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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Leonardo Campana scored the equalizer for Inter Miami in a 1-1 draw with Dallas. Campana’s game-tying goal came in the 89th minute for Miami. Alan Velasco scored for Dallas (7-5-6) in the 27th minute. Maarten Paes saved two shots for Dallas. Drake Callender had two saves for Miami. Both teams next

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Maximiliano Urruti scored in the 59th minute and Austin beat the Colorado Rapids 3-2. Austin also got a goal each from Ethan Finlay and Sebastian Driussi. Lalas Abubakar and Jonathan Lewis scored for the Rapids. Brad Stuver saved four shots for Austin. William Yarbrough saved two shots for the Rapids.

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Vogt hit a home run and a sacrifice fly, treating his family to a big performance after they just arrived for the summer, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1. Ramón Laureano also went deep and Elvis Andrus had an early

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Luis Arraez had three hits, including a tiebreaking RBI single in Minnesota’s four-run 10th inning, and the Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3. Arraez’s leadoff grounder against Joe Kelly drove in pinch-runner Gilberto Celestino. Jorge Polanco added a sacrifice fly, and Alex Kirilloff made it 6-2

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Rick Bowness doesn’t mind being the second choice. The Winnipeg Jets’ new head coach was introduced Monday, a little more than a week after the team’s first choice, Barry Trotz, declined an offer because he wanted to spend more time with his family. Bowness stepped down as head coach of the

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Julio Rodriguez hit a monster two-run homer, Cal Raleigh drove in four runs and Chris Flexen pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings as the Seattle Mariners beat the listless San Diego Padres 8-2. The Mariners won their third straight and sixth in seven games. The

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor homered, helping the New York Mets beat the lowly Cincinnati Reds 7-4. Taijuan Walker struck out nine in six innings as NL East-leading New York earned its second straight win after a stretch of four losses in five games. The Mets improved

By JOHN RAFFEL Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Jonathan Schoop had two singles to close out a six-hit day, Eric Haase had his sixth home run and Tyler Alexander pitched three-plus scoreless innings of relief to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 5-3 win in the second game for a sweep of the day-night doubleheader

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Taxiarchis Fountas scored three goals to help D.C. United beat Orlando City 5-3. Fountas began his hat trick for United with two goals in three minutes early in the first half, and scored his third in the 51st. United also got goals from Kimarni Smith in the 74th and Nigel Robertha

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike had 23 points and nine rebounds, Liz Cambage added 19 points and seven rebounds, and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Phoenix Mercury 78-75. Los Angeles has won three straight, including an 84-74 victory over New York on Sunday. Jordin Canada made two free throws with 35.3 seconds left

HAVANA (AP) — There were some cheers for “The Star-Spangled Banner” before USA Basketball’s game in Cuba on Independence Day. And then the Americans celebrated the holiday with a big win. Xavier Munford scored 24 points and the U.S. defeated Cuba 87-64 on Monday night to close the first round of qualifying for next year’s

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Alex Morgan scored a pair of first-half goals and the U.S. women’s national team defeated Haiti 3-0 on Monday in the opening match of the CONCACAF W Championship. The tournament determines the region’s four direct berths in the 2023 Women’s World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Midge Purce also

By The Associated Press New York Mets ace Max Scherzer returns to a major league mound for the first time since May 18 when the NL East leaders play at Cincinnati on Tuesday night. The right-hander, who turns 38 in three weeks, hasn’t pitched for the Mets since he strained the oblique muscle in his

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves paid tribute to their longtime public address announcer, Casey Motter, in a ceremony before the team’s first home game since Motter’s death. Following a video tribute to Motter, a moment of silence was observed in his memory before the game against the St.

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez homered with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 7-6 for their seventh straight win. Led by Kyle Tucker and Alvarez, AL West-leading Houston erased a five-run deficit on the way to its 15th victory in

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich’s chief executive Oliver Kahn has defended the German soccer club’s contentious sponsorship agreement with Qatar. Kahn says he’s sure their partnership has helped bring positive change to the oil-rich Persian Gulf state. Bayern president Herbert Hainer says “it doesn’t happen overnight.” They were speaking

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox talked to Major League Baseball about postponing their game against the Minnesota Twins after a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing at least six people. After the team’s contact with MLB and local authorities, the game began

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Ian Poulter and two other players who signed up for the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series are allowed in the Scottish Open this week. That’s after they won a stay Monday from a British court. Poulter, Adrian Otaegui of Spain and Justin Harding of South Africa had challenged their suspension. That