National Sports

TORONTO — Alejandro Kirk followed a two-run homer in the seventh inning with a game-winning two-run single in the eighth to push the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-5 comeback win in the series opener against the Texas Rangers on Friday.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — One day it was the putter, another day it was the irons.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jeongeun Lee5 shot a 6-under 67 on Friday to take the lead in The Standard Portland Classic, while 65-year-old Juli Inkster fell short in her bid to become the oldest player to make a cut in LPGA Tour history.

HOUSTON (AP) — Baltimore Orioles right-hander Brandon Young lost his bid for a perfect game against the Houston Astros on Friday night on an infield hit by Ramon Urias with two out in the eighth inning.

CALGARY — Having already won four PGA Tour Champions events this season, Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez has put himself in great position for another potential victory.

Defending champion Liverpool launched the Premier League with a dramatic 4-2 win over Bournemouth at Anfield on Friday in an emotionally charged match featuring tributes to Diogo Jota and a player reporting racial abuse .

BRNO — Joseph Salandra, Nikita Klepov and Blake Zielinksi scored in the shootout as the United States beat Canada 4-3 on Friday in the semifinals of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup. The U.S.

CINCINNATI — Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe have advanced to the final of the Cincinnati Open. The duo beat Australia's Ellen Perez and Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok 3-6, 6-3, 12-10 in Friday's semifinal.

VANCOUVER — German soccer legend Thomas Muller will step onto the field as a Vancouver Whitecap for the first time this weekend.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — Canada’s run at the Little League World Series started on a sour note Friday as Vancouver’s Little Mountain lost 4-0 to Latin America, represented by Venezuela’s Cardenales Little League.