The Sports Report: Dodgers Defeat The Twins But Lose Two Players

Dodgers conclusion nan Twins, but suffer 2 players

From Maddie Lee: The Dodgers are successful a holding shape aft 2 cardinal players near their 2-1 win Monday against nan Minnesota Twins because of wounded concerns.

Right fielder Kyle Tucker’s readiness Tuesday is successful mobility aft he exited successful nan apical of nan 2nd inning because of backmost spasms. Manager Dave Roberts described Tucker’s position arsenic “day to day,” adding that he was “not overly concerned.”

Catcher Dalton Rushing exited successful nan 3rd inning aft taking a foul extremity disconnected nan look disguise successful nan first and astir apt won’t beryllium successful nan lineup Tuesday, Roberts said, moreover though he passed an first information of concussion testing. He’ll person to acquisition a 2nd information Tuesday, and nan Dodgers (50-29) don’t spot a request to unreserved him back. They scheme to telephone successful a taxi-squad catcher arsenic a safeguard arsenic Rushing continues done nan protocol.

The crippled had agleam spots, including location runs from Shohei Ohtani (first inning) and Freddie Freeman (sixth), and left-hander Eric Lauer’s six no-hit innings aft an opener. But if either Tucker’s aliases Rushing’s betterment stalls, it would hamper a squad already weathering a rash of injuries.

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World Cup: The vibes are bully for nan U.S. team

From Kevin Baxter: Two games, 2 wins and nan U.S. is already done to nan knockout stage of a World Cup it is hosting.

For guardant Folarin Balogun, things couldn’t beryllium going immoderate better.

“You know, if personification said earlier nan tournament, 2 games and you’d beryllium done to nan knockouts, I deliberation we each would person taken it,” he said. “We’re delighted.”

On Monday, nan U.S. sewage much bully news erstwhile Christian Pulisic, its talisman, returned to training aft missing 10 days because of a calf injury. So Balogun said nan past point nan squad wants to do is return its ft disconnected nan state for Thursday’s group-play finale pinch Turkey.

“The entity and nan purpose is to spell retired location and win,” he said earlier Monday’s believe astatine nan Orange County Great Park successful Irvine. “Three wins, 3 games. We tin create history.”

He is improbable to beryllium portion of that effort, however. Balogun, Tyler Adams, Chris Richards and Antonee Robinson each picked up yellowish cards successful nan first 2 U.S. games, and a 2nd booking against Turkey would time off them ineligible to play successful nan information of 32 match.

There’s nary request to consequence that successful a crippled that will alteration neither team’s World Cup destiny — nan U.S. already won nan group while Turkey has been eliminated and will alert location aft nan match. But protecting their momentum is important for nan Americans, who past won their group successful 1930 and person won a World Cup knockout-stage crippled conscionable once.

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World Cup: Iran shot squad acknowledgment L.A.

From Iliana Limón Romero: The Iran shot squad near a statement successful its SoFi Stadium locker room thanking Los Angeles-area fans for their hospitality.

The Iranians made history pinch 2 draws successful Inglewood, marking nan first clip the squad has avoided a loss done its first 2 World Cup games. While nan matches drew protests against nan Iranian regime, including immoderate booing some times nan nationalist anthem was played earlier kickoffs, nan crowds heavy favored and shouted loudly for nan Iranian team.

Iran will adjacent group play against Egypt astatine Seattle’s Lumen Field connected Friday night.

Before leaving Sunday, nan Iranian shot federation and forward Ramin Rezaeian shared pictures of nan team’s statement of appreciation.

“Thank you, Los Angeles, for your hospitality,” nan statement read. “And convey you to each Iranian who gave their heart, voice, and psyche for Iran passim these 180 minutes.

“May peace, respect and relationship prevail among each nations.”

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Monday’s World Cup results

Group I
France 3, Iraq 0
Norway 3, Senegal 2

Group J
Argentina 2, Austria 0
Algeria 2, Jordan 1

Today’s World Cup TV schedule

All times Pacific
10 a.m. Portugal vs. Uzbekistan, Fox, Telemundo
1 p.m., England vs. Ghana, Fox, Telemundo
4 p.m., Panama vs. Croatia, Fox, Telemundo
7 p.m., Colombia vs. DR Congo, FS1, Telemundo

World Cup Group standings

Group A
Country, W-D-L, Goal Differential, Points
x-Mexico, 2-0-0, +3, 6
South Korea, 1-0-1, 0, 3
Czechia, 0-1-1, -1, 1
South Africa, 0-1-1, -2, 1

Group B
Canada, 1-1-0, +6, 4
Switzerland, 1-1-0, +3, 4
Bosnia-Herzegovina, 0-1-1, -3, 1
Qatar, 0-1-1, -6, 1

Group C
Brazil, 1-1-0, +3, 4
Morocco, 1-1-0, +1, 4
Scotland, 1-0-1, 0, 3
Haiti, 0-0-2, -4, 0

Group D
x-United States, 2-0-0, +5, 6
Australia, 1-0-1, 0, 3
Paraguay, 1-0-1, -2, 3
Turkiye, 0-0-2, -3, 0

Group E
x-Germany, 2-0-0, +7, 6
Ivory Coast, 1-0-1, 0, 3
Ecuador, 0-1-1, -1, 1
Curacao, 0-1-1, -6, 1

Group F
Netherlands, 1-1-0, +4, 4
Japan, 1-1-0, +4, 4
Sweden, 1-0-1, 0, 3
Tunisia, 0-0-2, -8, 0

Group G
Egypt, 1-1-0, +2, 4
Iran, 0-2-0, 0, 2
Belgium, 0-2-0, 0, 2
New Zealand, 0-1-1, -2, 1

Group H
Spain, 1-1-0, +4, 4
Uruguay, 0-2-0, 0, 2
Cape Verde, 0-2-0, 0, 2
Saudi Arabia, 0-1-1, -4, 1

Group I
x-France, 2-0-0, +5, 6
x-Norway, 2-0-0, +4, 6
Senegal, 0-0-2, -3, 0
Iraq, 0-0-2, -6, 0

Group J
x-Argentina, 2-0-0, +5, 6
Austria, 1-0-1, 0, 3
Algeria, 1-0-1, -2, 3
Jordan, 0-0-2, -3, 0

Group K
Colombia, 1-0-0, +2, 3
Portugal, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Congo DR, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Uzbekistan, 0-0-1, -2, 0

Group L
England, 1-0-0, +2, 3
Ghana, 1-0-0, +1, 3
Panama, 0-0-1, -1, 0
Croatia, 0-0-1, -2, 0

x-clinched information of 32

The apical 2 teams successful each group positive nan adjacent 8 champion third-place teams beforehand to nan adjacent round.

Note: The U.S. is locked into a July 1 knockout shape crippled against nan third-place squad from either Group B, E, F, I aliases J astatine Levi’s Stadium successful Santa Clara.

Angels suffer to Orioles

Kyle Bradish sounded 8 shutout innings, Taylor Ward deed a leadoff location tally against his erstwhile squad and nan Baltimore Orioles extended their winning streak to 3 games Monday nighttime pinch a 6-1 victory complete nan Angels.

Coby Mayo deed a three-run homer and Bradish (5-7) struck retired 9 arsenic nan Orioles improved to 4-3 connected a nine-game trip.

Bradish gave up six hits and 1 walk. He has 21 strikeouts complete his past 2 starts.

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Ty Simpson reveals his bedtime routine

From Gary Klein: Ty Simpson listens to himself successful nan evening earlier he falls asleep. And besides erstwhile he gets up successful nan greeting and heads to activity astatine nan Rams’ believe facility.

The rookie backmost hears his ain sound connected audio recordings arsenic he recites nan team’s play calls.

“I want to make judge it’s nan past point I deliberation astir erstwhile I spell to bed,” he said recently, “and nan first point that I aftermath up to.”

The Rams ended their offseason programme past week. But Simpson, a Tennessee native, said he would stay successful Southern California and proceed to study successful mentation for training campy astatine Loyola Marymount successful precocious July.

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Miami acquires Giannis Antetokounmpo

Giannis Antetokounmpo wants much championships. So do nan Miami Heat.

And nan Heat yet person different superstar.

Ending a marathon watch for nan adjacent awesome Miami get, nan Heat landed Antetokounmpo — a two-time NBA MVP and 10-time All-Star — from nan Milwaukee Bucks connected Monday nighttime successful speech for a monolithic haul of players and draught picks.

The terms, according to a personification who said to The Associated Press connected information of anonymity because nan move has yet to person nan required convention approval: Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis are heading to Miami for Wisconsin autochthonal Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel’el Ware and Kasparas Jakucionis. Milwaukee besides gets astatine slightest 4 picks, including nan No. 13 action that will beryllium made successful Tuesday night’s NBA draft.

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Serena Williams will play astatine Wimbledon

From Chuck Schilken: Serena Williams’ improvement backmost to tennis continued Sunday pinch nan announcement that nan athletics had been eagerly anticipating.

“Just vanished a mean crippled of duck duck goose,” Williams, nan 23-time Grand Slam singles champion and mother of two, wrote connected societal media hours aft the All-England Club announced she received a chaotic paper to play singles astatine Wimbledon, which originates June 29.

An eighth Wimbledon singles title for nan 44-year-old fable would look unlikely. Williams’ four-year hiatus has near her unranked, which could mean early matches against specified players arsenic defending champion Iga Swiatek aliases world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.

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This time successful sports history

1917 — Molla Bjurstedt triumph nan women’s U.S. Lawn Tennis Assn. title for nan 3rd consecutive twelvemonth pinch a 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 triumph complete Marion Vanderhoef.

1922 — Walter Hagen becomes nan first native-born American to triumph nan British Open. Hagen shoots a 300 to hit Jim Barness and George Duncan by 1 changeable astatine Royal St. George’s Golf Club.

1939 — Former shot awesome Bronko Nagurski thumps Lou Thesz to triumph nan National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title successful astatine nan Coliseum successful Houston. Thesz was mostly considered nan top wrestler of each time. Houston Mayor Holcombe reportedly presents Bronko pinch a $10,000 gem studded belt.

1963 — Julius Boros wins a three-way playoff to return nan U.S. Open. Boros thumps Jacky Cupit by 3 strokes and Arnold Palmer by six.

1969 — Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry successful 8 for heavyweight boxing title.

1972 — President Nixon signs nan Higher Education Act of 1972. Title IX of this legislature enactment bars activity bias successful athletics and different activities astatine colleges receiving national assistance.

1974 — Sandra Haynie wins nan LPGA title by 2 strokes complete JoAnne Carner.

1980 — West German wins European shot title (2-1 against Belgium).

1985 — Laffit Pincay Jr. rides Greinton to a 1 3/4-length triumph complete Precisionist successful nan Hollywood Gold Cup, to subordinate Willie Shoemaker arsenic nan only jockeys successful history to surpass $100 cardinal successful purse earnings.

1991 — A Mazda becomes nan first Japanese car to triumph nan Le Mans 24 hours race, overtaking a Mercedes successful nan past 3 hours. Bertrand Gachot of Belgium, Johnny Herbert of Britain and Volker Weidler of Germany are nan winning drivers of nan rotary-powered Mazda.

1996 — Michael Johnson breaks nan world grounds successful nan 200 meters, moving 19.66 seconds astatine nan U.S. way and section tests successful Atlanta. The erstwhile people of 19.72 was group by Italy’s Pietro Mennea successful 1979 successful Mexico City.

1999 — The Hockey Hall of Fame waives nan accustomed three-year waiting play and announces that Wayne Gretzky will beryllium portion of nan Class of 1999.

2001 — Ilya Kovalchuk is nan first subordinate calved successful Russia to beryllium taken pinch nan No. 1 prime successful nan NHL draught erstwhile he’s selected by nan Atlanta Thrashers.

2005 — Tim Duncan comes up immense successful nan 2nd half and is chosen finals MVP and Manu Ginobili has different breakthrough capacity to lead nan San Antonio Spurs past nan Detroit Pistons 81-74 successful Game 7 of nan NBA Finals.

2011 — NBA Draft: Duke constituent defender Kyrie Irving is nan first wide pick, by nan Cleveland Cavaliers.

2013 — Courtney Force claims a Funny Car triumph against her begetter astatine nan Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals. In their first last information matchup, Courtney Force earns her 2nd triumph of nan twelvemonth and 3rd successful her career. She improves to 4-2 against her father, John Force, a 15-time Funny Car world champion.

2015 — The NHL’s Board of Governors o.k. nan projected 3-on-3 overtime change.

2016 — LSU constituent defender Ben Simmons is nan first prime successful nan NBA Draft by nan Philadelphia 76ers.

2017 — NHL Draft: Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) halfway Nico Hischier first prime by New Jersey Devils.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

This time successful shot history

1917 — In baseball’s top alleviation effort, Ernie Shore of nan Boston Red Sox came successful for Babe Ruth pinch cipher retired and a man connected first. The guidelines runner was trim down stealing and Shore retired each 26 batters he faced to summation a 4-0 triumph complete Washington. Ruth walked Eddie Foster to unfastened nan crippled and was ejected aft arguing pinch umpire Brick Owens.

1932 — Lou Gehrig plays his 1,103rd successive crippled successful a New York uniform, equaling Joe Sewell’s grounds pinch 1 squad (Cleveland).

1950 — Hoot Evers’ winning location tally successful nan ninth inning gave nan Detroit Tigers a 10-9 triumph complete nan New York Yankees arsenic nan teams mixed for 11 location runs, a awesome convention record. The Yankees deed six and nan Tigers five.

1963 — Jimmie Piersall, playing for nan Mets successful New York, deed his 100th profession location tally and celebrated by moving astir nan bases backward.

1971 — Rick Wise of nan Philadelphia Phillies sounded a no-hitter against nan Cincinnati Reds and deed 2 homers. Wise became nan first pitcher to deed 2 homers while throwing a no-hitter.

1973 — Pitcher Ken Brett of nan Philadelphia Phillies deed a location tally successful nan 4th consecutive crippled that he sounded successful June. He hit Montreal 7-2.

1984 — Chicago’s Ryne Sandberg deed 2 late-inning location runs disconnected St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bruce Sutter to necktie nan crippled doubly arsenic nan Cubs went connected to triumph 12-11 successful 11 innings. Sandberg led disconnected nan ninth inning pinch a solo location tally to necktie nan people 9-9 past deed a two-run, two-out homer successful nan 10th to necktie nan people 11-11. Willie McGee deed for nan rhythm and drove successful six runs for St. Louis.

1993 — Seattle OF Jay Buhner hits for nan rhythm successful nan Mariners’ 8-7, 14-inning triumph complete nan Athletics. He is nan first Mariner to deed for nan cycle..

2003 — Stealing 2nd guidelines astatine Pacific Bell Park successful nan 11th inning, Barry Bonds becomes nan first subordinate to deed 500 location runs and bargain 500 bases.

2008 — Felix Hernandez deed nan first expansive slam by an American League pitcher successful 37 years, past departed pinch a sprained ankle earlier he could suffice for a triumph successful Seattle’s 5-2 triumph complete nan New York Mets. The changeable to right-center disconnected Johan Santana was nan first location tally by a pitcher successful Mariners history, and nan first slam by an AL hurler since Cleveland’s Steve Dunning went heavy against Oakland’s Diego Segui connected May 11, 1971.

2013 — David Wright homered, tripled and matched a Mets grounds pinch 4 extra-base hits to backmost Matt Harvey’s splendid commencement successful a lopsided 8-0 triumph complete Philadelphia. Wright went 4 for 5 pinch 2 of New York’s season-high 7 doubles.

2020 — After nan Players Assn. ratified projected COVID-19 information protocols, an abbreviated 60-game play will statesman July 23 aliases 24.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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