BALTIMORE (AP) — Leody Taveras homered and drove in three runs, Samuel Basallo added a solo shot and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals for a three-game sweep. The game was interrupted in the seventh inning when several players from both teams converged around the plate after Kansas City’s Lucas Erceg hit Blaze Alexander on the left hand with a pitch. The off-target pitch came immediately after Erceg yielded Basallo’s homer to make it 8-2. Alexander shouted at Erceg, and Orioles manager Craig Albernaz quickly stepped in to restrain Alexander. No punches were thrown, no one was shoved and no one was ejected. But Alexander ended up with a nondisplaced fracture of his left hand.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ozzie Albies doubled and scored the winning run on Masyn Winn’s throwing error in the ninth inning, allowing the Atlanta Braves to avoid a sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals with a 4-3 win. Moments before the decisive run scored, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol was ejected after a failed challenge when JoJo Romero hit Michael Harris II with a two-strike pitch with two outs. Mauricio Dubón followed with a routine grounder to shortstop, but the 2025 Gold Glover Winn’s throw to first was wild.
UNDATET (AP) — Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies will start Tuesday night’s All-Star Game in his home ballpark. He'll take the mound for the National League against Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays announced Sunday that Cease will be the American League’s starter. Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who is managing the NL, said Sanchez is his starter. Also Sunday, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said New York’s Cam Schlittler was not planning to pitch in the All-Star Game. Then hours later Boone and Schlittler said the right-hander could be available after all.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays prospect Nathan Flewelling hit a two-run homer, leading the American League to a 6-1 win over the National League in the All-Star Futures Game. The 19-year-old catcher is rated the second-best prospect in Tampa Bay's organization. He and Theo Gillen, Tampa Bay's top prospect, combined for three RBIs. Phillies minor leaguer Gage Wood started the game, allowing one run in one inning. Former Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino managed the National League team. Larry Bowa managed the American League team. Among past Futures Games players, 86.8% have played in at least one major league game.
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Ryan Blaney emerged from a three-wide battle on the final lap of overtime to cap a dominant victory in the weather-delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta. Blaney won every stage of the race after starting on the pole, but the Team Penske Ford driver had to fight off challenges from Bubba Wallace and Christopher Hill, who finished second, on the final lap. Carson Hocevar and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top four. Wallace was penalized for passing below the double yellow lines and finished 29th instead of second. There was a delay of 3 hours, 9 minutes because of rain and lightning.
ATLANTA (AP) — It’s a World Cup semifinal lineup for the ages. Four previous champions and the four top-ranking teams in the world. Five of the six top scorers, one GOAT and one of the bitterest rivalries in soccer. France, Spain, England and Argentina are two wins away from being crowned champion of the world again and it is just too close to call either semifinal matchup. Not since 1990 has the final four of a World Cup been made up entirely of previous winners. England and Argentina were involved then, although they didn’t play each other. They will on Wednesday. Kylian Mbappé’s France plays Lamine Yamal's Spain in the first semifinal on Tuesday.
ATLANTA (AP) — It was another game-changing moment at the World Cup that had more to do with television replays in a room far away than a moment of brilliance on the field. The sending off of Switzerland’s Breel Embolo in Saturday’s quarterfinal game against Argentina was the latest call that may have left fans scratching their heads, not least because of the confusing name of the newly implemented “mistaken identity” law that swung the match. It is not the first time at this World Cup that teams have hit out against new rules or technology.
LONDON (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner beat Alexander Zverev 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-4 for his second consecutive Wimbledon title and fifth Grand Slam overall. Zverev appeared bothered by a knee issue after a slip to the grass on a key point in the third set. Sinner’s latest title came in his first tournament since a meltdown at the French Open. It was Sinner’s 10th straight victory over Zverev. Zverev was coming off his first Grand Slam title at the French Open. Linda Noskova beat Karolina Muchova in an all-Czech women’s final on Saturday for her first Grand Slam title.
SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Royal Birkdale has been a regular in the British Open for the last 70 years. There's something different about the English links this time around. Peter Uihlein was among those getting in some practice on Sunday upon arriving for the final major of the year. He was a little confused by the 241-yard 15th hole and realized only later that it was a brand0new hole. Fairways have shifted. The fifth hole has been redesigned. Players will learn those changes quickly. What really stands out is the hot, dry weather and links turf that already is yellow and crispy from the sun.
SUNDAY SCORES
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Final Boston 3 N.Y. Mets 2
Final Philadelphia 5 Detroit 0
Final N.Y. Yankees 5 Washington 3
Final Cleveland 5 Miami 2
Final San Diego 5 Toronto 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Chicago White Sox 9 Athletics 1
Final Seattle 8 Tampa Bay 2
Final Baltimore 8 Kansas City 2
Final Minnesota 4 L.A. Angels 2
Final Texas 6 Houston 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 14 Milwaukee 5
Final Chicago Cubs 8 Cincinnati 4
Final Atlanta 4 St. Louis 3
Final San Francisco 3 Colorado 1
Final Arizona 5 L.A.
Dodgers 3