BASEBALL

WCL

WEST COAST LEAGUE

All Times PDT

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SECOND HALF

North Division

W L Pct GB

Yakima Valley 14 6 .700 —

y-Bellingham 14 9 .609 11⁄2

Kelowna 10 10 .500 4

Victoria 10 10 .500 4

Wenatchee 10 10 .500 4

Port Angeles 8 14 .364 7

South Division

W L Pct GB

Corvallis 15 5 .750 —

y-Portland 16 6 .727 —

Walla Walla 9 11 .450 6

Cowlitz 7 13 .350 8

Bend 5 21 .192 13

y—first-half champ

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Wednesday’s Games

Corvallis 6, Bend 4

Bellingham 3, Cowlitz 2

Victoria 8, Yakima 4

Walla Walla 7, Kelowna 6

Port Angeles at Wenatchee, late

Thursday’s Games

Bend at Corvallis, 6:30 p.m.

Cowlitz at Bellingham, 6:35 p.m.

Kelowna at Walla Walla, 6:35 p.m.

Port Angeles at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

Victoria at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Linescore

Knights 6, Elks 4

Bend 001 030 000 — 4 7 0

Corvallis 203 001 00x — 6 13 0

Naughton, Gonzales (7) and Diehl; Redmond, Wells (7), Crow (9) and Taylor. W—Redmond, 2-1. L—Naughton, 0-7. S—Crow, 2. 2B—Holmstrom, Haskell, Feist 2. 3B—Stevens. HR—Holmstrom, Leitgeb.

Hits: Bend 7 (Holmstrom 2, Seamons, Coffey, Alvarez, Holton, Leitgeb); Corvallis 13 (Stevens 3, Feist 3, Tammaro 2, Haskell, Anderson, Taylor, Philip, Beck).

RBIs: Bend 4 (Leitgeb 3, Holmstrom); Corvallis 6 (Feist 2, Stevens, Haskell, Taylor, Tammaro).

SOCCER

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Atlanta United FC 14 4 5 47 48 26

New York City FC 13 5 4 43 43 27

New York 13 6 2 41 42 22

Columbus 10 7 6 36 30 29

Montreal 9 13 1 28 29 39

New England 7 7 7 28 33 32

Philadelphia 8 10 3 27 29 34

Chicago 6 12 5 23 34 46

Orlando City 7 13 1 22 29 47

Toronto FC 6 11 4 22 35 39

D.C. United 4 9 5 17 29 35

Western Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

FC Dallas 12 3 6 42 35 25

Los Angeles FC 10 5 6 36 44 35

Portland 9 3 7 34 30 25

Sporting Kansas City 9 6 6 33 39 30

LA Galaxy 9 7 5 32 39 33

Real Salt Lake 9 9 4 31 31 39

Vancouver 8 9 5 29 34 44

Minnesota United 9 12 1 28 35 44

Houston 7 8 6 27 39 32

Seattle 7 9 5 26 22 24

Colorado 4 12 5 17 25 36

San Jose 2 12 7 13 29 40

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

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Saturday’s Games

Toronto FC at Atlanta United FC, 1 p.m.

D.C. United at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

New England at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m.

San Jose at FC Dallas, 5 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota United, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at New York City FC, 5 p.m.

LA Galaxy at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Houston, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Portland, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 5

Los Angeles FC at New York, 3 p.m.

NWSL

NATIONAL WOMEN’S SOCCER LEAGUE

All Times PDT

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W L T Pts GF GA

North Carolina 14 1 4 46 41 14

Seattle 8 4 6 30 20 15

Portland 8 5 5 29 29 22

Orlando 8 6 5 29 27 26

Chicago 7 4 7 28 26 22

Utah 5 6 7 22 14 18

Houston 5 7 5 20 21 28

Washington 2 11 4 10 11 24

Sky Blue FC 0 13 3 3 12 32

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

Sunday, Aug. 5

Portland at North Carolina, 3 p.m.

Sky Blue FC at Orlando, 4:30 p.m.

Utah at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Seattle, 6 p.m.

BASKETBALL

WNBA

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 16 10 .615 —

Washington 15 11 .577 1

Connecticut 15 12 .556 1½

Chicago 10 17 .370 6½

New York 7 19 .269 9

Indiana 3 23 .115 13

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

Seattle 20 7 .741 —

Minnesota 15 10 .600 4

Los Angeles 15 11 .577 4½

Phoenix 16 12 .571 4½

Dallas 14 12 .538 5½

Las Vegas 12 14 .462 7½

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Wednesday’s Games

Connecticut 92, New York 77

Phoenix 104, Las Vegas 93

Thursday’s Games

Dallas at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Las Vegas at Washington, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Seattle, 7 p.m.

LEADERS

Through Wednesday’s Games

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Scoring

G FG FT PTS AVG

Stewart, SEA 27 223 119 609 22.6

Cambage, DAL 26 216 145 586 22.5

Taurasi, PHO 27 168 139 565 20.9

Delle Donne, WAS 22 166 91 459 20.9

Wilson, LVA 26 187 155 529 20.3

Griner, PHO 28 211 143 566 20.2

Charles, NYL 26 205 81 518 19.9

McBride, LVA 24 163 100 463 19.3

Moore, MIN 25 165 82 456 18.2

Parker, LAS 23 150 87 415 18.0

Diggins-Smith, DAL 26 148 131 467 18.0

Hayes, ATL 23 132 103 396 17.2

Fowles, MIN 25 164 100 428 17.1

Loyd, SEA 27 152 88 445 16.5

Bonner, PHO 28 165 87 460 16.4

McCoughtry, ATL 26 151 107 425 16.3

Quigley, CHI 25 150 45 406 16.2

Ogwumike, LAS 20 128 58 321 16.0

Gray, LAS 26 142 64 376 14.5

Ogwumike, CON 26 150 74 375 14.4

TENNIS

ATP World Tour

Citi Open Results,

Wednesday at Washington, D.C.

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

First Round — Tommy Paul, United States, def. Alex Bolt, Australia, 3-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2.

Second Round — Frances Tiafoe (13), United States, def. Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, 6-2, 6-4. James Duckworth, Australia, def. Jason Kubler, Australia, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Marius Copil, Romania, def. Jeremy Chardy (14), France, 6-4, 6-4. Denis Kudla, United States, def. Karen Khachanov (12), Russia, 6-2, 6-3. Mischa Zverev (15), Germany, def. Tim Smyczek, United States, 6-2, 7-6 (7). Stefanos Tsitspas (10), Greece, def. Jared Donaldson, United States, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Andy Murray, Britain, def. Kyle Edmund (4), Britain, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4.

Alexander Zverev (1), Germany, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 6-2, 6-1. David Goffin (3), Belgium, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (5). Denis Shapovalov (9), Canada, def. Daniil Medvedev, Russia, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Lucas Pouille (6), France, def. Vincent Millot, France, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 3-0 retired. Chung Hyeon (8), North Korea, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3. Kei Nishikori (7), Japan, def. Donald Young, United States, 6-3, 6-4.

Generali Open Results,

Wednesday at Kitzbuehel, Austria

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Second Round — Maxi Marterer (6), Germany, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-4. Jaume Munar, Spain, def. Robin Haase (4), Netherlands, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (2), Germany, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1. Taro Daniel, Japan, def. Laslo Djere, Serbia, 6-3, 6-2. Dusan Lajovic (8), Serbia, def. Dennis Novak, Austria, 6-2, 6-4. Nicolas Jarry, Chile, def. Fernando Verdasco (3), Spain, 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-3. Matteo Berrettini, Italy, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-1. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Dominic Thiem (1), Austria, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5.

Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Micel Results

Wednesday at Los Cabos, Mexico

Purse: $715,455 (WT250)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Second Round — Cameron Norrie, Britain, def. Feliciano Lopez (8), Spain, 6-3, 6-3. Damir Dzumhur (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina, def. Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (5). Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, def. Taylor Fritz (7), United States, 7-6 (3), 6-1. Michael Mmoh, United States, def. Peter Polansky, Canada, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (2). Juan Martin del Potro (1), Argentina, def. Marcos Giron, United States, 7-5, 6-3. Egor Gerasimov, Belarus, def. Sam Querrey (5), United States, 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (6). Adrian Mannarino (4), France, def. Elias Ymer, Sweden, 6-0, 6-2.

MONEY LEADERS

Through Sunday

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1, Rafael Nadal $6,717,922. 2, Roger Federer $5,088,440. 3, Novak Djokovic $4,330,630. 4, Alexander Zverev $3,960,259. 5, Juan Martin del Potro $3,407,316. 6, Marin Cilic $3,218,204. 7, John Isner $3,078,050. 8, Dominic Thiem $3,034,448. 9, Kevin Anderson $2,901,900. 10, Diego Schwartzman $1,599,342.

11, Kei Nishikori $1,558,315. 12, Borna Coric $1,516,990. 13, Kyle Edmund $1,499,681. 14, Pablo Carreno Busta $1,460,704. 15, Grigor Dimitrov $1,415,928. 16, Roberto Bautista Agut $1,378,845. 17, Fabio Fognini $1,335,686. 18, Chung Hyeon $1,282,778. 19, Karen Khachanov $1,205,241. 20, Milos Raonic $1,204,622.

21, Marco Cecchinato $1,139,443. 22, David Goffin $1,118,231. 23, Fernando Verdasco $1,109,219. 24, Pierre-Hugues Herbert $1,089,929. 25, Mike Bryan $1,034,993. 26, Stefanos Tsitsipas $1,030,480. 27, Lucas Pouille $1,010,981. 28, Jack Sock $1,002,967. 29, Denis Shapovalov‚ $956,906. 30, Feliciano Lopez‚ $947,191.

31, Gael Monfils‚ $945,288. 32, Richard Gasquet‚ $944,570. 33, Nikoloz Basilashvili‚ $911,579. 34, Damir Dzumhur‚ $885,174. 35, Jan-Lennard Struff‚ $863,035. 36, Philipp Kohlschreiber‚ $861,538. 37, Leonardo Mayer‚ $839,980. 38, Adrian Mannarino‚ $834,059. 39, Sam Querrey‚ $827,675. 40, Mischa Zverev‚ $823,866.

41, Oliver Marach‚ $806,542. 41, Mate Pavic‚ $806,542. 43, Steve Johnson‚ $803,587. 44, Nick Kyrgios‚ $789,341. 45, Pablo Cuevas‚ $785,750. 46, Albert Ramos-Vinolas‚ $780,702. 47, Gilles Simon‚ $778,072. 48, Andreas Seppi‚ $761,959. 49, Benoit Paire‚ $746,478. 50. Robin Haase‚ $735,552.

WTA Tour

Citi Open Results,

Wednesday at Washington, D.C.

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

First Round — Zheng Saisai, China, def. Katie Swan, Britain, 6-2, 6-4. Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgium, def. Anhelina Kalinina, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-3. Jennifer Brady, United States, def. Natalia Vikhlyantseva, Russia, 6-1, 6-4. Magda Linette, Poland, def. Olivia Rogowska, Australia, 6-4, 6-1.

Second Round — Andrea Petkovic, Germany, def. Sloane Stephens (2), United States, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Silicon Valley Classic Results,

Wednesday at San Jose, Calif.

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Second Round — Elise Mertens (4), Belgium,, def. Aashley Kratzer, United States, 6-2, 6-0. Danielle Collins, United States, def. Vera Lapko, Belarus, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Sofia Kenin, United States, 6-1, 6-4. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Garbine Muguruza (1), Spain, 6-1, 6-0.

WTA Money Leaders

Through Sunday

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1, Simona Halep, $5,483,511. 2, Angelique Kerber, $5,067,147. 3, Caroline Wozniacki, $4,015,439. 4, Sloane Stephens, $2,984,221. 5, Petra Kvitova, $2,762,495. 6, Elina Svitolina, $2,356,254. 7, Daria Kasatkina, $2,304,622. 8, Jelena Ostapenko, $2,000,505. 9, Naomi Osaka, $1,978,291. 10, Serena Williams, $1,897,530.

11, Karolina Pliskova, $1,742,839. 12, Kiki Bertens, $1,731,171. 13, Garbine Muguruza, $1,623,934. 14, Elise Mertens, $1,508,500. 15, Julia Goerges, $1,459,368. 16, Katerina Siniakova, $1,406,990. 17, Madison Keys, $1,312,428. 18, Barbora Strycova, $1,271,318. 19, Caroline Garcia, $1,218,234. 20, Kristina Mladenovic, $1,127,767.

21, Ekaterina Makarova, $1,094,285. 22, Ashleigh Barty, $1,056,668. 23, Maria Sharapova, $1,017,633. 24, Carla Suarez Navarro, $1,008,307. 25, Anett Kontaveit, $982,446. 26, Hsieh Su-wei, $982,203. 27, Timea Babos, $963,028. 28, Barbora Krejcikova, $930,020. 29, Elena Vesnina, $852,614. 30, Mihaela Buzarnescu, $844,079.

31, Venus Williams, $822,789. 32, Camila Giorgi, $735,845. 33, Yulia Putintseva, $713,708. 34, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, $696,296. 35, Petra Martic, $671,254. 36, CoCo Vandeweghe, $667,711. 37, Irina-Camelia Begu, $663,838. 38, Dominika Cibulkova, $658,494. 39, Anastasija Sevastova, $655,094. 40, Daria Gavrilova, $645,872.

41, Danielle Collins, $639,126. 42, Magdalena Rybarikova, $634,460. 43, Lesia Tsurenko, $619,010. 44, Donna Vekic, $604,173. 45, Victoria Azarenka, $604,052. 46, Johanna Konta, $584,201. 47, Alison Van Uytvanck, $524,955. 48, Lara Arruabarrena, $524,512. 49, Maria Sakkari, $512,523. 50, Sam Stosur, $505,609.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

MLB — Suspended Baltimore Orioles RHP Ruben Garcia 50-games without pay after testing positive for Amphetamine, Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Eddison Polonia 72-games without pay after testing positive for Stanozolol and Washington Nationals OF Jonathan Pryor 76-games without pay after testing positive for Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone all in violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled LHP Donnie Hart from Norfolk (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned OF Greg Allen to Columbus (IL). Activated OF Leonys Martin.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled OF Jake Marisnick from Fresno (PCL). Optioned OF Kyle Tucker to Fresno.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Actiavted RHP Lance Lynn. Signed RHPs Osiel Rodriguez and Jose Chambuco and SS Alexander Vargas to minor league contracts.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS — Activated RHP Brandon Kintzler. Optioned LHP Randy Rosario to Iowa (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Designated RHP Shawn Kelley for assignment. Recalled RHP Jimmy Cordero from Syracuse (IL).

QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed RHP Mike Hepple and RHP Brian Loconsole.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

DALLAS COWBOYS — Activated DE Randy Gregory from the NFI list.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Announced the retirement of OL Jack Mewhort.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Promoted Don Becker to executive vice president of real estate development and strategic projects; George Paton to vice president of player personnel/assistant general manager; Eric Sugarman to vice president of sports medicine/head athletic trainer; Bob Hagan to vice president of football and media communications; Jeff Anderson to vice president of strategic and corporate communications; Theresa Baugus to MVC coach and manager; Luke Burson to manager of football information systems; John Dvorak to senior account executive; Michael Huiras to senior producer, live programming; Taylar Sievert to senior graphic designer; Nick Maurer to director, corporate partnerships; Stuart Morrow to senior account executive; Sam Newton to football communications manager; Craig Peters to senior editor; Kendall Peters to manager, sales and engagement analytics; Zach Royse to social media strategist; Genette Sekse to manager, engagement and sales analytics; Jordan Struck to studio operations manager; and Nate Vaughn to senior producer, original content. Announced pro scout Jeff Robinson has transitioned to youth football development manager.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed FB Henry Poggi. Released WR Jordan Matthews.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Activated WRs Brandon Tate and Michael Floyd and TE Michael Hoomanawanui. Added G Don Barclay.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Awarded T Victor Salako on waivers. Waived T Jarron Jones

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB Dadi Nicolas. Waived OL Alex Balducci.

Canadian Football League

CFL — Suspended Ottawa WR Seth Coate two games after testing positive for a banned substance, SARM LGD-4033 metabolite, under the drug policy of the league and the CFL Players’ Association. Fined Hamilton WR Jalen Saunders an undisclosed amount for an unnecessary hit to the head area of an opponent who was on the ground.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Agreed to terms with Binghamton (AHL) coach Mark Dennehy.

OLYMPIC SPORTS

U.S. Anti-Doping Agency

USADA — Announced U.S. cyclist Bruce Mazur received a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

MINNESOTA UNITED — Acquired an international roster spot from Colorado for the 2018 season for $50,000 in General Allocation Money.

COLLEGE

BROWN — Promoted Matthew Culp to athletic trainer.

COLLEGE of CHARLESTON — Named Ryan McEvoy athletic communications assistant.

DOANE — Named Malcolm Pearson defensive backs coach and John Reeves offensive line coach.

FURMAN — Named Dru Duke tight ends coach.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN — Named Nate Kopunek and Stephen Walmsley men’s assistant soccer coaches, Robert Flott goalkeepers coach, Emil Laursen student assistant coach and Kiera McCormack director of men’s soccer operations.

ST. NORBERT — Named Mike Wallerich interim baseball coach.

PRESBYTERIAN — Named Jenna Handshoe women’s lacrosse coach.

WAYNE STATE (MICH.) — Named Chris Calley wide receivers coach.

YALE — Named Lashay Banks women’s assistant basketball coach.