National Sports

Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and the B.C. Lions look to secure a home playoff game Friday night. B.C. (10-4) can cement a playoff date at BC Place Stadium with a home win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders (6-8).

Calgary Flames winger Jakob Pelletier is scheduled to undergo surgery on his left shoulder next week and will be out indefinitely.

HAMILTON — Derel Walker is back in the East Division. The veteran CFL receiver signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Wednesday. The club also signed American defensive lineman Jamal Davis II.

TOKYO — Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand lost 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 to Japanese teammates Eri Hozumi and Makoto Nimoyima in the round of 16 at the Japan Open on Wednesday.

TORONTO — Whatever the Toronto Blue Jays need Kevin Gausman to do over the next few days, he'll do it. Austin Wells smashed a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the New York Yankees over the Blue Jays 2-0 on Tuesday.

TORONTO — Canada's women's soccer team finished the job Tuesday. The reigning Olympic champions can sleep well knowing they're going to the 2024 Paris Games. The 10th-ranked Canadians beat No.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers clinched the NL Central title for the third time in six seasons Tuesday night, despite a 4-1 loss to the last-place St. Louis Cardinals and with the help of a come-from-behind win by the Atlanta Braves.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history, has died. He was 86.

TORONTO — The Montreal Alouettes can punch their ticket into the CFL playoffs this week. Montreal (7-7) will clinch a post-season berth Saturday if it can earn a road victory over Ottawa (4-10).

TORONTO — Canada's golf team believes it can win another medal at the Pan American Games. Myles Creighton of Digby, N.S., and Étienne Papineau of St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que.