BOSTON (AP) — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has hit his 362nd home run, breaking a tie with Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio and taking sole possession of fourth place on the franchise’s career list. One game after Judge homered twice to tie DiMaggio with President Donald Trump at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees captain hit the second pitch he saw from Boston’s Lucas Giolito over the Green Monster in left-center field at Fenway Park. At 468 feet, it was the longest homer at Fenway since Judge hit a 470-footer last July. Judge reached 362 homers in his 1,130th game, while DiMaggio played 1,736 games.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jacob deGrom received a present in his return to Citi Field: a six-run lead before he threw a pitch. He was greeted with applause when he came out to warm up before his first appearance against the New York Mets since leaving in December 2022. A two-time Cy Young Award winner who went 82-57 in nine seasons for the Mets, deGrom received a somewhat muted response when he took the mound only because fans were stunned when the Texas Rangers knocked out rookie Josh Tong after two outs in a 22-minute top of the first.
MIAMI (AP) — Detroit Tigers star left-hander Tarik Skubal will undergo tests after he left the club’s 8-2 loss to the Miami Marlins in the fourth inning Friday night after experiencing tightness in his left side. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner — and favorite to repeat this year — allowed a leadoff single to Heriberto Hernández and then retired Eric Wagaman on a flyout to center field when he exited. Tigers shortstop Javier Báez also left early, when he fouled off a pitch that struck near his left eye in the second inning. He cleared protocol for a possible concussion.
TOKYO (AP) — World Athletics portrayed gender testing as a common-sense way to protect the female category in track and field. But bringing back a test that had been on the shelf for a quarter century is hardly a unanimously praised idea. With females required to take the test to compete in this week's world championships, a man who helped develop it and an athlete whose career was shut down in the 1980s after taking that test are among the critics.
TOKYO (AP) — When he closes the book on 2025, Ryan Crouser will have six official shot put attempts on the books. And one world championship. Talk about quality over quantity. Nursing an excruciating elbow injury all season, the 32-year-old American cut his practice down to near nothing, got on the plane for Tokyo hoping for the best and walked out with his third straight world title.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The playoff-bound Golden State Valkyries have captivated their target audience to be sure, and then some. Every age and color, every walk of life, that’s what you see in the sellout crowds at raucous, packed Chase Center — where grown men are rocking their pale purple, call it “Valkyries violet” — and the team became the first expansion franchise in WNBA history to earn a playoff berth in its first season.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx are favorites to win the WNBA title when the playoffs begin Sunday. Despite a mixed end to the season, they remain top-seeded. The Las Vegas Aces, who ended the season on a 16-game winning streak, and the New York Liberty are close contenders. Aces star A'ja Wilson has overtaken Minnesota's Napheesa Collier in the MVP race. Atlanta Dream's odds have dropped, and they may be better positioned next season. Caitlin Clark's injury has affected betting interest, while Dallas' Paige Bueckers is a strong favorite for Rookie of the Year.
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Ben Griffin is making his Ryder Cup debut in two weeks. All he's thinking about at the Procore Championship is winning another golf tournament. Griffin had another bogey-free round and shot a 66 at Silverado. That gives him a three-shot lead over fellow Ryder Cup rookie Russell Henley and top-ranked amateur Jackson Koivun. The Auburn junior shot a 66 after going 3-1 in the Walker Cup. U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun was five behind. Ten Americans on the Ryder Cup team are at the Procore Championship trying to stay sharp. Scottie Scheffler shot a 68 and was eight shots behind Griffin.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — John Daly is in the PGA Tour Champions record book for the highest score on a hole. He made a 19 in the first round of the Sanford International. Daly hit seven straight balls into a hazard at the par-5 12 hole of Minnehaha Country Club. The previous record for a single hole was 16. Daly even broke his own record. It was in 1998 at Bay Hill when he hit six consecutive shots into the water on the sixth hole and made 18. On Friday, the 59-year-old Daly wound up with an 88. His high score on the PGA Tour was a 90.
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Jackson Koivun helped lead the Americans to a Walker Cup victory last week at Cypress Point. Now he's competing against Americans who are playing the Ryder Cup. Koivun is the top-ranked amateur in the world and a junior at Auburn. He shot 66 in the second round of the Procore Championship and sits three shots out of the lead going into the weekend at Silverado. None of this is a big surprise. He tied for fifth at the Wyndham Championship in his last PGA Tour start. He has missed only one cut in six pro tournaments he's played this year.