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By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Marcus Semien and Nathaniel Lowe homered, Kohei Arihara pitched a career-high six innings and combined with Taylor Hearn for the shutout, and the Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-0. Minnesota starter Joe Ryan held Texas hitless for the first three innings before Semien led off the

PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett won the U.S. Amateur on Sunday, building a 5-up lead over Ben Carr and holding on for a 1-up victory at Ridgewood Country Club. Bennett is No. 3 in the world amateur ranking and had to get past three straight players ranked in the top 10

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles spent most of Sunday meeting kids from around the globe playing in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Players from both teams signed autographs, snapped pictures and a few brave ones raced on cardboard slides down

ENDICOTT, N.Y. (AP) — Padraig Harrington won the DICK’S Sporting Goods Open on Sunday for his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the year. Harrington closed with a 5-under 67 at En-Joie Golf Club for a three-stroke victory over Mike Weir and Thongchai Jaidee. A stroke behind Weir entering the day, Harrington birdied Nos. 2,

ROME (AP) — Netherlands midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum’s participation at the World Cup appears in doubt after he fractured the tibia in his right leg. Serie A club Roma said Wijnaldum suffered the injury in training and that “the player will undergo further assessments in the coming days.” The 31-year-old Wijnaldum joined Roma on loan from

ROME (AP) — Atalanta has held defending champion AC Milan to a 1-1 draw in their Serie A clash. Georgia winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored twice in his second league game to lead Napoli to a 4-0 win over promoted Monza. The 21-year-old Kvaratskhelia also scored on his league debut in Napoli’s 5-2 win at Hellas

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — NASCAR’s Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International is underway after a weather delay of about two hours. Lightning strikes in the area of the track in New York’s Finger Lakes caused the delay and rain then moved in at Watkins Glen. The track was wet when the green flag

By WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jake Fraley had three RBIs and scored four times to power the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Fraley led off Sunday by grooving an 0-2 curveball from Zach Thompson 341 feet to right for his seventh homer and fourth in six games.

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta outfielder Marcell Ozuna was booed by the home fans in his return, Kyle Tucker singled to drive in Yordan Alvarez for the go-ahead run in the eighth and the Houston Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 to avoid a three-game sweep. José Urquidy won his

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Eduardo Rodriguez pitched five shutout innings in his return to the Tigers, helping Detroit to a 4-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels. The Tigers’ Riley Greene had a 448-foot homer on the first pitch he saw from Angels starter Shohei Ohtani. It was the longest home

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees have retired Paul O’Neill’s No. 21. He’s the franchise’s 23rd player or manager to have that happen. New York’s first jersey retirement ceremony since 2017 had the usual video tributes and messages, gifts and an acceptance speech. But because O’Neill is not

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Caroline Garcia has generated momentum going into next week’s U.S. Open, capturing the Western & Southern Open women’s championship with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Petra Kvitova. Garcia was the first qualifier ever to reach the tournament final and clinched the victory when Kvitova sent a second serve return into the

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Joshua Dobbs ran for a touchdown and looked good directing Cleveland’s backups during a 21-20 loss to Philadelphia Eagles in an exhibition watched by both team’s starters, along with soon-to-be-suspended Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. Dobbs scored on a 3-yard run in the first quarter and had

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers offensive tackle David Bakhtiari has moved a step closer to returning from the left knee injury that caused him to play only one game last season. Bakhtiari was removed from the physically unable to perform list and participated in individual drills at Sunday’s practice. Packers coach Matt

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Right-hander Shohei Ohtani has been removed from the Los Angeles Angels’ game against the Detroit Tigers with a stomach virus. Ohtani pitched four innings, allowing three runs on five hits and four walks. He was 0 for 1 with a walk. Kurt Suzuki pinch hit for Ohtani

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Udonis Haslem is coming back for a 20th NBA season. The Miami Heat captain made the announcement Sunday. When he appears in his next game, he will become the third player in league history to spend a 20-year career with just one franchise. Kobe Bryant and

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox had their game postponed due to unplayable field conditions caused by early morning rain. No precipitation fell for more than three hours before the game was called following a delay of 2 hours, 56 minutes. Play never began