BASEBALL

Brady Coyne scored on an error in the top of the ninth inning, providing the winning margin for Greater Portland in a 2-1 victory Sunday over Broomall-Newtown, Pennsylvania, during pool play at the Babe Ruth 13 World Series in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

Greater Portland trailed 1-0 before Coyne singled home Ben Seguin in the fourth inning.

The New England champs are 2-1 and in a three-way tie for first place atop the five-team American Division with one game remaining in pool play. The top three teams in each division advance to the single-elimination bracket. Greater Portland plays Bemidji, Minnesota, on Monday.

EASTERN LEAGUE: Michael Chavis and Bobby Dalbec each drove in three runs, leading the Portland Sea Dogs (49-68) to a 6-2 win over the Akron RubberDucks (67-52) in Akron, Ohio.

Matt Kent (8-8) picked up his team-leading eighth win, giving up three hits, two walks and two runs over seven innings, with five strikeouts. Trey Ball worked two perfect innings to close out the win.

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Portland started the game with three straight hits, taking a 1-0 lead on an RBI single by Chavis. Chavis added a two-run double in the third, and Dalbec followed with a run-scoring double to give Portland a 4-0 lead.

Dalbec put the game away in the eighth inning, connecting for a two-out, two-run homer. Dalbec’s 31 homers – 26 for Class A Salem and five in just nine games since being promoted to the Sea Dogs – are tied for the most in the minors.

TENNIS

ROGERS CUP: Rafael Nadal won his 80th ATP World Tour title and spoiled Stefanos Tsitsipas’ 20th birthday, beating the unseeded Greek upstart 6-2, 7-6 (4) in Toronto for his fourth Rogers Cup crown and fifth title of the year.

After the match, Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Western & Southern Open this week in Cincinnati.

“No other reason than personally taking care of my body and trying to keep as healthy as I feel now,” Nadal said in a statement.

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Nadal’s withdrawal means a reunion of the four players who have dominated tennis over the last 15 years – Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray – will have to wait a few more weeks. Those four haven’t played in the same tournament in more than a year.

Top-ranked Simona Halep outlasted third-ranked Sloane Stephens 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-4 to win her second Rogers Cup title, in Montreal.

In a rematch of Halep’s French Open final victory, she overcame Stephens in a match that had 15 service breaks. Halep has won her last six meetings with the 25-year-old American

Stephens, preparing for her U.S. Open title defense, is 0-8 against No. 1-ranked players.

SOCCER

PREMIER LEAGUE: Raheem Sterling scored his 50th Premier League goal as Manchester City began its Premier League title defense with a 2-0 win at Arsenal

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Bernardo Silva curled in the second goal in the 64th minute.

Mohamed Salah started Liverpool on its way to a 4-0 victory at home against West Ham, needing only 19 minutes to open the scoring.

SOFTBALL

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Kelsey Stewart drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the United States beat Japan 7-6 in the championship game in Makuhari, Japan.

– Staff and news service report


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