BASEBALL
Three pitchers held the Portland Sea Dogs to just two hits and two walks as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats won 3-0 in an Eastern League game on Saturday night in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Sem Robberse started and pitched 5 2/3 innings for New Hampshire, allowing two hits, walking two and striking out three. Andrew Bash went 2 1/3 innings and struck out three, while Connor Cook pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts to earn the save.
Red Sox infielder Yu Chang went 0 for 3 in a rehab assignment for Portland, which had its three-game winning streak snapped. Catcher Nathan Hickey had both of the Sea Dogs’ hits.
Hunter Dobbins pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on eight hits, while striking out four and walking one to take the loss.
NECBL: The Sanford Mainers scored seven times in the bottom of the fourth inning to beat the Valley Blue Sox at Goodall Park in Sanford.
Kevin Skagerlind had a two-run single in the fourth for Sanford. Logan Poteet added a two-run single in the first inning for the Mainers.
SOCCER
MLS: Dominique Badji scored twice for FC Cincinnati and once for New England as the Supporters’ Shield leaders played the Revolution to a 2-2 draw in a battle between the top two team in the Eastern Conference in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati (13-2-5) saw a 13-match win streak at home in all competitions come to an end, but its unbeaten run continues. New England (10-3-7) had wins in all three of its previous trips to Cincinnati. New England lost 2-0 in the first meeting between the clubs but has since gone 4-0-3 in the series.
COLLEGES
The University of Southern Maine named David Chadbourne as head coach for women’s basketball.
Chadbourne was previously the head coach of men’s basketball at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, where he led the Ravens to the postseason in 18 of his 24 seasons. Franklin Pierce reached the conference title game and earned an NCAA Division II tournament spot in 2022, the same season Chadbourne was named Northeast 10 Coach of the Year.
Chadbourne replaces Samantha Norris, who resigned in April after eight seasons (2015-2023).
BASKETBALL
WNBA career triple-double leader Alyssa Thomas of Connecticut was selected an All-Star reserve by the league’s coaches.
Thomas, who will be making her fourth all-star appearance, is the first WNBA player with three triple-doubles in a season. She accomplished it in the span of seven days, including two in back-to-back games. She’s joined by Sun teammate DeWanna Bonner, who is making her fifth All-Star appearance.
Atlanta teammates Allisha Gray and Cheyenne Parker will be making their first appearances in the game. So will Indiana’s Kelsey Mitchell and Seattle’s Ezi Magbegor.
Other reserves chosen were Washington’s Elena Delle Donne, Las Vegas’ Kelsey Plum, New York’s Sabrina Ionescu and Courtney Vandersloot, Minnesota’s Napheesa Collier and Chicago’s Kahleah Copper.
• Chicago Sky Coach and General Manager James Wade is stepping down to take an assistant coaching job with the Toronto Raptors.
Wade helped lead the team to its first WNBA championship in 2021 and had an 81-59 record with the team since taking over as head coach in 2019. Previously, he was an assistant with the San Antonio Stars and Minnesota Lynx.
• Kelsey Plum scored 25 points and A’ja Wilson added 23 points and 12 rebounds to help the host Las Vegas Aces rout the Connecticut Sun 102-84 in a matchup of the top two teams in the WNBA.
GOLF
PGA TOUR: Rickie Fowler birdied six of his last eight holes to surge into the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit lead at 20 under, giving him another chance to end a four-year PGA Tour victory drought.
Fowler had an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead over Adam Hdwin at Detroit Golf Club. Two weeks ago in Los Angeles in the U.S. Open, Fowler squandered a chance with a closing 75 in a fifth-place tie.
EUROPEAN TOUR: English trio Andy Sullivan, Oliver Wilson and James Morrison were part of a six-way tie going into the final round of the British Masters in Sutton Coldfield, England, while tournament favorite Justin Rose remained in contention despite carding a 2-over 74.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: Bernhard Langer took a two-stroke lead in the U.S. Senior Open at difficult SentryWorld in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, in the 65-year-old German star’s bid to break the PGA Tour Champions’ career victory record.
LIV: Bryson DeChambeau made eagle on his final hole at the par-5 17th for an 8-under 63 and a one-shot lead over Talor Gooch in LIV Golf-Valderrama in Sotogrande, Spain.
Gooch, who won back-to-back LIV Golf events in Australia and Singapore earlier this year, had the lead for much of the second round at Valderrama, with eight birdies against one bogey. But then he took a second bogey on the 18th hole and finished with a par for a 65.
Joost Luiten of the Netherlands, Italy’s Guido Migliozzi and Niklas Norgaard of Denmark were also tied at 7-under 209 as a blustery wind wreaked havoc at The Belfry.
CYCLING
TOUR de FRANCE: Adam Yates pulled away from his twin brother Simon Yates to win the first stage of the Tour de France in Bilbao, Spain, with race favorites Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard finishing not far behind.
The Yates brothers escaped to the front with about 4 miles to go and Adam had the strongest finish to take the initial yellow jersey in the three-week race that began in Basque Country territory in northern Spain.
Pogacar, the two-time Tour de France champion who is teammates with Adam Yates with UAE Team Emirates, finished third after leading a group of chasers that also included Vingegaard, the defending champion of team Jumbo-Visma.
TENNIS
EASTBOURNE INTERNATIONAL: American Madison Keys prevailed in a marathon tiebreaker Saturday to win the final in Eastbourne, England, beating ninth-seeded Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 7-6 (13) for her second title at the grass-court tournament.
The WTA said it was the second longest tiebreaker of the season so far.
BAD HOMBURG OPEN: Top-ranked doubles player Katerina Siniakova won her first grass-court singles title by beating Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 7-6 (5) in a rain-affected final in Bad Homburg, Germany.
MALLORCA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Christopher Eubanks of the United States earned his first ATP tour title by beating Adrian Mannarino in straight sets in the final in Palma, Spain and will rise to a career-high ranking of 43rd going into his first Wimbledon.
SWIMMING
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS: Katie Ledecky easily won the 1,500-meter freestyle at the U.S. national championship in Indianapolis, giving her at least three more chances to add to her world championship gold medal collection.
The 26-year-old Ledecky posted the sixth-fastest time in history, finishing in 15 minutes, 29.64 seconds — more than 28 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Katie Grimes. Ledecky qualified for the Americans in all four events she competed in this week, but announced she would not compete in the 200 free later this month in Fukuoka, Japan.
“I just really enjoyed it last year, being able to focus on the mile,” said Ledecky, whose 19 golds at worlds are the women’s record. “I’m still training for the 200 to throw down on that relay.”
Caleb Dressel did not make the team. He failed to qualify for the “A” final in his fourth and final event of the week, the men’s 50 free. Dressel, who won five gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, had not competed at a high-level meet since withdrawing suddenly at last year’s world championships in Budapest, Hungary, because of health reasons.
Dressel was tied for 22nd with a time of 22.72 seconds in his preliminary heat but acknowledged he was satisfied with the results after his long layoff. He didn’t finish higher than third in any event.
AUTO RACING
FORMULA ONE: Reigning Formula One champion Max Verstappen continued his dominant form by winning the sprint from pole at the Austrian Grand Prix to extend his championship lead over Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez to 70 points.
NASCAR CUP SERIES: Denny Hamlin won the pole Saturday for the NASCAR Cup Series’ first street race, edging Tyler Reddick on the tricky course in downtown Chicago.
Hamlin led the way for the race Sunday with a lap of 88.435 seconds at an average speed of 89.557 mph on the 12-turn, 2.2-mile course. It’s his third pole of the season and No. 39 for his career.
Reddick was second at 88.479 seconds, followed by Shane van Gisbergen in his first NASCAR event and Christopher Bell. Daniel Suárez rounded out the top five in 89.322 seconds.
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