MLB-SCHEDULE
Napoli tags Tanaka
UNDATED (AP) — Mike Napoli hit a two-out homer off of Masahiro Tanaka in the top of the ninth to give Boston a 2-1 win over the Yankees. Napoli went opposite field to right after striking out in his previous two at-bats against the Yankees star. It was Napoli’s second homer of the season off Tanaka who was trying to become the majors’ first 12-game winner. But the American League ERA leader dropped to 11-3 scattering seven hits in a complete game. He struck out eight and walked one.
Tanaka was locked in a pitchers’ duel with Jon Lester, who took a no-hitter into the sixth. He wound up giving up an unearned run on five hits in eight innings to up his record to 9-7.
In other finals;
— Cleveland’s Josh Tomlin tossed a one-hitter in the Indians’ 5-0 win over Seattle. Tomlin struck out a career-high 11 and faced just one batter over the limit. Kyle Seager led off the fifth with a single but then Tomlin retired the final 15 hitters he faced. The Indians staked him to a two-run lead in the first on RBI hits by Michael Brantley and Carlos Santana.
— Zach Greinke’s (GREHN’-keez) Dodgers teammates staked him to a six-run second inning and he went on to become the National League’s third ten-game winner in a 9-1 win over the Cardinals. Greinke improved to 10-4 allowing a run on four hits and striking out ten in seven innings.
— Ian Kinsler’s three-run, two-out homer in the top of the ninth vaulted Detroit past Houston 4-3. Max Scherzer struck out a season high 13 in seven innings for the AL Central leading Tigers who have won eight of nine.
— Yu Darvish allowed just four hits over eight innings to pace the Rangers to a 5-0 win over Minnesota. Darvish improved to 8-4, allowing just one hit and one walk after the second inning. He struck out ten to reach double digits for the fifth time in his last eight starts. Darvish lowered his ERA to 2.42 and his home ERA to 1.83.
— Albert Pujols (POO’-holz) and David Freese combined to drive in five runs as the Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 for their seventh victory in eight games. Pujols had 2 RBIs giving him 14 in his last 13 games. Freese drove in three giving him six RBIs in his past seven games, after driving in only three in his previous 26 games.
— Josh Donaldson’s two-out RBI single scored the go-ahead run in the 14th inning to give Oakland a 7-6 win over Miami. AL West leader Oakland has won three in a row and is 6-1 in interleague play.
— Washington stayed in a tie with Atlanta for first in the NL East with a doubleheader sweep of the Cubs 3-0 and 7-2. Gio Gonzalez pitched two-hit ball over seven innings in the opener. Blake Treinen earned his first major league victory in the second game with home run help from Adam LaRoche and Wilson Ramos.
— Atlanta won a pair from Philadelphia 10-3 and 5-1. Tommy La Stella came up big in both games. He had a three-run triple in the first and drove in a pair of runs in the nightcap. Justin Upton also had three RBIs in the opener and added another in the second game.
— Carlos Gomez stroked a three-run homer in the first inning to lead Milwaukee to a 7-4 win over Colorado. Ryan Braun added a two-run triple in the sixth that helped give the Brewers a 6-0 lead.
— Zach Cozart delivered a tie-breaking, two-run single in a 5-run 11th inning to help Cincinnati top the Giants 7-3. Chris Heisey tripled in two more runs in the rally to lead the Reds to their fourth straight win. The NL West leading Giants have now lost 14 of their last 18.
— Miguel Montero’s two-run homer in the sixth inning was the difference as Arizona topped the Padres 3-1.
— Jonathon Niese (NEES) turned in another solid start with six strong innings in the Mets 5-3 win over Pittsburgh. The 5-4 Niese gave up three runs and scattered seven hits.
— Desmond Jennings opened the game with the first of Tampa Bay’s three home runs off Wei-Yin Chen in the Rays 5-4 win. Logan Forsythe and rookie Kevin Kiermaier each hit a two-run shot against Chen.
— Dayan Viciedo (dy-AN’ vih-see-AY’-doh) hit a three-run homer in the White Sox 4-3 win over Toronto.
NBA-HEAT
Wade, Haslem follow James; Bosh deciding
MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade has made his choice. Chris Bosh is still mulling his.
Wade has told the Heat that he is opting out of the final two years and nearly $42 million in his contract, and will become a free agent on Tuesday. That’s the same decision that LeBron James revealed earlier in the week.
Udonis Haslem has also told the Heat that he will not pick up his $4.6 million option for next season.
But Bosh is still weighing his options, agent Henry Thomas told The Associated Press, after a miscommunication earlier in the Saturday suggested that the forward was already sold on the idea of opting out.
NBA-NETS-KIDD
Kidd shopping around
NEW YORK (AP) — A person with knowledge of the details says Brooklyn coach Jason Kidd is talking to the Milwaukee Bucks about a job after losing his bid for front office power with the Nets.
The Nets denied Kidd’s request and then told him he was free to talk to other teams about jobs, the person tells The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no official comments were made about the situation. The Bucks then sought and were granted permission to interview Kidd.
Kidd just finished his first season as Nets coach. It’s unclear what role the Bucks would be interested in him for, since they have both coach Larry Drew and general manager John Hammond under contract.
NASCAR-KENTUCKY
Keselowski outclasses the field
SPARTA, Ky. (AP) — Brad Keselowski started from the front and stayed there for most of the night in winning the Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway. Keselowski dominated in earning his second win of the season. He led 199 of the 267 laps for his first career victory from the pole. Keselowski becomes the first two-time winner at the Kentucky track, following his victory in 2012.
Navigating the post-race celebration proved to be the most difficult issue of the night for Keselowski. He cut his right hand on a broken champagne bottle and had to have four stitches.
Kyle Busch settled for second, followed by Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Points leader Jeff Gordon finished sixth.
NASCAR-KENSETH EXTENSION
Kenseth gets new deal, sponsorship upgrade
SPARTA, Ky. (AP) — Joe Gibbs Racing has announced a contract extension for driver Matt Kenseth and Dollar General’s expanded sponsorship of his No. 20 Toyota Camry.
The discount store chain will sponsor the car for 30 races in 2015 including the season-opening Daytona 500. That’s up from 27 events this year and 17 in 2013.
JGR president J.D. Gibbs didn’t specify the length of Kenseth’s extension, only that it was for a “number of years.”
WIMBLEDON-SCHEDULE
Williams ousted from Wimbledon
LONDON (AP) — A shocker at Wimbledon as top-seed and five-time champion Serena Williams was beaten in the third round by 25th-seed Alize Cornet (uh-LEEZ’ kohr-NAY’) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. It’s Williams’ earliest exit at the All England Club since 2005, when she also was also beaten in the third round.
French Open winner Maria Sharapova (shah-rah-POH’-vah) defeated American Alison Riske 6-3, 6-0.
Men’s No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal (rah-fay-ehl nah-DAHL’) had to rally after losing the first set again to win. Nadal has now lost the first set in all three of his Wimbledon matches this year.
Fourth seed Roger Federer advanced to the second week of the tournament with a straight sets win over Santiago Giraldo of Colombia.
Sunday is a scheduled off day.
INDYCAR
Colombian sweep
HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Huertas raced to his first IndyCar Series victory, leading a Colombian sweep of the top three spots in the Grand Prix of Houston doubleheader opener. Juan Pablo Montoya and Carlos Munoz followed Huertas to the checkered flag.
GOLF-QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL
Reed on top of the board
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Patrick Reed will start the final round on top of the PGA’s Quicken Loans tournament outside Washington, D.C. He completed third-round play at 6-under for the tournament, two shots in front of Marc Leishman, Freddie Jacobson and Seung-Yul Noh, who had the best round of the day. The South Korean shot a 5-under-66.
GOLF-SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Langer leads after three rounds
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bernhard Langer is the man on top after three rounds of the Senior Players Championship. The two-time Masters champ shot a 4-under-66 to finish at 15-under-par, three shots in front of Kenny Perry and four in front of Russ Cochran, Joe Durant and Bill Glasson.
Langer is looking for his first win in the Senior Players Championship.
GOLF-LPGA
Wie has overnight lead
ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Newly crowned U.S. Open champ Michelle Wie (wee) has the lead after the suspended second round of the LPGA’s NW Arkansas Championship. She posted a second straight 5-under-66 to take a two shot advantage over So Yeon Ryu, who shot a 67.
Not all of the 72 players in yesterday’s afternoon session were able to finish because of thunderstorms.
WORLD CUP
Brazil and Colombia win
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup with a 3-2 shootout win over Chile. Neymar scored the winner in the shootout after the match ended 1-1.
Up next for the host team in the quarterfinals will be Colombia, which eliminated Uruguay 2-0.
