PHILADELPHIA—Marco Estrada has reached the point where he doesn’t need his best stuff to pitch well.
Estrada had another sharp outing, and Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Donaldson hit solo homers, as the Toronto Blue Jays dumped the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 last night.
Estrada (5-2) allowed two runs and four hits while striking out five in 6 2/3 innings.
WASHINGTON—First, Stephen Strasburg and Jason Hammel duelled to a scintillating draw.
Then the Washington Nationals and Chicago Cubs engaged in a back-and-forth drama that stretched into extra innings.
Afterward, both sides agreed: it was a game better suited for late fall than the middle of June.
PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh Penguins turned around a once-disappointing season and fired a coach before winning a fourth Stanley Cup—adversity that seemed to make yesterday’s city-wide celebration that much sweeter.
ORLANDO, Fla.—The FBI is investigating reports that Orlando gunman Omar Mateen had been a regular at the gay nightclub he attacked and had used gay dating apps, a U.S. official briefed on the case said today.
TORONTO—After a one-start reprieve, R.A. Dickey went right back to dealing with a lack of run support.
Ryan Howard and Odubel Herrera homered, and Jerad Eickhoff pitched six spotless innings to win consecutive starts for the first time this season, as the Philadelphia Phillies snapped a four-game losing streak by beating Dickey and the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 last night.
OAKLAND, Calif.—Like everyone else, Draymond Green only could watch as LeBron James and Kyrie Irving sent the NBA Finals back to Cleveland.
And it became abundantly clear just how much the Golden State Warriors need their fiery forward after they were buried by Cleveland’s dynamic duo.
ORLANDO, Fla.—The last of the bodies were removed from an Orlando gay nightclub overnight as investigators dug into the background of the gunman, who called 9-1-1 to profess allegiance to the Islamic State during the attack that left 49 victims dead.
BROOKLYN, Mich.—Joey Logano plopped into a seat, getting a much-needed break, when the 26-year-old driver found out he was just a part of history.
Logano pulled away from the pack to win the FireKeepers Casino 400 and was followed by 20-year-old Chase Elliott and 23-year-old Kyle Larson—the youngest top three in NASCAR Sprint Cup history.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Killing time during a three-hour rain delay yesterday, Phil Mickelson ribbed Daniel Berger about having won the PGA Tour rookie-of-the-year award without a victory.
That was a bit of a sore spot for the ultra-competitive 23-year-old Floridian.
Berger answered once the thunderstorms ended by winning the FedEx St. Jude Classic for his first title.
ROME — Pope Francis told thousands of workers and diplomats Monday at the U.N. agency that delivers food to crisis areas it is “a strange paradox” that food often cannot get through to those suffering due to war but weapons can.
