National Sports

PUERTO DE NAVACERRADA, Spain — (AP) — Remco Evenepoel all but clinched his first Grand Tour title on Saturday after the 22-year-old Belgian protected his lead in the Spanish Vuelta on the three-week race’s final competitive stage.

Friday's Games (All Times Eastern) CFL Montreal 31 British Columbia 10 --- Major League Baseball American League Baltimore 3 Boston 2 Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Yankees 2 Toronto 4 Texas 3 Cleveland 7 Minnesota 6 Detroit 10 Kansas City 2 Houston 4 L.A.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Dylan Kinnear scored a game-high five goals, while Dane Dobbie and Curtis Dickson added four apiece as the Langley Thunder defeated the Peterborough Lakers 16-11 in Game 1 of the Mann Cup on Friday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bo Bichette went deep again for the playoff-contending Toronto Blue Jays, who then beat Texas with some small ball late.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes can thank their defence for heading into a bye week with the high of a win. Impressive play on that side of the ball lifted the Alouettes to a 31-10 win over the B.C. Lions on Friday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz and Frances Tiafoe engaged in a high-level, high-energy spectacle of a back-and-forth semifinal at the U.S. Open — no point over when it seemed to be, no ball out of reach, no angle too audacious.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bo Bichette homered for the fifth time in the last four games, Danny Jansen hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning and the playoff-contending Toronto Blue Jays beat Texas 4-3 on Friday night, when top Rangers prospec

MONTREAL — CF Montreal have booked their first trip to the post-season since 2016 with a dramatic 2-2 draw against the Columbus Crew on Friday night.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bernhard Langer holed out for eagle from 76 yards on the opening hole and shot his age for the second time this year with a 6-under 65 for a share of the lead with Padraig Harrington in the Ascension Charity Classic.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Without a top 10 since the Asia swing in early March, Jeongeun Lee6 posted her best score in nearly a year on Friday with a 9-under 63 that gave her a one-shot lead in the Kroger Queen City Championship.