National Sports

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes kept the American League's top team in relative check for six innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of some sloppy play by the Toronto Blue Jays to pull away for a 5-2 victory on Monday night.

NEW YORK — Rebecca Marino of Vancouver started strong, faded, then scrambled to survive two match points before rallying to save her bid to qualify for the 145th U.S. Open Tennis Championships on Monday.

Canada is leading the way when it comes to volunteering to work at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Organizers of the Canadian end of the tournament say Toronto and Vancouver rank one-two among the 16 host cities in the number of applications.

Canada coach Kevin Rouet has plenty of options when it comes to choosing his front row at the Rugby World Cup. But DaLeaka Menin is usually one of the first names on the Canadian team sheet.

Four-time Olympian Moh Ahmed is one of 413 Canadian signatories calling on Tennis Canada to cancel Canada’s Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax this September. Ahmed, a runner from St. Catharines, Ont.

MILTON — Sabonis was supplemented to the Canadian Pacing Derby on Monday. Sabonis's connections paid a $40,000 supplement fee. The four-year-old American horse has won 19-of-28 races and earned over US$800,000.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors' search for a new team president is over — they won't have one. General manager Bobby Webster will have his contract extended and take charge of the NBA franchise's basketball operations without a change in title.

VANCOUVER — Thomas Muller's Major League Soccer debut was almost perfect. Almost. The German soccer icon came off the bench for the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday and put the ball into the back of the net just minutes later.

MASON — Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand won the Cincinnati Open women's doubles championship with a straight-sets victory over Guo Hanyo of China and Alexandra Panova of Russia on Sunday night.

Sunday's Scoreboard MLB American League Texas 10 Toronto 4 Baltimore 12 Houston 0 Kansas City 6 Chicago White Sox 2 Minnesota 8 Detroit 1 L.A. Angels 11 Athletics 5 (10 innings) National League L.A.