PITTSBURGH (AP) β Neil Walker homered and Gerrit Cole won his major league-leading 14th game by pitching the Pittsburgh Pirates past Washington 3-1. The Pirates took three of four from the weekend series against the National League East leaders.
NEW YORK (AP)β The New York Mets closed within two games of NL East-leading Washington by edging the L.A. Dodgers 3-2 while ending Zack Greinke’s (GREHN’-keez) shutout streak at 45 and two-thirds innings. Newly acquired Juan Uribe (yoo-REE’-bay) singled home the game-winning run in the 10th inning.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) β The Kansas City Royals have acquired ace right-hander Johnny Cueto (KWAY’-toh) in a trade with the Cincinnati Reds, bolstering their chances of returning to the World Series. The American League Central leaders add Cueto to a rotation that lost Jason Vargas to a season-ending elbow injury last week.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) β Kyle Busch is the hottest driver on the NASCAR circuit right now. Busch was fastest in a green-white-checkered flag three-lap restart to win the Brickyard 400 for his third straight Sprint Cup victory and fourth in his last five and 33rd of his career.
OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP)β Jason Day finished with three straight birdies to rally and win the Canadian Open by one shot over Bubba Watson. Day, who finished fourth at the British Open, shot a final round 4-under 68 to finish 18 under par at Glen Abbey.
