. West Michigan at Kane County, 7:30 p.m. South Bend at Quad Cities, 7:35 p.m. Bowling Green at Beloit, 8 p.m. Dayton at Wisconsin, 8:05 p.m. Saturday’s games Clinton at Fort Wayne, 6:05 p.m. Burlington at Captains, 7 p.m.
7 8 10 12 12 14 15 19
.708 .692 .583 .538 .520 .440 .423 .240
— — 3 4 41⁄2 61⁄2 7 111⁄2
River City Evansville Florence Normal Southern Illinois Gateway Thursday’s games Schaumburg at Southern Illinois, 6:05 p.m. Traverse City at Florence, 6:35 p.m. Crushers at Evansville, 7:35 p.m. Washington at Normal, 8:05 p.m. Gateway at Windy City, 8:05 p.m. River City at Joliet, 8:05 p.m. Friday’s games Southern Illinois at Crushers, 7:05 p.m. Normal at Schaumburg, 7:30 p.m. Washington at River City, 7:35 p.m. Windy City at Evansville, 7:35 p.m. Traverse City at Gateway, 8:05 p.m. Florence at Joliet, 8:05 p.m. Saturday’s games Southern Illinois at Crushers, 6:05 p.m. Normal at Schaumburg, 7 p.m. Florence at Joliet, 7:05 p.m. Washington at River City, 7:35 p.m. Windy City at Evansville, 7:35 p.m. Traverse City at Gateway, 8:05 p.m.
PACIFIC LEAGUE American North
Okla. City (Dodgers) Colo. Sprg. (Brewers) Omaha (Royals) Iowa (Cubs) American South
30 28 27 26 25 25 W
52 53 42 34 W
Memphis (Cardinals) 61 Nashville (Athletics) 46 Round Rock (Rangers) 45 New Orleans (Marlins) 45 Pacific North W
Fresno (Astros) Tacoma (Mariners) Reno (D’backs) Sacramento (Giants) Pacific South
26 27 28 27 27 33 L
41 42 53 61 L
35 49 51 52 L
.536 .509 .491 .491 .481 .431 Pct
.559 .558 .442 .358 Pct
— 11⁄2 21⁄2 21⁄2 3 6 GB
— — 11 19 GB
.635 — .484 141⁄2 .469 16 .464 161⁄2 Pct GB
El Paso (Padres) 52 Salt Lake (Angels) 51 Albuquerque (Rockies) 46 Las Vegas (Mets) 45 Thursday’s games El Paso at Albuquerque, 2:05 p.m. Iowa at Memphis, Game 1, 6:05 p.m. Iowa at Memphis, Game 2, TBD New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8:05 p.m. Omaha at Nashville, 8:05 p.m. Round Rock at Colorado Springs, 8:40 p.m. Las Vegas at Salt Lake, 9:05 p.m. Sacramento at Fresno, 10:05 p.m. Tacoma at Reno, 10:05 p.m. Friday’s games Colorado Springs at Memphis, 8:05 p.m. Oklahoma City at Nashville, 8:05 p.m. Round Rock at Omaha, 8:05 p.m. New Orleans at Iowa, 8:08 p.m. Fresno at Albuquerque, 8:35 p.m. Sacramento at El Paso, 9:05 p.m. Las Vegas at Reno, 10:05 p.m. Salt Lake at Tacoma, 10:05 p.m. Saturday’s games Round Rock at Omaha, 1:05 p.m. Oklahoma City at Nashville, Game 1, 6:05 p.m. Oklahoma City at Nashville, Game 2, TBD Fresno at Albuquerque, 7:05 p.m. Fresno at Albuquerque, 7:05 p.m. Colorado Springs at Memphis, 7:35 p.m. Round Rock at Omaha, 8:05 p.m. New Orleans at Iowa, 8:08 p.m. Sacramento at El Paso, 9:05 p.m. Las Vegas at Reno, 10:05 p.m. Salt Lake at Tacoma, 10:05 p.m.
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE
Stockton (Athletics) Visalia (D’backs) San Jose (Giants) Modesto (Mariners) South
Favorite
at Toronto Boston Cleveland Minnesota Houston at Seattle
Favorite
at NY Yankees at Tampa Bay at Oakland
Line
-140/+130 Baltimore -200/+180 at Detroit -177/+165 at Texas -123/+113 at Kansas City -130/+120 at Los Angeles -205/+185 Chicago
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-142/+132 NY Mets -163/+153 Miami -121/+111 San Francisco BRITISH OPEN
55 51 48 42 W W
15 11 10 9 W
41 46 49 55 L
45 46 50 52 L
12 16 17 18 L
Thursday At Royal & Ancient Golf Club Carnoustie, Scotland Purse: $10.5 million Yardage: 7,402; Par: 71 (36-35) First Round
.573 — .526 41⁄2 .495 71⁄2 .433 131⁄2 Pct GB
.536 .526 .479 .464 Pct
.556 .407 .370 .333 Pct
— 1 51⁄2 7 GB
— 4 5 6 GB
Underdog
Underdog
a-amateur Kevin Kisner ............................. 34-32—66 -5 Erik van Rooyen ....................... 33-34—67 -4 Tony Finau ................................ 34-33—67 -4 Zander Lombard ..................... 32-35—67 -4 Brandon Stone ......................... 33-35—68 -3 Ryan Moore .............................. 33-35—68 -3 Brendan Steele ........................ 35-33—68 -3 Matthew Southgate ............... 35-34—69 -2 Danny Willett ........................... 34-35—69 -2 Sung Kang ................................ 34-35—69 -2 Pat Perez .................................. 34-35—69 -2 Jon Rahm .................................. 34-35—69 -2 Russell Henley ......................... 34-35—69 -2 Rory McIlroy ............................ 36-33—69 -2 Zach Johnson ........................... 35-34—69 -2 Justin Thomas ......................... 33-36—69 -2 Chez Reavie .............................. 36-33—69 -2 Luke List .................................... 38-32—70 -1 Kevin Chappell .......................... 34-36—70 -1 Patrick Cantlay ......................... 35-35—70 -1 Thomas Pieters ........................ 37-33—70 -1 Yuta Ikeda ................................. 36-34—70 -1 Webb Simpson .......................... 36-34—70 -1 Kevin Na ..................................... 36-34—70 -1 Matt Kuchar .............................. 34-36—70 -1 Rickie Fowler ............................ 36-34—70 -1 Chris Wood ................................ 37-33—70 -1 Henrik Stenson ......................... 36-34—70 -1 Thorbjorn Olesen ..................... 35-35—70 -1 Alex Noren ................................. 35-35—70 -1 Francesco Molinari .................. 34-36—70 -1 Martin Kaymer .......................... 36-35—71 E Andy Sullivan ............................. 36-35—71 E Eddie Pepperell ......................... 36-35—71 E Paul Dunne ................................. 37-34—71 E Brian Harman ............................ 36-35—71 E Si Woo Kim ................................. 36-35—71 E Yusaku Miyazato ...................... 34-37—71 E Gary Woodland .......................... 35-36—71 E Xander Schauffele .................... 37-34—71 E Sean Crocker ............................. 37-34—71 E Cameron Davis .......................... 36-35—71 E Charley Hoffman ....................... 36-35—71 E Adam Scott ................................ 34-37—71 E Jason Day ................................... 35-36—71 E Haotong Li .................................. 37-34—71 E Dylan Frittelli ............................. 37-34—71 E Tiger Woods ............................... 34-37—71 E Abraham Ancer ......................... 36-35—71 E Austin Cook ............................. 38-34—72 +1 Satoshi Kodaira ...................... 38-34—72 +1 a-Nicolai Hojgaard .................. 35-37—72 +1 Stewart Cink ........................... 38-34—72 +1 Justin Rose .............................. 36-36—72 +1 Jordan Spieth .......................... 34-38—72 +1 Louis Oosthuizen .................... 37-35—72 +1 Alexander Bjork ....................... 37-35—72 +1 Haraldur Magnus ................... 40-32—72 +1 Gavin Green ............................ 36-36—72 +1 a-Sam Locke ............................. 37-35—72 +1 Lee Westwood ......................... 37-35—72 +1 Tommy Fleetwood ................. 36-36—72 +1 Jimmy Walker ......................... 36-36—72 +1 Matthew Fitzpatrick .............. 36-36—72 +1 Marc Leishman ....................... 33-39—72 +1 Jorge Campillo ........................ 36-36—72 +1 Ryuko Tokimatsu ................... 36-36—72 +1 Kyle Stanley ............................ 36-36—72 +1 Jason Kokrak ........................... 35-37—72 +1 Brooks Koepka ........................ 41-31—72 +1 Fabrizio Zanotti ...................... 34-38—72 +1 Mark Calcavecchia ................. 37-36—73 +2 Phil Mickelson ......................... 36-37—73 +2 Ernie Els .................................... 37-36—73 +2 Chesson Hadley ...................... 33-40—73 +2 Adam Hadwin .......................... 36-37—73 +2 Bernhard Langer ..................... 36-37—73 +2 Paul Casey ............................... 38-35—73 +2 Daniel Berger ........................... 37-36—73 +2 Byeong Hun An ....................... 34-39—73 +2 Alexander Levy ........................ 37-36—73 +2 Michael Hendry ....................... 37-36—73 +2 Beau Hossler ............................ 36-37—73 +2 Michael Kim ............................. 36-37—73 +2 Lucas Herbert .......................... 37-36—73 +2 Ian Poulter ................................ 36-37—73 +2 Cameron Smith ....................... 37-36—73 +2 Shubhankar Sharma ............... 37-36—73 +2 Russell Knox ............................ 38-35—73 +2 Shaun Norris ............................ 35-39—74 +3 Tyrrell Hatton ......................... 40-34—74 +3 Shane Lowry ............................ 37-37—74 +3 Marcus Kinhult ....................... 36-38—74 +3 Rafa Cabrera Bello ................. 34-40—74 +3 Julian Suri ................................ 38-36—74 +3 Retief Goosen ......................... 38-36—74 +3 Peter Uihlein ............................ 37-37—74 +3 Kiradech Aphibarnrat ........... 36-38—74 +3 Rhys Enoch ............................... 37-37—74 +3 Charl Schwartzel .................... 39-35—74 +3 Kelly Kraft ................................ 37-37—74 +3 Branden Grace ....................... 38-36—74 +3 Matt Wallace ........................... 39-35—74 +3 Keegan Bradley ...................... 36-38—74 +3 Ryan Fox ................................... 39-35—74 +3 Jazz Janewattananond .......... 37-37—74 +3 Jordan Smith ........................... 34-40—74 +3 Brett Rumford ........................ 36-38—74 +3 Bronson Burgoon ................... 36-38—74 +3 Sandy Lyle ............................... 35-40—75 +4 Oliver Wilson .......................... 36-39—75 +4 Ross Fisher .............................. 37-38—75 +4 Hideto Tanihara ...................... 39-36—75 +4 George Coetzee ...................... 37-38—75 +4 Scott Jamieson ....................... 39-36—75 +4 Patrick Reed ............................ 38-37—75 +4 James Robinson ..................... 37-38—75 +4 Charles Howell III ................... 37-38—75 +4 Tom Lewis ................................ 38-37—75 +4 Todd Hamilton ........................ 37-38—75 +4 Tom Lehman ........................... 39-36—75 +4 Bubba Watson ........................ 38-37—75 +4 Bryson DeChambeau ............ 37-38—75 +4 Sergio Garcia .......................... 38-37—75 +4 Hideki Matsuyama ................. 39-36—75 +4 Jason Dufner ........................... 38-37—75 +4 Ryan Armour ........................... 39-36—75 +4 Matt Jones ............................... 37-38—75 +4 Emiliano Grillo ........................ 36-40—76 +5 Anirban Lahiri ......................... 38-38—76 +5 Jhonattan Vegas .................... 38-38—76 +5 Sang-Hyun Park ..................... 37-39—76 +5 Brandt Snedeker .................... 38-38—76 +5 Dustin Johnson ....................... 37-39—76 +5 Jens Dantorp ........................... 40-36—76 +5 Padraig Harrington ................ 36-40—76 +5 Jonas Blixt ............................... 42-35—77 +6 Patton Kizzire ......................... 40-37—77 +6 Shota Akiyoshi ........................ 37-40—77 +6 Masahiro Kawamura ............. 40-37—77 +6 Danthai Boonma .................... 38-40—78 +7 Kodai Ichihara ........................ 38-40—78 +7 Ashton Turner ......................... 40-38—78 +7 Brady Schnell .......................... 38-41—79 +8 a-Jovan Rebula ....................... 40-39—79 +8 Nicolas Colsaerts ................... 40-39—79 +8 Minchel Choi ............................ 42-37—79 +8 Jack Senior .............................. 38-41—79 +8 Andrew Landry ....................... 38-42—80 +9 David Duval ............................. 42-38—80 +9 a-Yuxin Lin ............................... 41-39—80 +9 Marcus Armitage ................... 38-42—80 +9 Grant Forrest .......................... 41-39—80 +9 Darren Clarke ....................... 39-43—82 +11 Masanori Kobayashi ........... 42-40—82 +11 Thomas Curtis ...................... 38-44—82 +11
Thursday At Baltusrol Golf Club Springfield, N.J. Upper Course: 7,280 yards, par-71 Round of 32 Upper Bracket Jacob Bridgeman, Inman, S.C. def. Kelly Chinn, Great Falls, Va. (133), 20 holes Shuai Ming (Ben) Wong, Hong Kong China def. Jolo Timothy Magcalayo, Philippines (141), 19 holes Cole Hammer, Houston, Texas def. Kaiwen Liu, People’s Republic of China (143), 4 and 3 Trent Phillips, Inman, S.C. vs. William Mouw, Chino, Calif. (143), 5 and 3 Alejandro Madariaga, Mexico def. Joseph Pagdin, England (136), 2 and 1 James Song, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. def. Clay Stirsman, Carmel, Ind. (146), 3 and 1 Yuki Moriyama, Japan def. Agustin Segundo Oliva Pinto, Argentina (143), 1 up Akshay Bhatia, Wake Forest, N.C. def. Hazen Newman, Las Vegas, Nev. (145), 1up Lower Bracket Ricky Castillo, Yorba Linda, Calif. def. Ben James, Milford, Conn. (144), 4 and 3 Joe Highsmith, Lakewood, Wash. def. Garrett Barber, Stuart, Fla. (146), 3 and 2 Michael Thorbjornsen, Wellesley, Mass. def. Nate Stember, Portland, Ore. (144), 7and5 Ryan Smith, Carlsbad, Calif. def. Colin Sikkenga, Kalamazoo, Mich. (147), 6 and 4 Thomas Ponder, Dothan, Ala. def. Karl Vilips, Australia (135), 3 and 1 Connor Creasy, Abingdon, Va. def. Travis Vick, Hunters Creek Village, Texas (140), 3 and 2 Tommy Stephenson, Carlsbad, Calif. def. Parker Coody, Plano, Texas (136), 2up Cameron Sisk, El Cajon, Calif. def. Robin Williams, England (142), 5 and 3 Round of 16 Upper Bracket Shuai Ming (Ben) Wong, Hong Kong China def. Jacob Bridgeman, Inman, S.C. (144), 7 and 6 Cole Hammer, Houston, Texas def. Trent Phillips, Inman, S.C. (137), 19 holes Alejandro Madariaga, Mexico def. James Song, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (139), 5 and 4 Akshay Bhatia, Wake Forest, N.C. def. Yuki Moriyama, Japan (136), 2 and 1 Lower Bracket Joe Highsmith, Lakewood, Wash. def. Ricky Castillo, Yorba Linda, Calif. (135), 5and3 Michael Thorbjornsen, Wellesley, Mass. def. Ryan Smith, Carlsbad, Calif. (145), 3and2 Thomas Ponder, Dothan, Ala. def. Connor Creasy, Abingdon, Va. (146), 1 up Cameron Sisk, El Cajon, Calif. def. Tommy Stephenson, Carlsbad, Calif. (143), 4 and 3 Pairings for Friday’s quarterfinal round All times EDT Upper Bracket 7 a.m. - Shuai Ming (Ben) Wong, Hong Kong China vs. Cole Hammer, Houston, Texas (137) 7:12 a.m. - Alejandro Madariaga, Mexico vs. Akshay Bhatia, Wake Forest, N.C. (138) Lower Bracket 7:24 a.m. - Joe Highsmith, Lakewood, Wash. vs. Michael Thorbjornsen, Wellesley, Mass. (137) 7:36 a.m. - Thomas Ponder, Dothan, Ala. vs. Cameron Sisk, El Cajon, Calif. (138) NOTE: Quarterfinal round winners advance to the semifinal round of match play on Friday, beginning at 12:18 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER W
Atlanta Utd. 12 N.Y. City FC 12 New York 11 Columbus 8 New England 7 Montreal 9 Philadelphia 7 Chicago 6 Orlando City 7 Toronto FC 4 D.C. United 3
W L
4 4 5 7 6 12 9 10 11 11 7
L T
5 4 2 6 7 0 3 5 1 4 5
T Pts
41 40 35 30 28 27 24 23 22 16 14
Pts GF
43 40 37 24 33 26 25 33 27 30 26
GF GA
24 24 19 25 30 35 30 41 42 38 30
GA
FC Dallas 11 3 5 38 31 22 L.A. FC 10 4 5 35 41 28 Kansas City 9 5 6 33 37 27 Portland 8 3 6 30 26 22 Salt Lake 9 9 2 29 29 37 L.A. Galaxy 8 7 4 28 34 30 Houston 7 6 5 26 36 26 Vancouver 7 8 5 26 30 40 Minn. Utd. 8 11 1 25 28 39 Seattle 4 9 5 17 16 23 Colorado 4 11 4 16 22 32 San Jose 2 11 6 12 29 39 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday, July 18 Minn. Utd. 2, New England 1 Saturday, July 21 D.C. United at Atlanta Utd., 3:30 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle, 4 p.m. L.A. Galaxy at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. New England at New York, 7 p.m. Toronto FC at Chicago, 7 p.m. Orlando City at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Houston, 9 p.m. Colorado at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Montreal at Portland, 11 p.m. Sunday, July 22 L.A. FC at Minn. Utd., 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 25 New York at D.C. United, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 9 p.m. Seattle at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26 N.Y. City FC at Orlando City, 8 p.m. L.A. Galaxy at L.A. FC, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, July 28 Chicago at Toronto FC, 7 p.m. Columbus at New York, 7 p.m. Atlanta Utd. at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at D.C. United, 8 p.m. FC Dallas at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Houston at Portland, 9 p.m. Minn. Utd. at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Salt Lake at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, July 29 N.Y. City FC at Seattle, 5 p.m. Orlando City at L.A. Galaxy, 9:30 p.m. WTA LADIES CHAMPIONSHIPS GSTAAD RESULTS
EDS: Corrects winner of KudermetovaKuzmova match Thursday At Roy Emerson Arena Gstaad, Switzerland Purse: $226,750 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, def. Johanna Larsson (2), Sweden, 6-3, 6-4. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, def. Viktorija Golubic (8), Switzerland, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7). Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, def. Viktoria Kuzmova (3), Slovakia, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5). Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, def. Tamara Korpatsch, Germany, 6-2, 6-2. Alize Cornet (1), France, def. Conny Perrin, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-3. Sam Stosur (5), Australia, def. Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-1. Doubles First Round Alexa Guarachi, Chile, and Desirae Krawczyk, United States, def. Tamara Korpatsch, Germant, and Diana Marcinkevica, Latvia, 2-6, 6-3, 10-6. Quarterfinals Alexandra Panova, Russia, and Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def. Bibiane Schoofs, Netherlands, and Yana Sizikova (4), Russia, 6-1, 6-2. Silvia Soler-Espinosa and Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, def. Quirine Lemoine and Eva Wacanno, Netherlands, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 11-9.
Thursday At Bastad Tennis Stadiun Bastad, Sweden Purse: $585,700 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round Federico Delbonis, Argentina, def. John Millman (8), Australia, 6-4, 6-4. Fabio Fognini (3), Italy, def. Mikael Ymer, Sweden, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. Casper Ruud, Norway, def. David Ferrer (7), Spain, 7-5, 6-2. Richard Gasquest (4), France, def. Gerald Melzer, Austria, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1. Doubles Quarterfinals Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Philipp Oswald (1), Austria, def. Fabricio Neis and Fernando Romboli, Brazil, 6-3, 6-3. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Philipp Petzschner, Germany, def. Marcus Daniell, New Zealand, and Wesley Koolhof (3), Netherlands, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Marc Lopez and Jaume Munar, Spain, 6-0, 6-3. ATP WORLD TOUR DELL TECHNOLOGIES HALL OF FAME OPEN RESULTS
Thursday At The International Tennis Hall of Fame Newport, R.I. Purse: $557,050 (WT250) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Quarterfinals Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Jason Jung, Taiwan, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4. Ramkumar Ramanathan, India, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-5, 6-2. Doubles Quarterfinals Marcelo Arevalo, El Salvador, and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (4), Mexico, def. Nicolas Mahut and Adrian Mannarino, France, walkover. Divij Sharan, India, and Jackson Withrow (2), United States, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, and Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Jonathan Erlich, Israel, and Artem Sitak, New Zealand, def. Purav Raja, India, and Ken Skupski (3), Britain, 4-6, 6-3, 10-8. Austin Krajicek, United States, and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, India, def. Jamie Cerretani, United States, and Leander Paes, India, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
WTA BRD BUCHAREST OPEN RESULTS
Thursday At Arenele BNR Bucharest Bucharest, Romania Purse: $226,750 (Intl.) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Anna Karoline Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Petra Martic (4), Croatia, def. Claire Liu, United States, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4. Sorana Cirstea (5), Romania, def. Maryna Zanevska, Belgium, 6-2, 7-5. Doubles Quarterfinals Mihaela Buzarnescu and Raluca Olaru (1), Romania, def. Georgina Garcia Perez, Spain, and Cornelia Lister, Sweden, 6-2, 6-4. Irina-Camelia Begu and Andreea Mitu, Romania, def. Lidziya Marozava, Belarus, and Arantxa Rus (4), Netherlands, 7-5, 6-2. BASEBALL
American League National League San Diego Padres: Acquired C-OF Francisco Mejía from Cleveland for LHP Brad Hand and RHP Adam Cimber. American Association Cleburne Railroaders: Released C Bre’shon Kimbell . Kansas City T-Bones: Released LHP Cody Dickson. Signed LHPs Jayson Aquino and Joe Filomeno. Lincoln Saltdogs: Released OF Joe Moran. Atlantic League Long Island Ducks: Activated LHP Bennett Parry. Placed LHP Jake Fisher on the inactive list. Can-Am League Quebec Capitales: Signed LHP JP Stevenson.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association Atlanta Hawks: Named Noel Gillespie coach of Erie (NBAGL). Waived G Jaylen Morris. Chicago Bulls: Signed G Antonio Blakeney. Detroit Pistons: Named Tim Grgurich and Micah Nori assistant coaches.
National Football League Minnesota Vikings: Signed CB Mike Hughes. Canadian Football League Winnipeg Blue Bombers: Signed DB Chris Humes to the practice roster.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League Detroit Red Wings: Announced the resignation of advisor and ambassador Chris Chelios. ECHL Manchester Monarchs: Re-signed D Eric Schurhamer to a one-year contract. Worcester Railers: Re-signed F Tommy Kelley to a one-year contract.
Fifa: Fined Egypt’s soccer federation $50,000 for playing a World Cup warmup game during a prohibited period (May 21-27).
COLLEGE
Clayton State: Named Avery Shepard men’s assistant soccer coach. Clemson: Signed men’s basketball coach Brad Brownell to a six-year contract extension through 2024 and defensive coordinator Brent Venables to five-year contract extension through the 2022 season. Georgetown: Named Arturo Gyles defensive line coach. Hamilton: Named Mahogany Green women’s basketball coach. Middle Tennessee: Named Kyle Bunn associate head baseball coach and pitching coach. JULY 20 1858: Fans are charged for the first time to see a baseball game. Approximately 1,500 fans pay 50 cents to see the New York All-Stars beat Brooklyn 22-18 at Fashion Race Course on Long Island. 1958: The PGA championship calls for medal play for the first time and Dow Finsterwald beats Billy Casper. 1963: Mary Mills wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf championship by three strokes over Sandra Palmer and Louise Suggs. 1974: Carl Rosen’s Chris Evert beats Miss Musket by 50 lengths in the winner-takeall match race at Hollywood Park. 1975: Sandra Palmer wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf championship by four strokes over Nancy Lopez, Joanne Carner and Sandra Post. 1980: Tom Watson wins the British Open by four strokes over Lee Trevino. Watson shoots a 13-under 271 at Muirfield Golf Links at Gullane, Scotland. Watson becomes the fourth American to win three Open titles, joining Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones and Jack Nicklaus. 1997: Justin Leonard closes with a 65 to win the British Open at 12-under 272 at Royal Troon. Leonard, whose closing round is one of the best in major championship history, takes the lead from Jesper Parnevik with a birdie on No. 17. 2002: Tiger Woods, trying to win the third leg of the Grand Slam, shoots his worst round (81) as a professional, knocking himself out of contention. 2008: Padraig Harrington is the first European in more than a century to win golf’s oldest championship two years in a row. Harrington pulls away from mistake-prone Greg Norman and holds off a late charge by Ian Poulter for a four-shot victory in the British Open. 2009: Lauren Lappin homers to start a three-run rally in the third inning, and the United States beats Australia 3-1 in the World Cup of Softball championship game at Oklahoma City. 2013: China’s Wu Minxia and Shi Tingmao wins the first diving gold medal at the world championships in Barcelona, Spain. Wu earns a record sixth world title in the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard. 2014: Rory McIlroy completes a wireto-wire victory in the British Open to capture the third leg of the career Grand Slam. McIlroy closes with a 1-under 71 for a two-shot victory over Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler. McIlroy, winner of the 2011 U.S. Open and the 2012 PGA Championship, joins Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only players with three different majors at age 25 or younger. 2015: Zach Johnson rolls in a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole and outlasts Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in a three-man playoff to win the British Open. Jordan Spieth, looking to win his third straight major, falls one shot short of joining the playoff.
On this date in baseball
JULY 20
1906: Malcolm Eason of Brooklyn pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cardinals in St. Louis. 1925: Brooklyn’s Dazzy Vance struck out 17 batters as the Dodgers tripped the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in 10 innings. 1933: Babe Herman hit three home runs, including a grand slam, to pace the Chicago Cubs in a 10-1 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field. 1941: New York’s Joe DiMaggio had three doubles and a homer in a 12-6, 17-inning Yankee victory over the Tigers in Detroit. 1958: Jim Bunning of the Detroit Tigers threw a no-hitter, beating the Boston Red Sox 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. 1970: Bill Singer of the Dodgers pitched a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies for a 5-0 victory in front of 12,454 at Los Angeles. 1973: Wilbur Wood of the Chicago White Sox lost both ends of a doubleheader to the New York Yankees, 12-2 and 7-0. 1976: Hank Aaron hit the 755th and final home run of his career to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 win over California. 2008: Francisco Rodriguez became the fastest pitcher to 40 saves in big league history when he closed out the Los Angeles Angels’ 5-3 victory over Boston. Rodriguez, who struck out the side in the ninth inning, reached 40 saves in 98 games — 10 faster than John Smoltz did five years ago. 2009: Matt Holliday homered twice, including a tying grand slam in the seventh inning, and Jack Cust followed with another shot, helping the Athletics rally from a 10-run deficit — the largest comeback in Oakland history — and beat the Minnesota Twins 14-13. Today’s birthdays: Duane Underwood, 24, Tyler Saladino, 29; Matt Szczur, 29; Kevin Siegrist, 29; Steve Selsky, 29; Stephen Strasburg, 30. FIGHT SCHEDULE
July 20 At WinnaVegas Casino (SHO), Sloan, Iowa, Jaron Ennis vs. Armando Alvarez, 10, welterweights. July 21 At Moscow, Oleksandr Usyk vs. Murat Gassiev, 12, for undisputed cruiserweight title (World Boxing Super Series final). At Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas (HBO), Jaime Munguia vs. Liam Smith, 12, for Munguia’s WBO junior middleweight title; Alberto Machado vs. Rafael Mensah, 12, for Machado’s WBA junior lightweight title. July 28 At Kissimmee, Fla., Christopher Diaz vs. Masayuki Ito, 12, for vacant WBO junior lightweight title; Carlos Adames vs. Artemio Reyes, 10, welterweights. At Staples Center, Los Angeles (SHO), Mikey Garcia vs. Robert Easter Jr., 12, for Garcia’s WBC lightweight title and Easter’s IBF lightweight title; Luis Ortiz vs. Razvan Cojanu, 10, heavyweights; Mario Barrios vs. Jose Roman, 10, super lightweights. Aug. 3 At Sydney, Australia, Billy Dib vs. Tevin Farmer, 12, for the vacant IBF junior lightweight title. At Albuquerque, N.M. (ESPN2), Antonio Orozco vs. Pablo Cesar Cano, 10, junior welterweights. Aug. 4 At Sydney, Australia, Billy Dib vs. Tevin Farmer, 12, for vacant IBF junior lightweight title At Hard Rock Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO), Sergey Kovalev vs. Eleider Alvarez, 12, for Kovalev’s WBO light heavyweight title; Dmitry Bivol vs. Isaac Chilemba, 12, for Bivol’s WBA light heavyweight title. Aug. 11 At Avalon Theater, Hollywood, Calif., Jesus Rojas vs. Joseph Diaz, Jr., 12, for Rojas’ WBA World featherweight title. Aug. 16 At Tokyo, Ryosuke Iwasa vs. T.J. Doheny, 12, for Iwasa’s IBF junior featherweight title. Aug. 18 At Cebu City, Philippines, Donnie Nietes vs. Aston Palicte, 12, for vacant WBO junior bantamweight title. At Belfast, Northern Ireland, Carl Frampton vs. Luke Jackson, 12, for Frampton’s WBO interim featherweight title; Cristofer Rosales vs. Paddy Barnes, 12, for Rosales’ WBC flyweight title. At the Sands Bethlehem (Pa.) Casino and Event Center, Sullivan Barrera vs. Seanie Monaghan, 10, light heavtweights. Sept. 15 At T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas (PPV), Gennady Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez, 12, for Golovkin’s WBC and WBA middleweight titles.