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MLB

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American League

Baltimore -110/-106 at Cleveland

Kansas City -172/+144 at Detroit

National League

at Atlanta Off/Off Miami

St. Louis -112/-104 at Chic. Cubs

Interleague

Colorado -120/+102 at LA Angels

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Baseball

Triple-A International League

W L Pct GB

Columbus (CLE) 18 10 .643 —

Rochester (WAS) 18 11 .621 ½

Lehigh Valley (PHI) 17 11 .607 1

Nashville (MIL) 16 12 .571 2

Indianapolis (PIT) 15 12 .556 2½

Jacksonville (MIA) 15 12 .556 2½

Syracuse (NYM) 16 13 .552 2½

Charlotte (CHW) 14 13 .519 3½

x-Omaha (KC) 15 14 .517 3½

Scranton/W-B (NYY) 15 14 .517 3½

Gwinnett (ATL) 14 15 .483 4½

Norfolk (BAL) 14 15 .483 4½

SAINTS (TWINS) 14 15 .483 4½

Worcester (BOS) 13 15 .464 5

Durham (TB) 13 16 .448 5½

Toledo (DET) 13 16 .448 5½

Memphis (STL) 12 17 .414 6½

Buffalo (TOR) 11 17 .393 7

Louisville (CIN) 11 17 .393 7

Iowa (CHC) 10 19 .345 8½

x - First Half winner

Wednesday’s games

Columbus 12, Syracuse 8

Scranton/WB 6, Louisville 2

Rochester 3, Omaha 2, 10 inn.

SAINTS 11, Iowa 0

Memphis 7, Durham 4

Buffalo at Worcester, ppd.

Charlotte 6, Norfolk 2

Indianapolis 7, Toledo 5

Gwinnett 6, Nashville 3

Lehigh Valley 7, Jacksonville 2, suspended

Thursday’s games

Buffalo at Worcester, 11:15 a.m. (2)

Lehigh Valley at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m. (2)

Memphis at Durham, 5:35 p.m.

Louisville at Scranton/WB, 5:35 p.m.

Omaha at Rochester, 5:45 p.m.

Norfolk at Charlotte, 6:04 p.m.

Toledo at Indianapolis, 6:05 p.m.

Syracuse at Columbus, 6:05 p.m.

Nashville at Gwinnett, 6:05 p.m.

SAINTS vs. Iowa, 6:38 p.m.

WNBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

New York 21 4 .840 —

Connecticut 18 6 .750 2 1/2

Indiana 11 15 .423 10 1/2

Chicago 10 14 .417 10 1/2

Atlanta 7 17 .292 13 1/2

Washington 6 19 .240 15

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

LYNX 17 8 .680 —

Seattle 17 8 .680 —

Las Vegas 16 8 .667 1/2

Phoenix 13 12 .520 4

Los Angeles 6 18 .250 10 1/2

Dallas 6 19 .240 11

Olympic break. Next games Aug. 15

MLS

Western Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

LA Galaxy 14 5 7 49 50 36

LA 14 5 5 47 48 30

Salt Lake 12 5 8 44 51 34

Colorado 12 9 5 41 50 43

Vancouver 11 8 5 38 43 35

Houston 10 7 7 37 35 30

Seattle 10 8 7 37 34 29

Portland 10 9 6 36 50 42

MINNESOTA 9 10 6 33 40 41

Austin 8 10 7 31 28 37

Dallas 8 11 6 30 38 39

Kansas City 6 14 6 24 41 52

St Louis City 4 10 11 23 32 46

San Jose 4 19 2 14 31 61

Eastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Miami 16 4 5 53 56 39

Cincinnati 15 7 3 48 44 33

Columbus 12 4 7 43 47 22

NY R. Bulls 10 4 11 41 42 31

NYC 11 9 5 38 36 30

Charlotte 10 8 7 37 30 27

Orlando 9 9 7 34 39 38

Toronto 9 14 3 30 34 47

Atlanta 7 11 7 28 35 36

Philadelphia 6 10 9 27 45 42

Montréal 6 10 9 27 34 49

Nashville 6 11 8 26 26 39

D.C. United 6 11 8 26 35 50

Chicago 6 12 7 25 30 42

N. England 7 14 2 23 23 47

Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Next regular season games Aug. 24.

LEAGUES CUP

Group stage

Wednesday’s games

Charlotte 0, Cruz Azul 0, 4-2 penalty kicks

D.C. 3, Santos Laguna 0

Juárez 2, Dallas 0

Mazatlán 2, Nashville 0

Tigres 2, Puebla 1

San Jose vs. LA, late

Thursday’s games

Cincinnati vs. Queretaro, 7 p.m.

Salt Lake vs. Atlas, 8 p.m.

Toluca vs. Chicago, 8 p.m.

Portland vs. Colorado, 9:30 p.m.

Golf

Holes in one

Brad Beskau, Lake Elmo — Midland Hills Country Club no. 4, 136 yards, 9-iron

Jeff Bohl, Blaine — Gem Lake Hills no. 1, 182 yards, 6-iron

Mark Bruns, Woodbury — Indian Hills

Golf Club no. 14, 156 yards, 7-iron.

Alan Fagrelius, Stillwater — Gem Lake Hills no. 13, 140 yards, 50 degree wedge

Finn McArthur, Arden Hills — Gem Lake Hills no. 7, 154 yards, driver

Mark Nupen, Anoka — Goodrich Golf Course, no. 12, 135 yards, 7-iron

Motorsports

NASCAR Cup Series

Schedule

Feb. 3: x-Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum (Denny Hamlin)

Feb. 3: x-Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum Heat Race 1, Los Angeles

Feb. 3: x-Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum Heat Race 2, Los Angeles

Feb. 3: x-Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum Heat Race 3, Los Angeles

Feb. 3: x-Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum Heat Race 4, Los Angeles

Feb. 4: Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum Last Chance Qualifying Race, Los Angeles

Feb. 15: x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 at DAYTONA (Tyler Reddick)

Feb. 15: x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 at DAYTONA (Christopher Bell)

Feb. 19: DAYTONA 500 (William Byron)

Feb. 25: Ambetter Health 400 (Daniel Suárez)

March 3: Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube (Kyle Larson)

March 10: Shriners Children’s 500 (Christopher Bell)

March 17: Food City 500 (Denny Hamlin)

March 24: EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (William Byron)

March 31: Toyota Owners 400 (Denny Hamlin)

April 7: Cook Out 400 (William Byron)

April 14: AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 (Chase Elliott)

April 21: GEICO 500 (Tyler Reddick)

April 28: Würth 400 (Denny Hamlin)

May 5: AdventHealth 400 (Kyle Larson)

May 12: Goodyear 400 (Brad Keselowski)

May 18: x-Heat Race 1, North Wilkesboro, N.C.

May 18: x-Heat Race 2, North Wilkesboro, N.C.

May 19: x-NASCAR All-Star Open (Ty Gibbs)

May 19: NASCAR All-Star Race (Joey Logano)

May 26: Coca-Cola 600 (Christopher Bell)

June 2: Enjoy Illinois 300 (Austin Cindric)

June 9: Toyota / Save Mart 350 (Kyle Larson)

June 16: Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol (Ryan Blaney)

June 23: USA TODAY 301 (Christopher Bell)

June 30: Ally 400 (Joey Logano)

July 7: Grant Park 165 (Alex Bowman)

July 14: The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VisitPA.com (Ryan Blaney)

July 21: Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG (Kyle Larson)

Aug. 11: Cook Out 400, Richmond, Va.

Aug. 18: FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

Aug. 24: Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona Beach, Fla.

Sept. 1: Cook Out Southern 500, Darlington, S.C.

Sept. 8: Quaker State 400 available at Walmart, Hampton, Ga.

Sept. 15: Go Bowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Sept. 21: Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.

Sept. 29: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan.

Oct. 6: YellaWood 500, Talladega, Ala.

Oct. 13: Bank of America ROVAL 400, Concord, N.C.

Oct. 20: South Point 400, Las Vegas

Oct. 27: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Homestead-Miami, Homestead, Fla.

Nov. 3: XFINITY 500, Ridgeway, Va.

Nov. 10: NASCAR Cup Series Championship, Avondale, Ariz.

x-non-points race

Points leaders

Through July 29

1. Kyle Larson 749

2. Chase Elliott 739

3. Tyler Reddick 734

4. Denny Hamlin 706

5. Ryan Blaney 676

6. William Byron 654

7. Martin Truex Jr 653

8. Christopher Bell 651

9. Brad Keselowski 615

10. Alex Bowman 606

11. Ty Gibbs 587

12. Chris Buescher 562

13. Ross Chastain 552

14. Bubba Wallace 545

15. Joey Logano 525

16. Chase Briscoe 469

17. Daniel Suárez 460

18. Kyle Busch 440

19. Austin Cindric 438

20. Todd Gilliland 434

21. Michael McDowell 404

22. Josh Berry 388

23. Noah Gragson 383

24. Carson Hocevar 383

25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 375

26. Ryan Preece 329

27. Erik Jones 329

28. Corey LaJoie 324

29. Justin Haley 319

30. Daniel Hemric 316

31. John H. Nemechek 307

32. Austin Dillon 294

33. Zane Smith 248

34. Harrison Burton 238

35. Kaz Grala 166

36. Cody Ware 47

37. Joey Hand 43

38. Jimmie Johnson 39

39. Derek Kraus 32

40. David Ragan 17

41. Kamui Kobayashi 8

42. Will Brown 6

Formula One

Schedule

March 2: Bahrain Grand Prix 2024 (Max Verstappen)

March 9: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024 (Max Verstappen)

March 24: Australian Grand Prix 2024 (Carlos Sainz Jr)

April 7: Japanese Grand Prix 2024 (Max Verstappen)

April 21: Chinese Grand Prix 2024 (Max Verstappen)

May 5: Miami Grand Prix 2024 (Lando Norris)

May 19: Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2024 (Max Verstappen)

May 26: Monaco Grand Prix 2024 (Charles Leclerc)

June 9: Canadian Grand Prix 2024 (Max Verstappen)

June 23: Spanish Grand Prix 2024 (Max Verstappen)

June 30: Austrian Grand Prix 2024 (George Russell)

July 7: British Grand Prix 2024 (Lewis Hamilton)

July 21: Hungarian Grand Prix 2024 (Oscar Piastri)

July 28: Belgian Grand Prix 2024 (Lewis Hamilton)

Aug. 25: Dutch Grand Prix 2024, Zandvoort, Netherlands.

Sept. 1: Italian Grand Prix 2024, Monza.

Sept. 15: Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2024, Baku.

Sept. 22: Singapore Grand Prix 2024, Singapore City.

Oct. 20: US Grand Prix, Austin, Texas.

Oct. 27: Mexican Grand Prix, Mexico City.

Nov. 3: Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo.

Nov. 24: Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024, Las Vegas.

Dec. 1: Qatar Grand Prix 2024, Doha, Qatar.

Dec. 8: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 43.

Points leaders

Through July 28

1. Max Verstappen 277

2. Lando Norris 199

3. Charles Leclerc 177

4. Oscar Piastri 167

5. Carlos Sainz Jr 162

6. Lewis Hamilton 150

7. Sergio Perez 131

8. George Russell 116

9. Fernando Alonso 49

10. Lance Stroll 24

11. Nico Hulkenberg 22

12. Yuki Tsunoda 22

13. Daniel Ricciardo 11

14. Oliver Bearman 6

15. Pierre Gasly 6

16. Kevin Magnussen 5

17. Alexander Albon 4

18. Esteban Ocon 4

19. Guanyu Zhou 0

20. Logan Sargeant 0

21. Valtteri Bottas 0

Transactions

BASEBALL

MLB

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES: Activated LHP Gregory Soto. Recalled SS Jackson Holliday from Norfolk (IL). Optioned C Blake Hunt and SS Terrin Vavra to Norfolk. Assigned RHP Levi Stoudt outright to Norfolk.

BOSTON RED SOX: Added RHP Lucas Sims to the active roster. Selected the contract of INF/OF Nick Sogard from Worcester (IL). Optioned INF/OF Jamie Westbrook to Worcester. Designated RHP Yohan Ramirez for assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS: Optioned RHP Seth Martinez to Sugar Land (PCL). Activated LHP Yusei Kikuchi and LHP Caleb Ferguson. Designated RHP Rafael Montero for assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS: Activated RHP Lucas Erceg. Optioned RHP Alec Marsh to Omaha (IL).

MINNESOTA TWINS: Placed RHP Brock Stewart on the 15-day IL retroactive to July 30. Activated RHP Trevor Richards.

NEW YORK YANKEES: Recalled RHP Ron Marinaccio from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) then returned him to Scranton after today's game. Optioned RHP Will Warren to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS: Activated RHP Will Klein.

TAMPA BAY RAYS: Activated CF Dylan Carlson. Optioned 3B Austin Shenton to Durham (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS: Activated LHP Andrew Chafin.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS: Recalled RHP Paolo Espino from Buffalo (IL). Optioned RHP Jose Cuas to Buffalo.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES: Activated RHP Luke Jackson and RF Jorge Soler. Optioned RHP Bryce Elder and 3B Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Gwinnett.

CINCINNATI REDS: Agreed to terms with 3B Jalen Hairston on a minor league contract.

MIAMI MARLINS: Activated CF Kyle Stowers. Optioned 2B Connor Norby to Jacksonville (IL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Optioned LHP Tyler Jay to Nashville (IL). Activated RHP Frankie Montas.

NEW YORK METS: Sent RHP Sean Reid-Foley on a rehab assignment to Binghamton (EL). Activated RHP Huascar Brazoban. Optioned RHP Tyler Zuber and LHP Matt Gage to Syracuse (IL). Agreed to terms with OFs Carson Benge, Eli Serrano III and Jacoby Long, LHP Jonathan Santucci, RHPs Nate Dohm, Will Watson, Ryan Lambert, Brendan Girton, Ethan Lanthier, R.J. Gordon, Tanner Witt, Owen Woodward, Josh Blum, Jace Hampson, Frank Elissalt, Hayden Cooper, Hoss Brewer, Channing Austin, Hunter Hodges, Eldridge Armstrong and Chandler Marsh, INFs Trey Snyder, Corey Collins and Nick Roselli on minor league contracts.