BASEBALL
Josh Breaux’s three-run homer capped a five-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning that carried the Somerset Patriots to a 6-2 win Saturday night against the Portland Sea Dogs in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
Portland scored two runs on an error in the first inning, and Sea Dogs starter Brayan Bello held the Patriots to one run through six innings, allowing seven hits with nine strikeouts and no walks.
But Somerset loaded the bases in the seventh against Dominic LoBrutto, and Jake Thompson allowed a go-ahead two-run double by Thomas Milone. Breaux followed with a home run to center field that made it 6-2.
Tyreque Reed went 3 for 4 for the Sea Dogs, who fell a half-game behind the Patriots for first place in the Northeast Division of Double-A Northeast.
BASKETBALL
NBA: Zach Auguste led five Boston players in double figures with 18 points, Carsen Edwards added 16 points and seven assists, and the Celtics improved to 4-0 in the Las Vegas Summer League with a 100-80 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
GOLF
PGA: Russell Henley shot 1-under 69 to hold a three-stroke lead in the Wyndham Championship at Greensboro, North Carolina, and move a round away from his first PGA Tour win in four years.
Henley, who tied the lowest 36-hole score on tour this year, couldn’t keep up that pace at Sedgefield Country Club. But he rolled in a 33-foot putt for eagle on the par-5 15th and moved to 15-under 195 as he tries to win his fourth career title and first since the 2017 Shell Houston Open.
Tyler McCumber, the son of 10-time tour winner Mark McCumber, shot a 66 and was at 12 under.
LPGA: Ariya Jutanugarn bogeyed the final two holes for an even-par 72, leaving her tied for the lead with Charley Hull and Ryann O’Toole in the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open.
Three strokes ahead entering the round, Jutanugarn had five birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey in wind gusting to 28 mph.
O’Toole had a 68, and Hull shot her third straight 69 to match Jutanugarn at 9-under 207.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: Doug Barron eagled the par-5 18th for his second straight 6-under 64 and a one-stroke lead in the Shaw Charity Classic at Calgary, Alberta.
Calgary resident Stephen Ames, Steve Flesch and first-round leader Billy Mayfair were a stroke back at 11 under. Ames and Flesch birdied the 18th for 65s, and Mayfair followed an opening 62 with a 67.
SOCCER
MLS: Gustavo Bou scored on a penalty kick in the 83rd minute to lift the MLS-leading New England Revolution to a 2-1 win at Toronto FC.
The penalty was called after Eriq Zavaleta took down Adam Buksa in front of goal. Bou, in his 50th regular-season game for the Revolution, slotted home his 12th goal of the season – and 11th in his last 13 appearances.
Tajon Buchanan opened the scoring for New England (13-3-4) in the 20th minute with a header.
Jonathan Osorio tied it for Toronto (3-10-6) in the 79th minute.
ENGLAND: Bruno Fernandes scored a hat trick and Paul Pogba set up four goals as Manchester United thrashed visiting Leeds 5-1 Saturday in its Premier League opener.
• Mohamed Salah set up two goals and scored himself for a fifth straight year in the opening round of a Premier League season, leading Liverpool to a 3-0 win at Norwich.
• Chelsea got goals from defenders Marcos Alonso and Trevoh Chalobah and a close-range strike by U.S. forward Christian Pulisic in a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace.
• Jamie Vardy scored the winner as Leicester opened with a 1-0 win at home against Wolverhampton.
GERMANY: Erling Haaland was involved in every goal as he led Borussia Dortmund to a 5-2 rout of Eintracht Frankfurt in a Bundesliga opener.
The 21-year-old striker set up three goals and scored two after starting the season with a hat trick in the German Cup last weekend.
SPAIN: Karim Benzema picked up where he left off last season, scoring twice to lead Real Madrid to a 4-1 win over Alaves in its league opener.
TENNIS
NATIONAL BANK OPEN: Unseeded American Reilly Opelka beat third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (2), 7-6 (4), 6-4 to reach the final in Toronto.
The 6-foot-11 Opelka will face top-seeded Daniil Medvedev, who ousted John Isner, 6-2, 6-2.
In the women’s event in Montreal, No. 4 seed Karolina Pliskova defeated top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the final against Camilia Giorgi, who beat Jessica Pegula 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
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