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SEATTLE (AP) — The Boston Red Sox placed starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi on the 15-day injured list with lower back inflammation. Boston recalled right-hander Kutter Crawford from Triple-A Worcester to take Eovaldi’s roster spot. Crawford was the starter for Sunday’s series finale in Seattle. Eovaldi returned to Boston after starting against the Los Angeles Angels

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Matteo Berrettini has shown signs of recapturing the form which took him to the Wimbledon final last year as he beat Andy Murray 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to win the Stuttgart Open in his first tournament for three months. The Italian hadn’t played since Indian Wells in March because of a hand

By SARAH TROTTO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox right-hander Michael Kopech exited their game against the Texas Rangers with an injury after throwing just 13 pitches in the first inning. Kopech was checked on by the training staff with a full count and two outs against Adolis García. Kopech threw a warmup

By SARAH TROTTO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox right-hander Michael Kopech exited their game against the Texas Rangers with an injury after throwing just 13 pitches in the first inning. Kopech was checked on by the training staff with a full count and two outs against Adolis García. Kopech threw a warmup

By STEVE HERRICK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez drove in three runs to extend his major league-leading RBI total to 59 and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Oakland Athletics 6-3. Ramírez’s two-run double in the first gave the Guardians a 2-1 lead. He added an RBI groundout in the seventh. Cal Quantrill gave

OSLO (AP) — Erling Haaland scored another double against Sweden and also set up a goal to lead Norway to a 3-2 win over its Nordic rival in the Nations League. The striker also netted twice against Sweden last Sunday in a 2-1 win for Norway in the first of the countries’ double-header in League

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil captured her first WTA title by winning the Nottingham Open thanks to a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory against Alison Riske of the United States. The seventh-seeded Haddad Maia consigned the sixth-seeded Riske to a second loss in the final of the grass-court tournament in central England.

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson brings the experience. Rookie Bowen Byram has the flash. Together they’ve formed quite a blue-line combination for an Avalanche team heading to their first Stanley Cup Final since 2001. They tease each other all the time about the 13-year age gap

VAUJANY, France (AP) — Primoz Roglic has warmed up for his Tour de France bid next month by winning the Criterium du Dauphine stage race for the first time. His Jumbo–Visma teammate Jonas Vingegaard won the eighth and final stage in the mountains on Sunday. They crossed the line holding hands at the summit of

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Matteo Berrettini has shown signs of recapturing the form which took him to the Wimbledon final last year as he beat Andy Murray 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to win the Stuttgart Open in his first tournament for three months. The Italian hadn’t played since Indian Wells in March because of a hand

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Linn Grant made history by becoming the first female player to win an event on the European tour. And she did it in amazing style. The 22-year-old Swede obliterated a field of both male and female golfers at the Scandinavian Mixed event by winning by nine strokes after an

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil captured her first WTA title by winning the Nottingham Open thanks to a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory against Alison Riske of the United States. The seventh-seeded Haddad Maia consigned the sixth-seeded Riske to a second loss in the final of the grass-court tournament in central England,

LE MANS, France (AP) — Toyota won the 24 Hours Le Mans in the classic endurance race for the fifth straight time with the No. 8 car finishing ahead of the No. 7 in another dominant performance. New Zealander Brendan Hartley had clinched pole position and was at the wheel as Toyota Gazoo’s No. 8

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Max Verstappen has extended his Formula One championship lead with victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after Charles Leclerc retired from the lead with an engine failure. Leclerc looked on course to challenge for the win but the Monaco driver’s car started spewing smoke on lap 20 of 51 and he

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A small group of protesters gathered in central Tokyo and in the northern city of Sapporo to oppose Japan’s overtures to hold the 2030 Winter Olympics. About 50 people gathered in each locale holding “No Olympics” banners and trying to make their case to a passing public.

HALLE, Germany (AP) — Former East Germany soccer player Bernd Bransch has died at the age of 77. He captained East Germany at its only World Cup appearance and a symbolic Cold War win over West Germany. Bransch’s former club Hallescher FC says in a statement that he died on Saturday following “a long, severe

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Texas A&M swept its NCAA super regional and advanced to the College World Series next week. Tennessee, Virginia Tech and Texas won to even their best-of-three series. Mississippi, Arkansas, Auburn and Connecticut won their super regional openers to move within a win of the CWS. Texas A&M beat Louisville

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Casey Dana and Matt Donlan each drove in three runs and UConn held off a late Stanford rally to beat the Cardinal 13-12 in Game 1 of the best-of-three Stanford Super Regional. Un-seeded UConn (50-14) can clinch a berth in the College World Series with a win in Sunday’s Game 2.

SEATTLE (AP) — Dylan Moore hit a walk-off single to center field off Boston reliever Hansel Robles in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Saturday night. The Mariners entered the bottom of the ninth inning trailing 6-5 after Seattle native Bobby Dalbec

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Sonny DiChiara hit a two-run home run, Brody Moore’s sacrifice fly in the top of the third gave Auburn the lead for good and the Tigers bullpen allowed just one run over 8 1/3 innings of relief in their 7-5 win over Oregon State in Game 1 of the best-of-three Corvallis