BASEBALL
The Portland Sea Dogs got home runs from Tyler Dearden and Nathan Hickey and held on for a 3-2 win over the Akron RubberDucks in an Eastern League game Sunday at Hadlock Field.
Dearden opened the scoring with a home run to center field in the third inning. Hickey belted a two-run shot in the fourth, also to center.
Brian Van Belle (4-3) limited Akron to two unearned runs in six innings. He gave up eight hits, struck out seven and walked one. Ryan Fernandez struck out four in two perfect innings, and Luis Guerrero fanned two batters in the ninth as he earned his 10th save.
NECBL: Garrett Rice hit a two-run homer in the second inning, and three Keene pitchers combined on a six-hitter as the Swamp Bats shut out the Sanford Mainers, 2-0, at Goodall Park.
Eddie Eisert was 2 for 4 with a triple for Sanford.
GOLF
PGA: Nick Taylor became the first Canadian in 69 years to win his national open, holing a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole to beat Tommy Fleetwood in the RBC Canadian Open in Toronto.
Taylor tossed his putter into the air and jumped into the arms of his caddie after the longest made putt of his PGA Tour career, and fellow Canadian players Mike Weir, Corey Conners and Adam Hadwin were among those who ran out to the green to congratulate him.
The last player from Canada to win the Canadian Open was Pat Fletcher in 1954 at Point Grey in Vancouver. Fletcher was born in England; Carl Keffer had been the only Canadian-born champion, winning in 1909 and 1914.
Taylor curled in an 11-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to finish at 17-under 271. He shot a 6-under 66 on Sunday.
Fleetwood needed a birdie on the reachable par 5 to win in regulation, but he missed his tee shot right, laid up into an awkward lie in the right rough and two-putted for par to force the playoff in rainy conditions.
LPGA: Ashleigh Buhai seized the lead with four birdies in her first five holes, closed with a short birdie for a 6-under 65 and held off Hyo Joo Kim for a one-shot victory in the ShopRite LPGA Classic at Galloway, New Jersey.
Buhai, who won the Women’s British Open last August for her LPGA Tour victory, finished at 14-under 199 in the 54-hole event. At 34 years, 11 months, Buhai is the oldest winner this year on the youth-dominated LPGA Tour.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: Steve Stricker closed with a 3-under 69 to win the American Family Insurance Championship in his hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, for his fourth title this year.
Stricker, whose foundation started this tournament before he turned 50, won by five shots over Paul Broadhurst (74) and Steve Alker (70).
EUROPEAN TOUR: Dale Whitnell shot a 2-under 70 in the final round in Stockholm, Sweden, to win the Scandinavian Masters for his first his win on the European tour.
Whitnell finished at 21-under 267 overall – three shots clear of American Sean Crocker.
The co-sanctioned event on the men’s European tour and the Ladies European Tour featured a field of 78 men and 78 women. Yannik Paul of Germany and Anne Van Dam of the Netherlands tied for third at 15 under.
BASKETBALL
WNBA: Breanna Stewart scored 32 points and Sabrina Ionescu added 22 to help the New York Liberty beat the visiting Dallas Wings, 102-93.
Arike Ogunbowale finished with 25 points to lead Dallas.
• Natasha Cloud scored 19 points, Ariel Atkins added 12, including five key points late in the fourth quarter, and the Washington Mystics nearly blew a 28-point lead before holding on for a 71-65 road victory over the Seattle Storm.
• A’ja Wilson had 21 points and 10 rebounds – her sixth double-double of the season – Chelsea Gray added 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the visiting Chicago Sky, 93-80.
• Brionna Jones scored 18 points, Alyssa Thomas had 17 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, and the Connecticut Sun defeated the Atlanta Dream 89-77 in College Park, Georgia.
• Brittney Griner scored 29 points, Sophie Cunningham scored 11 of her 13 points in the fourth quarter, and the Phoenix Mercury defeated the Indiana Fever in Indianapolis, 85-82.
SOCCER
U-20 WORLD CUP: Luciano Rodríguez scored in the 86th minute on a header from close range, giving Uruguay a 1-0 victory over Italy and its first Under-20 World Cup title, at La Plata, Argentina.
Israel beat South Korea, 3-1, to secure third place.
HORSE RACING
BELMONT: Another horse has died after racing at Belmont Park, the second fatality in 24 hours after the Belmont Stakes.
Mashnee Girl suffered an injury in the first race Sunday and fell near the quarter pole. The 5-year-old mare was euthanized.
Mashnee Girl was trained by Mark Hennig, whose Excursionniste suffered a catastrophic left front leg injury in the 13th race on grass Saturday at Belmont, the final race on the Belmont Stakes card. Excursionniste had to be euthanized.
AUTO RACING
LE MANS: Ferrari ended a 50-year absence from the 24 Hours of Le Mans by toppling mighty Toyota in the centenary running of the most iconic sports car race in the world.
Ferrari last competed at Le Mans in 1973 but returned to Circuit de la Sarthe in France this year as part of a new hyperclass category that features hybrid technology. The trio of Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi was an easy winner, ending Toyota’s five-year winning streak.
The hyperclass came from a rules convergence that both allowed competitors from the United States’ sports car series, IMSA, to compete at Le Mans, and also created an enticing platform automakers viewed as an opportunity to showcase their street car technology.
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