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By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — César Hernández hit his first homer in more than a year, delivering the exclamation point on the Washington Nationals’ 7-1 win over the New York Mets. The last-place Nationals also beat the NL East leaders 7-1 on Saturday night, and took two of three in the

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mohammad Rizwan smashed his second successive half century and Mohammad Nawaz made 42 off just 20 balls to set up Pakistan’s five-wicket victory over archrival India with one ball left in their Asia Cup Super 4 match. Rizwan scored 71 runs off 51 deliveries while Nawaz hit six fours

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley didn’t want her players in line for possible verbal abuse at BYU and chose to call off the schools’ home-and-home series. Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson said she was subjected to racial slurs in a match at BYU. Staley said

TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Seth Brown hit a pair of solo homers, rookie Adrián Martínez threw six innings of three-hit ball and the Oakland Athletics stalled the Baltimore Orioles playoff surge with a 5-0 victory. The Orioles, who snapped a four-game winning streak, fell 2 1/2 games behind Toronto in the race

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — McLaren is supporting Colton Herta’s push to receive an exemption to compete in Formula One next season. It comes as Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko says a deal is in place to bring the American to the grid. Marko says any deal would be

SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Gaby Lopez has won the Dana Open with a great finish at Highland Meadow. Lopez started the final round four shots behind and shot a 63. She finished with three straight birdies. Lopez finished one shot ahead of Megan Khang. The last group was never a factor. Lucy Li made only

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Coach Ryan Day offered no apologies for No. 2 Ohio State’s low-scoring, “clunky” win over No. 5 Notre Dame. The underwhelming 21-10 victory was less about the Buckeyes showing off their sleek, high-scoring offense and more about them grinding it out in the second half

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Charlie Blackmon’s pinch-hit two-run single highlighted a four-run seventh, and C.J. Cron hit a two-run homer in the Colorado Rockies’ 8-4 win in the first game of a doubleheader. Rookie left-hander Nick Lodolo tied a career-high with nine strikeouts, TJ Friedl homered twice, and Jonathan India hit

NICE, France (AP) — Nice has added Ross Barkley to its roster on a free transfer from Chelsea. The French club presented its 12th recruit of the summer to fans on Sunday night. The 28-year-old Barkley made 100 appearances for Chelsea and scored 12 goals following his switch from Everton in January 2018. He joined

RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — USA Basketball needed a win Sunday at the AmeriCup tournament and was well on the way to making that happen. That is, until it rained. The Americans’ game against Venezuela was postponed at halftime with the U.S. leading 48-21. Heavy rain caused multiple leaks inside the Geraldo Magalhães Sports Gymnasium in

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Teoscar Hernandez delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 to complete a three-game sweep. Hernandez lined a shot up the middle against Duane Underwood Jr. (1-5) with two outs to push Toronto in front

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Candace Parker had 16 points and 11 rebounds while Kahleah Copper added 15 points and the Chicago Sky beat the Connecticut Sun 76-72 in Game 3 of the WNBA playoffs semifinals. The defending champion Sky lead the best-of-five series 2-1 and can advance to the

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mohammad Rizwan smashed his second successive half century and Mohammad Nawaz made an impactful 42 to set up Pakistan’s five-wicket victory over archrival India with one ball left in their Asia Cup Super 4 match. Rizwan scored 71 runs off 51 deliveries while Nawaz hit six fours and two

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford’s double and a debut goal for Antony secured Manchester United a fourth successive victory as a 1-0 win ended Arsenal’s 100% start to the Premier League. Deadline-day signing Antony was handed a start after only joining on Thursday and took just 35 minutes to score his first goal. Arsenal

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Minnesota Twins put right-hander Tyler Mahle back on the 15-day injured list, raising questions about their rotation during a difficult stretch. Mahle left Saturday night’s 13-0 loss at the Chicago White Sox because of shoulder inflammation. He was charged with four runs and five hits

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Martin Braithwaite didn’t have to go far to start showing his worth again in Spain. The Denmark forward made his debut with Espanyol after leaving city rival Barcelona and scored the winner in a 1-0 victory against Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league. It was Espanyol’s

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer It wasn’t long ago that there was a crisis at Manchester United but that seems like a dim and distant memory now. United has won four straight games in the Premier League and the latest sign that United is well on the road to recovery came with a 3-1