SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Hand it to him, Price gets win for Sawx
David Price pitched 5 ¹/3 innings to win his first start since being diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome, Hanley
Ramirez hit a two-run home run and the Red Sox beat the Blue Jays, 5-2, on Saturday in Toronto. Price (3-4) skipped Wednesday’s start against the Yankees after experiencing numbness during a bullpen session last Sunday.
Charlie Morton struck out a career-high 14 in seven solid innings and Evan Gattis, Brian McCann and Carlos
Correa all homered to back him up and help the Astros to a 6-1 win over the visiting Rangers.
In Phoenix, Stephen Strasburg struck out nine in 6 2/3 innings, and the Nationals beat the Diamondbacks, 2-1, for their third straight victory against the NL West leaders.
The Padres have designated struggling third baseman and former Yankee Chase Headley for assignment and recalled infielder Cory Spangenberg from Triple-A El Paso. Headley was hitting just .115 (6-for-52) with no home runs and four RBIs at the time of the move. BOXING: Kovalev to defend title in Atlantic City
Sergey Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) will defend his light heavyweight title against Eleider Alvarez (23-0, 11 KOs) on Aug. 4 in the first professional boxing match at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. The fight will be televised on HBO. HOCKEY: Canada routed by Finland at worlds
Canada’s bid for a third title in four years suffered another blow at the ice hockey world championship when it lost to Finland, 5-1, in Herning, Denmark. Also, Russia rebounded from a defeat to the Czech Republic by topping Switzerland, 4-3.
The Rangers’ Mika Zibanejad scored on a power play as defending champion Sweden prevailed over Slovakia, 4-3, in overtime for its fifth straight win. ETC.: Nunes retains title at UFC 224
Amanda Nunes of Brazil has beaten American Raquel Pennington to defend her UFC bantamweight title for the third time. The heavily favored Brazilian won by technical knockout in the fifth round early Sunday in front of her home fans in Rio de Janeiro. Earlier, former lightweight champion
Vitor Belfort announced his retirement after losing to countryman and former champion Lyoto Machida by knockout. In Kansas City, Kan., Kevin Harvick passed Martin
Truex Jr. with one lap to go to win the KC Masterpiece 400 at Kansas Speedway, his fifth win in what has turned out to be a dominant start to the season.
Clare Droesch, one of the city’s all-time greatest high school basketball players who starred at Christ the King and went on to help lead the Boston College women’s team to the 2004 Big East title, died Friday after a six-plus year battle with cancer. She was 36. ... The Fordham softball team earned its sixth consecutive Atlantic 10 title and NCAA Regional berth with a 6-4 victory over Massachusetts.