• The Canadian Press

    Ketel Marte tries to waken NL champion Arizona Diamondbacks from season-long slumber

    NEW YORK (AP) — Ketel Marte hit the way he did last October, doing his best to wake the Arizona Diamondbacks from their season-long slumber. Marte homered on Jose Quintana's third pitch of the game, then hit a go-ahead, two-run drive off Jake Diekman in the ninth inning that lifted the reigning NL champions over the New York Mets 5-4 on Sunday. “He’s so incredibly talented," Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald said. “We're so fortunate that he is motivated to try and make the All-Star team to play a

  • The Canadian Press

    Luis Castillo shines as the Mariners continue to roll at home, sweeping the Angels with 5-1 win

    SEATTLE (AP) — Luis Castillo threw seven shutout innings, Mitch Garver hit a three-run double and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-1 on Sunday for a sweep of their weekend series. Castillo was brilliant in his first win since May 12. The right-hander struck out six and walked three — all on 3-2 pitches. Castillo (5-6) surrendered two hits on Taylor Ward's double in the first and Kyren Paris' broken-bat single in the third. It was his third occasion this season when he threw at

  • The Canadian Press

    Cindric claims victory in NASCAR Cup series after Blaney slows on final lap

    MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Austin Cindric emerged as the surprise winner of the NASCAR Cup series race Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway when teammate Ryan Blaney apparently ran out of gas while leading on the final lap. Blaney, the reigning NASCAR Cup series champion, appeared to be on his way to his first win of the season after fighting off a challenge from Christopher Bell, who had his own car trouble in the closing laps. Cindric, who had pitted just one lap after Blaney, took advantage of t

  • The Canadian Press

    Britain's Giles Scott claims his 1st SailGP win shortly after the Aussies' Flying Roo capsizes

    Giles Scott of Emirates Great Britain earned his first SailGP victory on Sunday, shortly after three-time defending champion Tom Slingsby and Team Australia capsized in a dramatic moment in the rainy, blustery inaugural ROCKWOOL Canadian Sail Grand Prix Halifax. Scott, elevated to skipper after Sir Ben Ainslie stepped aside in January, beat France and Denmark in the first all-European podium race in the four seasons of tech billionaire Larry Ellison's global league. While Scott enjoyed his first