BASEBALL

WCL Playoffs

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

All Times PDT

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Thursday’s Game

Kelowna at Corvallis, 6:35 p.m., Corvallis leads series 1-0

TENNIS

ATP World Tour

Western & Southern Open Results

Wednesday at Mason, Ohio

Purse: $5.67 million

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Second Round — Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Alexander Zverev (3), Germany, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5. Marin Cilic (7), Croatia, def. Marius Copil, Romania, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4. Novak Djokovic (10), Serbia, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Kevin Anderson (6), South Africa, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 7-6 (6), 6-2. David Goffin (11), Belgium, def. Benoit Paire, France, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. Milos Raonic, Canada, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 6-3, 7-5.

Pablo Carreno Busta (13), Spain, def. Bradley Klahn, United States, 6-4, 6-4. Grigor Dimitrov (5), Bulgaria, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Karen Khachanov, Russia, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 7-5, 6-4. Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5. Nick Kyrgios (15), Australia, def. Borna Coric, Croatia, 7-6 (1), 0-6, 6-3. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland, def. Kei Nishikori, Japan, 6-4, 6-4.

WTA Tour

Western & Southern Open Results

Wednesday at Mason, Ohio

Purse: $2.87 million

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Second Round — Sloane Stephens (3), United States, def. Tatjana Maria, Germany, 6-3, 6-2. Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, def. Karolina Pliskova (9), Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. Elise Mertens (15), Belgium, def. Rebecca Peterson, Sweden, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1). Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Garbine Muguruza (7), Spain, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Alize Cornet, France, 6-2, 6-0.

Ashleigh Barty (16), Australia, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 7-5, 6-3. Angelique Kerber (4), Germany, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. Madison Keys (13), United States, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-2, 6-2. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, def. Maria Sakkari, Greece, 6-1, 6-3. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, def. Caroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, 6-4, retired.

Football

NFL preseason

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

All Times PDT

(Subject to change)

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Thursday’s Games

Philadelphia at New England, 4:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Washington, 5 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Kansas City at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 4 p.m.

Miami at Carolina, 4:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.

Arizona at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

SOCCER

NWSL

NATIONAL WOMEN’S SOCCER LEAGUE

All Times PDT

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W L T Pts GF GA

North Carolina 15 1 5 50 44 16

Seattle 10 4 6 36 23 15

Portland 9 6 5 32 32 24

Orlando 8 7 6 30 29 30

Chicago 7 4 8 29 27 23

Utah 7 7 7 28 17 20

Houston 7 8 5 26 25 31

Washington 2 14 4 10 11 28

Sky Blue FC 0 14 4 4 15 36

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

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Wednesday’s Game

Chicago at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s Game

Washington at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Atlanta United FC 14 4 6 48 50 28

New York 15 6 2 47 45 23

New York City FC 14 5 5 47 48 31

Columbus 11 7 6 39 31 29

Philadelphia 9 11 3 30 32 39

Montreal 9 13 3 30 31 41

New England 7 8 8 29 38 38

D.C. United 6 9 6 24 37 39

Orlando City 7 15 2 23 37 57

Toronto FC 6 12 5 23 39 44

Chicago 6 14 5 23 35 49

Western Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

FC Dallas 12 5 6 42 37 30

Sporting Kansas City 11 6 6 39 42 30

Los Angeles FC 11 7 6 39 47 39

LA Galaxy 10 8 7 37 48 42

Portland 10 5 7 37 35 31

Real Salt Lake 10 10 5 35 34 43

Vancouver 9 9 6 33 38 47

Seattle 9 9 5 32 26 26

Minnesota United 9 13 2 29 38 48

Houston 7 10 6 27 39 34

Colorado 6 12 6 24 31 40

San Jose 3 13 7 16 33 43

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

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Wednesday’s Games

D.C. United 4, Portland 1

Los Angeles FC 2, Real Salt Lake 0

Saturday’s Games

LA Galaxy at Seattle, 1 p.m.

New York at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

New York City FC at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Minnesota United at FC Dallas, 5 p.m.

Portland at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Houston, 6 p.m.

Toronto FC at San Jose, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s Summary

D.C. United 4, Timbers 1

Portland 1 0 — 1

D.C. United 1 3 — 4

First half—1, Portland, Armenteros, 8 (Polo, Blanco), 35th minute. 2, D.C. United, Rooney, 2 (Asad), 43rd.

Second half—3, D.C. United, Fisher, 1 (Acosta), 47th. 4, D.C. United, Rooney, 3, 68th. 5, D.C. United, Mattocks, 9 (Segura), 92nd.

Goalies—Portland, Jeff Attinella; D.C. United, Bill Hamid.

Yellow Cards—Arriola, D.C. United, 33rd; Canouse, D.C. United, 72nd; Acosta, D.C. United, 73rd; Mattocks, D.C. United, 93rd.

Referee—Robert Sibiga. Assistant Referees—Charles Morgante, Logan Brown. 4th Official—Fotis Bazakos.

A—18,219 (20,000)

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Lineups

Portland—Jeff Attinella; Julio Cascante, Larrys Mabiala, Alvas Powell, Zarek Valentin; Sebastian Blanco (Tomas Conechny, 73rd), Diego Chara, Lawrence Olum, Andy Polo (Andres Flores, 61st), Diego Valeri (Dairon Asprilla, 78th); Samuel Armenteros.

D.C. United—Bill Hamid; Steve Birnbaum, Oniel Fisher, Joseph Mora, Kofi Opare; Luciano Acosta (Ulises Segura, 81st), Paul Arriola (Zoltan Stieber, 70th), Yamil Asad, Russell Canouse, Junior Moreno; Wayne Rooney (Darren Mattocks, 86th).

BASKETBALL

WNBA

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

x-Atlanta 22 10 .688 —

x-Washington 21 11 .656 1

x-Connecticut 19 13 .594 3

Chicago 12 20 .375 10

New York 7 25 .219 15

Indiana 5 27 .156 17

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

x-Seattle 24 8 .750 —

x-Los Angeles 19 13 .594 5

x-Phoenix 18 14 .563 6

x-Minnesota 17 15 .531 7

Dallas 14 18 .438 10

Las Vegas 14 18 .438 10

x — clinched playoff berth

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Wednesday’s Games

Washington 76, Indiana 62

Las Vegas 85, New York 72

Friday’s Games

Los Angeles at Washington, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Connecticut, 4 p.m.

Las Vegas at Dallas, 5 p.m.

New York at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed LHP James Paxton on the 10-day DL. Recalled RHP Christian Bergman from Tacoma (PCL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed S Harlan Miller. Waived-injured CB Lou Young III.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DL Blaine Woodson.

DENVER BRONCOS — Claimed WR DeAndrew White off waivers from Houston. Signed DL DeQuinton Osborne. Waived-injured WR Corey Brown and DL Paul Boyette.

NEW YORK JETS — Placed OT Ben Ijalana on injured reserve. Signed OL Gino Gradkowski.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

LOS ANGELES FC — Loaned D Tristan Blackmon to Phoenix (USL).