BALTIMORE (AP) — Max Scherzer ended his impressive first half with another dominant performance, taking a three-hitter into the ninth inning to lead the Washington Nationals to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles yesterday. Yunel Escobar had three hits and scored a run for the Nationals, who reached the All-Star break in first place in the NL East.
DENVER (AP) — All-Star Troy Tulowitzki homered, Charlie Blackmon had three hits and drove in four runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves 11-3 yesterday to complete a four-game sweep. Drew Stubbs also went deep for the Rockies, who took four from Atlanta for the first time in team history.
ATLANTA (AP) — Angel McCoughtry scored 32 points and Atlanta survived a third-quarter collapse to pull out an 84-76 victory over the New York Liberty yesterday. The victory was the first for Atlanta in three meetings with the Liberty this season and the first in six matchups against New York.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Martin Piller completed a wire-to-wire victory yesterday in the Boise Open for his fourth career Web.com Tour title. Piller shot a 4-under 67 at Hillcrest Country Club for a 28-under 256 total, the second-lowest 72-hole score in Web.com Tour history and the third-best mark in relation to par.
