NEW YORK (AP) β Roger Federer tries to keep his roll going at the U.S. Open when he takes on Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber in a third-round match as part of Day 6 action. The five-time champion and second seed has dropped just nine games through two rounds, facing only two break points and saving both of them.
NEW YORK (AP) β The Yankees will try to keep the pressure on first-place Toronto in the American League East, when they host Tampa Bay this afternoon. New York turns to 14-2 Nathan Eovaldi, who is 9-0 in his last 13 starts, the longest winning streak in the majors this season.
TORONTO (AP) β The Blue Jays go into this afternoon’s home game against Baltimore nursing a half-game lead over the Yankees for the AL East lead. Toronto’s David Price takes a 13-5 record to the mound at the Rogers Centre, where he has a career 8-1 mark.
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) β Qualifying for tomorrow night’s Southern 500 is scheduled for this afternoon at Darlington as the Sprint Cup series winds down toward the Chase for the championship. The countdown to the end of Jeff Gordon’s final season as a full-time driver continues. He’s won seven times at the egg-shaped track. Gordon is searching for his first victory of the season.
MONZA, Italy (AP) β Lewis Hamilton extended his recent stranglehold on pole position in Formula One, locking up another won for tomorrow’s Italian Grand Prix. It is Hamilton’s seventh straight pole and 11th in 12 races this season.
