BASEBALL

WCL

WEST COAST LEAGUE

All Times PDT

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SECOND-HALF STANDINGS

North Division

W L Pct GB

Kelowna 7 5 .583 —

x-Victoria 5 4 .556 ½

Bellingham 5 4 .556 ½

Walla Walla 6 6 .500 1

Wenatchee 3 9 .250 4

South Division

W L Pct GB

Gresham 7 2 .778 —

Yakima Valley 8 4 .667 ½

Bend 6 6 .500 2½

x-Corvallis 4 5 .444 3

Cowltiz 3 6 .333 4

Kitsap 2 10 .167 6½

x-First-half champions

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Today’s Game

WCL All-Star Game at Cowlitz, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Yakima Valley at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.

Bend at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m.

Bellingham at Victoria, 6:35 p.m.

Corvallis at Gresham, 7:05 p.m.

Kitsap at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

CYCLING

Tour de France

Monday

16th Stage, 129.9 miles from Moirans-en-Montagne to Bern, Switzerland with a single Category 4 climb near the finish.

1, Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Tinkoff, 4 hours, 26 minutes, 2 seconds. 2, Alexander Kristoff, Norway, Katusha, s.t. 3, Sondre Holst Enger, Norway, IAM Cycling, s.t. 4, John Degenkolb, Germany, Giant-Alpecin, s.t. 5, Michael Matthews, Australia, Orica-BikeExchange, s.t. 6, Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, Trek-Segafredo, s.t. 7, Sep Vanmarcke, Belgium, LottoNL-Jumbo, s.t. 8, Maximiliano Richeze, Argentina, Etixx-QuickStep, s.t. 9, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Dimension Data, s.t. 10, Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, BMC Racing, s.t.

Also

11, Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, s.t. 13, Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, s.t. 14, Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, s.t. 15, Louis Meintjes, South Africa, Lampre-Merida, s.t. 16, Sebastien Reichenbach, Switzerland, FDJ, s.t. 17, Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Tinkoff, s.t. 18, Richie Porte, Australia, BMC Racing, s.t. 19, Adam Yates, Britain, Orica-BikeExchange, s.t. 20, Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek-Segafredo, s.t. 22, Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, s.t.

25, Joaquim Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, s.t. 26, Fabio Aru, Italy, Astana, s.t. 28, Daniel Martin, Ireland, Etixx-QuickStep, s.t. 29, Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, s.t. 112, Peter Stetina, United States, Trek-Segafredo, 2 minutes, 54 seconds behind. 145, Brent Bookwalter, United States, BMC Racing, 4:18. 160, Alex Howes, United States, Cannondale, 7:23. 167, Lawson Craddock, United States, Cannondale, 8:18.

Overall Standings (After 16 stages)

1, Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, 72:40:38. 2, Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek-Segafredo, 1:47. 3, Adam Yates, Britain, Orica-BikeExchange, 2:45. 4, Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, 2:59. 5, Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 3:17. 6, Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 4:04. 7, Richie Porte, Australia, BMC Racing, 4:27. 8, Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 4:47. 9, Daniel Martin, Ireland, Etixx-QuickStep, 5:03. 10, Fabio Aru, Italy, Astana, 5:16.

11, Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Tinkoff, 5:24. 12, Louis Meintjes, South Africa, Lampre-Merida, 5:48. 13, Joaquim Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, 5:54. 14, Sebastien Reichenbach, Switzerland, FDJ, 8:40. 15, Sergio Henao, Colombia, Sky, 12:24. 16, Geraint Thomas, Britain, Team Sky, 12:47. 17, Pierre Rolland, France, Cannondale, 13:03. 18, Warren Barguil, France, Giant-Alpecin, 19:15. 19, Mikel Nieve, Spain, Sky, 27:00. 20, Alexis Vuillermoz, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 28:23.

Also

49, Peter Stetina, United States, Trek-Segafredo, 1:20:34. 109, Lawson Craddock, United States, Cannondale, 2:22:16. 135, Alex Howes, United States, Cannondale, 2:39:31. 149, Brent Bookwalter, United States, BMC Racing, 2:47:09.

Basketball

WNBA

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

New York 17 7 .708 —

Atlanta 12 11 .522 4½

Chicago 10 12 .455 6

Indiana 10 12 .455 6

Washington 9 13 .409 7

Connecticut 6 16 .273 10

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 20 2 .909 —

Minnesota 19 4 .826 1½

Phoenix 10 13 .435 10½

Dallas 9 14 .391 11½

Seattle 8 14 .364 12

San Antonio 5 17 .227 15

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Today’s Games

Los Angeles at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

New York at Washington, 8:30 a.m.

Connecticut at Dallas, 9:30 a.m.

Atlanta at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

San Antonio at Seattle, noon

TENNIS

ATP World Tour

Citi Open

Monday at Washington

First Round

Daniel Evans, Britain, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-2, 6-1.

James Duckworth, Australia, def. Tim Smyczek, United States, 7-5, 6-1.

Bjorn Fratangelo, United States,def. Alex Kuznetsov, United States, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

John Millman, Australia, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 7-5, 6-0.

Jordan Thompson, Australia, def. Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, 6-3, 6-2.

Generali Open

Monday at Kitzbuehel, Austria

First Round

Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, def. Kenny de Schepper, France, 7-5, 6-2.

Karen Khachanov, Russia, def. Filippo Volandri, Italy, 6-2, 6-4.

Daniel Munoz-de la Nava, Spain, def. Michael Berrer, Germany, 6-3, 6-3.

Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Inigo Cervantes (7), Spain, 6-4, 6-4.

Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).

Swiss Open

Monday at Gstaad, Switzerland

First Round

Elias Ymer, Sweden, def. Daniel Brands, Germany, 2-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5.

Jan Mertl, Czech Republic, def. Yann Marti, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2.

Mikhail Youzhny (7), Russia, def. Johan Nikles, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-2.

Thiago Monteiro, Brazil, def. Antoine Bellier, Switzerland, 6-3, 7-5.

Croatia Open

Monday at Umag, Croatia

First Round

Nikola Cacic, Serbia, def. Aljaz Bedene, Britain, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Nikola Mektic, Croatia, 7-5, 6-2.

WTA Tour

Citi Open

Monday at Washington

First Round

Sam Stosur (1), Australia, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, 6-3, 6-0.

Yanina Wickmayer (7), Belgium, def. Madison Brengle, United States, 7-5, 6-4.

Zhang Shuai, China, def. Zhu Lin, China, 7-5, 6-4.

Jessica Pegula, United States, def. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 6-2, 6-2.

Bank of the West Classic

Monday at Stanford, Calif.

First Round

Zheng Saisai, China, def. Maria Mateas, United States, 7-5, 6-1.

Nao Hibino, Japan, def. Veronica Cepede Royg, Paraguay, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

Alize Cornet (7), France, def. Jennifer Brady, United States, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Ana Bogdan, Romania, def. Asia Muhammad, United States, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Nicole Gibbs, United States, def. Carol Zhao, Canada, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.

Ericsson Open

Monday at Bastad, Sweden

First Round

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (5), Slovakia, def. Susanne Celik, Sweden, 6-1, 6-3.

Karin Knapp, Italy, def. Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4.

SOCCER

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times EDT

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Eastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

New York City FC 9 6 6 33 34 35

Philadelphia 8 6 6 30 34 28

New York 8 9 4 28 32 27

Montreal 6 5 8 26 30 29

Toronto FC 6 7 6 24 21 22

New England 5 7 8 23 26 33

D.C. United 5 7 7 22 18 21

Orlando City 4 5 10 22 30 33

Columbus 3 7 9 18 24 30

Chicago 4 9 5 17 17 24

Western Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

FC Dallas 12 6 4 40 34 30

Colorado 10 2 7 37 22 13

Los Angeles 8 3 8 32 32 18

Real Salt Lake 8 6 6 30 29 30

Vancouver 8 8 5 29 33 35

Portland 7 6 8 29 32 31

Sporting Kansas City 8 10 4 28 24 25

San Jose 6 6 7 25 21 22

Seattle 6 11 2 20 20 24

Houston 4 9 6 18 23 26

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Friday’s Game

San Jose at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Los Angeles at Portland, 12:30 p.m.

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

D.C. United at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m.

Orlando City at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

New York City FC at New York, 10 a.m.

Seattle at Sporting Kansas City, noon

U.S. Open Cup

All Times PDT

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QUARTERFINALS

Wednesday’s Games

Philadelphia (MLS) at New England (MLS), 4:30 p.m.

Fort Lauderdale (NASL) at Chicago (MLS), 5:30 p.m.

FC Dallas (MLS) at Houston (MLS), 5:30 p.m.

Seattle (MLS) at Los Angeles (MLS), 7:30 p.m.

GOLF

Professional

WORLD RANKING

Through Sunday’s Events

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1, Jason Day, Australia, 13.24. 2, Dustin Johnson, United States, 11.29. 3, Jordan Spieth, United States, 10.86. 4, Rory McIlroy, N. Ireland, 9.39. 5, Henrik Stenson, Sweden, 8.88. 6, Bubba Watson, United States, 7.10. 7, Rickie Fowler, United States, 6.56. 8, Adam Scott, Australia, 6.40. 9, Danny Willett, England, 6.23. 10, Sergio Garcia, Spain, 5.58.

11, Justin Rose, England, 5.37. 12, Branden Grace, South Africa, 5.33. 13, Phil Mickelson, United States, 5.16. 14, Patrick Reed, United States, 5.00. 15, Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa, 4.55. 16, J.B. Holmes, United States, 4.37. 17, Matt Kuchar, United States, 4.30. 18, Brooks Koepka, United States, 4.13. 19, Hideki Matsuyama, Japan, 4.13. 20, Zach Johnson, United States, 4.08.

21, Charl Schwartzel, South Africa, 3.82. 22, Jim Furyk, United States, 3.76. 23, Brandt Snedeker, United States, 3.71. 24, Chris Wood, England, 3.65. 25, Russell Knox, Scotland, 3.50.

MOTOR SPORTS

NASCAR Sprint Cup

Points leaders

Through Sunday’s Race

(Wins in parentheses)

1, Kevin Harvick, 636 (1). 2, Brad Keselowski, 622 (4). 3, Kurt Busch, 602 (1). 4, Carl Edwards, 587 (2). 5, Joey Logano, 571 (1). 6, Kyle Busch, 556 (3). 7, Martin Truex Jr, 540 (1). 8, Matt Kenseth, 521 (2). 9, Jimmie Johnson, 514 (2). 10, Denny Hamlin, 505 (1).

11, Chase Elliott, 499. 12, Ryan Newman, 497. 13, Austin Dillon, 488. 14, Jamie McMurray, 474. 15, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 461. 16, Trevor Bayne, 447. 17, Ryan Blaney, 445. 18, Kasey Kahne, 439. 19, Kyle Larson, 436. 20, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 420.

21, AJ Allmendinger, 418. 22, Greg Biffle, 395. 23, Paul Menard, 366. 24, Danica Patrick, 354. 25, Aric Almirola, 347. 26, Clint Bowyer, 339. 27, Casey Mears, 293. 28, Tony Stewart, 287 (1). 29, Landon Cassill, 284. 30, David Ragan, 274.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent C Alex Avila to Charlotte (IL) for a rehab assignment.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed C Yan Gomes on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Cody Anderson to Columbus (IL). Reinstated C Roberto Perez from the 60-day DL. Recalled LHP Kyle Crockett from Columbus.

DETROIT TIGERS — Reinstated RHP Warwick Saupold from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Toledo (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Claimed RHP Nick Tepesch off waivers from Oakland and optioned him to Omaha (PCL). Transferred RHP Kris Medlen to the 60-day DL.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Sent OF Craig Gentry to Salt Lake (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Selected the contract of C Juan Graterol from Salt Lake (PCL). Placed C Geovany Soto on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 16. Transferred INF Cliff Pennington to 60-day DL.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Fired general manager Terry Ryan. Promoted assistant general manager Rob Antony to interim general manager.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated OF Mason Williams from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned LHP Edwin Escobar to Reno (PCL).

NEW YORK METS — Optioned OF Brandon Nimmo to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled OF Michael Conforto from Las Vegas.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed INF Brett Wallace on paternity leave. Reinstated OF Melvin Upton Jr. from the bereavement list.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Sent 2B Joe Panik to Sacramento (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball League

MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Re-signed C Miles Plumlee to a four-year contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CAROLINA PANTHERS — CB Charles Tillman announced his retirement.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed LB Justin Durant to a one-year contract.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed RB Adian Foster to a one-year contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed WR Dez Stewart.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ARIZONA COYOTES — Named Brian Sandy president of Tucson (AHL).

BOSTON BRUINS — Named Kevin Dean coach of Providence (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Re-signed D Reece Scarlett to a one-year, two-way contract.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Traded C Derick Brassard and a 2018 seventh-round draft pick to Ottawa for F Mika Zibanejad and a 2018 second-round draft pick. Agreed to terms with F Robin Kovacs on an entry-level contract.

SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed F Matt Nieto to a one-year contract.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

MLS — Suspended Columbus D Harrison Afful one game for the red card issued to for serious foul play in the July 16 match against D.C. United.

PORTLAND TIMBERS — Transferred G Adam Kwarasey to Rosenborg BK (Tippeligaen-Norway).

COLLEGE

ALABAMA — Suspended football G Alphonse Taylor indefinitely after he was arrested on DUI.

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE — Named Amanda Shannon women’s assistant basketball coach.

OHIO STATE — Dismissed RB Bri’onte Dunn from the football team for a violation of team rules.

SOUTH CAROLINA — Named Melanie Balcomb offensive analytics director for women’s basketball.

UTEP — Named Kris Baumann men’s assistant basketball coach.

FISH COUNT

Upstream daily movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated Monday.

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 1,149 94 1,772 663

The Dalles 923 134 887 402

John Day 1,037 141 355 183

McNary 1,016 136 265 134

Upstream year-to-date movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated Monday.

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 244,608 20,637 35,853 14,759

The Dalles 190,383 17,445 13,713 6,632

John Day 173,666 14,645 8,537 4,687

McNary 158,825 12,672 6,809 3,578