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4C 5,2017 The Clarion-Ledger SOUTHERN LEAGUE Southern League standings NORTH W-LGB Chattanooga10-1- Tennessee7-43 SOUTH W-LGB Jacksonville8-4- Biloxi6-62 Pensacola6-62 Mobile5-73 Mississippi3-95 games Jackson 4, Tennessee 1 Mobile 8, Jacksonville 3 Biloxi 4, Birmingham 1 (12 innings) Montgomery 13, Pensavola 5 Chattanooga 4, Mississippi 2 games Jackson 8, Birmingham 2 Jacksonville 10, Montgomery 1 Mobile 6, Mississippi 4 Pensacola 4, Biloxi 0 Tennessee at Chattanooga, late games Birmingham at Jackson, 6:05 p.m. Tennessee at Chattanooga, 6:15 p.m. Mississippi at Mobile, 6:35 p.m. Pensacola at Biloxi, 6:35 p.m. Jacksonville at Montgomery, 7:05 p.m.

Scoreboard The workout in the expansive gym at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Center of Excellence was exhausting. The sensory overload of the downhill ski simulator was a rush. The trampoline room was a thrill, especially when Daniel Suarez finally landed that back flip. The bobsled run on a concrete track was exhilarating, and standing atop the ski jump venue was on the edge of terrifying and fascinating.

Later, in a side room at the Utah Olympic Oval, a two-day immersion event between a group of Toyota NASCAR drivers and crew chiefs and members of the U.S. Olympic ski and speedskating teams had transformed from a unique existence to a genuine shared experience. Left turns and drafting were incidental similarities on a promotional junket in part underscoring the car partnership with the 2018 Pyeong- chang Winter Olympics. This was where the rubber met the road and the metal met the ice. Achunky boom box and several tables of metal-working equipment used to bend and sharpen the flat blades filled the utilitarian space.

Skate technician Chris Needham explained to Furniture Row Racing drivers Martin Truex Jr. and Erik Jones, crew chiefs Cole Pearn and Chris Gayle, and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Suarez how blades were affixed to the bottom of custom-molded skates slightly askew to maximize power and speed. Pearn and Gayle edged forward, and Truex nodded. same way they tune the skates is kind of how we try to help the car. It was interesting when they talked about the curvature in the blade and how they change the curvature for the radius of (the) ice skating Gayle told USA TODAY Sports during the recent visit.

kind of a similar thing we would do with stagger. think some of the same physics principles at work. But they just have to do it a little differently. It was Most drivers and crew chiefs began the day at the oval using an upended bucket for support as they adapted to the nuances of speed skates. Pearn, a winter sports enthusiast, adjusted quickly.

Gliding alone around the massive oval, he had time to formulate how tools used in NAS- CAR could improve speedskating. he said, naming the video analysis program widely used in NAS- CAR to compare car performance. think as far as speedskating goes, especially in long track, I think it would be interesting to see accelerometer data, understanding, like, track profile and track lines and stuff like that. I think stuff we do for simulation would be pretty interesting for them to be able to try and find the last little bits of speed that looking The skaters have used it, but U.S. mass start skater Joey Mantia says the team uses a more primitive system for simplicity.

Pearn probably will come up with a few more suggestions. But the trip all business. Wedged on a Tuesday and Wednesday between Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Michigan International Speedway and Sonoma Raceway, it provided five competitors a chance to step outside their bubble amid a busy season. For Pearn and Suarez, it provided a chance for them to demonstrate innate athleticism on a new stage and find a common experience. all share something similar.

That something is Suarez said of mingling with Olympians. like to be good in whatever we Pearn had a changing-for-gym-class urgency about him when he left the Center of Excellence locker facility to participate with the ski team. A Canadian admittedly smitten with winter sports, he was in his element. A rec league hockey player in Denver, where Furniture Row is based, and a frequent skier, Pearn proved a quick study on the simulator where ski boots are slotted onto rails set in front of an immersive set of large video screens. He later watched from a distance as his driver, Truex, slowly slalomed to confidence on a snowboard setup.

Pearn remarked the next day at the speedskating oval that his driver had done well to graduate from pushing a bucket around the ice for balance to gliding along alone. from what seen, not terribly Pearn said with a chuckle. doing Suarez, raised in Monterrey, Mexico, was far less steeped in Nordic athletic culture, but his athleticism soon had him up to speed. A large side room, nicknamed and because it housed a skate boarding facility and two large trampolines, proved to be his playground. He became fascinated with launching himself into the air and eventually end over end into a backflip that coincidentally mimicked the victory celebration of his predecessor in the No.

19 Toyota, Carl Edwards. Finally nailing the stunt with the help of Olympic freestyle skiers had the group grinning into the evening in Park City. AUTO RACING NASCAR teams hoping Olympic magic rubs off BRANT JAMES USA TODAY SPORTS JEFF TODAY SPORTS NASCAR driver Daniel Suarez makes his way around the ice at the Utah Olympic Oval as part of a partnership between the Toyota Racing team and US Speedskating. MLB All Times CDT American League East Division WLPctGB Boston4835.578— New York4438.5373½ Tampa Bay4441.5185 Baltimore4043.4828 Toronto3845.45810 Central Division WLPctGB Cleveland4437.543— Kansas City4340.5182 Minnesota4340.5182 Detroit3745.4517½ Chicago3746.4468 West Division WLPctGB Houston5627.675— Los Angeles4345.48915½ Seattle4144.48216 Texas4043.48216 Oakland3648.42920½ Games Milwaukee 8, Baltimore 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 3 Boston 7, Texas 5, 11 innings Minnesota 9, L.A.

Angels 5 Chicago White Sox 7, Oakland 2 Kansas City 3, Seattle 1 Games Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Detroit 5, San Francisco 3 Minnesota 5, L.A. Angels 4 Tampa Bay 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Oakland 7, Chicago White Sox 6 Milwaukee 6, Baltimore 2 Kansas City 7, Seattle 3 San Diego at Cleveland, late Houston at Atlanta, late Boston at Texas, late Games Toronto (Estrada 4-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 8-4), 12:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Snell 0-5) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 5-9), 1:20 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Pelfrey 3-6) at Oakland (Gray 3-4), 2:35 p.m. Baltimore (Aquino 1-1) at Milwaukee (Garza 3-4), 6:10 p.m. San Diego (Perdomo 3-4) at Cleveland (Bauer 7-6), 6:10 p.m. San Francisco (Blach 5-5) at Detroit (Norris 4-6), 6:10 p.m. Houston (McCullers 7-1) at Atlanta (Garcia 2-6), 6:35 p.m.

Boston (Fister 0-1) at Texas (Cashner 3-7), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Bridwell 2-1) at Minnesota (Santana 10-5), 7:10 p.m. Kansas City (Vargas 12-3) at Seattle (Miranda 7-4), 9:10 p.m. Games San Francisco at Detroit, 12:10 p.m.

Houston at Toronto, 6:07 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m. San Diego at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m. Baltimore at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

National League East Division WLPctGB Washington5034.595— Atlanta4041.4948½ New York3845.45811½ Miami3745.45112 Philadelphia2854.34121 Central Division WLPctGB Milwaukee4640.535— Chicago4142.4943½ St. Louis4043.4824½ Pittsburgh3846.4527 Cincinnati3547.4279 West Division WLPctGB Los Angeles5529.655— Arizona5231.6272½ Colorado4936.5766½ San Diego3548.42219½ San Francisco3352.38822½ Games Milwaukee 8, Baltimore 1 Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 0 St. Louis 14, Miami 6 Colorado 5, Cincinnati 3 Games Washington 11, N.Y. Mets 4 Detroit 5, San Francisco 3 Miami 5, St.

Louis 2 Tampa Bay 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 0 Milwaukee 6, Baltimore 2 San Diego 1, Cleveland 0 Houston at Atlanta, late Cincinnati at Colorado, late Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, late Games Tampa Bay (Snell 0-5) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 5-9), 1:20 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 8-3) at Washington (Roark 6-6), 6:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Cole 6-7) at Philadelphia (Lively 1-3), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Aquino 1-1) at Milwaukee (Garza 3-4), 6:10 p.m. San Diego (Perdomo 3-4) at Cleveland (Bauer 7-6), 6:10 p.m. San Francisco (Blach 5-5) at Detroit (Norris 4-6), 6:10 p.m. Houston (McCullers 7-1) at Atlanta (Garcia 2-6), 6:35 p.m. Miami (Volquez 4-8) at St.

Louis (Leake 6-6), 7:15 p.m. Cincinnati (Feldman 7-5) at Colorado (Gray 1-0), 7:40 p.m. Arizona (Godley 3-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Wood 9-0), 9:10 p.m. Games San Francisco at Detroit, 12:10 p.m.

Miami at St. Louis, 12:45 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m. Cincinnati at Colorado, 2:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 6:05 p.m. San Diego at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m. TENNIS Wimbledon Results Tuesday At The All England Lawn Tennis Croquet Club London Purse: $41.1 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men First Round Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def.

Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Nicolas Ma- hut, France, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4. Mischa Zverev (27), Germany, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

Kyle Edmund, Britain, def. Alexander Ward, Britain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. David Ferrer, Spain, def. Richard Gasquet (22), France, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def.

Taro Daniel, Japan, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Steve Darcis, Belgium, def. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Adam Pavlasek, Czech Republic, def. Ernesto Escobedo, United States, 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-3, 6-1.

Juan Martin del Potro (29), Argentina, def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Radu Albot, Moldova, def. Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (3). Gael Monfils (15), France, def.

Daniel Brands, Germany, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Albert Ramos-Vinolas (25), Spain, def. Jordan Thompson, Australia, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Martin Kli- zan, Slovakia, 6-3, 2-0 (30-0), retired.

Milos Raonic (6), Canada, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (4). Andrey Rublev, Russia, def. Stefano Travaglia, Italy, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5. Gilles Simon, France, def.

Nicolas Jarry, Chile, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3. Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 6-3, 3-0 (30-30), retired. Alexander Zverev (10), Germany, def. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. James Ward, Britain, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. Jack Sock (17), United States, def. Christian Garin, Chile, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, def.

Brydan Klein, Britain, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-0. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Stefanos Tsitsi- pas, Greece, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Sebastian Ofner, Austria, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

Ryan Harrison, United States, def. Borna Coric, Croatia, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (6). Jared Donaldson, United States, def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 5-0, retired. Grigor Dimitrov (13), Bulgaria, def.

Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2. Dominic Thiem (8), Austria, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. John Isner (23), United States, def. Taylor Fritz, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Tomas Berdych (11), Czech Republic, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Frances Tiafoe, United States, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Adrian Mannarino, France, def.

Feliciano Lopez (19), Spain, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, 4-3, retired. Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1. Paolo Lorenzi (32), Italy, leads Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (8), 2-2, darkness. Women First Round Tatjana Maria, Germany, def.

Anastasia Po- tapova, Russia, 6-3, 2-2, retired. CoCo Vandeweghe (24), United States, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 7-5, 6-2. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Kiki Bertens (23), Netherlands, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-4, 6-1. Angelique Kerber (1), Germany, def. Irina Falconi, United States, 6-4, 6-4. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, def.

Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-4, 6-3. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, def. Magda Linette, Poland, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. Arina Rodionova, Australia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (16), Russia, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 9-7.

Garbine Muguruza (14), Spain, def. Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Lauren Davis (28), United States, 6-4, 7-5. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def.

Han Xinyun, China, 6-3, 6-4. Viktorija Golubic, Switzerland, def. Zhang Shuai (30), China, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-1. Petra Martic, Croatia, def. Daria Gavrilova (20), Australia, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8.

Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Annika Beck, Germany, 6-2, 6-1. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-2, 7-5. Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, def.

Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 7-6 (3), 6-0. Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, def. Risa Ozaki, Japan, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3. Karolina Pliskova (3), Czech Republic, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-1, 6-4.

Christina McHale, United States, def. Katie Boulter, Britain, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Julia Boserup, United States, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Daria Kasatkina (29), Russia, def.

Zheng Sai- sai, China, 6-2, 6-4. Alison Riske, United States, def. Sloane Stephens, United States, 6-2, 7-5. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, def. Lara Arruabar- rena, Spain, 6-2, 6-4.

Kristina Mladenovic (12), France, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-1, 6-3. Timea Bacsinszky (19), Switzerland, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def.

Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (8), 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. Lucie Safarova (32), Czech Republic, def. Oceane Dodin, France, 6-2, 6-2.

Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Sara Erra- ni, Italy, 6-1, 6-4. Svetlana Kuznetsova (7), Russia, def. Ons Ja- beur, Tunisia, 6-3, 6-2. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def.

Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 6-3, 6-1. Kristina Kucova, Slovakia, def. Bianca Andreescu, Canada, 6-4, 6-3. GOLF PGA Tour Statistics Through July 2 FedExCup Season Points 1, Dustin Johnson, 2,269.650. 2, Hideki Matsuyama, 2,145.380.

3, Justin Thomas, 2,059.706. 4, Jordan Spieth, 1,978.946. 5, Jon Rahm, 1,707.826. 6, Rickie Fowler, 1,591.696. 7, Brooks Koepka, 1,533.707.

8, Kevin Kisner, 1,457.507. 9, Daniel Berger, 1,450.368. 10, Pat Perez, 1,425.591. Scoring Average 1, Rickie Fowler, 69.161. 2, Jordan Spieth, 69.349.

3, Sergio Garcia, 69.359. 4, Marc Leishman, 69.650. 5, Kyle Stanley, 69.739. 6, Justin Thomas, 69.749. 7, Francesco Molinari, 69.779.

8, Hideki Matsuyama, 69.798. 9, Bill Haas, 69.873. 10, Jon Rahm, 69.891. Driving Distance 1, Dustin Johnson, 312.1. 2, Luke List, 311.7.

3, Brandon Hagy, 310.6. 4, Andrew Loupe, 310.3. 5, Ryan Brehm, 308.9. 6, Kevin Tway, 308.5. 7, Brooks Koepka, 307.6.

8, Trey Mullinax, 307.5. 9, Grayson Murray, 307.0. 10, Justin Thomas, 306.8. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Steve Stricker, 74.34%. 2, Jim Furyk, 72.93%.

3, Francesco Molinari, 72.12%. 4 (tie), Chez Reavie and Brian Stuard, 70.95%. 6, William McGirt, 70.41%. 7, Graeme McDowell, 70.40%. 8, Ryan Armour, 70.38%.

9, Boo Weekley, 70.19%. 10, Kevin Kisner, 69.96%. Greens in Regulation Percentage 1, Dustin Johnson, 72.22%. 2, Kyle Stanley, 71.83%. 3, Paul Casey, 70.70%.

4, Jordan Spieth, 70.67%. 5, Sergio Garcia, 70.42%. 6, Tony Finau, 70.29%. 7, Hideki Matsuyama, 70.11%. 8, Billy Horschel, 70.05%.

9, Bill Haas, 69.92%. 10, Jim Herman, 69.87%. Total Driving 1, Sergio Garcia, 57. 2, Rickie Fowler, 67. 3, Kyle Stanley, 71.

4 (tie), Brendan Steele and Keegan Bradley, 80. 6, Shane Lowry, 90. 7, Bubba Watson, 92. 8, Paul Casey, 97. 9 (tie), Lucas Glover and Graham DeLaet, 98.

SG-Putting 1, Tyrrell Hatton, 1.075. 2, Rafa Cabrera Bello, .861. 3, Luke Donald, .842. 4, Michael Thompson, .840. 5, Rickie Fowler, .803.

6, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano, .731. 7, Graeme McDowell, .725. 8, Mackenzie Hughes, .690. 9, Steve Wheatcroft, .675. 10, Brian Harman, .669.

Birdie Average 1, Justin Thomas, 4.66. 2, Jordan Spieth, 4.64. 3, Hideki Matsuyama, 4.46. 4, Rickie Fowler, 4.44. 5, Justin Rose, 4.26.

6 (tie), Anir- ban Lahiri and Jon Rahm, 4.20. 8, Brooks Koepka, 4.19. 9, Phil Mickelson, 4.18. 10, Francesco Molinari, 4.08. Eagles (Holes per) 1, Justin Thomas, 95.4.

2, Martin Laird, 99.0. 3(tie), Jason Dufner and Hideki Matsuyama, 100.0. 5, Sergio Garcia, 102.9. 6, Brooks Koepka, 104.0. 7, Luke List, 111.0.

8, Phil Mickelson, 112.0. 9, 3 tied with 114.0. Sand Save Percentage 1, Rickie Fowler, 71.26%. 2, Luke Donald, 71.23%. 3, Gary Woodland, 65.22%.

4, Webb Simpson, 65.14%. 5, Adam Hadwin, 62.41%. 6, Jimmy Walker, 62.35%. 7, Louis Oosthuizen, 61.82%. 8, Seung-Yul Noh, 61.74%.

9, Jason Day, 61.67%. 10, Charl Schwartzel, 61.29%. All-Around Ranking 1, Hideki Matsuyama, 174. 2, Rickie Fowler, 221. 3, Jon Rahm, 287.

4, Justin Rose, 288. 5, Tony Finau, 306. 6, Jordan Spieth, 321. 7 (tie), Sergio Garcia and Kyle Stanley, 323. 9, Marc Leishman, 339.

10, Adam Scott, 357. PGA Tour Champions Statistics Through July 2 Charles Schwab Cup Money List 1, Bernhard Langer, (11), $1,815,666. 2, Kenny Perry, (12), $1,225,385. 3, Fred Couples, (8), $1,103,147. 4, Scott McCarron, (13), $958,135.

5, Miguel Angel Jimenez, (11), $840,587. 6, Brandt Jobe, (11), $840,585. 7, Kirk Triplett, (12), $788,276. 8, Kevin Sutherland, (12), $784,489. 9, Tom Lehman, (9), $726,637.

10, Stephen Ames, (11), $703,536. Scoring Average (Actual) 1, Fred Couples, 67.57. 2, Bernhard Langer, 68.23. 3, Miguel Angel Jimenez, 68.97. 4, Scott McCarron, 69.05.

5, Kevin Sutherland, 69.11. 6, Tom Lehman, 69.26. 7, Stephen Ames, 69.39. 8, Kenny Perry, 69.54. 9, Brandt Jobe, 69.56.

10, Jerry Kelly, 69.58. Driving Distance 1, John Daly, 300.6. 2, Tommy Armour III, 296.9. 3, Kenny Perry, 295.8. 4, Brandt Jobe, 294.1.

5, Scott Parel, 293.1. 6, Scott McCarron, 292.4. 7, Fred Couples, 287.7. 8, Wes Short, 287.5. 9, Bob Tway, 286.8.

10, Doug Garwood, 286.2. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Fred Funk, 84.75%. 2, Colin Montgomerie, 82.72%. 3, Olin Browne, 81.02%. 4, Rocco Mediate, 80.19%.

5, Jerry Kelly, 79.67%. 6, Rod Spittle, 79.40%. 7, Bart Bryant, 78.78%. 8, Jeff Maggert, 78.69%. 9, David Toms, 78.36%.

10, Joe Durant, 78.04%. Greens in Regulation Percentage 1, Tom Lehman, 78.99%. 2, Bernhard Langer, 77.78%. 3, Kevin Sutherland, 77.26%. 4, Scott Dunlap, 77.08%.

5, Fred Couples, 76.98%. 6, Brandt Jobe, 76.56%. 7, Kenny Perry, 75.27%. 8, Colin Montgomerie, 75.00%. 9, Joe Durant, 74.67%.

10, Billy Andrade, 74.63%. Total Driving 1, Miguel Angel Jimenez, 27. 2, Kenny Perry, 29. 3, Tom Lehman, 37. 4, Rod Spittle, 38.

5, Jeff Maggert, 39. 6, David Toms, 42. 7, Fred Couples, 43. 8, Joe Durant, 44. 9 (tie), Jeff Sluman and Jerry Kelly, 47.

Putting Average 1, Scott Verplank, 1.680. 2, Fred Couples, 1.687. 3, Bernhard Langer, 1.696. 4, Gene Sauers, 1.715. 5, Scott McCarron, 1.723.

6, Stephen Ames, 1.727. 7, Mark Brooks, 1.729. 8, Fran Quinn, 1.731. 9, Scott Parel, 1.733. 10, Miguel Angel Jimenez, 1.734.

Birdie Average 1, Bernhard Langer, 5.17. 2, Fred Couples, 5.05. 3, Scott McCarron, 4.71. 4, Miguel Angel Jimenez, 4.53. 5, Fran Quinn, 4.44.

6, Scott Parel, 4.42. 7, David Toms, 4.36. 8, Stephen Ames, 4.33. 9, Billy Andrade, 4.29. 10, Lee Janzen, 4.26.

Eagles (Holes per) 1, Scott McCarron, 62.2. 2, Fred Couples, 63.0. 3, Lee Janzen, 85.5. 4 (tie), Gene Sauers and Bob Tway, 87.4. 6, Kevin Sutherland, 92.6.

7, Miguel Angel Jimenez, 96.0. 8, Tom Lehman, 97.2. 9, Tommy Armour III, 102.0. 10, Jay Don Blake, 104.4. Sand Save Percentage 1, Tom Pernice 70.59%.

2, Marco Dawson, 69.05%. 3, Lee Janzen, 65.96%. 4, Kirk Triplett, 64.86%. 5, Bernhard Langer, 64.71%. 6, John Daly, 64.00%.

7, Kenny Perry, 63.33%. 8, Mark Brooks, 62.50%. 9, Tom Kite, 60.00%. 10, David Frost, 59.46%. All-Around Ranking 1, Bernhard Langer, 81.

2, Fred Couples, 106. 3, Miguel Angel Jimenez, 115. 4, Kenny Perry, 117. 5, Lee Janzen, 123. 6, Stephen Ames, 129.

7, Scott McCarron, 135. 8, Kevin Sutherland, 140. 9, Tom Lehman, 152. 10, Gene Sauers, 154. LPGA Tour Statistics Through July 2 Scoring 1, Lexi Thompson, 68.848.

2, Inbee Park, 68.976. 3, So Yeon Ryu, 69.0. 4, Sung Hyun Park, 69.109. 5, Stacy Lewis, 69.2. 6, Ariya Ju- tanugarn, 69.352.

7, In Gee Chun, 69.4. 8, Mirim Lee, 69.467. 9, Moriya Jutanugarn, 69.482. 10, Jessica Korda, 69.556. Driving Distance 1, Joanna Klatten, 279.5.

2, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 278.3. 3, Lexi Thompson, 276.0. 4, Jessica Korda, 275.6. 5, Sung Hyun Park, 274.2. 6, Brittany Lincicome, 273.5.

7, Cydney Clanton, 272.6. 8, Sadena Parks, 271.2. 9, Angel Yin, 271.0. 10, Suzann Pettersen, 270.4. Greens in Regulation 1, So Yeon Ryu, .790.

2, Lexi Thompson, .787. 3, Ha Na Jang, .780. 4, Sei Young Kim, .768. 5, Anna Nordqvist, .768. 6, In Gee Chun, .760.

7, Mirim Lee, .757. 8, Caroline Masson, .756. 9, Inbee Park, .754. 10, Shanshan Feng, .754. Putts per GIR 1, Inbee Park, 1.72.

2, Amy Yang, 1.73. 3, Lydia Ko, 1.73. 4, Hyo Joo Kim, 1.74. 5, Stacy Lewis, 1.74. 6, Stephanie Meadow, 1.75.

7, Jessica Korda, 1.75. 8, Sarah Kemp, 1.75. 9, Moriya Jutanugarn, 1.75. 10, Lizette Salas, 1.75. Birdies 1, Ariya Jutanugarn, 236.

2, Moriya Jutanu- garn, 235. 3, Brooke M. Henderson, 223. 4, Lexi Thompson, 218. 5, Stacy Lewis, 214.

6, Sung Hyun Park, 211. 7, Chella Choi, 209. 8, Austin Ernst, 207. 9, Sarah Jane Smith, 206. 10 (tie), Mi Jung Hur and Lizette Salas, 205.

Eagles 1, Stacy Lewis, 8. 2 (tie), Jessica Korda, Brittany Lincicome, So Yeon Ryu, Alison Lee, Nelly Korda and Nicole Broch Larsen, 7. 8 (tie), Brooke M. Henderson and Carlota Ciganda, 6. 10, 10 tied with 5.

Sand Save Percentage 1, Lexi Thompson, .794. 2, Ayako Uehara, .677. 3, Amelia Lewis, .658. 4, Madelene Sag- strom, .615. 5, Charley Hull, .609.

6, Ariya Ju- tanugarn, .604. 7, Ai Miyazato, .593. 8, Morgan Pressel, .591. 9, Lee Lopez, .588. 10, Carlota Ciganda, .583.

Rounds Under Par 1, Inbee Park, .833. 2, Ariya Jutanugarn, .815. 3, Lexi Thompson, .804. 4, Moriya Juta- nugarn, .804. 5, Jessica Korda, .800.

6, Sei Young Kim, .780. 7, So Yeon Ryu, .756. 8, In Gee Chun, .750. 9 (tie), Cristie Kerr and Anna Nordqvist, .744. TOUR DE FRANCE Tour de France Results Tuesday At Vittel, France Fourth Stage A128.9-mile mostly flat ride from Mondorf-les-Bains to Vittel 1.

Arnaud Demare, France, FDJ, 4:53:54. 2. Alexander Kristoff, Norway, Katusha Al- pecin, same time. 3. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto Soudal, same time.

4. Nacer Bouhanni, France, Cofidis, same time. 5. Adrien Petit, France, Direct Energie, same time. 6.

Jurgen Roelandts, Belgium, Lotto Soudal, same time. 7. Michael Matthews, Australia, Sunweb, same time. 8. Manuele Mori, Italy, UAE Team Emirates, same time.

9. Tiesj Benoot, Belgium, Lotto Soudal, same time. 10. Zdenek Stybar, Czech Republic, Quick- Step Floors, same time. 11.

Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Dimension Data, same time. 12. Pieter Vanspeybrouck, Belgium, Wanty- Groupe Gobert, same time. 13. Marcel Kittel, Germany, Quick-Step Floors, same time.

14. Marcel Sieberg, Germany, Lotto Soudal, same time. 15. Mike Teunissen, Netherlands, Sunweb, same time. 16.

Sylvain Chavanel, France, Direct Energie, :29 behind. 17. Oliver Naesen, Belgium, AG2R La Mon- diale, same time. 18. Davide Cimolai, Italy, FDJ, same time.

19. Grega Bole, Slovenia, Bahrain-Merida, same time. 20. Philippe Gilbert, Belgium, Quick-Step Floors, same time. Also 22.

Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, same time. 28. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, same time. 31. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mon- diale, same time.

47. Richie Porte, Australia, BMC Racing, same time. 54. Andrew Talansky, United States, Cannondale Drapac, same time. 81.

Alberto Contador, Spain, Trek-Segafredo, same time. 113. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ, same time. 115. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Bora-Hansgrohe, same time.

135. Nate Brown, United States, Cannondale Drapac, same time. 148. Taylor Phinney, United States, Cannondale Drapac, same time. 155.

Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky, same time. Overall Standings (After four stages) 1. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky, 14:54:25. 2. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, :12.

3. Michael Matthews, Australia, Sunweb, same time. 4. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Dimension Data, :16. 5.

Pierre-Roger Latour, France, AG2R La Mondiale, :25. 6. Philippe Gilbert, Belgium, Quick-Step Floors, :30. 7. Michal Kwiatkowski, Poland, Sky, :32.

8. Tim Wellens, Belgium, Lotto Soudal, same time. 9. Arnaud Demare, France, FDJ, :33. 10.

Nikias Arndt, Germany, Sunweb, :34. 11. Alexey Lutsenko, Kazakhstan, Astana, :37. 12. Stefan Kueng, Switzerland, BMC Racing, :38.

13. Emanuel Buchmann, Germany, Bora- Hansgrohe, :40. 14. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, BMC Racing, same time. 15.

Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Bora-Hansgrohe, :43. 16. Daniel Martin, Ireland, Quick-Step Floors, same time. 17. Diego Ulissi, Italy, UAE Team Emirates, same time.

18. Simon Yates, Britain, Orica-Scott, :45. 19. Daryl Impey, South Africa, Orica-Scott, same time. 20.

Richie Porte, Australia, BMC Racing, :47. Also 21. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, :48. 24. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mon- diale, :51.

27. Alberto Contador, Spain, Trek-Segafre- do, :54. 43. Andrew Talansky, United States, Cannondale Drapac, 1:12. 117.

Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ, 3:55. 126. Taylor Phinney, United States, Cannondale Drapac, 4:08. 173. Nate Brown, United States, Cannondale Drapac, 12:58.

BETTING LINE Pregame.com Line Major League Baseball Wednesday National League FavoriteLineUnderdogLine New York-108WASHINGTON-102 ST. Los American League FavoriteLineUnderdogLine NEW TEXAS-108Boston-102 MINNESOTA-168Los Angeles SEATTLE-127Kansas Interleague FavoriteLineUnderdogLine CHICAGO CUBS-153Tampa DETROIT-153San CLEVELAND-220San ATLANTAOFFHoustonOFF MILWAUKEEOFFBaltimoreOFF TRANSACTIONS Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Recalled RHP Tyler Wilson from Norfolk (IL). Optioned RHP Jimmy Yacabonis to Norfolk. BOSTON RED SOX Placed 3B Josh Rutledge on the 10-day DL. Sent LHP Eduardo Rodriguez to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX Sent 2B Tyler Saladino to Charlotte (IL) for a rehab assignment. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Optioned LHP Eric Skoglund to Omaha (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Al Alburquerque from Omaha. Transferred LHP Matt Strahm to the 60-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS Agreed to terms with OFs Trent Deveaux, Knowles, Jose Reyes and Raider Uceta, and RHPs Jose Rodriguez, Sadrac Franco, and Jean Carlos Lucas.

NEW YORK YANKEES Optioned RHPs Bryan Mitchell and Domingo German to (IL). Reinstated LHP CC Sabathia and RHP Adam Warren from the 10-day DL. Agreed to terms with RHP Dalton Higgins on a minor league contract. TAMPA BAY RAYS Assigned RHP Danny Farquhar outright to Durham (IL). Sent 2B Brad Miller to Durham for a rehab assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS Placed Luke Maile on the 10-day DL. Designated RHP Glenn Sparkman for assignment. Assigned OF Ian Parmley outright to Buffalo (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Mike Bolsinger from Buffalo. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Optioned 2B Ildemaro Vargas to Reno (PCL).

ATLANTA BRAVES Sent 2B Micah Johnson to the GCL Braves for a rehab assignment. CHICAGO CUBS Activated OF Jason Heyward from the 10-day DL. Recalled LHP Jack Leathersich from Iowa (PCL). Optioned INF Jeimer Candelario and RHP Felix Pena to Iowa. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Agreed to terms with SS Jake Holmes and 1B Quincy Nieporte on minor league contracts.

SAN DIEGO PADRES Reinstated RHP Trevor Cahill from the 10-day DL. Designated INF Chase for assignment. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Sent 3B Conor Gillaspie to Sacramento (PCL) for a rehab assignment. WASHINGTON NATIONALS Assigned RHP Jacob Turner outright to Syracuse (IL). Agreed to terms with SS Ryan Jackson on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MIAMI HEAT Waived Chris Bosh. HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES Acquired Marcus Kruger from Vegas for a 2018 fifth- round draft pick. COLORADO AVALANCHE Signed RW Nail Yakupov to a one-year contract. SAN JOSE SHARKS Signed Brandon Bollig to a one-year contract. WASHINGTON CAPITALS Signed RW Andre Burakovsky to a two-year contract.

TODAY IN SPORTS July 5 1947 Larry Doby becomes the first black player in the American League. He strikes out as a pinch-hitter for the Cleveland Indians in a 6-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox. 1952 Maureen Connolly wins her first of three straight singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Louise Brough 6-4, 6-3. 1968 The Philadelphia 76ers trade Wilt Chamberlain, greatest offensive player, to the Los Angeles Lakers after they are unable to sign him. 1968 Rod Laver wins the first open Wimbledon tennis championship, defeating countryman Tony Roche 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Laver becomes the first player since Fred Perry (1934-36) to win the title three straight times. 1980 Bjorn Borg of Sweden wins his fifth title at Wimbledon, defeating John McEnroe 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7, 8-6. 1992 Andre Agassi beats Goran Ivanisevic 6-7 (8-10), 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final for his first Grand Slam title. 1993 Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics opens both games of a doubleheader with a homer, the first player to do so in 60 years. 1996 Frankie Fredericks edges Michael Johnson to win the 200 meters at the Bislett Games in Norway, ending the American world winning streak of 21 races.

1997 Martina Hingis, 16, becomes the youngest Wimbledon champion since 1887. Hingis rallies for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Jana Novotna. 2003 Serena Williams beats sister Venus 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 for her second straight Wimbledon title. her fifth championship in the past six Grand Slams, each capped by a victory over Venus. 2008 Venus Williams wins her fifth Wimbledon singles title, defeating younger sister Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 in the final..