WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired the biggest prize on the trade deadline market, getting two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers. Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed the deal Saturday night. The two-time defending World Series champions added another big piece to their-star high-priced roster that already big-name players like Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Mookie Betts. The Dodgers are in first place in the NL West and were already the favorites to become the first team to three-peat since the New York Yankees from 1998-2000 before adding Skubal.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andruw Monasterio hit a ground-rule double to lead off the eighth and scored the go-ahead run on Connor Wong’s double-play grounder as the streaking Boston Red Sox edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2. After the game, the Dodgers acquired the biggest prize on the trade deadline market, getting two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers for three minor league prospects. The Red Sox have won four straight and are 22-4 since the start of July. Boston is 13-3 since the All-Star break. The only hits allowed by Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto through seven innings were home runs by Ceddanne Rafaela in the first and third innings. Teoscar Hernández had three hits, including a two-run homer, for the Dodgers.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are acquiring reliever Camilo Doval from the New York Yankees to boost their struggling bullpen. Pittsburgh is sending prospects Omar Alfonso and Luis Cruz to New York for Doval. The 29-year-old former All-Star provides a much-needed experienced arm as the Pirates compete for a National League wild-card spot. Pittsburgh's bullpen has been an issue all season, with 20 blown saves contributing to their 55-56 record. Doval went 3-1 with a 4.54 ERA in 44 games this season for the Yankees. Pittsburgh hopes a new setting provides Doval with a fresh start.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy is bringing a different mindset to his first training camp in Pittsburgh. McCarthy is banning tackling during practice, a marked departure from former Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. McCarthy says the decision is about minimizing injury risk, adding that his philosophy has evolved in lockstep with changes in the NFL over the years. McCarthy believes in refining tackling techniques without full contact, using tools like GPS and video analysis to help players learn how to tackle the right way. The players say they're on board with the decision, adding they can still be physical without taking each other to the ground.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Women’s Professional Baseball League has started its inaugural season. Mo’ne Davis and the Los Angeles Queens rallied for a wild 10-8 victory over Denae Benites and the New York Heights on opening day for the first women’s professional baseball league in the United States in almost 30 years. A steady rain delayed the start of the game at a soaked Robin Roberts Stadium, the 101-year-old home of the WPBL’s first season. But much of the crowd started lining up hours before the first pitch, hoping to grab a Davis bobblehead. The line for the main merchandise booth stretched all the way to the outfield along one side of the ballpark.
GENEVA (AP) — UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino and that “no option should be off the table” as it will pursue a full review of his now abandoned plan to sell stakes of the World Cup to private equity investors. Infantino was forced to scrap the plan early Saturday after his senior adviser who sat on a White House panel resigned and Asia’s soccer body joined Europe and North America in opposing it. Infantino had proposed creating a $20 billion company to run the World Cup with private investors, but drew backlash that grew every day since Tuesday’s announcement.
NEW YORK (AP) — Members of the 1986 World Series champion New York Mets celebrated the 40th anniversary of the franchise’s last title on Saturday. The Mets team won 108 regular-season games and beat the Boston Red Sox in seven games that year. Members of that squad marveled at the miraculous turn of events against Boston on the way to the championship and lamented the plight of the current team, which has the second-worst record in the National League at 47-64 heading into Saturday’s game against Miami.
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — Yealimi Noh has her first 54-hole lead in a major at the Women's British Open. The 25-year-old Californian has taken advantage of Haeran Ryu's surprising collapse. Noh finished with four birdies over the last 10 holes for a 69. That gives her a three-shot lead. Ryu is going after her third straight major and led by four shots on the front nine. She then fell apart with five bogeys in an eight-hole stretch for a 74. She's among five players who are three behind. The group includes Jeeno Thitikul who is No. 2 in the world.
DETROIT (AP) — Davis Riley shot a 7-under 63 to reach 15 under and took a one-shot lead at Detroit Golf Club, where the relatively easy course will give a lot of players on the tightly-packed leaderboard a chance to win the last Rocket Classic. Riley closed with consecutive birdies, making a 54-foot putt at No. 17 and a 10-footer at 18 to pull into a first-place tie with Michael Brennan on Saturday. Rasmus Hojgaard, Chris Kirk, Rickie Fowler and Cameron Young were three shots back. Xander Schauffele is in a group another stroke back, going into the final round on Sunday.
Women of Colour Hockey Collective broadens its reach by holding a recent weekend clinic in Jamaica. The event was a homecoming of sorts for many WCHC members, including co-founder Saroya Tinker and Canadian national team defender Sophie Jaques, whose families have ties to the Caribbean nation. The collective’s objective is to make hockey more accessible to women and girls of color, and backed by the Professional Women’s Hockey League. The clinics were held in the nation's capital of Kingston, and attracted about 150 girls and boys, including foster children. Swift Hockey, which specializes in manufacturing and selling affordable hockey sticks, donated 75 sticks for the trip
Finals
INTERLEAGUE
Final Toronto 5 St. Louis 1
Final Chicago Cubs 5 N.Y. Yankees 2
Final Philadelphia 5 Baltimore 0
Final Arizona 12 Cleveland 8
Final Colorado 12 Kansas City 6
Final Boston 3 L.A. Dodgers 2
Final Milwaukee 3 L.A. Angels 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox 0
Final Seattle 4 Minnesota 3
Final Houston 5 Texas 4
Final Detroit 8 Athletics 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Miami 6 N.Y. Mets 2
Final Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati 1
Final Atlanta 8 Washington 3