National Sports

NEW YORK — Montreal Impact midfielder Ignacio Piatti has been named Major League Soccer's player of the month for August.

VICTORIA — A slo-pitch player on Vancouver Island has died, 10 days after suffering a severe brain injury when he was hit by a softball.

TORONTO — Canadian swimming star Penny Oleksiak is returning to her roots. The four-time Olympic medallist is leaving coach Ben Titley and the Swimming Canada High Performance Centre to return to Bill O'Toole and the Toronto Swim Club.

Wednesday's Games MLB American League Boston 7 Toronto 1 Cleveland 2 N.Y. Yankees 1, 1st game Baltimore 8 Seattle 7 Cleveland 9 N.Y. Yankees 4, 2nd game Texas 8 Houston 1 Minnesota 11 Chicago White Sox 1 Tampa Bay 5 Kansas City 3 L.A.

Wednesday's Games MLB American League Boston 7 Toronto 1 Cleveland 2 N.Y. Yankees 1, 1st game Baltimore 8 Seattle 7 Cleveland 9 N.Y. Yankees 4, 2nd game Texas 8 Houston 1 Minnesota 11 Chicago White Sox 1 Tampa Bay 5 Kansas City 3 L.A.

NEW YORK — Playing under the bright lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday night was an intimidating task for Denis Shapovalov.

CLEVELAND — The blockbuster trade, delayed and in jeopardy of dying, is done: Kyrie Irving is headed to the Celtics, Isaiah Thomas is coming to the Cavaliers and the NBA can take a well-earned, late-summer break. For a minute.

CALI, Colombia — Patrick Anderson scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds but it wasn't enough as Canada fell 54-50 to the United States on Wednesday night in the gold medal game of the wheelchair basketball Americas Cup.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays had one solid chance to get to Rick Porcello on Wednesday night. But a fluke play worked out in the Boston starter's favour and the Red Sox went on to win 7-1 for a three-game sweep over the struggling Blue Jays.

NEW YORK — Stephon Marbury had to wipe tears from his eyes. He had just shared a surprising, emotional hug with NYU freshman Zhou Sheng Kang.